Stephen McIntyre has a very nice 23 part thread on Andrew Weissmann’s fixation on Trump and Crimea, as manifested in Weissmann’s book. Hey—hats off to McIntyre. He read the book so the rest of us wouldn’t have to. McIntyre does a good job exposing the shallowness of Weissmann’s views. Weissmann knows little about Russian—and Ukrainian—history, nor is he willing to recognize that Russia has legitimate security interests with regard to either neighboring countries. The breakup of the old Soviet Union was bound to lead to difficult relations at times among the now separate countries. One needn’t assume that Russia is always right or always benign to recognize as legitimate interests in its ‘near abroad’. Nowhere is this more true than in the case of Crimea, which has never had any real historical or cultural ties to Ukraine. Indeed, there are even questions regarding the legality of
McIntyre is a long time Russia Collusion Hoax internet researcher, and he's done extensive and useful analysis for years. I follow his tweets on a daily basis (much as I read "Meaning in History" daily as well. and for similar reasons.
He's also famous for being a well-rounded Climate Hysteria critic, who along with McKittrick, published the first take down of Michael Mann's famous "Hockey Stick" temperature reconstruction. He also analyzed the treasure trove of the University of East Anglia Climate-gate emails.
His academic background is as a statistician with a Masters degree.
I worked in precision machining with a few guys who were from the Ukraine. They informed me that there is engineering and manufacturing in the Ukraine that Russia relies on for their aerospace industry including ICBM technology.
Under the Soviet Union, most anything deemed important had at least two, or more, for diversity - either of technology, organizations, or spatial diversity (distance between plants, etc.)
For some arcane internal reasons the Sovs put around half of their space technology into Ukraine. See Yuzhnoye and Yuzmash, housed in the same compound, the latter the design bureau, the former the production company.
Together they produced a huge portion of Sov tactical and strategic ballistic missiles and space launch rockets, from the original SS-1 deployed in Cuba to the R-36M ICBM (NATO: SS-18 'Satan') that essentially ended the nuke arms race and brought Reagan to the negotiating table.
BTW the Ukrainians ended up with a big chunk of the Red Army's SS-18s and only gave them up when the US and Russia agreed to guarantee its independence.
But Crimea? It's Russian through and through. For some internal political reasons Kruschev handed it over to Ukraine, but he sure didn't ask the Crimeans. It's as if Jimmy Carter had handed over Florida to Castro for some nitwit notion, and less likely to stand in the end.
The entire city of Dnipro where the primary space industries are located was a closed area; even Ukrainians and Sov citizens needed internal passports and permission to enter the city.
There's a huge environment of supporting industry and academia that has floundered since, trying to find their way forward.
By the way, the lingua franca of eastern Ukraine is Russian - I spent two weeks in Dnipro a couple of years ago and met exactly one guy speaking Ukrainian.
The corruption that drives the back and forth today is from the newly privatized primary industries (think: gas, thank you Hunter), power, etc. as the directed old economy stuff can't provide the cash to keep the pols happy.
Soon after independence Ukraine bet very heavily on IT, and now many of the European language help lines and remote IT support, coding outsourcing, etc are answered by multilingual Ukrainians based in Ukraine. IT, online gaming, social media, etc. provide the new cash.
It is an fascinating place with a great people knocked around by the vicissitudes of history, like any number of border states near greater powers but without significant natural barriers but to pretend that somehow there are vital US interests at play is simply uninformed or delusional. Reminds me of the SE Asia domino theory and its disastrous outcome.
It's true that a fair amount of military manufacturing took place in Ukraine--although probably in the heavily Russified areas of the Eastern Ukraine (Donbass, Donetz). It's also true that the Red Army's officer corps was disproportionately ethnic Ukrainian--heritage of the Cossack influence. None of that justifies the our coup against the Ukrainian government in 2014 or our looting of Russia under the Yeltsin kleptocracy and the looting of Ukraine under multiple corruptocrats.
Crimea has historically been mostly Russian since it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the late 18th century. Two thirds of the people are Russian and only 15% are Ukranian- the rest Tatars and other minority central Asians.
So I guess a U.S. President's or Presidential candidate's foreign policy views and actions are now subject to legal prosecution (at least according to the Dems and their Lawfare arm). Isn't restraint of a President's foreign policy actions the proper purview of Congress? And gee, I thought the Dems were the ones defending "Democracy." This is exactly why Trump is smart to make running for President again contingent on Republican control of the House and the Senate (although many of them are not his friends, either). So sad that virtually any political view that can be held in this country is now subject to lawsuit and criminal prosecution if it is contrary to the desires of the "deep state" and the powers that be. Kind of reminds one of a number of totalitarian states in the past.
Sundance's name is MArk Bradman, he lives in Florida. This isn't a dox - it's public knowledge. And he is on the record as claiming he's a one man show, though he may have been purposefully misleading due to the sensitive nature of his work.
I can see it for a number of months but not for years on end without a break. Given the volume of information involved and the multiplicity of its sources, the effort needed to collate, analyze, and present it coherently strongly implies the involvement of multiple people.
Update on Sussmann trial:
>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGm6arMXwAATTpt?format=jpg&name=small <<
Starting in May; Durham asked for July.
McIntyre is a long time Russia Collusion Hoax internet researcher, and he's done extensive and useful analysis for years. I follow his tweets on a daily basis (much as I read "Meaning in History" daily as well. and for similar reasons.
He's also famous for being a well-rounded Climate Hysteria critic, who along with McKittrick, published the first take down of Michael Mann's famous "Hockey Stick" temperature reconstruction. He also analyzed the treasure trove of the University of East Anglia Climate-gate emails.
His academic background is as a statistician with a Masters degree.
When the Marxists start eating their own, and its coming, Andrew Weissmann will be one of the first to be put against the wall and shot.
The man has destroyed countless lives in his crooked career, and Karma is going to bitch slap him, hard.
I worked in precision machining with a few guys who were from the Ukraine. They informed me that there is engineering and manufacturing in the Ukraine that Russia relies on for their aerospace industry including ICBM technology.
they're correct.
Under the Soviet Union, most anything deemed important had at least two, or more, for diversity - either of technology, organizations, or spatial diversity (distance between plants, etc.)
For some arcane internal reasons the Sovs put around half of their space technology into Ukraine. See Yuzhnoye and Yuzmash, housed in the same compound, the latter the design bureau, the former the production company.
Together they produced a huge portion of Sov tactical and strategic ballistic missiles and space launch rockets, from the original SS-1 deployed in Cuba to the R-36M ICBM (NATO: SS-18 'Satan') that essentially ended the nuke arms race and brought Reagan to the negotiating table.
BTW the Ukrainians ended up with a big chunk of the Red Army's SS-18s and only gave them up when the US and Russia agreed to guarantee its independence.
But Crimea? It's Russian through and through. For some internal political reasons Kruschev handed it over to Ukraine, but he sure didn't ask the Crimeans. It's as if Jimmy Carter had handed over Florida to Castro for some nitwit notion, and less likely to stand in the end.
The entire city of Dnipro where the primary space industries are located was a closed area; even Ukrainians and Sov citizens needed internal passports and permission to enter the city.
There's a huge environment of supporting industry and academia that has floundered since, trying to find their way forward.
By the way, the lingua franca of eastern Ukraine is Russian - I spent two weeks in Dnipro a couple of years ago and met exactly one guy speaking Ukrainian.
The corruption that drives the back and forth today is from the newly privatized primary industries (think: gas, thank you Hunter), power, etc. as the directed old economy stuff can't provide the cash to keep the pols happy.
Soon after independence Ukraine bet very heavily on IT, and now many of the European language help lines and remote IT support, coding outsourcing, etc are answered by multilingual Ukrainians based in Ukraine. IT, online gaming, social media, etc. provide the new cash.
It is an fascinating place with a great people knocked around by the vicissitudes of history, like any number of border states near greater powers but without significant natural barriers but to pretend that somehow there are vital US interests at play is simply uninformed or delusional. Reminds me of the SE Asia domino theory and its disastrous outcome.
And?
It's true that a fair amount of military manufacturing took place in Ukraine--although probably in the heavily Russified areas of the Eastern Ukraine (Donbass, Donetz). It's also true that the Red Army's officer corps was disproportionately ethnic Ukrainian--heritage of the Cossack influence. None of that justifies the our coup against the Ukrainian government in 2014 or our looting of Russia under the Yeltsin kleptocracy and the looting of Ukraine under multiple corruptocrats.
Not intended to be snappy.
Weissman has successfully demonstrated that he's not very well versed on the law,
so now he's taking up foreign relations.
He's apparently not very well versed on that, either.
Or history.
Or common sense.
Thanks for posting so I don't have to read his tripe.
He's qualified to give medical advice too now.
Crimea has historically been mostly Russian since it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the late 18th century. Two thirds of the people are Russian and only 15% are Ukranian- the rest Tatars and other minority central Asians.
So I guess a U.S. President's or Presidential candidate's foreign policy views and actions are now subject to legal prosecution (at least according to the Dems and their Lawfare arm). Isn't restraint of a President's foreign policy actions the proper purview of Congress? And gee, I thought the Dems were the ones defending "Democracy." This is exactly why Trump is smart to make running for President again contingent on Republican control of the House and the Senate (although many of them are not his friends, either). So sad that virtually any political view that can be held in this country is now subject to lawsuit and criminal prosecution if it is contrary to the desires of the "deep state" and the powers that be. Kind of reminds one of a number of totalitarian states in the past.
Eye opening thread.
I guess it is all about Get Trump, by any means possible. And the Ukraine was just convenient.
Sorry for busting in and this is totally off topic. Months ago there was a discussion about Sundance and mentioned I thought Sundance was a she. I knew I had a reason. "Anyhow, my husband and I..." https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/12/13/christmas-treats-appetizers-and-party-food/ Sorry if this is old news lol
Sundance's name is MArk Bradman, he lives in Florida. This isn't a dox - it's public knowledge. And he is on the record as claiming he's a one man show, though he may have been purposefully misleading due to the sensitive nature of his work.
Thank you.
Nevermind. I see it is authored by someone else.
I think there is a team, so a couple of different writers / researchers.
As Mark commented, there is no way one person could post as much as Sundance does, and as in depth.
I have often thought the same thing- more than one person running the blog, but there are people completely capable of that kind of output.
I can see it for a number of months but not for years on end without a break. Given the volume of information involved and the multiplicity of its sources, the effort needed to collate, analyze, and present it coherently strongly implies the involvement of multiple people.
Pretty consistent voice however.
Same with the Economist... that's just good editing.