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NedZeppelin's avatar

Quick! Get out that verdict in NYC to knock this bad news from Ukraine out of the news cycle - get that Judge Eggmoron’s handler, I mean clerk, on the phone STAT!

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

Don't worry, those trucker businesses are undervalued not overvalued.

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Steghorn21's avatar

There must come a point when the Ukrainian front-liners realise that enough is enough. They've fought with exemplary courage and endurance, but it's now a lost cause. Further resistance just means more pointless slaughter and greater Russian victories. Who wants to die for Zelensky and Vicky?

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Read today that Prez Z and Vicky are going after the two bridages (Azov & 3rd) who were expected to open corridors for Uke's to manuever out of Avdivka. They will be interrogated as well as those who left Avdivka for "negotiating safe passage" out of the cauldron.

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Antipodes's avatar

Lebanon getting advanced A2AD systems is a big scary warning.

With their heads shielded, ground forces may well be prepared to advance south.

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Hal's avatar

Escalation, like bankruptcy. Slowly at first then all at once.

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Ray-SoCa's avatar

Alastair Crooke in a podcast with the Duran discussed how the Iranians and allies (Iraq Shia militias, Herzbolla, and Syrian Shia Militias develop their strategy.

It’s based on consensus, with the goal of avoiding an overwhelming response by the U.S.

So they are carefully plotting out escalations, and then have another associated group do the next escalation.

Escalations so far:

1. Limited Houthis missile and drone attacks on Red Sea civilian shipping of hostile countries.

2. Same as above, but aimed at U.S. and uk warships. Again limited and not meant to sink the ship.

3. Limited attacks in Iraq and Syria to US bases.

4. Seizing of tanker carrying U.S. oil, in response to U.S. seizing Iranian oil tanker.

5. Iranian claim to Antarctica? I’m clueless on this.

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Steghorn21's avatar

They're taking a leaf from the Putin playbook. The whole point is to get rid of the GAE without provoking WW3. Let's hope someone in the depths of DC is paying attention.

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Steghorn21's avatar

My bad. Great American Empire.

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dissonant1's avatar

The "death by a thousand cuts" strategy makes a ton of sense now from the Iranian perspective.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Yep. And time is on their side. Everyday they hold firm is a day closer to the collapse of the West.

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Two thoughts Cass: 1) I believe he was "tainted" by MI6 or similar. 2) Don't think twice that what Zhou (DeepState) intends for Trump isn't similar.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Good catch re Epstein, who didn't commit suicide. I'd forgotten that in this context.

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McFaul features in the Tucker - Benz interview/monologue.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Definitely. Articulate, but very dense.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

I've seen the claims that the video in which Navalny is asking the Brit for huge amounts of money to conduct regime destabilization is of Navalny with a named and known MI6 operative. Of course I can't confirm that, but it seems quite plausible.

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Steghorn21's avatar

22m isn't bad for starters. CNN only gets 500k viewers per day.

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D F Barr's avatar

Most everyone understands now that the elections aren’t on the level anymore. Even if those in denial understand in the back of their head that the game is rigged. The outrage only comes after a certain level of pain has been inflicted upon them. The “nothing left to lose” threshold has to be reached before the masses in the street. Hasn’t reached that point yet, but the awareness level has been silently increasing. More and more people are recognizing the fraud and the scam that the government has become. My belief and observation anyway.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Spot on. We all know the truth but we're living suspended animation. On the on hand, we see the indisputable evidence; on the other, we can't quite believe the enormity of what is happening. And daily life still seems pretty normal.

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

Tucker is in the flood plain of the Rubicon and maybe in the stream.

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

I have horrible instincts in this regard. Oliver Anthony, Tucker's interview of Putin, and now Mike Benz were all in "distrust but verify" mode for me. I guess that I understand the bad guys better that the good guys. There's just more of them. And maybe it is significant fear of infiltration.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Tom's point is correct. It's easy to lapse into despair when we read the horrible things happening in the news. However, the near future holds out a lot of great opportunities as well.

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

One other point that Luongo made about Tucker'strip to see Putin was that the NY Fed Boyz could be backing him (and them, if you include Benz in the cstegory).

Tha confidence of someone having my back would mean the world to me if I were Tucker or Benz (or Manchin or Sinema).

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Mark Wauck's avatar

"Tha confidence of someone having my back would mean the world to me"

That's certainly true. I'd like to see some indicators.

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

To Luongo, it explains how Manchin and Sinema could hold strong in the face of such opposition over the IRA in 2022. It is his explanation for their unexpected strength.

Part of being a scientist is being able to see things that aren't obvious. Inductive logic is more powerful that deductive logic sometimes.

I don't know anything about your Fbi days but I am sure that you saw similar things.

It is his theory at ths point. Not much A+B+C though.

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