Quote from: paxmao on Today at 08:35:20 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 07:49:45 PM

So the "people's republics" all announced referendums (on the subject of joining Russian Federation) to take place within the next few days, and Putin was supposed to make a TV appearance, presumably to speak on the subject. The expectation is that of course these territories will be formally annexed by Russia and this will open a legal pathway for military draft/mobilization/special slaughter operation or whatever they will call it. Putin's speech has been postponed though, likely until tomorrow.

Quote from: OgNasty on Today at 05:01:29 PM

Some people won't understand why Putin invaded Ukraine until it's in a coloring book and even then unless it's a woke coloring book it would be ignored. It's really not hard to understand, but you must first come to grips with the idea that the USA doesn't always do everything fairly and we take actions on others we wouldn't tolerate in return. Those blindly stuck in the brainwashed state that Joe Biden isn't running our country off a cliff will never understand. They're too busy in defense mode and brainwashed to believe whatever lies they're told.

Putin's best investment right there. Doesn't even need to pay 15 rubles to each individual, just feed some bullshit to right wing nutjob media and they all parrot it as if they're in on some great secret. Pathetic.

Somehow everything is about Trump and Biden - particularly about Trump. But it is not: Adolf Putin's wars are pretty much coincident with high oil prices. The RF army is oversized and does have plenty to say. The idea that whatever Putin decides happens is simplistic - if not plain wrong and it is becoming even clearer that the army can impose whatever they want on the civil society - like for example, a compulsory levy for a war that is not defensive.

RE US not "doing things right", I really hope nobody out there in the US is still believing in any short of moral superiority.

On the "fakeferedums", the political consequence is that the RF psychos will start the rhetoric of "our allies are actually being invaded" and may justify a levy or anything else.

What it is really all about is banking. There are two basic kinds of banking in the world. The real one is not very powerful at any one time. But the fake one is extremely powerful as long as nobody sees through the fakery.

Putin is using the temporarily weaker, but the real, banking system. The US and Europe are using a couple of fake banking systems that have the appearance of strength right now, until the truth of their fakery comes out into the open. That's why the war against, not really Putin, but his banking system is being pushed by the West.

Putin's banking is backed by gold; the US and Europe by a planet-sized chunk of lies.

Everybody knows what it means to have money backed by gold... like Putin and the Ruble.

See if you can figure out how the US fake fiat system kills loads of people through fake money. Search on "Tom Schauf, bank freedom."

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