Paul GV #189
“Does anyone know where to buy a genuine new Russian army or navy fur hat from Russia,”
Try Aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20221015005335&SearchText=russian+fur+hat&spm=a2g0s.8937460.1000002.0
I got a few metres of Saint George ribbon a while back.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | Oct 15 2022 8:54 utc | 203

Posted by: marcjf | Oct 15 2022 7:50 utc | 190
The thing with military training is it takes a very long time. You have to have new soldiers training in the pipe all the time and much preferably the bulk of it finished before the conflict. It makes a lot of sense to use the reservists to replace all active duty personnel outside Ukraine, send all active duty personnel inside Ukraine and leave reservists training in their place. After that send continuously the most “advanced” reservists etc.
Kherson is the single most important point that I agree. The mobile air defense systems embedded with those advancing troops should be smoked out, and then create an epic massacre turkey shoot of the epic UAF zerg rush with heavy use of air assets.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 9:01 utc | 205

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 9:01 utc | 206
You can’t get rid of all the stingers, but their infrared guidance can be conned with flares most of the time (probably)? UAF is at a weak point now since they are so depleted in mobile radar guided air defense and especially to spare them to advanncing troops (of course it’s a matter of general staff priority – fixed target or formation protection) they don’t have much to allocate their attacking troops, beside MANPADs. Air power is the key as usual.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 9:06 utc | 207

unimperator #206

Kherson is the single most important point that I agree. The mobile air defense systems embedded with those advancing troops should be smoked out, and then create an epic massacre turkey shoot of the epic UAF zerg rush with heavy use of air assets.

Thank you for those thoughts, I guess Russia was able to mosey along with thin army ranks and a diminished training program while it maintained an active small core army group here and there in the world. That sounds like a fair thing as there are far greater priorities for budgets than a standing army.
Russia has not been slack on the missile and artillery side though it seems.
Their initial encounter in Ukraine seems awkward at times but they have established a major foothold, pronounced liberation of enslaved slavs, gained a measure of the combined west bloodlust, proofed their missile, drone and artillery forces and finally seem prepared to take a stab at it.
Time will tell but I certainly believe they are more than willing and capable of taking a dump on NATO every morning for the next year.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | Oct 15 2022 9:16 utc | 209

⚡It looks like the real hunt for Ukrainian air defense systems has finally begun.
In the video, the Russian Lancet destroys the S-300 launchers in the Zaporozhye region

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14411

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 9:18 utc | 211

Down South #201
I believe the Ukes and their new offensive are specifically after the Zap NPP and all else is feint or fixing in pursuit of that goal.

Posted by: uncle tungsten | Oct 15 2022 9:20 utc | 213

“Could it be that one of the outcomes of this war the US desires is the destruction of the BRI between Europe and Asia?”
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 8:19 utc | 198
HAHA! Were you sarcastic?
That is the real purpose. Plain. Obvious.

Posted by: Parisian Guy | Oct 15 2022 9:26 utc | 215

A single Lancet drone put two UAF S-300 launchers out of action in Zaporizhe. That’s what you call “cost effective”. They need their own point defense systems, as well.
https://t.me/loordofwar/53233

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 9:38 utc | 217

Strelkov is back at the front. Apparently as chief of staff of a volunteer battalion:
Photo with his wife in uniform
He was 100% correct from the start.
If the leadership had listened to people like him countless lives would have been saved.
Meanwhile the grifter windbags who were ridiculing him are still selling their books and ads to idiots from the safety of the USA.
Experienced posters will know who I am referring to…

Posted by: moaobserver | Oct 15 2022 9:47 utc | 219

@ Exile #213
Prepping is a good thing. When an emergency actually arises, survivability, the level of mental/emotional stress, and the resilience of the /remaining/ supply chain will improve with prepping than without.
The mockery aimed at prepping baffles me.
10 days of food is not nearly enough. But it’s better than nothing.

Posted by: dfg | Oct 15 2022 9:56 utc | 221

@uncletungsten 217
Or it legit advice and a good idea, this is a serious war that seems to be followingescalation 101.
Russia hinting at a anti terrorist campaign then anouncing countries involved seems like a message to the west and a troll job of what they are going to do next if they are pushed.
France is now sending more troops to Romania,why? Russia listed Georgia, Armenia and Bulgaria as countries involved in the terror attack. If you look at securing the Black sea there really isn’t a lot to stop Russia from splitting it 50/50 with the Turks.
Plus Nato might need to find a reason to get involved in Ukraine because the Russian’s next wave is too big to handle.
This is a dangerous moment it isn’t a controlled scam

Posted by: OohCanada | Oct 15 2022 10:19 utc | 223

Prepping is a good thing. When an emergency actually arises, survivability, the level of mental/emotional stress, and the resilience of the /remaining/ supply chain will improve with prepping than without.
The mockery aimed at prepping baffles me.
10 days of food is not nearly enough. But it’s better than nothing.
Posted by: dfg | Oct 15 2022 9:56 utc | 222
You also need guns and ammo because all those who mocked you will come to you place to steal from you – neighbours, friends and family first. And they will be armed .

Posted by: Greg Galloway | Oct 15 2022 10:19 utc | 225

Fellow Barflies;
I’m not a prepper but…our household has
9 months Toilet Paper
18 months laundry soap
12 months hand soap
4 months coffee beans
3 months baking flour
4 months baking sugar
Etc etc etc
All slowly inventoried at discount prices 🙂

Posted by: Exile | Oct 15 2022 10:31 utc | 227

Iranian sources report that Russia has ordered new Arash-2 UAVs from Iran. The warhead of the new drone is much larger than that of the Geranium.
Iran actually has many different interesting UAVs – reconnaissance, strike, kamikaze. Many of them have been tested in combat operations on various theaters of operations.
Here, in fact, there should be interest not only in buying, but also in deploying assembly lines for production on the territory of the country – both domestic and foreign (under license).
Because buying what you need from a friendly country is, of course, good, but in the future, you need to strive for military self-sufficiency, which in the current realities is an important component of subjective foreign policy.
The fact that there is Iran or China, which can lend a shoulder in various issues, is good, but the military-industrial complex should strive for a full cycle of production of everything necessary within the country. I hope that after the SMO in Ukraine, this issue has become extremely obvious.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14432

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 10:34 utc | 229

The Guardian
Western officials have begun to covertly develop plans to prevent panic and chaos in the event that Russia does decide to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
This was stated by a Western official on condition of anonymity.
He stressed that the West still considers a nuclear crisis “highly unlikely”, but Western states have decided to reconsider plans to provide emergency assistance and support to the population, which is afraid of nuclear escalation.
Western governments are engaged in “precautionary planning for a range of possible scenarios.”
⭐️You need to understand that Western media give out such headlines for a specific purpose. Geopoliticians are invited to the Kurilka.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14447

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 11:07 utc | 231

“Western officials have begun to covertly develop plans to prevent panic and chaos in the event that Russia does decide to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
This was stated by a Western official on condition of anonymity.”
Since such statements invariably project what the imperial institutions plan to do, we read this as: Western officials have begun to develop plans to sow panic and chaos while using these to impose further modes of social control on their own people, in the event that the empire decides to use nuclear weapons as a false flag in Ukraine, which will be the consummation of the fear-mongering that “Russia” is about to use nukes.

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Oct 15 2022 11:20 utc | 233

Posted by: Exile | Oct 15 2022 9:20 utc | 213
Crappy prepping advice. Serious preppers know the recommended daily water component is at least one gallon per person per day – and that doesn’t include water for wsshing. Preppers also recommend having paper plates and plastic utensils available to reduce disk washing wasted water.
These clowns should subscribe to a girl in Austria called “Survival Lilly” who has a Youtube channel on the subject. US preppers are sitting back and be like “Hey, we’re already set for this” (when they aren’t panicking that WWIII is going to start tomorrow.) That guy I’ve referred to here before, Canadian Prepper, has been posting one shrill video a day for months now.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Oct 15 2022 11:29 utc | 235

That which is Starlink’s greatest strength in Ukraine also suggests its greatest weakness.
A swarm of hundreds/thousands of orbiting (relatively low orbit at that) internet access points certainly provides a mesh network that could in theory provide quite a bit of redundancy if some number of nodes were eliminated. However, to be viable, each of these Starlink satellites is probably pretty primative – e.g. cheap to build if you *eventually* plan to deploy 50,000 of the buggers. These are certainly not orbit modifying (expensive) X37s and each one is likely pretty vulnerable to concentrated EM attack. This is a great opportunity for the RAF to try out some of their exotic antisatellite gear, and a ground based laser with a generous supply of power can probably pick these satellites off pretty quick, and perhaps they are already doing so. If you have N of these satellites running some of them would probably stop working on there own, just by the laws of probablity. The Russians to take out a few more then up the ante.
The mesh can probably handle some percentage of losses but performance starts to degrade and then gets worse and falls off a cliff. My guess is that that is exactly what is happening and hence Musk’s bleatings. As for TENS of thousands of Starlink satellites, that is absurd. Think about the launch logistics – you can eventually accumulate tens of thousands of the flying glorified wifi devices – that has not happend yet and likely never will.
Musk after all is Google level Deep State funded and the whole Starlink meme is for use RIGHT NOW, just as fracking was developed as a way for the US to guarantee a wartime supply of oil (IMHO). What is happening in Ukraine right now is the culmination of DECADES of preparation by the Deep State. Do not underestimate how serious this all is…

Posted by: Simplicius | Oct 15 2022 12:06 utc | 237

I wonder what the Russian was doing in Kherson all this time. This important bridge has been broken for months, the damaged bridge deck parts could have been strengthened / replaced by modular provisional bridge segments long ago, because the substructure is apparently intact and undamaged.
(something like here: https://www.jansonbridging.de/de/startseite?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwtTpvpPi-gIV4u3mCh3DqQFUEAAYASAAEgK_tvD_BwE )
And now 30-60000 enemies are standing in front of the gates and the Russian does not have enough troops on the western side of the river. Shake your head. They don’t want to or they can’t.
Respect to the Ukrainians how they always manage to bring such strong troops to the front without the Russian being able to do much about it.

Posted by: guest from franconia | Oct 15 2022 12:14 utc | 239

Posted by: Simplicius | Oct 15 2022 12:06 utc | 238
From what I understand, Starlink also exists for Schwab’s great reset (4th industrial revolution).
My guess the most effective way is ultimately some kind of space vehicle with propulsion, powered by solar or small nuclear reactor, capacitor with a laser or other EM device which can pick these things off one by one with powerful concentrated bursts. India, Russia and China and all non-west should work together to deny the west access to space, or at least in ways they can threaten humanity.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 12:17 utc | 241

Posted by: guest from franconia | Oct 15 2022 12:14 utc | 240

Respect to the Ukrainians how they always manage to bring such strong troops to the front without the Russian being able to do much about it.

Given that it’s their country and they’re already in it you’d expect at least that much.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 12:34 utc | 243

From Larry Johnson

NATO is playing a dangerous game that poses a risk of escalating into a nuclear war with Russia. Sorry to ruin your Friday night. NATO is kicking off its annual nuclear weapons exercise today–i.e. STEADFAST NOON. Although this exercise has not been ginned up in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it comes at a delicate time and will have Russia raising its nuclear alert level.
While it is true that NATO conducts this exercise every year at this time, it is foolish to pretend that the war in Ukraine is irrelevant. Why? Because NATO is exercising deploying nuclear weapons, arming planes with those weapons and simulating an attack on Russia. Do you think the Russians do not give a shit?

https://sonar21.com/from-steadfast-noon-to-one-minute-to-midnight-going-nuclear/

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 12:40 utc | 245

Are Most Of Attacks Planned For Satudays For Any Special Reason?
There is an important point: why did the AFU launch an attack today? It took place Friday night to Saturday morning once again.
Exactly the same pattern was used in the bombing of the Crimean bridge: it  was perpetuated early Saturday morning.  Like many other terrorist attacks, those ones took place over the weekend.
This may occur because the British, in the first place, and the Americans in part, both who work with Kiev, are perfectly aware of how the Russian bureaucratic machine works: it works on a five-day schedule. Also on the principle of “let’s get on with it after the holidays.” This applies, to a certain extent, even to the power structures and the military. 
That is the key to why the offensive happens on Saturday. Another thing is that the Russian management machine has demonstrated that it has not quite learned to react and act on weekends and at night as well.
The British guys are quite systematic, and until they understand for certain that we have left our “five-day” regime for wartime, they will try to apply the old scheme. 
It is absolutely certain that the AFU will be extremely active. They had a lot of time to get ready. It seems that the Ukrainian soldiers and officers who were trained in Britain have already returned to Ukraine. They were trained according to NATO and British PMC standards. They did not sit in barracks or ride back and forth across Britain on trains sightseeing. 
These trained and coordinated units are now going into battle at Kherson and in other directions. 
Kiev needs a victory. Even if this victory is false and only exists on the media. More precisely, NATO needs Kiev’s victory, because as we already know, Russia’s victory means NATO’s loss. 
So for NATO/Kiev the main point of agenda is to try and take Kherson in the south at most, or to get to Berdyansk, thus dissecting the new Russian territories.
There is nothing special about that. It’s just that our strategy and tactics should be planned on the basis of these conditions.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14469

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 12:42 utc | 247

WARSAW, Poland — Poland has completed its negotiations with South Korea to buy close to 300 K239 Chunmoo multiple-rocket launchers, with a contract expected to be signed during next week’s visit by Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak to Seoul.
“It’s an excellent artillery weapon, and based on our observations from the war in Ukraine we can clearly see how much advantage can artillery create on the battlefield,” Błaszczak told local news site I.PL.

Poland to buy hundreds of South Korean Chunmoo multiple-rocket launchers
Odd. American weapons not good enough anymore? Or are they so cash-strapped as to need cheap Asian imports even for defense …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 13:02 utc | 249

@220 well, let’s see if Strelkov will redeem himself. But your criticism of Martyanov and The Saker is completely misplaced. The Saker runs a philosphical blog and Martyanov keeps us in good cheer – you either like them or not but they play a much bigger role in the lives of many honorable Russia-loving people than Strelkov ever could. And suggesting that The Saker or Martyanov should pick up arms at their age is totally troll-like. Please observe yourself in a mirror.

Posted by: Anthony | Oct 15 2022 13:17 utc | 251

@Down South 248
I assumed the “A Russian victory” comment was a copy the Russian playbook. A small withdraw created a huge pro war escalation crowd because nobody wants to be a loser.
They are hoping it will make the Nato population demand more and feel as if they will lose.
Just like France saying no nukes and refusing to participate with the other group who supposedly will use them. Total bluff.

Posted by: OohCanada | Oct 15 2022 13:20 utc | 253

«Neoliberalisation has infected Russia (unlike China)»
The People’s Republic of China have infected themselves with the worst component of thatcherism, real estate speculation, as in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the UK, Èire, etc. (and many parts of the USA). Real estate speculation has some very bad aspects:
* It is extraordinarily profitable, as it requires no effort, being entirely redistributive and unproductive.
* Because people can usually move into smaller and smaller places, doubling up, its profitability can rise for a long time.
* It is far more profitable with much more rapid profit growth (house prices in many parts of the UK have been doubling every 7-10 years) than most businesses so it attracts a lot of capital and only fools end up bothering to set-up more risky and less profitable productive activities.
* It gives a large number of property owners, and the service industries that serve them, a big incentive to vote for right-wing parties and policies, to keep the prices going up and protecting their profits.
In the People’s Republic of China I would guess that most civil servants and party members are real estate proprietors, and probably all state and party officials are real estate proprietors and landlords, often with portfolios of several flats and houses.
Once the middle classes get a taste of how easy and comfortable it is to live off the work of the lower classes thanks to booming house prices and rents they never want to let it go.
This will pretty much inevitably means that the PRC will go the way of Korea-south, China-Taiwan, China-HK, the UK, etc. into becoming a rentier paradise, with ever growing inequality, weak businesses and wages, and hard-right politics.

Posted by: Blissex | Oct 15 2022 13:26 utc | 255

A third cent – and maybe Colonel Reisner can make a video on the subject. If you want to listen to advice from someone who makes YouTube videos.

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Oct 15 2022 13:40 utc | 257

The Owl #162
However, the level of trolling has become so bad that it no longer serves a useful purpose. I came here to avoid the filth, but since the sewer leaks here now too, I’m checking out. I’ll drop by now and then to see if it improves, but it’s off my daily. Cheers.
May you find fair weather sailor.
Me, I don’t mind an occasional troll storm.
Posted by: uncle tungsten | Oct 15 2022 8:48 utc | 203
Let’s face facts here, there isn’t a single open discussion board on this issue where you won’t have to endure the most ridiculous trolls ever recruited by the LGBTQIA-certified, Nazi-cocksucking West. Okay, there are some Discord channels…

Posted by: Tichy | Oct 15 2022 13:46 utc | 259

From Vicktor55 telegram channel….
The latest Russian artillery reconnaissance systems 1B75 “Penicillin” have confirmed their effectiveness in battles in Ukraine, including in the fight against NATO artillery supplied to Ukrainian troops, an informed source told RIA Novosti. The difference between “Penicillin” and the American AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar used by the Ukrainian troops is that it does not use radio waves, so it cannot be detected by radio equipment and suppressed by electronic warfare systems. “Penicillin” is intended for reconnaissance of firing positions of cannon and rocket artillery, as well as anti-aircraft and tactical missiles. The complex captures acoustic and thermal waves from shots and explosions and provides the operator with the exact coordinates of the location of the enemy gun for manual and automatic drawing on an electronic map. At the same time, the time for obtaining the coordinates of a single target firing is no more than five seconds. “>https://t.me/vicktop55/7488
This… like passive RADAR is a game changer….
INDY

Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | Oct 15 2022 13:47 utc | 261

@oldhippie 253
There is an article in wired UK about starlink terminals being hacked with a simple voltage drop during the security check allowing a bypass of security features. This is an old Dishnetwork/Direct tv hack and hasn’t worked on anything modern for like ten years.
The fix involves a new processing unit. No wonder musk “donated” all his junk to Ukraine.

Posted by: OohCanada | Oct 15 2022 13:55 utc | 263

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Oct 15 2022 11:20 utc | 234
It is not that easy to pin a nuclear weapon explosion to a patsy country. The residue from a nuclear weapon can be identified to the source laboratory/facility/reactor within hours if the right analytic instruments are used, either on site or from air.
All these talks of Russian nuclear weapon by US Biden/NATO, are intended to divert attentions of the military failure of Ukraine and the economic failure of West Russia sanctions. Biden wants to reduce his 2022 midterm losses, EU wants to make cold and hunger more palatable. No matter what, Biden will lose on November 8 and EU will freeze and starve this winter. No hot air can prevent that.

Posted by: KitaySupporter | Oct 15 2022 14:05 utc | 265

Posted by: Giyane | Oct 15 2022 13:47 utc | 261
EU (Borrell et. co.) promised to “train” 15000 Ukie guerrilla fighters. I understood it means over the winter time. My guess is that by next spring, those 15000 “fighters” will be at that time already be irrelevant, due to the fact that the main mass of ukrainian’s have already been destroyed through these offensives. The 15k arrival will be asynchronous to the fact that there might not be a coherent front left. And they won’t be fighting as “guerrillas”, they are fed straight to the front. And probably a larger-than-significant portion might have disappeared into the EU welfare system.
My interpretation of all this Nato saber rattling, arms supply, EU false hopes etc. the only reason is to make the ukies fight longer. No one anywhere in the west even mentions anything about ukie losses, it’s all the same as long as a couple of Russians die. The whole thing is kept together by deploying significant numbers of Polish, UK and US armed forces in Ukraine right now. While it is a threat, it’s also an opportunity since Nato is unable to use its major asset – air and naval power and makes Nato fight in a crippled manner. Russia has apparently changed the doctrine from fighting one hand behind the back to fighting properly against terrorists and more collateral acceptable.
The ukie electricity grid is steadily declining as well, despite some people barking at the lack of continuous mass strikes. There are a couple of strikes here and there daily which will add up and make stuff unrepairable.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 15 2022 14:14 utc | 267

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation at the Hot Spots – Posted at 16:48 15 Oct⚡️
1. The direction of #Svatovo is a battle with the enemy. On the one hand, we repulsed them at #Torskoye. On the other, the Khohols (petname for Ukrainians) have reached the border of the #Svatovo district, bypassing it from the left side. Our people can’t be said to have stalled and not moved at all. But they are trying to manoeuvre counter-strikes, which is not a bad characteristic of who is in command there.
2. #Kherson direction – it is raining heavily. Equipment is stalling, the enemy’s advance was slowed down. They are crushing the Khohols in packs, but they are still coming. Ours are well positioned here. The Khohols are taking heavy casualties. Compared to ours, big ones.
Well done Airborne Commander Teplinsky. He literally makes the defence in trenches in Kherson direction himself, he does it very skillfully.
Surovikin is one of the most competent generals now. He has started to build up the defences little by little, he is digging.
3. A great joy – they have finally started to burn out Ukraine’s energy system. I hope that the next stage will be to start hitting the bridges.
There is an opinion that there is nothing to hit the bridges. But we see that the air defence system of the Ukrainians, especially at high strategic echelons, does not work well. It is quite possible to arrange a mass raid in one direction with Kalibers and Geraniums. The next wave could be assault aviation, so that it could simultaneously knock out the air defense system in a narrow section of the front. Then in this section to carry out a breakthrough by bomber aviation, so that the fighters would cover the bombers, and they would put out at least 2-3 bridges with heavy bombs. Now, before the delivery of serious air defence systems, which are being brought to the enemy, this is possible. Tomorrow could be too late. We have less than two weeks left.
There are still Daggers, Kalibras, etc. with BPM (high power munition).
4. In any case it is clear that the next stage, when the enemy starts to close strategic air defence points, it is necessary to work with the same blows on its positions on the front line and to strike deep into it in order to slightly loosen up the “comrades”, because they have relaxed in Kiev. In the moment, by sinking on bridges, it is quite possible to carry out a raid in waves.
It is clear that we will certainly suffer losses, but firstly, this is war, and secondly, they are justified as we must cut off the Left Bank, preventing the enemy from actively operating reserves. The wide Dnieper divides Ukraine in half, up to 10km in places. We are in a position to give them a holiday by depriving them of the opportunity to transfer forces and assets to the left bank.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14488

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 14:29 utc | 269

Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | Oct 15 2022 13:47 utc | 262

This… like passive RADAR is a game changer….

This is truly genius. Seeding the battlespace with a matrix of echo-location beacons, perhaps over a few months until the origin of any artillery piece can be triangulated.
This sets the stage for erasing Himars from the field as well as anything else NATO brings in.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 14:33 utc | 271

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 15 2022 19:30 utc | 273

Arch Bungle’s Defencenews PL report fits in with the orders by UA for South Korean “stingers” and “leopards” reported earlier this week by Sputniknews.

I don’t think further evidence is required to show that the USA/NATO no longer has the weapons manufacturing capacity to keep up with Russia.
If SK is really supplying these then the next question is what are the implications for it’s relationship with Russia (if any). Do the South Koreans want to be seen as an enemy state?

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 14:37 utc | 273

OT: Hardware hacks (physical access) can’t really be defended against. Not even self-destroying circuits can be relied upon (DARPA has been working on improving those for a long time but even so).
As an example by chance I happen to have dedicated civilian electronics hardware that defeats industry encryption (RCA etc.) and I bought it simply for (future) fun (aka learning) because it was so incredibly cheap (I might spend more on cigarettes during a week or two). Complete set fits in a tiny red box slightly bigger than a chunky paperback (some out there will know exactly what I’m talking about).
Currently it’s gathering dust inside another much bigger box …much like my brain lol 🙂

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 15 2022 14:51 utc | 275

Posted by: Giyane | Oct 15 2022 13:12 utc | 251
True, they might be trying to manage expectations for somewhere down the line where they can say / imply, “hey, shit, sure, we funded nazi death squads, but we also talked Putin out of nuking himself, so, really, we’re the heroes in all this”.

Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 15 2022 14:55 utc | 277

JUST SEEN – Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli
@ProfessorsBlogg
·
Jun 19
What instead did REALLY happen in the #Ukraine war-front?
What @nytimes propaganda tried to deviate attention from, via blatant #fakenews on “loses of thousands #Russia-n forces”?
Why today, 1st time since war started,#Sweden main paper #DN had no news on #Ukraine?
This is why⬇️ https://pic.twitter.com/yKzprbRGEE
Replying to @ProfessorsBlogg and @nytimes

Posted by: Geraint ap Iorwerth | Oct 15 2022 15:02 utc | 279

Minister of Finance of Ukraine was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Posted by: rk | Oct 15 2022 15:14 utc | 281

nato offensive in Kherson completely failed

Posted by: rk | Oct 15 2022 15:17 utc | 283

@Arch Bungle 274
South Korea is a US state I would presume. In war time the U.S. still controls the SK army,it has retained that right since 1954.
There was talk of the rights being returned this year but recent events have stalled the process

Posted by: OohCanada | Oct 15 2022 15:27 utc | 285

Next level trolling from the Russians:

The U.S. should set a price cap on U.S. LNG going to Europe, as American gas is being delivered to Europe at prices four times higher than the price for domestic consumption, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with Russian state television.
“We would advise our US partners to set a certain cap price for the resources they are supplying to Europe. This only pushes Europe toward energy poverty,” said the Russian official who represents the country at the OPEC+ meetings.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russia-Suggests-A-Price-Cap-On-US-LNG.html
Russia Suggests A Price Cap On U.S. LNG
And yet, troll or no, the proposal is completely reasonable …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 15 2022 15:28 utc | 287

@ juliania
thanks.. ditto mexicanas words to you..
@ rk | Oct 15 2022 15:14 utc | 282 – quote :
“Minister of Finance of Ukraine was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund”
when you think of how corrupt ukraine is, this appointment makes a lot of sense… not sure how long it is going to take for the ordinary westerner to wake up and realize how the imf, world bank, bis and etc. etc – all created via the bretton woods agreement to favour the usa – is now broken and in jeopardy of ts eventual ending…

Posted by: james | Oct 15 2022 15:38 utc | 289

@moaobserver #220
If Strelkov is back on the front – great.
That’s where he needs to be, as his strategic and geopolitical capabilities are distinctly third rate.
And yes, experienced MOA people understand that you have zero credibility.

Posted by: c1ue | Oct 15 2022 15:44 utc | 291

@Exile #228
Your list looks like a first world preppers list: which is to say, it doesn’t actually contain any food or fuel. Or water.
Beans and oatmeal…

Posted by: c1ue | Oct 15 2022 15:46 utc | 293

Ukrainian deputy prime minister Stefanyshyn has acknowledged NATO’s involvement in the Ukrainian conflict
She said that in her assessment, the special operation gives Russia “experience of actually fighting with the NATO army, which has already been trained according to NATO standards…, equipped with the latest NATO equipment”.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14514

Posted by: Down South | Oct 15 2022 15:52 utc | 295

“I am puzzled by Josep Borell’s declaration, assuring that “Russian troops will be annihilated if Russia uses Nukes in Ukraine.
Annihilated and by not nuclear means.”
What does he mean exactly?”
A fullscale missile retaliation and the bringing of the NATO first tier weapons into the conflict, I would assume. NATOs conventional missile arm is capable of wiping out the whole SMO.

Posted by: Fnord73 | Oct 15 2022 16:03 utc | 297

Posted by: uncle tungsten | Oct 15 2022 7:01 utc | 180
Thanks for that remarkable Strategic link, uncle. Highly recommended.

Posted by: juliania | Oct 15 2022 16:05 utc | 299