The US and Canadian governments have begun to assess the availability of blood and blood products in the event of a nuclear war. Source, someone personally in real life known to me who works in a pharmaceutical company that deals in blood products.

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Oct 21 2022 22:59 utc | 104

Opport Knocks | Oct 21 2022 21:59 utc | 90
>……”the script was written in DC…”
Yep.
[Zelenski] “did a complete 180 aof 2021. One can only imagine the combination of bribes and threats from State/CIA that caused the change in script.”
A big factor was the “taking out of play” of Kolomoisky by the State Dept.
Kolomoisky is on the FBI hit list and will be arrested on entry to U$ ….. thus he has to be cautious of extradition (legal or U$ special forces style). He’s hunkered down in Israel (allegedly). Or maybe Switzerland. Regardless. He’s now out of play, and the U$ State Dept picked up Zelensky’s leash and now owns him exactly as one owns a dog.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 21 2022 23:02 utc | 106

Posted by: Leuk | Oct 21 2022 19:47 utc | 54
Ha!

Posted by: Haassaan | Oct 21 2022 23:11 utc | 108

@ Tenet | 82
Good response. Interesting list. Thanks.
@ watcher | 86
Disappear you racist shill. How about dealing with what people do, rather than the race/religion to which they were born.
_____
… to be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
Ok. Here is the problem with that. When people who are “do”-ing, are acting with others, formally or informally, in a manner that mimics a coalition or conspiracy, and that coalition or conspiracy delineates along some tribal membership lines, then it is important to note.
When the consequences are of global importance, then it is imporatant to discuss and understand.
Some people suspect the overall globalist / Davos effort is to exploit, subjugate, and enslave any who are not part of the same team. Whether that team is authentic or fraudulent (Khazarian) is an interesting question. I am really curious what happens when there are no others to consume and nominal allies turn on each other.
I am also curious why there are not more people of “religious” alignment, who renounce their association with said religions to designate they are, in fact, to be judged on the content of their character, and not according to membership with a particular group; whether Christian, Jew, Muslim,…
It is super intersting that intersectionality, victim-status, and performative virtue signaling have become such a major component of the social fabric we navigate. The victim-status trump card is Judaism and it is played with the claim of anti-semitism.
Anti-semitism is such an easy bomb to lob at anyone. It requires almost no work to employ and its value to discourse and underatanding is nil. Normally it shuts every discussion down and I hope the sting and fear is finally wearing off for many.
Now I just need to find a troll to flame so I can up my site cred.

Posted by: JEN | Oct 21 2022 23:26 utc | 110

@ Posted by: uncensored | Oct 21 2022 22:25 utc | 100
Interesting it is not. Nice red herring!
This is an off-topic for the ancient heritage names of modern Israel have absolutely nothing to do with the current topic on Country 404. Formerly known as Ukraine. A derivative of the Polish language called “Frontier”……..
For those who are familiar with Greek heritage names in the Levant region. A section of land which has been occupied by men of multiple early languages since 8000 BCE. That is long before the wandering subsistent proto-Greek tribes became a civilization of sorts.
That is for a topic on another thread.

Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Oct 21 2022 23:38 utc | 112

watcher | Oct 21 2022 21:49 utc | 86
Agreed. I was taught the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism by Jewish anti-war socialists in the 1960’s. A difference some still struggle with, apparently. I also learned a bunch of new to me cool words like schmuck, my personal favorite. Come to think of it, we seem to be attracting some schmucks lately.

Posted by: Zed | Oct 21 2022 23:42 utc | 114

To find out who rules over you, find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

Posted by: Muthaucker | Oct 21 2022 23:50 utc | 116

John Kennard | Oct 21 2022 23:40 utc | 118
“………people calling for the return of Boris”.
You know these things can be manipulated, right?
Which “people” are calling for Boris?
Like a PR campaign directed by Boris and his flunkies ?

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 21 2022 23:57 utc | 118

sorry really should have been in the other thread. mil disculpas,

Posted by: michaelj72 | Oct 22 2022 0:00 utc | 120

@ Posted by: uncensored | Oct 21 2022 23:04 utc | 111
As interesting as splitting hairs.
Long ago the levant region was the frontier of Ancient Egypt and Assyria. The borders changed as frequently as which army dominated the area. The native residents either being enslaved or worse. On the whims of the local warlord victor. An excellent spot to eliminate a troublesome batch of religious whack jobs as border cannon fodder.

Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Oct 22 2022 0:04 utc | 122

Leroy | Oct 22 2022 0:12 utc | 128
Haven’t (as yet) been totally derailed by the permanently and persistently Tony-offTopic and his narcissistic stream of consciousness diary entries.
So there’s that.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 0:28 utc | 124

@ Melaleuca | Oct 21 2022 23:57 utc | 123
@ Michaelj72 | Oct 22 2022 0:00 utc | 125
Sorry about the OT.
Reposted to the non-UKR thread.

Posted by: John Kennard | Oct 22 2022 0:33 utc | 126

K | Oct 22 2022 0:03 utc | 126
You are aware that not one western leader becomes leader (remains leader) without pledging fealty to Israel, right?
Truss was in office “40daysand40nights” and she dutifully delivered the prerequisite pledge(s):
https://www.jewishpress.com › news › israel › liz-truss-friend-of-israel-becomes-uks-56th-prime-minister › 2022 › 09 › 05
Liz Truss, Friend of Israel, Becomes UK’s 56th Prime Minister
5 Sep 2022Liz Truss, Friend of Israel, Becomes UK’s 56th Prime Minister By David Israel
https://www.jpost.com › international › article-716357
New UK PM Truss is a true friend of Israel, Lapid says
5 Sep 2022 “I congratulate my new friend, a true friend of Israel Liz Truss, who was elected prime minister of Great Britain,” Lapid said. The UK and Israel are united by a shared “commitment…
https://www.cufi.org.uk › news › israeli-leaders-welcome-friend-of-israel-liz-truss-as-new-uk-prime-minister
Israeli leaders welcome ‘friend of Israel’ Liz Truss as new UK Prime …
6 Sep 2022Sep 6, 2022 | News Israel’s leaders and the British Jewish community have welcomed the new UK Prime Minister to her role after Liz Truss was elected to lead the Conservative Party. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid congratulated “my good friend and a great friend of Israel” Liz Truss.
https://www.timesofisrael.com › where-does-new-british-pm-liz-truss-stand-on-ties-with-israel-and-uk-jewry
Where does new British PM Liz Truss stand on ties with Israel and UK …
5 Sep 2022LONDON — Liz Truss, named as Britain’s new prime minister on Monday, is a strong supporter of Israel and a self-proclaimed ally of the Jewish community.
https://www.thejc.com › news › politics › the-tories-tipped-to-replace-liz-truss-what-are-their-views-on-jews-and-israel-54wm8LczDjE7xKnVOZf2wB
The Tories tipped to replace Liz Truss: What are their views on Jews …
2 days agoFormer chancellor Rishi Sunak is undoubtedly the frontrunner among MPs in the race to replace Liz Truss. The ex-hedge fund manager told a Conservative Friends of Israel hustings in July…
https://themuslimvibe.com › muslim-current-affairs-news › lis-truss-israel
Could Liz Truss be the most pro-Israel British PM ever?
29 Sep 2022As a fervent endorser of Israel, Liz Truss stated, “The UK stands by Israel, and its right to defend itself” following Israel’s bombings of the besieged Gaza strip in August 2022. The Israeli strikes killed at least 45 Palestinian civilians, including 15 children.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 0:41 utc | 128

@ Bodim.M | Oct 21 2022 15:58 utc | 2
Take a wider perspective. Consider every news story about inflation in England, or a factory closing in Germany as if it was a report of a Ukrainian town being captured.

Posted by: Figleaf23 | Oct 22 2022 0:45 utc | 130

Melalueca no. 133
Not one of those links opened. Each one resulted in the letters “xn” after the main initial name of the website, and had error.

Posted by: ThusspakeZarathustra | Oct 22 2022 1:07 utc | 132

This site seems to be taken over by Jewish trolls, but they will ultimately lose their renewed conquest of this world. Where to begin:
1. Yes they do own Hollywood and the stench that it has been spewing out, to brainwash the dumbed and illiterate to keep them quiet.
2. All potential protests movements like occupy wall street, Black lives matter bribed and bought by Soros and co.
3. Most warmongers are Jewish: Kissinger, Albright, blinken, macron, sarkozy, Boris ,yetenyahu, staimer etc, etc. Etc etc!!!!
4. Who have massacred Palestinians at will on their homeland for decades?
5. Who promote homosexuality, LGBT, wokeiesm and all the rest of this depraved world has become? I can right for days but your days are numbered.
A few centuries ago. They ran Jews out of Europe. They got refuge in moor Spain. Turkey, Russia, Iran etc.. This time everybody left alive looking for you.
America is the most evil country in the world and guess what? Run by Jews, and so is most of Europe.
It is no use begging like in the past for Russia is getting rid of you and china will drop you at the appropriate time. Oh! The rest is waiting to exact revenge.

Posted by: Karl luck | Oct 22 2022 1:23 utc | 134

I know that Russia can destroy the entire Europe. I know that china will never let Russia fail. The evil west has shown their racist cards. After ccp congress and G20 see gloves come off
The talk of negotiations coming from the west because they see the writing on the wall, but it is too late.

Posted by: Karl luck | Oct 22 2022 1:38 utc | 136

The bleats of anti semetic bias ruining this site. Putin has stated this battle is against the satanists. And who are the satanists ? Lets look at this interesting event. organized by the Zionist Organization of America, you know those lovely innocent guys just tryn to make a buck in a bad world. Unfairly smeared by all
Soldier field chigago usa 1933.
https://floridanationalists.com/2022/09/16/video-150k-jews-gather-in-chicago-for-child-sacrifice-ritual-first-president-of-israel-in-attendance/
Id say like the opening 2022 commonwealth games in london. If you build a huge fire breathing half man half cow statue and worship it ,its moloch. Satan worship. Simple no wiggle room by definition on that.
In the 1933 version they throw wat looks like babies into it. Ahh its just some guys messing about naked george bush stated when questioned about the same stuff at bohemian grove. Yep satanists run your nations and they openly come from one tribe . Yes its a small club and to get into it you worship satan.
Maybe the poor jews shouldnt be so cosy with zionism is they are so innocent. And maybe the shmear of anti semetic needs bandaid tearing to show more of who these groups are. Joan rivers quoted it perfectly . ” yes we jews run everything” lgbt? Only religion accepts 8 genders as normal? Thats written in the talmud if you care to look that up.
Now back to killing the satan nations for those that seek a future not of depraved morals.

Posted by: Hankster | Oct 22 2022 1:46 utc | 138

(SunnyRunnyBurger posting)
These are rhetorical questions, the answers are obvious and boring.
Why shouldn’t Zelensky being jewish in some form be as relevant as if he was anything else?
Why would anyone call for removing information about jews in Ukraine (in this case)? Are they also calling for removing information about christians, muslims, buddhists, atheists, or anything else in Ukraine (in this case)?
I repeat: these are rhetorical questions, the answers are obvious and boring.
I don’t see the point in denial of a very strong jewish influence in Ukraine, or the very strong connections between Ukraine and Israel due to WWII as well as recently, or the very strange relationship between Ukrainian neo-nazis and Ukrainian jews and Israel, since everyone here already knows.
And if they don’t they can go read Israeli and jewish media sources concerning all of this in Ukraine!
Or why not start with the famous stuff like the WWII massacre Babi Yar in Ukraine or the Israeli/jewish pilgrimage and tourism to Uman (the Rosh Hashana kibbutz) in Ukraine?
Or maybe this information is “too jewish” to be “legit” and too racist because it’s factual or not enough about Ukraine.
Okay now I’ve cared enough about jews for today, not caring any more 😀
And for the morons/tourists: yes I’m taking the piss out of you (Ukraine!).

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 22 2022 1:53 utc | 140

Posted by: K | Oct 22 2022 0:03 utc | 126
Speaking of word salads, what was that all about? Zionism is not the same as Judaism. Even True Torah Jews do not support the occupier of Palestine. And of course there’s the USS Liberty incident in 1967
“Thou dost protest too much”

Posted by: ianMoone | Oct 22 2022 2:16 utc | 142

Some days ago I posted a comment, based on my own observations and deductions, that Russia has no standing professional army at all but an officer corps, a real and file comprised of one year conscripts, and depends on 6 month contract soldiers to do the fighting. I carried it a neoliberal profit worshipper military model.
In response I was abused by people who seem to believe ad hominem invective is a substitute for a reasoned response.
Well, here is the military analyst “Big Serge” saying literally exactly the same thing, in a highly pro Russia article:
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/politics-by-other-means
Excerpt:

“The light force deployment is related to Russia’s rather unique service model, which has combined “contract soldiers” – the professional core of the army – with a reservist pool that is generated with an annual conscription wave….The transition from a Soviet mobilization scheme to a smaller, leaner, professional ready force was part and parcel of Russia’s neoliberal austerity regime throughout much of the Putin years…It cannot…wage a multi-year continental war against an enemy which outnumbers it by at least four to one, and which is sustained with intelligence, command and control, and material which are beyond its immediate reach…More force deployment is needed.”

This article was also quoted extensively and approvingly on another highly pro Russia article by Mike Whitney on Unz:
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/putins-winter-offensive/#new_comments
I assume that I can expect an apology now? If the abusers were abusing in good faith?

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Oct 22 2022 2:25 utc | 144

@ moccasin @ 35
‘Mass graves of indigenous children in Canada is a truth that can not be reconciled , a more truthful view the federal government, it’s a racist tyrannical police state.’
And you were doing so well. I agree with most of what you say, even that Canada has become something approaching a police state; the mandating of ‘vaccine passes’ to enter a restaurant and the threat to freeze the bank accounts of those who supported the trucker convoy were a national disgrace, and Justin Trudeau is a leader like Pussy Riot is a band. But mass graves of indigenous children in Canada remains a completely unsubstantiated accusation. Not a single such grave has been found, and the native leaders have formed study groups with non-native sympathizers to ‘discuss’ how they’re going to verify the graves’ existence. NOBODY wants to dig, because they have a pretty good idea what they will find – tree roots and other natural anomalies.
The trumpeting of the ‘find’ is the triumph of ‘activist anthropologist’ Sarah Beaulieu, who seized control of the news cycle with her inflammatory accusations. It was she who commissioned the use of ground-penetrating radar which ‘discovered the gravesites’. The natives in Canada are now riding a hot streak in which they are deferred to in every official act by the Canadian and provincial governments – nobody dares commission new parkland without ‘consulting the elders’ and seeking ‘indigenous wisdom’. Statues are torn down if their namesake ever had anything negative to do with the natives, including that of Canada’s first Prime Minister, and museum displays in my home province are being emptied of their ‘colonialist’ artifacts to make way for more native art. All, all of that might collapse if there were to be public operations to exhume the bodies of native children, and nothing of the kind could be found.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/19/not-one-corpse-has-been-found-in-the-mass-grave-of-indigenous-children-in-canada/
https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/kamloops-mass-grave-debunked-biggest-fake-news-in-canada/
I apologize for going off topic, but I have just had enough of that whitey-always-lies bullshit. Residential schools might have been a terrible idea, you could argue that. But stop with the hundreds upon hundreds of unmarked graves of indigenous children, or get out there with a shovel.

Posted by: Mark | Oct 22 2022 2:53 utc | 146

My recollection from my visit to Kherson ten years ago was that most of the city sits about 30 meters higher than the river below. The port and industrial facilities would be damaged by a flood, but, not the civilian residential areas. Also, the flood plain is miles wide before it gets to Kherson. The lake level when full is only 13 meters above sea level. So, the city if Kherson itself is not at any significant risk from a dam breach.
The main danger of a Ukrainian strike on the dam is the destruction of the bridgehead. This would temporarily limit Russian troop movement and resupply to Kherson from Crimea.
The primary purpose of the evacuation of civilians from Kherson is to minimize the casualties from Ukrainian artillery and to give the Russian military a free hand to deploy defenses against a Ukrainian offensive.

Posted by: Rhinoskerous | Oct 22 2022 4:05 utc | 148

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Oct 22 2022 2:25 utc | 149
Some days ago I posted a comment, based on my own observations and deductions, that Russia has no standing professional army at all…
In response I was abused by people who seem to believe ad hominem invective is a substitute for a reasoned response…
I assume that I can expect an apology now? If the abusers were abusing in good faith?
It was I that said that you were an idiot (ad hominem invective). I’ve read enough of you over the years that based on my own observation and deductions, I maintain that you’re an idiot. Your previous post, that you reference, was just your crowning achievement, as an idiot. Rather than my ad hominem invective being a substitute for a reasoned response, it was very reasoned, and an appropriate response. You assume that you can expect an apology? Well you can assume all you want, and there in lies one of your issues – you assume a lot, and your assumptions lead you to make unreasoned conclusions and statements. Basing arguments on free floating assumptions is lazy thinking. So, there you are, you’re a lazy idiot. But wait, there’s more.
You evince a lack of reading comprehension. Notably you seem to have not noticed this part of your own quote (emphasized by me so you can’t possibly miss it this time around) “The light force deployment is related to Russia’s rather unique service model, which has combined “contract soldiers” – the professional core of the army…” I’ve read that article and it’s a good one. I note that you left out the very next sentence in your quoted paragraph (heavy on the ellipsis by you) which states: “Russia consequentially has a two-tiered military model, with a world class professional ready force and a large pool of reserve cadres that can be dipped into…” Notice the word professional in those two sentences? So, we have 1) you’re an idiot; 2) you’re a lazy thinker; 3) you can’t comprehend what you read; 4) you misrepresent what you quote. So, I guess I do have to apologize. But to the bar. Not to you. I’m sorry all, I wasn’t accurate when I called BP an idiot. He is in fact a lazy, ignorant, and mendacious idiot.

Posted by: scuppers | Oct 22 2022 4:16 utc | 150

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 22 2022 1:53 utc | 145

These are rhetorical questions, the answers are obvious and boring.
Why shouldn’t Zelensky being jewish in some form be as relevant as if he was anything else?
Why would anyone call for removing information about jews in Ukraine (in this case)?

I think the answers go deeper and that they’re more than about “the jews”.
The problem in essence has nothing to do with “the jews”.
The problem has to do with the unwarranted capture of a power structure by elite minorities.
It doesn’t matter whether these “elite minorities” are jews.
They could as well have been muslims, Han chinese, Roma Gypsies, Tartar Buddhists.
If a handful of Tartar Buddhists were now sitting atop the power structure of Ukraine, and in obvious collusion with an elite minority of Tartar Buddhists who occupy prominent positions in the US State Department, The EU and the UK, I would be extremely suspicious and call for an explanation.
Exactly in the same way I’d be suspicious if a handful of Han Chinese came to occupy the most powerful positions in Norway.
Did they collude, as an ethno-cultural/ideological group, in favour of their own kind for purpose of capturing power over the majority?
And of course, when such an elite ruling minority forbids any discussion of “Han Chinese” (e.g) and their disproportionate hold on power, you can be sure they don’t want you to know how they came upon their power …
Since they they represent close-knit, distinctive cultural groups with their own unique ideologies, religious values and ethics, how can such minorities be trusted to champion the needs of the majority?
In the past, when elite minorities gained power over the majority it never worked out well.
There is good reason to be suspicious when too many of one minority group capture the power structure of a state.
In the past, we were told this capture was due to “meritocracy”:
“These people are in power because they are naturally gifted, they are superior to you, they are gifted in the sciences and arts and it is suitable that they govern you”.
But if the current crop of “elite minorities” ruling over Ukraine have taught us anything it’s that they are not there by virtue of merit.
In fact, quite the opposite.
The time of the “Brahmin Caste” in all it’s myriad forms has long passed.
Their power should be questioned without shame.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 22 2022 4:41 utc | 152

Russia has significantly strengthened the grouping of its troops in the Kherson region, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot conduct a successful offensive. This was stated on Channel 5 by the former speaker of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev, PolitNavigator reports.
“We know that fierce local battles are now taking place on the right bank of the Dnieper in its lower reaches, there is no advancement of the Ukrainian defense forces as part of the counteroffensive, since the Russians have dragged additional reserves to the right bank …
The fights there are actually extremely tough. Moreover, the Russians have recently begun to receive in sufficient quantities all the logistics components, because more or less pontoon-bridge crossings across the Dnieper are operating for the supply of goods, ammunition and weapons, a bridge is operating near the dam in Novaya Kakhovka, they are trying to actively use pontoon-bridge crossings and other infrastructure facilities to deliver weapons, ammunition and other components …
That is, the situation for the Ukrainian defense forces, taking into account the fact that the Russians have a considerable number of troops there, according to some estimates, it is believed that there are up to 30 thousand of them, plus they have more or less stable logistics. That is, the situation for the Ukrainian defense forces there is not easy,” Seleznyov said.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/15891

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 6:13 utc | 154

Servicemen of the Russian Airborne Troops inspect the equipment of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of the 28th Specialized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was destroyed during the battle in the Krivoy Rog direction.
In particular, the footage shows the T-72 tanks delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Macedonia, as well as the BRDM and MTLB. In addition to equipment, dead Ukrainian soldiers also remained at the battlefield.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/15893

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 6:15 utc | 156

@pretzelattack | Oct 21 2022 21:21 utc | 76

winter is coming, according to the gmartin books, and it can’t get here too soon according to me. maybe the trolls will hibernate, too.

In Norway, there is a fairy tale about “The trolls of the Hedal forest”, where the trolls don’t have eyes but a hole in the forehead where a removable eye fits and just a single eye to share between them. The one who currently has the eye walks in front, the second holds on to the first troll, the third holds on to the second and so on.
Not having eyes, the trolls do not develop independent views, they only ‘see’ what the lead troll tells them.

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 6:39 utc | 158

What happens, if/when the gas tanker owners get a veiled ‘prediction’ that some of them might get sunk in the high seas, would they still ‘sail’ to Europe?

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 22 2022 6:45 utc | 160

@Tenet | Oct 21 2022 21:38 utc | 82
I read your post to be anti censorship, in which case I agree.
You have a great moniker by the way, you may be interested in this wonderful melody Tenet (ᛏ ᛅ ᚾ ᛅ ᛏ), it is full of symmetries.
ᛋ ᚨ ᛏ ᛟ ᚱ
ᚨ ᚱ ᛅ ᛈ ᛟ
ᛏ ᛅ ᚾ ᛅ ᛏ
ᛟ ᛈ ᛅ ᚱ ᚨ
ᚱ ᛟ ᛏ ᚨ ᛋ

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 6:55 utc | 162

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 0:41 utc | 133
You give Truss O’Leary far too much credit. She is an empty vessel as they say filled with speech and thoughts by those around her……She is a “golem”
Israel’s embassy assigns a “mentor” to any British PM – Harold Wilson got Joe Kagan; Blair got Michael Levy; Cameron (although boasting about his Dutch Jewish antecedents) got Stanley Fink……Thatcher was surrounded……….
It is truly pathetic but it helps UK align with Washington

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Oct 22 2022 7:09 utc | 164

🇷🇺 This morning, strikes were carried out on Ukraine energy infrastructure facilities in:
▪️in Kiev.
▪️ Odessa region.
▪️ Khmelnytskyi.
▪️in Dnepropetrovsk.
▪️In Lutsk.
▪️ Sumy
▪️ Volyn.
▪️ Kovele.
▪️ In Lviv.
▪️ In Nikolaev.
▪️ Kirovograd region.
▪️ Chernihiv region.
The air alert is still active throughout Ukraine, further strikes are possible.

https://t.me/azmilitary11/26326

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 7:22 utc | 166

aristodemos | Oct 22 2022 3:46 utc | 157
Louis Proyect…..is off in a world by himself
Posted by: waynorinorway | Oct 22 2022 7:06 utc | 175
Louis Proyect is dead.
So……off world, then…

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 22 2022 7:34 utc | 168

🇷🇺🚀💥🇺🇦Summary of arrivals as of 5 minutes ago local time in Ukraine on 10/22/2022
Another morning was marked by a new wave of arrivals on Ukrainecritical infrastructure facilities. Judging by the emerging information about the partial blackout in the western regions of Ukraine, the morning missile strikes hit Ukraine power system. In a number of cities of Ukraine, problems with electricity are becoming almost chronic — Ukrenergo informs about the restriction electricity supplies to the capital and beyond.
💥 At the moment, it is known about arrivals in:
— Kiev region
— Odessa region
— Khmelnitsky region
— Rivne region
— Lviv region
— Volyn region
— Kirovograd region
— Nikolayev region
🚫⚡️ Power outages in:
— Kirovograd region
— Odessa region
— Rivne region
— Mykolaiv region
— Volyn region (Lutsk and Kovel)
— Khmelnytskyi
🚫💧 The water supply in the:
— Khmelnitsky…. P.S. It is Ukraine who fired at themselves.This is all a provocation.Russia ran out of rockets back in March.

https://t.me/azmilitary11/26330

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 7:44 utc | 170

The anticipated “front” seems to be moving towards an attempt by the US regime to include Belarus (as they are not having the success necessary for Biden to “win” to a standing ovation).
There are Polish and Lithuanians wearing Belarussian and Russian markings, having “exercises” along the frontier. (Red arm bands).
There are the ongoing NATO exercises or movements around the Baltic.
Belarussian “dissenters” (Mercenaries) have been seen in training.
It is said (someone elses provisional estimation) that the idea is to infiltrate, sieze Belarussian Gov. Infrastructure. Provoke a military coup etc. As usual.
There are also signs that Ukrainian troops have been taken discretely FROM the Kherson area towards Kupyiansk. This from 50 “intercepted” telephone conversations. (Side note; Phones are forbidden to Russian troops, why are they not also forbidden to Ukrainians and mercenaries, so a bit suspicious).
**
A rather anti-Putin, MSM/TV follower I Know, now says that the Russians will attack FROM Belarus – so this is the line being put out in the French media. (Projection by Zelensky?).
Either this is all rubbish to try to provoke the Russian forces to increase their presence near Kiev and Kharkiv (But on Ukie soil), or it is THE plan.
Open question.
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About the troll subject above. About twenty years or more ago, I had a long conversation with a person I presume was an ultra-orthodox or Haredi, Friendly I may add, as that was during a more polite period.
He tried desperately to convince me that the “J’s” (His word) were behind just about every empire or Kingdom known. In the Middle East and even beyond. (Even before the Egyptians). Using as references, books that I had never heard of and I suspect he wrote himself.
However, If I took his idea at face value, the only logical conclusion to reach was that every time the “J’s” (his word), gained power – the empire immediately collapsed.
He did not appreciate that conclusion when I put it to him.

Posted by: Stonebird | Oct 22 2022 7:48 utc | 172

Ed Nelson | Oct 22 2022 0:31 utc | 130
Thanks for you post taking on the issue of how to deal with trolls in reasonable language

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 7:53 utc | 174

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 22 2022 6:45 utc | 172

What happens, if/when the gas tanker owners get a veiled ‘prediction’ that some of them might get sunk in the high seas

If these predictions become common the insurance costs alone might make them think twice about sailing to Europe …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 22 2022 8:02 utc | 176

Handwringing overly – humanist types or those with “a dog in the fight “ , calling any comment against Israel or Jews anti-Semitic , is getting very tiresome. IF the claim is logical and/or based on evidence, it is not anti-Semitic, it is just a claim that can be believed or tested depending on the reader’s wont.
I don’t get scared if I criticise malicious American Adventurism or Muslim cruelty and jihadism , so I will be damned if I will hold my tongue and fret if I call out Jewish power and Exceptionalism.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Posted by: Brother Ma | Oct 22 2022 8:10 utc | 178

Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 6:39 utc | 170
You appear to think ‘trolls’ are a small distinct local problem which may be addressed by superior culture and education and liberal disdain
In which case you ignore the extent to which you, as all westies, are infected by the same contamination, that the whole of your culture politics and society is and has been subjected to trolls and their propaganda for a very long time now
One of the central confusions of capitalism is that it allows an apparent choice to certain middle professional class lackeys who profit (to some extent) from the structures of exploitation, and allows them to fantasise that they are ‘better off’ and not subject

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 8:18 utc | 180

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 8:09 utc | 188
In essence, if there is a sellers cartel why not then also a buyers cartel? The EU countries want to have a more diverse supply and not be dependent on single points of failure because they can be blackmailed. It is only rational from an economic perspective, right?
This is of course aside their extreme russophobia which adds fuel to the fire and makes it that much more difficult to come to mutually beneficial agreements. They want exactly that, to take away the benefit for Russia while maximizing their own benefit. This is, on the other hand, not a market (economically) driven motivation so it will lead to suboptimal solutions.
There will be some steady point reached at some time but it will probably be a compromise. There are also no bodies to arbiter disputes between parties anymore. The West will not talk to Russia and Russia has no reason to trust what the West agrees to even if they talk.
In these situations might makes right. But at the end, power mechanisms to work together will evolve but we are far away from that.
This of course assumes that neither side wins the ideological war (progressives vs collectivists) outright in the meantime.

Posted by: alek_a | Oct 22 2022 9:03 utc | 182

@183
There are Polish and Lithuanians wearing Belarussian and Russian markings, having “exercises” along the frontier. (Red arm bands).
There are the ongoing NATO exercises or movements around the Baltic.
Just like 80 years ago, dressed up nazi’s in polish uniforms attack german defence forces to start WO2. In this case these polish forces can attack lithuanian forces to trigger article 5 to start WO3.

Posted by: gary | Oct 22 2022 9:10 utc | 184

@Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 8:18 utc | 191

You appear to think ‘trolls’ are a small distinct local problem which may be addressed by superior culture and education and liberal disdain

What you say is entirely your own idea and you have understood nothing nothing about what I said about the subject.

Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 22 2022 9:15 utc | 186

Another two waves of strategic bombing runs on ukro infrastructure. According to Ukroenergy CEO, results are on par or exceed those of the ones on October 10th.
The methods of SMO gradual grinding combined with this are proving quite effective. There is no reason for any hurry or rush.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 22 2022 9:33 utc | 188

The West will not talk to Russia and Russia has no reason to trust what the West agrees to even if they talk.
Posted by: alek_a | Oct 22 2022 9:03 utc | 193
The Russian gas hub in Turkey for EU sales disagrees with that idea. Project has already started, it was on the news today.

Posted by: rk | Oct 22 2022 9:54 utc | 190

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The news about the transfer of Ukrainian trains to thermal traction cannot but cause good feelings. Unlike the lack of light and heat in the houses, this is a much more important event. There are very few diesel locomotives in Ukraine, and it is problematic to transfer them to new lines. And this means very serious transport problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

https://t.me/intelslava/39864

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 10:11 utc | 192

alek_a | Oct 22 2022 9:03 utc | 193
« In essence, if there is a sellers cartel why not then also a buyers cartel? The EU countries want to have a more diverse supply and not be dependent on single points of failure because they can be blackmailed. It is only rational from an economic perspective, right? »
The old phrase has it -supply and demand, this makes both appear to be flip sides of the same coin – but the history of cartels shows each side exist in different circumstances for different reasons
Remember the US deal with the KSA on the boat ? The Brits had just handed KSA the keys to Heaven and all they now wanted was a little plain old black tar in return- That was a buyers cartel – the world looks very different now
EUS sanctions have sought to impose a buyer’s c, called ‘sanctions’ for the holy ring to it
Which merely provoked a much stronger sellers c than expected : 9 long months later all they can come up with is same old you cartel we cartel ? but now in circumstances where the power of the seller has greatly increased by EUS stupid previous supposedly c-like actions ? – … second time round it’s going to work ?
With the Gas OPEC and the Turkey pipeline deal the sellers look to have the EU over a barrel – the EUSniks may not want to deal with RF, but they’ll have to deal with someone, somewhere, and that will be with an RF ally – Putin has arranged this so that while the EUS may bite their tongue and deal, it’s in the knowing that they’re paying a great premium to do so
As for the ideology – I think it’s clear that the multi-p have won out over the uni-, that’s a different sort of cartel, the tyranny of the majority
Or – look how the vaccine cartel functioned as the perfect example of how not to cartel –tell me that they know how to rip themselves off and I’ll believe you, tell me they know how to deal with RoW…..

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 22 2022 10:24 utc | 194

⚡𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 ‘𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀’ – 𝗖𝗕𝗦 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀
America’s 𝟭𝟬𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, deployed close to the Ukrainian border, would step in if NATO were attacked, its commanders said.
The US Army 101st Airborne Division would not hesitate to enter Ukraine should a conflict break out between Russia and NATO, CBS News reported on Friday citing the unit’s military commanders. The elite division is currently conducting war games in Romania, close to the NATO country’s border with Ukraine.
“We’re ready to defend every inch of NATO soil”, Deputy Commander Brigadier General John Lubas told the news network.
In total, about 4,700 American soldiers from the 101st Airborne unit have been sent to Europe.
The 101st Airborne Division, also known as the “Screaming Eagles,” has a distinguished military history. It took part in the airborne operations during the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944 and in the Battle of the Bulge.The unit was also involved in the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/15950

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 10:30 utc | 196

Maybe this new Russian general operating in Ukraine is finally somebody smart enough.
It seems that he realizes that by creating 5-10 mil refugees, that would all go to Germany, Russia can win this war without too much deaths.
Germany should provide shelter, food and electricity to these people.

Posted by: marko | Oct 22 2022 10:32 utc | 198

🇺🇦 Ukranian telegram channel:
Against kamikaze UAVs, the Armed Forces of Ukraine use their fighters, which fly out and catch up with the “mopeds”.
The only risk is that in this way the Russians catch Ukrainian planes. The tactics are simple. They send a drone – a kamikaze, for example, in the Poltava region (there is a military airfield there). At this moment, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine take off to shoot down the “shahid”, and at this moment aviation and air defense are also working from the Russian side, which detects the Ukrainian aircraft and fires several “surprises” at it. As a result, more than 3 aircraft were lost in the Poltava region in a few days.
Aviation is suitable only for work in the depths of the country, and then there is a risk that in western Ukraine, a surprise may arrive from Belarus. But with X-type missiles or calibers, such a feint does not work.
The Russians also use a mixed launch system, when they release kamikaze UAVs in advance, and after a while missiles of different types.
If the Office of the President does not report damage from a missile attack, this does not mean that it does not exist. This morning a lot of Missiles hits the target, just Bankovaya forbade writing about it. In many cities, the power went out and the residual electric transport stopped.

https://t.me/intelslava/39867

Posted by: Down South | Oct 22 2022 10:39 utc | 200