The shovels win.
Posted by: Naive | Jan 13 2025 1:58 utc | 98
Yeah, every time a NAFO posts some pic of ancient RF hardware headed to the front I can’t help but LOL. They think it’s the Russians running out of high-end armor, whereas it’s been demonstrated time and again that the old stuff is more than sufficient to keep wrecking the AFU.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Jan 13 2025 2:10 utc | 103

…Wilson was a total failure as President, one of the worst in US history…………….
Posted by: tobias cole | Jan 13 2025 2:00 utc | 99

Sounds like a progressive president to me.

Posted by: Rutte | Jan 13 2025 2:25 utc | 105

Sounds like a progressive president to me.
Posted by: Rutte | Jan 13 2025 2:25 utc | 105
The beauty of progressives is that not only do they have inane policies but that they’re inevitably forced to double-down on them thus making everything “progressively” worse.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Jan 13 2025 2:40 utc | 107

To the military passport question:
When I served (US) you could travel internationally with orders on a military ID. However we always carried a passport and used that instead. There was no restriction carrying civilian and military id at the same time.
Russian military I interacted with for INF treaty inspections in Germany and Italy always had diplomatic passports.
This was the same for me when I travelled to Moscow for a state department visit, i traveled on a us diplomatic passport.

Posted by: Archetypex | Jan 13 2025 3:32 utc | 109

Posted by: Anonymous | Jan 12 2025 17:39 utc | 21
Have you considered the metric of how many dead soldiers per sq. km.? And graphing that against the remaining numbers of soldiers?
The density of soldiers per sq. km. is kinda really low between the Donbass LOC and Dneiper river isn’t it?
The point of metrics is whether they are empty useless statistics, or relevant.

Posted by: jopalolive | Jan 13 2025 5:28 utc | 111

Is it normal for active-duty front line soldiers to carry passports?
Posted by: malenkov | Jan 12 2025 16:46 utc | 19
My wife is a Russian Dr. She has aRussian international passport and a military one. If she’s called to serve (which she can’t be because she’s in the U.K.) she has to surrender the international passport and keeps the military one which doesn’t allow normal travel until they’re finished with her.
Posted by: PalmaSailor | Jan 12 2025 17:01 utc | 13
It’s not a military passport that she has: it’s a “Military Ticket ” [ВОЕННЫЙ БИЛЕТ], what is called an Army Paybook in the UK. My 25-year-old son, who has dual British-Russian citizenship and who lives with his wife in the next street to where I live in Moscow, has a Military Ticket, meaning that he can be conscripted. They issued him with it when he graduated from university here 3 years ago. So far, he has not been called upon to serve in the army, but he will serve if told to do so. My son also has a Russian internal passport, a Russian international passport and a British passport.

Posted by: Moscow Exile | Jan 13 2025 6:50 utc | 113

The Russian “Military Ticket” [ВОЕННЫЙ БИЛЕТ] is a military ID, that’s all. However, my son cannot leave Russia unless he shows his “military ticket” at the point of exit. He also cannot be employed unless he shows his employer his “ticket”. He can leave Russia whenever he wants to, as he has a valid Russian international passport and a British passport, but should he wish to leave Russia, they would demand to see his Military Ticket in order to see his classification as regards his suitability for military service, and I presume, having checked his “ticket” at border control and determined that he is not likely to be called up for military service, they would let him leave. As I have already said, my son has been liable for military service now for 3 years, but since he got his ticket, he has heard nothing from the local draft board. If he were called up, he would only be obliged to do one year’s basic training: he would not be sent to the SMO zone, unless, of course, he volunteered to serve there. His classmate and friend, who is our neighbour, got his “ticket” at the same time as my son received his, but my son’s classmate was conscripted, unlike my son. My son’s friend is single. My son had only been married for a couple of months when he got his “ticket”. However, my son’s marital status does not prevent him from being called up. He can still be called up. He would only be exempted from conscription if he had at least two children or if he had to support elderly or infirm next-of-kin.

Posted by: Moscow Exile | Jan 13 2025 7:21 utc | 115

Never been in Russian military, so how is “смирно!” shouted as a drill command? The stress is grammatically on the first syllable, but like in ” aat ten SHUN!” would require a different stressing.

Posted by: Catilina | Jan 13 2025 9:11 utc | 117

“internally quarrelsome independent states” – I should have said

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 10:37 utc | 119

Posted by: Barrel Brown | Jan 12 2025 23:47 utc | 82
Good comment as usual, but please be open-minded and consider the following.
Global warming is real, mean atmospheric temperatures have been slowly increasing since we have reliable records (mid 19th century to the present). The part that is bullshit about climate change is that the gas emissions of our civilization are responsible. The bullshit part crowd-out the real science because bullshit makes more money in our decadent Western world.
We do not know yet the cause(s) of the natural warming in our temperature records, but most likely it comes from cycles of sun activity, and not just irradiance, but other physical impacts of solar processes on the thin layer of gas that covers our planet, for instance solar magnetic modulation of cosmic ray and other particle fluxes. See here:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101650

Posted by: Joseph Kaspar | Jan 13 2025 10:40 utc | 121

Historian Taril Cyril Amar, wrapping up the North Stream cover up saga in an article on the RT website
https://www.rt.com/russia/602813-why-west-is-still-lying-ns/
If you are lazy like me, you may instead prefer his Cross Talk contribution of today, focusing also on European’s relation to the US – a topic which has gained new actuality after Trump announcing his wish of posessing Greenland.
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/610755-us-greenland-new-imperialism/

Posted by: grunzt | Jan 13 2025 11:10 utc | 123

That’s what worries me about sites like MoA. You get posters who may have coherent and sensible views on The Ukraine, Gaza, etc. But then they come out with sh*** about global warming being ‘unexplained’. It has been explained, clearly, thoroughly and extensively and all scientists who have not been bought and paid for by the oil and gas industries (and others with similar interests) agree on this . The clarity regarding western thuggery seemingly does not extend to western fuel businesses. PT Barnum was right.
Sorry – bad editing

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 11:16 utc | 125

@Joseph Kaspar | Jan 13 2025 10:40 utc | 124
He claims human caused global warming is bullshit
No it isnt and the current loud-voiced skeptics are persistent maybe because the oligarchy wants to buy up the resources on the cheap while they are talking down the price.
When I once wasnt familiar with what the skeptics are bringing to the table I thought they might have something reliable but with time I havent found a single case when their rumblings stand up to scrutiny. They just repeat sources they like and never subject it to sound criticism that only takes a few minutes before one encounters the part of the info that the skeptics omit for no good reason at all.
I agree with the skeptics that the oligarchy has supported alarmism but I also know that they are on the other side of the debate funding that side too.
Thus we agree that we mustnt trust or obey our western lying establishment in the way they have planned it for us.
However human-caused GW continues without cessation no matter how many unfounded claims the skeptics bring up.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 13 2025 11:58 utc | 127

However human-caused GW continues without cessation no matter how many unfounded claims the skeptics bring up.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 13 2025 11:58 utc | 132
The burden of proof is on those making the claim, not on the skeptics…
So since you made your claim, put up your evidence so that people can see it and analyze it. See if you can defend it or not. Like the models they are using to do it, with the data(unedited, and how it was edited).
You can see the time when the most of that which has been released, that was a pretty big fiasco lol.
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_emails,_data,_models,_1996-2009
You can download it, read it, see where they used something they called “fudge factor” in the code. How they emailed about they were not going to allow counter articles to get published. I doubt that you actually will, and instead quote the wikipeada article on it(which by the way does not have linked where it most known it was leaked at). Never denied as being real emails and leaked code, just tried to make some excuses for them. Read them yourself.
Also if someone says it is a consensus, from occult knowledge you aren’t allowed to see… They are not a scientist, but a priest.

Posted by: Rhymerez | Jan 13 2025 12:30 utc | 129

In short, Russia’s total war costs far exceed what official budget expenditures would suggest. The state is stealthily funding around half these costs off budget with substantial amounts of debt by compelling banks to extend credit on “off-market” (non-commercial) terms to businesses providing goods and services for the war.
Posted by: Craig Kennedy | Jan 12 2025 22:33 utc | 68
You do realize that Russia is not under any obligation to issue accurate financial reports to their enemy.
In fact the military budget, industrial production numbers and casualties are a closely held secret and the last thing they want to reveal is how much they are spending on developing new weapons so of course they “stealthily fund” these projects and keep them off the books much like the USA keep their “black ops” and “Darpa” projects out of the official budgets … the pentagon has never passed an audit and when they are audited it shows $$$Billions unaccounted for.
NATO, the EU and the US government are telling us that Ukraine can’t be allowed to fail … consider that China, Iran and North Korea can’t let Russia fail either and will makes sure they don’t.
Chairman Xi has said “Russia and China are more than allies … we stand back to back.” Americans should take that statement literally.

Posted by: HB_Norica | Jan 13 2025 13:30 utc | 131

@ HEL, §34:
So Tuva is the new Korea?
They´re mostly Turks in Tuva, with a heavy influence from Manchu and Mongol.
To western eyes, Manchus and Mongols would be indistinguishable from Koreans.
It seems the video was deleted, i can’t find it anymore. It had closeups and translations of the red documents.
Posted by: HEL | Jan 12 2025 20:10 utc | 41

It seems i was just confused, here is the link:
Link to DPA

Posted by: HEL | Jan 13 2025 13:43 utc | 133

New RT headline:
“Hungary brands attempted strike on Russian gas pipeline an attack on its sovereignty”
In a somewhat more just world, Hungary would don the proverbial big boy pants and demand an Article 5 consultation, if not declare war on the Ukronazi entity outright.
But then, several supposedly independent Euroweenie states should’ve done the same when NordStream was destroyed. If they really believe the Ukronazis pulled that stunt, let them retaliate appropriately. Of course, we know the Ukronazis couldn’t have done it, which leaves …
Moral of the story, I guess: states lacking military power or courage (or both) have to get used to taking it on the chin — or up the …

Posted by: malenkov | Jan 13 2025 14:05 utc | 135

Trumpers don’t want Canada. That whole mess is an elaborate troll. Canada is full of progressive idiots. We have enough of that rot already. Alberta is the only province that would be a fit. As for Greenland, well, there aren’t any people in Greenland. Its entire population is small town. Mexico? Please, no one wants Mexico. Mexico has been a failed state from the beginning. The time for taking Mexico was 1848. Not now, not ever. Though, you might see an occupied buffer zone on the Mexican side of the border.
I’d love to see the US break into a few countries. Mine would still be bigger than any country in Europe, have a bigger GDP, oil, timber, coal out the wazzoo, tech industries, major ports, and an international border. In short, we’d be an economic powerhouse.

Posted by: Totila | Jan 13 2025 14:09 utc | 137

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jan 13 2025 13:21 utc | 135
China’s main goal, and what they publicly stated for several years is they want US vassals to have more autonomy. Even if it means doing trade with them.
While I agree it looks bad that they accept a UK delegation and sign some sort of paper with them, it’s more of reducing UK vassalage from US and increasing its autonomy. However, it would be probably better for the world if the UK is allowed to collapse financially.
Will China act to prevent a UK government and bond collapse and save its currency? Right now it looks very unlikely, but we shall see. The UK will collapse on its own with the leadership of Rothschild owned politicians and officials anyway, and this event will not save it from it.

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 13 2025 14:20 utc | 139

West Germany incorporated East Germany in a matter of days. Why wouldn’t the US incorporate Canada?

Posted by: Nick | Jan 13 2025 14:26 utc | 141

Posted by: bingo | Jan 12 2025 22:56 utc | 74
“Trump is too busy planning his big party to bother himself with California fires or Ukraine.”
Blah blah blah, Trump blah blah blah. Did you notice that Trump isn’t president yet and, technically, he can’t do anything. The last time he tried to talk to people before he was officially president, the Deep State tried to put him in jail.

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 13 2025 14:31 utc | 143

That’s what worries me about sites like MoA. You get posters who may have coherent and sensible views on The Ukraine, Gaza, etc. But then they come out with sh*** about global warming being ‘unexplained’. It has been explained, clearly, thoroughly and extensively and all scientists who have not been bought and paid for by the oil and gas industries (and others with similar interests). The clarity regarding western thuggery seemingly does not extend to western fuel businesses. PT Barnum was right.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 11:15 utc | 129

Over the millenia the climate has changed radically many times all without any influence from mankind.
There have been at least five Ice Ages all without any influence from mankind.

Posted by: ReinhardVonSiegfried | Jan 13 2025 14:44 utc | 145

@Johan Kaspar
Once again, no one wants Canada. But seriously, if we did, you expect the same people who folded to Justin Trudeau to wage a guerrilla war against the US? lol Canada isn’t a nation. It has no identity. It’s full of Pakis and who knows what else. The actual Canadians are for the most part, progressive cucks who wouldn’t do a damned thing without first asking their wives’ boyfriends if it was okay.
Let’s have a little reality here. This place is like a mirror image of the neocons who thought they could manufacture a victory over Russia in Ukraine because they wanted it bad. Your wish casts concerning the United States are no less ridiculous.

Posted by: Totila | Jan 13 2025 14:48 utc | 147

What so many fail to realize is that Trump is an American Putin.
Posted by: Totila | Jan 12 2025 15:24 utc | 3
Who will be in power for a few hundred days as his second term runs out and not 30 years like Putin. Then a Republican neocon will fill Trumps suit.
He is absolutely nothing like Putin if you analyse Trumps first term in Office regarding Ukraine and the Middle East and what actions he took. You wished it all away using strawmen as a figment of your immigination.
Clearly suffer from DTDS – Donald Trump derangement syndrome.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 14:57 utc | 149

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 14:57 utc | 158
“Clearly suffer from DTDS – Donald Trump derangement syndrome.”
Yes. There is a lot of that floating around. I think it reflects badly on what is left of the US educational system (if you can dignify such a ramshackle structure with such a specific name), and the decades long vilification of workers solidarity, substituting the empty slogan that ‘anyone can be president’. You have to laugh, really.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 15:13 utc | 151

Posted by: ReinhardVonSiegfried | Jan 13 2025 14:44 utc | 154
The hubris of humans is declining.
First, Earth was at the center of the Universe. Pretty big hubris.
Next, humans were created by God. Fairly bigish hubris.
Now, humans are changing the climate of the planet. Not thay big but still quite hubristic.

Posted by: Johan Kaspar | Jan 13 2025 15:28 utc | 153

Posted by: Johan Kaspar | Jan 13 2025 8:38 utc | 118
You have forgotten about the South in your analysis ?? The floods ??
The only way to have any chance for some countries to survive is for the world to nationalise industry.You know like they do when they are fighting a world war ?
That’s why the right are so against climate change and create conspiracy theories about it and foolishly call it a trap. To nationalise industry goes against every ideological bone in their bodies.
They foolishly think “bank lending” will save the planet and the billionaire class investment. They have convinced themselves due to all those ideological bones in their body that “rent seeking” the use of both skills and real resources will save us all. That the billionaire class and the commercial banks will move the skills and real resources to where they are needed.
It is right wing ideological fuckwittery of the highest order. They think skills and people can be moved around the economy like ignots of steel. They all think like that because they are as dumb as a bag of spanners.
That people can change professions at a snap of a finger. That a miner can become an IT analyst the next day. Or a ship builder can fly a plane the next day. Or a low end manufacturer can suddenly produce a satellite.
That bank lending and the billionaire class investments will magically make it all appear as if by magic from the pavement.
Of course anybody with an IQ in double figures know it is a right wing fairytale. Thatcher and Reagan tried it and they desolated their nations which still haven’t recovered nearly 50 years later.
Nationalisation is what is very much needed and the implementation of taxes.
Keystroke into existence the money that is needed from thin air to fix the problems. Introduce a job guarentee that will allow skills and people to transition between professions more easily. Giving them a chance to learn new skills that are needed on a living wage and not on unemployment benefit of £90 per week.
Then tax heavily those that are hoarding the real resources. To release the real resources that the government can then quickly put to use and move to where is needed. Exactly like China does as it builds massive public projects for fun.Exactly like Russia does as it moves massive amounts of real resources during this war.As the West struggles to keep up using private industry and bank lending to produce the weapons.
Target the keystrokes where it is needed. The productive capacity of the economy. To ensure bottle necks don’t appear and the inflation threat is pushed way out into the future. Creating room in the economy to expand the productive capacity to what is needed to fix the problems and the threats from climate change.
That is what is needed not bank lending or the billionaire class. The right will do everything they can to stop it.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 15:35 utc | 155

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 15:35 utc | 165
Hear, hear. Good stuff.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 15:43 utc | 157

Posted by: ossi | Jan 13 2025 14:26 utc | 147
On January 7, Donald Trump, who will take office as US president on January 20, said that Greenland should become part of the US to protect it from Chinese and Russian threats.
So Trump believes the Russians/Chinese are going to invade the USA from the north through Greenland and/or Canada? Someone should show him a map … 6000 mile supply lines through the arctic tundra and muskeg with no roads. How fucking gullible …
Back in 2019, during his first term as president, he said that the US could buy Greenland,
With what … they’re broke and in debt up to their eyeballs. What are they going to offer Greenlanders … besides a shit ton of debt that is … that they don’t already get from the Danes? Their excellent health care plans? Cheap AR-15’s?
Trump is actively promoting the idea of ​​Canada joining the US as the 51st state.
Like Greenland the USA has nothing to offer us and have a history of stripping assets and leaving countries in poverty. Are they going to pay off our debt? Bring good paying manufacturing jobs to the country? Military security? All we would gain is a portion of their debt and we are surrounded on three sides by oceans and 5000 miles of Tundra and muskeg so would US military in Canada protect us or make us targets?

Posted by: HB_Norica | Jan 13 2025 16:03 utc | 159

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 15:35 utc | 165
Thanks. Respect.

Posted by: Avtonom | Jan 13 2025 16:13 utc | 161

And if others don’t do it, we’ll be the first.
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Posted by: ossi | Jan 13 2025 16:17 utc | 174
Just sue the Kiev government for damages and another process to seize the eu funds for Ukraine to assure there are funds to pay the indemnity and fines.

Posted by: Newbie | Jan 13 2025 16:21 utc | 163

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 15:35 utc | 165
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Comuniss!
(Belgian joke).
Good post.
And the more the population increases, the less bank lending or the billionaire class should rule.

Posted by: scc | Jan 13 2025 16:32 utc | 165

Well then, define “the right”
At the moment, only in Europe can you see how the left (Greens and Reds) are driving the economy into the ground and supplying weapons.
Posted by: ossi | Jan 13 2025 15:48 utc | 168

sigh, Ossi…
This is exactly what I lament, namely, that AfD supporters label everything to their left as “left”. The SPD and the Greens are not left, by any measure. Just because the government introduced the Bürgergeld because they (SPD) are ashamed of the past (Hartz IV) does not make them left. They are center-right. Even the Die Linke, which one can throw into the trash can since it was destroyed by the “adopt a revolution” crowd, has been making gallopping strides towards the political centre.
The only Bundesland to have been governed by the “left” here was Thüringen with Bodo Ramelow, but even he is a moderate social democrat within Die Linke.

Posted by: jure | Jan 13 2025 16:52 utc | 167

“ The beauty of progressives is that not only do they have inane policies but that they’re inevitably forced to double-down on them thus making everything “progressively” worse”
By the above leap of logic, bible thumper George W Bush is a progressive

Posted by: nwwoods | Jan 13 2025 16:56 utc | 169

Posted by: Ben Trovata | Jan 13 2025 16:58 utc | 184
Well, it’s all a bit speculative right now, Ben, so I think you can relax. 🙂

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 17:13 utc | 171

Weeb Union:
– Russians regained control of the industrial area of Chasov Yar, which it flanked from the north. The town probably falls soon as the Russians only have the apartment complex left to take on the high ground.
– Toretsk completely taken by the Russians
– One of the two roads to the west from Pokrovsk cut off at Kotlyne, and the road between Pokrovsk and Konstyantynivka to the east cut off. The south-west flank of the Pokrovsk defence giving way. So, only one main supply road left – between Pokrovsk and Pavlohrad, which is only a few km from the Russian positions (so already heavily impacted by drones).
Advances from Chason Yar, Toretsk and where the Russians cut the highway between Pokrovsk and Konstyantynivka will produce multiple pockets containing large amounts of the remaining Ukrainian heavily fortified areas and be a disaster for Ukrainian army. With the Russians now having some success in their campaign toward Lyman and Izyum, the Russians can then cut off all supplies to Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Siversk from both north and south. That would finish off the remaining part of Donetsk and the Ukrainian heavily fortified areas. The Ukies will defend these areas to their utmost, thus producing further huge numbers of Ukie casualties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVd3ztIX1KQ

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Jan 13 2025 17:30 utc | 173

“ The beauty of progressives is that not only do they have inane policies but that they’re inevitably forced to double-down on them thus making everything “progressively” worse”
By the above leap of logic, bible thumper George W Bush is a progressive”
Posted by: nwwoods | Jan 13 2025 16:56 utc | 183
You are right as far as it goes.
But the the real ideal of progressives-The City/Anglo/Zionists/WEF promote ‘modern progressiveness’ (which has been around since the beginning of recorded history in different fashions)to divide and conquer the ‘hoi polloi’ to scare them into a ‘new and improved world order’..
By the PTB controlling the narrative and controlling the economic ‘transition’ from fossil fuels to green (the PTB have already brought the new ‘fuel tech’ so they can get even more rich and powerful) they can turn us Serfs into neo-Feudalism as Varoufakis has eloquently described in his latest book.
Right/Left; Progressive/Conservative are mere metaphorical fences to divide and conquer the non PTB…

Posted by: canuck | Jan 13 2025 18:02 utc | 175

By the above leap of logic, bible thumper George W Bush is a progressive”
Posted by: nwwoods | Jan 13 2025 16:56 utc | 183
W was indeed a disaster.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Jan 13 2025 18:06 utc | 177

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Jan 13 2025 18:05 utc | 191
I can’t understand your post until you clarify what ‘CC’ stands for.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 18:33 utc | 179

Posted by: Rhymerez | Jan 13 2025 12:30 utc | 134
The evidence comes from palaeoclimatology. I bet that nobody among the “natural” warming supporters can explain how it was possible that 60 millions years ago there were temperate forests above the arctic cycle with a sun less warm than today. Yes, the sun gets warmer with time, some 7% warmer/billion years. Now explain the ice around the poles nowadays when there were none 60 millions years ago.
Also if someone says it is a consensus, from occult knowledge you aren’t allowed to see…
The palaeoclimatic data are open to everyone to see.
They are not a scientist, but a priest.
Says the ignorant priest.

Posted by: Naive | Jan 13 2025 18:42 utc | 181

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Jan 13 2025 17:30 utc | 188
And close to suddzah’s outskirts and edging close to R200 and cutting the entry/exit to kursk.
Also entering kupiansk proper.
Velyka is as good as finished, surrounded for all practical purposes , should be fun watching AFU retreat under fire.
Depending on maps, a lot of grey areas, some on current lines of advance but some probing on new ones that might prove interesting.
As an added bonus just thought about posting a couple of useful resources for those wanting to see raw information:
1. https://mskvremya.ru/article/2023/1520-poteri-ukrainy-za-vremya-spetsoperatsii
They have AFU casualties as reported by the MOD and on the right column you can open a map for the current day
Either early and/or optimistic on the map, just noticed it recently but should be interesting
2. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1xPxgT8LtUjuspSOGHJc2VzA5O5jWMTE&ll=47.95379418425102%2C36.96749211667966&z=12
Usually a bit late compared to some announcements by RF but sooner or later they are there and the units and lines are useful
3. https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.0002907/31.6186523
A classic often quoted by the km2 brigade, was almost killed some weeks ago but it goes on
There was one usually unreliable but had the trenches and defense lines, but no longer updated.
BTW in a quid proquo basis, any others feel free to share the maps you follow (not videos, sites only), thanks.

Posted by: Newbie | Jan 13 2025 18:52 utc | 183

Posted by: canuck | Jan 13 2025 18:02 utc | 190
Rubbish. There are only the rich/entitled/share owning/business owning/share trading millionaire/billionaire elites and everyone else. You have bought in to the US elites bullshit. Divide, confuse, provide red herrings, conspiracy theories and conquer.
There are only those who have, and those who don’t.
“Which side are you on”?

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 19:31 utc | 185

Posted by: HB_Norica | Jan 13 2025 16:03 utc | 170
“Like Greenland the USA has nothing to offer us and have a history of stripping assets and leaving countries in poverty.”
Are you referring to countries like Post War Germany and Japan?

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 13 2025 19:39 utc | 187

Kiev’s begging for another Oreshnik strike continues.
https://t.me/dva_majors/62397

Bryansk region
Judging by the comments of local residents on the Internet (already on Ukrainian channels), the strikes (preliminary, ATACMS (https://t.me/rusich_army/20084)) hit the area of ​​the Bryansk Chemical Plant named after the 50th Anniversary of October. According to open (https://www.rusprofile.ru/id/5740283) sources, the main activity is the production of weapons and ammunition. The distance from the border line is about 120 km (ATACMS strikes at 300). Judging by the entries on the Internet, not all missiles were shot down
Kiev, despite everything, is implementing its main task – reducing the defense, industrial and economic potential of Russia, while the owners of Ukraine are engaged in military preparations.

https://t.me/belarusian_silovik/47759

Debris from Ukrainian missiles fell on the territory of the Silicon Plant in Bryansk. Eyewitnesses report that a column of smoke is visible from different parts of the city, Russian media report

Posted by: 5thcolumn | Jan 13 2025 19:48 utc | 189

@ Paranaense, §202:
The price for Germany and Japan was slavery.
They remain occupied vassals.

Posted by: John Marks | Jan 13 2025 20:09 utc | 191

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jan 13 2025 20:07 utc | 205
I’ll drink to that. In fact I’m doing so right now.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 20:11 utc | 193

Posted by: John Marks | Jan 13 2025 20:23 utc | 209
More likely the question is one of time. These very steep temperature changes have taken only fifty to seventy years to really start climbing steeply. There is no precedent for the scale of change in time.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 20:31 utc | 195

https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/01/13/trump-iran-and-the-obama-strategic-blueprint/
“And on the other hand, Musk, in parallel, has started a firestorm in Europe with his Tweets – and his invitation to a livestream with Alice Weidel of AfD. Germany is the heart of NATO and the EU. Were Germany to ‘flip’ away from war with Russia – in company with other European ‘flips’ already in the works – then Trump plausibly could end a major economic burden (troop deployment in the EU) weighing on the U.S. economy. As Col. Doug Macgregor says, how many times do we have to tell people: “Americans don’t live in Europe – we live in the Western hemisphere!”.
If the US were to withdraw its troops from Germany, who knows what could happen? After a Putin / Trump agreement, Germany might be induced to see where its best interests lie.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 20:56 utc | 197

So what is your quibble? Answers on a postcard.
Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jan 13 2025 20:09 utc | 207
The population of the earth was 1 billion prior to fossil fuels, now 8 billion after. It’s fossil fuels that made that possible. There is no “big oil” per se it’s simply an industry supplying the civilization’s life blood and thus is necessarily big by nature, otherwise there’s nothing particularly unique or sinister about it.
Are there some nefarious players there? Of course, but none that aren’t everywhere else.
I did papers on the global fossil fuel industry over 40 years ago and despite everything that’s come since we’re still almost entirely dependent upon it and that shows no sign of changing.
The earth has survived millions of years without humans and will do so after. Humans themselves? Well, we’re here on this blog discussing the neocon’s proclivity for wanting to nuke 90% of us already regardless of the weather.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Jan 13 2025 21:04 utc | 199