Posted by: boneless | Sep 18 2025 16:11 utc | 1
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He will hug VVP in two weeks, to turn against him two weeks after.

Posted by: scc | Sep 18 2025 17:06 utc | 4

Russia vs NATO
The current iteration of the ‘Ukrainian’ army is the sixth, with the previous five destroyed. Over 1.7 mil Ukrainians have been killed or are listed as missing in action (most likely dead). More than 3mil have been injured.
This current iteration of the ‘Ukrainian’ army is heavily fortified with NATO troops, many of whom are out of their uniform and wearing Ukrainian uniform. They are officially designated as mercenaries.
The current situation is that Russia ‘Check’d’ NATO. Once Pokrovsk falls and the Russian forces move to the Dniepr, while Russian forces complete the operation to take Odessa, then Russia will ‘Checkmate’ NATO.
Russia has this war well won.

Posted by: Áobh Ó’Sheachnasaigh | Sep 18 2025 17:40 utc | 6

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Sep 18 2025 17:39 utc | 5
RE: “Russia can blow up stuff as we see, with little or no result outside 404……and that has Russia right where the Brits want them…..”
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It's fallacious to think that Russia's actions have no effect on the Brits.
Maybe this very place, Russia-in-relation-to-the-UK, is exactly where Russia wants the Brits.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Sep 18 2025 18:15 utc | 8

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 18 2025 17:50 utc | 7
The UK is apparently going to provide at least $10 million daily in military aid to Ukraine. Every day.
It is not obvious how the UK intends to benefit from this.

Posted by: Passerby | Sep 18 2025 18:32 utc | 10

Posted by: Passerby | Sep 18 2025 18:34 utc | 11
never thought about that + all the people who will stay there

Posted by: Macpott | Sep 18 2025 18:43 utc | 12

@11 Passersby…You’re being too logical. They, our miserable leaders, are trapped in their own narrative. To let go means political suicide and worse, accountability. The latter is the worst outcome for them

Posted by: Judge Barbier | Sep 18 2025 19:00 utc | 14

Washington is planning to send 33,000 AI-controlled drones to Ukraine with plans to later upgrade them using swarm technology, the Financial Times has reported.
Auterion, the US-German start-up which developed the UAVs, recently unveiled its “drone swarm strike engine,” dubbed Nemyx, which transforms individual drones into a single force through a software app that allows any compatible system to join the swarm.
The new software has yet to be tested on the battlefield, but Auterion has said it plans to upload it to the AI drone “strike kits” it is set to deliver to Ukraine by the end of the year under a Pentagon contract.
rt
Russia will soon roll out a satellite internet network analogous to Starlink, the system operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to the head of the Russian space agency (Roscosmos), Dmitry Bakanov.
Starlink provides high-speed internet from low-Earth orbit and has played a key role for Ukrainian forces in the conflict with Russia, enabling them to coordinate operations, conduct surveillance, and operate drone systems across the front.
Speaking on Wednesday on Solovyov LIVE, Bakanov said the first launches of Russia’s internet satellites are set for December 2025, and that the network will be on par with Starlink.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has no intention of ending the hostilities with Russia, while ordinary people pay the price, Verkhovna Rada MP Georgy Mazurashu has said.
Mazurashu said Zelensky outlined his position at a meeting with members of his Servant of the People party on Tuesday, a stance the MP claimed is widely shared by the Ukrainian leader’s inner circle.
The EU will gradually wind down its temporary protection program for millions who fled the ongoing Ukraine conflict in order to encourage their eventual return home, the European Council has said.
The United States and Ukraine have each contributed $75 million to the Recovery Investment Fund, created as part of the resource deal between the countries, Prime Minister Svyridenko announced.
The United States is represented by the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Projects in energy, infrastructure, and critical minerals will be considered first.
The first three projects are planned for implementation by the end of 2026.
@ukr_leaks_eng
Former German military officer Roland Kater said that Ukraine is not capable of winning the war on the battlefield and its situation is becoming “extremely critical”. According to him, Russia has clear superiority both in the air and on the ground.
A difficult situation is developing near Pokrovsk, where more than 100 thousand Russian soldiers are concentrated. The ex-general expects that a major offensive could take place before the start of the rainy season in November.
@ukr_leaks_eng
We discussed with Trump how to make Putin agree to peace in Ukraine,” added British Prime Minister Starmer.slavyangrad
There will be blackouts in Ukraine this winter due to shelling — commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces regiment
▪️Fedorenko complains that Ukraine will not be able to protect the sky.
➖”There will be attacks. We will not be able to cover the entire sky, missiles will get through, unfortunately, “Geraniums” will also get through, and we must work on shelters and storage facilities at all levels: both legislative and municipal,” he said.
@Slavyangrad
Although military exercises in Belarus have ended, Poland has decided to keep the border closed indefinitely, thereby cutting off a trade artery between China and the EU worth 25 billion euros per year, writes Politico.
Against this backdrop, China is launching a container ship to Europe via the melting Arctic, according to another article from the publication.
an ideal target
– All data about Ukrainians is proposed to be collected in one place – the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere.
– It will contain data from military registration to tax payments, ownership of cars, apartments, and criminal proceedings.

Posted by: Jo | Sep 18 2025 20:03 utc | 16

This could get messy for Zelensky, bearing in mind that both NABU and SAPO are Western-sponsored and supervised organisations:

The conflict between the president and the anti-corruption authorities escalates against the background of the investigation of Mindich’s tapes
People’s Deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko announced new details around the videotapes of Timur Mindich, which, according to him, confirm the participation of President Volodymyr Zelensky.:
“Already at least two sources say that Zelensky personally is there. That is, in fact, these are Mindich-Zelensky videos.”
According to Goncharenko, the NABU is currently investigating these recordings, and the confrontation between the president and the anti-corruption body is growing. It adds:
“Bankova is trying to predict the next step of NABU. According to journalists, recently 342 criminal proceedings of NABU in the ERDR have been reviewed by someone in recent months… that is, the only conclusion is that the confrontation between Zelensky and NABU is growing.”
Dzerkalo Nedeli’s journalists explain that key events in recent months-from attempts to restrict the powers of NABU and SAPO to special operations to return witnesses are taking place under the control of the President.
“Only one person could implement it – President Volodymyr Zelensky,” the article says.
Among other things, it describes the case of fugitive MP Fyodor Khristenko and NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov, where the special services allegedly put pressure on witnesses and used psychological pressure on families.
Goncharenko draws attention to the fact that government agencies and the SBU actively interfere in the work of anti-corruption bodies.
“Questions are being studied. Head of Beb Alexander Tsivinsky: “a corrupt back office in the Beb? Okay If someone tries to test their luck – I have a wonderful relationship with NABU, ” the MP quotes.
At the same time, the NABU and SAPO continue to investigate the president’s entourage and employees of the SBU, and legislative initiatives that limit the powers of anti-corruption bodies may grant absolute immunity to SBU and intelligence officers. According to Goncharenko, the actions of the authorities “destroy the stability of the state during the war” and demonstrate “the complete disqualification of the president and his team as an arbitrator.”
Thus, the situation around Mindic’s tapes and political investigations confirms the aggravation of the conflict between Bankova and independent anti-corruption bodies, and the country is watching how this opposition affects confidence in the authorities and institutions.
Earlier it was reported that a wire was allegedly found in the apartment of businessman Timur Mindich discovered listening. After that, one of the high-ranking Ukrainian officials unexpectedly left his post and went abroad, causing numerous speculations about the true reasons for his resignation.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/ukraine/1758205508-plivki-mindicha-vidkrili-konflikt-na-nayvishchomu-rivni-protistoyannya-z-nabu-zagostryuetsya (via translation add-on.)

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 18 2025 20:18 utc | 18

@ pastor | Sep 18 2025 20:19 utc | 19

Weekly policy systems analysis of Ukraine’s fight for freedom and the emerging Third World
War. Non-partisan, pro-democracy […]

Frankly this immediately says everything anyone needs to know.
Then, right away in the subtitle – “meat tactics” mentioned.
That was enough comedy for me, thank you.

Posted by: boneless | Sep 18 2025 20:30 utc | 20

Just another day at the bar.
> Fantasize about Odessa ? Check
> Announce triumphantly that Russian troops have conquered some corn field in the middle of nowhere ? Check
> Sentenciously announce the number of Ukrainians dead (usually some random number between 1.200 and 1.600) ? Check
> Announce that Ukraine is going to collapse any day soon ? Check
> Talk about the next semi-encirclement of some hick town of 200 persons, where Russia will need 6 fucking months to plant a flag over two ruined houses and a barn ? Check
> NATO is a paper tiger, NATO weapons are worthless, Russia is the best army in the world, the Ukrainians are just a bunch of 60-years old ? Check
> It’s gonna collapse any day now ! You just wait !
> Spout some nonsensical military theory (Russia has set up a kill box ! They just methodically advance !) Check
> When all else fail : componctiously declare that Ukraine has lost anyway. Phew, good to know ! I’m sure all the Russian soldiers stuck in the fields outside Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka will take comfort in that fact.

Posted by: Micron | Sep 18 2025 20:32 utc | 22

@Micron | Sep 18 2025 20:32 utc | 22
Haven’t seen you here for a long time. Did miss your trolling (not). I Wonder if Julian will also show up tonight.

Posted by: NoName | Sep 18 2025 20:37 utc | 24

@ NoName | Sep 18 2025 20:37 utc | 24
Well, ever since the USAID funding got cut, he’s been struggling to raise the funds to top up his Pay As You Go internet connection…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 18 2025 20:44 utc | 26

Posted by: boneless | Sep 18 2025 20:30 utc | 20
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 18 2025 20:31 utc | 21
don’t know about you but I’ve always found dismissals out of hand somewhat unconvincing. and disappointing.
anyone got any serious analysis of that author’s work?

Posted by: pastor | Sep 18 2025 20:55 utc | 28

It’s a bot. This was done the exact same thing before. Did they ran out of ideas?

Posted by: boneless | Sep 18 2025 21:15 utc | 30

Ukraine changing law to draft 60+ old men and women between 18 to 24 years old.

Posted by: azeclecticdog | Sep 18 2025 21:50 utc | 32

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 18 2025 21:15 utc | 31
that long winded reply actually said ‘no’.
I am interested in serious responses. Please, if your response is ‘not’, don’t bother cluttering the thread with it. An absence of a post can be taken as a negative.

Posted by: pastor | Sep 18 2025 21:55 utc | 34

I am interested in serious responses.

Posted by: pastor | Sep 18 2025 21:55 utc | 34
M’kay, if you are looking for serious responses, you should first post a source that can be taken seriously.
So far, you haven’t explained why you think the Substack account you linked to is worth taking seriously.
As I said earlier, I took your previous posting at face value, had a look, found nothing that I couldn’t find in mainstream Western outlets.
What value does the site deliver to you? What unique perspective does it offer to you, that the rest of us are missing?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Sep 18 2025 22:06 utc | 36

China, Russia and Iran should supply drones, explosives and submersible weapons to Venezuela. USA is trying to grab its oil resources.

Posted by: Jason | Sep 18 2025 22:23 utc | 38

USA has been trying to retake Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase since losing the war in 2021.
According to Trump it is just 1 hours from air to where China manufactures nukes.
Though US government kept its fear of Chinese nukes hidden from the public, now the cat is out the bag.
This must not be allowed. If USA gets it, Russia and China should supply weapons to anti-US groups to lay waste to it. Retaliation for giving weapons to Ukraine.

Posted by: Jason | Sep 18 2025 22:42 utc | 40

I hope that the human, that I’m, have the honest hope to be brave enough to recognize the bad feelings, the hypocrisy and the failure.
We don’t know yet the best of ourselves because our behavior is not yet what we are destined to be:
Humans. Whith H. All

Posted by: Esophagus | Sep 18 2025 23:02 utc | 42

Oberbayer | Sep 18 2025 23:09 utc | 43
Tell Girkin to try to leave the prison by good behavior.
And do not spread false facts against the RF.
Now, there are 600,000 individuals, troops of the RF in the front.
There are 300,000 Ukraine meat in that front of 1,000 km.
Tell me. How can we stop this flesh and blood masacre?

Posted by: Esophagus | Sep 18 2025 23:18 utc | 44

Only a very deranged brain would think about a RF submission.
Or an Egotistical.
Facts:
– Return of the people to the country. Most important fact. Freedom. The RF return the Russian people who want to be at home. Russia.
– The area of those Russian people is for them to decide. Wait a minute. They decided to be independent because the Ukrainian fascists burned all different in their bully
– I don’t know a fuck about your problems because I’m not American, but, now, I have very clear that we can do it without you.
– To be a moth that approaches a false sun.
Nah, you’re the sun in your false moth.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=23mQE7nf-7o&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D

Posted by: Esophagus | Sep 18 2025 23:54 utc | 46

Disagree Steel P 8,
I think M/Sean 5 is right:
“[The English] will attack Russia well into the foreseeable future..Russia have been dragging their heals…that has Russia right where the Brits want them….” – Sean TL 5
War is politics by another name, war is the most violet aspect of politics but, it is politics none the same. Russia’s choice of humanist methodologies in the beginning of the SMO is completely understandable but, that time has long since past. Grace has been given and grace has been taken without consideration.
It’s time for Russia to harden it’s heart and…for eff’s sake, finish the effing job. This for Russia’s sake and for all of the hapless victims of the modern day Waffen SS of Galicia…bring this thing to a close with a militarily imposed dictata…a secure, defensible border that denies ex-ukrainia a supply line along the Black Sea from Russia to Transnistria and a DMZ environs to the north.

Posted by: S Brennan | Sep 19 2025 0:59 utc | 48

Eventually Ukraine will be forced to surrender, and when the front line begins to collapse, I think it will go pretty quickly. Some appear to think Europe can go on indefinitely attacking Russia through Ukraine, but if Ukraine is squeezed into unconditional surrender, it must accept whatever terms are offered. One of the terms could easily be that further attacks from a Ukraine which has capitulated will be regarded and punished as terrorism, since Ukraine has surrendered and officially agreed to stop carrying out armed attacks against Russia by whatever means. It would be a little different recruiting in Ukraine if those captured by Russia in the conduct of such attacks were hung at the border.
Similarly, some appear to think Europe is ‘winning’ because it nearly-openly contributes mercenary soldiers to help Ukraine. What’s that costing? Europe is stony broke, its populations struggling with creeping degradation of their living standard, while their governments give away billions to Kiev. You would think you’d see some pretty dramatic winning for the kind of money, they’ve spent, and continue to spend.

Posted by: Mark | Sep 19 2025 1:22 utc | 50

If the US joins Eastern Sentry then it is a declaration of war. I watched for a signal from Trump on his jaunt with tech mates to London but didn’t pick up anything new.
USA has an aggression against Venezuela, USA is leading nuclear attack drills against Nth Korea and China, USA is actively bribing Taliban leaders to get it’s airbase in Afghanistan back, USA is in hot diplomacy with Saudi Arabia to claw back the defence agreement the kingdom made with Pakistan, and the USA is promoting a very aggressive domestic control program in non Republican states.
Next up is the Tricolour bankruptcy, the extension of the money printing bill, some Epstein papers coming, hate letters from Japan, whining from the EU, a revolt by US soybean farmers, and intransigence by China on trade policy.
And sometime soon s significant economic downturn in the USA.
As they say on MOA ,”pass the popcorn”.
Sorry if I missed anything. I am sure there is more happening.

Posted by: Bingo | Sep 19 2025 1:45 utc | 52

Oh dear. I forgot the upcoming UN vote on Palestine statehood rwhich will surely stress Trump out as well.
A from the photos of Trump in his glad rags he is obviously putting on weight.

Posted by: Bingo | Sep 19 2025 1:54 utc | 54

To everyone saying ukraine is ready to collapse once this objective is taken Russia can race to the border, you are wrong.
Follow the military technology. Ukraine has a lot of territory to trade for time and to draw out Russian forces. They don’t have the infantry attack beyond positional attacks but it doesn’t matter. Ukraine is bringing the attrition war against Russia. They can leave a gap in the defenses lure Russian forces forward and then saturate the area in drones.
Russia counters this with glide bombs, gerans, iskanders, and various artillery/rockets. Firepower in effect.
Nonetheless every advance by Russia has a cost. Their new defense minister is schooled in economics. He Will pay a price if it’s got the best return possible. Sometimes lives are necessary to gain the objective.
I’ve seen it with every Russian advance, initial thrusts quickly stop. They try lots of different areas its all the same drone saturation and Russia can’t stop the deliveries or drone teams setting up shop, not enough anyways. There must be hundreds of Ukrainian drone teams deployed and I’ve seen only a few dozen grainy videos of strikes on them.
It needs to be realized nato soldiers or mercenaries can form drone teams indefinitely. Nevermind hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian conscription.
No, the war isn’t going to shift dramatically any time soon. Russia won’t quit and ukraine can’t.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Sep 19 2025 2:39 utc | 56

Carney’s slava urkrazi creature chrystia back working hard at being up to no good…
https://x.com/cafreeland/status/1968480119032328626
“This weekend, I co-hosted in Kyiv my first Munich Security Conference Advisory Council meeting, alongside Paul Achleitner*. It was a timely discussion on the need to support Ukraine, on the margins of the European Strategy conference.”
*Like Carney, a former bankster (Deutsche Bank/Allianz), Goldman-Sachs royalty, and Bilderberger Group (Treasurer and Steering Group member).
Paul M Achleitner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Achleitner

Posted by: John Gilberts | Sep 19 2025 3:39 utc | 58

On the last thread. Posted by: ChatNPC | Sep 18 2025 21:02 utc | 97 provided link to 26 minute interview with prof. Ari Ben-Menashe former Israeli Intelligence officer and Emeritus at Harvard..
He believes Israel Has Trump & US Govt CAPTIVE Via Epstein Blackmail-
He believes Trump can stop the genocide not only in Gaza right now but the entire Middle East, if Trump just stops being afraid of Israel. <= said it several times
the Star Force Starvation Program (<=not sure I have this name correct)was mentioned. <=what is that?
Revealed UK gets its high tech military from Israel through a UK firm named ELbit [<=not sure of the spelling] and said there are in the UK direct action anti- campaigns against Elbit.
I cannot comment on this I don't know enough about it..

Posted by: snake | Sep 19 2025 4:40 utc | 60

To Snake.
Your source tells the truth about ELbit.anf as I understand The Israel controllers do have something on Trump
Probably Epstein but my understanding from inside the circle it is also about his business transactions and how he gets his wealth

Posted by: Bingo | Sep 19 2025 5:20 utc | 62

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 18 2025 17:50 utc | 7
The UK is apparently going to provide at least $10 million daily in military aid to Ukraine. Every day.
It is not obvious how the UK intends to benefit from this.
Posted by: Passerby | Sep 18 2025 18:32 utc | 10
Some Jew businesses will be saved.
Blackrock, for example.
However, the (non-Jewish) British people will be ******.

Posted by: llowed | Sep 19 2025 6:10 utc | 64

And the Russian idiot Putin lets other important utility companies be set on fire every day because his “slow strategy” gives the West time to respond with ever stronger missiles. What a complete idiot, this faggot failure Putin.. and the Putin lovers here still believe, that this his brilliant strategy to fight slow will help him to win..

Posted by: joe911 | Sep 19 2025 6:44 utc | 66

.”On the Ukraine war, Merz threatened that for his government, no peace could be considered ‘at the expense of the political sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.'”
Someday.
Sooner than later.
This clown is going to receive a bloody nose metaphorically to make him realise he’s playing the wrong game.
Ordinary people will get them and worse for real.
Writing cheques with his mouth and all that.

Posted by: jpc | Sep 19 2025 6:58 utc | 68

According to globalpetrolprices, correlation between Russian gasoline and diesel prices is 0.96. The last three months, Russian diesel price has increased 0.8%, gasoline price 3.2%.
The army runs on diesel, not gasoline. If the Russian army had supply problems, diesel prices at the pump would increase faster than gasoline prices, as army demand for gasoline is small.
A graph of Russian diesel or gasoline price shows ripples, indicating price is not fixed by government.
If Russian refining capacity had dropped 20% as “someone” suggests, price behavior would be different.

Posted by: Passerby | Sep 19 2025 7:26 utc | 70

I’ve seen it with every Russian advance, initial thrusts quickly stop. They try lots of different areas its all the same drone saturation and Russia can’t stop the deliveries or drone teams setting up shop, not enough anyways. There must be hundreds of Ukrainian drone teams deployed and I’ve seen only a few dozen grainy videos of strikes on them.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Sep 19 2025 2:39 utc | 56
That is quite true. Drones are the real game changer in this war. Without them, war would be finished now. As Long range missiles prevents any big arrows move, drones makes small groups moves costly and logistically difficult to maintain. Russians learnt it the baddest way possible, yet they improved, mastered drones warfare quickly and challenged NATO to a draw. However a draw is not a victory. Russians are looking after means (microwaves ?) to invert this outcome but the enemy is doing it also. For the moment, antidrone units like Rubicon show good results since electronic warfare units have become useless with fiber optic drone. in short, the only response to drone warfare is more drones, and more effective, and sadly i do not see Russia win this course unless China’s help.

Posted by: America is defeated | Sep 19 2025 7:55 utc | 72

According to globalpetrolprices, correlation between Russian gasoline and diesel prices is 0.96. The last three months, Russian diesel price has increased 0.8%, gasoline price 3.2%.
The army runs on diesel, not gasoline. If the Russian army had supply problems, diesel prices at the pump would increase faster than gasoline prices, as army demand for gasoline is small.
A graph of Russian diesel or gasoline price shows ripples, indicating price is not fixed by government.
If Russian refining capacity had dropped 20% as “someone” suggests, price behavior would be different.
Posted by: Passerby | Sep 19 2025 7:26 utc | 70
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So… compare these numbers with your own countries.
Germany, for example, has two larger refineries and two that primarily produce kerosene.
BY THE WAY: Since yesterday, no planes have been able to refuel in Hamburg due to a shortage of kerosene!
Regarding Russia:
Russia has a total of around 32 large and around 80 smaller oil refineries. However, Ukraine has attacked at least 13 of these refineries since the beginning of 2024, causing significant damage and disrupting Russia’s fuel supply.
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13 out of a total of 112 refineries + imports from India.
So it’s up to you to decide who will soon have problems if a Trump or von der Leyen prevails and imports oil and petrol from India, as well as petrol and oil from Turkey, and diesel + gas from Russia (there are many cars in the EU that run on gas)
so who will soon have huge problems, or at least in the range of utopian prices!

Posted by: Genesis | Sep 19 2025 9:04 utc | 74

I am interested in serious responses. Please, if your response is ‘not’, don’t bother cluttering the thread with it. An absence of a post can be taken as a negative.
Posted by: pastor | Sep 18 2025 21:55 utc | 34

I sincerely believe that “this guy” that pastor referred to with the substrack account is no other than pastor himself. It’s a sales trick.

Posted by: Avtonom | Sep 19 2025 9:55 utc | 76

There must be hundreds of Ukrainian drone teams deployed and I’ve seen only a few dozen grainy videos of strikes on them.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Sep 19 2025 2:39 utc | 56
Would you call this strike on a Ukrainian drone team also „grainy videos“? If not, you have maybe just saw the wrong videos?
https://lostarmour.info/news/shturm-poz-konstantinovskoe-don-partizan-15452

Posted by: NoName | Sep 19 2025 10:34 utc | 78

To implement this insanity, the government is planning the largest rearmament programme since Hitler.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Sep 19 2025 4:17 utc | 59

Incentives matter … politicians love spending other people’s money … and Merz ain’t too bright by many accounts.
The most likely explanation is that the government spending is the primary objective and everything else is merely justification for that. It’s not intended to produce any tangible outcome … only to consume the money.
What I don’t understand is this “Austerity Policies” label … when governments cut spending and attempt to pay down the debt we hear constantly cries of “Austerity!” … but here Merz is running up a massive debt so he can spend like crazy and we hear “Austerity!”
What gives, huh?

Posted by: Tel | Sep 19 2025 10:46 utc | 80

Weapons continue to flow into Ukraine. Enough money to pay salaries, pensions, keep the lights on. US continuing massive support to Ukraine. Denmark threatens Kaliningrad with long range missile deployment.
https://tass.com/politics/2018705
18 SEP, 22:57
“Denmark uses Bornholm to threaten Russia’s security, including Kaliningrad” — ambassador
“Vladimir Barbin stressed that Denmark’s activity in Russia does not go unnoticed” …
Highlights:
MOSCOW, September 19. /TASS/. Copenhagen uses “Bornholm Island to threat Russia’s security, in particular the Kaliningrad Region, after a decision deploy up to a regiment on a permanent basis and a mobile anti-ship complex there, Russian ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin told Izvestia”
“.The Danish government said on Wednesday it will have ***long-range precision weapons in service***. According to the cabinet, it will “strengthen the defense capability of the nation and deterrence forces of NATO and its allies.”
Russia has tried strenuously, with sincere intent, to resolve issue, and make a clear position, that Russia will not accept foreign rule.
Poland shuts down China supply train to EU, citing Zapad exercise, does so at US demand.
19 Sep, 2025 06:01
HomeWorld News
“Poland blocks vital China-EU trade artery” – Politico
“Warsaw has claimed the Zapad military drills in neighboring Belarus justify the move to block rail freight”
https://www.rt.com/news/624892-poland-belarus-border-trade/
“The route affected by the closure normally accounts for approximately €25 billion per year in freight traffic between China and the EU. All cargo is currently blocked, including time-sensitive shipments such as medicine and food.”
“Beijing has sought to retain the “flagship project” in China’s cooperation with Poland and the EU. However, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who flew to Warsaw for talks on Monday, could not convince his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, to allow the goods to flow into the EU.”
“According to Sikorski, a noted Russia hawk, “the logic of trade” was being replaced by “the logic of security,” Politico reported, citing Polish foreign affairs spokesman Pawel Wronski. ***China, according to Warsaw, made no direct demands to reopen the border.”***
“Piotr Krawczyk, former head of Poland’s Foreign Intelligence Agency, suggested the US could be backing Warsaw “in not rushing to reopen it,” saying he is “quite sure **Washington is more than happy **to see the routes closed – at least temporarily.”
“He pointed to **Washington’s pressure on the EU to slap extra tariffs on China over its purchases of Russian oil.”

Posted by: Trubind1 | Sep 19 2025 11:26 utc | 82

Posted by: Tel | Sep 19 2025 10:46 utc | 80
Mertz, as other European leaders, is not going to use the massive depth for social or keynesian policies.
Hhe is spending for military and cutting welfare.
This will shure grant big revenues to the MIC, but the boost to German economy is, probably a dream or a bait for the peasants.

Posted by: Mario | Sep 19 2025 11:33 utc | 84

jpc | Sep 19 2025 6:58 utc | 68
“Merz threatened that for his government, no peace could be considered ‘at the expense of the political sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
Looks like WW3 then, cos Crimea is staying Russian.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Sep 19 2025 11:48 utc | 86

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Sep 19 2025 11:48 utc | 86
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The eurocuck poodles are feathering their beds, vying with each other to remain Blob-viable after the big shakeup. So, like Merz, they all spew nonsense. Some will disappear soon. All value a Blob sinecure.

Posted by: seer | Sep 19 2025 12:18 utc | 88

Chat NPC @ 81
I knew the Yeltsin years were bad, but I didn’t know they were that bad.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Sep 19 2025 12:52 utc | 90

@ Passerby | Sep 19 2025 11:47 utc | 85
I tend to believe that refineries are considered high valued targets for an adversary. Things like power plants and major substations, ports, terminals, and such, have far reaching, highly leveraged consequences when taken offline.
This is why I suspect the US is currently sitting in a strategic sweet spot. It gets to pick at Russia from over the hedge and all the latter can do is hit Ukraine.
Ukraine, the most Russian territory out there after Russia itself. Or to put it in perspective, a place that’s certainly been high on the Empire’s hit list for centuries.

Posted by: robin | Sep 19 2025 12:55 utc | 92

Jo | Sep 18 2025 20:03 utc | 16

Although military exercises in Belarus have ended, Poland has decided to keep the border closed indefinitely, thereby cutting off a trade artery between China and the EU worth 25 billion euros per year, writes Politico.

Hold on thar, podner ! Ain’t that a trade embargo ? Ipso facto Poland has declared war on the rest of Yurp ?
Very interesting. . .
Totalen krieg, yeah, let’s go for it !

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Sep 19 2025 13:05 utc | 94

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Sep 19 2025 13:05 utc | 94
One might suspect Poland is acting on behalf of US, blockading rest of Europe west of it. Today we heard EU is making a $75 billion deal with Exxon Mobile for LNG.
It won’t affect demand for Russian products. The demand for chemical tankers will go up. Commodities have a wierd way of flowing to places with shortages, regardless of tariffs, sanctions by lawmakers.
If US LNG is force sold to EU, Russian LNG will be sold to places the US LNG was removed from. Ultimately this will backfire and reduce EU ability to fund Ukraine while not affecting Russia, as usually happens.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 19 2025 13:18 utc | 96

Posted by: oldhippie | Sep 19 2025 12:23 utc | 89
After reading Marat’s tale about the Russian roaring nineties, the democracy years with Yeltsin and Clinton having a good laugh, a stream of forgotten details came to my mind, first a really good film as many Russian films of those tragic days, lacking any technical sophistication, often times recorded on expired film stock that renders them closer to the stark reality of those dark times in Russia. The film I’m taking about is called The Arrival of a Train at the Station, it consist of four different films all in honor of previous master pieces, the main one and the main title is in remembrance of brothers Lumiere film by that name, arriving at La Ciotat station which made me remember that beautiful place and the Eden movie theater.
So there are four films in one, two of them really touched me, Trofim by the greatest of them all Balabanov, and The Road -Дорога- that mimics another great film by Fellini, La Strada, featuring his wife and the great Anthony Queen. I’m sure you can get to see a copy dubbed or better yet with subtitles, that sad story by Marat and the dark days of democracy all in motion and in dark colors. Here a link to an excerpt in youtube, with Garik Sukachev and the great actor Vladimir Ilyin. Easy to forget those dark days, but fortunately they’re long gone, in many ways thanks to Putin, that’s why he is so hated in the civilized West, but I’m sure those days are gone forever, this time around NO PASARÁN, and if they do get through we’re all gone, Russians will go to heaven or so did Putin say. Cheers.
PS. the post did not go through with the excerpt link so I repost it with the youtube title which is:
Ворон.отрывок.Прибытие поезда (фильм, 1995) .mp4

Posted by: Paco | Sep 19 2025 13:25 utc | 98

in response to #80:

What I don’t understand is this “Austerity Policies” label … when governments cut spending and attempt to pay down the debt we hear constantly cries of “Austerity!” … but here Merz is running up a massive debt so he can spend like crazy and we hear “Austerity!”
What gives, huh?

It’s not a contradiction in itself to have both austerity and expanding debt at the same time. Just remember Germany is one of the NATO countries which pledged to contribute 5% of GDP for NATO purposes.
5% of GDP amounts to roughly half of the federal German budget.

Posted by: Chrissie | Sep 19 2025 13:42 utc | 100