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31 Mar 2023, 9:02 pm

Letter to Mr pootin:

Dear Mr pootin,
If you MUST initiate a nuklear holocaust, plz do so AFTER I die of natural causes.
You dying beforehand is totally acceptable, also.

With regards,
The Skunk...

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31 Mar 2023, 10:32 pm

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Pepe wrote:

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Dmitry Muratov: Nuclear warning from Russia's Nobel-winning journalist

I'll believe it when I see it.

But you are not supposed to look at it.

I'm in Australia.
We are safe here...
For a while, at least.

Haven't you seen the documentary: "On the beach"? :scratch:

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Plot
In 1964, World War III has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing all humans there. Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout to the Southern Hemisphere, where Melbourne, Australia will be the last major city on Earth to perish.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... +the+beach

Yes, both 1959 original and 2000 remake for TV.

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01 Apr 2023, 5:40 am

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Ukrainian Song - "Марш нової армії" [English Translation] Slava Ukraini!
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"Марш нової армії" - (English: March of the New Army)

Updated version with the correct text from the modern song and the Ukrainian prayer is now included and translated. The modern text was adopted in 2017 and honors the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fought and died in the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone during the War in Donbass. The original was written by Oles Babiy in 1929 and was first adopted in 1932 by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and is referred to as a patriotic song from the times of the uprising.

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01 Apr 2023, 6:00 am

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How Zelensky’s Forces Are Using Stealthy Cardboard Drones To Bleed Russian Forces In The Ukraine War
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Ukrainian troops have been using Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) drones that are made out of cardboard. At least 100 of the flat-packed drones are being supplied to Ukraine each month, as per a report by The Australian. These cardboard UAVs allow Ukrainian forces to drop bombs, deliver supplies and undertake vital reconnaissance missions. Watch the video to find out what the Precision Payload Delivery System is?

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03 Apr 2023, 7:04 am

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Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia lost the best Military Propaganda Blogger. I will not cry)
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03 Apr 2023, 8:08 am

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Playing a Game of "Fool's Mate" on the Grand Eurasian Chessboard

For at least a generation or more, America’s international policies have increasingly been governed by our Ministry of Propaganda, and the bill may finally be starting to come due.

Last Wednesday the Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia was joining China’s Shanghai Cooperative Organization, a decision that came just a few weeks after the announcement that it had reestablished diplomatic relations with arch-enemy Iran following negotiations held in Beijing under Chinese auspices. For three generations, the oil rich kingdom had been America’s most important Arab ally, and the lead sentence of the Journal article emphasized that this dramatic development reflected our waning influence in the Middle East.

That same day, Brazil declared that it was abandoning the use of dollars in its transactions with China, its largest trading partner, following an earlier statement that its president planned to meet with China’s leader in support of that country’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a diplomatic initiative strongly opposed by our own government. Geopolitical dominoes seem to rapidly falling, taking down American influence with them.
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He explained that according to nominal exchange rates Russia had a small economy, just half as large as that of France and roughly the same as Spain’s, so it had seemed very vulnerable to the unprecedented wave of Western sanctions imposed after the outbreak of the Ukraine war. But Russia survived almost unscathed, and instead it was the West that suffered critical energy shortages, a severe bout of inflation, and other serious economic stresses, suggesting that those comparisons were merely illusory.

By contrast, according to the far more realistic Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) metric, Russia’s economy was actually far larger, being comparable to that of Germany. But even that measure seriously underestimated the true balance of international power.

Among Western economies, services comprise a large sometimes overwhelming fraction of total economic activity, and those statistics are far more subject to manipulation. Some economists have argued that drug-dealing, prostitution, and other criminal activity should be included in that total, which would therefore boost the supposed measure of our national prosperity.

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03 Apr 2023, 9:46 am

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03 Apr 2023, 6:02 pm

In Kyiv visit, House Republican says U.S. support for aid to Ukraine is 'overwhelming

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The head of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said Monday that there is “overwhelming” support in the United States to continue supplying aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, despite vocal opposition from a hard-right faction of his own Republican Party.

Rep. Michael Turner of Ohio, the Republican chairman of the committee, which serves as the House’s main body for overseeing American intelligence organizations, spoke alongside three other GOP congressmen during a brief visit to Kyiv.

“There are those on the left and on the right who question continued support or the amount of support. That will certainly be part of the debate,” Turner said. “But overwhelmingly, there is support for continuing aid to Ukraine, so that they can continue to fight against this aggression of Russia.”

The trip to the Ukrainian capital was the latest effort from top-ranking Republicans in the House, who are laying the groundwork for continued U.S. assistance but facing opposition in their own ranks. Emboldened by former President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach, many on the right are clamoring for the Ukraine aid to come to an end, creating the potential for a politically bruising fight when the current American assistance runs ou

With the war in Ukraine now entering its second year, Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah said the American people would continue supporting aid as long as U.S. resources were being used judiciously.

“This is going to take some time,” he said of the war. “That’s not surprising. Most conflicts such as this between nation-states take time to resolve themselves. I think the American people understand that, as long as they feel like progress is being made over being careful with the money and being thoughtful of how we involve U.S. resources.”

Stewart, who is also on the intelligence committee, said NATO members should also fulfill their commitment to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on defense.

“Most of them have not done that except for a few of the smaller countries,” Stewart said. “The American people also look at this and go, ‘This is in Europe’s backyard. They should be at least as invested in this as we are.’ And I don’t know that we can assure them right now that that’s the case.”

Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia noted that nations have rallied to Ukraine’s support.

“For the first time, maybe ever, countries were talking about putting pressure on each other and holding each other accountable inside of NATO,” said the congressman, who is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. “There is a new sort of urgency that never existed before, that I think you’re seeing Europe actually step up to the plate like they’ve never done before.”

The fourth member of the delegation to Kyiv, Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois, another member of the intelligence committee, said the visit to Ukraine was aimed at observing the situation on the ground from “the illegal, unprovoked war that Putin engaged in here.”

That, he said, “will help us as we go back and have to make decisions on further funding and further support for this conflict.”

Also in Kyiv to underline the importance of support for Ukraine was former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who joins a long list of potential Republican candidates for the presidential nomination.

“Why is it that the United States should expand its resources and its people’s resources to support the effort here that you all are engaged in? I think it is pretty straightforward,” Pompeo said Monday during an event organized by prominent Ukrainian businessman Victor Pinchuk. “If we have learned one singular thing” that is that “when bad guys begin to march, they do not stop marching.”

Asked about the dissenting voices in the United States, Pompeo said that “your president has asked for equipment. He hasn’t asked for our young men and women. So long as we stay in that place, I’m convinced that most American leaders will see it that way and will support the continued effort

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06 Apr 2023, 6:35 am

Reports from the wider war again:

https://treeofwoe.substack.com/p/the-system-is-down

On December 28, 2022, in an essay entitled “Predictions and Prophecies for 2023,” I made exactly one prediction for the year ahead:

The Petrodollar System will end! As I explained in my series Running on Empty, the petrodollar is the centerpiece of American hegemony. I predict that in 2023, at the latest 2024, that system will end. Its demise may be disguised by the mainstream and financial press, but it will be self-evident in the transactions themselves, and its aftershocks will be mighty.

Here’s what has happened since:

Jan 17, 2023: Russia and Iran began collaborating to create a gold-backed cryptocurrency.

Jan 18, 2023: South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation announced that the BRICS bloc was studying how to create a new currency system.

Jan 19, 2023: The UAE and India began negotiating to use rupees for trading non-oil commodities, shifting away from the US dollar.

Jan 22, 2023: Brazil and Argentina began discussing the establishment of a common currency for the two largest economies in South America.

Feb 10, 2023: Russia announced a voluntary reduction in oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (BDD).

March 8, 2023: Central banks began buying gold at the fastest pace since 1967 to diversify their reserves away from the US dollar.

March 19, 2023: For the first time in 48 years, Saudi Arabia expressed an openness to trading oil in currencies other than the US dollar.

March 24, 2023: Saudi Arabia agreed to sell oil to Kenya for Kenyan shillings instead of US dollars.

March 27, 2023: Saudi Aramco Buys 10% of China’s giant refining company Rongsheng Petrochemical Co.

March 27, 2023: The BRICS bloc overtook the G7 block in Global GDP.

March 29, 2023: Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a dialogue partner.

March 29, 2023: China and Brazil agreed to ditch the dollar and settle trades in each other's currencies.

March 29, 2023: The world’s richest man called de-dollarization “a serious issue” and warned that countries want to ditch the dollar.

March 30, 2023: China began purchasing natural gas trade from France, settling the transaction in yuan rather than dollars.

March 30, 2023: The BRICS countries announced they had begun work on a new currency to replace the dollar as the global reserve currency.

March 30: The former Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs called on the BRICS bloc to accelerate de-dollarization efforts.

April 1, 2023: India and Malaysia agreed that trade between the two nations can now be settled using the Indian Rupee instead of the dollar.

April 2, 2023: Oman announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 40,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 2, 2023: Algeria announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 48,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 2, 2023: Kuwait announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 128,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 2, 2023: UAE announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 144,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 2, 2023: Iraq announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 211,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 2, 2023: Saudi Arabia announced it will voluntarily cut its oil output by 500,000 bpd until the end of 2023.

April 3, 2023: China’s yuan replaced the dollar for the first time as the most-traded currency in Russia.

April 3, 2023: De-dollarization discussions on Twitter and Reddit surged 600% compared to the prior three months.

In his novel Goldfinger, Ian Fleming famously said “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” We’re well past three events. This is not a “trend”. This is a globally coordinated action against the petrodollar and there’s no mistaking what it means.

It means the Petrodollar System that has served as the bedrock of world finance since the 1970s is over.

https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-gett ... 15582.html
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The US is no longer the power it once was, and has failed to rally the Arab world against Iran and curtail its nuclear program, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech to senior officials on Tuesday.

“Facts show that America was weaker under Obama’s administration than Bush’s administration. The US was weaker under Trump’s administration than the way it was under Obama’s administration. The US is weaker under [Joe Biden’s] administration than it was under Trump’s administration,” Khamenei proclaimed, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

Khamenei noted that the US has failed to rally its Middle Eastern allies against Iran, declaring that “what has happened is the opposite.”

The Ayatollah went on to note the rise of several “anti-American” governments in Latin America, the declining importance of the dollar in global trade, the political chaos in Israel, and the diplomatic consequences of the EU “taking the brunt of the war” in Ukraine on Washington’s behalf as examples of the US’ waning influence.

Ayatollah calling it like it is. America is not feared militarily as it one was, the petrodollar is going down - and that means NATO will follow soon - dependent as it is on American military might.

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06 Apr 2023, 7:56 am

Mikah wrote:

Reports from the wider war again:

https://treeofwoe.substack.com/p/the-system-is-down

TL;DR.

Could you explain the point you were making?

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06 Apr 2023, 8:10 am

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America is not the feared militarily as it one was, the petrodollar is going down - and that means NATO will follow soon - dependent as it is on American military might.

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06 Apr 2023, 8:12 am

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Brosnan wrote:

America is not the feared militarily as it one was, the petrodollar is going down - and that means NATO will follow soon - dependent as it is on American military might.

Thx, m8...
I think Mikah want the west to fail. :mrgreen:

But Russia will fall before them. :twisted:

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