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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1775 on: September 26, 2022, 12:39:34 AM »
What about Putin's call-up of ~300,000 reservists?  Have you seen how many are either fleeing the country or having some kind of "injury" to avoid conscription?
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1776 on: September 26, 2022, 02:15:52 PM »
It seems like there's a chance at least some of those recruits are not enthused by the prospect.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1574275715511590916?s=20&t=GjsvUlMPbm-MWHdW0W4Q0Q

*Irkutsk Oblast is over in the Russian east.  Basically due north of Mongolia.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1777 on: September 26, 2022, 07:01:44 PM »
Reports Russia is sending conscripts with no training straight to the front lines

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11250515/Russian-conscripts-no-training-frontlines-Ukraine.html
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1778 on: September 26, 2022, 07:11:20 PM »
Reports Russia is sending conscripts with no training straight to the front lines

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11250515/Russian-conscripts-no-training-frontlines-Ukraine.html

Cannon-fodder don’t need much training.

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« Reply #1779 on: September 26, 2022, 08:38:55 PM »
It wasn't that long ago that Putin was talking about getting Russians to have more kids.  He seems not to value the lives of the average Russian.
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« Reply #1781 on: September 27, 2022, 08:34:33 AM »
Right after Putin saying he could use nukes to defend Russian territory.
Seem to recall I predicted this in a post
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1783 on: September 27, 2022, 09:44:32 AM »
Being reported Putin about to announce the annexation of the occupied territories

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-63045333?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6332b297194f716822a36c85%26Putin%20may%20announce%20annexation%20of%20occupied%20regions%20this%20week%20-%20UK%20defence%20ministry%262022-09-27T08%3A26%3A03.206Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:d6aeeb17-420c-4cc9-8fd4-c530225afa8c&pinned_post_asset_id=6332b297194f716822a36c85&pinned_post_type=share

I don't think people will accept the occupied territory vote as legitimate - Putin should have used vote harvesting, consent decrees, and Dominion voting machines so it would be every bit as totally, completely 100% honest and accurate as our last election.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1784 on: September 27, 2022, 09:47:41 AM »
Putin's the designated bad guy.  Those folks could actually vote for Russia in an actual fair election and the west wouldn't accept it.  (Not that I think that's what happened, just sayin'.  War machine's gotta war.)

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« Reply #1785 on: September 27, 2022, 09:59:16 AM »
Putin IS a bad guy.  That is pretty objectively apparent.  Doesn’t make Zelensky a good guy.  And it doesn’t mean our own government is righteous (even restricted to the microcosm of the Ukraine war).  I think there’s likely plenty we (as a country) were doing there that helped provoke the invasion. 

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1788 on: September 27, 2022, 12:16:42 PM »
Apparently both pipelines have been sabotaged. Going to be a cold winter in Germany.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1789 on: September 27, 2022, 12:48:07 PM »
Apparently both pipelines have been sabotaged. Going to be a cold winter in Germany.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1790 on: September 27, 2022, 01:53:52 PM »
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Seismographs in Sweden and Denmark detected underwater explosions in the same area as the leaks found in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, Bjorn Lund from Sweden's National Seismology Centre (SNSN) told public broadcaster SVT.

"There is no doubt that these were explosions," Lund said.

Blasts detected near pipeline leaks - seismologists
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-63045333?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=63330c05194f716822a36d39%26Blasts%20detected%20near%20pipeline%20leaks%20-%20seismologists%262022-09-27T15%3A26%3A25.511Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:0ca6c98f-d5dc-41df-8564-3f10fcc4164c&pinned_post_asset_id=63330c05194f716822a36d39&pinned_post_type=share
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1791 on: September 27, 2022, 02:46:11 PM »
Wonder who the Sabotors are…

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« Reply #1792 on: September 27, 2022, 05:21:32 PM »
Wonder who the Sabotors are…

Probably Russia as a punishment for their support for Ukraine.  But I wouldn’t put it past any number of countries, whether to punish Russia or to remove that as a bargaining chip so Russia can’t hold it over Germany.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1793 on: September 27, 2022, 06:39:36 PM »
So Russia has a supply and pipelines and can control whether the gas supply flows or not. If it flows they make money, or for political leverage they can slow/turn off the flow. That is a position of power, a win/win position.

If Russia blows up the pipelines they have no leverage and make no money.

Large swaths of Europe lose through this attack by the loss of fuel supply just as winter approaches.

I can't see any reason either one of the above would want the destruction of a mutually beneficial piece of infrastructure.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1794 on: September 27, 2022, 08:14:20 PM »
History repeats

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Back in summer of 1940, citizens of three Baltic states participated in a referendum to join the Soviet Russia and overwhelmingly voted "yes".
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxXGcDojWx3Dsjh2H7YwPyHjF2iOpEGgHT

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Ukraine war: Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63052207
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1795 on: September 27, 2022, 08:56:03 PM »
Tucker had an Interesting spin on the sabotage that included Biden and team: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6312943036112?playlist_id=5198073478001

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1796 on: September 27, 2022, 09:01:11 PM »
Wonder who the Sabotors are…

My guess: The globalist running our country did it using US assets.

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« Reply #1797 on: September 27, 2022, 10:17:22 PM »
Turns out Biden spilled the beans a long time ago
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1798 on: September 28, 2022, 09:17:24 AM »
The Key Gas Pipelines Between Russia & Europe Just Got Wrecked...Biden's Threat's Didn't Age Well  --  Memology 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5L2sfWAmSI

Based on the headlines he is showing at the end, some in Europe are publicly accusing the US.  That is nasty political games that could blow up in our face.  I am sure Biden can handle it, right?

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #1799 on: September 28, 2022, 09:18:42 AM »
I am sure Biden can handle it, right?

He'll appoint KJP to head the spin team
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