"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

And how do you incentive a course (or regime) change? (Hint: by making individual Russians' lives miserable.)

Also, this "prodigy" is a twat. He said Russians will be wracked with guilt for decades, and in the same breath, basically shrugged his shoulders and said they couldn't have predicted this and there's nothing they can do.

Being in the KGB doesn't necessarily translate to being great at hand-to-hand fighting.

Plus Musk is actually trained in martial arts.

I'd say that it's at least possible that Musk could take Putin.

Go to Youtube and do a search for "China Economy" and you'll find plenty of stuff predicting that China's economy is either A) About to go in the shitter, or B) Already in the shitter. I'm not vouching for either one, however, if there is at least some truth to those claims, helping out Putin may not be as easy a choice for China as it might seem.

He's 20 years younger. And do you really think the guy who is paired with Putin in judo gives his best?

The Electronic Herd has expressed its opinion of a Russia/China deal.





(The lockdown in Shenzhen didn't help, either)

How is Putin's cock ring getting a connection with WF from russia?

The rent is due, and Russia ain't got no money.

FOX journo injured in Ukraine. This might be expected to change their tune, but he IS British so they likely don't think that much of him.

Also, the last sentence comes as a surprise to anyone familiar with FOX, who normally just make shit up:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60741229

"You say you don't have the rent? Perhaps we can come to some kind of...arrangement."

Winnie the Pooh!

Gulag!

Reminds me of when I used to play the Car Wars RPG.

^Just saw that on CNN. They contacted her lawyer, and he says he can't find her.

Which doesn't really mean anything. Assume, for the sake of argument, that she was able to fuck off to a safe place, no lawyer worth their salt is going to admit this. Because that would put both of them at risk.

She'll eventually, uh, re-surface.


I admire her courage, but even if she survives, things are going to be very unpleasant for her.

It depends upon where she resurfaces and when. Can't imagine life will be too bad for her if she shows up in Kansas after Putin's been treated to the Mussolini lamp post special (aside from the horror that anyone has to experience simply by being in Kanasas, of course).

It's usually after gases accumulate to lift the body.

Maybe when Russia crashes and burns this time, we could try not spiking the ball over and over and over again.

Another Marshall Plan?

Maybe. The problem is that democratic institutions need to take, and that's not easy in Russia. Otherwise we'll just fund a new group of oligarchs.

The US did provide $28 billion to the former countries of the Soviet Union from 1992-2007. But most of that money came for security - no, not arms sales, but agreements to help nuclear non-proliferation, when there was a high level of worry that Russia or one of it's former clients would sell nuclear weapons on the open market.

In that time frame, about $4 billion went to democratization efforts, and another $4 billion to economic aid. Should have focused more on democratization programs.

But I'm pretty damm glad there aren't a lot of loose nukes running about. It's amazing that went as well as it did.

So does that mean Russia's forces in the area have literally been decimated?

Perhaps. Certainly, it sounds like their elite forces have taken a massive hit. As for the rest, well, it really depends upon what types of units got hit the hardest. Taking out a column of supply forces can have a far larger impact than taking out a column of fighting forces. Presumably, the regular Ukrainian forces are focusing on the elites and supply columns, as that'd blunt Russian efforts to advance, while the irregular forces could just whack whoever happened to be closest. Good for psychological impact.

Is it a coincidence that there are hints of "substantial progress" in the Russia/Ukraine negotiations?

Oh shit. Pack up your oranges to avoid scurvy, we are going old school.