Cut off the $$$. Europe finds an additional way to antagonize Russia. And what men are left to man manufacturing?

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 Europe is just preventing the end of the war through a deal by this talk.

In this way Russia cannot agree to end or pause the war, since the arming of Ukraine starts. pic.twitter.com/LyavZmCVAy

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 7, 2025

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More two-tiered ststem.

UK: Britain is considering beginning conscription to build an army to take on Russia but it is reportedly not going to require Muslim migrants to participate. Why not take advantage of a HUGE population of fighting age men who are underemployed? pic.twitter.com/tRGofNehbH

— @amuse (@amuse) April 7, 2025

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This is a real life manifestation of not integrating people's language and culture. Until immigrants are connected to a country they cannot be counted on to help defend its interests.

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Unironically, the US does a way better job of this than anywhere in Europe.

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More two-tiered ststem.

UK: Britain is considering beginning conscription to build an army to take on Russia but it is reportedly not going to require Muslim migrants to participate. Why not take advantage of a HUGE population of fighting age men who are underemployed? pic.twitter.com/tRGofNehbH

— @amuse (@amuse) April 7, 2025

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This is a real life manifestation of not integrating people's language and culture. Until immigrants are connected to a country they cannot be counted on to help defend its interests.

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Unironically, the US does a way better job of this than anywhere in Europe.

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A portion of my son's recent military basic training graduation was especially set up to recognize @40 people who earned their citizenship by passing Basic Training.

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More two-tiered ststem.

UK: Britain is considering beginning conscription to build an army to take on Russia but it is reportedly not going to require Muslim migrants to participate. Why not take advantage of a HUGE population of fighting age men who are underemployed? pic.twitter.com/tRGofNehbH

— @amuse (@amuse) April 7, 2025

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This is a real life manifestation of not integrating people's language and culture. Until immigrants are connected to a country they cannot be counted on to help defend its interests.

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Unironically, the US does a way better job of this than anywhere in Europe.

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A portion of my son's recent military basic training graduation was especially set up to recognize @40 people who earned their citizenship by passing Basic Training.

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I seem to recall reading a news story in the last week about soldiers who had earned citizenship this way being deported or arrested by ICE.

Hey neocons, was this part of the plan?

And this just in.....

Seems important. https://t.co/rkK5sETdsQ

— MotherCabriniPreys (@MotherCabriniNY) April 8, 2025

Trump's emissary spoke w Putin today for four hours.

Meanwhile...

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kellogg moves closer to Putin, but suggests French and UK forces in beyond the Dnipr.

Russia will not accept that obviously, western forces is a knock out criteria for Putin. pic.twitter.com/SiwkSW89If

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 11, 2025

Putin has lost 100K+ troops. No one is stopping him from getting everything he wants in any alleged "deal," but Trump will spin it like the results of his physical exam.

UKRAINE: Zelensky has made it clear that Russia will have to return Ukraine to its pre-2014 borders before it will consider a peace deal. Russia's opening offer is that it keeps 60% of the post-2022 occupied territory. Trump is frustrated with BOTH sides. pic.twitter.com/RSDgOkvUxd

— @amuse (@amuse) April 11, 2025

Bumbling Biden said a little incursion might be OK... his handlers tried to walk it back the next day.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Trump commented on the attack on Sumy and called it a mistake, but added that this war is Biden's war. pic.twitter.com/wx8pkDIfu5

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 14, 2025

🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇺 “By dragging Ukraine into the EU, Brussels is leading the way to the destruction of the community.

The admission to the EU will cause an influx of low-quality Ukrainian goods and services into Europe, destroy the labor market and irreparably damage companies”
— Szijjarto pic.twitter.com/HiwkgPWa20

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 15, 2025

Russian Ural Crude at nearly a 2 year low.
That's gotta hurt.

"Over the last 20 years, such low levels of oil prices have typically been associated with recessions and/or significant supply-side shocks, neither of which are our base case," Sara Grut, executive director of global credit strategy at Goldman Sachs, said in a note on Tuesday.




Russian oil prices are sliding. That's not enough to stop Putin's war machine yet.

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Russian Ural Crude at nearly a 2 year low.
That's gotta hurt.

"Over the last 20 years, such low levels of oil prices have typically been associated with recessions and/or significant supply-side shocks, neither of which are our base case," Sara Grut, executive director of global credit strategy at Goldman Sachs, said in a note on Tuesday.




Russian oil prices are sliding. That's not enough to stop Putin's war machine yet.

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Sorry bro, but Russian Ural Crude is $61.50 per barrel. You need better propaganda.

Wags needs to brush up on Russian oil production, for one thing, Ural is one of several oil types/grades produced by Russia, and it is the cheapest grade as it is the highest by far in sulfur. 87% of Russian production is Siberian light, low sulfur grade whose price is significantly higher than the Ural grade.

When the Ruble was down earlier at the beginning of the war, Wags would go out of his way to inform me of that development via PM. I haven't heard from him in a while, perhaps the fact that the Ruble is up 38% over the USD in 2025 (which kind of puts things in perspective when it comes to Russia's trade balance and budget situation) had something to do with the drop in Wags' penpal activities...

"We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it's not possible, if we're so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president is probably at a point where he's going to say, 'well, we're done'."
Marco Rubio, Paris, 4/18/25, after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders.

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"We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks. If it's not possible, if we're so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president is probably at a point where he's going to say, 'well, we're done'."
Marco Rubio, Paris, 4/18/25, after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders.

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Europe wants the war and leadership, let them have it.

- cut off all funding
- cut off all funding to proxy 3rd parties
- cut off all shipment of military weapons and ammunitions

Do you really think Putin lost 100K+ Russian soldiers to have a dimwitted schmuck like Trump keep him from getting 100% of what he wants?

This whole thing going on in Paris is Let's Play Dress Up Diplomats Apprentice.

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Do you really think Putin lost 100K+ Russian soldiers to have a dim witted schmuck like Trump keep him from getting 100% of what he wants?

This whole thing going on in Paris is Let's Play Dress Up Diplomats Apprentice.

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He probably has lost 200K. But Ukraine has lost 1.2 Million, or more, 200K amputees, Millions left and most won't return, and their country is wrecked. Meanwhile, NATO, the EU, and USA militaries were spanked, and all are critically depleted with no solution forthcoming. Yes, the NATO, EU, Blinken, Sullivan, Austin and Autopen were proven beyond dimwitted and schmuck. This is another historic loss.

Bearister is right, Russian KIAs are just over 100k. US, UK and French KIAs are all in the hundreds at this point, with the Canadians and Germans not far behind.

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Western mercenaries see 5 Russian stormtroopers and run.

“Rusky Rusky 5 5” pic.twitter.com/eFsIFzhDYg

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 19, 2025

⚡️🇺🇸🇺🇦The number of Americans killed in the war in Ukraine has risen sharply in the past six months, CNN reports.

At present, 20 US citizens who participated in the fighting are considered missing in action. At the same time, the bodies of at least five American soldiers could… pic.twitter.com/tRWl8X2pGe

— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) January 30, 2025

‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 One of the #USA Marines who thought he could take on the Russians in Bryansk Region has finally returned home — in a box. #Russia

‼️🇺🇲 Corey Nawrocki received a warm welcome, complete with flags and all the usual pomp. pic.twitter.com/7fClPGrZtB

— Maimunka News (@MaimunkaNews) April 15, 2025

https://x.com/search?q=us%20soldier%20killed%20in%20Ukraine&src=typed_query

To the last Ukrainian, when men are starting to get tapped out...

🇺🇦 Ukraine makes a gender equality ad to recruit young women u to the army.

“They treat me equally”

Ladies are you ready to fight?

PS: She died already. pic.twitter.com/HPR5HxkvR4

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 19, 2025

🇺🇦 Military recruiters get a warm greeting by a little Ukrainian girl.

Everyone love them. pic.twitter.com/yFmHvQRwpF

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 19, 2025

Putin 'immediately breaks Easter truce' launching hundreds of savage attacks in Ukraine | World | News | Express.co.uk


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2044057/putin-immediately-breaks-easter-truce

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Putin 'immediately breaks Easter truce' launching hundreds of savage attacks in Ukraine | World | News | Express.co.uk


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2044057/putin-immediately-breaks-easter-truce

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Russia said that Ukraine violated the ceasefire and Ukrainian units had shot at Russian positions 444 times during the night, carried out over 900 drone attacks and used 48 plane-type UAVs.

So, are both leaders liars or don't have control over their armies? Or is only Putin the problem? Or is only Zelensky the problem?

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Putin 'immediately breaks Easter truce' launching hundreds of savage attacks in Ukraine | World | News | Express.co.uk


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2044057/putin-immediately-breaks-easter-truce

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Russia said that Ukraine violated the ceasefire and Ukrainian units had shot at Russian positions 444 times during the night, carried out over 900 drone attacks and used 48 plane-type UAVs.

So, are both leaders liars or don't have control over their armies? Or is only Putin the problem? Or is only Zelensky the problem?

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Mostly Putin is the problem, because he invaded another country.

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Putin 'immediately breaks Easter truce' launching hundreds of savage attacks in Ukraine | World | News | Express.co.uk


https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2044057/putin-immediately-breaks-easter-truce

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Russia said that Ukraine violated the ceasefire and Ukrainian units had shot at Russian positions 444 times during the night, carried out over 900 drone attacks and used 48 plane-type UAVs.

So, are both leaders liars or don't have control over their armies? Or is only Putin the problem? Or is only Zelensky the problem?

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Mostly Putin is the problem, because he invaded another country.

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That's irrelevant to who is responsible for violating the cease fire. Reducing everything to blaming Russia for starting the war shouldn't absolve Ukraine from making efforts for peace. If both countries simply point the finger at each other, the war will continue for a long time.

The war is going to continue a long time because there is no means for reconciliation. " Blame" doesn't matter

"Mostly Putin is the problem, because he invaded another country."

Yeah, apparently the Polish were real @$$h@les in September, 1939, when Germany invaded, but than they got nicer and less problematical shortly thereafter.

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"Mostly Putin is the problem, because he invaded another country."

Yeah, apparently the Polish were real @$$h@les in September, 1939, when Germany invaded, but than they got nicer and less problematical shortly thereafter.

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Too bad we violated Minski I, Minsk II, and spiked the Istanbul Peace Ccords.

Silly me, I didn't know our dozen secret C-A bases on the Russian border were for growing medicinal pot.

Interestingly, Stanford's forum has their own Ukraine-Russia war thread. It seems more civil, less TDS, with less trolling.

Outside Topic Way OT: Ukraine

Last I checked that board, which was about a year or two ago, that board had zero dissent from the official NATO line.

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Interestingly, Stanford's forum has their own Ukraine-Russia war thread. It seems more civil, less TDS, with less trolling.

Outside Topic Way OT: Ukraine

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It appears to be civil because it is actually moderated to avoid off-topic digressions.

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Last I checked that board, which was about a year or two ago, that board had zero dissent from the official NATO line.

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These Furds can't all be that dumb can they?

Is this what he really thinks, or is he worried about the Azov Nazis?

Cut funding?

UKRAINE: Russia will never surrender Crimea and Zelensky says he’ll never agree to peace without surrender of Crimea. Feels like peace is impossible. Time to end involvement. pic.twitter.com/TmTEdNztRh

— @amuse (@amuse) April 22, 2025

Crimea should be the easiest concession for Zelensky to make because:
1) it’s been part of Russia for the last decade.
2) the vast majority of its population are ethnic Russians who (as western polling shows) want to be part of Russia.
3) Ukraine has no military way to retake it.… pic.twitter.com/XwQYlc7cMc

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 23, 2025

Bc of Azov, or not really committed to a peace plan?

Have we cut off all funding?

Azov, but also the UK, Zelensky's security is overseen by SAS and British PMCs.

The British have wanted to control Crimea since the 1800s.

That time NBC News interviewed people on the streets of Crimea and “every one of them” wanted to be part of Russia. Why does Ukraine continue to oppose democracy for Crimea?pic.twitter.com/QP4yRLhZQy

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 24, 2025