The Ukraine Calendar

Lost in the firehose of events this past month is the fact that there is a race against the clock going with regards to the Ukraine war. In fact, the decision to force Biden out of the race may have been tied to what is happening with Ukraine. The war that has become the defining feature of Joe Biden’s tenure is heading for a finale, but the timing of that final is unclear. The shape of the finale is what has Europe’s political class pacing the floors while following events in Washington.

The most important fact on the ground is that the Russians are steadily advancing across the entire front, with the exception of the south. The Russians have not gone on the offensive in that area for some reason, but that could be changing. There are reports of increased activity along that part of the front. Everywhere else, the Russian army is slowly and methodically grinding up the Ukrainian army and slowly advancing one village and stronghold at a time.

Since the summer of 2022, the goal of the Russians has been to limit their losses while maximizing Ukrainian losses, even if it meant not advancing along the front. One of the primary demands by the Russians before the war started was the demilitarization of Ukraine and now that is a primary goal of the war. Every day Russian drones circle over the front looking for men and equipment to destroy. As a result, the Ukraine army has been taking a steady beating for eighteen months.

As things stand, the Ukrainians have three main problems. The big one is they have no defense to Russian glide bombs. This means the Ukrainians cannot maneuver to counter Russian advances. As soon as they are spotted, a fifteen-hundred-pound bomb lands on their position. The second problem is the Russians are about to split the front, thus cutting the Ukraine army in two. This brings up the third problem which is the inability of Ukraine to coordinate across the front.

An army that cannot move, cannot defend itself against the enemy and cannot coordinate between its units is a sitting duck. The Ukrainian soldiers are tenacious and fearsome fighters, but they are now in an impossible position. Morale is becoming a serious problem as reality sets in on the troops. Insubordination is increasing and that means the military leaders have another constraint. Their soldiers now often refuse to go on the attack or defend their positions.

What the Russians ultimately want is for Zelensky or his successor to sign an agreement ceding the Russian speaking areas, Crimea, and whatever lands the Russians think will compensate them for the war. They also want Ukraine to agree to the other demands regarding demilitarization and plots to join NATO. The Russians think that if Ukraine signs a deal, Washington will have to recognize it. That may be a dream but that is what they are thinking.

That is the first deadline. The people running the Biden administration do not want this to happen under circumstances, much less before the autumn. Now that Biden is out of the picture, the goal is to set things up so Russia hawks infiltrate and subvert any efforts by the Harris team. Of course, if Harris proves to be too ridiculous even for the vote rigging schemes, then putting this tar baby in the lap of Trump is the goal and that means Ukraine holding on until January.

Sensing the clock is running out on him, Zelensky is now making noises about sitting down with the Russians. What he seems to understand is that if Trump wins, the Russians can dictate whatever terms they like to Ukraine. The reason for that is Trump is not only uninterested in continuing the war, but he remembers how Zelensky helped the Democrats impeach him. It is better to cut a deal before Trump wins the election than after, as Zelensky will then have no leverage.

There is another angle here for Zelensky. The so-called nationalists understand they are dead if Zelensky cuts a deal with Russia. Their only path to survival is the war continuing and then maybe devolving into a guerilla war. Of course, Zelensky understands this too. He has to decide if he must first order his army to move on these nationalist units, before or after he starts talks with Russia. His life literally depends on timing this out exactly right.

Of course, the Russians understand this as well. They most likely expect Zelensky to talk about a deal, maybe even start talking with the Russians, but not commit to anything, until it is clear which way the election will go. What is unclear is whether the Russians want Zelensky to sign the final deal or his successor. They may roll the dice and wait until the election, figuring either result is fine. Regardless, they now have time on their side so they can keep doing what they have been doing.

The other player in this drama is Europe. The European political class has bet everything on the Ukraine war. Now they face the prospect of Trump returning to power and then pulling the plug on Project Ukraine. Like Zelensky, they have to worry that Trump did not forget that European intel agencies helped his political enemies plot against him during his first term. Regardless, they now are in a race against the clock to “Trump proof” NATO regarding Project Ukraine.

The trouble with all of this, however, is the war may end much faster than anyone is expecting, except maybe the Russians. Most of Ukraine now has electric for only a few hours a day. This means the urban centers have water a few hours a day. It also means the no food that requires refrigeration. Of course, this makes the distribution of essentials nearly impossible in major cities. The constant pressure of the war could bring about a civilian collapse at any time.

The interesting and ironic aspect to all of this is the two players in this game with time on their side are Trump and Putin. Trump is under no pressure at all with regards to Ukraine, as he has no stake in it. Putin, of course, is now holding most of the cards, so he can wait until the others show their hands. Proof that the universe has a sense of humor will be that the two winners in Project Ukraine will be the two guys linked by the creators of project Ukraine in the Russian collusion hoax.


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pyrrhus
pyrrhus
1 month ago

No, Putin is not going to sign another deal that would require good faith on the part of the US and Ukies…The Minsk I and II betrayals put paid to that notion..Russia must disarm and neuter the rump Ukraine that will be left, and must incorporate all of the Black Sea access, including Odessa, which will become Russian again..that pretty much rules out any deals and requires unconditional surrender..And if Russia offers the Hungarian, Polish, and Rumanian areas to their native countries in return for dumping NATO and the EU, there would be a lot of pressure on those countries… Read more »

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

Agree. Putin has already mentioned several times that the final deal will be decided on the ground. Whatever the final arrangement, it won’t require Russia to rely on the US to keep its word.

Just spit-balling, but Russia gets the Russian-speaking portion of Ukraine, the remaining eastern portion of Ukraine will either be controlled by Russia or will be a completely demilitarized zone. Russia will want a river and space b/w them and the West. The remaining Ukraine will be neutral and mostly demilitarized. The larger question is Odessa.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

He has to get Odessa. If he doesn’t, it will become an entry point for Western meddling.

Xin Loi
Xin Loi
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

I think Russia disavowing Stalin’s annexations, returning Lemberg/Lwow to Poland (or Austria) would end the war quickly,

Tarl Cabot
Tarl Cabot
Reply to  Xin Loi
1 month ago

Interesting. The price for Poland would be quitting NATO, which Tusk at least would not pay, but Austria is not technically a member.

Lemberg it is.

George
George
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

100% correct. The current West is not agreement capable. Therefore, if Putin wants to achieve his goal that there is no military threat to Russia from Ukrainian territory, he must unfortunately conquer it all and install a puppet regime in the rump state that’s left after carving it up like that. That’s also a genial move to initiate breaking up NATO and the EU as well. I think Transnistria will ask for unification with that enlarged Russia as well then. I hope this will go smoothly and, above all, let the rabid Baltics and Poles become reasonable again and refrain… Read more »

Silver
Silver
Reply to  George
1 month ago

 refrain from discriminating against their Russian minority population” – this is the biggest dumb fag comment of this post. Ok cheeseburger, why don’t you stop discriminating against blacks or hispanics… hmm is there a reason you don’t want these people in your community perhaps? You have zero understanding of what Russians have done in Eastern Europe and the famous ur a nazi if you disagree with me line has been used by Russians in the Baltics and Poland for 80 years. Sound familiar? Supporting ziggers is like begging your zion overlords to import more shitskins.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Silver
1 month ago

Are the cut and thrust of reasoned debate. Try a side dish of litotes with a garnish of irony, my friend.

sentry
sentry
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

“And if Russia offers the Hungarian, Polish, and Rumanian areas to their native countries in return for dumping NATO and the EU, there would be a lot of pressure on those countries to accept….”

poland and romania can’t dump NATO, that would imply they have sovereignty.

to get nato out of those countries, russia needs to bomb the US bases first.

Mike
Mike
Reply to  sentry
1 month ago

Probably, the first bombs falling on then would cool their ardor, at least of the normal people. The elites are captured pets of the West and would have to try to pursue the war. That won’t last long before they begin to get the Mussolini treatment and the survivors would scurry west with their ill-gotten gains. Nato has nowhere to go but backwards at this point.

Hun
Hun
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

There is a good chunk of Ukraine that could be given “back” to Poland, but why would the Russians agree to that?

There are no parts, or just very little that Romania or Hungary should claim. Hungarian population in Ukraine is small that the part that used to belong to the Kingdom of Hungary was predominantly Slavic even back then. OTOH, the locals would likely prefer to be part of Hungary than Ukraine.

Romanians could claim Bessarabia, but most of that is now known as the country of Moldova.

sentry
sentry
Reply to  Hun
1 month ago

“Romanians could claim Bessarabia, but most of that is now known as the country of Moldova.”

bucovina is part of ukraine which belonged to romania.

Anyway, I hope russians don’t give anyone anything, it’s better for the white race if russia extends westwards than it becoming isolated from europe.

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pyrrhus
pyrrhus
Reply to  sentry
1 month ago

But Russia may simply not want to administer potentially hostile areas speaking another language, so it could be a win-win deal…Alternatively, it could simply turn these areas into self administering ethnic oblasts, with no military presence…

sentry
sentry
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

i know russia doesn’t want those regions, but my hope is nato’s belligerence forces russia to take all of ukraine.

Tars Tarkus
Member
Reply to  Hun
1 month ago

AFAIK, Poland is a fake country that shouldn’t exist.

Hun
Hun
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

Poland existed long before the first settlers started coming to what is now the US. Polish king Jan III Sobieski stopped Turkish Muslim expansion in Europe when he won the Battle of Vienna.
Just because the country is suffering from temporary mental retardation as a vassal of the United States doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t exist.

Tars Tarkus
Member
Reply to  Hun
1 month ago

I’m no history buff of Poland, but I know the modern version of it was created at the end of WW1.

Hun
Hun
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

So, what’s your point? Modern version of Russia is only 33 years old. Should it cease to exist?

Tars Tarkus
Member
Reply to  Hun
1 month ago

Russia as a state has existed for hundreds of years. I’m pretty sure parts of modern day Poland was part of it.

Just FYI, I mean the state NOT the people.

Hun
Hun
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

Your argument is silly. No point in continuing this discussion.

Poland was a state for centuries too, an argument I already made above.

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Lakelander
Lakelander
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

One day the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth will rise again. Rzeczpospolita!

Mike
Mike
Reply to  Lakelander
1 month ago

Two retards don’t make a genius. I hope your post is sarcasm.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

Beat me to it!

Ed
Ed
1 month ago

I remember when Biden famously tweeted (or at least someone in his circle) with his phony, tired tough guy act, that Putin didn’t want him to become President. It gives me great pleasure to see that this may be Biden’s greatest failure, which is saying something.

NateG
NateG
Reply to  Ed
1 month ago

It’s easy to be a tough guy with bodyguards, which Biden has had for many years. He’s never been smart, and never been a tough guy.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  NateG
1 month ago

I love the way you guys mimic things you hear out in the real world. He finished law school, passed the bar exam and has gotten away with shaking down government at an elite level. He’s no dummy.

ProZNoV
ProZNoV
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Agree.

Winning is winning. Failing upward is still heading in the correct direction.

Right wingers like to believe that those who get ahead did it because of good old hard fashioned work and fair play.

It’s ideal. But not necessary.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  ProZNoV
1 month ago

Look at the downvotes again. How many of these people doing the downvoting have taken the bar exam? While you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to pass it, your typical average American can’t pass it, either. But God forbid you question narratives people so easily swallow.

Think for yourselves! Don’t be sheep! (And that includes being right wing sheep.)

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Arthur Metcalf
Arthur Metcalf
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

your typical average American can’t pass it, either.

Correct. They cannot. But you’re on the wrong website for that. You’re here to troll people with “you can’t pass the bar exam” idiocy, as if none of us has ever interacted with a lawyer before or can recognize what you’re doing. What are you, 25 years old?

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Arthur Metcalf
1 month ago

And you’re just spitting out boob bait that the the normies swallow. That’s why I’m pushing back. He may not have a Supreme Court Justice/Harvard law professor level constitution, but he’s not stupid, either.

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VLaw
VLaw
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

The bar exam is dramatically overrated as any sort of marker of intellect. Perhaps in the good ol’ days but it is nothing of the sort now. I am assuming that you and I perhaps have that in common, and if we do I am surprised you would feel that way. I say all this without any malice.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  VLaw
1 month ago

Listen, I’m not saying it’s the end all be all, I’m simply saying that for a guy to have successfully gone through that grind, succeeded in his chosen career path had a very high level and has been able to shake down government on elite levels, he’s not a stupid guy. That’s all I’m saying.

Stephen Dowling Botts, Dec'd
Stephen Dowling Botts, Dec'd
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Listen, I’m not saying it’s the end all be all, I’m simply saying that for a guy to have successfully gone through that grind, succeeded in his chosen career path had a very high level and has been able to shake down government on elite levels, he’s not a stupid guy. That’s all I’m saying. Couldn’t possibly be nepotism, I guess? His grades couldn’t possibly have been doctored to make sure he “passed”? Like all those brain trust college afleets who beez playin’ football n’ sheeit? Secret societies similar to Skull and Bones are either a myth, or they have… Read more »

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Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

It’s amazing what you can accomplish with minimal intelligence in Washington DC, ain’t it?

DaBears
DaBears
Reply to  VLaw
1 month ago

Back in the day when I took it, the USPTO patent bar exam was curved to a 40% pass rate. Some years higher and some years 10%. My state bar exam, Illinois, had like a 70% pass rate back when my fellow GenX dinosaurs roamed earth. The proportion of imbeciles in my trade is shocking. But they can prevail often enough in part because the people living in tje US have been dumbed down increasingly by generation. While not utter idiots, somewhat, they are no morons and still amaze me how easy it is to do my job on somedays.… Read more »

c matt
c matt
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Referencing current SCOTUS and Harvard Law professors is not saying much. Less to do with merit and more to do with connections.

Tars Tarkus
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I didn’t downvote you, but you’re talking nonsense. How do you think we get all these affirmative action lawyers and doctors? People on the right complain endlessly about academia and then still view academic credentials as being real. Could the average person take the bar exam? Of course not. They don’t know the first thing about law. But what if you put them through one of those bar exam preparation programs? They teach the test. The bar exam is dumb anyway. There is no way a 2 day test can possibly demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the law. 200 plus… Read more »

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

The question is not about decision making skills or common sense. The question is whether he’s stupid or not, meaning whether or not he has below average cognitive abilities. He absolutely does not have below average cognitive abilities. Therefore, by definition, he’s not stupid.

If you want to criticize him for anything, criticize him for being wired like the alcoholic that he is. Impulsiveness and easily triggered anger being the most obvious traits with him. Addicts also seem to have some common sense issues.

Tars Tarkus
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I never said he was dumb. I have no way of knowing whether he is or not. Frankly, I am no position to be throwing stones here.

My only point is that graduating law school and passing the bar is not really indicative of anything. Perhaps because he passed it in the 60s or 70s, it was a better test than today, but that’s the best thing I would say about it. But even then there were special treatment for the children of the wealthy, children of alumni, women and minorities.

Alzaebo
Alzaebo
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Repeat “Ketanji Brown” after me

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plato spaghetti
plato spaghetti
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

Old med school joke: What do you call the bottom 1% of the graduating class? “Doctor”.

ProZNoV
ProZNoV
Reply to  plato spaghetti
1 month ago

Another med school joke:

“Proctologists start medical school at the bottom…and stay there.”

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  plato spaghetti
1 month ago

Yep, half of all physicians finished in the bottom half of their class! Haha

c matt
c matt
Reply to  Tars Tarkus
1 month ago

To put it in perspective: CPA – 4 yr undergrad in specific accounting/finance courses, 2 yr experience requirement, 3 day test (no calculator, at least in old days, to answer questions on PV, FV and bond yields) Engineering – 4 yr undergrad in math/engineering course, 2-4yr experience requirement, series of exams for specific engineering discipline Medicine – 4yr undergrad including specific science/math requirements and degree, 4yr med school, various board exams during med school to continue, anywhere from 4 to 7 year residency program, more board exams, fellowship training. Law – 4 yr undergrad (in anything you want), 3 yrs… Read more »

mikew
mikew
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Have you seen the morons that have passed the bar exam? Kim Kardashian, with no schooling, passed the baby bar in California. Look at the number of idiot politicians we have that are also lawyers.

Biden has been an eff up since at least the days of the Neil Kinnock speech theft. He had a little personal charm and half a brain in the old days and with the right connections in Delaware, he did ok but he was always somewhat of a joke in political circles.

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Well, I mean, I have a physics degree and an MBA. POTATUS couldn’t figure that stuff out if I gave him a head start.

Lots of people on here are terrifically well educated. You ASSUME too much.

And all these people “passed the bar”: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-years-10-most-infamous-lawyers-2009-12?op=1#dont-miss-11

Judging by the sheer number of lawyers in this country, it’s not quite the feat you seem to think it is.

Mike
Mike
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

You’re mistaking animal cunning for smarts. He has never been smart but early in his career he learned how to move up the ladder. Also, never assume that a law school grad has to be smart, I’ve dealt with some who made Biden look like a genius and most of the guys who I knew in school who became lawyers were midwits at best.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Mike
1 month ago

How do you judge who is and isn’t a midwit? It seems to me that if you’ve been able to create a life of prosperity for yourself, especially coming from middle class means, you’re no dummy.

plato spaghetti
plato spaghetti
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Britney Spears made hundreds of millions.

Mike
Mike
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

A midwit is incapable of original thought, learns how to regurgitate information back to the teacher without understanding it and generally lacks curiosity. They most all fitted that description.

Horace
Horace
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

While what you say is true, it is also true that the Joe Biden led “Biden Crime Family” is one of the least competent grifting operation at the imperial level. I recall reading that his clan have stolen about $25 million, which is chump change compared to what the Bush and Clinton Crime Families have stolen. I expect Obama probably stole more, too, but I haven’t seen any numbers on him, and he is a unitary operator rather than a crime family anyway.

Arthur Metcalf
Arthur Metcalf
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I can take a 2-mile drive and see 20 law offices. Passing the bar? So what? He was the Senator from the credit card companies for four decades. No other reason. None. They had to have a seat in the US Senate, and he and Bill Roth were their men. Someone has to do it. Yes they do. Someone has to work in the US government at a high level on their behalf. “Shaking them down.” Right. Other way around, fella.’ They write the checks, as Joe just found out. Imagine thinking he’s some kind of Great Man for simply… Read more »

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TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Arthur Metcalf
1 month ago

Keep drinking the Kool-aid. I sat on my parents’ patio throughout most of the summer one year studying for it. (I passed, on the first try.) My mom said she had never seen me study so hard for anything in my life. It’s not easy and a midwit can’t do it either. Cognitively, you need to be in the top 10 or 20% to do it. By definition, that means you’re not a dummy. That doesn’t mean you have a lot of common sense or intuition, but that’s not what we are arguing about here.

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Ostei Kozelskii
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I’d say anybody at the 25th percentile should be able to pass the bar. Maybe the 30th.

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Ostei Kozelskii
1 month ago

Okay, but that’s still not a stupid person. It’s not even an average IQ person.

Ben the Layabout
Ben the Layabout
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

You’re right but it’s not even in the gifted range, perhaps moderately bright. That’s about +1 SD and roughly 1/6 of the population. Maybe 1/10 with today’s racial mix.

We also seem to be ignoring the fact that it’s possible to cheat on examinations. I have no idea of how widespread it is.

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plato spaghetti
plato spaghetti
Reply to  Ben the Layabout
1 month ago

Joey B is an infamous plagiarist from way back.

Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali
Reply to  Ben the Layabout
1 month ago

“We also seem to be ignoring the fact that it’s possible to cheat on examinations.” Keep in mind that Biden was caught plagiarizing while at Syracuse University. Also that he plagiarised British Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s speech in his own 1987 run for the Dem presidential nomination. He seemingly didn’t have the intelligence to even write a political speech — and he was then in his prime. Also remember that he finished 76th in a class of 85. I agree that anyone in the top 20% of the white population should be able to pass the Bar exam, though he… Read more »

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Ben the Layabout
1 month ago

You seriously want gifted people running this country? Most of them seem to be on the spectrum and many of them can do weird things like remember the call letters of all radio stations or make lists of every single Kroger location that ever existed. That’s not leadership material.

Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

“You seriously want gifted people running this country?”

Gifted people do run the country. I mean people with IQs above 135. The bozos you see on the screen and who put themselves up for election don’t run anything. Front men, marionettes. The problem for gifted people is they can’t interact with ordinary people. Once the IQ gap is over 30 points there’s almost no way of interacting socially or communicating intelligibly. The front men are usually people with IQs in the 110-125 range, who can at least communicate with IQ 100 people.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

Okay, my definition of gifted is 160 or 180, people like that. But even people in the 135 range have a lot of weird interests. But you’re right about communicating and interacting.

Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Definitions vary. The IQ test itself begins to break down as a barometer of intelligence above the 140 or 150 level — it wasn’t designed to test giftedness but to diagnose retardation. Besides, how would psychologists who usually aren’t particularly gifted themselves measure the intelligence of people smarter than themselves?

A perceptive observer can usually gauge a person’s intelligence within a few minutes. Facial expressions, hand movements, range of vocabulary, subjects being talked about. Using this kind of criteria Biden was not and is not smart. Nixon was. Carter was. (Bill) Clinton was.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

Some of the stupidest people I know have IQs of 130 and above. Most of them fell for the government lies during Covid.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

Thank you!

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Biden is and was a narcissistic, shallow dick who’s never had any desire to think too deeply about anything other than how to get elected and then please his donors.

But that doesn’t make him below average IQ. He’s not a genius, probably ~110 to 115, but that’s still way above average. We’ve all known some above avg IQ people who are intellectually lazy. That’s Biden.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

I’ll buy that.

Hi-ya!
Hi-ya!
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I can appreciate iq as being part of the conversation, but the far right or dr is obsessed with it. Mr man likes to make fun of people for being stupid , but many of these people are really good with people. That’s a form of intelligence. Making and keeping connections, doing favors, keeping relationships going, making people feel important or loved is a real skill. I don’t have that! I think it’s one of the most important skills actually. Biden is also resilient. I couldn’t take all the public criticism. Man he is tough. He just keeps going and… Read more »

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Ostei Kozelskii
1 month ago

What do you mean by percentile? Percentile as related to the entire US population, or people taking, say, the LSAT?

oldcoyote
oldcoyote
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

imagine thinking anything about this doofus is, or ever has been real. lolz. a puppet for the mafia money machine, and the zionists who tried to take over the ukraine for blackrock and monsanto. duh. btfo.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  oldcoyote
1 month ago

He was a nobody when he went to law school and passed the bar exam. He wouldn’t have had the pull back in those days.

Mr. House
Mr. House
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Biden’s father had been wealthy and the family purchased a home in the affluent Long Island suburb of Garden City in the fall of 1946,[7] but he suffered business setbacks around the time Biden was seven years old,[8][9][10] and for several years the family lived with Biden’s maternal grandparents in Scranton.[11] Scranton fell into economic decline during the 1950s and Biden’s father could not find steady work.[12] Beginning in 1953 when Biden was ten,[13] the family lived in an apartment in Claymont, Delaware, before moving to a house in nearby Mayfield.[14][15][9][11] Biden Sr. later became a successful used-car salesman, maintaining… Read more »

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Wow. A whole summer! Way to go!

Tell your mom I said “hi”.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

You’re rather proving the point others are making about lawyers and the bar exam, aren’t you? When you’re in a hole, stop digging.

WCiv911
WCiv911
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

To be consistent you would necessarily have to say then that Kamala Harris is no dummy too. She passed the bar too. There is an abundance of evidence indicating that she is a certifiable dummy.

WCiv911
WCiv911
Reply to  WCiv911
1 month ago

It did cross my mind that the reason she sounds so goofy all the time is because of drug use – she’s high all the time. She has the gighles, munchies too? Was it her cocaine that was found in the White House? Of course the FBI isn’t saying.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  WCiv911
1 month ago

Occam’s razor. She’s dumb.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  WCiv911
1 month ago

I don’t know, her dad’s a college professor. She comes from bloodline of prosperous slave traders. I’m assuming they had to be reasonably bright. I don’t know what her lineage is on her mother’s side. You would think that she inherited some of that.

oldcoyote
oldcoyote
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

shabbos goys who play along get ‘certified’ and get ‘connected’ just like the magic negroes – but as the mob boss daughter just said – he is going out the ‘hard way’…since dockta jill wouldn’t let him go out the easy way….

pyrrhus
pyrrhus
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

He apparently finished a 3d rate law school at the bottom of his class, never practiced law, and got into politics with a lot of help from mysterious forces and his first wife…He’s a lot like Obama…..

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  pyrrhus
1 month ago

We don’t actually know what Obama’s academic “achievements” were: they are classified information.

c matt
c matt
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

If you look at bar passage rates, they usually hover around 80-90% for most graduates of regular law schools (some HBC law schools fare far less, as expected). There are a few exceptions like California, but that is in large part due to the quirk that anyone can take the bar there, so you have many who had no formal law training taking the exam. But, to your point, Biden is not particularly intelligent in that he has a deep grasp of first principles, can recognize and analyze complex realities, etc. In short, he is not a “deep thinker” you… Read more »

cg2
cg2
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I’ve known lots of fairly stupid lawyers. What Biden has is the sociopathic ability to lie about anything, without even knowing he’s lying. That makes him perfectly adapted to be a successful politician in AINO

Paintersforms
Paintersforms
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I’m sure Joe Biden was bright at one time, but decades in DC, coupled with mental decline, mean he peaked long ago.

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Remember when he had to drop out of the presidential race in 1988 because he plagiarized?

And he was so good at stuff that he spent 60 years in government. Lol

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Hokkoda
1 month ago

And he couldn’t even plagiarize a great speaker. He chose Neil Kinnock, a Welsh politician known for his overblown windbaggery.

Dr_Mantis_Toboggan_MD
Member
Reply to  NateG
1 month ago

The fictitious Corn Pop would beg to differ.

Biden has always been galactically stupid, but at one time, he was extremely crafty and clever. Now he’s just a desiccated husk of a man who likely won’t live until November.

Ostei Kozelskii
Member
Reply to  NateG
1 month ago

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…would say otherwise.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  NateG
1 month ago

Especially with bodyguards who are not female and 5 foot 1”

Yman
Yman
Reply to  Ed
1 month ago

Biden got a power because he’s always conformist, never question anything
just like everybody in Washington DC

Chet Rollins
Chet Rollins
1 month ago

This is also why they are desperate to avoid a 25th amendment situation. Could you imagine Harris’ cackling laugh sitting with Putin working out a peace deal if Ukraine collapses? It’s been reported that turnover for her staff has been 93 percent in the last three years, so this lady likely has delusions of grandeur that makes her utterly insufferable. They’ll take their chances with a husk who does what he’s told over her.

Evil Sandmich
Evil Sandmich
Reply to  Chet Rollins
1 month ago

She has all the signs of someone who is in over their head, and knows that they are in over their head, but must desperately act like they are not in over their head.

Zulu Juliet
Zulu Juliet
Reply to  Chet Rollins
1 month ago

Insufferable? I don’t know; All the Democrats I saw on TV Monday night say she’s fabulous. And the governor of Kentucky went out of his way to emphasize that she is kind. Kind. Kind, got it? A real sweet-heart.

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  Chet Rollins
1 month ago

If she were any more toxic, the EPA would declare her a Superfund site.

Jannie
Jannie
1 month ago

When Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2022 I was hoping he’d march all the way to Dublin and install nationalist governments throughout Europe, stringing up the traitors as he went. Alas…

Horace
Horace
1 month ago

“The people running the Biden administration do not want [an agreement ceding the Russian speaking areas] to happen under circumstances, much less before the autumn.” Who are the people running the Biden administration? Denizens of the Transnational Empire Note that “Forward” is self described as JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT. It is not a ‘Nazi’ publication. Just like it was 50 years ago, and 100 years ago, and 1000 years ago, there are many Jews who are sick and tired of getting blamed for the bad behavior of the minority. The war in Ukraine has always been an International Jew project because… Read more »

Zfan
Zfan
Reply to  Horace
1 month ago

I hope President Putin shows some pity for the poor stupid Ukies and insists at the end of this that Blackrock, Vanguard, and their various satellite corporations can have no property rights in whatever is left of Ukraine. Rump Ukraine must belong to the Ukrainians, not to the internationalist predators.

Wish I could upvote you more than once.. Save the Ukrainian people and give a loss to those bastards.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Zfan
1 month ago

Putin will no more allow Blackrock, Vanguard or any western NGO into whatever is left of Ukraine than he will NATO or foreign “advisors”

Moran ya Simba
Moran ya Simba
1 month ago

Sad though the hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainians are, if this war brings about regime change in both America and Europe they certainly didn’t die in vain

sentry
sentry
Reply to  Moran ya Simba
1 month ago

hundreds of thousands was last year.

Based on number of ukrainians killed every day it’s over a million by now.

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Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali
1 month ago

On a side note it’s interesting that since the “debate” of last month, coverage and mention of Ukraine has all but vanished from US media.One wonders whether the unfolding domestic situation in the USA provides a pretext to not mentioning the emerging debacle in Ukraine. The Europeans can say and do what they want — no-one cares about their empty chatter, they have no agency. Pygmies. You need resources to play in this high-stakes poker game.

Member
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

Related to that, I’m kind of surprised that they went ahead with Benjamin Bagel’s visit to totally not threaten, bribe and order about not just one, but two sets of politicians in two separate branches of the “government” of the United States to do Bagel Land’s bidding or else so publicly, when it is obvious that we are under the Do Long Bridge and there ain’t no CO.

But I guess I should never-
1. Underestimate the hubris and arrogance of Bagels.
2. Underestimate the subservience of Vichy Republican serpents like Mike Johnson to their masters.

RealityRules
RealityRules
Reply to  Pickle Rick
1 month ago

Do you have some references for this?

Evil Sandmich
Evil Sandmich
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

The timing of the Bagel King’s visit is rather odd, no?

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

People need to start exploring the Khazarian / small hat connection a little more. It never ceases to amaze me the number of small hats with Ukrainian heritage who are involved in this.

Wiffle
Wiffle
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

My understanding is that by genetics we think that most of the Bagel People come from near the Ukraine.

DaBears
DaBears
Reply to  Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

Coincides with a recent assassination attempt. We succeeded with the Kennedys, we can do it to you. This latest event is a one-off. Seven ways to Sunday like Schumer said. We only need to get lucky once and you won’t be here. You have family?

Bagel King’s presence in country combined with hundreds of his emissaries delivering this message to every Congress critter, agency head and judge in person will achieve the desired effects. It firms up control in a chaotic time.

Maxda
Maxda
Reply to  Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

He wants as much money, weapons, and support as he can get before the Empire collapses. No time left to wait.

Xin Loi
Xin Loi
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

“Do you have some references for this?”

Pickle Rick found a box of sunglasses and put on a pair. Ask him for some.

oldcoyote
oldcoyote
Reply to  Xin Loi
1 month ago

lolz. many thumbs up!

Valley Lurker
Valley Lurker
Reply to  Pickle Rick
1 month ago

Aint no CO? Get The Roach in that case.

Moran ya Simba
Moran ya Simba
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

That debate is a very close assassination attempt against one side and an apparently successful coup against the other, ago. It is almost a different world politically. And it’s not even been a month. This is “decades in weeks” in action

RealityRules
RealityRules
Reply to  Moran ya Simba
1 month ago

Right? I am curious to know how this works in terms of operating the Empire. You have to assure your vassals and in-absorption-phase satellites that everything is stable and you are in charge. How do you do that when the entire world sees that you brazenly lie to your own people and that you have declared war against the nation that made you what you are. So then, who are the emissaries that can provide those assurances and what proof do they offer that those assurances are good? It is really an astounding proposition to fathom. For all the talk… Read more »

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oldcoyote
oldcoyote
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

“serious waters right now. That doesn’t include the domestic situation where you clearly have new packs of international predators lurking around the domestic scene to see what pieces of America’s domestic holdings and political power in transition can be acquired.”… think more China vs India. much has been noted in re the hundreds if not thousands of military age chinese males – no families – entering FUSA in the last year… the coming breakup into regional areas leaves the West Coast highly vulnerable – the Chinese have openly purchased much midwest farmland as well- how much is hidden behind layered… Read more »

Moran ya Simba
Moran ya Simba
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

They have the same kinds of toadies running the EU and European countries that operate in DC. Therefore they have a vested interest in things staying in place. So they need to convince people who want to believe that things are fine

Gespenst
Gespenst
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

‘What is interesting about Vivek is that first of all he is very intelligent and articulate.”

Yeah. Our very own Rishi Sunak. That’s what I find interesting.

Chet Rollins
Chet Rollins
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

Europe is learning that when you don’t have a military, no one cares what you have to say.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Chet Rollins
1 month ago

As a writer noted elsewhere, NATO’s geographical expansion, hoovering up more and more nations, coincided with a complete collapse in military spending among member states. NATO is a military alliance without any military.

Vegetius
Vegetius
1 month ago

Putin has the watches and the time. If his political position and the Russian economy are as solid as both are claimed to be, it would be idiocy to desire or seek a quick end to this war. I would expect a serious attempt to break the Ukranian’s line and provoke a stampede, and I would expect this to be timed for maximum political effect on the US election. At most, this would involve chasing a routing Ukrianian army towards the river but not over it. But I am not certain that the Russians are even capable of doing this,… Read more »

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Vegetius
1 month ago

Assuming that Trump survives more assassination attempts and the off-the-charts cheating that is going to happen in November, his only chance of achieving anything will be to decapitate the Deep state, culling whole agencies and departments, throwing the traitors in jail and sacking all the top and middle layers of what is left. I don’t believe that he has the ruthless force of character needed for his or – despite the recent appearance of some powerful support (Musk, Thiel, etc.) the level of support in DC.

Hokkoda
Member
1 month ago

TPTB in this country are desperate to keep Ukraine out of the election. Trump can run variations of Harris giving 2nd grade level comments on Ukraine and put them on a tape loop. The public hates this whole project, and always has. I drive down roads every day that are literally crumbling. They look like bomb craters in spots. I’m sure I’m not the only person getting bounced around their car wondering why the hell were sending money to Ukraine. But the answer is obvious: our government hates us. Sometimes I wish I gave more of a shit about Ukraine.… Read more »

RealityRules
RealityRules
1 month ago

Nice essay. Another problem for the GAE is that the patriots are rooting for Regime failure. Sad, and not a great circumstance, but they made us their enemy. This is interesting that Schumer can’t get applause. Look at Jeffries in the background. I often look at these photos and wonder what is in that person’s head. He seems to gloat. In any case, when The Regime’s head can’t even get applause from his media, and even they don’t buy the, “grassroots support”, gaslighting things continue to get interesting. https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/23/chuck-schumer-endorses-kamala-harris-during-dc-press-conference-asks-for-applause-doesnt-get-any/ I hate the GAE. I absolutely hate the GAE, but I… Read more »

Xin Loi
Xin Loi
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

Sad, and not a great circumstance, but they made us their enemy”

Much worse for them, they made themselves OUR enemy.

mmack
mmack
Reply to  RealityRules
1 month ago

Chuck Schumer’s ¡Jeb! Moment. 🤣

Oswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler
Reply to  mmack
1 month ago

“Please clap.”

TempoNick
TempoNick
1 month ago

Two things to consider: 1) Trump has had two Slavic wives. You’ve got to think he has learned something about the political and cultural ebb and flow just from being around them. 2) All the snakes in government related to Ukraine. Who would ever have known that Ukraine was pulling some of the strings in the United States government? That, in and of itself, is bizarre.

Felix Krull
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Who would ever have known that Ukraine was pulling some of the strings in the United States government?

It’s more a matter of both countries have their strings pulled by a third party.

I’m not even sure it makes much sense to talk about countries as political entities anymore. Raison d’etat is a thing of the past, international politics now yield only to raison de banque.

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Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Felix Krull
1 month ago

Definitely not in the West. It’s been clear for some time that we’re run by a not-so-secret cabal of bankers/extremely wealthy donors (bribery), foreign intelligence agencies (blackmail) and a lower apparatus (media, think tanks, party organizations, NGOs, etc.) that fund, maintain and police the system.

And, yes, you should have a lot of parentheses handy to put around those nouns.

Hun
Hun
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

One wife was Czech and the other is Slovenian. Both nations are mentally closer to Germans/Austrians than to Russians.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Hun
1 month ago

There are differences. There are also similarities. His current wife grew up in Yugoslavia. If she’s as smart as they were promoting her as being, she knows the issues, not to mention the first and second degree of separation people who are friendly with them, some who have real power.

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Zulu Juliet
Zulu Juliet
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

Ukraine isn’t pulling the strings. It seems to be a huge off-shore money laundering operation and the big players don’t want to see their racket ruined.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Zulu Juliet
1 month ago

Plus a neocon wet dream for retaining global hegemony by putting those nasty Russians in their place.

NateG
NateG
1 month ago

As long as there are neocons influening the White House, the Ukraine war will never end. This is deeply personal to the Nuland types. They always remember the bad, and never the good, such as how Russians rescued them in WW2.

Arshad Ali
Arshad Ali
Reply to  NateG
1 month ago

As I see it, the problem is that the US is increasingly unable to project power. Among other things the world has seen that the US military-industrial complex cannot deliver, that Russia has a first-rate military apparatus, and that China will not turn its back on Russia. So the animus of the neocons to Russia becomes increasingly meaningless. They’re just jerking off. Any US statesman worth the name will seek to cut USA’s losses and limit the damage to capability and reputation. Once this neocon and deep state sock puppet in the White House has been ignominiously booted out, maybe… Read more »

Jack Dobson
Jack Dobson
Reply to  Arshad Ali
1 month ago

Any US statesman worth the name

…and there you have the problem.

Hemid
Hemid
Reply to  Jack Dobson
1 month ago

The one “They’re bringing back Trump to do [war aim]” theory I never see: He’s being allowed back into office because his everything-is-a-deal shtick is statesmanship. Western politics is about being uncompromising—with the people. Total domestic repression. “Foreign policy”/”geopolitics” is secondary, but its quagmires can leak. “Gaza” causes Republicans to support hate speech laws and Democrats to let cops punch their street army, undermining both parties’ electoral legitimacy. Etc. The regime mind has (I don’t know a slick term for this) doubly conflated the people and Putin. To justify war, their propaganda blames Russia for domestic resistance. They come to… Read more »

Jack Dobson
Jack Dobson
Reply to  Hemid
1 month ago

You have described mass delusion, which in fact is the reality now. It may be impossible to put the madness back into the bottle but it has to be or everything ends in blood and tears. My take has been that Trump is being installed to play Pied Piper to lure young white males back into the military, but the flaw with my thought there is it requires a rationality that is not in evidence. At all.

Zulu Juliet
Zulu Juliet
Reply to  Jack Dobson
1 month ago

Trump is being installed to play Pied Piper to lure young white males back into the military”

Nothing is going to lure white males back into the military. The military was the last on the Woke DEI bandwagon, and it will be the last one off. And what white boys DEI didn’t drive off, the videos of modern drone warfare making ships, tanks and AFVs death traps and the battlefield a killing zone for robots will surely trump defending “democracy” such as it is. (no pun intended).

Intelligent Dasein
Intelligent Dasein
Member
1 month ago

Putin will lose absolutely all credibility if he decides to negotiate now, especially if those negotiations involve Zelensky—a man who holds no constitutionally valid office in the Ukrainian government whatsoever. Validating Ukraine’s status as a sovereign state would raise serious doubts in Russia about what in the hell the war was even for. Given Russia’s overwhelming superiority in men and equipment, allowing Ukraine to escape total annihilation would simply look absurd. There is no way that anything called “Ukraine” can be allowed to survive this war. Vlad is riding the tiger now. Whether he believes it or not, whether he… Read more »

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Intelligent Dasein
1 month ago

I doubt that Putin will fall for any Western tricks where treaties are concerned. He has learnt the harsh lessons provided by the Minsk “agreements”. Also, there are powerful conservative forces behind him in Moscow who wouldn’t let him do a soft deal. Putin was wrongly accused of trying to influence the 2016 Trump victory. It would be wonderfully ironic if he really did influence a 2024 Trump victory by wrapping up Ukraine in time for The Don to re-enter the Oval Office.

Maxda
Maxda
1 month ago

The Russians are being careful not to take too much territory with Ukrainian (rather than Russian) population. They really don’t want a guerilla war after the regular war ends.

Odessa is the big question. If the Russians want it back, they might try a big grab. Maybe hook-up with Transnistria and solve that problem too. Otherwise, they’ll just keep grinding.

Mr. Generic
Mr. Generic
1 month ago

Morale is becoming a serious problem as reality sets in on the troops. Insubordination is increasing and that means the military leaders have another constraint. Their soldiers now often refuse to go on the attack or defend their positions. This is why I am skeptical that they will ever bring the draft back over here. You simply cannot construct an effective, modern fighting force by filling it with people that do not want to be there. Ukraine is now in the position of placing their best units behind their own lines to prevent the conscripts from either surrendering or deserting.… Read more »

mmack
mmack
Reply to  Mr. Generic
1 month ago

Pressing random retards from off the street into service is not a winning strategy.

The ghost of Robert McNamara says “If only the Ukrainians now, and we Americans in the 1960s had more time we could whip ’em into shape!”

The Wild Geese Howard
The Wild Geese Howard
Reply to  mmack
1 month ago

I wouldn’t discount the rumors that, regardless of which wing of the Uniparty wins in November, the GAE is going to revive the draft.

Alzaebo
Alzaebo
Reply to  The Wild Geese Howard
1 month ago

Expect the stupidest, most destructive decision possible, if the Green New Deal is any indication. Perhaps we can electrify the military!

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Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Mr. Generic
1 month ago

I doubt a draft will work. Not because the youngsters today are morally and ethically superior to the scum who claim to rule us, but because many of them are too lazy and too addicted to their digital lifestyle.

TempoNick
TempoNick
1 month ago

Blood is thicker than water. It’s one thing to be friendly with whitey. It’s completely something different to stab your own people in the back just to cozy up and score points with a declining Empire.

Ukraine had it coming.

As our host has mentioned before, the problem always seems to come from Western Ukraine. Rump Ukraine should just cut that area loose and I think the rest of rump Ukraine will be able to live harmoniously with Russia.

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Zfan
Zfan
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I am tangentially connected to this mess and may have some insight into the civilizational issue underlying much of this aside from the GAE/Zionist part of it. The western portion of Ukraine, the ex-Polish part also known as Ruthenia, is mostly Uniate or Greek Catholic and likely the Azov Brigade is based there, though I could be wrong. I hope Russia lets that part go to Poland to deal with the minority issue, though they would probably impose “Latinization” or even more probably gayification/Americanization. Cut off that westernizing part and let the Orthodox majority proceed as a neutral/”Finlandized” state.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Zfan
1 month ago

But go back to the 1600’s or 1700’s. The reason they became uniates was because the Poles tried to Latinize them and they rebelled. I think it was called the First Treaty of Brest that allowed them to keep the outward trappings of Orthodoxy, including married priests, while being under the jurisdiction of the Pope. They don’t like the Poles either. But my point is, these are traditionally Orthodox lands. Another interesting tidbit of History. Ukrainian Uniates were rejected by the U.S. Catholic establishment in early 1900s, which tried forcing them into the Latin rite. They rebelled and established their… Read more »

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Zfan
Zfan
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

You are absolutely right about that history. The Greek Catholic Church I have a connection to is the Russian Catholic Church of which there are I think maybe only ten parishes left in the world, all in what remains of the post Revolution diaspora. I know some Ruthenian Catholic priests but most of what I know of that part of Europe comes from reading broadly and paying attention when it is mentioned. I for some reason remember distinctly reading in First Things in the 1990s about a project to establish a Catholic university in Lviv and thinking later that it… Read more »

Xin Loi
Xin Loi
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

the problem always seems to come from Western Ukraine”

Yes. The sewer mains in Lviv/Lwów/Lemberg were produced in Vienna a century ago. That city and its hinterlands need to join the EU (return to the Old Empire), and have all the drugs, all the pride parades, and all the pornography that good Europeans demand.

This will allow the rest of the regions known as Ukraine and Novorossiya to live at peace with their neighbor.

Bilejones
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

They chose the wrong side. I think they know it now.

So did the rest of Europe, they just don’t realize it yet.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Bilejones
1 month ago

As a Euroweenie, I agree. Like Dante’s circles in Hell, there are circles of delusion. We are on the bottom one, even further down than the US neocons and Zelensky himself. At one point in the midterm future, we are going to have to decide whether we go down with the US ship or go back on our bended knees to Russia.

Jack Dobson
Jack Dobson
1 month ago

The so-called nationalists Why “so-called?” The Azov boys and those who support them seem to be quite nationalistic. Yes, they are doing the bidding of people who would rape and plunder Ukraine in a nanosecond, but it is an alliance of convenience. The Ukrainian nationalists are delusional and suicidal but they seem to at least care about their country. Zelensky and others in leadership obviously do not and are self-dealing but that’s them. When the bribed puppets finally climb to the roof of the American embassy and fly off into the sunset, many Ukrainian nationalists will remain behind, furious at… Read more »

Jack Dobson
Jack Dobson
Reply to  thezman
1 month ago

Fair. They have conflated the two, though.

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  thezman
1 month ago

I’m not sure why small country nationalists are so eager to take on their big neighbors. A real nationalist would play the two sides against each other to benefit their country and people. Ukraine and the Baltic states were in a perfect position to do this. Orban gets it.

Jack Dobson
Jack Dobson
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

Ukrainians tried the Orban approach with Yanukovych. Zelensky was later elected on a peace platform not all that dissimilar, and, of course, Our Democracy means he is president for life or as long as he can be. The Orban approach works only if the Orban figure can overcome a Color Revolution and/or bribery which the original Orban did.

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Jack Dobson
1 month ago

Quite true. They’ve been going after Orban for years. In our current world, countries will need to choose sides. The Chinese and Russians will definitely put trade strings on their relationships but will generally let your countries live as it wants. The US won’t. All non-Western countries are now working to remove the NGOs and other methods that the US uses to incite color revolutions. It’s all part of the non-West attempting to break away. They don’t want to confront the West, just escape it. But we’re run by a middle-man people who view being excluded as the same as… Read more »

Felix Krull
Member
Reply to  Jack Dobson
1 month ago

Exactly so.

The Baltic states don’t really matter, but they’ve been invaded three times by Russia in the last century; they understand they’re not going to do the fighting, so they dare woof at the bear because the guy holding their leash is big and scary.

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Felix Krull
1 month ago

Well, he used to be big and scary. The US can still throw a punch, but it can no longer take a punch from many kids in the neighborhood, and it certainly can’t make it more than a few punches before gasping for air.

Ukraine exposed the US and NATO as no longer capable of imposing their will militarily on a large part of the world. It’s a new world. The US is left with economic weapons, even as other economies grow and integrate. The US is a dying global empire, though it will remain a regional empire.

Felix Krull
Member
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

But the Baltics didn’t know that when they signed up. The real calamity only became apparent after the Russians exposed US military doctrines to be woefully superannuated. It turns out that fighting goat herders with popguns and cherry bombs for two decades, causes some misconceptions about your fighting power. (Denmark had a brigade in Helmand, next to the Brits, and brought two main battle tanks along. So I ask some tank-dude why the hell we needed tanks against lightly armed guerrillas.He sad the tank was very useful because a 120mm plaster round was ideal for knocking down gates to Afghan… Read more »

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Felix Krull
1 month ago

Thankfully, NATO won’t send troops to Ukraine, not because the neocons (and the idiotic Baltic states) wouldn’t like to, but because it probably couldn’t send more ~60k to 90k in total – and that would take a year to organize and drain every US base in the world of trained men. And that’s assuming the Russians just let them organize in W. Europe unfettered. Even if they got there, the NATO troops would sustain hundreds of casualties a day (which wouldn’t go over well at home) and couldn’t be replaced. The NATO contingent would be forced to withdraw in a… Read more »

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

Correct. The British Army currently has 30k front line infantrymen. At current Ukrainian attrition rates, they would last two weeks. That’s assuming they ever reached the battlefield. Notice how even Macron has gone quiet about sending his Grande Armée eastward?

george 1
george 1
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

Was it Macgregor who said:

“The neocons talk of more war everywhere but the U.S. military at the present time has one campaign in it. Not one war and not one campaign per each potential conflict. One campaign total. We win lose or draw on the results of that campaign.”

Now that was several years ago. We may not even have one campaign anymore. If we try in Ukraine it is now quite clear that the Chinese would enter the conflict before they would allow a NATO victory. Not that they would need to.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  george 1
1 month ago

One campaign. Probably a campaign against Lichtenstein. And I’d still put my money on the Lichtensteiners.

Lineman
Lineman
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

I get a kick out of this guy which what he is saying is true but he’s just as much of the cause in the decline as the dude who has a mental illness…
https://youtube.com/shorts/lxM11J7v9l0

Citizen of a Silly Country
Citizen of a Silly Country
Reply to  Lineman
1 month ago

Ha. Thought the same thing.

Btw, whites are now a minority of military recruits. No matter how bad you think our military capabilities are now, they’re worse. I’d suspect that our military contains a small but capable, i.e., white, core that could be used as an expeditionary force for short assignments at best.

But that force could only be used for short time and very targeted. The empire is receding.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

the small, competent white core is special forces. And despite the Hollywood movies, they don’t win wars.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Lineman
1 month ago

Does he do baby-sitting?

Xin Loi
Xin Loi
Reply to  Citizen of a Silly Country
1 month ago

“I’m not sure why small country nationalists are so eager to take on their big neighbors” They’re not. They’re eager to fool the United States into doing it for them, using the traditional tools that the weak use to subvert the strong. How many times have you seen references to our big 3 “allies” – Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel? Compare and contrast our WW II allies USSR, the UK, and China, whence millions shed blood in our cause and which elevated a continental power into world domination with our current “Big 3” who give us nothing, cost us millions, and… Read more »

Presbyter
Presbyter
1 month ago

The civilian collapse on top of steady military reverses, plus plummeting troop morale mentioned here is what brought down the Romanov dynasty in 1917 in Russia and opened the door to the Bolsheviks. Interesting what will come after Zelensky.

Solothurn
Solothurn
1 month ago

The most important fact on the ground is that the Russians are steadily advancing across the entire front, with the exception of the south. If it were me, I would not want to conduct an amphibious river crossing while under fire, either. That sounds like a great way to get cut to ribbons: fording the Dnieper River by trundling along at 5 miles an hour in my BMP. Russia might be using the south to keep Ukrainian units fixed in place and unable to be sent elsewhere on the battlefield. Snipers and harassing artillery can keep the enemy across the… Read more »

Tykebomb
Tykebomb
1 month ago

Putin’s biggest threat is that he might lose the peace. NATO will just take whatever he doesn’t.

It’s a real question if Putin’s desire to be a good European hasn’t been truly beaten out of him.

Bilejones
Member
Reply to  Tykebomb
1 month ago

There were a series of bitter reference in various speeches about 6 months in which he seemed to feel stupid for having been so gullible for so long.
I believe he’s seen the light.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Tykebomb
1 month ago

I’m sure that NATO will try and keep some kind of low-key, pain in the ass military stuff going after all this ends. However, NATO will never take any part of Ukraine. If it does, Putin has made it clear that we are into a whole new scenario, and one involving WMDs. I also suspect that very soon now, the West is going to have to deal with far more serious problems than Ukraine.

TempoNick
TempoNick
1 month ago

For those who don’t believe this is a movie, this woman used to be on the radio here and then left for Denver. I don’t know why, but I was curious about what happened to her and found her Facebook page. No, I didn’t date her and I’m not a stalker, just curious. I guess she’s back home in Michigan, now. (Of course, she’s a commie.) Here’s what she wrote about a recent get together with some of her friends, my point being, that everything is starting to sink in according to plan. Don’t discount that everything you’ve seen the… Read more »

Mr. House
Mr. House
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

The intense fear and distrust on both sides isn’t healthy for us personally or as a country.”

This read like someone who is way out over their skies, doesn’t have the upper hand anymore, and now wants to talk about being “decent” to each other.

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I don’t think I’m following your point. The Facebook post makes it very clear that her Democrat neighbors are pissed off at the government and sound like Trump voters.

made me so uncomfortable that I had to change the topic after about 10 minutes”

That is a classic Liberal screaming for a safe space because she is incapable intellectually of hearing any viewpoint other than her own.

Even when it’s clear she was very outnumbered.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Hokkoda
1 month ago

My point is that her DEMOCRAT neighbors, in MICHIGAN, of all places, are even starting to get it. That didn’t just happen by itself. If someone weren’t controlling what we see, everybody would still be in their state of perpetual ignorance.

It’s working.

Hokkoda
Member
Reply to  TempoNick
1 month ago

I don’t think anybody is controlling that. It is very hard to unbelieve what is so plainly obvious to the unaided eye.

King Kong
King Kong
1 month ago

The Universe (divine form of Nature) always has the last laugh. It only cares about people doing the right thing. And it has no qualm supporting people like Trump and Putin in crushing faggots like Zelensky.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Jeffrey Zoar
1 month ago

Don’t tell me that the Iranians have sharply sloping roofs too!

Evil Sandmich
Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

Russians are steadily advancing across the entire front

I noticed that in updates this year whereas before Russia would gain ground of a couple hundred feet they are now getting strips a mile at a time in their assaults. As far as the southern front I had gotten the impression from Russia’s failed offensive there some time ago, that these are mostly manned by civil defense volunteers from outlying territories and whatnot.

TempoNick
TempoNick
Reply to  Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

I’m hoping Russia gets Odessa and then I don’t care what happens anymore. I want to see Ukraine get landlocked. 😂

Last edited 1 month ago by TempoNick
Dr_Mantis_Toboggan_MD
Member
Reply to  Evil Sandmich
1 month ago

One of things that is so interesting to me is this is completely at odds with their Cold War tactics. The Red Army was designed specifically to unleash a blitzkrieg on Western Europe that dwarfed Hitler’s panzer armies. Frontal Aviation (their Tactical Air Command) was wholly aimed at supporting the Red Army through air superiority, close air support and, interdiction (fixed targets behind the front line such as ammo dumps, fuel storage facilities, bunkers, runways, etc.) The whole goal was speed. It was all about blasting a whole in the NATO lines and using these giant armies called Operational Maneuver… Read more »

Jeffrey Zoar
Jeffrey Zoar
Reply to  Dr_Mantis_Toboggan_MD
1 month ago

If you recall, they tried some kind of blitzkrieg at the outset of the war but it failed. To their credit, they quickly stopped trying to “fight the last war” after that. I’m not breaking any news saying that 21st century technology has made 20th century tactics obsolete. If anyone is to be blamed for hanging on to the past it should be NATO and their retarded “offensive” of 2023. Experience is the greatest teacher, it can educate even fools. It should be noted that for all their industrial deficits, NATO has proven they can force a defensive stalemate against… Read more »

Maxda
Maxda
Reply to  Jeffrey Zoar
1 month ago

That initial attack was designed to get the Ukes to negotiate. It worked until we sabotaged the negotiations. Then the real war started.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Maxda
1 month ago

And let’s keep the name of the war criminal who sabotaged those negotiations in the public eye: Boris Johnson

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Jeffrey Zoar
1 month ago

I disagree about NATO being able to impose a defensive stalemate on the Russians. The fact is, their best soldiers are long dead and simply throwing bodies into the trenches won’t change anything. The replacements simply don’t have the skills sets or leadership to match their predecessors, let alone the same morale or will to win. No-one in the West talks about “freeing the conflict” anymore because they know that the Russians can’t be stopped.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Dr_Mantis_Toboggan_MD
1 month ago

The Russians also have little choose but to continue the slowly-but-surely approach, at least until the Ukie army is in total collapse. ISF and drones make massively concentrated all arms operations very difficult and costly.

Maxda
Maxda
Reply to  thezman
1 month ago

A fallback line of defense doesn’t just happen. Takes resources like engineers and equipment, as well as time. Things that a routed army losing a war of attrition doesn’t have.

Robbo
Robbo
Reply to  Maxda
1 month ago

And any semblance of new defence positions is quickly obliterated by FABs

Yman
Yman
1 month ago

In old days, everybody knows who run the soviet union, old people that part of communist party people used to joke about that soviet leadership system is like a nursing home But do you really know who own the big company nor Bank in USA? of course, record shows shareholder name is Blackrock, Vanguard, STATE STREET, ETC Also, people know that name is a proxy, means that hide the true owner of power Just Like US President, Senate, House representatives are mealy proxy and Potemkin village There’s people that think Trump and Harris are different when both of them work… Read more »

Degringolade
Degringolade
1 month ago

Ukrainian white men will continue to resist the Muslim invaders from the East set on genociding them for a KBG man.

Robbo
Robbo
1 month ago

Very sound reasoning. However, if the Russians believe that the Ukies and the West will honor any deal they sign, then they have learned little of these last 2.5 years. The Russians have to fight this to its natural conclusion which means getting as far as the Dnieper and taking Odessa. Oh, and making it crystal clear that any more crap about what’s left of Ukraine joining NATO or the EU will be addressed by Mr Kinzhal and his friends.