Posts by James Phillips92

Donna Harris11 said:The front lines are totally stagnant now. It feels like the war is basically over at this point; everyone is just sitting around waiting for the right conditions to finally sign Minsk 3.

That's nothing more than Russian wishful thinking.

casualcrane20 said:Between those shady Vatican agreements pulling in about four percent, the diaspora adding another four, and an entire army of Republican cronies and their newly minted defenders acting as political shields, it’s laughable to keep chanting that these elections are actually free. We're done here; there's nothing left to say.

So, what—you think the groups you just listed shouldn't be allowed to vote?

goldenowl73 said:What do you mean "low"? I mean, 22,000 people died in Mariupol alone.

Advisor to the mayor of #Mariupol, Pyotr Andryushchenko, said that at least 22 thousand citizens died in #Mariupol during the three months of the war.

"A little" is a relative term—it usually means when it's someone else's tragedy.

Justin Mendoza16 said:☕maybe this lady is some kind of James Bond🤣 who can just tear through all of Russia...🤣 then zip away in a bulletproof Jaguar driven by the CIA across the Russian wilderness straight to the Estonian border after a non-stop 12-hour drive🕺🎉

Nah, James Bond is Black.

Jessica Peterson2 said:Ha! 😂 So, according to this, the "terrorist" Vovk supposedly traveled all the way to Russia to carry out an assassination attempt, bringing along her twelve-year-old daughter, a full regiment of "Azov," several kilos of TNT, and—get this—... a kitten!!! 🤦
https://ria.ru/20220823/dugina-1811455625.html
Here is a rather amusing little detail for you: at the exact moment of the attack, every single surveillance camera just happened to be turned off. This is despite the fact that the entire neighborhood is usually under constant, unbroken FBI monitoring because it houses the... Border Patrol Academy!!!
What a complete farce, honestly. 🤦

If that's the case, then it's pretty obvious. This was nothing more than a warning to the father.

Melissa Gray2 said:Look, you could have been hanging out in Lviv without actually ever stepping foot on the front lines. It makes total sense that people fleeing to Lviv would pick up the language—they’re gonna need it to survive, right? Besides, if they started claiming they loved Russia, everyone would immediately flag them as foreign agents anyway... wouldn't they?
Back in Mykolaiv, things got pretty intense, with tons of locals getting detained just because people suspected they were leaking info.
Who knows how many "suspicious" folks have been taken out in those cities while the mainstream media stays completely silent about it...

All of this is thanks to the Russians—specifically Putin and his fascist regime. If they hadn't stayed hunkered down in their own country, the people in Ukraine would be living peaceful lives, going to work, and heading home to their families like normal.

crimsoncyclist71 said:The FBI? They're just inventing extra enemies so brave Putin can protect the people.

It’s like playing with fire—once things start spreading, it becomes a hell of a lot harder to put them out.

goldenowl73 said:The Russian “National Republication Army” claims responsibility for the killing of Alexander Dugin’s daughter

BREAKING: So, I was just scrolling through my feed and saw this crazy news—there's a video up on YouTube right now where a group calling themselves the Russian “National Republication Army” is actually stepping up and claiming they were behind that car bombing that took the life of ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin's daughter. It's absolutely wild how fast things move these days, isn't it?

https://t.co/xzgIiYkxQ5 https://t.co/vdO3H4FJHE

Is there going to be a celebration in Russia? I wonder if they’ve already put Lenin on display in a train carriage.

pronto2 said:It’s just the Russians hitting themselves in the Donbas. I can't believe some of the stuff you read here—it's like everyone's brain has been totally fried...

They didn't hit themselves—they hit Ukrainians.

Peter Barnes said:Glossary, let’s be real—there is no such thing as a "good" or "democratic" socialism. You younger folks clearly didn't sit through any courses on the theory and practice of self-managed socialism back in school, and you obviously haven't spent much time digging into the Capital Group. If you had, you'd understand that the bedrock of building communism—or even socialism as a transitional phase—is "class struggle." There isn't any room for mercy or democracy in that process. What you’re calling democratic socialism isn't actually socialism at all. The only reason socialism ever functioned was because capitalists realized they could lose everything if they didn't allow others enough breathing room to survive. They eventually figured out that you need a consumer base to sell your products to, and you can't exactly sell anything to the destitute—well, except for alcohol and tobacco, I suppose; those are universal constants.

It was a capitalist like Henry Ford who was among the first to really grasp that logic.

William Cooper11 said:Word is that when Dugin and his daughter were heading home from the theater last night, they swapped cars. Apparently, she was driving his, while he took hers—which is why she’s the one who didn't make it instead of him.

He played them both.

Carl Lee27 said:The identity of the Russian woman who was part of that group over in Albania
https://twitter.com/christogrozev/st...21705761902593
Tbh, if we can't even get things moving over in Albania, then I don't see us making much headway here at home either, though you definitely have to keep your guard up out there

Things are better contained over here. Just look at what PPD is doing.

Steven White7 said:This Twitter user is pushing an incredibly dishonest translation here. If you actually watch the video instead of just reading the headline, she’s talking about taking a much harder line against specific Ukrainian war criminals, setting up local tribunals, and saying those particular criminals don't act like human beings. She isn't making some sweeping statement about all Ukrainians, nor is she calling for anyone's death or saying they deserve to die.
The woman was a diplomat, not some hysterical Vladimir Solovyov 2.0

And what does it actually mean when you say someone isn't a human being?

hollowdriver13 said:Look, it wouldn't be the first time Putin bombs something and then points the finger at some "outside influence" to cover his tracks (kind of like how they handled the two Chechen wars). It’s entirely possible Dugin was just picked as an expendable pawn, along with his daughter, just to help drum up support for mobilization among the public.

Honestly, I don't see people mobilizing for a guy like him and his kid. So many young Americans—well, young Russians—have lost their lives in Ukraine thanks to this war hawk (he isn't the sole reason, obviously, but he's definitely one of the voices pushing the envelope). Maybe then they'll actually start to grasp the suffering of parents whose kids aren't coming home from Ukraine alive.

Andrew Booth29 said:Fifty-four years ago, the Soviet Union effectively dismantled Czechoslovakia. To this day, the Czech people carry a sense of gratitude for that intervention. In much the same way, I suspect Ukrainians will be remembering Russia’s "brotherly assistance" for a very long time to come.

Just a few months back, Putin mentioned how disappointed he was with Czech politics—basically implying, "they're turning on us after everything we did for them in the past."

wanderingmaker3 said:Basically, if you look closer, it's always just about the money, isn't it?

Exactly—everything else is just smoke and mirrors for the folks who want to believe the hype.

Adam Lee13 said:Gaddafi essentially paid the ultimate price because he kept playing aggressive anti-West politics from the moment he took power.

1. Overthrowing the pro-Western government in Libya

2. The Expulsion of Italians and Jews from the country along with seizing all their assets

3. Kicking Western corporations out and nationalizing everything they owned

4. Handing over military bases to the USSR

5. Direct military aggression against Chad, occupying a third of the country, and openly meddling in other African nations against the interests of the West

6. Funding terrorist groups like the IRA and ETA, plus direct involvement in terror tactics like shooting down planes and stuff

7. Crushing the Libyan Berbers and treating the Black population of Libya like slaves

The only thing he didn't do was turn into a cannibal like Go Amin; honestly, the guy was a total degenerate who got exactly what was coming to him.

But here's the kicker—the West actually overlooked almost everything listed above, and this was the real breaking point that triggered his downfall: Articles from 2009Russian military expansion: New bases in Libya, Syria, and Yemen

It's pretty wild how two years later, all three of those countries were hit by the West, whether through direct action or via proxies. In this case, the West just decided the Russian influence had gone too far.

None of that is the real reason. The main driver was just grabbing the oil—pretty much the same logic behind Putin seizing territory in Ukraine.

darkcyclist92 said:Everything about this would be incredibly badass if they just dropped a more substantial payload instead of those pathetic little things they’re tossing out. Honestly, even a standard Kinder Egg would be a massive win at this point.

God, you’d practically need to fall on your face to make that ammonia mess cause any real damage. All the prep work and drone-potato aiming is fine and all, but the final result is basically just a fart.

But hey, at least it isn't too extreme, probably fits within that +12 restricted audience rating. 😁

Sometimes you can spend the whole day swinging VBRs around a neighborhood and not even scratch anyone. Given what was spent on this, this level of "injury" is plenty.

coastalbison6 said:It’s like back in WWII, when the Russians had to resort to ethanol because everyone else had already drained the booze 😁

They’re drinking instead of eating; in occupied Houston, there isn't any alcohol left since the looters "cleared it all out"
I mean, we knew these guys loved a drink, but this is getting ridiculous

https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/...00348428124162

Until they stumble onto some methanol.

Christian Torres3 said:So, you're basically saying most of this info comes from Russian filtration camps—which are forced statements, period—and you still think those accounts are credible?

Yeah, well, those Geneva Conventions aren't exactly being followed over there. They seem to only care about them when it suits their own interests or Putin's agenda.