Posts by Thomas Walker84

Well, the Kremlin lackey can finally relax now that the little gnome has surfaced🙂 Ukrainians are already shaking

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Terry Green3 said:A fellow user left a great comment earlier, but it got nuked for going off-topic from the frontline updates.

They'll just run some special TV program in Moscow claiming they actually won.

The Putin enthusiasts still don't get it—as long as this regime is in power, they'll keep being fed complete garbage.
Our Air Force meets NATO standards while being ten times more cost-effective, etc. In reality, you can see it’s nowhere near that level, but they'll keep believing the hype.
There's another nation in Europe just like them.☕

I haven't seen any posts from you lately. 🙂

Ah, I see.
What really caught my eye—and it’s something you could argue about, too—was what another member mentioned earlier regarding how Putin just can't quite pull it off. That's just not allowed. Sometimes you just have to admit defeat. It is what it is. What would the Russians say then? About that.

If he’s truly that kind of dictator—someone who crushes any opposition and makes sure anyone who speaks up either ends up behind bars or disappears entirely—then he honestly doesn't care what the Russians think. The people dying for this war are already gone. He could easily negotiate a defeat, throw any Russians who disagree into prison, and call it a day. Problem solved.

If the issue lies with the Muscovites and the rest of that polite society watching the news, then I suppose Soloviev & Co. will just whip up a special program celebrating a victory for them.

After all those ridiculous lies and Monty Python-style propaganda, does it even seem that surprising? You see their Academicians lined up, explaining away Russia's "massive success" with such fake expertise and passion. 🎉🤣
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The Putin supporters still don't get how things will ever change as long as these people are in power, constantly feeding them nothing but lies. Our air force claims to be on par with NATO standards while being ten times cheaper to maintain, but in reality, they aren't even close. People will keep believing the hype regardless. There’s another nation like that in Europe.☕

I find it hard to believe that Putin doesn't realize he's already lost this war. If he can tell his people he didn't invade Ukraine—and somehow nobody is allowed to argue with that—then he could just as easily claim he won, and they'd probably swallow that too. It seems like the public is buying whatever narrative is handed to them. So, what is he actually risking by pulling out of Ukraine? Is it a revolution, mass protests, or maybe some rogue general stepping in to take his spot? Or is he really just worried about some angry comments on X?

It’s probably better for him to strike a deal now while he still has some leverage, rather than waiting until he loses significant ground on the battlefield and the death toll climbs even higher. If he waits too long, he risks being ousted by someone from within his own inner circle. I'm just trying to look at this from his perspective. 🤷

bluemason3 said:If the Russians fail to pull things together, the French and Italians stand to gain the most from this war.

It looks like someone else might finally step up to take over as the primary supplier for the military machine.

Hello? Anyone there? 😁

frozenrider112 said:Look at what Putin has actually managed to pull off in just six months:

- He basically handed Finland and Sweden over to NATO on a silver platter.
- He’s effectively created brand new 746 miles borders right up against NATO territory.
- He somehow managed to force a fractured Europe to finally find some common ground.
- He’s turned every single EU nation into a massive customer for billions of dollars worth of American weaponry.
- Look at Poland—they're building hundreds of miles of wire fencing along the Belarus border and gearing up for total mobilization.
- He is bleeding billions of dollars every single day through lost gas revenue.
- He’s absolutely gutted his own economy and left an already struggling population even more destitute.
- He took people who were practically brothers—these Ukrainian folks—and turned them into his fiercest enemies.
- An entire continent that was hooked on Russian gas is now scrambling to find alternatives—and they will find them.
- Tens of thousands of young Russian lives have been thrown away for essentially nothing.
- Russia has burned through a staggering amount of hardware that they'll be spending years trying to replace—if they can even manage it.
- The Russian Army has completely trashed whatever credibility they spent decades building during the Cold War.
PLUS
At this rate, Ukrainians might not just reclaim their territory back to how it looked before the invasion—they might actually push back and take back what Russia seized back in 2014.

Honestly, if the Americans had planted a deep-cover spy right next to the Russian President, they wouldn't even need to do much—he's doing such a perfect job of weakening Russia in every possible way for decades to come.

It’s not just that they might be able to take it back; based on how things are looking, they are going to take back everything. 👍

Gregory Ramos3 said:View on twitter

So, I'm seeing some talk here claiming the EU has officially suspended issuing Russian visas.

Honestly, it feels a little bit out of left field to me, mostly because I haven't really seen the big news outlets making a massive deal out of it yet.🤔

Not quite—while it’s mostly happening in Poland and the Baltic states, they have implemented new regulations.

https://www.lechotouristique.com/art...s-restrictions

- Visa fees have jumped from 30 to 80 euros.
- Instead of 10 days, you might now be waiting anywhere from 15 to 45 days.
- Tourist visas aren't a priority anymore; they're processed only after humanitarian ones and similar requests. For example, Finland is currently only issuing about 10% of the tourist visas they used to.
- All those different ways to get easier access through visas have been removed.
- There's also a possibility that the nearly one million Russians currently holding EU visas could have them re-evaluated.

- And importantly, any Russian passports issued in occupied regions of Ukraine won't be recognized.

Germany has decided to extend the lifespan of two nuclear power plants 👍

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-r...s_5321365.html

They only have three currently running, all of which were scheduled to shut down before the end of 2022 per Germany's plan to phase out nuclear energy entirely.

The coal plants were also supposed to be phased out through 2022 and 2023, but now those 27 plants will stay operational for the foreseeable future (at least until 2024).

According to one poll, 61% of people surveyed are in favor of these moves.

Honestly, solving the crisis is relatively straightforward even for Germany—they're just reopening thermal and nuclear plants. The environmental impact is the sticking point, and of course, the Greens are protesting, but if we've been polluting for a hundred years, another year or two isn't going to change much while they hunt for new gas suppliers. Bye-bye, Russia.👋

Donna Harris11 said:The Sun just dropped this report about how sanctions are actually playing out in Russia compared to how things look here in the States:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/196983...anctions-food/

SANCS A LOT

Welcome to sanction-hit Russia, where prices are DOWN as Americans suffer from soaring inflation

Food costs are also coming down every month and Vladimir Putin’s people are partying as if there is no war.

six months on, while we are paying the price for the invasion with a crippling cost-of-living crisis, locals in Moscow are upbeat.

It is not surprising. Despite claims they would face a severe food shortage, shoppers in Walmart, Russia’s answer to Tesco, load their trolleys high with groceries half the price of ours.

That makes a lot of sense.

Welcome to a sanctioned Russia, where prices are actually dropping while Americans struggle through soaring inflation.

Food costs are actually dropping every single month now. It seems like Putin's inner circle is out celebrating as if there isn't even a war going on..

Six months later, we're still feeling the sting of this invasion through a massive cost-of-living crisis that’s hitting us hard. People living in Moscow seem to be in high spirits lately.

It doesn't really come as a shock. Even though people predicted massive food shortages, shoppers at Walmart are filling up their carts with groceries that cost about half of what we pay here in the States.

It’s quite something to see them partying like there isn't a war going on. ☕

For now, sanctions still don't include revoking visas for those Russian sympathizers and partisans who claim the war "doesn't affect them" yet would love to travel through Europe. Zelenskyy is actually bringing this up regarding the 8th package of sanctions.

It’s nice to see that the Muscovites are such optimists. They aren't being sent off as cannon fodder like those poor souls from the various backwater regions of Russia just yet.

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Masker Asks: Life isn't about material things like fancy villas or luxury apartments, according to this guy hanging out at Lake Tahoe. I'm here. "You can only truly live once you realize what you're willing to die for," Solovyov says, before hopping into a $100,000 car and driving off toward a multi-million dollar estate in Moscow.

I'm here.o ! 👍
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dustyfalcon122 said:Man, you really cracked me up.
Seriously, this whole thing has turned into one of those trashy Hollywood movies.

In the next scene, explosions are going off everywhere while some crazy dictator screams at his last two generals in a bunker, jumping around a big red button.🙂 😵🙂

Sometimes reality actually beats fiction. 🙄

End credits: that red button is flipped at the last second, saving the Ukrainian fighter (Bruce Willis), who didn't actually die but managed to escape the hell of Azovstal.🙂

Kate Cook27 said:I actually have a contact close to the situation, and they're saying both sides are firing away. It's absolute madness. Honestly, I agree with what was said about why the Ukrainians are shooting. To me, it just seems crazy.

Yeah, that sounds awful. It's hard to know exactly what's going on or how things escalate into such madness. It's almost impossible to wrap your head around. Maybe there are moments where the chain of command just breaks down, leaving nothing but chaos until order is restored again...

wiredseal7 said:RIP Gorbachev.
His attempts to fix the Soviet Union with half-baked reforms basically set the stage for this entire mess—it was the original domino effect that led us straight to this war.

I disagree. Neither Gorbachev, nor Mars, nor some random distraction is the root cause here. It’s simply Russian aggression, which should never have happened in the first place.

Matthew Young35 said:I have zero interest in hypocritical outcries or performative "dignity."
I feel for the people killed in this reckless Russian aggression against Ukraine—where an appalling number of crimes have been committed—but that won't change how I speak.

Yes, I will find it strange, and frankly, jarring, every single time someone acts surprised that civilians are dying in droves.
And yes, I will swear if I want to when someone misinterprets my disbelief as "false equivalence," "relativism," or "rationalization."
It isn't any of those things. It is simply the sheer astonishment that anyone could be shocked by the massive loss of civilian life.

Is everyone else just being hypocritical and putting on an act? ☕

Quincy:

I’m truly saddened by the lives lost in this reckless Russian aggression against Ukraine. So many horrific crimes have been committed in this conflict. But... It won't change the way I speak my own language.

Wow, what a strong personality. 🤣
These are always interesting to follow.But...Even when they include those nonsensical follow-ups in their statements.

Thomas Walker84:

Yeah, I’ll probably still find it hard to wrap my head around whenever I hear about mass civilian casualties. It just feels wrong every single time. I’ll swear if I want to if someone decides to label my genuine confusion as "equivalence," "relativizing," or just making excuses. Not really—it’s more just pure disbelief that anyone could be unaware of how many civilians are losing their lives.

You're essentially a victim of a misunderstanding here. It’s sad and unfortunate, so I can definitely get why you're feeling so righteous and angry, but our primary sympathy has to go to the victims in Ukraine, specifically in Mariupol.

Matthew Young35 said:I’m not looking to equate anything. I'm just pointing out what is plainly obvious.

Take it easy; this isn't some gutter, it's a civilized forum. 😠

The city is a mass grave 😢 At least you can still maintain a shred of dignity and respect.

wiredseal7 said:In that case, NATO—as the domain owner—set the routing to the specific IP address where these guys are hosting their stuff. They’re implicated, even if just by providing the service.

No, NATO didn't change any settings; this was a semi-hack, just like Anthony Hill5 explained above. To put it simply, it’s a domain hijacking where a "phantom address" is set on the Content Diffusion Network. CDNs, or Content Diffusion Networks, are used to make things like images and videos load faster and more efficiently.

However, since major corporations and institutions like Microsoft and Google—and even NATO—frequently use CDNs, I’d imagine these kinds of players would know how to protect themselves from this sort of takeover, though I can't say for sure. At the very least, the implication for NATO is that their security wasn't tight enough.

Personally, I find it bizarre that NATO would support a site like Mirotvorets. Aside from being poorly built and looking totally prehistoric, it clearly isn't officially connected to the Ukrainian government in any way. I have nothing against publishing a list of criminals—who will likely go unpunished anyway—but it needs to be legally sound and handled more professionally. Besides, it's completely ridiculous that our clumsy Joe Biden ended up on a "criminals" list.😵 (Not directly on the main page, but his photo is in the "criminals" folder and his name shows up in the URL)

On the other hand, these are people fighting as best they can against aggression. It honestly turns my stomach when people pick apart every tiny detail of an attacked nation just to find a way to equate them with the aggressor. Tattoos, greetings, hacking... they claim they're "just like the Russians." This is exactly what happened in America, yet Americans still don't know how to respond properly, choosing instead to stay defensive and make excuses (like this recent mess with the pilot accusations). It seems like Ukrainians won't follow that same path.

Thirdly, the truly foolish part is that Russian propagandists fell for it. NATO basically handed over its server address to Mirotvorets, though I'm not sure what the real benefit is, since they'll just use it to further fuel their public against the West. The goal should really be the opposite: making Russians realize that nobody hates them or wants their downfall, but rather that their own policies are what's wrong.

Timothy Williams5 said:I finally get it now—that hit list for NATO officers is sitting right there on the McDonald's servers. 👍

Actually, it isn't on McDonald's😁 servers, just the images. For instance, the logo is hosted on natocdn (specifically the psb4ukr.natocdn.net subdomain), and after looking into it, it seems all the photos of the criminals are stored there in a folder called "criminals"🙂 for example

So they aren't hosting it on their own site; they're using natocdn and just linking to it. It looks like NATO approved this, especially since they have that "pbs4ukr" subdomain, which redirects to the Peacekeeper site if you look up the .org domain.

Since NATO is becoming an ally to Ukraine, it’s not really that surprising. It seems like pro-Russian propagandists are just grabbing this to find more ways to smear Ukraine.

The Russians are out there shelling and massacring people in Ukraine, yet they claim Ukrainians are the problem because they host photos on a NATO server. Apparently, that's just more proof of NATIZMA.

knedlaugrlu Asks:
How much military aid has the world actually sent to Ukraine? Is it around $11 billion?

Does anyone have a link to that former Russian oligarch? He was saying that the EU is losing about 200 billion euros in profit every month just from these sanctions. His point was that if they diverted even a quarter of that monthly profit to Ukraine, the war would have been over ages ago. ☕

Yeah, right. Like I'm going to go out and consult some Russian oligarch for information.
If I’m following your logic correctly, you're suggesting it would be better to scrap sanctions on Russia entirely and just pour significantly more funding into weapons for Ukraine instead? It's an interesting point, but wouldn't that just allow Russia to ramp up its own military buildup, likely leading to even more casualties and loss of life?

Who actually conducted that poll regarding support for Ukraine? Was it Democrats or Republicans? Either way... my friends back in the States are saying Biden isn't doing great in the polls lately, with his numbers dipping down to around 40%. As for Ukraine, most Americans couldn't care less.

Don't worry, Ukraine still has most people's support.

That peacekeeper guy has his own domain at myrotvorets.news, and that's actually where that screenshot came from.

Regarding that subdomain you mentioned (psb4ukr.natocdn.net/logos/ etc.), they’re likely just hosting standardized logos for various organizations there. Honestly, anyone can link to them.

I see your point, though; it's true that the psb4ukr.org domain (I won't post a direct link because the images are pretty nasty) redirects straight to the peacekeeper site.

Morgan Morales4 said:I'm right there with you. Honestly, some people would rather freeze solid just to see Putin fail and watch Russia finally fracture the way certain folks want it to. Tell me, do you have some kind of study showing how an industry, say Dow Chemical, could run just as smoothly without gas as they do with it? Meanwhile, you guys have gone all-in on solar, wind, and thermal pumps, running a company powered by every "miracle" of green tech available.
Russia is a reality, and history didn't just start on January 22nd. Western civilization won't get past this without using both conscience and common sense—and let’s not forget how much less of a "problem" oil, gas, and sunflower oil were when Iraq and Syria were being torn apart. We aren't going to move forward by ignoring that.

No, it's about making him stop the aggression against Ukraine and pull his troops out of Ukrainian territory. It's as simple as that.

Russia is a reality, and history existed long before January 22nd. If Western civilization refuses to acknowledge that, they're acting without reason or sense. And let's not forget how there were no issues with oil, gas, or sunflower oil when Iraq and Syria were being torn apart. We aren't moving forward in history.

"Western civilization refuses to believe history existed before January 22nd." 🤔
What kind of argument is 🤔that even?

feralhawk45 said:Now even Baric is starting to look like an optimist to me. Back when the war first kicked off—February 24, 2022, at 4:00 AM local time—I predicted that if the Ukrainians could just hold out for seven days, we were looking at a minimum three-year conflict. But seeing how they’ve organized their economy and civilian life under fire... it's a different story.
Over the next year or two, they’re going to build up a serious professional military using rotations similar to our National Guard brigades. Once everything falls into place, they'll pull off a massive mobilization—roughly 2 million soldiers—and launch a full-scale liberation offensive. By then, the sanctions will have already done their damage to Russia.

I think you might be right, though there's a chance that if luck strikes or if the Russians show a shred of common sense—or if that Kremlin gnome finally kicks the bucket—we might see a peaceful reintegration in exchange for lifting sanctions. Honestly, almost nobody is going to recognize the occupation of Donbas or Crimea.

Or maybe it lands somewhere in between. Once those 2 million well-equipped Ukrainians launch their own version of a massive offensive and start pushing the Russian forces back, the Russians will probably be the ones suggesting a "peaceful integration." Of course, they'll play the victim, acting like they were totally innocent and unprovoked.

wiredseal7 said:Check out this "Peacekeeper" hit list—which somehow includes our own Commander-in-Chief (Joe Biden)—leaked right on a NATO domain:

https://twitter.com/timand2037/statu...zlM0blaPLrCLaw

None of this is actually true. 😵

A NATO domain? That's funny. 🤣