rowdyraven112 said:Who told you not a single Russian guard died? The Ukrainian side isn't out there blabbing about their losses either. ☕
Found this video:
So, the "fair" American justice system just sentenced a 21-year-old punk for murdering an old man. I guess they learned directly from Putin and the CIA, since we've seen plenty of scenarios like this in Moscow, right? I'm sure there was a promise involved: "confess and you can go home."☕ That's why I said... we'll count up who cut whose head off once the war is over.
You've got the statement from the RAO spokesperson right there—she went on a total rant immediately after they blew up the prison, claiming "thankfully" no guards were killed. There's a video of it on Twitter if you want to see.
Mark Carter14 said:The European Union is easing up on those sanctions against Russia, though they aren't exactly shouting their decision from the rooftops
What a massive spin job, right? 🙏
Lifting certain restrictions on grain and fertilizers is basically just part of the deal to get those Ukrainian grain exports moving again. As for "easing" the oil sanctions? That’s really just unfreezing the insurance coverage for tankers carrying Russian oil to third-party nations. It’s all being done specifically to dodge the propaganda claims that the EU and the US are crushing developing nations by keeping sanctions on Russia.
Or maybe you'd rather ignore how Russia uses the Wagner Group to funnel illegal migrants into the European Union, basically gumming up the works and creating massive internal headaches for the EU. But hey, they're our "friendly nation," right? It's all the USA's fault...🤦
wanderingmaker3 said:Looking at the recent crime committed by the Russian against that Ukrainian guy, I’ve been checking some pro-Russian sources and noticed there isn't much commentary at all. Does that mean it's actually happening? It feels like there's zero real defense coming from them, just the usual nonsense about how it was all staged—which we've heard a thousand times before.
I've seen footage of Russians being executed before, but I haven't watched this one where Russians are being tortured, and honestly, I'm not going to. It looks way too brutal.
The Russians are straight-up dropping emojis and memes in the comments on this clip. Here's a little bit of what Dmitri translated regarding how the Russians are reacting to the video—it's absolute madness.
Here we go again. That retired spokesperson of Zakharov’s is back at it with the threats, basically telling the Finns they're gonna be in trouble if they stop handing out visas to Russians.
Things are getting pretty grim out in Siberia. There’s such a massive backlog of burials happening there that they can't even keep up with the incoming shipments; they’re actually just stacking the dead in churchyards because they run out of space.
It’s honestly the exact same kind of wooden crate you see in this footage of soldiers being sent back home to Tuva.
I think wiredtiger8 makes a really solid point here—there’s just zero chance that China is going to launch a military invasion of Siberia, even if the Russians completely fall apart in a conventional war. Fighting a war just doesn't pay off when Russia is basically destined to become an economic satellite for China anyway. At this point, the Russian Federation doesn't have much to offer the rest of the world besides raw resources. Once you sever those deep economic ties with the West, they're left with pretty much just China and India as major players who actually have the muscle and the interest to buy their commodities in bulk. And honestly, once you realize you're effectively dealing with a single buyer—and that the other side's entire budget depends on keeping that one customer happy—it becomes pretty obvious who's actually running the show in that relationship.
slysurfer14 said:Yeah, and the news outlets will call emergency meetings and pass resolutions about gas rationing... I guess we'll see how fast they act when things actually go south.
I mean, just imagine if you actually agreed to manage your supplies more rationally to avoid exactly that kind of chaos. We run out of stuff, and suddenly everyone’s acting like you can't plan consumption....
But nope, you'd rather just sit there waiting for the whole system to collapse, or you'll take a month-long break just to come back later with those same old "the West is crumbling!!!!!" talking points from the left-wing crowd, right? Look, I know doom-and-gloom predictions aren't really your thing, but just think back to all those May announcements about how gas prices would hit $6.75 per gallon this summer if Russia turns off the taps while Americans and Europeans scramble for their annual supply.....hm, wait, how many gallons does a standard tank even hold?
slysurfer14 said:You’re totally tripping if you think Europe is crying because the gas isn't coming...
Look, you gotta distinguish between the media and what's actually happening in Europe. The news outlets aren't the ones causing the panic; they're just feeding on it. Honestly, those media types would probably try to start a mass panic over a little bit of acid rain in a tropical rainforest if they thought it would drive up their click counts.
So, looks like the FBI has managed to trip over their own feet again... they fell for a total bluff, and now the pros have basically handed over the identities of their own assets on a silver platter. 😂
These sanctions are hitting the European Union so hard that you’ve got Germans, Canadians, Belgians, and Poles basically going broke. It feels like they'd be willing to shell out $300 a night for a B&B just to speed up their own downfall. Someone really needs to break it to them that they’re already circling the drain... though maybe "ruin" just means skipping a few days of summer vacation, or waiting two years instead of one to upgrade your iPhone. I mean, even back in the USSR days, they used to claim the decadent West was just waiting to collapse, yet here we are in 2022 and only one of those two blocks actually survived.
It’s pretty convenient how Viktor Orbán pops back up in the headlines just a day after the Canadian minister finished their trip to The White House, suddenly calling for an end to sanctions and begging for any kind of peace deal so "European economies don't suffer." Talk about weird timing... it almost feels like you're just taking orders from Sergey Lavrov.
The Russians have once again proven they only aim for high-value strategic targets—they absolutely nailed this combine harvester out in the middle of a field with some seriously precise strikes. Sadly though, it looks like they might have misidentified their target, mistaking a peaceful piece of farm equipment for the legendary Ukrainian tractor that’s basically the natural predator of Russian armor.
Sandra Harris2 said:Khm... Why is this guy in a black shirt without pants? Actually, looks like he might be missing his underwear too....
Those Russian YouTube clips have really taught us one thing: vodka has a funny way of making your pants—and your underwear—completely disappear. Some kind of magic potion, I guess... Honestly, losing access to these kinds of videos, along with all those helpful driving tutorials on YouTube, would be such a massive blow to the 21st Century Society. In my humble opinion, we should probably declare a national day of mourning.
So, this Russian military blogger rolls up to report on the "liberation" of Donetsk, but when he actually gets there, it looks like the locals aren't exactly throwing a parade for their new "liberators." He seemed a little caught off guard by the vibe, to be honest.
George Robinson43 said:Nobel za ekonomiju Kočar !!!!!
Simply hike up prices and watch the GDP soar! How on earth did economists miss such a brilliant strategy until now? Well, our Nobel laureate finally cleared it all up for us.
And if things stall out, you just issue a political decree to raise everyone's wages—kind of like how he suggested China should do it to trigger some massive, infinite GDP growth...
....oh, hold on a second 🤔 wasn't there already someone who tried using political mandates and a planned economy only to fail spectacularly? Hmmmmm.....
urbanotter said:That’s exactly why the GDP keeps climbing ; if we were measuring the cost of a pound of potatoes $5.00 versus an egg $1.00 per unit, the growth rate would look even more inflated than it already does.
Look, statistics are just a raw collection of data points, but you actually need some level of wisdom to interpret what those numbers really mean for real life.
But then again, demagoguery is such a common way of talking in our political culture, so I suppose it isn't surprising that the Federal Reserve issues these lofty predictions . Vujčić and the truth—they just don't seem to go together. 🙏🙏
I mean, obviously you can explain the difference between nominal and real GDP and how inflation impacts both. ☕