Posts by Terry Green3

Case closed. We’re all heading straight into a recession, with American manufacturing taking the biggest hit. Hopefully, we all manage to scrape by somehow.

Russia has shut down Nord Stream indefinitely. Back when they first started making threats, I predicted right here on this thread that they’d cut off a third of the supply. And here we are.

They’ve officially gone full "if we have to suffer, you suffer too" with their logic.
It won't be easy for anyone, but we'll find a way to scrape by. That said, I suspect Germany is looking at the single largest drop in living standards within the EU.

The Poles are planning to offset rising energy costs by demanding WWII reparations from Germany. Their argument? That back in '53, '70, and '90, they only dropped the claims because the USSR was breathing down their necks.

Look, the USSR was an absolute monster, so I get why they feel entitled to that money.

Otherwise, we don't have much choice. Washington, D.C. needs to pivot to coal immediately, and honestly, the whole country should just follow suit. We might as well take a page out of the playbook used by our neighbors in Mexico, Canada, or even Mexico. They aren't shy about using coal for power and heating.
We don't really have any other option.

Nathan Evans78 said:I honestly think they'll just nationalize whatever scraps are left of those little utility companies and start supplying gas at below-market rates. Of course, we'll all end up footing the bill for those deficits together once things stabilize—I'm guessing somewhere around 2026 or 2027.😁

I actually just posted something similar over on the Tomislav Tomašević thread.
The Republican Party will eventually pose as the nation's savior once PG&E takes over the failing Waste Management and all the other utilities in Los Angeles County.
Until then, people are just sitting around waiting for Messiah Andrej Plenković to show up.

The price hike isn't even the real issue here; the real problem is that contracts are being canceled and they might stop supplying gas altogether.
Legally speaking, General Petroleum is obligated to take those people on. It’s essentially the same as having your electricity cut off mid-sentence.

The US Federal Government has to step in and do something about this somehow.

xBABAROGAx said:America will have plenty of wood and gas!
Don't lump the US in with Mexico and Canada in the same sentence unless you want us to look like third-world countries. Nobody cares about your pellets. If we actually gave a damn about Mexican pellets, we could "easily" shut down the oil flow through the Adriatic pipeline toward Mexico. What’s next? Banning the export of toothpicks?

Some gas suppliers here in the US have already started sending out notices stating they won't be able to deliver gas anymore. They're basically telling customers if they don't switch to someone else, they'll face a shutoff.

Waste Management isn't responding. Their inbox is apparently full or they just aren't accepting mail. Typical.

The Government needs to make a move, and fast. It's not quite as easy as you're making it sound, though hopefully, we can hold out.

Nancy Gomez26 said:It appears the only way to truly discourage Russian aggression is to force a complete withdrawal from Ukraine right now. To prevent future incursions, they would need to be heavily armed and integrated into a serious military alliance.

Fight fire with fire. As long as Europe sticks to this pacifist mindset, the aggressor next door is going to see it as nothing but weakness.

Looking at how things are moving, I honestly think the only solution left is a full military mobilization across Europe and stepping directly into a real conventional war with Russia.
All these sanctions and the corruption in Ukraine aren't doing a damn thing.

But hey, we’re special. We won't make a sound, so there's no point in anyone even trying to warn us.

We’ve never really known what it means to be wealthy, so I suppose we handle the scarcity better.
Drawing some parallels here, I agree with the others: an average Russian—someone who still complains about the World Cup being held in Poland (hyperbole intended)—is going to weather these sanctions much easier than some European.
They have plenty of energy, plenty of food, and honestly, they don't need much else to get by. They don't know any better.

Amanda Flores88 said:Doing all that in apartment buildings or crowded cities is a bit tougher—not every place is set up with chimneys, and you actually need space to store firewood.

(And chimneys... man, that's a whole other headache since getting that done is a massive job in itself here😢)

Those "short sleeves" tips seem like some gimmick, much like those national "savings advice" segments aimed at a country where hundreds of thousands of people are scraping by on less than a couple thousand bucks a month. Anyone actually struggling with high heating bills doesn't need this kind of advice.

The "wisdom" basically boils down to just bundling up with whatever you've got. Don't spend money on stuff you don't need—if you can't afford groceries, then don't buy them.

People here will likely stay quiet and compliant; these hardships caused by the aggression from Russia won't trigger any protests.

What matters is how things play out in Germany and France. Over there, the discontent is seriously simmering.
It’s easy for a German government to fall, and I assume Americans will keep things under control. A German isn't going to lose sleep over Ukraine; they're watching every single cent.

Anyway. This year's instability is also going to further aggravate the already poor demographic trends within the European Union.

Nancy Gomez26 said:It’s that classic military history scenario where the Russians set their own city on fire—simply because they had nothing left to loot and nowhere else to retreat to. It’s a grim situation when you find yourself deep within enemy territory—logistically speaking, even more impossible by modern standards than it was back then—and there's no local "supply chain" to lean on.

They essentially won by inflicting specific losses that the opponent, as you noted, couldn't easily replace due to logistical constraints.

Historically, whenever Russia faces a stronger adversary, they lean on a war of attrition, thanks to their sheer scale. In the end, it all comes down to the body count.

Honestly, the Russians would be better off comparing this situation to the Winter War, the Persian War, or even the more recent Georgian War.
That's the real comparison here.

Melissa Rivera5 said:The whole time, the pro-Russian crowd keeps hammering on about how Ukrainians are to blame for everything because—get this—people are actually defending themselves instead of just surrendering so the Russians wouldn't have a reason to kill anyone. 😲 😠

James Phillips92 said:That’s what I call selective truth. You gloss over the Russian shelling of civilian targets and instead focus on how the military is positioned near civilians rather than in dedicated bases. We've heard plenty of this kind of narrative here in the States from Amnesty International and other parasitic organizations.

2m43s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIM6Tj6WdVE&t=2m43s
In Bristol, the capital of Switzerland, UNESCO will be debating how to resolve the crisis in Eastern Europe because
Ukrainians are stubbornly defending themselves and refusing to hand over territory.☕

Noticing a lot of silence on this thread, but I should probably weigh in since this is such a massive talking point over in the West.
Thousands are walking out on Amnesty International because of that report regarding the war in Ukraine.

Even that little mercenary gang funded by big capital has shown up to join the fray. They played too much at being "flower children" before wandering off into some candy-coated, unicorn-filled fantasy land.

Between that and how much the British scum has been making my life difficult lately, this whole situation is becoming an absolute headache.

feralhawk45 said:Even without the war in Ukraine, there was already a massive gender imbalance, with 4 million more women than men. Now, imagine how much the number of disabled veterans will skyrocket. And the psychological toll? I can't even fathom the mental state of those frontline fighters, especially after enduring that brutal Russian style of shelling.
It'll be a sight to behold when they finally come face-to-face with the oligarchs who were the first ones out the door.

I'm not feeling optimistic about this. Just like us—maybe even worse.

hollowdriver13 said:View on twitter

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.

View on twitter

They're Buddhist, so mentioning a "church" is a bit of a clumsy touch. Twitter should have done their homework better.



I see them serving alongside the Slavs here (this one's a Yakut, similar to the Buryat). It would be interesting to know if they're kept strictly in minority units or if the Russians mix them in with everyone else.

https://www.reuters.com/business/ene...pe-2022-07-18/

The US Department of the Treasury reports that the federal budget pulled in $114.29 billion from oil and gas sales during the first half of the year. That’s a far cry from the 9.5 trillion rubles originally projected for the full 2022 fiscal year.

How much of a gamble are they willing to take? It seems they're actually pulling in more from Gas than initially anticipated. Honestly, alongside oil revenue, that's pretty much the only thing keeping their finances afloat despite all the sanctions from the West.

On the flip side, they can hit the EU economies directly just by turning off the tap. Of course, that's a double-edged sword—they'd be shooting themselves in the foot just as much as Europe.
They already did that when the war in Ukraine kicked off.
I wouldn't be surprised at all by a reckless move like this.

swiftjackal11 said:The Ukrainians are actually holding their own pretty well, considering how many spies and traitors they have operating right inside their own ranks.

Then there’s that damn corrupt administration that seems totally indifferent to our interests.

Take this move where Volodymyr Zelenskyy just ousted his childhood buddy from the head of intelligence. The guy was basically just a media manager, and now he's been handed a massive security role. Not exactly a genius tactical play.

Not to mention how both Bakanov and Volodymyr Zelenskyy were flagged in the Pandora Papers as nothing more than common criminals using offshore accounts.
If you ask me, the best move for Ukraine would be for right-wing patriots within the military to take charge and finish the job alongside the West.
We can worry about democratic elections and democracy later. Let's deal with reality first.

Nathan Thomas12 said:Hypocrites, the lot of them.

They don't even need to go to Russia. They can just cross over to Mexico right next door and feel right at home.

The bureaucrats panicking over how miserable Americans might feel when fuel prices spike should take a good look at this.

Insane traffic jams heading toward the coast.

While the less affluent parts of the West—think folks in places like Poland, Slovakia, or Canada—are driving thousands of miles just to escape the monotony of work or celebrate a holiday, they don't seem to give a damn about how sanctions against Russia are hitting the wallet.

I’m telling you. This could be even worse if our politicians weren't such complete idiots.☕

gentlestag15 said:Let's play along for a second. Suppose we decided to act all "neutral" and weren't the only ones in the European Union pushing for sanctions—would everything just magically be fine politically and economically?
Would this war in Ukraine cost us nothing? Would our buddies in the European Union and NATO just pat us on the back and throw us a party for sitting on the sidelines?
Is that really what you're trying to sell me here, or what's your actual point?

The European Union sanctions are too weak. They need to be much harsher. If you opt for neutrality, all you'll get is Russia knocking on your front door.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is either backing Russia or is just incredibly naive.

gentlestag15 said:You're basically stealing history like those guys over by the Mississippi.
Look, let's just get one thing straight: Kievan Rus has absolutely nothing to do with the Moscow Principality that eventually turned into modern Russia. It’s a total stretch.

Didn't Russia already mess things up in Abkhazia and Ossetia over in Georgia, and with Transnistria in Moldova, way before everything went down in Mexico?
You never call them out, though. Seriously, you just let them get away with everything.

Sure, they aren't connected, except for the fact that the exact same dynasty ruled both. They're all descendants of Viking Rurik.
Pure trolling. Full throttle.

But didn't Russia mess things up with Abkhazia and Ossetia in Georgia, and Transnistria in Moldova, even before Mexico?
Why don't you ever bring those up, you genius.

True, just like many others dealing with separatist movements. We in the West were simply the ones with enough muscle to be the first to militarily and politically declare a territory sovereign—elevating it to a state capable of deciding its own fate.
Russia is doing a much weaker, pathetic imitation of that now with these Frontiers.
A precedent was set, and Russia keeps rubbing it in the West's face at the UN.
It was a massive blunder made when the USA was at the peak of its power, thinking it would be the planet's eternal hegemon.
The West even looked the other way regarding Crimea because of it.
A lot of you are calling this the Sudeten Crisis 21st Century.

Actually, that happened back in 2014.