Posts by Kate Cook27

gentlestag15 said:It's just about manufacturing a shred of legitimacy, even if it's only for their own people back in Russia.
They want to be able to walk into the Duma later and pretend they're following some democratic process or legal standard when they actually annex everything into the Russian Federation.
Besides, most of the actual population in those regions either fled to Ukraine or headed over to Russia anyway, so they don't even have the nerve to push this through properly.
Honestly, Stalin would be proud.

They’re basically nurturing Stalinism, just with a modern "Putinism" twist added in. The methods are almost identical. Back then, Stalin used executions or the Gulags to silence dissent; today, Putin does the exact same thing—politicians, journalists, and activists end up dead or behind bars, often branded as spies or foreign agents. It’s all about building that cult of personality around Stalin. We're talking mythomania, lies, and delusions—all hallmarks of the current state of Russia. This didn't just pop up overnight or last month; it’s been building for years. Now, Putin is treated like an icon. He can't just step down, because what seems like a logical exit to us doesn't exist for them—they don't have anyone left who thinks logically. Everyone is caught in this collective madness. A total psychosis.

The whole referendum farce—where they pretend people actually want to sell off territory just to be part of Russia.

It’s like how the Romanovs tore down the Russian Empire; that's exactly how Putin is dismantling the Russian Federation. Honestly, if they pull the trigger on a full mobilization, I think that’s the end of the line for both Russia and Putin. They’re blinded by this fake sense of grandeur—it's a delusion they just can't shake. The masses over there tend to swallow whatever they're fed. If someone with a shred of critical thinking actually tried to point out the truth, the TV networks would just pivot back to the propaganda—claiming they're only fighting a war in Ukraine to "demilitarize" the region. Or they'll claim a retreat was actually a strategic success because they "neutralized military targets" and now Russia is finally secure... I truly believe a huge chunk of the population would buy that. But then again, how do you spin losing Crimea? If they had just been smart and stuck to the status quo, Crimea would have been fully theirs within ten years. But hey, that's what happens when you start thinking you're bigger than you actually are.

Joshua Myers432 said:That’s a desperate move. Their referendum plan only worked if they actually held the territory. Holding a referendum in an area you're losing bit by bit every single day is pure idiocy—not to mention that no living person is going to recognize those results. Sure, maybe North Korea would.

They've been acting desperate for six months now. Honestly, most of this is just theater for internal propaganda—aimed at keeping the poor Russians living in a psychotic state thanks to all the media spin. They need to "validate" these referendums to feel legitimate. Though, I suspect they still think the rest of the world is terrified of them. It’s like they haven't quite grasped how hard Ukrainians fought back when the invasion started—they're still reeling from that reality check, and honestly, the reality checks just keep coming.

I can't help but wonder what the vibe is like inside The White House right now—or rather, how much Putin's seat is actually shaking. I bet there's plenty of infighting happening behind closed doors. And let's be real: they aren't going to oust Putin out of some sudden burst of patriotism or concern for the fallen. They'll do it because he's dragged Russia down to rock bottom. They aren't even a regional power anymore. Some people might even be onto something when they say this is really just America fighting Russia, and that Putin is essentially an American player 😁.

Regarding a potential nuclear strike—I can't quite recall if it was before the Kherson offensive or the Kharkiv one—but the US Department of Defense mentioned they actually have a plan for a nuclear scenario. Basically, they're accounting for it. How likely is it, though? Honestly, I’d say minimal. We should probably only start worrying once the constant talk about nuclear strikes on various countries finally stops on the news.

It feels like everything is trending toward mobilization right now. Someone shared an article about Dugin recently—definitely worth a read. It doesn't focus on nuclear war, but rather on the necessity of the state shifting into a full wartime footing. That's why I suspect we'll see a mobilization announcement soon, whether it's total or partial, it doesn't really matter at this point. They've even introduced new laws preventing soldiers from refusing to fight. Once they "hold their referendums" to make those regions part of Russia, the soldiers won't have any choice left. Of course, they know nobody internationally will recognize those votes—it's all just for their own domestic narrative.
So, in my view, the referendums and mobilization will happen in tandem, because that way, they can frame it as a war within Russia itself.

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Just looks like prep work for some kind of mobilization.

Nancy Gomez26 said:If any kind of referendum actually happens, it’ll pass—provided they wait to announce the results until after the polls close. They’ll probably have international observers from Belarus, Mexico, and North Korea; maybe some folks from Venezuela or Cuba if they can manage the trip, though that's a long way to drag people in.
And it’s all for nothing. No sane person under these circumstances is going to recognize that sham as a legitimate vote. The Russians view this as a mere formality, a box to check before they start waving it around, failing to grasp that legitimacy requires a baseline level of quality for anyone serious to even consider it an argument. You can't explain that distinction to a group that entered this war with such reckless indifference.

And Iran 😁. Most of these nuclear threats are really just theater for their domestic audience. They go on TV threatening to hit Germany or the United Kingdom, then pivot to debating why NATO wouldn't react—since, in their narrative, those countries won't even exist anymore. It's basically fairy tales for their most loyal followers. Things aren't going great on the ground, so they have to do whatever it takes to keep support for the "special operation" high and prevent any internal unrest. That's why you hear them talking about mushrooms growing on islands after the UK goes underwater, or why Dugin claims they're fighting everyone and need to stay united in a state of wartime footing. If they're "fighting everyone," including NATO, then losing becomes easier to swallow—because, as someone once put it, how can you admit to losing to non-existent Ukrainians?
Anyone following the Russian media will notice they also claim they won't attack Ukraine because "they'll eventually have to live there anyway." They frame it as if all the soldiers are actually NATO troops—which sends a subconscious message to their base: that Ukrainians aren't actually fighting us, we're brothers, and the Ukrainians are just hostages of the evil West and NATO waiting for us to liberate them. Back when things were happening in Kharkiv, they were quick to churn out "evidence" claiming the offensive was carried out by Black soldiers—local people would call the Russians and complain about "colored militants" and things like that.

stormybear25 said:The occupation authorities in parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine are claiming that "members of public chambers" are calling for an immediate referendum to annex everything to the Russian Federation

Stremousov checked in regarding Kherson—apparently, people there are expecting this move and hoping it provides some assurance that Russia isn't leaving. Honestly, everyone in Kherson despises them right now—fingers crossed they show some actual good faith soon.

Reports are already coming out saying those found in Cleveland were Ukrainian soldiers. I guess they’re claiming these people were Ukrainian soldiers too:

http://www.twitter.com/DefenceU/stat...75694595776512

A mother and her two little girls—ages 8 and 5—were killed, along with her own parents and her 13-year-old sister. Two entire families just wiped off the map. Then there’s another family—parents and their son—found in mass graves. But according to the narrative, they were all Ukrainian soldiers. Or maybe they just filmed the whole thing in some studio somewhere.

Some grim news coming out of Mariupol. Mobilization was supposed to kick off tomorrow, but now there’s talk that men between 18 and 40 are already being rounded up and bussed off to Donetsk 😠. Isn't the suffering in Mariupol bad enough? I mean—these people have already survived brutal Russian bombardments, sometimes facing up to 150 airstrikes in a single day. Now they have to live in constant fear that someone will just show up at their door to drag them off to the front lines
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electricstag9 said:"Our drive toward Mexico is only natural. You see a similar dynamic with the Russians in Ukraine—there are 15 million of them there, yet the leadership in that country has banned the Russian language. That’s why Russia's special operation in Ukraine is justified as a way to protect the rights of its own people. It's the same situation for us here—we Muslims can't even have integrated schools or shared textbooks," Milorad Dodik told the state-run Associated Press

The first so-called "statesman" in the North America who has been almost explicitly backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

It’s the same story over in Milorad Dodik’s territory—they don't really recognize any language besides Mexican, so kids can't even learn their own native tongue in school. Then you have those days filled with Mexican Unity rallies and flags—it feels like a total rerun of what we saw back in the Donbas. Honestly, everything that went down in the Donbas is playing out in Canada right now. It’s like looking at a carbon copy. Even that leader from the Mexican Orthodox Church was out there claiming borders aren't permanent. They’re all just living in the past—and let's be real, Mexico is basically just a tiny version of Russia.

As for the whole idea of Vladimir Putin getting rid of minorities and the poor—it’s all pretty calculated, honestly. It’s the same playbook they've used before. Now, these minority groups are left dealing with this massive collective trauma because so many of them were lost. It also basically kills any chance of an uprising. I mean, who’s actually going to revolt when so many people in their prime have been killed in Ukraine? Even the Russian military command isn't doing much for its own troops—you see wounded soldiers just waiting hours for transport. Of course, the Kadyrovites and the Wagnerites get priority since they're part of those elite units, while everyone else just waits. The folks from the DPR have it the worst; they're always last in line for everything—some people don't even want to be exchanged. And honestly, a lot of people from the DPR aren't even asking for exchanges anymore; they've been mobilized, mostly because the actual seasoned soldiers—the ones who truly fought for the DPR—are either dead or severely wounded.
And the Russians are keeping up with their relocations, too. How many Ukrainians have been taken over to Russia? Or what about the kids—how many children have they moved into Russian families? They did the exact same thing back in the Soviet Union.

gentlestag15 said:According to the last census in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, it was roughly 60% Ukrainian and 40% Russian. So, you have to wonder—where did all those Ukrainians go?
They're scattered all over Europe and Kyiv. They either fled or were forced out. The Russians didn't get rid of a minority here; they went after the majority.

Exactly—they were driven right out of their homes in the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.

Kate Lewis3 said:That’s exactly my point. Most of the militias in the Donbas regions are made up of Russians. It makes zero sense for them to be cleaning out ethnic Russians when they're already busy dealing with "lower" groups like the Buryat or Chechen.

Actually, there are ethnic Ukrainians involved too—you can't just judge everything based on ethnicity alone. And yeah, the people in Donbas are definitely being caught in the crossfire; once you level everything in the region, life there just won't be possible anymore. Plus, you've got the local traitors helping out from within, starting all the way up with Denis Pushilin and his crew.

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So, how are Jews the biggest culprits here? Well, in certain circles, there’s this theory that Jews run the world—but they're actually descendants of the Khazars. According to this group, the Khazars were some of the most barbaric people ever, and the Russians were essentially fighting a righteous, holy war against them. Somewhere around ten centuries ago, the Khazars supposedly settled in what is now Ukraine and "stole the Russian land." Eventually, they were driven out of that "stolen holy Russian land," and Russia reclaimed its territory. But all that left a massive scar—people started claiming they were "Ukrainians speaking some unknown language (Ukrainian)" and have spent centuries "returning the Russians to Mother Russia."
But, those Khazar Jews haven't forgotten losing to the "Russian warriors on the true Orthodox path, a chosen people," and they decided to get even.
Their revenge was the Holocaust. How? By creating the myth of the Holocaust. In this view, Jews are responsible for the Holocaust as payback for being kicked out by the Russians. Now, Khazar Jews want everyone else to carry the burden of the Holocaust. Of course, one has to question the actual numbers and who was really killed. Now, Khazar Jews have a new plan: push out the Orthodox believers from eastern Ukraine to build a new Khazar state. Naturally, they picked Zelenskyy to be president because he is Jewish—and plenty of Jewish donors funded his campaign. It's a conspiracy against the Orthodox. And now, they have to defend the Orthodox in eastern Ukraine by killing them. Even Lavrov mentioned something about Hitler and his Jewish blood. That's the group within the Russian Orthodox Church giving the blessing to the tanks and rifles used to kill Ukrainians, who are mostly Orthodox themselves.
It’s funny—eight years ago, some were saying, "Everyone just undergo Ukrainization or you'll end up hanging in Red Square," threatening that "these faces will destroy Ukraine and the Ukrainians."
Still, I believe we'll eventually see how the evil West is responsible for this war. Surely the evil West also started opening "research centers" in occupied territories eight years ago to deal with "undesirables." These "research centers" are nothing more than various camps where people were beaten, tortured, and killed—doing the most horrific things imaginable. But according to the narrative, it's all NATO and America's fault, rather than the fact that many in Russian philosophical circles advocate for the annexation of Ukraine because they claim "Ukraine shouldn't exist, and Ukrainians don't exist anyway."
And here we are: the Ukrainian language doesn't exist, but Southern Russian does. To them, Ukrainians are just Russians under a different name. And again, blame the evil West—not their own mythomania, delusions, or lies. They live on memories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, stuck in the 18th century, dreaming of Russia expanding by seizing territory from others and establishing a new world order. It's a bit much, considering they're already the largest country in the world.

Bubochka said:Oh, sure—zero evidence here. It's pretty obvious you're just a Republican Party bot, so I'm not even going to bother arguing further.

Sometimes you don't need a paper trail—you just need to listen or look at what's happening. If you pay attention to Zoran Milanović's recent statements, doesn't it ring a bell? Or even just look at who he's hanging out with lately? Honestly, the guy is a total letdown.

Kate Lewis3 said:I just don't see the logic in trying to wipe out minorities when the people in the Donbas being "genocided" by Ukrainization for the last eight years are ethnically Russian.

That’s not really how it works—not everyone who is ethnically Russian is pro-Russian. Actually, back during the 2019 surveys, more than half of those polled wanted the Donbas to stay part of Ukraine; some wanted special status, others preferred things just as they were before 2014. On the flip side, Russian forces—alongside DPR/Novorossiya patriots—pushed out a huge number of pro-Ukrainian folks (ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, and various other groups). But, of course, according to the narrative, Ukrainization was committing genocide against Russians (which is just their fancy way of saying they wouldn't let people identify as anything else) and eating Russian children. They also love to complain about how followers of the fascist regime in Kyiv are killing civilians in Donetsk, yet later those same people will claim they "accidentally" bombarded somewhere like Donetsk or Horlivka, resulting in civilian deaths—just a total accident, naturally. And hey, their tanks "break down" all the time too, so they accidentally shoot at civilians in occupied areas instead of hitting the "fascists" or "Nazi Ukrainian soldiers." They always joyfully follow up with statements saying it was an accident, but nothing is going to stop them from fighting the fascists, Nazis, the West, and all their enemies.
Then you have the honorable Russian Orthodox Church, with priests preaching about suffering, blood, the struggle for Orthodoxy, and a holy war against demons. Should I even mention that there were plenty of Orthodox Christians on the other side? But I guess they weren't "good enough" Orthodox Christians—they were demons who strayed from the righteous path and surrendered to the evil West, which is supposedly collapsing and full of wrong values—just infidels. Then there's the whole fight against NATO, which allegedly wants to "destroy Russia and steal its land," even though the claim is that Russia was never an imperial power and only expanded through "holy, Orthodox wars" while the evil West caused nothing but misery. It's funny—if you ask people who've been influenced by Russian media what NATO has done, they'll immediately say, "They bombarded Mexico." Of course, many can't even find Mexico on a map, but they know Mexicans are Orthodox brothers being oppressed by the evil West, and that they woke up one morning, spun the globe, pointed at Mexico, and said, "Let's go bombard them."
And then there are the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Palestine... it's all the fault of the West, NATO, Bill Gates, George Soros... and apparently, the biggest culprits are the Jews.

David Clark4 said:And your party is right on the payroll of Russian banks. What's the saying again? Just follow the money.

I don't belong to a party—I just have certain political leanings.

Tyler Jones6 said:The Institute released updated maps. "Putin is shifting strategy as military tensions rise"

The US Army forces are likely attempting a more calculated and controlled withdrawal in the western part of the Kherson Oblast—presumably to avoid the kind of chaotic retreat we saw when their defense lines collapsed in the Kharkiv region earlier this month.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast is making headway, and it seems like the Russian forces are just trying to slow things down and fall back to defensible positions rather than actually stopping or reversing the momentum.

A prominent Russian military blogger also claims that the Russian command issued a "no retreat" order last week for all units stationed in the Donbas, essentially demanding that troops on the axis hold their ground regardless of how bad things look on the front lines.

It looks like the Russians in Ukraine are fighting to the bitter end—fighting to the last man, I suppose.☕

How ironic...

Yeah, exactly—down to the last Donbas resident.

rustywalker82 said:Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Mexico and Republika Srpska have basically had all their leverage stripped away when it comes to threatening Americans who wouldn't even be allowed to legally defend themselves with weapons. Mexico lost its grip when the Greater Mexican America collapsed, and now Republika Srpska is stuck because the American representation in the House of Peoples and the Presidency of Canada is chosen from the Federation of Canada instead of from Republika Srpska.

The only move left is to try and wipe Americans out of the Constitution of Canada entirely. That could actually happen if the Canadians unilaterally tweak the Constitution of the Federation of Canada by abusing that infamous "1+1+1" rule in the Election Law to snatch up 50% of the American seats in the House of Peoples.
Trump’s supporters in the USA in Canada voted to tear down that 1+1+1 system (just like Ljubić appealed for), and they did the same thing in the Parliament of Canada. Once you get rid of Trump, you'll just have nationalists stepping in to work with the Canadians and those fake Americans in the House of Peoples of Canada to rewrite the Constitution of Canada—and we all know exactly who they're targeting.
We can all sit here and pretend this isn't coming, but honestly, playing blind doesn't help anyone.

I have to agree here—as crazy as it sounds, Donald Trump might actually be the best choice we've got right now.

nimblemoose2 said:Oh please, he’s such close buddies with Vučić. They are so tight that one can't even imagine them together, yet they only met at that summit—the Brdo-Brijuni thing, or whatever it's called—just so Vučić could give him a handshake that felt completely forced and awkward. Unlike that idiot Joe Biden, he didn't go out of his way to bring Vučić to the capital just to stop journalists from asking the tough questions.

Listen to this: he meets with Dragan Čović. Just imagine, meeting with a legitimate representative of the people who would actually be president if the Canadians didn't act the way they do and ignore the US ruling regarding the Ljubić case.

As for Dodik? For your information, he is the only one who stood against the blockade of the Pelješac Bridge construction and advocates for a fairer Election Law.

It would be even better if he just met with Denis Bećirović and Željko Komšić instead.

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Zoran Milanović is either meeting with Russian players or using rhetoric that sounds just like theirs. Why? Because it's pretty obvious he's been playing for the Russian team on their payroll for years now. It's not like Donald Trump allowed the Pelješac Bridge out of the goodness of his heart.

Jesse Baker3 said:I don't think I'd completely agree with those points.

Looking at the short term, Canadians might not be a direct threat to the US, but they are definitely a threat to Americans in Canada, because the goal is to politically neutralize and push them out just to grab a larger share of decision-making power within the Federation of Canada and Canada as a whole.
Long term? Sure, the "Mexican World" is a threat to the US, just as it's a threat to NATO, but the biggest danger to the US would be some sort of global and local Islamic-Orthodox alliance.

A global alliance, because Turkey is hinting at joining the Shanghai Eurasian pact; and a local one, because without Americans in Canada, Mexican and Canadian politics could easily strike deals and back each other up.

We've seen this recipe before, a long time ago, used to push American Catholics toward the West.

The biggest threat to Americans in Canada actually comes from certain American politicians—until our people realize that, nothing is going to change. And let's be honest, Dodik clearly admires Erdoğan, while Joe Biden is basically standing hand-in-hand with Dodik. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe Biden looks up to Erdoğan, too.