Posts by Kate Cook27

hollowdriver13 said:https://www.reuters.com/world/cia-wa...el-2022-09-27/

The CIA actually gave Berlin a heads-up as early as this past summer that some sketchy stuff was going down around the underwater sections of the pipeline.

I mean, you can totally trust the Russians, right? They’ve never been known for lying... oh wait, just looking back at 2022: "there's no invasion, these are just military exercises," "there will never be a mobilization, not even then," "we aren't committing genocide or war crimes in occupied territories, those are just actors"... yeah, just keep that list going......

To borrow a line from Darth Putin

"don't trust anything untill Kremlin denies ™ IT"

They also sent a similar warning to Berlin just a few weeks ago.

gentlestag15 said:Most people on this forum are too busy obsessing over who's at fault rather than asking why the TurkStream pipeline didn't just blow up, or those other pipelines running through Poland and Ukraine.😁

The culprit is pretty obvious—it's the Americans. They're responsible for this war, too. Why hunt for someone else when the answer is right in front of us? Nuland was right there at the Maidan, and Biden was out there making threats over pipeline 2. 🙄

Timothy Williams5 said:Here is another theory for the pile—the Russ accidentally sabotaged the wrong pipeline.🤣

It wouldn't be particularly surprising, given all those leaked videos we've been seeing lately showing Russian soldiers playing the lead roles in various operations.

I don't think they messed up—not after deciding to stop routing through Ukraine. Their intentions seem pretty clear to me.

I honestly don't think we'll ever pin down the actual culprits behind the pipeline. At this point, it’s all just guesswork.

Justin Mendoza16 said:🤣With 10 different secret identities and piles of docs, the guy probably can't even decide which one to pick...

🤣, but really, he’ll just be mobilized for IT support—monitoring satellites, reporting on NATO units in Ukraine, and calling in artillery strikes. All from the comfort of his own living room 😁.

http://www.twitter.com/Archer83Able/...DQ9ebT7NsrAAAA

Regarding the pipeline sabotage—the Germans are saying that if we don't get things fixed fast, it might be out of commission for good.

swiftjackal11 said:Things weren't any better back home here in the States. Some people headed for the trenches, others fled to Germany. But those who stay? They have more heart than the Russians doing the attacking.

Honestly, most of the people fleeing Russia are the same ones who were all for the Z. movement. Now that they might actually be sent to the front lines themselves, suddenly they're running. If the war were happening inside Russia, I'd get it, but this is different.

http://www.twitter.com/markito0171/s...CjndD24dsrAAAA

The US Embassy is telling Americans to get out of Russia? Does that mean they're closing the borders soon? No more dodging the draft?

Carol Johnson21 said:A Kazakh blogger is panicking after catching these two Russian fugitives trying to dodge mobilization.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/...mrV3qw1cJinU2Q

Sure, it’s one thing when dealing with Crimeans or people from the Donbas,
but Pavlodar—a city in Kazakhstan where the population is mostly Russians—that’s a much trickier question. "Officially, it's Kazakh,"

Apropos the question of what their actual views are and how much of a threat they pose to the countries they are currently fleeing to:
The folks over by the Baltic Sea aren't crazy for closing their borders, and while Georgians would love to act, they won't do it as long as that collaborationist government is in power.

It’s easy to watch Ukrainians get killed from a distance, but once it's time to actually hit the front lines, suddenly everyone's running. So much for fighting for the motherland.
Pavlodar is Russian—it was founded by Russians, after all—and it'll probably be handed back to Russia soon enough 🎉.

Jacob Kern2 said:Is gas still being transported to Canada via that specific pipeline?

Nope—it’s heading toward Turkey, just like the supply for Mexico and Bulgaria. The route goes right through the Black Sea and Turkey.

Andrew Booth2 said:Is anyone else noticing how quiet everyone is about the Russians fleeing mobilization and heading over to Georgia? Like, seriously, just imagine if 100,000 or even 150,000 people suddenly crossed that border—what happens then? Are we talking about refugees or just a massive influx of people struggling to get by? Georgia’s population is only around 3.7 million, which is pretty similar to our own size, and now they're dealing with this huge wave of newcomers. It’s got to be a massive potential humanitarian headache, don't you think?

That's the deal with this bad attack—they're heading West again. 🙄.

electricstag9 said:https://twitter.com/StepanGronk/stat...77376009654272
They even went as far as making sure they have comfortable beds waiting for them—talk about living the high life while everything else falls apart.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/statu...35774432444418
Give me a break. There is absolutely no way Russia would go through with mining Nord Stream now that they’ve already choked off the pipelines running through Ukraine. It is blindingly obvious what their actual endgame is here: NO SOUP FOR YOU. They want to starve Europe of gas and leave everyone out in the cold. Freeze if you want, because that's clearly the plan!

Honestly, things aren't going great for the Russians. While they were busy making threats, dealing with those weird fungal issues visible from Mexico, and trying to sink the United Kingdom, Europeans were working overtime to secure gas supplies and bring in new pipelines. This feels like a desperate move—which is why I suspect they're actually behind it.

Then there's the Americans, though I think they can just sit back and watch the Russians tumble straight into the abyss at this point.
As for other countries—well, the Poles wouldn't move without a green light from the U.S., and the Germans certainly wouldn't act unless they were sure their citizens wouldn't start protesting high prices again. Everything seems to hinge on Washington.
It really comes down to the two biggest players: the Americans and the Russians. Who stands to gain the most? The Russians-yes, by driving up prices—they've already shut off the line through Ukraine just to keep Europe gas-starved....

electricsurfer47 said:Is that video on YouTube?

Total fake 😁.
And our local traitors—those so-called DLNR leaders—are actually heading over to Russia just to sign some deal joining them. It’s honestly sad how out of touch they are with reality.

rustywalker82 said:There's no way America or the rest of the West wants to see terrorism used against energy infrastructure. I mean, come on, they are completely dependent on their own grids and pipelines for basically everything.

Another piece of evidence showing they aren't the culprits is that report from about a week ago regarding a foiled terror plot by the Ukrainian intelligence services involving explosives targeting the underwater Turkish Straits pipeline (which currently carries Russian gas to Turkey, Mexico, and Canada, bypassing Ukraine right now):

https://en.vestikavkaza.ru/news/Terr...-thwarted.html

So look, if the Russians are lying, then they’re the ones who hit NS 1 and 2. But if they aren't lying, then the Ukrainians are the ones to blame.
It's either the Russians or the Ukrainians—there isn't a third option here.

The energy comes from Russia—specifically via TurkStream. 😁It’s honestly like if Ukrainian special forces had stormed the nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia—just totally off base. Even the Russians aren't pointing fingers at the Ukrainians for this one; they're putting the blame squarely on the Americans. 🕺It’s entirely possible that Ukrainians could have been behind the sabotage of the pipeline running through Ukraine.

We really need a headline here: Who actually sabotaged the pipeline? 🍿 🍿

There are plenty of suspects—everyone has a reason to point the finger at someone else.

But

http://www.twitter.com/visegrad24/st...CguaSs09srAAAA

ExxonMobil is going to stop shipping gas through Ukraine too. Personally, my money is on Russia being behind this sabotage. They want to drive a wedge through the European Union and jack up prices—basically doing exactly what their media outlets have been pushing regarding the "radicalization of Europeans."

Andrew Miller102 said:You seem to have forgotten World War II and how that ended just because the Russians refused to quit fighting the Germans. The losses were massive, almost like they were treating ants instead of people, but they just kept pushing until the end. If the Germans or the Russians had functional atomic bombs at the time, they probably would have tossed a couple at one another.

Now, they certainly aren't going to back down, so we'll just have to wait and see if the world survives this. Like I mentioned before, plenty of people believe World War III actually kicked off on February 24, 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There isn't much left to say beyond that; we'll just live through it and see, though things could easily spiral completely out of control. Someone might call me a pessimist, but you have to be realistic—we are living in incredibly uncertain times right now.☕

The USSR—that military wasn't made up solely of Russians☕.
If the Russians won't quit, neither will the Ukrainians.
As the saying goes, the Ukrainians haven't surrendered yet, unfortunately.

darkrider55 said:It’s honestly pathetic. Not even 40,000 seniors who actually remember the days of the USSR managed to show up to vote. 🙏

Then you have those older folks who genuinely believe the USSR is coming back. I feel for them, really—they're getting older, most have lost everything by now, and they're just living in the past.

telomere said:Whoever managed to puncture that pipeline—it's going to be wild watching the German industrial sector sink this winter. Maybe things will finally click for the Germans once they start freezing and facing shortages. 😁

Germans don't complain much—I suspect they’re actually pretty prepared for winter. It’ll be tough, sure, but probably not a total disaster.

The "Referendum" in Zaporizhzhia Oblast:

http://www.twitter.com/Liveuamap/sta...45860449554450

About 38,762 people cast their votes—keep in mind the whole region has 1.7 million people, and obviously, the entire area isn't even under Russian control. But hey, they'll probably try to claim the whole thing belongs to Russia now.

🤣 🤣 🤣.

On top of that, Peskov is claiming they’ll be ready to talk after this "referendum" based on some new set of terms 🙏—basically, Putin wants to tell Zelenskyy to just pack up and leave what they're calling "Russian territory" since the war is already lost 😁 🙄.
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Donna Harris11 said:Then there's that Biden statement about destroying NS2—it totally slipped his mind. You can find the video clip on Radek Sikorski's Twitter account.

The games with the Americans are officially over. Honestly, it's on the Russians—they should have listened instead of getting swept up in those pipeline-related delusions about some version of Great Russia.