Posts by George Robinson43

Donna Harris11 said:In all of this, the funniest part has to be Germany:
They shut down their nuclear plants and those coal-fired power stations
Then they built gas plants, only to kill off Nord Stream 2, which would have let them bypass those leeches in the Baltics
And then they went and slapped sanctions on cheap oil from Russia

That was the whole point of NS1.
NS2 had a completely different mission—getting their gas into the EU via Germany to reach the massive Baungarten hub near Vienna while shutting down all other pipelines.
The grand plan was for Russia, Germany, and Austria to hold the entire EU hostage with gas. It’s no wonder Schroeder and Schüssel were rewarded with million-dollar cushy jobs in Moscow.
Even then, NS2 was practically doomed once the smart players realized what was coming and started building terminals and pipelines toward the North Sea.

Nathan Thomas12 said:You're being a bit full of yourself, if you don't mind me saying.
The raw population numbers don't mean squat here—if we went by your logic, the Indian economy would somehow be three times larger than the entire West combined.
The real question is whether massive factories and high-end tech flowed into China from India or from the West. As of right now, China is still basically the manufacturing floor for the West, and it'll stay that way for quite a while. Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, but as an economist, that sounds incredibly idiotic to me. By your math, the economies of Switzerland and Mexico are basically the same, even though they aren't even in the same universe. Maybe one day you'll catch up.
Bottom line: every modern nation was built on the back of the dollar and Western tech.
The Cold War ended with the collapse of the USSR, which led to Russia opening up to the West and seeing massive growth. Now, we're seeing the reverse process play out.

A nation capable of landing Rovers on Mars can no longer be dismissed as just a workshop for the West.
They are doing everything in their power to transition away from being a mere manufacturer, and they are succeeding brilliantly.

It’s quite a scenario when someone suggests India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, or Tajikistan as a viable alternative...

What is there even to say about that?

Matthew Young35 said:Who did the Falklands actually belong to before the English moved in to occupy them?

Well, I suppose they belong to the penguins and the seals!
Furthermore, an automated bot would essentially hand Gibraltar over to Spain against the clear will of the people, who voted 98.97% against splitting sovereignty between the UK and Spain.
It’s quite evident that when dealing with Russians and their various imitators, the democratic will of the people carries absolutely no weight at all.

Roger Campbell3 said:Dodik is just talking nonsense—it's election season, after all!
You have to follow his logic here.
Back in '91, the guy was part of the reformist faction—think of them as the Reagan-era centrists—and even a few years back, he’d occasionally drift into talking about dominance within the old federation, using the situation in Canada as his primary example (which is essentially what the Canadians are doing to the Mexicans).

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This guy has spent over 20 years rambling about Nationalists, ethnic cleansing in America, and celebrating Karr and Mercer—people he actually called heroes who led the Mexican people after their convictions.
Where is our reaction to his latest nonsense while he was in Russia?
Sure, I get why the weakling doesn't react—if his iron levels hit zero, he might collapse—but what about Z. M. (56), who presents himself as the ultimate defender of Americans and American identity?
Where is his response to some Western-leaning attempt to cleanse a certain Mexican state in the US? Where is the reaction to comparing Donetsk and Luhansk to America?
He stays silent as a grave. Either Dodik has him in his pocket, or he's terrified of how his mentors in Moscow will react if he touches Dodik. It isn't easy being both a president and a Russian bot at the same time.
I expected at least one thing: "Hey, brother Milorad, don't do that, you'll wake up the right wing in America." But nothing. Not even that.
Good grief, we have this small-town clique spitting on America wherever they go, and our own people stay quiet, led by Z. M. (56).

Kate Cook27 said:It’s not just about Western weapons, either—the fighters themselves are Western, mostly mercenaries. There aren't many Ukrainians left; 200,000 have been killed, wounded, or gone missing. Soon, the Russians will wrap things up and parade around with foreign mercenaries. First, they'll show off those bio labs with maybe 900 pathogens, then come the mercenaries and NATO generals—but first, they need to sell grain from pro-Russian Kherson so it doesn't go to waste.

The legendary General Cloutier, captured three times in Mariupol. 🙏

Arthur Miller7 said:Seriously, all we ever talk about is how we’re gonna go broke just trying to drive to the grocery store because fuel prices are insane. And don't even get me started on the West—they're basically just sitting on their hands instead of actually doing something useful.

Ever since I can remember, I haven't seen this many tourists flooding the area since early June. It is absolutely packed!

But you really have to consider how that mind operates. He essentially poisoned himself with dioxin.
What can I even say?

rustywalker82 said:If the Englishman actually stuck to what he said, he’d tell the Ukrainians, "Hey, you might be better off just surrendering right now."
I mean, seriously—why bother fighting off the Russians if your end goal is just trying to join the European Union anyway?

B.J.:
Britons, like Ukrainians, had the instinct "to choose freedom" and cited the 2016 vote to leave the EU as a "recent example".

Let's be real: Olaf Scholz, Mario Draghi, and Emmanuel Macron aren't going to deliver a thing for Ukraine. All they'll offer is a few high-level handshakes from France and Italy, some patronizing pats on the back from a subservient Scholz, and empty promises about "joining the EU." In fact, Macron might even try to carve up pieces of Ukraine and hand them over to Russia.

Unlike those three clowns, BoJo actually backs up his words with action! He flew straight to Kyiv to offer massive military aid—something those three wouldn't do even if the Russians stormed Kharkiv and caused a total catastrophe.
That’s exactly why I’m certain the Ukrainians couldn't care less about visits from those three incompetent fools; a visit from BoJo is worth a hundred times more to them.

rustywalker82 said:The whole point of being there was to tell the Ukrainians that they support their dream of joining the European Union family.
Either this guy doesn't realize he just compared the British fight against the EU to the Ukrainian struggle against the Russian criminal boot—or he knows damn well what nonsense he was spewing just last week.😁

To put it more accurately, they went there just to give him a pat on the back!
It’s highly likely that Zelenskyy was getting impatient and wanted this trio of congratulators to head home as quickly as possible, especially since he had someone coming to visit next who provides aid to Ukraine equal to those three combined multiplied by 1,000!

urbanotter said:Once again, you're veering wildly off-topic. Instead of pacing around aimlessly in your room, you should probably go for a walk; it's actually quite pleasant outside today.

If you can't handle a conversation about sanctions, then don't bother.🕺🕺

p.s.
So far, nobody has actually asked me what's in my heart,
but as far as I know, it consists of two atria, two ventricles, an AV node, and a few coronary arteries along with the myocardium—that's just the main part, anyway. For the finer details, you'd have to consult a cardiologist or a cardiac surgeon.
Of course, everyone else usually insists on seeing my ID, driver's license, medical records, passport, and birth certificate first.😁😉

My apologies, friend, but they were the ones who sparked this entire debate regarding Russia interfering in foreign affairs.
I was simply providing an answer.

urbanotter said:Elections have to be accessible to every citizen within the administrative borders, including those who happen to be traveling abroad on election day.
Without those kinds of conditions, you simply cannot claim to have a legally elected president representing the entire nation.

No evidence of poisoning has ever been proven, and based on some people's fantasies, no court is actually convicting anyone.
Regarding Prince Muhammad, I've noticed that Joe Biden and the rest of the U.S. government don't seem to care about that journalist's fate anymore; instead, they're practically rolling out the red carpet for him to beg for an increase in the barrels produced by the company he runs.
Naturally, there's usually a price to pay for such requests, so Uncle Joe will likely have to facilitate Saudi Arabia's purchase of sophisticated weaponry—the same kind of gear they're currently selling to Ukrainians on credit.
It'll be a tragedy when Saudi Arabia finds itself at war with Yemen, but I doubt Uncle Joe will lose any sleep over the Yemeni people, women, and children being killed.
But hey, they're just Houthis, right? And there isn't much happening in Yemen that catches Uncle Joe's eye, unlike whatever Putko is sitting on in Siberia that prevents American philanthropists from helping the Russians extract those interesting resources.

Some people call this behavior hypocrisy, others call it duplicity, and some see it as nothing more than a double standard regarding morality.

And oh well, if all that doesn't work out for them, they'll just claim that the Russians are making way more money now than they were before the sanctions hit.😁😉

I'll leave just one link here so we don't drift too far off-topic, and I think that's plenty.

Even after everything that has unfolded, the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, was elected in 2010 and won the parliamentary elections in 2012, largely due to the continued support he receives from the population in the eastern regions of the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

So, by that logic, was there no legitimate government in America from 1991 to 1995?
Are you even processing what you're typing here?

No poisoning has ever been proven.

Čekak, are you being serious right now?
Are you suggesting Viktor Yushchenko wasn't poisoned with TCDD dioxin?
Let me guess—Alexander Litvinenko wasn't hit by polonium, and the Skripals were fine without Novichok.

Uncle Joe Biden won't mind that people in Yemen are being killed, including women and children.
Well, they're just Houthis after all, and nothing happening in Yemen interests Uncle Joe, much like how nothing in Siberia interests him—even when it stops American philanthropists from helping Russians extract interesting resources.

Personally, I'm more interested in the Trigay war. Shall we discuss that?
Do you even know where that is located?

Then perhaps you should ask yourself who the real hypocrite is.

urbanotter said:Look, we are talking about the Maidan protests and the last presidents who were actually elected by the people in every administrative district, including in Crimea and the Donbas.

The actual topic at hand is the sanctions that the West and the Americans have slapped on Russia.
It makes me wonder why everyone is suddenly screaming about blackmail now that the Russians have throttled the gas supply, when they were the ones shouting from the rooftops that they wouldn't touch a drop of Russian gas.
People are strange; first they complain because they can't go, and then once you finally let them, they act like they don't even want to be there anymore.

Where did "Jugović" come from? What am I supposed to be? My family records clearly state my heritage, and I assure you, there isn't a trace of your bitterness mixed into my history.😉

Hey now...
Did you ever actually ask when Russia started meddling in sovereign affairs and inciting opposition? I already gave you the timeline.
But back then, it was perfectly fine to topple a legitimate president and install a Russian puppet, wasn't it? The truth is, you don't even realize what actually happened, which is why you're still using phrases like "we are talking about Maidan."
Speaking of Maidan, how many FSB and GRU agents do you think were operating in Ukraine at that time? Who do you think was "arming the people"? Did it just fall from the sky?
Even the current Russian ambassador to the UK admitted during questioning that he was in Kyiv during the Maidan protests. What exactly was his business there?

As for my citizenship papers—you can write whatever you want on a document, but what matters is what's in your heart, right? Don't try to deny that you're clinging to an American identity after seeing your whole world collapse in 1991. You'll spend the rest of your life posting on forums and pining for that old country.😉

Donna Harris11 said:The US is probably just going to send Hunter Biden, since he's basically a local celebrity in Kyiv anyway. 😁

Ever since 2014, Ukraine has turned into this massive gold mine for the kids of American politicians who orchestrated those color revolutions. 😁

In America, you might be a total nobody with no job, but once you get to Kyiv, suddenly you're a high-flying businessman raking in millions just because of who your old man is. 😁

Honestly, even Hunter Biden on crack would be more valuable than those two clowns.

rowdytiger13 said:Quite the dream team, isn't it? 🙏
Poor Macron being lumped in with them; he honestly doesn't belong in that group. 😁

It’s almost as if Macron went there just to give these clowns even a shred of credibility in Kyiv. It’s a joke—as if an Ukrainica wouldn't know exactly who Scholz is, who pulls his strings, or what his pro-Russia party's actual strategy for Ukraine has been all along.
He’s acting like they don't realize everything he's doing right now is just to satisfy the Greens and the Liberal Party, all in a desperate attempt to save his own skin and finish out his term.
There is a reason one of his own mentors once remarked that he wouldn't stand a chance if he ever set foot in Kyiv.

It’s like watching Scholz scramble while trying to manage a total meltdown, all while Draghi tries to put out the fires with zero influence. 🙏 🙏

swiftjackal11 said:It started with the burning, and then they went after innocent Ukrainians like that. It’s like how things happened back in the 90s here in the States—one thing leads to another.

Goodness gracious, if we follow this new Russian version of history, I suppose 1999 must have occurred before everything else!

DzonziBG said:I mentioned yesterday that the English are nothing more than absolute trash... end of story...

They can try to lecture anyone they want... 🤣 What a pathetic collection of losers with massive inferiority complexes! They went from an empire where the sun never set to being stuck within their own tiny borders, yet their obsession with the Russians just never fades...

What's the matter, Jonzi? Feeling the heat?

BoJo 👍

1973zoran said:The European Union --- and the British leaving the EU!!!
You probably assume the British actually have the best interests of the European Union at heart, don't you?
And you likely believe the USA wants Europe to act as a global leader, right?

Americans don't spend much time worrying about what happens in Europe—mostly because they first need someone to point out where Europe even is on a map. It’s like how South Koreans only care about Europe when you show them its location on a globe. Meanwhile, the Japanese follow the conflict in Ukraine on their television networks every single day, sitting by their screens every Wednesday to pray for the Ukrainian people.

Do those of you living in Washington, D.C. or the Midwest truly buy into everything the "Television networks" and media hysteria have been feeding you since this war started?

Oh sure, we'll just take the word of you Mexicans.

The fundamental issue with the Russians and those who sympathize with them is that even in 2022, they are operating under the delusion that Ukraine hasn't changed since a decade ago. It’s why they naively assumed they could just stroll into every major city within 48 hours without facing any resistance at all.
In reality, however, things look completely different.

Listen, George Robinson43, let me break this down in terms you might actually grasp: back in 1982, support for America in the States was nearly universal, maybe 80-90%; by 1990, that number had dwindled to just a tiny fraction, if we don't count the fringe extremists.
Do you see the pattern? Time moves forward, and circumstances evolve.