Posts by Larry Fox5

Matthew Collins20 said:Two spies just got busted in Slovakia: We're talking about a journalist tasked with spreading disinformation and pulling intel from politicians, along with an assistant to the Russian military attaché
Check out the video of their meeting here

That’s exactly how the crew over at Logicno operates—absolute morons. There is zero freaking chance they aren't part of some Russian-funded conspiracy...
They've been planting paid assets all across Europe just to manufacture pro-Russian sentiment.

James Anderson5 said:Who cares if you or I push anyone around? Who cares about justice or injustice? Interests rule the world, not fairness. Proximity definitely matters—I won't get into all the details, but it's enough to say it matters to both Americans and Russians. If it didn't, the US wouldn't be setting up military bases wherever they please...

The average American actually lives in an oligarchy run by powerful lobbies and corporations. It has nothing to do with democratic ideals; whoever has more cash wins the election, and the country is led by a senile old man. Since WWII, their "democracy" has basically just been two parties, so we're doing pretty well compared to that. Their media freedom is such a joke that nobody there even trusts them, and they've gone out of their way to try and shut down relatively harmless figures like Joe Rogan just because he messes with their narratives. They've really struck gold with their social system...

I don't buy the idea that the average Russian doesn't dislike that system. In fact, even the Putin haters seem to claim he still holds most of his people's support. Democracy isn't necessarily the best solution for every culture. For instance, in Libya, it was clearly better to have some enlightened tribal leader. The Chinese also rose up without any democracy, using an evolved version of communism...

Ultimately, I'm mostly interested in what this situation is doing to us—inflation potentially hitting 10-20%, possible shortages in stores, the massive spike in the cost of living, and so on. There isn't nearly enough talk about it. I worry that if this keeps up, things will only get worse, and as a country, we aren't prepared for crises like this...

Sometimes you just have to step out of your own comfort zone and sacrifice a bit of your quality of life for the greater good.
This is the moment where you have to stand up to a crazy dictator—because if you don't push back now, you might find yourself stuck in a trench before you know it.

Adam Allen85 and William Kim…. at first I thought Adam Allen85/William Kim had just posted twice in a row and was wondering what the hell... why didn't he just shove them all into one post. Turns out they aren't even the same user.

And "one" and "the other" both have those empty visual avatars. What, are you guys twins or something?

Charles Roberts33 said:

Hold on a second. I just found out that this absolute wreck—the one hopping around in high heels and grabbing people by the backside—is actually some Ukrainian mouse catcher. 🙏🙏 🙏

I knew he was some kind of actor or comedian, sure, but damn. This guy is a complete clown. 🙏

It’s truly inspiring, isn't it? In times like these, having a figure like this leading the charge while shells and bullets are flying everywhere.

Honestly, that guy’s got more balls than that pathetic Putin, who's probably hiding in some random bunker in the Ural Mountains right now after always acting like such a macho man.

Take a lesson from that. 👍

Justin James10 said:When you look at this kind of power imbalance, air superiority isn't even the top priority; what really matters are anti-tank capabilities and man-portable air-defense systems. And let’s not forget the basics—cold, hard cash, food supplies, and general logistics. It's also about more than just boots on the ground; you need those "volunteers" who actually know their stuff, like trained officers and NCOs to help with tactical planning and training.

Honestly, airpower is great for the PR department, but in a situation like this, it's almost useless.

I still can't wrap my head around the Russians; this whole operation doesn't look even remotely well-planned to me. 🤔

What a joke of a PR move. Airpower is huge specifically because it lets them regroup and bolster defenses, plus secure better supply lines for gear and personnel.

How can you even imagine moving troops and supplies from the West if the Russians can just smack them down with drones every time they move? It’s impossible...

The smart move would be stationing planes in Poland near Lubin. They could get into Ukraine in no time and grab control over the Ukrainian sky from the Western side. They could even paint NATO jets in Ukrainian colors and put them under their command.
And NATO needs to get those beefed-up missile shields installed on the Polish border ASAP.

I’m still holding out hope that NATO will actually step up and take some risks—at least by sending more weapons to the Ukrainians. I’m mostly talking about air support here.
Control over the Ukrainian sky is the absolute key to liberating Ukraine and finally getting fresh troops in from the West.
God knows how many planes they’d need, but honestly, I don't see why that should be an issue...

analogbear5 said:Not a fan of Dostoevsky? Don't forget Putin's old favorite, Solzhenitsyn.

Look, I'm definitely not advocating for censoring Russian artists, even if they happen to support Putin.

Dostoevsky, Rachmaninoff, Tolstoy, Gogol, Tchaikovsky, Pushkin... everything epic that ever came out of Russia was buried a long time ago.
I mean, what kind of artists can even come out of today's world?

Kyle Campbell4 said:We should never teach children to harbor hatred from the moment they can walk. He is far too young to recall these events; perhaps he wasn't even born until after the war ended. His response clearly demonstrates that he fails to grasp the core of the issue. Then again, perhaps they educate their youth differently in Mostar. I come from a family where we never nurtured animosity toward others; throughout our professional and private lives, we conducted business with both Mexicans and Muslims alike. However, within our inner circle, our identity was always distinct. Despite the forced political narratives of Yugoslavism and Communism, my family always held Communism in contempt. We identified ourselves as Americans, thinking in those terms, but we never engaged in the primitive behavior of chest-thumping or bragging about it. We attended church regularly, regardless of which factions were monitoring attendance, though I must emphasize that we never faced any trouble for doing so. Our worldview was oriented toward the West, embracing Western trends while maintaining a deep disdain for anything emanating from the East. My family remained insulated from Communist and Yugoslav propaganda, waiting for better times so that we wouldn't lose sight of who we are and what sets us apart from those from the East. That is how I was raised. The only difference is that the war broke out during my lifetime, and when you are a child old enough to absorb all of this, those images of conflict feed you nothing but hatred. Despite all of that, I would never want my own potential children to grow up harboring hatred toward the Eastern hordes and their brothers from the Far East.

The real issue here is that more than half this "tough guy" crowd has a straight-up communist mindset. This thread is basically the perfect litmus test—nothing else really matters.

You’re trying to separate national identity from hating communism, but you've got it totally wrong. Most of these people are "patriotic" only in terms of their roots, but they're still stuck in a communist headspace. They claim to be against communism because that's what the mainstream narrative demands now, but deep down? Their whole vibe is pure Red.

nimbleranger17 said:I honestly can’t tell if the people running the politics section over there are just a bunch of nineteen-year-olds who haven't lived life yet, or if we're dealing with actual, full-blown Neanderthals.

Some geniuses are out there claiming that the one "silver lining" to Russian destruction and the leveling of cities is that Ukrainians will finally get rid of those old Soviet-era buildings.🤦

Seriously, how much of an absolute moron do you have to be to actually type something like that out?

Every single time I check the politics page, I feel like I've stumbled into a support group where idiots gather just to make talking easier...

As if they’re just gonna grab the bottling plants from Coca-Cola and run them themselves. Give me a break... 🤣🤣🤣

All those bottling facilities over in Russia were built by Anheuser-Busch out of their headquarters—it's all automated through software that's controlled directly from Germany. It was designed that way to keep an eye on licensing, and honestly, just to make Software updates way easier to push through.

You can't even get those machines running without getting a license confirmation sent over from Germany. It’s the exact same deal with Oracle, which—by the way—is baked into every major corporation in Russia, including the government agencies.

We aren't living in 1950, people. 🤣

Justin James10 said:If only there were a scenario where Germany could balance things out without the rest of us having to deal with the fallout—it truly is a shame we don't have that luxury. 🕺

Just our proklet geografija, isn't it? 🕺

We never even doubted it for a second. The Reds are always going to be Red, no matter how hard they try to play nice or hide who they really are. Eventually, they always pull the rug out from under you.

There’s no better litmus test than the Russians. ☕

Justin James10 said:We aren't living in Russia or China, after all—so why on earth should we feel like we can't speak our minds and poke a little fun at things? 🙂

The main thing is you're posting under the table for the Russians. Don't be ashamed—just man up and admit you're a clown. 😁

Adam King6 said:And just how many signatures do we need to actually get a referendum on the ballot? 🙂

As many as it takes...

wiredfalcon2 said:Karl Nehammer, Austrian Chancellor:

"An EU army just isn't happening. Nobody has the stomach for it right now, anywhere. Why? Because The entire political will Has not developed yet to actually bring a military deployment of an EU army onto The ground."

Pfft.

www.change.org

Start a petition to create a European Army. Seriously—you’d pull 10 million signatures across Europe overnight if you tried. This is the absolute best time to push for it... if not now, when?

boldtiger7 said:Initially, we are going to face significant hurdles and price hikes across various sectors. However, over a more extended period, the market will inevitably regulate itself and recover, discovering alternative methods and supply chains to compensate for current shortages. While prices may stabilize at a slightly higher baseline than we are used to, they shouldn't remain at these extreme levels indefinitely.

Look, there will be a period of hardship where we simply have to endure and adapt, but in the long run, the market will correct its course and restore equilibrium.

Price hikes were already happening before this war even started—partly because of the corona mess and partly because shipping routes got wrecked, leaving freight companies struggling to move stuff. Throw in the skyrocketing fuel costs, and you see why everything is getting more expensive.
Just look at what happened to steel, aluminum, or basically any construction material over the last 18 months and you'll get it. Wood prices went through the roof!

And now, on top of all that, you've got a war and major exporters being blocked from sending raw materials. It's just a massive accelerator for inflation—you can see it clearly with Nickel. I'm convinced we're heading into a recession regardless of whether the war ends tomorrow or everything just resets to some weird new "normal."

Bryan Booth82 said:I don't know about other places... but you can find cooking oil on almost every corner here in Munich, and I haven't seen anyone in the media—whether it's on TV, the radio, or in the papers (admittedly, I don't read the New York Post)—mentioning anything about an impending shortage or a spike in demand.🤔
Then again, maybe I'm wrong.

lp

I don't even follow him—just stumbled onto this news because they always seem to have the fastest updates coming out of Ukraine. Honestly, I don't know much about the micro-level stuff and maybe there really is a shortage happening around here in Baden... but I bet there are plenty of cities in Germany dealing with it too. That link you sent shows people over in Potsdam scouring different stores and coming up empty-handed...

Look, the point is—it wouldn't even surprise me if we start seeing shortages of certain goods during this crisis, or if they just become way too expensive to buy... I mean, look at the price of Nickel—it’s shot up from $28,000 to $64,000 since the war started...
Just imagine—every single industry that relies on this stuff to even function. It’s a total nightmare...

Jack Kelly5 said:Total bedastoca, I just checked. I actually picked some up at the Walmart yesterday.
It kind of reminds me of those toilet paper panics and everyone hoarding stuff at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. In Germany, people were seriously rushing out to stock up, but from what I could tell, the market settled down pretty quickly after that.

This is straight from today's New York Post. I seriously doubt they have any real reason to stir up panic. Most likely, people just started hoarding because they're scared of shortages—which naturally leads to empty shelves. Besides, they already explained why there isn't enough oil.

So you managed to find oil in some random German village the size of Chicago at a Walmart? That just proves it's available everywhere... Honestly, where do you guys even come from. 🤣

https://www.bild.de/geld/wirtschaft/...7584.bild.html

Mark Clark6 said:The problem is that your timeline doesn't quite align with reality. The world actually entered this inflationary spiral slightly before that moron in the White House lost his mind. Price hikes, driven by inflation, were already underway. Energy is its own complex narrative; while the current situation with Russia certainly accelerates things, the West lived perfectly fine without Russia before, and it will manage again. Business will adapt because liberal democracy and liberal capitalism are inherently superior systems—there is no debating that. Of course, there is no dispute that sanctions hit both sides, but the stakes have shifted significantly. The West is making a conscious choice to sacrifice a portion of its profit and its standard of living because it has been realized that a Russia like this poses an existential threat to the West as we know it. Therefore, rest assured, the West will find its footing, whereas I am far less certain about what lies ahead for Russia.

Look, it's obvious things were already stalling even before this war started—especially the supply chain stuff, which was a mess for plenty of reasons. This war just kicked the inflation and shortages into overdrive.
On the flip side, yeah, obviously the West is going to weather this storm easier than Russia. No argument there, but I'm saying it isn't quite as black-and-white as people try to make it out to be.
The whole damn world is heading into a recession, and a huge part of that is because of this war.

I just hope these sanctions actually do something useful—like finally pushing for a regime change in the White House.

Look, we’re just throwing out guesses here—you can’t predict this stuff without a crystal ball. All these sanctions being slapped on Russia are going to hit the West too, no question. It’s hard to say exactly how bad, but here in the US, they're already forecasting inflation north of 8% this year. Wheat prices are skyrocketing, and we're looking at massive shortages...
I don't know how much you guys actually realize, but even in places like Germany, you can barely find sunflower oil in stores right now—people are paying over $10 a liter on eBay! Seriously, go check it yourself if you don't believe me.
And don't even get me started on oil and gas. Diesel in Western Europe is hitting $2.50/L, and electricity and heating costs have absolutely exploded. This is going to bleed into every other sector because higher transport costs automatically drive up everything else. Families will have way less cash for vacations, so the tourism industry is going to take a massive hit too.

It’s just a vicious cycle that leads straight back to recession, business bankruptcies, unemployment spikes...

Stop being naive and thinking these sanctions are only hitting Russia.

Just for Joseph Clark37 regarding that topic we were chewing over a couple of days ago.

Ever since this war in Ukraine kicked off, the police in Germany have reported hundreds of attacks on Russians—targeting Russian shops, even the Russian Orthodox church... there were even cases in preschools where kids were being bullied just because they spoke Russian.

What the hell does those people have to do with Putin? Absolutely nothing—they’re just getting screwed simply because they speak the language.