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How should west respond to potential (likely) Russian invasion of Ukraine?
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Russian state TV ‘airs criticism’ of Ukraine war
‘Ending this operation will stabilise things within the country,’ one guest reportedly says
www.independent.co.uk
Interesting story that is also being talked about on the news. Putin could be losing the people more and more and they’re speaking out. They may have inside information from those planning to stop this. They wouldn’t dare make these criticima without friends in high places to protect them. It could be a crack in the dam.
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No, that's not how it works. I've been following the cryptocurrency scene for years, and the idea there is that if bitcoin or anything else goes down in value, it's just a "dip" and you can make money buying it while it's cheap. But usually that's just bullshit. Most cryptos had a peak and then went down to near zero when the team that made it struck rich on gullible people's money and retired.
But despite being rife with fraud and scams, cryptos had one feature that made it at least plausible that their value might rise: limited supply. That doesn't work for real world currencies. In case of inflation, Russia can just keep printing more rubles. If it becomes ridiculous, they might resort to just creating a new ruble that's worth, say, a thousand or a million old rubles. The current rubles are never going to rise in value back to where they were, even if Russia's economy recovers eventually. They are not an investment opportunity, and anyone who claims otherwise is either an idiot or is trying to scam you. Especially if he looks like this:
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I’m not sure they make him work on weekends. But maybe he’s doing research
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Those guys were old.
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Besides Russian generals, Putin seems to be conducting a purge at the top level of the FSB:
Putin Places Spies Under House Arrest
Break out the cutlasses, apparently:
Calling all pirates: This US lawmaker wants you to seize Russian vessels
The anti-Putin pirates.
I thought this would come from a lawmaker in Florida, but Texas would have been my second guess.
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The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist
Russell "Texas" Bentley talks about how he went from a pot-loving American leftist to a Putin propagandist on the front lines in Ukraine.
www.rollingstone.com
Tha crazy is strong in this one.
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I've met quite a few extreme leftists aligned with Putin. I don't really understand it, but I guess if you've been apologizing for Russia for the last sixty years and have a very default paranoid attitude toward the Western press, it's less of a jump than it seems from the outside.
I don't understand how one can be a leftist and be an apologist for arguably the most capitalist nation in the world.
Anti-American. Anti-Western. Really all you need.
It's what your lord and saviour wishes the US to be when he isn't busy fellating dictators and yet I wouldn't call Trump a leftist.
There ought to be a corollary to Godwin's law. One where a discussion will inevitably mention Trump when a reasoned rebuttal cannot be had.
I see no need to provide any sophisticated arguments when all you've got is Hannity-esque Bush era, "Libruhls haet 'Merica !!!!!11111oneoneone" rhetorical bullshit. Time for you to post another meme, isn't it?