Posted on 10/08/2022 12:49:47 PM PDT by familyop
"The lying has to stop," he said.
State Duma Defense Committee's head Andrey Kartapolov told a disappointed propagandist Vladimir Solovyov that aside from not having enough uniforms and equipment for its forces, Russia may not have enough munitions to destroy all of Ukraine's infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/o3VGOAFgFJ— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 8, 2022
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Ukraine doesn't need to "hold" Ukraine. It's not an occupying force. Russia does need to occupy the land.
And if your manpower is being depleted in huge numbers, then what you do hold becomes problematic on varying levels.
I think you might be projecting. Russia is the country with the severe manpower crisis. And in the end, it's a lot harder to occupy someone else's land than it is to defend your own. Even if Russia occupies every last inch of Ukraine (which obviously won't happen), how does Russia hold it? What's any end game that isn't disastrous for Russia?
Lulz, okie dokie.
Deal... Lets see, this general said: “The Russian military can reach Kiev and capture it in just six hours in case of escalation, said “Ukraine 24” Deputy Secretary of Security Council, Ex-Comaging Forces of Special Operations Sergey Krivonos.”
Oh, wait.
They failed in that attempt.
Got another General to line up?
Was Kyiv actually an objective or a distraction maneuver?
That said, you are acknowledging that the Ukrainian General was right and that the Ukrainians are suffering horrendous losses and all that ‘winning’ they doing, yes?
You are making the claim that residential British Natural gas bills increased from 52.35 to 1248.90?
The rate per therm multiplied by 23.85?
Pls show where this might exist in recent years.
Possible someone did not know a pence from a pound or simply posted BS.
“Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced.”
H L Mencken is one of my personal favorites.
Much of his writing is on the money today.
The first Whitehouse bathtub still has believers!
His view of the government is eternal.
Also, “Never argue with ignorance or dogma.”
Twain?
Dear B.F.: Are you actually living in Berlin, or just “saying” you are living in Berlin?
Are you an AmCit, or an expat “former” AmCit? If no longer an AmCit, why not?
Normally I’m not curious, but when somebody who seems “English 1st language” has “Berlin Freeper” as his long-time FR handle, it is a curiousity. Were you born in America? “War Bride” son? Moved to Berlin for a job, and stayed? Just curious. Please fill in some blanks, for context and believability. (For all we know, you’re posting from a Falls Church VA front organization.)
(I’m just an American, AmCit all my life, still living n America. Born MD, living FL, traveled to many countries.)
So, I’ll do your homework for you. I could post 100 more of these, or you can check yourself.
Pubs closure warning: ‘My energy bill went to £35,000 from £13,000’
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62688692
Last orders: UK pubs brace for mass closures as energy costs soar
One British pub says its annual energy bill is on course to more than quadruple to 65,000 pounds ($76,000) in 2022
https://www.rappler.com/business/britain-pubs-brace-mass-closures-energy-costs-soar-2022/
Britain’s pubs are threatened by ‘alarming’ rise in energy bills
The New York Times
By the beginning of October, she must renew her electricity contract, but the only price she can get is 118,000 pounds a year — up from at most 27,000 pounds, an unaffordable jump.
I have a inquiry for you:
How does someone with the tagline Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com) become a Putin Stooge??
We could take the word of this ex-general if not for the fact that they come from TASS - official press agency of Kremiln regime, and if not for the fact that he is currently under criminal investigation in Ukraine for his connection to the looting of Kyiv (Zhulyany) airport during its defense from invading Russian forces.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/state-bureau-of-investigation-shares-details-of-case-involving-retired-general-krivonos-50266414.html
I believe the original contention was that you were expected to provide one showing an increase in energy bills of 20 times or more.
And since we are on American bona fide/s, are we to take your word on you being American or is it just a cheap ploy in undertaking your career as hack writer to ply cheap Clancy clones?
If a person doesn’t believe in liberty, freedom and the individual right of self-determination they will make all kinds of excuses for taking them away.
Stay warm! We got the wurst of the wurst here Putin denialits. This winter will be warm and cozy.
Stay calm
Trust in God.
Indeed and ероям слава! — Slava Ukraini
Thank you for showing some examples.
Notice that “‘My energy bill went to £35,000 from £13,000’” is less than a factor of three.
“One British pub says its annual energy bill is on course to more than quadruple to 65,000 pounds ($76,000) in 2022”
“cross Britain, there is rising panic about the cost of energy. Households face an 80% increase in the price cap on their energy bills”
“The Federation of Small Businesses has warned of the impact on everything from fish-and-chip shops to launderettes. The group estimated that electricity bills for small businesses had risen nearly 350% since February 2021, and gas bills more than 400%.” NOT RESIDENTIAL.
Still a far cry from the 2385% shown in your graphic.
MY residential gas bill has more than tripled since the day Trump left office, and doubled this year.
My sister and family lived in Frankfurt Germany for 20 years their gas bills were always crazy high.
People would take vacations in the coldest months to turn their heat off when out of town.
WHEN VISITING, YOU FIRST ASKED THE HOST IF IT WAS OK TO TURN ON A LIGHT!
They are mostly prepared for this winter but it will be expensive. Biden did the same to my gas bill BEFORE the Ukraine war began.
You seem to be enamored in the welfare of politicians, geopolitics and globalism. Maybe you can make some snarky .gifs for these newly mobilized Russians being sent into battle:
https://youtu.be/fEi8CYofHMc?t=102
Cheer them up. They need it since your Putin-Power regime has completely F-d them.
They’re just FKN people. I doubt you care tho. They’re not part of your elitist International Glamour Set of World Leaders your .gifs feature. The elites -who’ve completey F-d the world.
You surely aren’t winning by getting your army killed to hold the land. The guy trading you land for your dead is winning the land in the end.
I don’t know, worked out ok for the Taliban and the Viet Cong.
Here in the UK our bill went from £160/month in November to £480/month in January. That’s before the SMO.
We’re expecting it to hit £600/month.
The thing is, all our electricity already comes from renewables and our gas feed is North sea gas through hydrogen ready CHP.
Our energy bill is therefore unaffected by Russian gas taps. Other factors, like the way the wholesale market is structured, that hikes the cost up.
My energy supplier won’t pay me for the surplus electricity I generate from solar panels, but charges me the same per unit for electricity from their solar panels (thousands of them in fields within a 25 mile radius of my house) as another firm charges for electricity sourced from a power station that was dependent on imported gas.
And my energy company has seen its profits ho through the roof despite the costs of their generation actually coming down!
Its almost like a cartel situation, where the energy firms are all “compelled” to align prices to hyperinflate profits to protect the solvency of legacy fossil fuel generation, and it’s trebles all round for the diversified new boys in the marketplace.
A bit like OPEC.
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