Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
If Trump doesn’t receive jail time on July 11, then you might be correct.
But I’d take the other side of the bet.
Its a beginning.
“”The Biden administration has quietly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons”
“’The president recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine is able to use U.S. weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkiv so Ukraine can hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them,’ a U.S. official confirmed”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1796263806168883703
Can NOT use ATACMS to hit targets deep inside RuZZia.
“The immediate tangible effect is that Ukraine will be able to use HIMARS for targets across the border. Ukraine has been using Bohdana and other non-US supplied artillery to strike into Russia, but they often had to push those howitzers closer to the front line to hit deeper targets, placing them at greater risk. Now HIMARS can engage targets at greater depths.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1796266798641254729
Good things going to happen
“Seems like military aid has now really reached the front lines.
“The HIMARS crews are just astonished by the number of missiles that have arrived in Ukraine, saying they have never seen so many.””
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1796246872232690007
“Probably a fire at a Russian strategic missile force facility in Novoaleksandrovo, Vladimir region.”
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1795880674747928731
Explosions in Kerch!
Burn, Baby, Burn
“🔥🔥🔥 In Krasnodar Region🇷🇺, a large oil depot is on fire.
The fire was NOT caused by a careless smoker.
🔥🔥 It was caused by Ukraine 🇺🇦 striking back.🔥🔥”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796358183822258585
“💥💥💥 Explosions in the Port of Kavkaz, Kerch, in 🇷🇺-occupied Crimea.”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796351093393313848
““Russia’s budget deficit for January-April was 3.963 trillion rubles ($43 Billion USD).”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796334551372816832
In the best interest of humanity...
“Good news: the “Putin system” is beginning to collapse. Exactly what I had predicted mathematically (in March) is happening, namely: The announced drastic tax increases in Russia (the highest tax increases in the history of modern Russia) as well as Putin’s recently published slogans (according to which “everyone must work as if they were at the front”) are dramatic signs that the toxicity of the Russian war economy is reaching a critical level.
What does “toxicity” mean:
If the cost of replacing material losses (in such a way that the speed of replacement is in balance with the speed of losses) is no longer within the scope of the financing of the state budget, then a system becomes unfinanceable. This unfinanceability is toxic for a system because it causes the system to collapse in the medium term (unless the war is won).
❗️Russia is familiar with this type of toxicity; the USSR collapsed when the costs of the arms race (pushed by US President Ronald Reagan) could no longer be financed from the state budget, which led to the collapse of the state.
The situation in Russia today is even more dramatic than the situation in the USSR back then. Today it is not just an arms race, but an active war, and in this war there is NO balance between loss and replacement: high-quality military goods (eg modern air defense systems such as the “S-400 Triumf”, or tanks and aircraft) can no longer be produced at a speed that is in balance with the rate of losses. And at the same time, Ukraine is compensating for its personnel disadvantages by using drones.
If Russian state revenues are further weakened NOW (e.g. by effective strikes against refineries) and if Russian supply routes are attacked NOW (if Ukraine receives all the weapons it needs for this), then this will massively accelerate the collapse of Russia, shorten the war and lead more quickly to a real peace.
❗️Putin is a loser:
▪️Does he have air superiority over Ukraine?
No. On the contrary, the extent of his superiority is diminishing.
▪️Is Ukraine “demilitarized”?
No. On the contrary.
▪️ Has he prevented the expansion of NATO?
No. On the contrary.
▪️Has he restored Russia’s imperial greatness?
No. On the contrary, he is now just “the little partner of big China”.
❗️Putin is a poker player who can only bluff:
He can only threaten to escalate the war, but he cannot carry out this threat because Russia is far too inferior to NATO.
Putin’s only hope: politicians in the West who are hesitant enough (in their efforts to support Ukraine) so that the war can be won “somehow” before Russia collapses.
We must not allow it to come to that.
If Ukraine wins and Russia loses, then the entire China-Iran-Russia axis loses. And that is in the best interest of humanity.”
https://x.com/ImmanuelNiven/status/1796102394629030289
Sing and Dance.
“💥💥💥 Pervomaisk, Lugansk region, 🇷🇺-occupied Ukraine.
A Russian barracks, with all of its little terrorist-invaders, is no more.”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796333651258478641
Hope Kazan doesn’t own the stock. [Well, actually I do]
“Russia’s Gazprom has reached their lowest share value since 2017.”
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796221272432460239
Pretty!
GREAT! Stop buying that crap from them.
“China to Impose Export Controls on Aviation Equipment, Technology”
“The export controls will start on July 1”
“China will impose export controls on billions of dollars of aviation equipment, technology and software, a move it said was aimed at enhancing national security.
The controls, beginning July 1, will apply to dozens of products including aircraft engines, gas turbine engines, astronaut helmet visors and a polyethylene fiber commonly used in bulletproof jackets, as well as various technologies, software and data used to develop them, China’s Commerce Ministry, customs agency and Central Military Commission said Thursday in a joint statement.
According to data from China’s customs agency, in the first four months of the year, the country exported roughly $7.2 billion of the products listed under the new controls, including about $1 billion to the U.S.
Exporters wishing to ship such products overseas will need to apply for an export permit, the joint statement said.
A Commerce Ministry spokesperson said the policy aims to “better serve national security,” adding that it isn’t intended to target any country or region.”
Peak China
“China Factory Activity Shrinks in Surprise Hit to Growth Outlook”
“China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in May, a warning sign from the area of the economy that Beijing is most reliant on to drive growth.”
So Gasprom is trading at a little over a dollar a share, watch out apple lol
What is next 72 virgins?
Gone even beyond the process is the punishment. We will see reminds me of the Star Wars scene where Vader strikes down obi wan, add that to the bit coin pol where my son said 88% said they would vote for Trump after his bit coin comments and I wonder if they have unleashed a whirlwind.
As I understand it, there is no constitutional requirement for president to not be a convicted felon and/or be in jail.
Strange times indeed
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