re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Wait... did he say Moscow?

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The drones, the drones!

playgrounds not included in ceasefire...

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"Hire clowns, get a circus" as my dad used to say...

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Exactly. This entire Signal chat fiasco is early proof of the deep incompetence of the Trump administration. We knew once Trump's campaign managers left it would be amateur hour as the sole requirement for his staff is abject sycophancy. As there is a negative correlation between arse-kissing and intelligence-based experience, the Trump administration is now a three ring circus of incompetence.

But it doesn't end there. Who do you think is the angriest person in the world over this Signal chat debacle? The one person who has lost the most due to this incredible cock-up? That's right - Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin spent a lot of time and resources setting up their window into the supposedly secure Signal chat stream. On his recent visit to Moscow, they forced Witkoff to wait 8 hours to meet Putin. So what does your typical person do while he's waiting that long in the Kremlin? That's right, he gets the WiFi password and goes online. Just like God's Own Dumbass.

So now the Russians have a wide open window to every impulse of Team Trump. All of it in real time, no encryption to slowly break, no blank pages due to switching subroutines, no changing passwords. Just a group of inexperienced fools acting like they were still in high school.

All Putin has to do now is prevent the US intelligence agencies from shutting it down. Sounds impossible, right? Well no, not at all. Just a quick call to the US Director of National Intelligence and Traitor-in-Charge Tulsi Gabbard, and it was done.

Gabbard, as DNI director is also executive head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the National Intelligence Program (NIP). All 18 IC agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), report directly to the DNI. Other federal agencies with intelligence capabilities also report to the DNI, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

So Putin's girl Tulsi put a hard freeze on all information about the Signal chat. That took care of the desk jockeys but the experienced department heads would have heard about it anyway. Notably, the ones that did kept quiet. Certainly they weren't worried about having a leak traced back to them, if there's one thing they're experts at in Washington it's hiding your trail.

No, the decision they made was to give the high school yell club all the rope they needed. And with a drunk like Hegseth involved, it didn't take long.

Damn, Vladimir, that's SAD.

Trump responds to whether US could lift some sanctions on Russia

Tue, March 25, 2025 - 23:06

Speaking with journalists, US President Donald Trump said that the United States was considering the conditions set by Russia for a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine in the Black Sea, including the partial lifting of sanctions.

The President was asked whether the US is considering lifting restrictions on certain Russian banks and companies.

Trump told journalists that his administration is "looking at" the conditions that, according to the Kremlin, must be met before the Black Sea agreement can be implemented.

"We are thinking about them right now. There are about five or six conditions. We are looking at all of them," Trump said today at the White House.

RBC-Ukraine

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Russia sure as heck did especially in the 1990's

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Detail that if you would.
Put it in the US GDP terms of our Marshall Plan.

Lavrov: European elites will obstruct the ceasefire — and Zelensky knows his days are numbered.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on recent diplomatic developments, saying Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff seems to understand the nature of the conflict in Ukraine, but overestimates the role of European elites, who are determined to cling to Zelensky and prevent any sign of weakening.

Lavrov noted that Zelensky himself understands his time is running out, and that his once-polished image has long since faded. He described U.S.-Russia relations under President Biden as “abnormal,” saying Biden’s conduct resembled “a kindergarten-level grudge.”

According to Lavrov, many of Russia’s international partners believe the U.S. grossly exaggerated its response to the special military operation. He also raised the question of whether Washington will use its leverage to prevent Europe from abandoning Russian gas completely.

He ridiculed European leaders who vow never to restore Nord Stream, calling them “either sick people or suicides.”

Lavrov concluded by reminding that Russia will uphold the principle of “trust, but verify” in any renewed dialogue with the United States, and emphasized that U.S. abuse of the dollar to punish sovereign states has only accelerated the global shift to national currencies and alternative payment systems, a process he said is now irreversible."

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The numbers and common sense simply don't match your thesis

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My thesis is based on good accounting practices. If I write a check for 100 dollars to the Red Cross. I donated 100 dollars. If the person cashing the check skims 10% and the person in charge of the blankets buys blankets from her BIL and at the end of the day the people in need only get one blanket; I’ve still donated 100 dollars.

Your thesis and mine could both be true.

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He described U.S.-Russia relations under President Biden as “abnormal,” saying Biden’s conduct resembled “a kindergarten-level grudge.

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I wonder how many Kindergarteners have died in this “Special Military Operation”.