War in Ukraine

[KB5252]

Sadly, sanctions have finally hit Russia. :sads:

Did anyone else notice anything about these videos?

 

[KB5252]

Let’s talk about your videos there Moe. Well the second one I didn’t watch the first one much since we’ve worn out the expensive food narrative. I did notice one thing largely missing. Customers. Why is that? And I noticed a second thing that might be related. Prices. Especially on those Samsung smart phones. Quite a bit more than what they’re going for here in the US. A Samsung S22 is $325 here (that is with trade in on second look around $700 retail normally) in the US. The price in the video was 90,000 Rubbles or $1500. And on the prices in general once you get outside of St Petersburg or Moscow no one is paying those prices their earnings just don’t support it. So your idiot propagandists trying to flex and do their best Baghdad Bob instead just reinforce how costly things are in Russia and the average Russian is getting hit hard. Hilarious

Bingo, noticed all this as well. In fact the entire shopping center/mall looked very dead.

Things are not going well in Russia, the average citizen is suffering.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Bingo, noticed all this as well. In fact the entire shopping center/mall looked very dead.

Things are not going well in Russia, the average citizen is suffering.

Yep. And the more these idiots post these videos up showing actual foot traffic and actually showing prices just reinforces how hard they are being hit. According to OECD the median adult disposable income in Russia is $16,163 so the average Russian is going to go out and drop $1500 of that on a basic smart phone. Hilarious.

 

[MG1968]

Yep. And the more these idiots post these videos up showing actual foot traffic and actually showing prices just reinforces how hard they are being hit. According to OECD the median adult disposable income in Russia is $16,163 so the average Russian is going to go out and drop $1500 of that on a basic smart phone. Hilarious.

But with all the money they save on cheap eggs, that smart phone is within reach.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

But with all the money they save on cheap eggs, that smart phone is within reach.

So you're jumping on the eggs thing now? Have you paid attention to what's going on over here and in the UK?

 

[NorthDallas40]

So you're jumping on the eggs thing now? Have you paid attention to what's going on over here and in the UK?

It’s kinda hard to sell a “Butwhatabout” when your propaganda videos just got destroyed using their own price and foot traffic content Moe

 

[MG1968]

So you're jumping on the eggs thing now? Have you paid attention to what's going on over here and in the UK?

Were you born without a sense of humor or is your dourness a product of miseducation?

 

[volfanhill]

Were you born without a sense of humor or is your dourness a product of miseducation?

Russians, in general, are dour people

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Kherson Kherson Kherson
MH-17
"f*** the EU.."
Kerch Bridge
Article 5
85k Russians dead
Stealing chips from washing machines/refrigerators/televisions
Institute for the Study of War
"Ruble will be rubble"
Million Man Ukrainian army
McDonalds/IKEA/Coca Cola/H&M/Louis Vuitton
Long lines at ATMs
Eggs
Russia running out of missiles/drones
Russia can't fight in winter/frostbite
Polish Mig-29s
Javelina
Azovstal "evacuation"
Stingers
No fly zones
40 mile caravan outside of Kyiv
Switchblade drones
Ghost of Kiev
Obese General
Kremlin Coup
Blood Cancer
Parkinsons
HIMARS
A-10 Warthogs
Abrams tanks
I saw it on the evening news
It must be true if it's on Twitter
40 Billion will bring Russia to its knees
Snake Island
Meat grinder
Game changers
Ukrainian Nazis are no big deal
Lukashenko's breath mints
Tooth Fairy
Soviet Union still exists
Trailer Park of the world
Pootin
Pootin Stooges
Larry Moe Curly

 

[NorthDallas40]

Kherson Kherson Kherson
MH-17
"f*** the EU.."
Kerch Bridge
Article 5
85k Russians dead
Stealing chips from washing machines/refrigerators/televisions
Institute for the Study of War
"Ruble will be rubble"
Million Man Ukrainian army
McDonalds/IKEA/Coca Cola/H&M/Louis Vuitton
Long lines at ATMs
Eggs
Russia running out of missiles/drones
Russia can't fight in winter/frostbite
Polish Mig-29s
Javelina
Azovstal "evacuation"
Stingers
No fly zones
40 mile caravan outside of Kyiv
Switchblade drones
Ghost of Kiev
Obese General
Kremlin Coup
Blood Cancer
Parkinsons
HIMARS
A-10 Warthogs
Abrams tanks
I saw it on the evening news
It must be true if it's on Twitter
40 Billion will bring Russia to its knees
Snake Island
Meat grinder
Game changers
Ukrainian Nazis are no big deal
Lukashenko's breath mints
Tooth Fairy
Soviet Union still exists
Trailer Park of the world
Pootin
Pootin Stooges
Larry Moe Curly

those Kherson and Bakhmut ass whippings are starting to smart aren’t they Moe?

 

[DonjoVol]

Kherson Kherson Kherson
MH-17
"f*** the EU.."
Kerch Bridge
Article 5
85k Russians dead
Stealing chips from washing machines/refrigerators/televisions
Institute for the Study of War
"Ruble will be rubble"
Million Man Ukrainian army
McDonalds/IKEA/Coca Cola/H&M/Louis Vuitton
Long lines at ATMs
Eggs
Russia running out of missiles/drones
Russia can't fight in winter/frostbite
Polish Mig-29s
Javelina
Azovstal "evacuation"
Stingers
No fly zones
40 mile caravan outside of Kyiv
Switchblade drones
Ghost of Kiev
Obese General
Kremlin Coup
Blood Cancer
Parkinsons
HIMARS
A-10 Warthogs
Abrams tanks
I saw it on the evening news
It must be true if it's on Twitter
40 Billion will bring Russia to its knees
Snake Island
Meat grinder
Game changers
Ukrainian Nazis are no big deal
Lukashenko's breath mints
Tooth Fairy
Soviet Union still exists
Trailer Park of the world
Pootin
Pootin Stooges
Larry Moe Curly

Dang. Their list of talking points was longer than I realized. I'm sure there's at least a dozen more we've missed.

So all this time NATO has been in existence to defend themselves from what these clowns claim is "The trailer park of the world".

 

[NorthDallas40]

Dang. Their list of talking points was longer than I realized. I'm sure there's at least a dozen more we've missed.

So all this time NATO has been in existence to defend themselves from what these clowns claim is "The trailer park of the world".

Yep. Clearly the West gave your Commie buddies way more credit than they were due, at least in the current era. It’s been great watching Russia show the world what an incompetent paper tiger they are right Curly?

Edit to bold that current era in my reply. While they clearly aren’t a threat to most developed countries in a conventional war for some reason Finland and Sweden still want to join the party

 

[MG1968]

Kherson Kherson Kherson
MH-17
"f*** the EU.."
Kerch Bridge
Article 5
85k Russians dead
Stealing chips from washing machines/refrigerators/televisions
Institute for the Study of War
"Ruble will be rubble"
Million Man Ukrainian army
McDonalds/IKEA/Coca Cola/H&M/Louis Vuitton
Long lines at ATMs
Eggs
Russia running out of missiles/drones
Russia can't fight in winter/frostbite
Polish Mig-29s
Javelina
Azovstal "evacuation"
Stingers
No fly zones
40 mile caravan outside of Kyiv
Switchblade drones
Ghost of Kiev
Obese General
Kremlin Coup
Blood Cancer
Parkinsons
HIMARS
A-10 Warthogs
Abrams tanks
I saw it on the evening news
It must be true if it's on Twitter
40 Billion will bring Russia to its knees
Snake Island
Meat grinder
Game changers
Ukrainian Nazis are no big deal
Lukashenko's breath mints
Tooth Fairy
Soviet Union still exists
Trailer Park of the world
Pootin
Pootin Stooges
Larry Moe Curly

2 week special military operation

 

[Hunerwadel]

Let’s talk about your videos there Moe. Well the second one I didn’t watch the first one much since we’ve worn out the expensive food narrative. I did notice one thing largely missing. Customers. Why is that? And I noticed a second thing that might be related. Prices. Especially on those Samsung smart phones. Quite a bit more than what they’re going for here in the US. A Samsung S22 is $325 here (that is with trade in on second look around $700 retail normally) in the US. The price in the video was 90,000 Rubbles or $1500. And on the prices in general once you get outside of St Petersburg or Moscow no one is paying those prices their earnings just don’t support it. So your idiot propagandists trying to flex and do their best Baghdad Bob instead just reinforce how costly things are in Russia and the average Russian is getting hit hard. Hilarious

The problem with that video is it is too perfect. Not a single empty slot anywhere, not one. It looked more antiseptic than a hospital operating room. Completely staged.

 

[NorthDallas40]

The problem with that video is it is too perfect. Not a single empty slot anywhere, not one. It looked more antiseptic than a hospital operating room. Completely staged.

It’s very possible it was staged sure but talk about misreading the room the prices as compared to median Russian incomes and lack of foot traffic is a really bad look. Of course as we’ve learned they aren’t very bright

 

[Hunerwadel]

So you're jumping on the eggs thing now? Have you paid attention to what's going on over here and in the UK?

So the US and UK are suffering mightily yet your video proves all is peachy in Russia? Yeah sure.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

If you all are interested in a good fairy tale, read over this with a group of kindergartners.

It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

Meanwhile, replacing destroyed kit, and keeping up with the new arms race that it has now triggered with the West will surely end up bankrupting the Russian economy; especially an economy subject to aggressive Western sanctions. How can Russia possibly hope to win an arms race when the combined GDP of the West is $40 trillion, and its defense spending amounting to 2% of GDP totals well in excess of $1 trillion when the disproportionate US defense contribution is considered? Russia’s total GDP is only $1.8 trillion. Vladimir Putin will have to divert spending from consumption to defense, risking social and political unrest over the medium term, and a real and soon-to-be present danger to his regime. Just imagine how much more of a bargain Western military aid will be if it ultimately brings positive regime change in Russia.

Second, the war has served to destroy the myth that Russian military technology is somehow comparable to that of the US and West. Remember that Ukraine is using only upgraded second generation US technology but is consistently beating whatever Russia’s military can deploy. Wars are shop windows for defense manufacturers; any buyer in their right mind will want the technology made by the winner. Putin’s misjudgment has merely provided a fantastic marketing opportunity for its Western competitors.

These two paragraphs pretty much nail down the main catalyst for this war in Ukraine. The US and the MIC see this as an opportunity to peddle more arms.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Along that same line... American profiteering at the expense of the Europeans.

Europe accuses US of profiting from war

Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer.

“The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” one senior official told POLITICO.

No, These guys in Washington are not your allies.

“The Inflation Reduction Act has changed everything," one EU diplomat said. "Is Washington still our ally or not?”

 

[DonjoVol]

If you all are interested in a good fairy tale, read over this with a group of kindergartners.

It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

Meanwhile, replacing destroyed kit, and keeping up with the new arms race that it has now triggered with the West will surely end up bankrupting the Russian economy; especially an economy subject to aggressive Western sanctions. How can Russia possibly hope to win an arms race when the combined GDP of the West is $40 trillion, and its defense spending amounting to 2% of GDP totals well in excess of $1 trillion when the disproportionate US defense contribution is considered? Russia’s total GDP is only $1.8 trillion. Vladimir Putin will have to divert spending from consumption to defense, risking social and political unrest over the medium term, and a real and soon-to-be present danger to his regime. Just imagine how much more of a bargain Western military aid will be if it ultimately brings positive regime change in Russia.

Second, the war has served to destroy the myth that Russian military technology is somehow comparable to that of the US and West. Remember that Ukraine is using only upgraded second generation US technology but is consistently beating whatever Russia’s military can deploy. Wars are shop windows for defense manufacturers; any buyer in their right mind will want the technology made by the winner. Putin’s misjudgment has merely provided a fantastic marketing opportunity for its Western competitors.

These two paragraphs pretty much nail down the main catalyst for this war in Ukraine. The US and the MIC see this as an opportunity to peddle more arms.

That's what the U.S. and NATO involvement has been about this whole time. Peddling more arms. Remember they need these conflicts in order to sell their product. And they need salesmen like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy to market their products.

 

[KB5252]

If you all are interested in a good fairy tale, read over this with a group of kindergartners.

It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

Meanwhile, replacing destroyed kit, and keeping up with the new arms race that it has now triggered with the West will surely end up bankrupting the Russian economy; especially an economy subject to aggressive Western sanctions. How can Russia possibly hope to win an arms race when the combined GDP of the West is $40 trillion, and its defense spending amounting to 2% of GDP totals well in excess of $1 trillion when the disproportionate US defense contribution is considered? Russia’s total GDP is only $1.8 trillion. Vladimir Putin will have to divert spending from consumption to defense, risking social and political unrest over the medium term, and a real and soon-to-be present danger to his regime. Just imagine how much more of a bargain Western military aid will be if it ultimately brings positive regime change in Russia.

Second, the war has served to destroy the myth that Russian military technology is somehow comparable to that of the US and West. Remember that Ukraine is using only upgraded second generation US technology but is consistently beating whatever Russia’s military can deploy. Wars are shop windows for defense manufacturers; any buyer in their right mind will want the technology made by the winner. Putin’s misjudgment has merely provided a fantastic marketing opportunity for its Western competitors.

These two paragraphs pretty much nail down the main catalyst for this war in Ukraine. The US and the MIC see this as an opportunity to peddle more arms.

The MIC is just seizing the opportunity Russia stupidly created for it. Russia wanted to keep NATO off of doorstep......... They've just succeeded in galvanizing and cementing the outcome he feared.

 

[DonjoVol]

Along that same line... American profiteering at the expense of the Europeans.

Europe accuses US of profiting from war

There is actually video of Ted Cruz slamming the Nordstream pipeline. And in an interview years ago, 2014 or 2015, Condoleezza Rice stated that any pipelines from Russia were bad because Europe should be relying on U.S. energy sources instead.

So it is not just the military industrial complex that our politicians want profiting off this conflict. It is U.S. energy and oil companies as well.

But the Ukrainiac clowns in here will continue their virtue signaling and pearl clutching and continue to be obedient Biden-Zelenksy stooges.

 

[MG1968]

That's what the U.S. and NATO involvement has been about this whole time. Peddling more arms. Remember they need these conflicts in order to sell their product. And they need salesmen like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy to market their products.

But the Sino/Russian MIC is all about altruism and unicorn farts?

 

[volfanhill]

That's what the U.S. and NATO involvement has been about this whole time. Peddling more arms. Remember they need these conflicts in order to sell their product. And they need salesmen like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy to market their products.

It was brilliant. The way NATO snuck all the gay nazis into Ukraine, which we knew would force Russia to rid them from this earth and invade, thus allowing the MIC to sell more arms. Freaking playing the long game.

 

[DonjoVol]

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

But the Sino/Russian MIC is all about altruism and unicorn farts?

I would think their MIC is devoted to making weapons of war, not enriching executives and shareholders.