Threat to pay debt in rubles…gonna need a whole lot of wheelbarrows… That’s Johnny Ronan grade broke-and-need-a-bailout…
Trustin Judeau
If they cant buy foreign currency, and their existing reserves of foreign currency were frozen – what other choice do they have?
Either pay in rubles or pay in gold
SB
It could be deducted from their USD-denominated foreign reserves
Trustin Judeau
They do not have the option of doing that
scottser
russian foreign reserves should be seized and used to fund the cost of the human damage to ukrainians and the cost of the reconstruction of ukraine.
ce
I wonder how many wheelbarrows on rubles it would take to buy one of those Putin-Medical-Grade FFP2 tables…
jonjoker
NATO’s border, now that’s a new one.
It seems to be the main headline in all the English papers – am I the only one to get a whiff of the Brit propaganda machine in full tilt?
SOQ
Yes, four papers lead with the same words- NATO’s border’ – completely coincidental of course.
Hughie Luas
That’s a fantastic pic of Tomi on the front of the Examiner. Heard him speak at the HEIT memorials in the Mansion House a few times. There’s a man who has seen things. Worth listening to and reading.
f_lawless
No disrespect directed towards Mr Reichental, but I see that as a cynical piece of propaganda by the Irish Examiner. I don’t remember the opinions of any Holocaust survivors on any of the recent crises with refugees fleeing war into Europe being given top billing on their front page before. Why now?
And notice he doesn’t even mention Hitler in the article yet the headline above reads “After Hitler, we said never again”. The intention is for the casual reader to infer that what’s happening in Ukraine is so dire that’s it on the same unique level as the Nazi Holocaust and that Putin is akin to a modern-day Hitler – at least, apparently in the opinion of a Holocaust survivor and what decent-minded person would argue against that.
However, looking at the smaller text, in fairness to Mr Reichental, iit becomes clear he’s making a different point – that the war in Ukraine isn’t unique War is sadly happening all the time.
“After the Second World War, we said never again. I say the slogan ‘never again’ is dead. It’s happening all the time”
Kim Cardassian
What’s your point? Spell it out for us.
Hughie Luas
A loser who has no friends.
“No disrespect directed towards Mr Reichental, but”
J’ai les glands.
SOQ
I find it interesting how there are a number of individuals around here who use the fact that others dare to voice an opinion is an excuse to be as abusive and personal as they like.
I suspect it is not the opinion in itself they find objectional but more about being as ignorant as possible, and trying to hurt others. That is what authoritarian thugs do I suppose, but it looks terrible for the site.
johnny
…in my case I have zero tolerance for your drunken antics and abusive beahavior,i think its totally disrespectful to your ‘hosts’,who in my opinion already indulge you enough.
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
This is genuinely the last time I’m going to answer any of your comments,
just to say seriously how can you post that, are you completely lacking in any self awareness ? I’m mean that’s rich Johnny. You’re hardly a model of level headed, kind or even sober posting yourself. Quote ” white trash, pram pushers, scum from Ballymun ” crap about Protestants etc.
jungleman
Another thing authoritarian thugs do is invade their neighbors..
So you’re ok with the invading but not with people being mean on the internet?
Johnny
Of course it’s the last time honey,just stop sub-commenting on my posts,I’ve ignored you forever,which part of self control are you struggling with,regarding your smears,you and they are just not worthy my time.
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
sigh
Janet, dreams of an alternate universe
it’s not a smear if you wrote it ya big dope
SOQ
jungleman being another sewer rat which pops up from time to time.
jungleman
The hilarity of you labeling me a sewer rat. You aren’t fit to lace my boots.
f_lawless
@Kim It’s there in the first line: I see it as a cynical piece of propaganda by the Irish Examiner.
In the headline they’ve misquoted and skewed a Holocaust survivor’s observation that even though it was once said “never again” after WW2, war atrocities are happening all the time.
The Examiner is in line with much of western corporate media in trying to instil the idea that Putin is akin to a modern-day Hitler who would wreak havoc and destruction on Europe and the wider world if we stand back and let him.
It’s the manufacturing of a hate figure to give us western citizens a focus to channel all our anger at the suffering and despair being imposed upon us – which looks set to get much worse.
Don’t question whether the escalation of war by NATO leaders and all the sanctions are really in the interests of ordinary citizens, considering the devastating consequences it’s having on the global economy and food supply chains. Putin is the devil personified. He is the cause of this. There’s no alternative. ..Next up- because Hitler-Putin is causing the complete collapse of the global economy, food supply shortages and maybe even the internet, our only salvation now is to complete the transition to the new system of programmable central bank digital currencies tied to a digital ID with some Universal Basic Income to sweeten the deal.
stephen moran
Russia has asked China for military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine – FT. That should get Jake Sullivan jumping up and down – Looks like Putra who is no Frank Muir is playing call my bluff with Xi. If think maybe the banker Xi will suspect Putin has a pair of deuces given the way this busted flush has played his hand at the top table thus far.
Don’t think Zorro will be very popular in Ukraine after this…
SOQ
Speaking of popularity- it appears that Zelenskyy’s popularity was at all time low before the Russian exercise- something you will not read from the main mouthpieces. It would be interesting to know what the current public mood is like, not just on him but also on the prospect of joining NATO.
It looks like their application to join the EU has got a very cool reception which is no surprise.
And even Zelenskyy is making very down beat statements on the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO- so instead of running around playing soldiers, why doesn’t he come outright and say it? .
Of course it is an exercise because it is certainly is not an invasion.
They sent in kids and dads army in rusty old tanks. Their stated objective is to ‘demilitarise’ and the first thing they took out was six US funded bio labs.
They are playing a strategic game and the goal appears to be to force Ukraine to state its intended independence from both blocks.
Any by the looks of Zelenskyy’s latest comments about not joining NATO- it is working.
Nigel
‘They are playing a strategic game’
This is magical thinking.
Vlad X. Novichok
Maniacal to my mind.
The willingness for these toadies not to call what’s happening in the Ukraine for what it is goes far beyond their spread of disinformation during COVID.
There’s no convincing me otherwise, but Q here has to be a paid provocateur.
But like those Insta fools bellyaching in Russia.
SOQ
You clearly know little about military operations Nigel if you think there is no strategic planning afoot- on both sides. A lot of ex military go into Project Management type professions because of their training.
As for being a paid shill- yes there are few around but I am certainly not one of them. After enduring the biggest psyop of our lifetimes with the pandemic, at this point, anyone who has not developed and applying their critical thinking skills, really is a lost cause.
Vlad X. Novichok
A perfect toady response. Means you’re simply one of a number of useful idiots on BS.
Nigel
I don’t know much about military strategy but I know enough to recognise when somone else is getting their Art Of War from Skeletor rather than Sun Tzu.
SOQ
@ Vlad X. Novichok- if this site banned all multiple accounts- which IMO if they wish to make a profit they should do- which of your usernames would you use?
My propaganda is better than your propaganda. It beggars belief that many on here believe the lying press and politicos this time ’round. What’s happened to peoples memories? have they forgotten how US/UK/NATO lied their way into numerous wars over the past 50 years?
SOQ
Mad isn’t it? They lied about Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan, but now all of a sudden, they being 100% truthful about Ukraine.
And let’s not forget about the CoVid-19 propaganda- the truth about that is not even half out yet.
Nigel
I think people claiming that the Russians are being truthful, or that Russian propaganada provides some sort of balance, are the ones being a bit mad.
SOQ
Nobody is claiming such Nigel- which is why the Indian media is coming out on top these days, because they don’t have skin in the game.
bisted
…thing is Nigel…you only think the Russians may be lying…you may well be right…but thanks to WikiLeaks we know without speculation the US/NATO have lied…
Nigel
You constantly present Russian propganda at face value. Your assertion that India do not have skin in the game is typical. Doesn’t India get its military equipment from Russia? The border with Afghanistan has been the locus of the Great Game between Empires since the 1800s, and the current Indian government are quasi-fascist far right nationalists.
Nigel
‘you only think the Russians may be lying’
No, that’s what you think I think. Its one of a number of erroneous things you think about me.
the current Indian government are quasi-fascist far right nationalists.
At least they are not outright state approved Nazis waving swastikas eh?
EVERY side pumps propaganda in a war situation- which is why you find sources from all over, then make your own mind up.
At the moment the US administration is very much on the back foot with their dodgy bio labs. Do you honestly think that NATO and especially the US would stand idly by if the same was placed on their borders?
bisted
…hoorah…I must have interpreted your saying “I think people…blah blah…are a bit mad” wrongly…welcome to the right side of history comrade!
Nigel
‘At least they are not outright state approved Nazis waving swastikas eh? ‘
Why, would you start a war with them if they were?
‘then make your own mind up.’
We’ve seen you do this and it is not an encouraging sight.
‘with their dodgy bio labs’
Case in point.
‘that NATO and especially the US would stand idly by if the same was placed on their borders?’
Putin deployed chemical weapons in the UK and barely got a slap on the wrist, I think NATO may have been cautious to a fault.
Nigel
‘I must have interpreted your saying… wrongly’
This generally holds true, as a rule.
benblack
Peig on the Leaving Certifiicate cost lives.
Fearganainm
Leaked Kremlin memo to Russian media: It is “essential” to feature Tucker Carlson:
…The United States even had a plan to transmit pathogens “by wild birds migrating between Ukraine, Russia and other neighboring countries.”
Me so Harney
motherjones..
snigger
Fearganainm
“…The document—titled “For Media and Commentators (recommendations for coverage of events as of 03.03)”—was produced, according to its metadata, at a Russian government agency called the Department of Information and Telecommunications Support, which is part of the Russian security apparatus…”
Grain of terror
Sniggerbot Harney needs an update.
Me So Harney
An update on Russia from motherjones..
No thanks..
I’ll be leaving that for the feeble minded.
f_lawless
This is the kind of non-story churnalism designed for members of the US public with below average IQ to nod their heads and say “oh yah..Tucker Carlson..Russian propaganda…knew it all along..it all fits”.
It’s called the ‘guilt by association fallacy’. If a prominent US pundit is a near lone voice on US TV challenging Western establishment narratives by making the point that an escalation of war in Ukraine by NATO and the imposing of sanctions are not at all in the interests of the US general public but instead will damage them, then why would it come as a surprise that the Russian government would want to highlight his broadcasts?
That you deemed the article worthy of sharing doesn’t reflect well.
Fearganainm
Get back to your biographies of Lord Haw-Haw and Tokyo Rose, you might pick up some tips on how to be a really useful water carrier for your favourite belligerents.
Mad
Get back to getting shirty because no one gives one about a silly little prize won by a few people jibbering on in some obscure regional dialect
Nigel
Russia is pretty much stamping out all forms of free speech and dissent and limiting the flow of information about the war to pure state propaganda, so yes, who they choose to broadcast is significant.
f_lawless
Thanks for that textbook example of a ‘Guilt by Association’ fallacious argument, Nigel
Nigel
Thanks for a textbook example of dodging an argument by misattributing a logical fallacy.
SOQ
Because one or more individuals are having their opinions broadcasted on Russian television means nothing. Tulsi Gabbard is a veteran, meaning she was willing to lay her life down for her country, which is a hell of a lot more than any of these smear merchants have probably done.
“There are 25+ US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, which if breached, would release & spread deadly pathogens to US/world. We must take action now to prevent disaster. US/Russia/Ukraine/NATO/UN/EU must implement a ceasefire now around these labs until they’re secured & pathogens destroyed”
Especially after what we have come through with CoVid-19, why should anyone of sane mind object to what Tulsi is demanding? That would mean an admittance by the US about what they were up to of course.
Fearganainm
Instagram users in Russia are told service will cease at midnight
Some of these people were top influencers! Has the world gone completely mad?
benblack
Enrol them for a crash course, as Gaeilge.
Mad
Short of waterboarding what else is left?
SOQ
I have to wonder if McDonalds decision was more to do with supply chains? I very much doubt if all or even most of their ingredients were supplied from within Russia in which case, they will have ran out.
Mad
Reckon we sell them a lot of beef? I do
TenPin Terry
By Jove, what a night.
I’ve finally managed to get Lady TenPin up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire after a rather raucous evening ended up in a dodgy karaoke bar.
Some dubious rapscallions and ne’er-do-wells of Central American heritage were in the audience with their interesting partners as I took to the stage for a few minutes.
Sensing a need for something uplifting and cheery to lighten the mood I called on an old favourite of mine.
Well if I say so myself it brought the house down and we were all soon knocking back Jagars and chopping out lines like it was the end of prohibition.
They weren’t such bad chaps after all.
The magic of the Chariot.
Marvellous™
It’s like you’re not even trying anymore. I think this has been your worst yet. Is everything okay hon?
Mad
Defending champions England slump to third successive World Cup defeat
GiggidyGoo
Jäger Jaeger, not Jagar.
Walter Mitty overdosing in Mittyworld this morning.
TenPin Terry
Sure thing Vlad…
Hehx3™
GiggidyGoo
Mmmm. Seemingly I’m Joe and Vlad, and Giggidy now. You have it bad Charger. Ultra-inferiority complex combined with allsorts.
(Did you soil your bulldog shorts over the weekend, watching the ‘rugger’ and the cricket? The ones you told us you were going to wear on the make-believe beach. )
Back of the net
Touchdown
Stumped
Heh x a lot.
TenPin Terry
You see this post is what gives the game away for you – it’s the same old same old.
Like your Vlad personna who miraculously appeared just as you retired Joe F after being found out.
Both usernames have the same schtick which is repeating the same post ad infinitum like Vlad’s cut and paste ” Toady choad Putin Snot ” day in day out.
Like your repetitive obsession with a ten-year-old post from a Cork forum.
Like Joe F’s photocopied posts.
You’re a one-trick pony coming last in a donkey derby.
You lack the intelligence to be original and creative so like a dung beetle you return to the same steaming pile of ordure every time.
Basically you’re as thick as the back of a jockey’s nut sack.
( That’s enough racing metaphors – Ed.)
Hehx3™ ( don’t forget the ™ …)
GiggidyGoo
Heh heh heh. The Charger has finally lost it. Oh dear. He’s finally gotten – to himself.
Sure thing cut and paste Vlad.
The fun part is waiting to see who you replace him with as the next cretin on the production line.
You poor thing.
Hehx3™
GiggidyGoo
No need to cut and paste at all. Just type Charger Salmons into google search, and copy the first link and put it in the search bar – Congratulations – You’re Top of the pile.
Sure Have Inferiority Troubles meter in self destruct mode, coupled with Mittyitis with a large dose of paranoia.
Back of the net
Touchdown
Howzat?
Toddle along there lad – or should that be ‘lad’ with a ‘V’. Your game is well up.
TenPin Terry
…and rinse and repeat.
I take it we’ll be seeing no more of Vlad.
Will he be sent packing in the same direction as Joe F ?
The one signposted Loserville – Population: You.
Mad
I’ll miss Vlad all the same
It was funny here Saturday Timmy
The Giggidy character was rested for the entire day but as soon as I whistled she came out running looking for treats and wagging her little tail
GiggidyGoo
Oh look! Charger posts something, and almost immediately along comes Mad. That’s the type of thing that Charger would produce as ‘evidence’ that two posters are the one person.
Hahahaha. One is broke in the real sense of the word, and the other is broke intellectually. Or both double broke.
Toddle alone there lad. Up the creaky stairs to the bedsit and pave your way to the couch kicking the empty, cheap, beer bottles.
Duncan Wheeler
Sounds like you had a blast there TPT. We have a duty to get poo faced from time to time.
TenPin Terry
‘Twas a great night thanks Duncan. I loves me a bit of karaoke when I’m fluted
Lying doggo today though.
Nothing worse than a hangover when the mercury starts climbing.
30 degrees forecast today. Shade, sunbed snooze and soakage for me this morning.
Might chance a sharpener at the Captain’s Bar later as the sun crosses the yardarm and then a couple of chums fly in this evening.They’ll be looking for a tour of the town.
Troy the local dealer is offering them a welcome package of 3.5grms for USD$350.
And a free Mojito.
Enterprising chap is young Troy. He’ll go far.
What’s the weather like back home ?
Mad
The only doggo you do is when Thai Tabitha goes after you with the strap on
bisted
…oh no…there’s Alan Shatter in the Irish Times calling for the West to call Putin’s bluff…the zionist tail has been wagging the NATO/US dog up to now…no doubt Russia will be quaking at Alan’s intervention…
Hughie Luas
Well, YOU clearly are.
bisted
…he has already done the damage during his time as Min Defence…thankfully, he is now powerless…
Duncan Wheeler
+1
Mad
He’s tremendous fun though in fairness
I miss him
Trustin Judeau
zionists will do what zionists will do
“war for thee not for me”
SOQ
I don’t think that Jewish people as a group can be associated with either side.
… 210 names of prominent Russians on a list of possible targets for sanctions that was released by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018.
Dubbed “Putin’s list,” the names represent top political figures and so-called oligarchs who have amassed wealth and influence under Putin’s administration of the Kremlin.
At least 18 of the figures on “Putin’s list” are oligarchs with Jewish backgrounds, many of whom, as with the men behind the Genesis Philanthropy Group, have ramped up donations to Jewish charities around the world in recent years.
Nobody seems to know what was so different about the Australian vaccine which caused people to test HIV+, and the rest. So- does anyone know what the difference is between the Chinese one, and the rest?
Steph Pinker
Will no one wake up and smell the covfefe?
Fearganainm
Ukrainian woman and baby carried on stretcher from bombed Mariupol hospital die after surgery
Yes, that’s the woman that the UK’s Russian ambassador – along with a number of posters here – claimed was ‘the same person’ as another woman casualty of the attack on the hospital who was also pictured at the scene.
-Several of China’s largest factory cities have ordered a lockdown, halting production of Toyota cars and Apple iPhones. Theaters, cinemas and many restaurants have closed in Shanghai. The northeastern province of Jilin on Monday banned its 24 million residents from leaving the province or traveling between cities.-
…NY has lost lots quite few bars which kept blocks in dodgy foods alive at nite, a serial killer also on lose shooting homeless people as they sleep in doorways.
“Overall, liquor licenses at over 1,400 establishments, including bars and restaurants, in Manhattan have become inactive since March 2020, according to the state Liquor Authority.”
FFG will be relieved that Fitzpatricks Hotel is still open,with lots rooms for them and entourage.
johnny
NYPD NEWS@NYPDnews
WANTED for SHOOTING: Today, between 4:36 am & 6:00 am, in the confines of the in the confines of the
@NYPD1pct and @NYPD5pct, the suspect approached two homeless individuals on the street and shot both of them, killing one individual. NYPD executives will provide an update live at 9:30 PM.
‘Over time, the effects of #covid19 on heart, brain, lungs, vascular system, sensory system, kidneys & more will become better understood.
Until then, any reassurance that massive levels of infection are ‘ok’ for society is a gamble—a gamble with unknown long-term costs.’ https://twitter.com/AbraarKaran/status/1502841813094199300
Fearganainm
Northern Ireland protocol is lawful, court of appeal rules
“…The OVD-Info human rights group said that Ovsyannikova was arrested shortly after her protest and was being held in a police station in Moscow. She could face prison time under a newly introduced Russian legislation that criminalised spreading so-called “fake news” about the Russian military. Those found guilty under the law could face up to 15 years in jail. Ovsyannikova could also face legal consequences for encouraging “civil unrest” by telling Russians to protest. In a statement published by the state news agency TASS, Channel One said that “an incident took place with an extraneous woman in shot. An internal check is being carried out”. A law enforcement source told TASS that Ovsyannikova could be charged under legislation banning public acts that aim to “discredit the use of Russia’s armed forces”…”
“a votre avis
qu’avons-nous vu
de l’amour…?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSzX8ecXJpw
Threat to pay debt in rubles…gonna need a whole lot of wheelbarrows… That’s Johnny Ronan grade broke-and-need-a-bailout…
If they cant buy foreign currency, and their existing reserves of foreign currency were frozen – what other choice do they have?
Either pay in rubles or pay in gold
It could be deducted from their USD-denominated foreign reserves
They do not have the option of doing that
russian foreign reserves should be seized and used to fund the cost of the human damage to ukrainians and the cost of the reconstruction of ukraine.
I wonder how many wheelbarrows on rubles it would take to buy one of those Putin-Medical-Grade FFP2 tables…
NATO’s border, now that’s a new one.
It seems to be the main headline in all the English papers – am I the only one to get a whiff of the Brit propaganda machine in full tilt?
Yes, four papers lead with the same words- NATO’s border’ – completely coincidental of course.
That’s a fantastic pic of Tomi on the front of the Examiner. Heard him speak at the HEIT memorials in the Mansion House a few times. There’s a man who has seen things. Worth listening to and reading.
No disrespect directed towards Mr Reichental, but I see that as a cynical piece of propaganda by the Irish Examiner. I don’t remember the opinions of any Holocaust survivors on any of the recent crises with refugees fleeing war into Europe being given top billing on their front page before. Why now?
And notice he doesn’t even mention Hitler in the article yet the headline above reads “After Hitler, we said never again”. The intention is for the casual reader to infer that what’s happening in Ukraine is so dire that’s it on the same unique level as the Nazi Holocaust and that Putin is akin to a modern-day Hitler – at least, apparently in the opinion of a Holocaust survivor and what decent-minded person would argue against that.
However, looking at the smaller text, in fairness to Mr Reichental, iit becomes clear he’s making a different point – that the war in Ukraine isn’t unique War is sadly happening all the time.
“After the Second World War, we said never again. I say the slogan ‘never again’ is dead. It’s happening all the time”
What’s your point? Spell it out for us.
A loser who has no friends.
“No disrespect directed towards Mr Reichental, but”
J’ai les glands.
I find it interesting how there are a number of individuals around here who use the fact that others dare to voice an opinion is an excuse to be as abusive and personal as they like.
I suspect it is not the opinion in itself they find objectional but more about being as ignorant as possible, and trying to hurt others. That is what authoritarian thugs do I suppose, but it looks terrible for the site.
…in my case I have zero tolerance for your drunken antics and abusive beahavior,i think its totally disrespectful to your ‘hosts’,who in my opinion already indulge you enough.
This is genuinely the last time I’m going to answer any of your comments,
just to say seriously how can you post that, are you completely lacking in any self awareness ? I’m mean that’s rich Johnny. You’re hardly a model of level headed, kind or even sober posting yourself. Quote ” white trash, pram pushers, scum from Ballymun ” crap about Protestants etc.
Another thing authoritarian thugs do is invade their neighbors..
So you’re ok with the invading but not with people being mean on the internet?
Of course it’s the last time honey,just stop sub-commenting on my posts,I’ve ignored you forever,which part of self control are you struggling with,regarding your smears,you and they are just not worthy my time.
sigh
it’s not a smear if you wrote it ya big dope
jungleman being another sewer rat which pops up from time to time.
The hilarity of you labeling me a sewer rat. You aren’t fit to lace my boots.
@Kim It’s there in the first line: I see it as a cynical piece of propaganda by the Irish Examiner.
In the headline they’ve misquoted and skewed a Holocaust survivor’s observation that even though it was once said “never again” after WW2, war atrocities are happening all the time.
The Examiner is in line with much of western corporate media in trying to instil the idea that Putin is akin to a modern-day Hitler who would wreak havoc and destruction on Europe and the wider world if we stand back and let him.
It’s the manufacturing of a hate figure to give us western citizens a focus to channel all our anger at the suffering and despair being imposed upon us – which looks set to get much worse.
Don’t question whether the escalation of war by NATO leaders and all the sanctions are really in the interests of ordinary citizens, considering the devastating consequences it’s having on the global economy and food supply chains. Putin is the devil personified. He is the cause of this. There’s no alternative. ..Next up- because Hitler-Putin is causing the complete collapse of the global economy, food supply shortages and maybe even the internet, our only salvation now is to complete the transition to the new system of programmable central bank digital currencies tied to a digital ID with some Universal Basic Income to sweeten the deal.
Russia has asked China for military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine – FT. That should get Jake Sullivan jumping up and down – Looks like Putra who is no Frank Muir is playing call my bluff with Xi. If think maybe the banker Xi will suspect Putin has a pair of deuces given the way this busted flush has played his hand at the top table thus far.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10608229/Hundreds-streets-Kherson-protest-Russias-plans-create-breakaway-republic.html
Don’t think Zorro will be very popular in Ukraine after this…
Speaking of popularity- it appears that Zelenskyy’s popularity was at all time low before the Russian exercise- something you will not read from the main mouthpieces. It would be interesting to know what the current public mood is like, not just on him but also on the prospect of joining NATO.
It looks like their application to join the EU has got a very cool reception which is no surprise.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/11/eu-dashes-ukraines-hopes-of-quick-membership
And even Zelenskyy is making very down beat statements on the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO- so instead of running around playing soldiers, why doesn’t he come outright and say it? .
https://www.wionews.com/world/west-made-mistake-by-promising-nato-membership-to-ukraine-eu-foreign-policy-chief-borrell-461270
‘Russian exercise’. You absolute Toady Choad.
Of course it is an exercise because it is certainly is not an invasion.
They sent in kids and dads army in rusty old tanks. Their stated objective is to ‘demilitarise’ and the first thing they took out was six US funded bio labs.
They are playing a strategic game and the goal appears to be to force Ukraine to state its intended independence from both blocks.
Any by the looks of Zelenskyy’s latest comments about not joining NATO- it is working.
‘They are playing a strategic game’
This is magical thinking.
Maniacal to my mind.
The willingness for these toadies not to call what’s happening in the Ukraine for what it is goes far beyond their spread of disinformation during COVID.
There’s no convincing me otherwise, but Q here has to be a paid provocateur.
But like those Insta fools bellyaching in Russia.
You clearly know little about military operations Nigel if you think there is no strategic planning afoot- on both sides. A lot of ex military go into Project Management type professions because of their training.
As for being a paid shill- yes there are few around but I am certainly not one of them. After enduring the biggest psyop of our lifetimes with the pandemic, at this point, anyone who has not developed and applying their critical thinking skills, really is a lost cause.
A perfect toady response. Means you’re simply one of a number of useful idiots on BS.
I don’t know much about military strategy but I know enough to recognise when somone else is getting their Art Of War from Skeletor rather than Sun Tzu.
@ Vlad X. Novichok- if this site banned all multiple accounts- which IMO if they wish to make a profit they should do- which of your usernames would you use?
Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard as Putinbots:
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1502790665947779075
Mitt Romney is not impressed:
“Tulsi Gabbard is parroting false Russian propaganda. Her treasonous lies may well cost lives.”
https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1503113473819041796
My propaganda is better than your propaganda. It beggars belief that many on here believe the lying press and politicos this time ’round. What’s happened to peoples memories? have they forgotten how US/UK/NATO lied their way into numerous wars over the past 50 years?
Mad isn’t it? They lied about Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan, but now all of a sudden, they being 100% truthful about Ukraine.
And let’s not forget about the CoVid-19 propaganda- the truth about that is not even half out yet.
I think people claiming that the Russians are being truthful, or that Russian propaganada provides some sort of balance, are the ones being a bit mad.
Nobody is claiming such Nigel- which is why the Indian media is coming out on top these days, because they don’t have skin in the game.
…thing is Nigel…you only think the Russians may be lying…you may well be right…but thanks to WikiLeaks we know without speculation the US/NATO have lied…
You constantly present Russian propganda at face value. Your assertion that India do not have skin in the game is typical. Doesn’t India get its military equipment from Russia? The border with Afghanistan has been the locus of the Great Game between Empires since the 1800s, and the current Indian government are quasi-fascist far right nationalists.
‘you only think the Russians may be lying’
No, that’s what you think I think. Its one of a number of erroneous things you think about me.
An Indian source for you:
https://www.firstpost.com/world/russia-ukraine-conflict-pregnant-woman-baby-die-after-russia-bombed-maternity-ward-in-mariupol-10458631.html
the current Indian government are quasi-fascist far right nationalists.
At least they are not outright state approved Nazis waving swastikas eh?
EVERY side pumps propaganda in a war situation- which is why you find sources from all over, then make your own mind up.
At the moment the US administration is very much on the back foot with their dodgy bio labs. Do you honestly think that NATO and especially the US would stand idly by if the same was placed on their borders?
…hoorah…I must have interpreted your saying “I think people…blah blah…are a bit mad” wrongly…welcome to the right side of history comrade!
‘At least they are not outright state approved Nazis waving swastikas eh? ‘
Why, would you start a war with them if they were?
‘then make your own mind up.’
We’ve seen you do this and it is not an encouraging sight.
‘with their dodgy bio labs’
Case in point.
‘that NATO and especially the US would stand idly by if the same was placed on their borders?’
Putin deployed chemical weapons in the UK and barely got a slap on the wrist, I think NATO may have been cautious to a fault.
‘I must have interpreted your saying… wrongly’
This generally holds true, as a rule.
Peig on the Leaving Certifiicate cost lives.
Leaked Kremlin memo to Russian media: It is “essential” to feature Tucker Carlson:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/exclusive-kremlin-putin-russia-ukraine-war-memo-tucker-carlson-fox/
Well, whaddaya know?
…The United States even had a plan to transmit pathogens “by wild birds migrating between Ukraine, Russia and other neighboring countries.”
motherjones..
snigger
“…The document—titled “For Media and Commentators (recommendations for coverage of events as of 03.03)”—was produced, according to its metadata, at a Russian government agency called the Department of Information and Telecommunications Support, which is part of the Russian security apparatus…”
Sniggerbot Harney needs an update.
An update on Russia from motherjones..
No thanks..
I’ll be leaving that for the feeble minded.
This is the kind of non-story churnalism designed for members of the US public with below average IQ to nod their heads and say “oh yah..Tucker Carlson..Russian propaganda…knew it all along..it all fits”.
It’s called the ‘guilt by association fallacy’. If a prominent US pundit is a near lone voice on US TV challenging Western establishment narratives by making the point that an escalation of war in Ukraine by NATO and the imposing of sanctions are not at all in the interests of the US general public but instead will damage them, then why would it come as a surprise that the Russian government would want to highlight his broadcasts?
That you deemed the article worthy of sharing doesn’t reflect well.
Get back to your biographies of Lord Haw-Haw and Tokyo Rose, you might pick up some tips on how to be a really useful water carrier for your favourite belligerents.
Get back to getting shirty because no one gives one about a silly little prize won by a few people jibbering on in some obscure regional dialect
Russia is pretty much stamping out all forms of free speech and dissent and limiting the flow of information about the war to pure state propaganda, so yes, who they choose to broadcast is significant.
Thanks for that textbook example of a ‘Guilt by Association’ fallacious argument, Nigel
Thanks for a textbook example of dodging an argument by misattributing a logical fallacy.
Because one or more individuals are having their opinions broadcasted on Russian television means nothing. Tulsi Gabbard is a veteran, meaning she was willing to lay her life down for her country, which is a hell of a lot more than any of these smear merchants have probably done.
“There are 25+ US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, which if breached, would release & spread deadly pathogens to US/world. We must take action now to prevent disaster. US/Russia/Ukraine/NATO/UN/EU must implement a ceasefire now around these labs until they’re secured & pathogens destroyed”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfIOtJw6f0
Especially after what we have come through with CoVid-19, why should anyone of sane mind object to what Tulsi is demanding? That would mean an admittance by the US about what they were up to of course.
Instagram users in Russia are told service will cease at midnight
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/13/tech/instagram-russia-midnight/index.html
As opposed to yours.
Cries of anguish from young Russians as they encounter the real horrors of war – no Instagram, YouTube, McDonald’s etc:
https://twitter.com/ignis_fatum/status/1502794806598197249
Some of these people were top influencers! Has the world gone completely mad?
Enrol them for a crash course, as Gaeilge.
Short of waterboarding what else is left?
I have to wonder if McDonalds decision was more to do with supply chains? I very much doubt if all or even most of their ingredients were supplied from within Russia in which case, they will have ran out.
Reckon we sell them a lot of beef? I do
By Jove, what a night.
I’ve finally managed to get Lady TenPin up the wooden stairs to Bedfordshire after a rather raucous evening ended up in a dodgy karaoke bar.
Some dubious rapscallions and ne’er-do-wells of Central American heritage were in the audience with their interesting partners as I took to the stage for a few minutes.
Sensing a need for something uplifting and cheery to lighten the mood I called on an old favourite of mine.
Well if I say so myself it brought the house down and we were all soon knocking back Jagars and chopping out lines like it was the end of prohibition.
They weren’t such bad chaps after all.
The magic of the Chariot.
Marvellous™
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IEKXt2EfyLQ
It’s like you’re not even trying anymore. I think this has been your worst yet. Is everything okay hon?
Defending champions England slump to third successive World Cup defeat
Jäger Jaeger, not Jagar.
Walter Mitty overdosing in Mittyworld this morning.
Sure thing Vlad…
Hehx3™
Mmmm. Seemingly I’m Joe and Vlad, and Giggidy now. You have it bad Charger. Ultra-inferiority complex combined with allsorts.
(Did you soil your bulldog shorts over the weekend, watching the ‘rugger’ and the cricket? The ones you told us you were going to wear on the make-believe beach. )
Back of the net
Touchdown
Stumped
Heh x a lot.
You see this post is what gives the game away for you – it’s the same old same old.
Like your Vlad personna who miraculously appeared just as you retired Joe F after being found out.
Both usernames have the same schtick which is repeating the same post ad infinitum like Vlad’s cut and paste ” Toady choad Putin Snot ” day in day out.
Like your repetitive obsession with a ten-year-old post from a Cork forum.
Like Joe F’s photocopied posts.
You’re a one-trick pony coming last in a donkey derby.
You lack the intelligence to be original and creative so like a dung beetle you return to the same steaming pile of ordure every time.
Basically you’re as thick as the back of a jockey’s nut sack.
( That’s enough racing metaphors – Ed.)
Hehx3™ ( don’t forget the ™ …)
Heh heh heh. The Charger has finally lost it. Oh dear. He’s finally gotten – to himself.
It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if it is yourself behind the Vlad – the language is typical of your low brow Charger Salmons stuff. https://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/forums/index.php?threads/charger-salmons.209757/ A perfect example – of giving the game away even.
You’re still No. 1 in Google by the way.
Sure thing cut and paste Vlad.
The fun part is waiting to see who you replace him with as the next cretin on the production line.
You poor thing.
Hehx3™
No need to cut and paste at all. Just type Charger Salmons into google search, and copy the first link and put it in the search bar – Congratulations – You’re Top of the pile.
Sure Have Inferiority Troubles meter in self destruct mode, coupled with Mittyitis with a large dose of paranoia.
Back of the net
Touchdown
Howzat?
Toddle along there lad – or should that be ‘lad’ with a ‘V’. Your game is well up.
…and rinse and repeat.
I take it we’ll be seeing no more of Vlad.
Will he be sent packing in the same direction as Joe F ?
The one signposted Loserville – Population: You.
I’ll miss Vlad all the same
It was funny here Saturday Timmy
The Giggidy character was rested for the entire day but as soon as I whistled she came out running looking for treats and wagging her little tail
Oh look! Charger posts something, and almost immediately along comes Mad. That’s the type of thing that Charger would produce as ‘evidence’ that two posters are the one person.
Hahahaha. One is broke in the real sense of the word, and the other is broke intellectually. Or both double broke.
Toddle alone there lad. Up the creaky stairs to the bedsit and pave your way to the couch kicking the empty, cheap, beer bottles.
Sounds like you had a blast there TPT. We have a duty to get poo faced from time to time.
‘Twas a great night thanks Duncan. I loves me a bit of karaoke when I’m fluted
Lying doggo today though.
Nothing worse than a hangover when the mercury starts climbing.
30 degrees forecast today. Shade, sunbed snooze and soakage for me this morning.
Might chance a sharpener at the Captain’s Bar later as the sun crosses the yardarm and then a couple of chums fly in this evening.They’ll be looking for a tour of the town.
Troy the local dealer is offering them a welcome package of 3.5grms for USD$350.
And a free Mojito.
Enterprising chap is young Troy. He’ll go far.
What’s the weather like back home ?
The only doggo you do is when Thai Tabitha goes after you with the strap on
…oh no…there’s Alan Shatter in the Irish Times calling for the West to call Putin’s bluff…the zionist tail has been wagging the NATO/US dog up to now…no doubt Russia will be quaking at Alan’s intervention…
Well, YOU clearly are.
…he has already done the damage during his time as Min Defence…thankfully, he is now powerless…
+1
He’s tremendous fun though in fairness
I miss him
zionists will do what zionists will do
“war for thee not for me”
I don’t think that Jewish people as a group can be associated with either side.
… 210 names of prominent Russians on a list of possible targets for sanctions that was released by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018.
Dubbed “Putin’s list,” the names represent top political figures and so-called oligarchs who have amassed wealth and influence under Putin’s administration of the Kremlin.
At least 18 of the figures on “Putin’s list” are oligarchs with Jewish backgrounds, many of whom, as with the men behind the Genesis Philanthropy Group, have ramped up donations to Jewish charities around the world in recent years.
https://www.jta.org/2022/03/01/global/russias-jewish-oligarchs-and-their-donations-come-under-threat-of-western-sanctions-amid-ukraine-war
From Dublin Ireland.
“After Hitler, we said, “Never again”……. unless they’re non-white, then fupp em who cares”
Unfortunately shamefully true. Somalia, Yemen, + guilt for all of us.
NI given green light to take in war refugees.
Meanwhile.
The benefits system is fraught with difficulties, and one young Syrian woman whose child was born in September was told that the waiting time for child benefits would be 26 weeks. Her husband recently had to leave his job in a warehouse because of racism so no money was coming in.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/syrian-refugees-feel-abandoned-by-ni-government-and-inadequate-integration-strategy-stormont-committee-told-41132713.html
Children in China diagnosed with Leukemia after taking Chinese vaccines.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/international/chinas-corona-vaccine-leukemia-chinese-covid-vaccine-causes-leukemia-says-report-a473
Nobody seems to know what was so different about the Australian vaccine which caused people to test HIV+, and the rest. So- does anyone know what the difference is between the Chinese one, and the rest?
Will no one wake up and smell the covfefe?
Ukrainian woman and baby carried on stretcher from bombed Mariupol hospital die after surgery
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-14/photographed-woman-and-child-die-after-mariupol-hospital-bombing/100909436
Yes, that’s the woman that the UK’s Russian ambassador – along with a number of posters here – claimed was ‘the same person’ as another woman casualty of the attack on the hospital who was also pictured at the scene.
R.I.P.
R. I. P.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-31/russian-journalist-arkady-babchenko-turns-up-alive/9818778
…..oh.
-Several of China’s largest factory cities have ordered a lockdown, halting production of Toyota cars and Apple iPhones. Theaters, cinemas and many restaurants have closed in Shanghai. The northeastern province of Jilin on Monday banned its 24 million residents from leaving the province or traveling between cities.-
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/world/asia/china-covid-omicron-lockdowns.html
…NY has lost lots quite few bars which kept blocks in dodgy foods alive at nite, a serial killer also on lose shooting homeless people as they sleep in doorways.
“Overall, liquor licenses at over 1,400 establishments, including bars and restaurants, in Manhattan have become inactive since March 2020, according to the state Liquor Authority.”
https://nypost.com/2022/03/12/dozens-of-irish-bars-closed-in-manhattan-since-pandemic/
FFG will be relieved that Fitzpatricks Hotel is still open,with lots rooms for them and entourage.
NYPD NEWS@NYPDnews
WANTED for SHOOTING: Today, between 4:36 am & 6:00 am, in the confines of the in the confines of the
@NYPD1pct and @NYPD5pct, the suspect approached two homeless individuals on the street and shot both of them, killing one individual. NYPD executives will provide an update live at 9:30 PM.
https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1502822919839399936?s=20&t=mtqopoX_o8a_hr8f4CxKwQ
On China going back into what seems like a massive covid lockdown:
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1502947990214004737
..bars restaurants closed in NY two years ago-day before paddy’s day, now China is headed back into a complete lockdown.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says he is in Ukraine:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/ukraine-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov
‘Over time, the effects of #covid19 on heart, brain, lungs, vascular system, sensory system, kidneys & more will become better understood.
Until then, any reassurance that massive levels of infection are ‘ok’ for society is a gamble—a gamble with unknown long-term costs.’
https://twitter.com/AbraarKaran/status/1502841813094199300
Northern Ireland protocol is lawful, court of appeal rules
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/14/northern-ireland-protocol-is-lawful-court-of-appeal-rules
Major €2bn law suit ‘in flux’ as Dublin lawyers seek to drop Russian clients:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/major-2bn-law-suit-in-flux-as-dublin-lawyers-seek-to-drop-russian-clients-41445988.html
‘They’re lying to you’: Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-employee-interrupts-news-broadcast-marina-ovsyannikova
“…The OVD-Info human rights group said that Ovsyannikova was arrested shortly after her protest and was being held in a police station in Moscow. She could face prison time under a newly introduced Russian legislation that criminalised spreading so-called “fake news” about the Russian military. Those found guilty under the law could face up to 15 years in jail. Ovsyannikova could also face legal consequences for encouraging “civil unrest” by telling Russians to protest. In a statement published by the state news agency TASS, Channel One said that “an incident took place with an extraneous woman in shot. An internal check is being carried out”. A law enforcement source told TASS that Ovsyannikova could be charged under legislation banning public acts that aim to “discredit the use of Russia’s armed forces”…”
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1503445657805373446
Belgorod, Russia, March 13th 2022
Woman arrested for standing in a public place holding a flower:
https://twitter.com/cheianov/status/1502976403880484865
“Yeah, but it was the subversive way she was holding it, right?”