On 2024-05-30 7:20 a.m., RonB wrote:
> On 2024-05-29, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On 2024-05-29 11:18 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-29, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-05-29 3:46 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-05-28, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-05-28 12:05 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2024-05-28, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-28 2:04 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-28, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-27 8:27 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-27, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 May 2024 11:17:04 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been using only Opera for many years now, but about a week ago I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> uninstalled it in favor of Brave, which does a great job blocking ads.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/06/introducing-opera-one/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That one? Wise choice. What could go wrong with an AI powered browser
>>>>>>>>>>>> owned by the Chinese?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I thought Opera was still based in Norway. It looks like I'm about 8 years
>>>>>>>>>>> behind the curve on this one.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That said, I think I would rather have the Chinese government spying on me
>>>>>>>>>>> rather than the CIA, NSA, etc. via U.S. social media sites.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How about neither?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not going to happen. But what's the Chinese government going to do to me?
>>>>>>>>> I'm more worried about what my government is going to do.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, they might label you as an anti-Communist threat and hunt you down
>>>>>>>> the moment they invade and take over the United States. It seems
>>>>>>>> unlikely until you realize that they already have sleeper agents in the
>>>>>>>> country who can easily take down the vulnerable grid using a few EMPs,
>>>>>>>> and how America has already bankrupted itself militarily by supplying
>>>>>>>> all of its weapons to Ukraine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> China is basically a materialistic country. Their prime object is to make
>>>>>>> money and the United States is one of their biggest customers. I don't think
>>>>>>> they want an empire, just like Russia doesn't want an empire. I'm more much
>>>>>>> worried about the people running the United States. They're the crazed ones.
>>>>>>> They're the ones pushing for the New World Order, where we'll all be eating
>>>>>>> crickets, own nothing and "like it."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The media has been telling me that China's economy is doing very poorly,
>>>>>> and that if America just continues, it will eventually go bankrupt and
>>>>>> adopt capitalism. Of course, they also thought that Russia would go
>>>>>> bankrupt and that the current war of attrition will lead to a Ukrainian
>>>>>> victory. I'm starting to wonder if the media is ever right about anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> In their attempt to isolate Russia, the "West" is isolating themselves.
>>>>> BRICS will soon have almost all of Africa and South America, most of Asia
>>>>> (including China and India), most of the Middle East (including Iran and
>>>>> Saudi Arabia) and most of Eurasia. In out attempt to isolate Russia we're
>>>>> destroying the PetroDollar and we're cutting ourselves off from most of the
>>>>> world's oil and gas production, most of the world's natural resources, and
>>>>> the biggest industrial countries (China and India). Almost all trade between
>>>>> Russia and China used to be done in dollars (and our country got its "vig"
>>>>> from every exchange) — now almost all trade between Russia and China is done
>>>>> in rubles or yuan. Russia and China have created bank exchange mechanisms
>>>>> that no are longer dependent on the "West" controlled SWIFT system. Biden's
>>>>> puppeteers aren't exactly brilliant. Their sanctions have hurt Europe and
>>>>> us.
>>>>>
>>>>> Europe is basically irrelevant now, and the U.S. is swiftly following them
>>>>> into the swirling toilet of Woke suicide.
>>>>
>>>> When the war started, people with common sense were already saying that
>>>> there was no way it was going to end well for Ukraine or for anyone who
>>>> decided to get involved. The right thing to do would have been to stay
>>>> out of it, let Ukraine realize that it couldn't win, have them make a
>>>> deal with Russia and spare itself massive casualties. So, obviously,
>>>> Boris Johnson needed to tell them to stick with it and the Woke
>>>> countries of the West had to pump up the country with a ton of money,
>>>> probably hoping that their populations would clamor to send soldiers
>>>> too. All our leaders saw were military industrial complex dollar signs,
>>>> and it didn't matter to them one bit that such a conflict could result
>>>> in World War 3 and the oblivion of every living thing on Earth.
>>>
>>> I think they thought they could take Russia down with sanctions. The problem
>>> is that we've got inbred morons running our country and Russia has Putin. He
>>> anticipated their tactics and prepared well for them.
>>
>> Russia knew that the West would try the sanctions and prepared for them.
>> There's a reason things cost less in their supermarkets than they do in
>> ours. It should be embarrassing to all Europeans and Americans how much
>> more expensive life is in our side of the world.
>>
>>> The right thing for us would have been to stay out of it. The right thing
>>> for Ukraine would have been to abide by the Minsk Agreements they signed.
>>> But even back in the 90s Soros was already writing about using eastern
>>> Europeans (Slavs) to fight against Russia because the "NATO countries
>>> wouldn't be able to handle their people coming back in body bags." These
>>> pieces of crap don't give a damn about the Ukrainians. They're using them for
>>> cannon fodder. Now even old men, kids and women. Of course the corrupt
>>> (bought and paid for) leaders of Ukraine stay well away from the actual
>>> fighting. Worthless, corrupt cowards.
>>
>> It truly is a shame to see so many White Christians being decimated for
>> absolutely no gain. By conquering Ukraine, Russia gets a zone which has
>> natural defenses against the West if a war is declared against them. By
>> continuing a war they cannot win with Russia, there is absolutely
>> nothing that can be gained by the Ukrainians.
>
> Zelensky is not trying to gain anything for Ukraine. He's licking the boots
> of his masters in Washington, DC and London. His whole goal is not to save
> Ukraine, but to "weaken Russia." He's even used those words. He doesn't give
> a damn about those he's sacrificing as cannon fodder. Since he's no longer
> legally the president (even by western Ukraine "standards"), since he didn't
> hold elections, the Russians don't have to worry about "ending" him. But I'm
> guessing they figure he's more useful to Russia "in office," since his
> greed, corruption and callous disregard for his own countrymen is probably
> more demoralizing than the Russian missiles.
>
> What a pathetic piece of groveling shit.

He's only a "pathetic piece of groveling shit" if your eyes are open and
your brain is responsive to common sense and facts. Let's ask DFS and
Joel Crump what they think.

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Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
TG: @AndrzejMatuch
Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king.