On 2024-05-30, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> 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.

You're applying the word "think" to Joel? Maybe it would work better for
DuFuS since, I think, he's only purposely obtuse.

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