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Onvacation says

Why does the left want a war with Russia? They have been beating the drums for years.

I'll explain. Whatever party is perceived to be in "power in the government" just goes along with ANYTHING their party does. This is why so many "conservatives" were perfectly fine with going into Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, and what Geneva was fine - whatever the Republicans did in the 1980's and early 1990's was 100% FINE.

Well, "Democrats" control the government, so anything that the "Democratic party" does is 100% FINE.

Maybe 10% of the population actually engages in real thinking, and I'd say less than 1/2 of them engage in thinking about government policies or long term consequences of global politics.

RWSGFY says

We got involved in 1994 when we negotiated "nukes for territorial integrity assurance" deal. Now it's either territorial integrity or nukes back. I'm fine with either.

Nice fairy tale, just like the treaties the government signed with native tribes throughout history. A treaty is rarely worth the paper it was written on. But they make good fairy tales. Should we continue killing people in a war that is not our own, because you believe in fairy tales?

richwicks says

Onvacation says

Why does the left want a war with Russia? They have been beating the drums for years.

I'll explain. Whatever party is perceived to be in "power in the government" just goes along with ANYTHING their party does. This is why so many "conservatives" were perfectly fine with going into Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, and what Geneva was fine - whatever the Republicans did in the 1980's and early 1990's was 100% FINE.

Well, "Democrats" control the government, so anything that the "Democratic party" does is 100% FINE.

Maybe 10% of the population actually engages in real thinking, and I'd say less than 1/2 of them engage in thinking about government policies or long term consequences of global politics.

That's partially true but you left out that the Republicans had a fair share of reformation going on with Trump, tea party, America first, and God, Family, Fatherland movements within, Republicans today are very different from those in the 80s and 90s, basically ruled by boosh Family and friends neocon warmongers. The demonrats went the opposite direction since then and evolved into a retard globalist leftoid marxist party with 0 dissent allowed.

Ok, here's a prediction...Blackrock IMPLODES.

Blackrock has sold about $1 trillion worth of Private Equity holdings to unsuspecting Pension Funds. Then they added about $1 trillion to $2 trillion of debt offerings guaranteed by these Private equity firms. Blackrock has been able to value these private equity firms based on computer modelling. This has delivered the pension funds outsized returns over the years because the computer models have shown an ever increasing value. This has worked as an ever increasing amount of money has been allocated to these ponzi schemes. However, the pension funds are starting to get leery and they are starting to sell their holdings instead of adding to them. Suddenly, the models rapidly fall in value because no new ponzi money is being added. Unwilling to admit they duped these pension funds, Blackrock starts to use its mutual funds monies to buy the holdings being sold by the pension funds. Some savvy institutional investors get wind of this sleight of hand, sell their holdings and warn other institutional investors. Mom and Pop investors end up the bag holders with Trillions of dollars in losses.

This is all hypothetical, of course. We will see how much of it comes true.

https://patrick.net/post/1347754/2022-10-10-ukraine-about-to-lose-its-border-with

Prediction: Europeans will snap from their leftoid marxist globalist propaganda induced trance and fire more and more EU governments and restore peace and trade with Russia, the longer stooge zelinsky keeps warmongering w/ stooge putin the lesser welcome refugees will be.

Misc says

Ok, here's a prediction...Blackrock IMPLODES.

Interesting prediction.

And of course, if they offloaded them on pensions, then shucksadoodles! The Government will "Have" to bailout the SFH rental/buy on spec portfolio.

mell says

Prediction: Europeans will snap from their leftoid marxist globalist propaganda induced trance and fire more and more EU governments and restore peace and trade with Russia, the longer stooge zelinsky keeps warmongering w/ stooge putin the lesser welcome refugees will be.

This might be good one, given all the huge protests that alternative media show every single week. Europeans refusing to die and freeze for the Globalist elites and their insane criminal enterprises in Ukraine and the world.

Ceffer says

This might be good one, given all the huge protests that alternative media show every single week.

Yeah I like how they were trying to control the narrative on the yellow vests protests in France when they could no longer ignore them.

Yellow vests were protesting high government taxes such as for fuel.

Eventually the media went the expected path of woke statist and said the yellow vest protests were promoting white supremacy and racism.

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Ceffer says

Europeans refusing to die and freeze for the Globalist elites and their insane criminal enterprises in Ukraine and the world.

Living in a colder climate than most of Europe, I'm still confused how they're going to freeze to death. What parts of non-mountainous Europe see temps ever close to -5ºF like I'll experience here in IL this winter? I could hit -5ºF for a month and easily survive without power. Do Europeans not grill? You can keep a house warm enough over a winter on 4-5 tanks of 20lbs propane and a heater.

Would it suck. For sure. You're not going to die unless you're extremely poor and homeless. Which likely could of happened without this conflict and plenty of gas flowing to Europe. How do the homeless survive in Chicago during cold streaks in Jan/Feb? There is a lot of hyperbole about this situation.

We could profit and send 20 tanker ships with enough propane tanks to supply all of Europe for the winter in 20-30 days for residents and any other natural gas keeps businesses running that is available. Not practical or cheap, but Europe will not freeze. If 40ºF is going to freeze you, you're gay. https://www.gate1travel.com/weather/europe/

WookieMan says

I could hit -5ºF for a month and easily survive without power. Do Europeans not grill? You can keep a house warm enough over a winter on 4-5 tanks of 20lbs propane and a heater.

Where do you think propane comes from? Walmart?

Without power and proper heating, your pipes will freeze solid and burst as well.

I've actually gone through power outages for over a week in Northern NY. It's not as trivial as you make it out to be. We put food out on the porch, stuffed snow into the vegetable trays. It wasn't trivial.

https://kevinbarrett.substack.com/p/beware-of-nuclear-false-flag-blaming

Sadly, I have to predict the US will set off a nuke in order to call off the midterm elections, or maybe just to distract everyone from the vaxx deaths.

I hope I'm wrong about that.

richwicks says

Of course it is. The US has murdered, by current estimate, 9 million people over the last 20 years bombing Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya. You know who cares? Nobody, apparently.

The 9 million + people killed by the US over the last 20 years is based on a study conducted by Brown University. It is available on the university website. So I would say that it is a fact and yeah nobody cares. There is no nation on this planet who comes close to doing this, it is quite shameful and yet we continue to pontificate others and villify our own citizens by calling them terrorists.

Patrick says

Sadly, I have to predict the US will set off a nuke in order to call off the midterm elections, or maybe just to distract everyone from the vaxx deaths.

Of course Russia will be blamed (they are already messaging that through the media). Dems know that they will loose and they won't let that happen. The odds of Trump taking office are bleak, irrespective of how the voting goes.

I hope you are wrong too. And quite frankly it seems like fear mongering by bloggers and neocons to keep talking of nukes. Putin is calculated and I don’t believe he would use a nuke, especially knowing that it would open Pandora’s box.

So we are right to consider that if a nuke is used, it is likely not who they said it was that used it. Let’s hope no one is so bold and reckless as to risk a false flag attack.

End this war. Negotiate the peaceful resolution.

HIMARS will soon be firing from Kherson. The approaches to Crimea are within range. This will degrade Russian defenses/LOC's while "left wing" of the counter-offensive takes Mariupol & Melitopol by January. Then begins the decisive phase of the campaign...liberation of Crimea. https://t.co/UBk5Lc5JIO

— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) November 12, 2022

Eric Holder says

HIMARS will soon be firing from Kherson. The approaches to Crimea are within range. This will degrade Russian defenses/LOC's while "left wing" of the counter-offensive takes Mariupol & Melitopol by January. Then begins the decisive phase of the campaign...liberation of Crimea. https://t.co/UBk5Lc5JIO

— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) November 12, 2022

Ukraine already crossed the Dnieper and attacking from the West.

Not a prediction, just facts. All elections considered important by the NWO will continue to be rigged until they make their 2030 goal. Two down three to go!

NuttBoxer says

Not a prediction, just facts. All elections considered important by the NWO will continue to be rigged until they make their 2030 goal. Two down three to go!

You think Republicans will keep taking it laying down and not start cheating back?

RWSGFY says

You think Republicans will keep taking it laying down and not start cheating back?

Yes, they’re actually quite happy with the current distribution of power.

https://babylonbee.com/news/republican-party-staves-off-red-wave

RWSGFY says

You think Republicans will keep taking it laying down and not start cheating back?

All politicians cheat, but this is a uni-party, so the cheating is coordinated. What I want to know is will you take it lying down? Will the American people? I hope the answer to that is FUCK no.

NuttBoxer says

What I want to know is will you take it lying down? Will the American people? I hope the answer to that is FUCK no.

Of course they will.

Let me make this obvious to you. The US has bombed 7 nations in the last 20 years. Can you even name them? If you can, can you name the excuses the US did to bomb them?

Most Americans have no idea what is going on, and they don't care. That's reality.

richwicks says

The US has bombed 7 nations in the last 20 years. Can you even name them? If you can, can you name the excuses the US did to bomb them?

Nazis, bioWEAPONS labs and Satan!

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

The US has bombed 7 nations in the last 20 years. Can you even name them? If you can, can you name the excuses the US did to bomb them?

Nazis, bioWEAPONS labs and Satan!

I would seriously be embarrassed if I had to be you.

Is it too much to ask you to say something coherent and thoughtful? You never do.

The Arizona legislature is going to impeach Hobbs and Fontes right away for failure to perform their duties.

You see in AZ they put through limiting abortion. Our current milksop governor said we weren't gonna enforce that until Jan. 1.

I do not see either the Democrat governor or the Democrat AG enforcing that law. So, they are gone.

They forgot to steal the down ticket offices.

Booger says

Ukraine already crossed the Dnieper and attacking from the West.

That turned out to be partisan activity, not the regular Ukrainian army.

tomtomtom says

Gas prices will jump about $1 after the upcoming elections (once they stop spending the strategic reserve).

One week after elections and no $1 jump in sight.

Eric Holder says

tomtomtom says

Gas prices will jump about $1 after the upcoming elections (once they stop spending the strategic reserve).

One week after elections and no $1 jump in sight.

We'll see in time. First the "elections" aren't over, and second, there is no economic incentive for the rulers to keep energy prices low.

https://patrick.net/post/1377738/2022-11-21-unstoppable-crash-worse-than-2008-coming

https://patrick.net/post/1341513/2021-09-26-walker-will-unseat-unhinged-leftoid

RWSGFY says

https://patrick.net/post/1341513/2021-09-26-walker-will-unseat-unhinged-leftoid

AP called the race for Warnock.

Eric Holder says

tomtomtom says

Gas prices will jump about $1 after the upcoming elections (once they stop spending the strategic reserve).

One week after elections and no $1 jump in sight.

So Georgia runoff is done. Awaiting $1 jump tomorrow.

https://patrick.net/post/1336460?start=1955#comment-1904163

gabbar says

Patrick says

I suppose at some point, when the crime is egregious and out in the open, the FBI and DOJ have to pretend to do something, even if it disrupts the Democrat crime machine temporarily.

Well, except for Hunter of course. He can commit any crime and they will always do nothing.
gabbar says

Patrick says

I suppose at some point, when the crime is egregious and out in the open, the FBI and DOJ have to pretend to do something, even if it disrupts the Democrat crime machine temporarily.

Well, except for Hunter of course. He can commit any crime and they will always do nothing.

His pardon letter must have been signed and ready to go long time back.

Sometime next year Ukraine will become another Iraq/Syria. A completely destabilized shit hole. Another casualty of the US MIC.

NuttBoxer says

Sometime next year Ukraine will become another Iraq/Syria. A completely destabilized shit hole. Another casualty of the US MIC.

theyll blame putin, and keep sending weapons. if iraq is any indicator on how we handle those things.

im prepping for a downturn economy.

CPI is 7.1%. The Fed Funds rate is 4.5%. I predict the Fed Funds rate will be 5.5% by May 2023 and CPI will be between 4.5% and 5.5% also.

I see the Fed holding steady the Fed Funds rate at 5.5% and then lowering it if CPI is below 3.5% and unemployment is over 6.5%.

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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

NuttBoxer says

Sometime next year Ukraine will become another Iraq/Syria. A completely destabilized shit hole. Another casualty of the US MIC.

theyll blame putin, and keep sending weapons. if iraq is any indicator on how we handle those things.

im prepping for a downturn economy.

I’m prepping for the return of Jesus, then there will be 7 years of great tribulation.

Matthew chapter 24 was written to people who have a Hebrew world view, so this should not be understood as addressed to the Christian church.... verse 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

False Christs
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Witnessing to All Nations
(Mark 13:10-13; Luke 21:10-19)

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

The Abomination of Desolation
(Mark 13:14-23; Luke 21:20-24)

15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Henry Kissinger's prediction of what would happen if Hanoi Janes don't get their wish of collective West surrendering to Pukin:

The preferred outcome for some is a Russia rendered impotent by the war.

... the dissolution of Russia or destroying its ability for strategic policy could turn its territory encompassing 11 time zones into a contested vacuum. Its competing societies might decide to settle their disputes by violence. Other countries might seek to expand their claims by force.