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How to win friends and influence people:

https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/putin-was-right

The world is starting to realize that Ukraine was a massive psyop and money laundering operation.

Which means that Putin was kind of right about the whole Ukraine thing.

This is why the Deep State conditioned the world to believe everything Russia says is “disinformation”. They knew that Putin knew their schemes, so they weaponized nearly all media around the globe, via Soros’ USAID influence machine, to make the public believe anything Russia says is a lie.

In reality, it was all to cover up their own lies and criminality in Ukraine. This is why the MSM have been screeching about “Russian collusion” and “Russian disinformation” since around 2014. The Deep State knew that Putin knew, so they weaponized the media against him, the same way they did Trump.

You just lived through the most advanced information and propaganda war in human history. The people you have been taught to hate are actually the good guys, and the people you have been taught to worship are actually the most evil people on the planet.

Patrick says

To be fair Putin is a dictator as well. If you're an executive in office for 20+ years, that's a dictator regardless of their bull shit elections. I think most would agree with this, I wouldn't want Trump in office for 20 years. Why? Everyone disengages and the guy in charge just gets to do what he wants.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/blowback-monday-february-24-2025

Yesterday, the National Post ran an arresting story headlined, “Trudeau joining world leaders in Ukraine for summit on third anniversary of war.” It’s another emergency counter-summit! More talking! And, in Kiev. In the midst of the war. I guess this means they aren’t that worried about Putin, after all. One Oreshnik missile could take out Canada’s lame-duck Prime Minister and most pesky EU ministers.

Good point. Clearly Putin could do that, so why doesn't he?

So, the great "Kyiv in 3 days" SCHMO has entered the 4th year of quagmire.

It'd be the equivalent of the US staging a massive invasion of Mexico, going all the way to Mexico City, then kicked out half of the occupied land, get Pacific Fleet sunk, suffer a million casualties, deploy donkeys and camels to the frontline, advance whopping 25 miles after a year and half of constant assult.... and then, on top of everything, Texas gets invaded and held by the enemy for 7 months (and counting), refineries being drone-bombed every night, Fed rate at 20%, mortgage rates at 42% (with 60% minimum downpayment).... and this is all according to plan!

Greated like liberators indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trL_vgX9oSc

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/binges-and-purges-wednesday-february

There’s no deal done yet. Zelensky is notorious for pulling out of deals, as the Russians have learned the hard way, more than once. But the Kyiv Post confirmed that a deal was agreed on, and Zelensky will come to Washington on Friday to sign. In response to a reporter’s question, President Trump said the mineral “and other” rights were to pay back the $500 billion that Ukraine already owes us— and the draft deal doesn’t include any additional military aid or security guarantees.

From what we can tell, it still sounds like a good deal for Ukraine. The Financial Times, which claimed to have seen the final agreement, reported that Ukraine would reluctantly pay income mineral mining into a fund to invest in projects in Ukraine. Like rebuilding the war-torn country, for instance. The U.S. would own a stake in the fund, with the precise terms to be worked out in future agreements.

But it seems clear that the money flow will reverse. Instead of America dumping cash into Ukraine, it will begin moving the opposite direction. Progress.

On Saturday, to wild mockery from corporate media, the Trump Administration said it expected a deal completed this week. They’re used to the speed of Biden.

https://x.com/ivan_8848/status/1894173018361885092

Patrick says

There’s no deal done yet

There's no deal period. It's a worthless memorandum just like the Budapest Agreement.

OkDOGEisAmountingToSomething says

There's no deal period. It's a worthless memorandum just like the Budapest Agreement.

It's the first step in the process. Wait and see what later comes to fruition.

Democrats and left wing authoritarians hope the war continues.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-can-forget-about-nato-says-trump-thats-probably-reason-why-whole-thing-started

Here's a great take on the history of the Ukraine war, what and how I remembered it all got started as well.
The guy is a never Trumper though, but he's spot on about Piers and how the Ukraine war was started.

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1895528201713283105

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1895527936939487722

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1895531744146944461

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-meets-zelensky-says-minerals-deal-be-signed-today-will-use-ukraine-rare-earths

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1895574080302338148

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/a-great-fall-saturday-march-1-2025

But yesterday, before the world’s gimlet eye, Zelensky shattered that illusion for all time with his own words. His breathtaking sense of entitlement, his arrogant demands for American guarantees, and his utter lack of gratitude all reinforced what so many of us have known for years: Ukraine isn’t an ally. It’s a bottomless money pit of ever-more-reckless demands, managed by a cartoonish madman who thinks he can order the United States around.

Trump’s irate response wasn’t just the latest chapter in a long-running geopolitical drama—it was a long overdue reckoning, a mark of emphatic punctuation. In a single, unscripted moment, Trump and Vance did what no Western leader has so far dared to do: pull back the plush curtain on Ukraine’s war racket.

https://babylonbee.com/news/zelensky-tries-bold-new-strategy-of-insulting-the-people-hes-begging-for-money-from

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1896222587229004252