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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 2h

"If your boyfriend is at a Trump rally, he's Trump's bitch and not yours."

"If your girlfriend is at a Trump rally, you're the Beta Dog in the relationship."

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 2h

Has anyone asked the NRA how they feel about this?
Can anybody find them?
I haven't heard from them in such a long time.
They used to say something every week years ago about protecting gun ownership and the 2nd amendment.
Now it's just crickets.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 2h

If we add in the number of young men who have fled Russia, their situation looks even more dire.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

I suppose it's possible that a catastrophic collapse of the Russian economy could cause a panic among the Russian forces in Ukraine and they begin retreating en masse.
But the Russian economy is showing signs of distress and not collapse.
So maybe Zelensky knows something that we don't?

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

"Sir, I have a cunning plan."

"What is this cunning plan, Baldrick? Is it like your last cunning plan that we remove a naval gun emplacement from the beach and slap it onto a tank chassis? Creating a monstrosity so ugly that the Germans run away from the sight of it?"

"Uh... never mind, sir."

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

I envision a day, years from now, when Ukraine has completed retaking the 4 oblasts and Crimea and have destroyed the Crimea Bridge.
Then Zelensky informs Putin that he must give up 10 km deep of Russian soil as a defensive border zone for Ukraine.
And watch Putin start crying.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

The only good news that Putin ever receives at his meetings are from his generals lying to him about the small gains they are making on the front in Ukraine.
Otherwise, everyone else is reporting bad news to Putin.
The status of the economy, oil, gas, gas lines, coal, agriculture, etc.
No good news.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

Will somebody please just give Trump a Peace Prize so he will shut the fuck up?
Just make one up.
Give him a prize for ending the border war between Cambodia and Armenia.
Even though they're 4,000 miles apart.
We'll know it's a joke, but Trump will think that it's real.
He'll be so proud of it.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

Most military analysts I've read admit that China will take Taiwan before we can mobilize and move into the region enough forces to prevent China's invasion of Taiwan.
Then our next step would be to retake Taiwan from China.
But with Trump, he'll just say "China won the land".
And he'll do nothing.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

I understand the argument that if a certain percentage threshold of protestors is achieved, that policy can be altered.
But that was in the past, against sane governments.
Not against tyranny.
Not against dictatorship.
Why would they alter policy when they can make elections no longer matter.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h

I join in these protests, because you have to do something to resist.
However, I don't see how these protests, however large, will alter the path that Trump, MAGA, Evangelicals, and Christian Nationalists have chosen.
If 30 million had protested, I don't see this changing their policies.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 4h

I went to a No Kings rally in a small town.
I haven't received my protest check from George Soros yet.
Anybody else get theirs yet?
Just me?
Not sure how much longer I should wait until I demand to see the manager.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 4h

They're not going to get Hamas to disarm.
Disarming would mean signing their own death warrant.
Nobody would do that without massive concessions or rewards.
Which nobody is willing to concede them.
So Gaza will rebuild.
And Hamas will rebuild.
Also, this is a strange ceasefire.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 4h

Showing off to close family and friends from the privacy and protection of their large, luxury underground bunkers on their own private islands.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 4h

One of the biggest reasons that Russia was a threat in the past was its large standing army of armor and artillery, backed up by huge stockpiles of armor and artillery in reserve.
That's all gone now.
Standing army is dying, and the stockpiles have been emptied out of all decent equipment.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

Oh God, give me strength.
Now they're getting Elon Musk involved.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

It doesn't even require all of Europe to build up in order to resist Russia.
Ukraine, Poland, and Finland can give Russia a bloody nose.
Russia is no longer a superpower.
Russia does not have the GDP to build up enough to invade Europe.
Russia can only harass and threaten.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

And how exactly would Russia win this future war?
They seem to think that Russia would be the only country building up its military and resources.
Like Ukraine and Poland and Germany and everybody else would just sit back and do nothing.
Weird.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

Trump's dementia is in full swing.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

I guess Russia is going to make fewer titanium golf clubs, huh?

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

What is titanium used for in Russia?
Oh, that's right.
The military.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

More indicators of Russia 'winning'.

"Workers in the company’s main hub in the city of Verkhnyaya Salda said they have had little or no work since October.
VSMPO-Avisma is the world’s largest titanium producer, accounting for 90% of Russia’s total output."

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/20/r...

Russian Titanium Giant Cuts Workweek Amid Falling Demand - The Moscow Times

Russian titanium producer VSMPO-Avisma will shift part of its workforce to a four-day week from Dec. 1, citing the need to maintain operational stability as demand weakens, the company said.

www.themoscowtimes.com

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

OMG
The insanity just keeps coming.
A tunnel from America to Russia.
Even worse, a tunnel from Alaska to the Russian Far East.
Think about that for a while.
Take all the time you need.

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

Oh wait.
Corruption.
That is increasing.
That is definitely on the upswing.
Big uptick there.
Could break new records.
Record growth in corruption.