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Dang, that's a Vranyo class armoured troop transporting cruiser, if I'm not mistaken. Nice hit.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dang, that's a Vranyo class armoured troop transporting cruiser, if I'm not mistaken. Nice hit.
Definitely. The problem is not so much Trump, as the fact that someone like Trump can be elected in the first place. Why make any deals or agreements with the US, if they are potentially four years away from electing someone who will tear them all up again?
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Definitely. The problem is not so much Trump, as the fact that someone like Trump can be elected in the first place. Why make any deals or agreements with the US, if they are potentially four years away from electing someone who will tear them all up again?
I really wonder what it would take - and what it would cost - to say the words aloud officially: The American president is compromised and puts his person above that of the country. It ought to be treated a horrible crisis for the US. But its parties nurture normalcy bias to a fatal degree.
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I really wonder what it would take - and what it would cost - to say the words aloud officially: The American president is compromised and puts his person above that of the country. It ought to be treated a horrible crisis for the US. But its parties nurture normalcy bias to a fatal degree.
The word "could" carries a lot of weight in that sentence.
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The word "could" carries a lot of weight in that sentence.
Novorossysk was already hit before. The Russians were aware of the danger, took measures ... and failed to prevent another attack. There is nowhere else to hide. The mariners probably sleep poorly wondering who's next.
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Novorossysk was already hit before. The Russians were aware of the danger, took measures ... and failed to prevent another attack. There is nowhere else to hide. The mariners probably sleep poorly wondering who's next.
I suspect Xi is making some calculations on whether that will even be worth it, considering the option to go north instead.
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I suspect Xi is making some calculations on whether that will even be worth it, considering the option to go north instead.
"Leaving your defensive fortifications is a precondition for the enemy to being their attacks to an end", more like. The US should be nuking the snot out of Russia, not parrot their demands.
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Leaving your defensive fortifications is a precondition for the enemy to being their attacks to an end", more like. The US should be nuking the snot out of Russia, not parrot their demands.
Nine deaths across two separate non-combat incidents would be a pretty bad *year* for most air forces, but it's a quite regular week in Russia.
December 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nine deaths across two separate non-combat incidents would be a pretty bad *year* for most air forces, but it's a quite regular week in Russia.
It shouldn't be too difficult for Russia to escape its difficult position. Troops out of Ukraine, Putin & co. out of windows, negotiate on reparations (realistically, the West will stretch far here if other issues are resolved), accept that the times of empire are gone, reopen for business.
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It shouldn't be too difficult for Russia to escape its difficult position. Troops out of Ukraine, Putin & co. out of windows, negotiate on reparations (realistically, the West will stretch far here if other issues are resolved), accept that the times of empire are gone, reopen for business.
Or the back. Depends on how you define the midpoint, really. In any case, it is probably not meant to do that.
December 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Or the back. Depends on how you define the midpoint, really. In any case, it is probably not meant to do that.
Thats a lot of seababies...
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thats a lot of seababies...
So now Belarus will finally come and help CSTO member Armenia, which was attacked by non-member Azerbaijan a couple of years ago, without CSTO lifting a finger? Or is CSTO still merely an excuse for Russia to commandeer the armed forces of its neighbouring countries?
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So now Belarus will finally come and help CSTO member Armenia, which was attacked by non-member Azerbaijan a couple of years ago, without CSTO lifting a finger? Or is CSTO still merely an excuse for Russia to commandeer the armed forces of its neighbouring countries?
Only the northern parts of the Urals are truly mountainous, though. The mountain range only goes halfway from the Arctic Sea to the Caspian, and the Kazakh steppes take over. It's easier by far to control a border along a river. Yenisey would be the most convenient, as it runs from mountains to sea.
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Only the northern parts of the Urals are truly mountainous, though. The mountain range only goes halfway from the Arctic Sea to the Caspian, and the Kazakh steppes take over. It's easier by far to control a border along a river. Yenisey would be the most convenient, as it runs from mountains to sea.
It's Yenisey or Ob, then. Which would make either Krasnoyarsk or Novosibirsk the primary border town. The odds would sadly not be great for Mongolia's independence in either case.
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's Yenisey or Ob, then. Which would make either Krasnoyarsk or Novosibirsk the primary border town. The odds would sadly not be great for Mongolia's independence in either case.
Manchuria plus interest. Gotta wonder where the border will be in ten years. Lena river, Lake Baikal, Yenisey river, or Ob river?
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Manchuria plus interest. Gotta wonder where the border will be in ten years. Lena river, Lake Baikal, Yenisey river, or Ob river?
How fitting that the video opens with a shot of an empty bottle. The very symbol of modern Russia.
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How fitting that the video opens with a shot of an empty bottle. The very symbol of modern Russia.
If the Russians themselves acknowledge that there could be a crisis as soon as a year from now, the crisis is already ongoing and accelerating.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If the Russians themselves acknowledge that there could be a crisis as soon as a year from now, the crisis is already ongoing and accelerating.
Another reason why all shadow fleet vessels should be boarded and towed to the nearest port immediately.
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another reason why all shadow fleet vessels should be boarded and towed to the nearest port immediately.
Maybe we could offer him a Trump-named state as a slice of the pie, as it were? Trumpchatka, Trumpmansk, or even St. Donaldsburg? It's all there for the taking if he wants to put in the resources. Melania Zemlya is another one up for grabs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Maybe we could offer him a Trump-named state as a slice of the pie, as it were? Trumpchatka, Trumpmansk, or even St. Donaldsburg? It's all there for the taking if he wants to put in the resources. Melania Zemlya is another one up for grabs.
Incoherent rambling for 30 minutes before some closing remarks about the size of inauguration crowds.
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Incoherent rambling for 30 minutes before some closing remarks about the size of inauguration crowds.
Nah, the right will keep licking his shoes even as he is reduced to sitting drooling in a wheelchair and ordering airstrikes on Disneyland. And the left will be stuck debating whether they should file a motion to write a poem condemning the action.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nah, the right will keep licking his shoes even as he is reduced to sitting drooling in a wheelchair and ordering airstrikes on Disneyland. And the left will be stuck debating whether they should file a motion to write a poem condemning the action.
"Death is just about the best you can possibly hope for!" might not be the inspiring slogan they think it is.
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Death is just about the best you can possibly hope for!" might not be the inspiring slogan they think it is.
What happened at Baikonur was that the engine service platform for the launch pad wasn't stowed properly and got shaken loose when the rocket launched. The rocket itself was unharmed, but the pad is out of operation.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What happened at Baikonur was that the engine service platform for the launch pad wasn't stowed properly and got shaken loose when the rocket launched. The rocket itself was unharmed, but the pad is out of operation.