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  • #189281
    those darned kids
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    imagine tdk speaking english!

    #189282
    zerosum
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    Imagine nobody denying/avoiding the bankruptcy problem #1.

    #189290
    Mister Roboto
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    @Mr. House: I do think it’s very likely that Raul is in some sort of pronounced health distress right now.

    #189291
    Dr. D
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    Is the U.S. responsible? Suppose you’ve been “A Band of Brothers”, been through a war, years, 250 years in fact. Have you seen some s—t? Yes. Have you don’t some s—t? Yes. And you’re not special in that. All the other nations did worse. Please bring it up and we’ll mark it, start legal cases, and push in the right direction. However, most of what I see is, Well, Band of Brothers should be taken off the field in the Black Forest because bad things happened. Then we stop and cede the field to the Nazis for being too moral ourselves. Is that REALLY what we want? And is now REALLY the right time for that?

    You see that in the 4th turning, where FDR above – who I think is a Socialist, a tyrant and a bully – was ALSO assassinated 3x or something because he wasn’t Nazi, Socialist, Bully ENOUGH. He was trying to cut a deal where we didn’t have a full on Russian Revolution where the American Experiment was extinguished and we handed the Colonies back to Britain. And THEN what happened? Gee, after the war, this battle settled, ppl weren’t in the mood and made sure labor got wages, some things were straightened out, culminating in luxury fixes like Civil Rights. Would we have got that if we stabbed FDR in the back for being a billionaire Wall St Vulture Capitalist like he was? Or for being a Socialist-lite as he was? No, the country would have fallen altogether. These are your choices, Adult-Man. Those are you choices with Lincoln, the same, defying all laws, all reason, arresting his enemies even in the Press and Congress…and those are the same adult choices now.

    That’s called “The Fourth Turning.” It’s a s—t sandwich and you’re gonna take a whole slice. If you dont’ like it, do your duty in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Turnings, impeach and arrest everyone in the 20s or the 1990s but nobody ever does.

    Now: AGAIN, 4th time, 5th time? They’re pissed off, they had it all planned out, Trump got in the way, they (finally) adjusted plans to corner him into the world war nuclear exchange that kills a billion-odd people. You see that with “Muh China enemy”, Bannon, Napolotano, Ritter, Fox, all positioning, then backstabbing like Brutus when he doesn’t “Stay on the Plan” of nuking and mass-murdering everyone for Raytheon. Wow, that wuz quick? Thought you guys were for Maga and against war, guess not.

    Aaaaaaannnnd what I’m up to today: Trying to box Trump into to “Gol Suh, you impune my honor! You got my dander right up!” The bridge, the drones, the sub bases: Why Now? Why THIS week? To screw up the peace talks, yes, to get Russia to swing back, yes. But word for you: TACO.

    “Trump Always Chickens Out”

    And I don’t believe for a second that’s a real thing. And that DID get his goat, which doesn’t happen much. Chickens out of what, you took a paint can, threw this on him, and claim it’s his organic reputation.

    Yeah, “Always Chickens Out” of starting WWIII in Europe, same as they started and got us in WWI and WWII, and the Yanks always come to Europe’s “Defense”. (Defense is not when you BLOW UP Europe, sirs) and fix all their problems for FREE and take the BLAME while weakening ourselves. So this is part of trying to EMOTIONALLY force Trump into not “backing down”, leaving NATO. Great! Good idea! This was pointed out with Larry Johnson at a public talk, Womenzfolk melting down “But the chillenz! Chamberlain! Appeasement! Muh Russia will be in Paris!!! Wahhhhhh!!!” He says, “Great, um, what do you want to stop Russia WITH, ma’am?” Soooo…we gonna nuke ‘em? Soooo… YOU are going there, here’s a rifle and a hat? Oh, your CHILDREN, your BROTHER is going to go get blown to pieces by Russian Artillery fire? Right?

    Oh, it’s completely different when you have to ADULT and DO something. So what do you plan to DO? Send the 2-5 Million Americans it would take there to fight Moscow in a total war, leveling everything East of Munich out the Urals that somehow won’t do worldwide nuclear exchange on Omaha, Atlanta, NY? Women: “Man: you have to go DO something, fix this, I don’t care how and I won’t lift a finger to help.” Uh-huh.

    “And if you don’t go all get killed, Nuke one BILLION people, means you’re a coward and you don’t loves me.”

    Uh-huh. I think this relationship is done. No. That’s what they’re trying, that’s what all their plans are down to now.

    All these events point to this being long planned, they fell back, but they still think they can force Trump into the war they way they did Roosevelt.

    Citizen: That is a Pesh-Kabz, three-sided dagger for puncturing chain mail, in Pakistan, not too far from there.

    Yes, There’s no doubt Raul is in trouble somewhere. I hope he planned well. Will Day open his blog to us? Or will we cast to the winds?

    #189292
    John Day
    Participant

    Quoth Raul Ilargi Meijer: “Eye infection, .serious,. Say hello to everyone..”

    #189293
    John Day
    Participant

    TDK posted this, about a pregnant woman, injected with Pfizer vaccine at 34 weeks gestation, who gave birth to a baby without vital signs at 35 weeks gestation. That baby was vigorously resuscitated, and lived with multiple immune dysfunction and blood clotting anomalies, which apparently lead to death at 3 years of age, as there are “post mortem” tissue studies.

    Amyloidogenic Fibrils in a Post-Gestational Case of mRNA Vaccine Exposure: Structural, Pathophysiological, and Biosecurity Perspectives
    How Biowarfare Attacked The Children
    https://kevinwmccairnphd282302.substack.com/p/amyloidogenic-fibrils-in-a-post-gestational

    #189294
    John Day
    Participant

    Quoth Dr. D: “Will Day open his blog to us? Or will we cast to the winds?”

    Very light traffic Google blog, censored by “Alphabet” with 3 take-downs: http://www.johndayblog.com

    Much Better (mirror) Substack (always free): drjohnsblog.substack.com

    These are both what you regularly see here. I cut and paste 5 links at a time, the maximum this comments section will accept.

    #189295
    John Day
    Participant

    @TDK: John Quincy Adams is one of the 2 US presidents from which I am descended, according to my Grandmother Day. Guess the other one.

    Grandmother Day and her mother, who had grown up in a Quaker safe-house, that had sheltered runaway slaves, explained to me about why “some people were very dark, not like Mexicans, but black”, when I was four and asked.
    Grandmother Sibley was called downstairs for this serious education session, as I still recall. “Our family was always against slavery”, as it was explained to me.

    #189296
    those darned kids
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    i was about 10. my dad would get complimentary tickets to see the detroit tigers play.

    (he hates baseball – he’s english.)

    but, he loves his kids, so.. he’d take us.

    so, we’re going down michigan ave., my dad, me, my buddy john, and my buddy paul.

    my buddy john says, “hey, look at all the niççers!”

    the brakes on the van “SCRRRREEEEECCHHH!!!!!”

    “GET OUT! IF YOU’RE GOING TO TALK LIKE THAT, YOU CAN WALK.”

    10 year-old john is probably still shaking today.

    i hope he learned a lesson, too.

    my dad’s my hero.

    #189297
    Topcat
    Participant

    So I guess the situation with Trump is hopeless if the guy doesn’t even have a working cell phone so he can speed read through Zerohedge or Judge Nap or TAE while he’s taking a crap in the bathroom and his staff/handlers can’t take the phone away from him.

    Trump must have zero curiosity about what’s actually going on in the world to be in a self imposed ‘disinformation silo’.

    No one in his own family can ‘get to him’with a News Flash? Really?

    “I don’t know nothin’ about nothin” seems like a choice on Trump’s part, not an excuse for being clueless.

    Alexander from the Duran thinks Putin will just have a tit for tat response to the airfield strikes, not an over reaction.

    It’s clear there will be no diplomatic peace to the Ukraine Problem.

    All that’s left is a Bone Crushing Military Defeat of the West by Russia.

    If the Deep Shit State wants to respond with nukes, Russia and China will respond and vaporize the West.

    As Putin already said ‘if we must go to Heaven at least Russians will be welcomed there….’

    The Fourth Turning

    #189298
    Topcat
    Participant

    #189299
    Topcat
    Participant

    #189300
    zerosum
    Participant

    Coincidence problem

    Sandoz Prednisolone 1% eye drops are a topical anti-inflammatory medication used to treat eye conditions like allergic reactions and inflammation. It contains a corticosteroid called prednisolone, which helps reduce swelling, redness, and itching.
    Sight is affected.

    #189301
    zerosum
    Participant

    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    I’m using one drop/hr. for one week
    It seems to be helping

    #189302
    zerosum
    Participant

    TAE is this weird place where I come to exchange my knowledge/information.

    #189303
    those darned kids
    Participant

    all this war blahblah war and plans and weapons and ideologies and blahdeblah and his fault and their bombs and their tanks and blahblahdeblah and and and we’ve got to stop the enemy who hates our keep you eyes on your fries blah and the wheels on the bus their plan to destroy and bunkers and stations and lookouts and hideouts and secret secret secret until the blood.

    just the kind of life i want to pass on to my kids.

    (i’d much rather be poor than have a nice 401-kcar funded by the murder of others.)

    #189304

    Many wars are fought in darkness,
    Hiding out from prying eyes.
    Eyes that push for escalations;
    Eyes that want to break the nations;
    Eyes that would prefer the starkness
    Of destructive escalations.

    And in time those people who want chaos
    Find the rotted leaders who betray us.

    If I understand the Optimists like Krainer, Luongo, and Dr. D, Trump and Bessent are attempting to take down Davos/Europe. It’s tricky business and requires misdirection because there are enemies inside our own leadership. Breaking London is key, for wars are protracted things, and this is part of the ongoing Revolutionary War.
    In this scenario, Trump’s acting abilities are crucial to keep the enemy confused and out of the loop of the real negotiations.
    I’m afraid that the West has a large population that wants out of the ennui created by smart phones, the Covid Maneuver, and now the AI Diversion.
    There are no Organians to save us from ourselves. It will have to be more of “The Day of the Dove” where we laugh away the war grinders and stop dancing like monkeys on our own.

    As the crazy-ass banksters push harder for war,
    Some tap out resistance on keyboards and phones.
    But the bankster’s persistence might settle the score,
    And we may be reduced to mere shadows of bones.

    #189305
    Topcat
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    #189306
    Topcat
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    #189307
    Topcat
    Participant

    #189308
    Topcat
    Participant

    Take matters into your own hands Dimwits

    #189309

    They want to know what he’s up to-
    He’s making sure that they don’t.
    Keeping them guessing’s a one-two
    Punch in the face so they won’t.

    [or, if you prefer]
    World War Three will be a picnic!
    We’ll invite a bright Oreshnik.
    /s

    Trump is actually using “He always lies!” as a weapon against the warmongers.

    The scene from Gone With the Wind: the women sit in a sewing circle as Melanie reads to them. They anxiously await news of their men, who have gone to a “political meeting”. Scarlett, with her addled Theory of Mind, wants to know what the hell is going on.

    We all want to know what the hell is going on, but sometimes it is best we keep our mouths shut, for the enemy is just outside the door.

    War runs on secrets and lies. War is not stopped by The Truth.
    War stops when one of the parties says in Good Faith, “I surrender!”

    #189310
    zerosum
    Participant

    Are you looking for Alternative to Tariffs
    https://www.economicprinciples.org/downloads/how-countries-go-broke-part-1.pdf
    Ray Dalio: how countries go broke pdf

    #189311
    thomasjkenney
    Participant

    @Germ re: TVASVVF

    My mom passed this AM, peacefully. She was already suffering dementia (maybe >5 yrs?) when the ghouls conned her into getting the shot. Gullible? No.

    So, Germ… I cordially invite you to go fuck a glory hole and contract a fierce case of syphilis. May your passing years be painful and full of frightening visions.

    The incompassionate are so very very fucked.

    #189312
    those darned kids
    Participant

    i hope to see the day war stops because we grow up.

    #189313
    those darned kids
    Participant

    thomasjkenny: firstly, most sorry to hear of your loss.

    i’ve so many family and friends (for whom i pray)..

    as to germ’s position, i may only humbly offer that perhaps he, too, is a victim in this most wretched affair, and that his dismissals are his (misguided in my view; i did address this with him, but..) way of dealing with the fear, worry and pain that has been placed upon all our lives.

    may your mother forever rest in peace, knowing that her boy has become a caring man.

    #189314
    Topcat
    Participant

    Chinese Nationals Caught Smuggling “Agroterrorism” Fungus Into America’s Breadbasket

    https://www.zerohedge.com/food/chinese-nationals-caught-smuggling-agroterrorism-fungus-americas-breadbasket

    They said they were doing “research” on these deadly fungus at Univ of Michagan.

    If that’s true, why not through normal acquisition channels?

    I would execute these Chi-Com clowns ( after ‘interrogation’) in the middle of a soccer stadium in front of their familie, they they do in Communist China.

    Problem solved

    #189317
    Germ
    Participant

    @thomas Sincerely sorry for your loss.

    TVASSF

    #189318
    ₿oogaloo
    Participant

    Wishing Raul a speedy recovery.

    #189320
    Dr. D
    Participant

    pron

    Got your back.

    Yes, Parents, that’s my thesis. It wasn’t easy to come by, since as I’m rightfully criticized each day, it looks dumb, apologetics, etc, all burning time for yet another political con. But being honest, it can’t be. It’s like they’re saying right now “Trump actually wants to attack, that’s why he didn’t recind all CIA drone-op programs, etcetc” Yeah, that’s not false, ya know? Yet IF he really wanted that, he would have done it. Boom, done in one. That is NOT happening. Yet we’re going forward wo going forward…in this confusion, so…what?

    That’s when you start looking at these details that are honest and NOT just confirmation bias that it’s all Black Pill, Trump is an idiot, or whatever. That’s how it works, the REASON he can say/do this for US, the People, is precisely because the other side can’t see it, only operate on narcissistic superiority complexes, dismissal of us and Trump as maggots and idiots, weaklings, etc. So long as they do that, it’s safe for him to hint to us. But is it a bunch of words? Not really, if you were screwing us and double crossing the American people really, you wouldn’t take such a bizarre, tortured path. Like Hillary, you’d say, I have every office, go do it. The Derp State, being what they wish to do, would instantly obey for a change. We’d all be in jail already and 1B would be dead already. It’d be over. That can’t be the case.

    Then he’s just a fool, right? No, that’s back to the “Banana Peel” problem. Go ahead and say he doesn’t know, no one says either for his fault or bc of bad actors surrounding him – and no doubt that’s true for all men in power, question is ‘how much?” — but then he slips on a banana peel and does a backflip 10,000 times in a row. No, that defies all possibility as well. Whatever’s happening it’s not that. Therefore, it’s half f-kkkery, people lying, withholding opposing, backstabbing; and half misdirection, and he’s moving forward trying to get cred plus also informing us on the outside in the “Q” fashion, so popular support can endure.

    I keep looking but I don’t know how you avoid this conclusion. But we do look to see if it’s NOT true each day.

    #189323

    From “Bobby McKay” over at zh (a reminder why I have stopped traveling abroad):
    CEPI and the U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND), announced a new agreement on May 28, 2025, that will enable the two organizations to collaborate on projects that expand global defenses against disease outbreaks”.
    Nipah virus.

    It almost seems like much of the government “functions” without a head. ö

    #189324
    those darned kids
    Participant

    donald trump loves you so much, he’s contracted palantir to make sure you can never leave..

    #189325
    zerosum
    Participant

    Decision Tree

    Spending cliffs decisions/options/choices

    1. Medicaid/social programs
    2. Military/reduce the size of the empire
    3. Bankruptcy/laissez-faire/depopulation/de-complexity/simplify

    #189326
    those darned kids
    Participant

    CEPI = Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

    funders?

    yep, bill and melinda

    yep, wellcome trust

    ¡¡¡NIPAH, HERE WE COME!!!

    (better stock up on t.p. and N-99 masks..)

    #189327
    those darned kids
    Participant

    Bill Gates Doctor D asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!! DJT.”

    december 27, 2024

    #189328
    those darned kids
    Participant

    these people hate you for your metabolism.

    #189329
    John Day
    Participant

    What Is Inevitable https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/what-is-inevitable

    The Honest Sorcerer, So This is How the Oil Age Ends, Not with a bang but a whimper… Then a boom?
    ​ The age of oil ends when new oil becomes too expensive for buyers to buy, and at the same time too costly for producers to extract — not when a suitable replacement is found and deployed at scale. Recent data from S&P Global shows that oil​ &​ gas capital investment costs have surged to new heights globally, even as the price of oil has plunged to depths not seen in many years with no demand rise in sight. What follows will be anything but a “sustainable, diversified, and more resilient global energy system” — rather a dislocation lasting decades into the future.​ https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/so-this-is-how-the-oil-age-ends

    “Inequality Will Become Scary”: Artificial Intelligence Mutates from Assistant to Aggressor​ https://en.topcor.ru/60500-neravenstvo-stanet-pugajuschim-iskusstvennyj-intellekt-mutiruet-iz-pomoschnika-v-agressora.html

    ​ Jobs replaced by AI? ‘Shadow’ police force removing homeless from downtown Nashville, state trooper says
    Working for a private entity, state troopers are using unmarked cars to arrest homeless people in downtown Nashville.​
    ​ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – On May 9, Michael Lambert was determined not to be arrested again.
    The homeless man, sitting on Lower Broadway, hoping to attract donations with a humorous sign about his dog sitting beside him, abruptly stood up.
    ​ WSMV4 Investigates watched as another man, wearing a bright yellow shirt reading, “Downtown Ambassador,” leaned in to talk to Lambert.
    After the man walked away, we approached Lambert.
    ​ “What did he say to you?” asked WSMV4 Investigates.
    “He told me I couldn’t sit, I had to stand up,” Lambert replied.​ Lambert knew better than to argue.​ https://www.wsmv.com/2025/05/29/shadow-police-force-removing-homeless-downtown-nashville-state-trooper-says/

    ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Includes Billions for Government AI Programs
    ​Congress’s gigantic reconciliation bill, which passed the U.S. House last month, includes billions of dollars for artificial intelligence and machine learning program investments.​
    The bill sets landmark goals for the implementation of AI in government agencies, defense preparation and social services tracking.​….
    ​..The bill also imposes a 10-year ban on state and local governments from enforcing laws that would regulate the development of data centers powering artificial intelligence.​ https://patriot.tv/big-beautiful-bill-includes-billions-for-government-ai-programs/

    #189330
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Samsung may incorporate Perplexity’s AI tech in its phones
    Samsung is closing in on an investment in AI search startup Perplexity that would also see the Korean tech giant incorporating the AI company’s tech into its devices, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
    ​ As one of the biggest investors in the AI company’s new fundraising round, Samsung is discussing having Perplexity’s app and assistant pre-installed on its phones and integrating its search features within the default browser, the report said…
    ​..Samsung is not alone in looking to integrate Perplexity features. Bloomberg previously reported that Apple has thought about adding Perplexity as a search engine option to Safari, and in April, Motorola announced a partnership with Perplexity to power AI features.​ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/samsung-may-incorporate-perplexitys-ai-tech-in-its-phones/

    Technocravy News: Trust Me, AI Friends Are Not Your Friends​ https://www.technocracy.news/trust-me-ai-friends-are-not-your-friends/

    P​alantirs are all seeing crystal balls from Lord of the Rings: White House Taps Palantir for Government-Wide Database Surveilling Americans​ https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/white-house-taps-palantir-for-government-wide-database-of-americans/

    ​ More Details: Kerch Bridge Explosion In Crimea, What Did Trump White House Know?
    ​Agents planted mines on underwater supports and detonated them on Tuesday, the Ukrainian Security Service, known as the SBU, said in a statement on Telegram. The SBU said the operation took place over several months and left the bridge in an emergency condition, which couldn’t be independently verified.​..
    ..Meanwhile, the million dollar question remains: was all of this sanctioned behind the scenes by the Trump administration, or are we really to believe Washington was kept out of the loop on all this latest escalation which could put the US/NATO on the path to nuclear-armed confrontation with Russia?​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-strikes-kerch-bridge-crimea-underwater-explosives

    ​Lots of spy planes in the air: NATO Watches as Ukraine Strikes – But is NATO Feeding ISR Info to Ukraine, Live? https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/nato-watches-as-ukraine-strikes-but-is-nato-feeding-isr-info-to-ukraine-live

    #189331
    John Day
    Participant

    US Refuses Air Cover For European ‘Reassurance Force’ In Postwar Ukraine​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-refuses-air-cover-european-reassurance-force-postwar-ukraine

    Gilbert Doctorow, Russia-Ukraine War – White House Confirms Donald Trump Was Not Informed About The Attack
    ​ There can be little doubt that the USA and Britain were active in the planning and for some time in the implementation stages of Spider Web. Most likely Britain was a participant right up to the launch of the attack.
    ​ The operation took advantage of the vulnerability of the Russian bombers out in the open that was mandated by the New SALT arms limitation treaty. The Russians have suspended their participation in that treaty but pledged not to violate its terms. Clearly, they kept to their word. And equally clearly the USA under Biden egregiously violated the treaty by enabling the Ukrainian attack on those jets.
    ​ If I were Vladimir Putin, which I am not, I would say to the States that there can be no talks, no extensions or new treaties on arms limitation until and unless the USA and Britain admit to their foul play and pay compensation for the damaged jets. We will see in the immediately coming days what Putin actually does to exact a price from Russia’s enemies.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/wion-india-russia-ukraine-war-white

    John Helmer, What Is Putin To Do Now?​
    ​ A well-informed Russian military source says Putin has decided not to retaliate for the moment. The launch of the Oreshnik is unlikely now, the source believes; perhaps later “only if there is certainty that Trump will not deliver. But [now] maybe a measured one [strike] to help him focus.”
    ​ The source explains Putin’s decision-making. “The political functionaries [Kremlin, Foreign Ministry] have their focus on the Memorandum and expect it will be signed. Now we wait for Trump to deliver. Rubio sent [Senator Lindsey] Graham to [Vladimir] Zelensky to accept it. He talks best with Zelensky. Our side has some more patience before replying to the ‘terror attacks’ [sarcastic laughter]. This is because all the assurance we have from the Americans is that the outcome of discussions will be positive. A Russian military response of large proportions can wait. We have patience. It will happen if [emphasis] Trump will not deliver Ukraine on Memorandum-1.”
    ​ Putin confirmed this at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other officials. Putin did so by ignoring the Ukrainian attacks on the five nuclear bomber airfields. Focusing only on the bridge and railway attacks in Kursk and Bryansk, he called them “a targeted strike against civilians, and for all international standards such actions are called terrorism. All crimes that were committed in relation to civilians, including women and children, on the eve of the next round the proposed peace talks in Istanbul were certainly aimed at disrupting the negotiation process. [This was a] strike on the civilian population intentionally. This only confirms our fears that the illegitimate regime in Kiev, which once it had seized power, has gradually degenerated into a terrorist organization, and its sponsors become Accomplices of terrorists.”
    ​ Lavrov responded at the meeting, also by avoiding explicit mention of the airfield strikes: “Despite all this, Vladimir Vladimirovich, and despite the new major criminal provocations in the last few days, I would consider it important not to succumb to these provocative actions, clearly aimed at disrupting negotiations and continuing to receive weapons from European countries.”
    ​ Russian retaliation, it has been decided and now announced publicly, waits on the Trump Administration to respond to the Russian terms which have been tabled in Istanbul. Read Sections I, II, and III of the Russian Memorandum here.
    ​ Over the 72 hours since the Kiev regime claimed credit for planning and executing the successful attack on Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet, Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth have kept silent.​ https://johnhelmer.net/what-is-putin-to-do-now/

    ​ Trump Breaks Silence On Brazen Ukraine Drone Op In Lengthy Putin Call
    ​After two days of deafening silence from the White House on Ukraine’s Sunday massive drone assault, dubbed ‘Operation Spider’s Web’ – which took out many key Russian aircraft, including long-range strategic bombers and likely even Russia’s extremely rare A-50 Radar Plane – President Trump has finally reacted publicly.
    ​ The president revealed he has held a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, which significantly lasted about an hour and fifteen minutes. Trump warned that peace is not very close on the horizon and that the two leaders covered several pressing issues in their conversation.
    ​ “We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides.” Trump went on to call it a good conversation, however “not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.”
    ​ That’s when Trump clarified that “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.”
    ​ The Russian leader’s words are consistent with Dmitry Medvedev’s ominous words issued the day prior, wherein the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said “retribution is inevitable”. Medvedev had warned of what’s coming:​ “Our Army is pushing forward and will continue to advance. Everything that needs to be blown up will be blown up, and those who must be eliminated will be.”​ …
    ..President Trump did not have foreknowledge of the Ukrainian cross-border operation. (But did US intelligence? very likely so.)
    ​ The fresh Truth Social statement was further taken up with Iran. “I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion,” he wrote.
    ​ The US President concluded, “It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-breaks-silence-brazen-ukraine-drone-op-long-putin-call

    ​ RT interview: “’Zelensky won’t be around long enough for his opinions to matter’ — Professor Gilbert Doctorow”
    ​ I gave an interview to RT which focused on the outcome of the negotiations in Istanbul earlier in the day between Russian and Ukrainian delegations. Those talks ended in a major achievement with respect to exchange of ailing prisoners of war, to POWs under age 25 and to exchange of the bodies of those who fell in enemy territory and were left behind by their comrades. These exchanges will bring great joy to the relatives of the live POWs and will bring closure and financial compensation to the relatives of the fallen. However, as regards the main reason for the parleys, exchange of memoranda on the respective Ukrainian and Russian visions of the end-game and a comprehensive peace treaty, what we know of the memoranda indicates that the sides are very far apart. In essence, each of the warring parties is demanding that the other side capitulate.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/rt-interview-zelensky-wont-be-around

    #189332
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Transcript​ of RT interview, 2 June​
    RT: What is the end game here then? Do you think Zelensky and his Western supporters are even interested in a long-lasting peace?
    ​ Doctorow:​ I don’t think Zelensky will be around long enough for what he’s interested in to make any difference. Assuming that there is no resolution in Istanbul of meetings, round three comes up, of the fundamental differences, when two sides are each asking the other side to capitulate, I think that we’ll move back to the United States, because the real action is going to be there when the US Senate presents Mr. Trump with a nonstopable, a non-vetoable bill setting new harsh sanctions, financial and economic sanctions, on Russia. Then we will enter a new stage.
    ​ And I predict the outcome of that will be that Mr. Trump walks away from Ukraine and he accepts responsibility for the new sanctions, which he will say are put in place to moderate the Russian position and bring the size of the Russian peace. And he will then also stop all US military aid and financial aid and intelligence aid to Ukraine for the same justification: to make Ukraine more willing to find a peaceful settlement.
    ​ And the United States will walk away. “We’re leaving this to the Europeans”, who also will walk away after a two- to three-month grace period in which they pretend to support Ukraine, but do not actually support Ukraine, and spend all their time speechwriting, trying to agree a narrative that they can present to Western media for why they’re throwing Ukraine ​under the bus.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/06/03/transcript-of-rt-interview-2-june/

    Full Ceasefire Possible Only If Ukraine Pulls Back Troops, Holds Elections: Moscow​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/istanbul-talks-conclude-feared-massive-russian-military-response-ukraine-hasnt-come

    ​ Russian civilians who tried to down Ukrainian drones to be rewarded – governor (VIDEO)
    A clip showing people risking their lives while approaching the UAVs in Russia’s Irkutsk Region has gone viral​ https://www.rt.com/russia/618499-irkutsk-drone-stone-ukraine/

    ​ Hegseth will skip meeting on organizing military aid to Ukraine in first for the US
    America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet on Wednesday.​ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/06/04/hegseth-will-skip-a-meeting-on-organizing-military-aid-to-ukraine-in-a-first-for-the-us_6741978_4.html

    US Refuses Air Cover For European ‘Reassurance Force’ In Postwar Ukraine​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-refuses-air-cover-european-reassurance-force-postwar-ukraine

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