Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

China's Economy is slowing and this isn't a surprise as it's economy was always built on sand.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2...aggressive

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-62830775

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...nomy-risks

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/china-e...c-slowdown

[The Architect Of Fate]

Also, Bel The Kremlin Gremlin mentioned French protests earlier

https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/...kraine-war

More than 41,000 people across France have protested against the Russian invasion of Ukraine this weekend, including 16,000 in Paris. Banners read “Save Ukraine” and “Killer Putin”.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Sadly many leftists in the west have come down with WDS (western derangement syndrome) where the west is automatically a gang of super-villains and despotic regimes like Putin's Russia are given undue charity on their motivations or justifications.

[Silver]

Russian MP calls for Putin to 'stop lying' to the Russian public over Ukraine war
Unilad

A Russian politician and former army officer has called on top officials in the government to 'stop lying' to the public over their invasion of Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is not going well at all and now his own politicians are admitting on state TV that Russia is trying to cover up serious problems with how it's going.

Russian MP and former army officer Andrey Kartapolov told propagandist Vladimir Solovyov live on TV that 'the lying has to stop' as telling the public the war is going one way and them discovering it's untrue is dangerous.

Read further:

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Kartapolov, head of the Duma's defence committee, warned that attempting to keep the news of Russian failure away from the public could be a bad idea for Putin's regime, saying it 'may lead to a loss of trust'.

He argued that the Russian people were finding out the truth of Ukraine's successes on the battlefield from the Telegram messaging app, with the news of the war a contrast to the messages they were getting from official state media.

Kartapolov also hit out at the lack of supplies available to Russian troops, claiming there wasn't enough kit for the troops recently mobilised into the war.

He said Russia 'could call up any number we want' in terms of new troops, but said that was 'not the point' if they couldn't 'supply and equip' soldiers for their invasion.

That loss of trust might already have happened considering the numerous protests in Russia against mobilisation while thousands of people have fled the country to avoid being dragged into Putin's invasion.

Meanwhile, some of those troops who have been conscripted have asked Ukraine how they can surrender as easily as possible, while others have been complaining that they've been given 'rusty' weapons.

Painting a grim picture of a lack of supplies and equipment for Russian troops already trying to invade Ukraine, let alone many more called up to fight, Kartapolov was asked: "How are we supposed to win?"

He said that without enough weapons to win the war a Russian victory would require 'wholehearted faith in the motherland, in our commanders', which is probably not what the hundreds of thousands of reservists called up would want to hear.

Russia's invasion is going badly as they are losing towns taken in the early days of the invasion following a highly effective series of counter-attacks from Ukrainian forces.

Military experts have said the momentum in the conflict is currently with Ukraine as they retake their territory seized in the early days of the Russian invasion.

The bridge between Russian-held territory in mainland Ukraine and Crimea recently partially collapsed after a massive explosion destroyed a chunk of it, damaging a key line of supply in an area of Russian occupation.

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[The Valkyrie]

Well, he's about to fall out a window.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Well, he's about to fall out a window.

I give him three days tops....

[Deesse23]

destroying the pipeline wipes out Germany's industrial capacity and pretty much ensures a far weaker EU for the foreseeable future. 

Wtf are you talking about?

[The Architect Of Fate]

destroying the pipeline wipes out Germany's industrial capacity and pretty much ensures a far weaker EU for the foreseeable future. 

Wtf are you talking about?  

Indeed considering there are other pipelines. This claim is simply absurd...

[Belacqua]

Russian MP calls for Putin to 'stop lying' to the Russian public over Ukraine war
Unilad

A Russian politician and former army officer has called on top officials in the government to 'stop lying' to the public over their invasion of Ukraine.

I'm glad that people are calling out government lies. 

I remember back in the run-up to America's invasion of Iraq, the government and the corporate media were lying about as much as it's possible to lie. It was pretty amazing.

One foreign correspondent for the New York Times who had been reporting from the Middle East for years stood up and called on the top officials in the government to stop lying. He was fired immediately, of course. He was literally booed off stage where he had been invited to speak. In the end everything he said turned out to be true.

It's interesting to hear what this same correspondent, Chris Hedges, says about the current war. 

Anyway, it's no surprise to hear that the government in Russia is lying. And we know from experience that the US government lies just as much. So we should be careful who we believe.

[The Architect Of Fate]

I'm glad that people are calling out government lies. 

Yup too bad you keep repeating Russia's

I remember back in the run-up to America's invasion of Iraq, the government and the corporate media were lying about as much as it's possible to lie. It was pretty amazing.

American news has nothing on Russian state media on its willingness to lie 

One foreign correspondent for the New York Times who had been reporting from the Middle East for years stood up and called on the top officials in the government to stop lying. He was fired immediately, of course. He was literally booed off stage where he had been invited to speak. 

In Russia calling out the government, they flipping kill you for criticizing the government 

It's interesting to hear what this same correspondent, Chris Hedges, says about the current war. 

Yup, only this time they are telling the truth so trotting out Iraqi as a way to defend Russia is absurd.

Anyway, it's no surprise to hear that the government in Russia is lying. And we know from experience that the US government lies just as much. So we should be careful whom we believe.

No, it freaking doesn't lie as much that the two media aren't comparable. Holy false equivalency batman. One is a government propaganda network that will kill you if you don't tow the party line and doesn't even attempt to be anything else. The modern US has nothing even close to that.


This is ADS (American Drangment syndrome) plain and simple.