It is slowly dawning on some Russian bloggers what an absolute devastating loss the war is for Russia. Not a single strategic goal has been achieved, but a trillion USD wasted, plus more a million Russian casualties. The worst is even yet to come. The gap between Russia and the major economies in terms of technology is far greater than it was when the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia future is bleak and even some ardent Russian nationalists cannot mince words for what is coming.
So how many tax breaks did we give away, and how much water and electricity were wasted, for dudes in Indonesia to make these videos to get millions of views?
The list of nations in the Middle East/Southwest Asia where they could be safe/would be welcomed is basically...nobody. A few spring to mind, but they would be too close to the Israelis or the Saudis (or one or the other could reach out and get them).
Couldn't steal the 2016 and 2024 elections even though a Democrat controlled the White House and DOJ. But stole it in 2020 when Trump controlled the White House/DOJ. Wait, are they saying Trump willingly gave up the Republic to somebody who stole the election? This is going to be glorious to watch their ratings go into the shitter as they turn into NewsMax.
Most of the cast has remained quiet for various reasons. Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers) who directed a lot of Community episodes, has publicly stated he was there when Chase quit/was fired and has talked about Chase’s meltdowns. I’m not sure if Jay was the one who fired him, more likely the show runners/producers, but he was pissed. He witnessed some of the bullshit directly, while some of it happened while he was elsewhere but then he was told immediately about it.
So there are reports the Russians and Chinese are flying in lots of hardware to help the regime put down the protests, but I'm still wondering if those aircraft are really there to fly people out. Supposedly up to 70 cities are protesting, and you see stuff like this:
@PTINS see below, it seems like they are going for more total destruction of fuel storage and other facilities, using more drones at once (probably identifying which facilities have no air defenses). Or their precision has gone up.
Even the brainwashed Russians suspect that they weren't wished a happy new year by the real Putin, but by an AI-generated version of him. Several arguments for this theory are being presented on Russian channels: - The dictator's head appears to move independently of his body. - The sleeves of his coat look empty, as if there were no hands there. - Putin didn't say that the year was "difficult," as he does every year. - Russians are reporting that even pensioners have noticed this. ——- It is odd how much his head floats around/above the collar.
Damn @KYHorn That is a bit of a leap in capabilities. And hopefully if word gets out, will make some air defense crews reluctant to turn their systems on.