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bolverk replied to Eastwood's topic in Daily Texan
Summary of the latest from the Institute for the Study of War. Kremlin rejects possibility of compromise and refuses to discuss ceasefire β ISW Russia has rejected the possibility of any concessions in future peace talks regarding the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has stated that it will not make compromises, denied the possibility of deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine and dismissed the prospect of a ceasefire through talks. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: During a visit to the Moscow branch of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation on 6 March, Russia's ruler Vladimir Putin emphasised that Russia will not "give in to anyone" and intends to achieve peace conditions that will provide it with long-term guarantees. Quote: "Putin has also declared 2025 the 'Year of the Defender of the Fatherland' β underlining Putin's efforts to prioritise militarising Russian society and rallying support behind Russia's war effort in Ukraine in 2025. Putin stated that Russia 'will not give up' its 'own' territory in future peace negotiations β likely referring to illegally annexed territory in occupied Ukraine." Details: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated at a press conference that Moscow will not consider any initiatives to deploy European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. According to Lavrov, such actions would be tantamount to the deployment of NATO forces and therefore Russia would consider this move to be direct involvement of the Alliance in the war. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stressed that any proposals that might give Ukraine a "respite" on the battlefield are unacceptable to the Kremlin. Furthermore, Lavrov emphasised that Russia will insist on taking into account the so-called "root causes" of the war, which, as he claims, include halting NATO expansion and security guarantees for Russia. He claimed that US President Donald Trump understands these demands, whereas European countries are ignoring them. Quote: "Russian officials often invoke the concept of 'root causes' to allude to their demands for NATO to abandon its open-door policy and to blame the West and Ukraine for Putin's decision to invade Ukraine." To quote the ISW's Key Takeaways on 6 March: Russian leader Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials explicitly rejected making any concessions in future peace negotiations or accepting any US, European, or Ukrainian peace proposals and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the possibility of a negotiated ceasefire on 6 March. Russian officials will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to spread a longstanding Russian information operation meant to falsely portray Russian victory as inevitable. The Kremlin welcomed a Trump administration official's recent comments mischaracterising Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a "proxy war", and Russian media portrayed the statement as an admission that the United States is a participant in the war. US and Ukrainian delegations will conduct bilateral meetings in Saudi Arabia next week. Ukrainian opposition politicians rejected the possibility of holding elections in Ukraine before the end of the war. European countries continue to announce new military assistance packages and other measures to support the Ukrainian military. Ukrainian forces recently advanced on the Pokrovsk front and Russian forces recently advanced on the Kupiansk, Borova, Siversk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Russian leader Vladimir Putin attempted to assuage Russian fears about conscripts going to war amid continued reports that Russian military units are forcing conscripts to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD). -
Summary of the latest from the Institute for the Study of War. Kremlin rejects possibility of compromise and refuses to discuss ceasefire β ISW Russia has rejected the possibility of any concessions in future peace talks regarding the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has stated that it will not make compromises, denied the possibility of deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine and dismissed the prospect of a ceasefire through talks. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: During a visit to the Moscow branch of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation on 6 March, Russia's ruler Vladimir Putin emphasised that Russia will not "give in to anyone" and intends to achieve peace conditions that will provide it with long-term guarantees. Quote: "Putin has also declared 2025 the 'Year of the Defender of the Fatherland' β underlining Putin's efforts to prioritise militarising Russian society and rallying support behind Russia's war effort in Ukraine in 2025. Putin stated that Russia 'will not give up' its 'own' territory in future peace negotiations β likely referring to illegally annexed territory in occupied Ukraine." Details: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated at a press conference that Moscow will not consider any initiatives to deploy European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. According to Lavrov, such actions would be tantamount to the deployment of NATO forces and therefore Russia would consider this move to be direct involvement of the Alliance in the war. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stressed that any proposals that might give Ukraine a "respite" on the battlefield are unacceptable to the Kremlin. Furthermore, Lavrov emphasised that Russia will insist on taking into account the so-called "root causes" of the war, which, as he claims, include halting NATO expansion and security guarantees for Russia. He claimed that US President Donald Trump understands these demands, whereas European countries are ignoring them. Quote: "Russian officials often invoke the concept of 'root causes' to allude to their demands for NATO to abandon its open-door policy and to blame the West and Ukraine for Putin's decision to invade Ukraine." To quote the ISW's Key Takeaways on 6 March: Russian leader Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials explicitly rejected making any concessions in future peace negotiations or accepting any US, European, or Ukrainian peace proposals and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the possibility of a negotiated ceasefire on 6 March. Russian officials will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to spread a longstanding Russian information operation meant to falsely portray Russian victory as inevitable. The Kremlin welcomed a Trump administration official's recent comments mischaracterising Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a "proxy war", and Russian media portrayed the statement as an admission that the United States is a participant in the war. US and Ukrainian delegations will conduct bilateral meetings in Saudi Arabia next week. Ukrainian opposition politicians rejected the possibility of holding elections in Ukraine before the end of the war. European countries continue to announce new military assistance packages and other measures to support the Ukrainian military. Ukrainian forces recently advanced on the Pokrovsk front and Russian forces recently advanced on the Kupiansk, Borova, Siversk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Russian leader Vladimir Putin attempted to assuage Russian fears about conscripts going to war amid continued reports that Russian military units are forcing conscripts to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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Yeah, I don't think it's necessarily done with calculated intent but, instead, maybe a learned trait that's apparently worked out his way his whole life. Like you said, he's got a narcissistic personality disorder, and this is the way he's learned to "cope" by manipulating people. Of course, on the other hand, the contradictions could well just be a sign that he's an idiot who believes and repeats the last thing someone said to him. But I guess that's kind of the point. No one knows what he truly believes/thinks or exactly what he's going to do at any moment on a whim, and that unpredictability makes everyone feel disoriented and off-balance until he suddenly plows ahead after whatever decision process it actually is. It's perhaps not some grand revelation, but it does give me something to point to when arguing with my bewildered idiot buddy who voted for Trump and is now "alarmed," as he put it last night during a long discussion.
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I don't think I've read a similar analysis about Trump's rhetoric with this particular point, but when put in this way, the self-contradictions make sense. βYou Canβt Pin Him Downβ: Trumpβs Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover President Trumpβs shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn. What does President Trump really believe? Does he want to run for a third term, or is that just a joke? Does he intend to seize control of Gaza and expel millions of Palestinians, or is that just a suggestion? Is Black History Month a waste of time and money, or worth a lavish celebration at the White House? Anyone looking for definitive answers will have a hard time finding them. Since storming back into office, Mr. Trump has used a dizzying rhetorical tactic of shifting positions like quicksand, muddying his messages and contradicting himself, sometimes in the same day. The inconsistencies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn, allowing people to pick and choose what they want to believe about the presidentβs intentions. Mr. Trump has long dealt in distortions and lies, including in his first term. But as he executes a much more aggressive agenda at home and abroad, his contradictions have become more brazen and more pronounced. βHe says so much, you canβt really pin him down,β said Julian E. Zelizer, a Princeton history professor and editor of a book of essays about Mr. Trumpβs first term. βThe point isnβt to have a contradiction, the point is to have cover.β βThe reality of our modern information world is that you can pick and choose what you want to believe,β Mr. Zelizer added. βHe instinctively knows that.β Within hours of taking office, Mr. Trump pardoned Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted Capitol Police officers, a move that clashed with his professed support for law enforcement. He spent his first weeks disparaging diversity, equity and inclusion policies as βharmfulβ and blamed diversity efforts at the Federal Aviation Administration for a deadly plane crash over the Potomac River. But just hours after the Jan. 29 crash, he backtracked. βWe want the most competent people,β he said. βWe donβt care what race they are.β Mr. Trump has eviscerated federal programs aimed at combating inequality in America and his Defense Department announced that the military would no longer βuse official resourcesβ to mark Black History Month. Mr. Trump then marked the occasion in a formal ceremony in the White House. His foreign policy pronouncements are equally baffling. Last month, after making a stunning announcement that the United States would seek to seize the Gaza Strip, permanently displace the Palestinian population and rebuild the seaside enclave as the βRiviera of the Middle East,β Mr. Trump changed his proposal several times over two weeks, before saying it was merely a recommendation. Earlier this week, during an address to Congress, he invited Greenland to choose to be owned by the United States. βWe strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,β he said. Moments later, he suggested it may not be a choice at all. βOne way or the other, weβre going to get it,β he said. On the matter of Ukraine, Mr. Trump in a social media post called the countryβs president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a βdictator without elections.β Later, when pressed on whether he actually believed that, Mr. Trump said: βDid I say that? I canβt believe I said that.β White House officials argue that especially on foreign policy matters, Mr. Trump is showing his skill as a tough negotiator whose messages adjust to the fluidity of serious situations. An aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that Mr. Trumpβs ambiguity about the situations in the Middle East and Ukraine had pushed both regions closer to peace. βThe American public has ample opportunity to listen to the words of President Trump directly when he speaks to the press and directly to the American people on a near daily basis as the most accessible and transparent president in American history,β Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said in a statement, adding that Americans βrecognize the beauty of the art of the deal.β Throughout his career as a businessman and a politician, Mr. Trump became known as much for deal-making as he was for perfecting contradictions. Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of Mr. Trumpβs book βThe Art of the Deal,β has said the president has one goal. βHis aim is never accuracy,β Mr. Schwartz wrote in an opinion essay during Mr. Trumpβs first term, βitβs domination.β Mr. Trump has boasted about his meandering speaking style, which he calls the βweave,β and he often muses about things β like whether he should be granted a constitutionally prohibited third term β with a wink and a nod. But experts say the dissonance can become dangerous. βOnce you undermine consistency, the shared sense of reality, youβre undermining the basis of democracy,β said Jason Stanley, a Yale professor who has written books about propaganda and the erasure of history. βIf thereβs no shared sense of reality, we canβt collectively make decisions. So the only decision maker will be the disrupter in chief.β Mr. Stanley said Mr. Trumpβs contradictions boil down to a simple truth. βIf youβre constantly contradicting yourself,β he said, βyouβre constantly lying.β
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Since English is the now the official language of the US...
bolverk replied to High Plains Drifter's topic in Cloak Room
Mea culpa. Missed it. As amends, I submit a handful of quick ones: Saint Mark Body of Christ Saint Angel City of Of the River County of Shoe -
Since English is the now the official language of the US...
bolverk replied to High Plains Drifter's topic in Cloak Room
You forgot a big one: TEXAS -
Hey! When's Russia going to hold free and fair elections?
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Supposed to be a press conference with updates at some point this afternoon. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/gene-hackman-death-investigation-latest/3786571/
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We here all know the fentanyl excuse for the tariffs on Canada is a lie, but I'm posting this just as added information when you find yourself in an argument with that idiot in your life. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/upshot/trump-fentanyl-tariffs.html Free link: https://archive.is/IDE0h
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Glad to see it remains confined to those same counties. I doubt that holds up, but since I live in one of the neighboring counties, the longer it takes to get here, the better (maybe?). Dallam 5 Dawson 9 Ector 2 Gaines 137 Lubbock 3 Lynn 2 Martin 3 Terry 29 Yoakum 8 Total 198
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I didn't bother to look up the value but it did cross my mind to check. A side note, and back to Brisket's point, Street View allows you to go back in time by clicking the Month/Year thingy to see how it's changed over time. They offer up several shots of that empty parking lot, with it only occasionally having a car or two in it (I believe you have to go back to 2021 before you see a single one). But, back to *your* point, someone's obviously land banking by waiting for adjacent properties to come onto the market for acquisition and for assembling a larger site for future development and willing to offer up cheap rent right now just to keep it going derelict like those buildings on that upper block of Congress. Kind of a "duh" statement, I know.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Completely agreed. And, for the record, I've never -- not once -- thought you were hysterical in your warnings. Annoyingly repetitious at times? Sure, but your determination to make your point by beating that dead horse effectively got your point across. Congratulations on that, and I'm not being sarcastic in the least. I've pretty much been exactly where you are since the light came on for me in the early 1990s, recognizing that actual, real-life fascists were taking over the GOP and were a deadly threat to American democracy. Man, it's been a really fucking frustrating 30+ years. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/mexican-billionaire-carlos-slim-cuts-ties-with-elon-musk-s-starlink-costing-musk-7-billion-after-controversial-tweet/ar-AA1zWshm -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Back to Canada now, here's a piece about the annexation crap. TFG reportedly wants to renegotiate the border, our Great Lakes treaty, kick them out of the Five Eyes, and reconsider cooperation on NORAD. Short article. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/canada/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-letter-khamenei.html?smid=url-share President Trump said he had sent a letter to the Iranian government seeking to negotiate a deal to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He said the letter was sent Wednesday and addressed to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranβs supreme leader. The White House did not immediately respond to a request to provide the letter or further describe its contents. βThere are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal,β Mr. Trump told Maria Bartiromo in an interview aired Friday on Fox Business. βI would prefer to make a deal, because Iβm not looking to hurt Iran. Theyβre great people.β The move is a sharp pivot for Mr. Trump, who in 2018 withdrew the United States from a nuclear deal with Iran, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama. Iran did not immediately provide a response. In the interview, Mr. Trump described the letter as saying, βI hope youβre going to negotiate because itβs going to be a lot better for Iran.β βIf we have to go in militarily, itβs going to be a terrible thing for them,β he said, adding: βThe other alternative is we have to do something because you canβt let them have a nuclear weapon. On Thursday, Mr. Trump talked more broadly about his desire to see the worldβs countries eliminate their nuclear weapons. He said he hoped to negotiate denuclearization efforts with China and Russia as well. βIt would great if everybody would get rid of their nuclear weapons,β he told reporters in the Oval Office. -
Imagine what they'll do to all the fruity trust fund libs living out in Marfa and the surrounding Trans Pecos.
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This is not good news. State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas Gifted link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/embassies-consulates-closures.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.TiVj.NdfRqzX6Ob3r&smid=url-share
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UAP Pentagon Report (UFOs, Foo Fighters, Commie Drones)
bolverk replied to Doc Reeves's topic in Daily Texan
Now, this is pretty fucking fascinating and grounded in actual, real science based on recent findings. -
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bolverk replied to Eastwood's topic in Daily Texan
Sorry, no such luck. It's a vanishingly small chance of 0.004% now. We'll just have to do it ourselves. -
She really is a great actress, and you hit the nail on the head. That character is so volatile and unpredictable -- you never know when she's going to blow up. The tension in that house got me feeling like she was gonna blow up any second and murder her aunt.
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Payback for their governor standing up to him a few days ago, so he's got to be a dick to her constituents.
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