NewStats: 3,264,079 , 8,182,524 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 03:02 PM 2u3213

Simeonjoe1:


Most times airdefenses doesn't work that way. They are not what you see in Hollywood movies, they operate by proximity fuse sending numerous shrapnel of various across a 50m radius.
Those shrapnel hitting engines, fuel areas and others is what is responsible for taking down an areal target.

The holes seen on this plane is consistent with airburst system. This is no engine explosion,
The whole back tail end is covered with hundreds of holes of high penetrating projectiles, and engine damage won't give you that.

My initial position is that a traditional Air Defense SAM will destroy that plane and there'll be no survivors.

We have several instances of that happening.

Instead this plane crossed the Caspian Sea and the pilots were able to correct its gyrations, with great difficulties of course, until they were a few kilometers out from the airport.

The two official statements, which might end up being wrong, are the Russians saying the accident was caused by a bird strike and the Kazakhs saying an oxygen cylinder exploded in the plane.

This is a Russian pilot who landed a plane in a cornfield after a bird strike disabled both engines.
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2019/aug/16/russipilot-safely-lands-jetliner-disabled-bir/
And you can use Google to see pictures of planes impacted by bird strike.

Of course, nothing can be ruled out, but you can see why normal people wait for investigations to be concluded.

-Lord

Gbadebo19:

I repeat, you are a fool. Everything damn rubbish you wrote is based on your own personal speculation which is not in consonance with any of the reported probabilities so far. Read and stop exposing your transparent brain on a public forum.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/azerbaijan-airlines-crash-sparks-speculation-200517076.html

Everything in this report suggests that the plane was most likely shot down as it was mistaken for a Ukrainian drone due to the fact that
1. The place where the crash occured was militarized by Russia.
2. Grozny was currently under attack as at the time of the crash.
3. The plane took a significant detour which in normal circumstances doesn't happen. This points to a GPS jamming.

We might catch cruise and do all sorts here, it's just not your type they are talking about when the word "intelligent" is being used

Buffoon, this is what happens when an Air Defense SAM takes out an airliner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752
And this by the Americans - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

It destroys the airliner and kills everyone on board.

Any one can speculate but the drones Russia shot down did not crash in Kazakhstan.

And stop typing rubbish!
All three points you just shared are a pile of horsesh*t.

1. The plane crashed in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is not militarized.
2. The Ukrainian drones were shot down over Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia and neighboring Ingushetia. Not in Grozny.
3. The plane took a detour for several reasons. One, the authorities in Grozny informed the pilots of fog. That's why they couldn't land in Grozny. GPS jamming does not automatically lead to detours. This is the NYT quoting an aviation journalist who states this

"According to Andrei Menshenin, an aviation journalist, GPS jamming and spoofing could make piloting uncomfortable but was unlikely to have caused the crash.

“Every day hundreds of planes fly though areas where GPS spoofing is happening,” he said in response to written questions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/world/europe/kazakhstan-plane-crash.html

An investigation is underway and we'll learn what happened.
While everyone is patient, you and your Siamese id**t are running around prematurely saying reports already suggest the jet was shot down.

Because you both have single digit IQ, you can't even get your theory and the basic facts right.
You're the special kind of cretin who would still fail an exam despite copying from a straight-A student.
How hard is it to wait? Will you atrophy if you wait a few weeks for a definitive official from the Kazakh authorities?

For the rest of the thread who want clarity on the crash.
The shoot-down theory has its merits.
1. Russia has deployed a new class of Air Defense systems for anti-drone warfare. These systems have smaller warheads that explode in proximity to their targets. When they explode, they release shrapnel.
2. The inward-piercing holes at the rear of the jet are consistent with shrapnel impact.
3. It is speculated that the shrapnels damaged hydraulics and electricals at the rear of the jet that made controlling the jet difficult.

There are lots of questions, which is why every normal person is waiting for an investigation. The jet flew for several more minutes after the accident. They couldn't return to Baku so the pilots made inquiries for any airport close by to make an emergency crash landing. They opted to cross the Caspian Sea to land at a Kazakh airport. And were about a few kilometers out when the crash occurred.

The pilots are heroes.

The rear of the jet is mostly intact, so there'll be definitive conclusion if indeed it was impacted by a Russian system.

-Lord

Gbadebo19:

So, because it's early, we should disregard a statement made by a survivor?
Do you really have anything like matter in your head?

Survivor's is unreliable in this situation.
Bird strikes generally lead to explosions of the engine. Look it up.

The Kazakh authorities confirmed early on that an oxygen tank exploded on board the plane after the bird strike.
A normal person would know an oxygen tank explosion will produce shrapnel. The tank wouldn't just evaporate.

The video of the crash is online for anyone with two brain cells to watch.
The plane at a point went into a steep dive, but the pilots recovered. Then it stalled and then the crash happened.
Air defense would take out that plane in mid air. The details of the crash from the video is consistent with the official narrative that a bird strike caused this incident. The pilots were excellent and they were almost able to get to the runway but the plane just couldn't go any further, likely due to loss of power or some other vital component not functioning properly

That initial dive would have killed almost everyone on board. So the recovery saved dozens of lives.
That would not have been possible if they were hit by an air defense SAM.
You ret**ds should stop prematurely commenting on issues that are beyond your pay grade.

-Lord

bemeruca:


What the guy did was statutory rape, budaatum downplayed it. I called it rape, he said it is not rape.

It is not new, he has a track record of ing groomers. Kids that are groomed end up having sex with adults.

I don't have time to dig up the past but if you can do your research you will find posts where he is ing groomers.

Another thing, budaatum is like a snake, he flip-flops all the time.
Recently you would think he does not hold a stance of ing the castration of minors, the wind has blow the other way so he is sounding like he is against it.

But see this post below
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/4508641/american-politics-thread-trump-president-elect/3730#122174515

My take on this, particularly the part in bold is that you should have that stuck in a folder or note app for easy reference.
Your accusation is weighty.
If you're going to malign a character, have incontrovertible proof to back up your assertions.

To add, it is possible to make a comment about statutory rape that might on the surface look bad but isn't.
The age cut-off for statutory rape is not uniform across the West.
Budaatum is in the UK. Age of consent there is 16. It's 16 in Canada as well.
In New Zealand, it's 16. But anyone under 20 is legally a minor. So sexual relations with a 19 year old can be described as sex with a minor which is just bleh 🤮.
Heck, in the US. It's 16 in 31 states. 17 in 7, including NY.
In the military, it's 16. Because they recruit 17 year-olds and you would have a statutory rape caseload higher than the Empire State if you set it at 18.
In fact, while federal law in the US pegs it at 18, it doesn't supersede state statues. And in federal law, the age of consent for US nationals who engage in sexual relations outside the US is 16.

I'm not going to reference mainland Europe. It's a madhouse over there. I know it's the law, but really, 14 in is like, "Guys, hold up".

So you see why there might be an issue. Say the right thing in the wrong way and you've got a problem.
You can't just brand a person a pedo without sharing the offending comment they made.

-Lord

Simeonjoe1:


Say that to this crash survivor
“For the third time, something exploded. There was an explosion - I wouldn’t say that it was inside the plane. Where I was sitting, the lining next to me flew off.”

He added that he reached for his life jacket, and there was a hole in it:

“I took the jacket, and I look: there was a hole in the jacket - a piece of shrapnel had pierced it. After this explosion, right between my legs - somewhere there - this piece of shrapnel flew in and hit me. It pierced the jacket right through.”

Or activated Russian Air defense confirmed active in the vicinity of Grozny around same time. Mind you plane was heady Grozny before diverting and landing in Kazakhstan probably after being hit.

It's early but we'll wait the full investigation in the next few days.

Read what you wrote and assess if you're okay upstairs.

Seriously, do it.

After typing crap, you end with "it's early".
Why are exposing your id**cy when you know it is too early and we should wait for full investigation.
Are you trying to win "Id**t of the Year" award before the year wraps up.

-Lord

Simeonjoe1:


Yeah shot down by putin foot soldiers.

Don't worry they are cooking up their damage control which you and WriteerNg will help propagate

How did Russian soldiers shoot down a plane in Kazakhstan?

-Lord

WriteerNg:
⚡Iranian FM:

“Those claiming victory in Syria should wait; many developments lie ahead.”

WriteerNg:
⚡Curfews have been declared in the Syrian cities of Latakia, Jableh and Homs following clashes between remnants of the former regime and security forces.

Iran is showing off.

-Lord

budaatum:

If you want your posts kept out of, post in your private forum where only you read it.

You can not create imaginary lanes to put people into and then ask that your name be kept out of your posts. Or rather, you can ask, but as you can see, request denied.

I am under no legal obligation to entertain your innate incoherency.

It is a polite request.
Get your sh*t together before quoting me.
You can always continue your incoherent rambling as you've done before yesterday as you'll do after today.
Just keep me out of it.

Is that too much to ask, your highness?! /s

-Lord

budaatum:

Thankfully, some conservatives did not wait for what anyone else wanted and condemned Gaetz already.



But I'm very certain they must only have condemned Gaetz because Biden paid them with Obama's money, so perhaps we better not count or notice them.

Congratulations.
You have your token Conservative condemnation.

Why is that not enough for you?

One minute, conservatives excuse statutory rape.
Next minute, conservatives condemn statutory rape.

Pick a lane. Or argue with yourself. IDGAF.
But keep my name out of your posts.

-Lord

Procashtips:


Not with their current leadership

That's true.

But who knows how long the current leadership will remain in power if Turkey bloodies Iran's nose.

Also, a capitulation is probably not on the cards. So any hot conflict will lead to a Treaty.
Both sides will go regroup, then restart hostilities.

Read up on the Ottoman-Persian Wars.

My take on a potential conflict is that it is an academic exercise.
Too much to lose: too little to gain; to make it practical.
The only thing Iran can do is go on the offensive against Turkish interests in Eurasia.
But they already have their hands full with Israel+US+UK.

-Lord

Procashtips:


They truly want to look big.

I have a feeling Iran can best Turkey, but then I can't put my money on the mullahs wearing 10 bedsheets on their heads.

Currently, Turkey has the edge because of their technological advantage.
But if Iran survives the first six months, it's an open question.

Gotta say, it will easily be one of the most evenly-matched wars in modern history.

I too will never put my money on the Mullahs.
They're capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


She mentioned something in the link u posted and I think it applies to most people except just few; "...You get used to being happy and rich"

Money is a huge motivational factor in all these kinda "career switch" . It is the same reason a musician will drop out of school . Only few people will leave money and run after PhD; I don't blame people who choose money over PhD.

I used to tell some of my friends that if my parents have half of the kind money Otedola and co have, I don't think I will really take education serious.

I 100% agree with you.

I'm of the opinion tho' that the super-intelligent b*tches that take up sex work would most likely still do it if they were of average intelligence.

Cos' when you listen to them. The money is a nice bonus. But they really enjoy sex work. They seem predisposed to going down that path.

Otherwise, these women have options. Melissa. Dar. Ryan Conner. They would never starve. They wouldn't even struggle.

Dar is doing her PhD in her 20s. She is a bioengineer and graduate of computer science. She has a platform like Cleo Abram who is killing it. Million-dollar income was always in her future.
And these women could always Nicole Shanahan their way to millions. One weekend in San Francisco and Dar will bag a big shot or a rising star looking like that.

I get that the world is an oyster for guys like Bill Ackman, Ryan Serhant, Ryan Reynolds. They could do anything.
But for women like Melissa and Dar. To have limitless potential and then opt for the path with the most stigma so you could be "happy" sure is something. Fascinating characters!

-Lord

cococandy:

I am willing to suss out the answer and can’t deduce its simply as a result of gray areas.
This is why I didn’t want to use specific cases as examples because each case is going to have what makes it different or more heinous than the other, thereby murky up the conversation as a whole. The gravity of what Matt did is not as dire as someone who kidnapped an unwilling child and forced them into sexual acts they didn’t want. It might not even be illegal depending on location.

Those gray areas help people who are for him to use age-of-consent being different in different states or the willingness of the child to make him not such a bad person. But the crux of the issue is, why are they not outrightly disgusted by him instead of finding ways to tell us it wasn’t that bad. Like we know there are levels to it. But why is a technicality the hill they were willing to die on to side with that kind of a morally questionable man?

I said it once. I'll repeat it.
If there was credible evidence that Gaetz did actually commit statutory rape, he'll fade in obscurity.

The threshold for the outright, knee-jerk, totally-natural revulsion to sexual relations with minors is the preponderance of evidence.
The evidence here is murky.
If it wasn't, Gaetz will be looking at significant time in jail and an offender listing.

This is not a "he said, she said" sexual misconduct.
The bar to file a statutory rape charge is low.
Heck, it is against federal law to attempt to coerce a minor to engage in sexual acts through the telephone or internet.
Sexual is not necessary to nail a perp. A text message will do.

Unless you can somehow state with a straight face that Garland saw a slam-dunk opportunity to get Gaetz into an orange jumpsuit and let him go out of the kindness of his heart, I cannot for the life of me understand why you want conservatives to condemn him for apparently committing a very serious criminal offense when he wasn't even indicted by the most motivated crack team of FBI investigators in the last century.

This is not true pls. Let’s not conflate someone being canceled online with the actual justice system. There’s always an investigation and of course consequences based on said investigation. The thing you call “asking questions” is exactly what the justice system does when it’s doing the investigation. (We can talk about certain evils of the justice system at a different time)

But your side calls the investigations witch-hunts. And that’s where the divide comes. The questions y’all often ask is not because you want to get to the truth. It’s usually victim blaming in nature. Almost like they want to prove at all costs that the acc is lying. Which in itself is part of the problem. Because it creates an atmosphere where victims can’t come forward.

Nice try.

Attempting to gaslight me about the #MeToo era. 🙂

"Believe all women" must have been a figment of the imagination.

Maybe in the past I’d believe this. Not in today’s climate though. Anything goes in the MAGA world it seems. And that’s why people of those proclivities tend to your camps. Something tells them they’ll get away with it over there.

I'll readily it MAGA has its fair share of "colorful" characters.
But there's a very visible line.
Statutory rape crosses that line with more than enough room to spare.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:
Career switch ayé! 😲

She abandoned her PhD for OnlyFans

https://gazettengr.com/famous-computer-scientist-zara-dar-abandons-phd-to--porn-site-onlyfans/

She can always get more PhD's when her SMV drops off a cliff.

Her mentor will be Melissa Todd.
Mensa member. 178 IQ. Oxford drop out.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/sex-worker-iq-higher-einstein-33517334

-Lord

liveLongNprospa:
Omo.. PR secured for me, madam and smally.

This year ended great🎉

Now that's a Christmas present.

Big congratulations man!

-Lord

Procashtips:


This man must be sick. If they want to fight Russia, let them come out clean.

A certain is printing currencies of more than 8 countries put together.

The US is controlling the currencies of almost all the countries of the world (Being a base currency), so this man must be an ignoramus to see this as a biggie

Na una wen dey take the Turks serious.

Turkey na lamba central.

After conducting mischief, they start meandering to justify their actions.

-Lord

cococandy:


I’m assuming you mean the Catholic priests who have been found to sexually abuse children? ( No innate bias here as I grew up Catholic. Many of my fond childhood memories were made in the church. I was even in juniorate to become a nun at some point in my life. Long story .)

To answer your question, I don’t know how many conservatives defend those priests. For those of them who do, shame on them. However, I know a lot of conservatives do defend predatory evangelical pastors. Shame on all of them too.

It grinds my gears when people want to “care about kids” as a front for their agenda instead of truly caring about kids. So many of these churches do not ostracize the ministers found wanting. They hide, cover up, transfer and sometimes outrightly them.

If only they could be about the life they claim to be about.

Look who typed out a "long tale". 😉

Well, here's mine. 😊

The Gaetz story is icky. Mucking about in the brackish waters of statutory rape is not my idea of a grand time.
However, it is fair to ask: "Why did the FBI/DOJ investigate this potential serious crime and opt not to press charges"?

Garland charged a POTUS for mishandling classified documents.
He charged a Senator for bribery.
Why did he exercise uncharacteristic prosecutorial discretion for Gaetz?

I doubt you are willing to suss out the answer to that question.
The Gaetz situation is #metoo-esque.
Your side famously does not care about getting into the weeds.
An accusation is enough. That's all you need. It does not have to be valid, credible, or hold up against scrutiny.

Asking Questions = Rape Apologist.
So why bother?

Here's the depraved paradigm that your camp wants to enforce.
Level a serious accusation.
Get up in arms.
Anyone who so much as raise their hands or gives the impression that they're not 100% ive of the lynching gets clobbered as an enabler, apologist, or cultist.

MAGA and the broader conservative camp have iced out personalities before.
If there was credible evidence that Gaetz did actually commit statutory rape, he'll fade in obscurity.
We would know too, because this story has been in the open for more than a year, and the MAGA-verse is a small world.
Diddling is a cardinal sin for the movement. It is not tolerated in any form.
When MAGA turns on a person, it goes all in.
Where is Milo Yiannopoulos today?

Happy holidays!
Warm regards to your fam.

-Lord

cococandy:


They deserve the 100 years in jail. They actually deserve more in my opinion. I loathe child sex abs. They deserve to rot under the prison.

Can you ( or a Republican) say the same when someone you think belongs to your party, team or ideology does the same? Or will it be another cry about how it’s a witch hunt and set up.

I’m not asking you right now to say it about any person you can think of who’s been accused of the same. Because obviously you’ll come up with excuses about why it’s not true and they didn’t do it. I’m asking you if in a hypothetical situation a person who you think belongs to the republican side is found to have sexually abused kids, do you agree they deserve the same sentence?

It’s truly a yes or no question. No long tales needed

How many conservatives defend Catholic priests?

-Lord

airmark:


Name the moniker please?

Seconded.

-Lord

Procashtips:


Including Tesla

Possibly. I don't recommend it though as a long-term buy because it has more consequential headwinds.

-Lord

WrriterNg:



The US would never stop or sanction the Saudis from getting Nukes.

The Saudis would just pull out all their investments from the US. Without Saudi investment, the US is done and dusted.

Look up how Al Thani, the current Emir of Qatar, came to power.

The US will bribe a royal, noble, or one of the generals to seize power and kill the nuclear program.

The leadership in all the Western-aligned ME countries are easy to depose.
Those investments are a double-edged sword.

-Lord

WrriterNg:
⚡Trump’s future National Security Adviser Mike Waltz:

If Iran gets a nuke, the Saudis are going to want a nuke. The Turks are going to want a nuke.

If you ever have nukes going regionally, that is catastrophic for the world.

That may be true, but Pakistan has a nuke.

If the Saudis and Turks want to go through the baptism of fire as Iran and North Korea did to get their nukes, they should go ahead.
I'll wager though that the Saud family and Erdogan will be deposed if they make that turn.

Iran should not be blackmailed to not acquire the ultimate guarantor of its security.
The US just itted to seeking regime change in Iran for the last 30 years. Israel certainly didn't twiddle its thumbs.
The US, Israel, , and UK have tens of thousands of nukes. Heck even Turkey hosts coalition nukes. A few tens or hundreds more is not a compelling argument to dissuade Iran.

-Lord

GloriousGbola:


simply put - you trump because he will weaken the us hegemony
because for you - this is desirable
which is what so many of those right wingers cannot see

same way bush 2 reduced teh us influence - and now trump is here to finish the job

you also know that us will simply bleed money and men if they invade mexico
it happened with iraq
it happened with afganistan

also the us will never win the war on drugs because they are the s
no be trump jr and co who are coked out of their heads during rnc
every last one of them
the us eliminated the colombian cartels in the 90s
and that led to the mexicans who are far worse

if the us is serious about ending their war on drugs, then they will have to follow the same path with marijuana

, Clinton won election in 1992.
1992 to 2024 is 32 years. With the exception of Bush whose primary identity is that he's neocon and Trump's first term where he was hamstrung every step of the way, it's been 3 decades of the neoliberals dominating the planet. What is their scorecard?
I don't like what's on the scorecard. I know you and several others on this thread do. But I don't.
America is never static. She evolves. No dominant wing stays in control in perpetuity. Neoliberalism has had its time in the sun. It's time for a shuffling of the cards.
If the hegemon weakens because of a non-violent change in guards, so be it. But history makes a different suggestion. When America steps on a new rung on the ladder, it habitually gets stronger, not weaker. The demise of the federalists, whigs, social liberals did not "weaken" America. It's not like they're going away permanently. They've been repudiated but could very well come back strongly as early as 2028, optimistically with a refreshing take on things.

MAGA 2.0 is about controlling debt; improving efficiency; rewriting the regulatory dogma to solidify American leadership in next-gen technologies--AI, space, robotics, autonomous mobility, crypto, nuclear fusion...; improving health outcomes; reworking the immigration policy that favors the illegal, law-breaking variant; recalibrating American foreign militaristic posture; hitting reset on American economic relations with both foes and friends alike. The last two are long overdue as they've been driven by a set of axioms established in the cold war that is past its use by date.

If a CEO came to you as a Chairman of the Board with such a radical proposal, you'd give him a Tesla-esque performance-based compensation package and a "when do we start" quip.

This is an empire, or at least a segment of the empire, conducting orderly, organic spring housecleaning.
You, bless your heart, are being blinded by inertia.
I'm not.
China had its own spring cleaning with Deng Xiaoping. Russia had its with Putin.

In 2100, America will still be one of the top 3 economies. Its only competition are China and India. LOL.

The positive is that as America puts its wares in the washer, sensible countries in the Global South can use the opportunity to forge alliances, deepen cooperation, and help modulate a new global order with far more tangible benefits for the Global South than in the current regime.
Historically, momentous events of this nature occur only after expansive bloody wars with untold loss of lives, and we do have some wars going on in the background, but it could be so much worse.

This is one of those rare opportunities in history where there's potential for wins of some form for all players involved.
You make your own luck. America is not leaving anything to chance. Nor should anyone else.

On a renewed war on drugs. A military campaign is being discussed. An approval is a quite ways out.
It is clear that something has to be done. Particularly about the fentanyl deaths and cartel capture of a country on the US border.
There's a wide breadth of options on the table, including military options. I don't expect there to be a guns blazing Iraqi Desert Storm/Fall of Baghdad without some other levers being pulled. That'll be incredibly st*pid. It's not like the US has not take boneheaded actions before, but that's not the only option on the table. We should not pretend that it is.

-Lord

obedience4:


Seriously dude, you believe that the US will in this age and time initiate a hostile takeover of a neighbouring country territory or assets??😂😂🤣😅

This is trump we are talking about. He lives for moments like this, dude ain't president yet but wants the spotlight.

History is cyclical.

Israel just took part of Syria.
Russia took part of Ukraine.
If the US takes part of Panama, folks would only complain.
In Mexico, the plan is not to annex part of the country. It's to trim the hedges of paramilitary organizations that have essentially transformed Mexico into a Narco state.
To put this in perspective, China has been in a tug of war with criminal organizations running large cyber-crime operations in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos targeting Chinese. They set a temporary "border control zone" last year. And have been playing both side of the rebel-Junta conflict in Myanmar. They're now considering sending PMCs (their Wagner) to Myanmar.
The CIA has been adding embers to this scuffle to entrap China.

If there were several criminal organizations smuggling in fentanyl killing tens of thousands every year in Russia or China from a neighboring country, they'll not sit still. The US has exercised remarkable restraint regarding the cartels.

-Lord

GloriousGbola:


apparently he is also planning to invade mexico

understand that trump has the mind of an african dictator where might makes right

and the supreme court has effectively right given him presidential immunity

he is in control of congress

so he can literally do whatever he wants.

musk will spin it on twitter as some sort of just war and the far right will lap it up

george bush unilaterally invaded iraq and anyone who spoke against it was cancelled

it is going to be a very interesting 4 years

Every POTUS is cursed to intervene somewhere.

Thankfully, this one plans to get busy in the Western Hemisphere.

Let them get a dose of the daily realities of other regions.

@izzou. Yes, Trump can take the canal.
I'm not sure he can keep it though.
Carter handed it over because it was becoming a hot potato.
Odds are he is using this as a bludgeon to get more favorable from the Panamanians.
But it's certainly a possibility that he could take it, then make the far harder task of maintaining control the problem of the next istrations. He only has four years.

On Mexico, someone has to take the blame for the 70,000/yr fentanyl fatalities.
They're at the limit with China. Can't do more than economic sanctions.
So the Cartels are on the menu.

Also, the Cartels are becoming really powerful in Southern US--parts of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico.
You'll never know. Many think there is a window to cut them to size that is slipping out of grasp.
If you really wanted to go after the cartels, ten years ago was better than five years ago. Two years ago was better than five years ago.
If an El Padrino comes on the scene, you'll essentially have a richer, more sophisticated, larger, and better-armed Hezbollah or Taliban right on the Southern Border without the Islamic undertones.

Lastly, most Trump's positions are not just musings of a geriatric off his rocker.
It may appear that way but there are powerful US interest groups feeding these into his ear and to-do list.
There are factions in the Pentagon and business community who want the Panama Canal.
Factions in HS, DEA, and DOJ want major military action against the cartels.

TMTG (his media company) bought Bakkt (a crypto trading firm) after his election.
His flip on crypto has capitalist, profit-driven motivations.
The US crypto bros want him to get the crypto-sceptics out of the way and help set the ball rolling for the crypto industry to become a future $10-15T industry. His family will get in on the action and the next generation Trumps will enjoy the windfall in the billions.

America is all about interests.
Both parties do it. The Dems have their clean energy/climate change, DEI/feminist/lgbtq+, think tank/civil society/welfare and several other complexes ranging in size. Trillion and billion dollar industries created from scratch. My for Trump harkens back to first principles. There cannot be a singular dominant force. There must be balance.

-Lord

WrriterNg:




I'm already salivating. 😛

I can't wait for Russia and China to start arming those countries to kill Americans and launch missile strikes inside USA. Karma is a bitch.

Trump is a weapon fashioned against America. The number 1 reason why I prayed for him to win.

😂 😂 😂

The sleeper issue that could cause this quagmire is actually in NA.

Mexico and its cartels are a big bad wolf to the MAGA movement.

There is a risk of a limited incursion or US government-sanctioned operation in Mexico under Trump.
It's not a certainty. Not highly likely either. Just higher than the zero risk under a Dem POTUS.

-Lord

When you guys are done with your pissing contest, to add Alphabet [NASDAQ: GOOG] to your portfolio.

That's your inflation-tracking, 401K, this generation's Exxon stock.
If you're buying BTC because you expect it'll hit 250, you should absolutely buy Alphabet because the sky is its limit.
It'll primarily be affected by a broader market downturn. Otherwise it's riding wave crests.
Buy when it has sustained dips, as in early March and September this year.

-Lord

WriteerNg:
⚡The Yemeni Houthi group claimed Sunday to have shot down a US F-18 fighter jet in an attack on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, Anadolu reports.

Military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement that Houthi forces successfully “foiled a US-UK attack on Yemen.”

“Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and several of its accompanying destroyers were targeted as the aggressive attack on Yemen began last night,” he said.

Saree explained that the operation “was carried out using eight cruise missiles and 17 drones, resulting in the downing of an F-18 fighter jet while the destroyers attempted to intercept the Yemeni drones and missiles.”

The Houthis worded their statement in an interesting way.
It suggests the F-18 was shot down in the melee amongst the US forces while defending against the Houthi attack on their fleet.

Essentially, while attempting to take down Houthi drones attacking the fleet, one of the ships shot a friendly ing the effort.
That's believable.

-Lord

WrriterNg:



That's where Russia comes in. 😁😁😁

Arm Denmark to the teeth to bleed Americans.

This is why Trump wants Russia to keep Ukraine so Russia can look away when the US tries to take someone else's territory.

But unfortunately Russia will have to make sure many Americans get killed first before they let have it.

No one is fighting a hot war over Greenland.

The US will get it if they insisted.
But they'll have to make a deal His Majesty cannot refuse.
I'm not sure the US can put together a deal that the King of Denmark will readily accept.
Maybe a 30 year lease with a balloon payment up front, annual payments to His Majesty's treasury, and a floor on an annual budget for the island, infrastructure, and its residents.

-Lord

WrriterNg:
⚡Donald Trump:

For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.

Mask off moment.

This may be a subtle reason why he is on board settling the Ukraine war with loss of territory.
Dude has his own expansion plans.
Always an angle. Not that I'm complaining nor care.
Joked with Canada. Sounding serious about the Panama Canal and Greenland.

What will be his casus belli.
His reasons so far aren't up to snuff.

-Lord

WrriterNg:



Funny I was just about to post it.

Something big is coming.

Al Pronouni or whatever the fvck is his name, has no idea what's about to hit him.

SAA is far from done with Syria.

I saw past commentary about what should be done about ex SAA soldiers.

Having a fraction of them on a payroll is very valuable.
It is also viable because funds formerly used to subsidize Assad's regime can be redirected to them.

The harder task is hatching out an objective and creating a self-sustaining enclave for them.
If they come out boldly against the terrorists, it'll actually be a lifeline for the terrorists as the SAA guys will be blamed for the terrorist regime's inadequacies.
inflation rises, it'll be the neo-SAA fault. If there's gasoline shortage, it'll be the neo-SAA fault. Can't pay salaries, you get the point...
A large section of Syrians are still in a honeymoon phase with the terrorists, they'll readily lap up these excuses and say the Assads and Iran did not give the terrorists a fair chance to implement their vision, whatever that is.
A neo-SAA will likely also be an undefended target for Israeli air strikes.

So I guess the best course of action is to prep ex-SAA forces.
Organize them into cells. Fund them clandestinely. Use them as a Resistance proxy in Syria.
Carry out sporadic attacks to weaken the terrorist regime. Then wait for a spark.
The Axis must have a force ready to enforce its dictates when the opportunity arises.

I really couldn't care less about Joulani.
He is an avatar who will not be missed if he dies or is deposed.

-Lord

Some time in the last 48 hours, ex SAA soldiers neutralized HTS terrorists around Damascus.
Second operation after the first in Latakia.

One time is an anomaly. Two times is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern.

HTS outlets are blaming UAE and Maher al Assad (he is close to UAE, used to be fervently pro-Iran) for the Damascus protests.
Iran demand HTS arrest and prosecute the killers of an embassy staff (the staff is Syrian) who died after his car was shot at a week ago.

I guess the party is getting started.

-Lord