Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 4

[ForceFate]

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Luckily the UK colonialists will gladly give up beer for Ukraine.

Standard disclaimer: Thank you.

So, you've decided to do away with the mask entirely?

 

[tetrasect]

So, you've decided to do away with the mask entirely?

Never saw the point of a clown wearing a clown mask anyway.

 

[Cray]

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Luckily the UK colonialists will gladly give up beer for Ukraine.

Standard disclaimer: Thank you.

You sound quite bitter that some people would be willing to undergo a few hardships in order to side with Ukraine against an aggressive invader.

 

[WollieVerstege]

You sound quite bitter that some people would be willing to undergo a few hardships in order to side with Ukraine against an aggressive invader.

Where I am in the Netherlands every PK the Russians are getting is celebrated as retribution for MH17. So most here at least are happy for a little hardship in the short run.

 

[MunosMachos]

https://news.italy-24.com/trends/92418/With-expensive-gas-up-to-582000-jobs-are-also-at-risk-in-2023.html

Job and beer sacrifices. Don't worry, once all the good social democratic programs fail, the USA will come in and save the day, privatize Europe, squash labour rights and spread their right wing economics.

 

[tetrasect]

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Luckily the UK colonialists will gladly give up beer for Ukraine.

Standard disclaimer: Thank you.

Real English ale is cask conditioned anyway, no need for co2. If anything, this is good news for the numerous small and local breweries.

 

[tetrasect]

Don't worry, once all the good social democratic programs fail, the USA will come in and save the day, privatize Europe, squash labour rights and spread their right wing economics.

Isn't that exactly what you want to happen?

 

[Dave]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571856640583819275

 

[MunosMachos]

European economic woes continue.

EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business

Europe-based companies could be made to prioritise production of key products and stockpile goods under draft EU rules that would give Brussels emergency powers to tackle supply chain crises.

www.reuters.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/business/europe-energy-crisis-factories.html

Europe’s Other Crisis: Fertilizer Shortage For Farming

Europe's gas prices may be in decline, but for some sectors, the damage has already been done for this year. Fertilizer and farming is the next problem to tackle.

www.forbes.com

Putin says he will turn on Nordstream II if sanctions are dropped. Having energy is certainly in the interest of Europeans. However, getting gas from Russia is not in the interest of US gas companies so the US will definitely not support the lifting of the sanctions. It will be entirely unsurprising if Germany will also be threatened with their own sanctions if they dare speak about lifting the sanctions.

 

[MunosMachos]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14789299221117458

A Crisis of Social Democracy in Europe? An Answer from the Citizens’ Perspective​

Overall, the results support the intuition that the social model of democracy is not undergoing a major legitimacy crisis in Europe, or at least not one that cannot be mitigated by further advancing the institutions of the welfare state. In line with this claim, it could be interpreted that the quite widespread public discontent with social service delivery that many European countries, and especially those in Southern Europe, witnessed at the onset of the financial crisis was more a consequence of (poorly universalistic) welfare state institutions rather than of rising public aspirations, that is, excessive public demands that cannot be fulfilled by the system. Therefore, the alleged legitimacy crisis of social democracy affecting many countries in Europe may be overcome with more universal welfare policies.

However, this optimistic conclusion should be taken with caution. First, the results have warned us that if the inequality gap continues to grow in European societies, welfare institutions will have a much harder time in alleviating the citizens’ negative perceptions of social democracy. Second, it has also been seen that not all social categories are affected equally by welfare state institutions, but some of them remain quite critical even under conditions of high universalism. This is the case of women and left-wing voters, who are traditionally among the strongest supporters of the social-democratic model. If social-democratic institutions do not manage to satisfy these social groups, then there could be reasons for concern about the future of social democracy in Europe.

The current economic crisis will make it difficult to implement better universal welfare policies. This is unfortunate. European welfare states provide an excellent template for a fair society and general well-being of citizens. It will be a terrible loss if European welfare states fail due to the the stupidity of the current crop of "elites".

 

[sefeddt]

How does one go about staging something this big in such a short time period and without it been noticed. It's been seen by numerous organizations and media houses, so are they all in the stage and lying to make Russia look bad.

Kremlin Denies Mass Grave ‘Lie’ in Recaptured Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Ukraine’s accusations that Russian forces carried out atrocities against soldiers and civilians in the recaptured eastern city of Izyum are a “lie,” the Kremlin said Monday.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[Dave]

How does one go about staging something this big in such a short time period and without it been noticed. It's been seen by numerous organizations and media houses, so are they all in the stage and lying to make Russia look bad.

Kremlin Denies Mass Grave ‘Lie’ in Recaptured Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Ukraine’s accusations that Russian forces carried out atrocities against soldiers and civilians in the recaptured eastern city of Izyum are a “lie,” the Kremlin said Monday.

www.themoscowtimes.com

I suppose it's only really for domestic consumption and for the useful idiots in the west who use the internet to post crap about how well it's going for RuSSia and how terrible things are becoming in the west.

 

[sefeddt]

How many of them have family "volunteering"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571861129390948356

 

[tetrasect]

I suppose it's only really for domestic consumption and for the useful idiots in the west who use the internet to post crap about how well it's going for RuSSia and how terrible things are becoming in the west.

Yip. Zombies only.

 

[Grant]

You sound quite bitter that some people would be willing to undergo a few hardships in order to side with Ukraine against an aggressive invader.

Exceedingly bitter.
Oddly, refers to the poison dwarf as Mr Putin

 

[Cray]

Exceedingly bitter.
Oddly, refers to the poison dwarf as Mr Putin

Some people really do have this weird kind of fetish for murderous dictators, it's bizarre.

 

[Grant]

Putin says he will turn on Nordstream II if sanctions are dropped. Having energy is certainly in the interest of Europeans. However, getting gas from Russia is not in the interest of US gas companies so the US will definitely not support the lifting of the sanctions. It will be entirely unsurprising if Germany will also be threatened with their own sanctions if they dare speak about lifting the sanctions.

Putin also said he would not be invading Ukraine. He also said that he would not be targeting civilians...

 

[ForceFate]

European economic woes continue.

EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business

Europe-based companies could be made to prioritise production of key products and stockpile goods under draft EU rules that would give Brussels emergency powers to tackle supply chain crises.

www.reuters.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/business/europe-energy-crisis-factories.html

Europe’s Other Crisis: Fertilizer Shortage For Farming

Europe's gas prices may be in decline, but for some sectors, the damage has already been done for this year. Fertilizer and farming is the next problem to tackle.

www.forbes.com

Putin says he will turn on Nordstream II if sanctions are dropped. Having energy is certainly in the interest of Europeans. However, getting gas from Russia is not in the interest of US gas companies so the US will definitely not support the lifting of the sanctions. It will be entirely unsurprising if Germany will also be threatened with their own sanctions if they dare speak about lifting the sanctions.

What's Russia doing in Ukraine then? Peace and sovereignty is in the interest of Ukrainians. I bet Russians would love to have the jobs that vapourised overnight back.

 

[ForceFate]

How does one go about staging something this big in such a short time period and without it been noticed. It's been seen by numerous organizations and media houses, so are they all in the stage and lying to make Russia look bad.

Kremlin Denies Mass Grave ‘Lie’ in Recaptured Ukraine - The Moscow Times

Ukraine’s accusations that Russian forces carried out atrocities against soldiers and civilians in the recaptured eastern city of Izyum are a “lie,” the Kremlin said Monday.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Cold war era type denials.

If the Kremlin denies it, it's most certainly true.

 

[daveza]

How many of them have family "volunteering"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1571861129390948356

He looks of fighting age .....