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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

I’m finally getting a moment to read this. I never want to start one of your pieces without ample time to peruse.

We’re very close to the breaking point in Ukraine now I think. The lines are starting to buckle in places, and it’s pretty obvious that the losses in the Ukrainian army are starting to show. The bulk of the prime fighters are mostly gone now and these new recruits are not showing much stomach for the fight. I can’t say I really blame them.

I think Putin’s speech serves to act not only as a message to the Piss Summit, but also a message to the people. It’s gotten quite a bit of press, and although there’s a lot of spinning for sure I’m finally hearing some of my normie friends finally realize that maybe the crap they’ve been reading in Apple News is bs. We’ll see how the next couple weeks play out. Coming up soon is the big debate. I never thought it would happen but we’ll soon see.

Thanks for your tireless work on this stuff. Your eyes are needed. I’m getting old now and my vision isn’t what it was.

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Kieran Telo's avatar

Putin's speech of a week ago was a doozie.

I loved this quote: "Aircraft carriers owned by the USA, France and Great Britain, given the presence of modern hypersonic weapons in the Russian Federation and China, are losing their importance, Putin said."

Kind of him not to add "They are destined to become habitats for the fish we haven't yet devoured."

While I assume the US has a number of these, I was aware that the UK has two carriers (their perpetual misfortunes have been a source of great entertainment for several years now.) Curious to see how many France has... one. China has three and Russia one, India and Italy have a couple each, and that's about it.

The crew of the Eisenhower - somewhere near Cyprus most likely - have not been on leave for about nine months, One of them's going to pull the plug out soon I reckon ;-0

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