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Mar 15·edited Mar 15Liked by Rurik Skywalker

A couple of my Z anon friends are starting to ask , what is going on , why does Russia seem so weak , what are they waiting for. Faith and belief are fading . I point them towards this blog but the cog-diss is just too much . Will they eventually break , I think , the longer this fiasco not war goes on the more their faith is tested. But what about the wasted lives? The horror of it all , the death and carnage , for what? A war to prevent war?

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The desire to be as well-informed as I can possibly be upon subjects which stand to affect my existence in a direct manner is more than a passive interest, in the manner of a hobby. It is an existential imperative. Over and over, year after year, I have not only been misled and outright lied to by the so-called "professional news analysts", but, worse still, I have fallen for their bunk and, as a result, have adopted warped worldviews which served so useful purpose. Quite the opposite, in fact. I became embittered and caustic, thinking I knew the score and lashing out at anyone who didn't "see" what I "saw", alienating myself from profound, mutually-beneficial human relationships, making myself a poor man in their absence.

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Thank you for the effort everyone responsible for this newsletter puts into its publication. I hope to one day learn how to sift through the voluminous garbage passed off as accurate information and learn to draw my own conclusions. As it stands, I'm but a simple groundsman for a tree company in Northern New Hampshire. I don't know anyone who can personally train me to hunt and bag the truth of the collective situation we face as a species.

Guard your souls and take care of each other. We're all we've got.

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Mar 15Liked by Rurik Skywalker

I actually first heard about you when someone posted a link to you under one of the Duran videos. In honor of membership, I have posted a link to the article on a Duran video. The video portrayed the Ukrainian incursion into Belgorod as a Russian trap designed to create Ukrainian casualties. My own opinion is the most effective means of increasing membership would be to make yourself known on the other blogs focused on the Ukrainian conflict.

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Mar 15Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Are you threatening me?!

Anticlimactic as I’m already paying.

Will leave you with this topical clip…

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x75bt6

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Yes, I'm sure that you will find some nice words to explain to others this fact - unfunded. There's no free lunch, never were. Everyone must understand that this texts what you writing and showing to us, almost every day now - have a cost. It takes time, it takes equipment, and important - the knowledge. As I wrote here before - you are one of my favorites here on substack. Not just because of this information about Russia, but other texts (long ones): marcionism, great metaphisics lies, and others. And I appreciate this sarcasm in your writing. Must say, again, I enjoy every time. And now much more, because as paid subscriber - your book is also available to me, and much other texts. Also, I don't like no social media platform - if I can say - I hate them: so many short news, bright colors, awful sounds, so many ads ... people spend too much time there, and after all - they know nothing, this platforms create a mess in everybodies heads. Ok, I think that I explained my point of view. I salute you for now.

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Another strike on a refinery. This is costing some oligarchs.

Is it a message to Russia to play by "the rules." And not get any truly aggressive/retaliatory ideas?

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1768643558834073829

Last night, Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit the Russian Pervyy Zavod refinery outside of Kaluga, setting the complex ablaze.

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Seems to me that the border crossing is PR work for the western audience, with Macron wanting to send troops to Ukraine at the same time, everything being coordinated by the CIA, or something like that. "One must agitate people before using them" Talleyrand

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Didn't see this on the news:

https://www.twz.com/air/mysterious-drones-swarmed-langley-afb-for-weeks

Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB For Weeks

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- officially "dual-capable,"

Does this mean they are already fitted?

Not really needed for a Forever War.

This cannot look good from Russia's perspective even if they think they are just playing along. How would they really know they are not going to be double-crossed?

This doesn't mitigate against a disaster, that's for sure.

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-f35a-stealth-fighter-jet-nuclear-bomb-certification-1878035

NATO Fighter Jets Approved for Nuclear Weapons

Published Mar 11, 2024

The Lockheed Martin-made F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jet has been approved to carry B61-12 thermonuclear bombs, Russ Goemaere, a spokesperson for the F-35 Joint Program Office, told Breaking Defense. The move will mean that the stealth multirole jets will be officially "dual-capable," able to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, the digital magazine reported.

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Aimless Russian missile attacks:

https://twitter.com/EmineDzheppar/status/1767845939283157022

So much for not wishing to alienate the Ukies

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Apparently they are not fully united:

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-olaf-scholz-donald-tusk-unity-ukraine-strategy/

BERLIN — French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk staged a show of unity in Berlin on Friday in an effort to bring a reprieve to weeks of bickering between France and Germany.

Scholz insisted “unity is strength” while Macron chimed in that the three leaders were “united and determined” in their support for Ukraine during statements to the press after talks at the chancellery. The leaders did not take questions.

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Misgivings?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-15/lithuanian-defense-minister-anusauskas-hands-in-resignation

Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, the government’s press office said in a statement Friday in Vilnius, without elaborating.

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One is left with the feeling this could easily go very wrong.

Covid brain damage?

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/03/14/EU-conscription-on-the-table-says-former-NATO-supreme-commander

EU conscription ‘on the table,’ says former NATO supreme commander

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Hey Rurik, have you considered starting a telegram channel, discord server, etc? Access could be restricted to Stalkers and serve as an incentive to subscribe.

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