-- "Poland sees a pattern of escalating Russian pressure on multiple fronts. 'We are hurrying to be prepared for war since Russia is giving us and our neighbors constant signals that they want us back as their vassals, their colonial backyard,' said one diplomat." --
-- "German Iinterior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who said on Wednesday Germany faced a 'new level of danger', said only an apparently ripped detonator had prevented the device going off near Ukrainian cargo planes on the tarmac at the shipping and military hub." --
-- "Analysts who haven’t seen the findings say they doubt such a weapon could work without causing uncontrollable chaos in space for companies and countries, including Russia and its ally China, that rely on thousands of orbiting satellites for communications, defense and other vital needs." --
-- "'Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,' Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany In one of his starkest statements to date. 'We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.'" --Hmmm... that doesn't sound like a good thing...
-- "Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths." --And the threat isn't entirely external.
-- "Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 2 that Moscow is prepared for a war with Europe 'right now' if European states initiate one, delivering the remarks moments before meeting U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff." --While Canada recruits more 'Chicks with Dicks'...
-- "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke about the increased physical standards he's put in place for the military, and said it's 'too bad' if members can't meet them, even if they're women." --
-- "Based on the political and diplomatic situation around Ukraine, and knowing Russia’s treachery, we anticipate that in the coming days the Russian army may try to increase pressure and strikes against Ukrainian positions in order to create more favorable political circumstances for talks with global actors." --
-- "A 'number of countries' are ready to supply Iran with nuclear warheads following American strikes on nuclear facilities early on Sunday, Russian ex-president Dmitriy Medvedev claimed on social media." --It gets better... in a cartoonish sort of way...
-- "Medvedev further stated that 'Iran’s political regime has survived — and in all likelihood, has come out even stronger.'" --
-- "Ukrainian forces stunned the Russian military Sunday after wiping out and damaging dozens of nuclear bombers and other aircraft deep inside the country, Kyiv says. Even pro-Moscow military bloggers are calling the strike — which used drones hidden in trucks — ‘the Russian Pearl Harbor.’" --
-- "The German Interior Ministry led by Social Democrat-Left caretaker minister Nancy Faeser is intervening to introduce civil defence into the school curriculum, a report by the Handelsblatt newspaper states." --It gets better... by which I mean worse...
-- "In recent months Sweden has issued an updated version of its Cold War-era survival handbook, the United Kingdom has told citizens to have a battery powered radio and a flashlight at home, and NATO has green-lit the public stockpiling bottled water." --
-- "Zelenskyy said, ‘it is time to make things right. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’ The White House has yet to weigh in on the proposal." --
And Dog Fraud says, 'Hold my Beer!'
Yessirree... a pissin' match with the 'Leader of the Free World'... sounds like a plan.
-- "Ukraine lost over 220 troops in the Kursk Region on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery fallout with President Donald Trump in the White House – underlining the high-stakes nature of the tense negotiations. The troops were killed as 11 armored combat vehicles, 12 motor vehicles and seven artillery pieces were destroyed by the Russian army." --Oh... it gets better...
Ukraine’s ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova went viral for her mortified reaction to Volodymyr Zelensky’s train wreck of an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday.It's even worse than people think.
-- "Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who fled the country Saturday as rebels closed in on the capital of Damascus, has arrived in Moscow and has been granted asylum by the Russian government." --
So, does this mean we can send Justin's 50,000 Syrians back home?
President Grandad says he toppled Assad...
-- "President Joe Biden delivered a short address from the White House on Sunday, claiming credit for the toppling of the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who was ousted by rebels after a long and brutal reign lasting decades." --
-- "Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths. The startling four minute video was aired in an apparent effort to prevent Britain from giving permission to Ukraine to allow Storm Shadow missiles to hit targets inside Russia." --
-- "Russia has started preparations for missile drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to "threats" by Western officials. The tactical nuclear weapons drills announced on Monday were ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to TASS news agency." --Ol' Vlad's been a busy little beaver...
-- "The Ukrainian security service says it has foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials." --
-- "Moscow’s Basmanny District Court formally charged Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32; Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30; Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19; and Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, all of whom are citizens of Tajikistan, with committing a group terrorist attack resulting in the death of others. One suspect, Rachabalizoda, had a heavily bandaged ear. Russian media reported Saturday that one of the suspects had his ear cut off during interrogation." --France goes DEFCON 1...
-- "France’s government increased its security alert warning to the highest level Sunday after the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall." --
-- "Russian state-run media on Saturday released videos of law enforcement agents interrogating three men. One of the suspects gave the name Shamsutdin Fariddun and said he was born on 17 September 1998. Another, with facial injuries, spoke in Tajik via a translator and gave his name as Rajab Alizadeh." --
Islamic terrorists... it's what they do.
Tomorrow, they'll be confessing to killing JFK...
-- "A graphic video shared online showed what was said to be Alizadeh lying face down on the ground as Russian law enforcement agents cut off his ear, which could explain why the man’s head was wrapped in bandages in the interrogation video." --
-- "Speaking to FSB chiefs last Tuesday, Putin said: 'Recent provocative statements by a number of official Westerns structures about the possibility of terrorist attacks in Russia … resembles outright blackmail and an intention to intimidate and destabilise our society.'" --They're bragging about mass murder...
Islamic State released on Saturday a photo of what it said were the four attackers behind a shooting rampage in a concert hall near Moscow on Friday.
-- The death toll in Friday’s terror attack on a concert in Moscow has soared to at least 133, Russia’s top state investigative agency said Saturday, with authorities saying they have apprehended 11 suspects, four of whom were directly involved in the onslaught." --That sound you hear is fingernails being ripped out... and testicles being crushed.
-- "Five gunmen dressed in camouflage clothing opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, killing at least 62 and wounding 145 in one of the worst attacks on Russia in years. The United States has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility" --An interesting aside...
-- "On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed terrorism warnings from Western embassies in a speech during the FSB spy service's annual meeting, calling them 'blackmail' meant to 'intimidate and destabilize' Russia." --
-- "The Russian President, who is likely to ‘win’ another six years in power this week moderated the war talk by saying he wouldn’t feel obliged to launch nuclear weapons if Western states would just do as he tells them." --
-- "Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called for the execution of family members of suspected criminals who cannot be found. 'If someone infringes on public safety, an officer or a tourist, and if we don't even find the offender, we won't keep looking for them, but we will definitely find their relatives.'" --
