Where Do Things End With Vlad? (h/t romad1)

[Screwball]

8 minutes ago, pfife said:

Why do you ask a bunch of dudes on a message board about why tulsi chooses to do the things she does?

Because you are entertaining.

[pfife]

1 minute ago, Screwball said:

Because you are entertaining.

You should see my work in the comments at "naked capitalism"

[Screwball]

17 minutes ago, pfife said:

You should see my work in the comments at "naked capitalism"

I don't know who you go by, but it doesn't matter. Bunch of smart people there. Nicely done blog. The lady that runs it worked on Wall Street, retired now. Goldman. Was always rated one of the top financial blogs. They do a lot of politics too. Lean left, Bernie fans, or were. Also into the MMT monetary stuff, which I don't like, but they also cover climate change and the green energy stuff pretty well.

Dive in.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Screwball said:

It has been repeated over and over on this board she is a Russian asset. If so, why is she still one?

This isn't difficult.

Because that’s where the money is for her.

You’re right. Not difficult.

[Tigeraholic1]

10 hours ago, ewsieg said:

The Independent uses AI to write their articles and post their instructions to ChatGPT on their blog.  Here is the one for this article.

"Write an article about Tulsi Gabbard from the viewpoint of John Bolton.  Don't ever say it's John Bolton though as many on the left think he has horrible foreign policy ideas.  If they know it's Bolton, and he disagrees with her foreign policy views, they might come to the realization that it could mean they might actually agree with her foreign policy views."

Chaz will come back with an even better article, you just wait!

[pfife]

You post state media from pepe lives matter.  Sit down

[CMRivdogs]

Found what I was looking for. From JVL

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-or-dupe

 

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Is Gabbard a Russian asset? I don’t know if that’s how she sees herself. But the Russians certainly view her that way.

Here’s the thing about intelligence assets: Sometimes an asset is a person you must own and direct. But sometimes an asset will do what you want her to, either with gentle, indirect inputs or completely under her own steam.

Walter Duranty did not officially report to the Kremlin, but Stalin viewed him as a valuable asset and made sure to stroke him and position him in ways that were useful to the USSR. The result was that Duranty’s dispatches to the New York Times were indistinguishable from something a KGB-controlled spy would have written.

Whether or not Duranty saw himself as a Russian agent, Stalin and the Soviet secret services classified him as an asset and were diligent in Duranty’s care and feeding.

So when it comes to Gabbard, ask yourself: What would she have done differently over the last decade if she had been formally controlled by Putin?

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Gabbard says, over and over, that the only thing she cares about is “peace.” But in this quest for peace she has, over and over, attacked and attempted to discredit the U.S. intelligence community while embracing propaganda emanating from the Kremlin.

She has attempted to stop U.S. military intervention against Russian allies while also opposing sanctions against them.

She has met secretly with Russian clients.

She has blamed the United States for an invasion conducted by Russian forces, attempted to draw false equivalence between America and Russia, and accused the American president of being unfairly belligerent toward Putin—whose regime has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and abducted 20,000 Ukrainian children.

Even if Gabbard is only an unwitting dupe, from the Russian perspective her elevation to DNI would represent the greatest achievement in the history of espionage. Russia will have fully penetrated the American intelligence apparatus at the very top level.

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by CMRivdogs

[ewsieg]

3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Found what I was looking for. From JVL

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-or-dupe

Meeting secretly with Russian clients, whatever that means, is concerning.  I was not aware of this and will try and look up details on that.  And again, I'm not saying I agree with the rest, but there is more to the story.

"She has attempted to stop U.S. military intervention against Russian allies while also opposing sanctions against them."

Like Assad?  I have no love loss for him and definitely a part of me wouldn't care if he actually is at the end of his rope now, but we've seen bad situations like Iraq, which had it's own ruthless dictator, get worse when the US got involved.  Syria may very well boot Assad here shortly, but we'll get Al Queda Jr. in it's place.  At least this HTC or HSC or whoever they are at least seem to want to govern, so more like a Taliban I guess.  Still not sure if that's a win for the US.

Ironically, many of you on the old board were the ones telling me I needed to stop blaming Sadam Hussein for the Iraq war as I pointed to the facts that he constantly ****ed with Blix to at the very least, give the appearance he may have had weapons of mass destruction, instead, all of you kept yelling about Bush and our Intelligence just because they lied about some stuff.   Glad to see you guys grew up and are patriotic now unlike when you were younger Iraqi assets. 

Edited December 5, 2024 by ewsieg

[romad1]

Matt Whitaker is going to be Ambassador to NATO.  Jeez.  What the actual hell? 

[romad1]

Tulsi Gabbard nom is finally getting the attention it deserves.  

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gabbard-national-intelligence-director-senate-e351e922f7d185ced030169fe83e94da

There are bunch of articles with this story. 

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The former officials, who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, said they were “alarmed” by the choice of Gabbard to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. They said her past actions “call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and to the entire national security apparatus.”

  The money

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They requested that Senate committees “consider in closed sessions all information available to the U.S. government when considering Ms. Gabbard’s qualifications to manage our country’s intelligence agencies, and more importantly, the protection of our intelligence sources and methods.”

They are saying there is information.

[chasfh]

I’ve been repeatedly assured that Tulsi has nothing to do with Russia. Never heard of them, in fact.

[pfife]

AP?   Cmon now

Ill believe it when pepe lives matter posts it on x

[romad1]

7 hours ago, chasfh said:

I’ve been repeatedly assured that Tulsi has nothing to do with Russia. Never heard of them, in fact.

Lets just say the part about closed doors is extremely relevant.

[CMRivdogs]

I'm not familiar with this site or its leanings. But it's an interesting perspective

. https://frontelligence.substack.com/p/war-deficits-and-the-russian-economy
 

My thought. Is Vlad hoping Trump and Company will bail him out of a mess, or will he get more bogged down in the swamp

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Ruble depreciation will contribute to inflation even further, as Russia is continued to be heavily reliant on imports – this is a kind of self-sustaining spiral. I also strongly disagree with those who say that cheaper ruble is “good” for exporters and the budget. Exporters have yet to make good use of devaluing ruble – which they can’t do, because Russia is under all sorts of embargoes, and China and other Global South countries are not opening their markets to most Russian goods. As to the budget, the effect is much more complex than many consider: on one hand, budget gets more rubles from export revenues due to ruble depreciation, while minimizing ruble-nominated costs. On the other hand, though, higher inflation and costlier imports will, in my view, more than offset these budget-positive effects.

I think we have to look at the situation in a more complex way. Sharp ruble depreciation is a mere illustration of Russia’s deepening economic woes. Nearly three years since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian economy is stranded. No new sustainable economic model has been found. Import substitution is not working. China is only buying our most basic commodities at heavy discounts, while keeping its market closed for other Russian goods. There’s no investment or technology coming into Russia from China and other Global South countries. Everything is dependent on state subsidies – but the government’s financial reserves are running thin. if you listen to industry and business speakers at the most recent economic fora, there’s an endless stream of begging – we won’t survive with state subsidies for this, state support for that, we haven’t got technology, haven’t got investment, haven’t got profitability, haven’t got workforce. etc. Makes one wonder – what have you got then?

 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[Tigeraholic1]

Amazing if true.

 

[gehringer_2]

20 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Amazing if true.

 

Russian S-300 but operated by whom?

I can see the logic in the Russians deciding Assad had become unwanted baggage, but killing allies without the distance of at least a formal breakup tend to make the remaining ones rather nervous.

[romad1]

https://bsky.app/profile/adamparkhomenko.bsky.social/post/3lcrem6b4tk2b

 

 

Adam Parkhomenko

‪@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social‬

 

I imagine Tulsi Gabbard did not expect this part of the movie.

December 7, 2024 at 11:25 PM

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‪JF Ayora‬ ‪@juanfayora.bsky.social‬

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33m

Could we discuss the successful removal of Assad by President Biden through strategic support to Ukraine, all without the need for ground troops? Thank you.

[romad1]

 

We seem to have had a bit of a dividend from the effort to keep Russia from taking Ukraine.   Lots of things will be happening now.  This is a very dangerous time as all transitions are. 

 

 

 

 

‪Angry‬ ‪@angrystaffer.bsky.social‬

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8h

Rumors that Russia is abandoning Tartus. Tartus is their only naval base in the Mediterranean. It’s their primary logistical hub for force projection into Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe This will limit their ability to resupply and repair, and slow down their troop deployment

 

 

 

‪Angry‬ ‪@angrystaffer.bsky.social‬

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10h

Biden administration believes that it’s “increasingly likely” that Assad’s regime could fall within days. We shouldn’t prop up Assad, but we have to be clear-eyed about the geopolitical implications of the regime falling - including securing his chemical weapons stockpiles.

[Tigeraholic1]

Sounds like sunny days ahead in Syria

 

[romad1]

I'm not sure we can say this with certainty but... 

https://bsky.app/profile/joncooper-us.bsky.social/post/3lcsghrnpes2m

 

 

Jon Cooper

‪@joncooper-us.bsky.social‬

 

With the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, Tulsi Gabbard’s chance of being confirmed as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence has fallen to ZERO. The only question is whether the Syrian rebels will release the secret files on Tulsi before or after her confirmation hearing.

 

[Tigeraholic1]

So we are depending on Syrian documents that we don’t posses to discredit her? 
 

political activist Jon Cooper folks.

 

 

[romad1]

Now if we can get Putin to fall before Jan 20 that would be smashing.

[Screwball]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

So we are depending on Syrian documents that we don’t posses to discredit her? 
 

political activist Jon Cooper folks.

 

 

All you have to do is read Cooper's resume and know he is not to be believed about anything.

[romad1]

I think the preference for the national security community would be she removes herself before they have to burn sources and methods but you do you.