Russia Surrounded

[luka]

 

[luka]

 

[Mr. Tea]

People still say "libtard"?! Has it been ironically revived or something?

 

[luka]

yes, i think in this case it's somewhat ironic.

 

[yyaldrin]

 

[HMGovt’s Glorious Return!]

Is it true that the Soviet Union/Russia asked to join NATO in the 1950s, 1990s, and 2000s? And was refused or told to "apply" each time?

 

[yyaldrin]

yes that's true

 

[john eden]

I’m not a fan, but that was good trolling tbf.

 

[luka]

 

[Mr. Tea]

NATOstan! That's hilarious.

Not a fucking clue what it's meant to imply, but I guess that's not really the point.

 

[luka]

im not sure either. Pepe Escobar was a Craner fave back in the early '00s. I guess either stan as in Pakistan, Uzbekistan etc.... or Stan as in the Eminem song? i dunno

 

[luka]

he wrote a books called Pipelineistan too i think, which is where Craner got his pipeline obsession from. all wars are about pipelines they reckon.

 

[luka]

Welcome to Pipelineistan

The bloodstream of the global energy war is the pipelines that crisscross the planet's potential imperial battlefields.

www.motherjones.com

 

[luka]

its very easy to get seduced by people who give the appearance of being in the know, privy to information you don't have

 

[luka]

so i say, beleive whatever you want. if you want to beleive it's about a pipeline, go ahead. if you prefer the bioweapons research labs, then beleive in that instead. it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to anything.

 

[IdleRich]

Pepe Escobar, do we think that his name is that a reference to "Los Pepes, a name derived from the Spanish phrase "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar" ("Persecuted by Pablo Escobar"), was a vigilante group composed of enemies of Pablo Escobar." meaning that he is somehow on both sides - Escobarstan and Pepestan?

 

[IdleRich]

I missed this thing about how everyone hates NATO and it's now become another Great Satan in its own right for certain lefties, when did that happen? I mean I'm sure they always disapproved but it seems to have been promoted to being mentioned all the time as THE baddie.

 

[Leo]

Most normal liberals support NATO. The MAGA crowd hates it, following messaging from Dear Leader Trump, who had a chip on his shoulder that our partners weren't paying their fair share. The US was suckered into paying for most everything plus protecting the world, being taken advantage of, all the usual isolationist/nationalist stuff.

 

[IdleRich]

Anyone wanna go see Louis CK?

Still Tickets Left for the Louis CK Show in Kyiv Tomorrow

Some may call stand-up comedy the biggest security risk of all...

www.gawker.com

 

[Leo]

A friend posted this in FB

Shared from a client who works very closely with a tech team in Kyiv: "Yesterday they were issuing civilians with firearms and giving lessons at the supermarkets. Civilians have the authority to kill any Russian soldier."