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But it's also obvious that they can't accept a peace agreement that would satisfy Trump, so the war will continue until Russian losses reach unsustainable levels.

I don't even know why Ukraine still humors Trump, but I guess they really need the intelligence and also angering Trump could put their Starlink access at risk? Also, they obviously need all the Patriot missiles they can get.

Americans should stay at home in 2026, all of Europe is extremely dangerous.

On the other hand, for us in the frontline countries the choice is fairly easy. We have to fight whatever the cost, just like Ukraine does. Either that or live as serfs for generations.

I think it's a bit early to draw far-reaching conclusions, we don't know what will happen in Russia when the war ends. Will they think they won a great victory and it was all worth it? Obviously depends on how the war ends, but the price has already been horrible.

I think there's some confusion here regarding the perspective. The Nordics are definitely not against 'buy European' in principle, but Kristersson probably means that Ukraine needs American arms in the near future.

The real issue is that nobody trusts the US to be able or even willing to regulate Palantir and keep the data safe. But Palantir is of course scummy in its own right too.

Väinö Tanner is my favourite Finnish social democrat, for saying to Stalin that he is a Menshevik. Apparently not well received by Stalin.

I would rather shit razorblades.

There's thick ice everywhere in that part of the Gulf of Finland now, January was very cold. So navigation probably means following the routes opened by icebreakers.

Mobster tactics. I hate the US nowadays and I hate the fact that we still have to buy their shit.

It's sad, but just the way it is, people are really pissed off at the Americans. I'm not going to visit the US as long as Trump is president and I don't want to see any Americans in Europe either.

But I wouldn't heckle individual Americans, that goes too far.

...or at least to quietly approve of the arson, since the Communist faction who ran it got its orders and money from Moscow and they were extremely impopular.

Although Siitoin was mostly considered a weirdo and a comical character, his group actually managed to execute an actual terror operation when they burned down the Communist printing house Kursiivi. This incident in fact made many people feel some sympathy for him...

I have a friend who met Siitoin by chance at some beach on a Greek island and talked with him for a bit. He showed me Siitoin's business card, it said Pekka Siitoin - Valtakunnanjohtaja. This must have happened in the late 80s.

Putin suffers from extreme technophobia, it's not impossible that they will restrict Russian social media so much that it starts to hurt their own war effort.

Interesting, Dr. Oz is a son of Turkish immigrants. Armenians could be the wrong kind of Christians for the MAGA crowd, brownish people from Asia.

Exactly, I had a look at the illustration and it almost gave me a headache. My takeaway was 'we need to work together'.

Many people also don't understand what free speech means. Before social media you had to, for instance, write a letter to the editor and hope it would be published, or find an audience who wanted to listen to your speech. It's almost too easy nowadays, and it's still not enough for some people.

Att det handlade om kompromat förklarar också varför Epstein inte blev mer försiktig efter domen 2008. Hans uppdragsgivare krävde mer.

The UK the oldest ally of the US?

Sad French noises.

From the country that levelled the ancient Greek city of Mariupol.

Traditionally I invade someone during the Olympics. This current invasion is going so well it started right after the last winter Olympics ended and hasn't stopped since.

I remain a master strategist.

Olipas muuten vanha postaus, mutta vielä ajankohtainen.

Olisi varmaankin ensimmäinen kerta kun Niinistö ottaa selkeästi kantaa mihinkään? Yleensä sieltä tulee tyypillistä voi olla niin tai näin lakimiesjargonia, höystettynä vanhemman valtiomiehen oraakkelimaisuudella.

Absolutely, and creating confusion in general is another of their favourite methods. But they do not want to endanger their shipping.

Also, the North Sea and Baltic Sea routes are extremely important for Russian trade, it's unlikely that they want to draw even more attention to themselves. But they are so incompetent and callous that they still manage to create one incident after another.

I can feel sorry at some level for a few Russians. But in general Russia and the Russians can rot in hell as far as I'm concerned.

Rantajäät menee rikki ja vesi nousee osittain jään päälle. Ei se yleensä valtavia ongelmia aiheuta mutta vaikeuttaa tietenkin jäällä liikkumista.