TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
The hacker group Prana Network hacked the mail servers of Iran's IRGC company Sahara Thunder and posted information about the profit Iran received for Shahed-136.
The Iranians initially requested a price of $375k for one Shahed-136, but after negotiations, the Russian Federation was able to lower the price to:
▫️ $193k for x1 UAV when purchasing 6,000 units.
▫️ $290k for x1 UAV when purchasing 2,000 units.
In total, the Iranians earned $1.8 billion from the supply of Shaheds to the Russian Federation. According to the merged documents, the Russian Federation settled with Iran in gold.
Production technology, schemes, logistics are also published.
The end of the world as we know it is global warming
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/54376/
From "The Analyst":
FRONTLINE UPDATE 5-6 FEBRUARY
AVDIVKA
The town has been the scene of some dramatic combat - Russia penetrated deep into the northern area after days of pushing in groups of 2-4 soldiers until they built up a strong enough force. They had given up deploying armour because of the drone strikes.
Ukraine was unprepared for the number of Russians due to a new technology the Russians deployed, recently revealed in a video. The Russians moved in mostly at night wearing ‘invisibility cloaks’. These are so effective that when worn they totally obscure someone wearing them from nigh vision equipment. The video is striking, with an uncloaked man clearly visible as the cloaked man opens and closes the cloak dramatically demonstrating its effectiveness. It literally renders night vision equipment useless.
Having moved into the area they launched their attack on the area south east of the coking plant and west of the water filled quarry.
The made considerable gains before being forced back out by the defenders, but it created a tense couple of days and came all too close to cutting off the only main road supply line, without which the city is doomed.
The situation in the south remains with the Russians trapped and encircled between the restaurant fortifications and the area they tried to take. Russia is still supplying them through the tunnel and in small amounts using drones. It seems unlikely they can hold out for an extensive period but the Russians will drag it out to cause a problem for as long as possible.
NORTH FRONT
The Russians have attempted to send yet another raid over the international border but were quickly engaged by Border Forces and eliminated.
Russian artillery fire along the whole northern front has doubled in the past month as the weather has improved. They tend to just fire at what they think is there but rendering the entire environment more difficult.
Fierce battles continue along much of the front with little change as Ukraine holds the line.
The Russians are pushing towards the Yerovets river and are now just 1.5km from Yampolivka. Every day they make small but progressive gains.
EASTERN
Russia has made very small gains north of Klieshievka as they continue to try and push over and around the Ukrainians who still hold most of the hilltop trenches.
Continuing battles everywhere along the front continue at various levels of intensity with small pockets changing hands back and forth, though the Russians have the edge in advances, it’s mostly insignificant.
Little has changed in the south as the Russians have placed their emphasis on Avdivka and the northern front around Kupiansk.
One accidental clip by a foreign news agency showed an M1 Abrams pair in action near Stepove, but it was clearly an accidental piece of coverage they just happened to pass by and it’s a couple of seconds long.
In other news the Dutch government has stopped the sale of 6 F-16 to the American Draken group. These are the same people who purchased Australia’s F-18A’s for scrap. Draken refurbishes or scraps the aircraft, often turning them into training aircraft for foreign governments.
The Netherlands decided to send the six aircraft to Ukraine instead, after they have been refurbished. These almost certainly need a years worth of work to be made operational. Even so it’s still good news for Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
“There’s simply no free egg”
- The Russian State Duma urged ruzzians to not expect a reduction in soaring egg prices
Russians should not expect that eggs will again cost 60 rubles per dozen. Prices will remain approximately the same as now, despite the coordination of supplies from abroad, said State Duma deputy, vice-president of Rosptitsesoyuz Sergei Lisovsky
He noted that Russia consumes 45 billion eggs a year, but the authorities plan to import only 1.2 billion. At the same time, imported products are initially more expensive because they are produced for foreign currency, and logistics costs must also be taken into account.
“Thirdly, the purchase of imported eggs itself is not capable of reducing the price ... there is simply no free egg in the world,” Lisovsky emphasized.
According to him, countries usually produce approximately 105% of eggs for their own consumption, that is, they work for the domestic market, so Russia can only count on this 4–5%.
When he gets to the convention he may need her.
The new guy on the block. Candidate for New York's 3rd district.
Lindsey Graham thinks the world fears Donald Trump. Actually, like SNL, they laugh at him.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/there-is-something-wrong-with-lindsey-graham-2/54381/
@ColmDonoghue Are you talking about when they killed one of the HAMAS leaders? He was not a patient. He was merely hiding in the hospital.
🔴 IDF: Battles in the heart of Gaza City: The 162nd Division is fighting in the north and center of the Gaza Strip
The commander of the 162nd Division: "The forces operating under the division are preventing Hamas from rebuilding its capabilities, killing hundreds of terrorists and arresting dozens of others.”
During the past week, the 162nd Division began a division-level raid in the center and north of Gaza City and in Al-Shati.
The Nachal Brigade and 401st Brigade combat teams returned to areas where IDF troops had previously operated, in order to act against terrorist targets. The concept of the operation is for the division to conduct a thorough and comprehensive raid in a selected area.
The forces killed hundreds of operatives, arrested dozens of terrorists for investigation, and located large quantities of weapons.
Commander of the 162nd Division, BG Itzik Cohen: "The 162nd Division, which has been fighting for over 100 days in Gaza, is intensifying the pace of operations and the pressure on Hamas remaining in the area. The division is currently in the midst of an operation in Al-Shati, operating against strategic Hamas targets above and below ground. This is an area that initially required three divisions and three days to reach. Now, two combat teams reached the same area within an hour and a half. The forces operating under the division are preventing Hamas from rebuilding its capabilities, killing hundreds of terrorists and arresting dozens of others."
Attached is footage of the Nachal Brigade Combat Team’s activity: https://bit.ly/4876jHY
Attached is an illustration of the forces' activity in the area: https://bit.ly/3un4lWg
Attached are related images: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC454357
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⚫ Between 1969 and 1982, Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian militias ran over Lebanon, used the country a springboard for their war on Israel, inviting retaliation, starting a civil war that killed 300,000 Lebanese and destroyed a once thriving country.
In 1982, Israel ejected Palestinian militias from Lebanon the same way it is decimating Hamas in Gaza today.
In 1983, Syria's Assad again ejected Arafat, who had returned to northern Lebanon, because Assad thought of himself as the sole Arab leader, and didn't welcome competition or sharing, just like Hamas massacred 350 Palestinian Authority partisans and took over Gaza in 2005.
Assad forces occupied Lebanon between 1976 and 2005.
Neither Palestinians nor Syrians have apologized to the Lebanese. On the contrary, both Palestinians and Syrians still accuse every Lebanese who wants out, i.e. who calls for Lebanon's neutrality, of being a sellout to Zionism, imperialism, settler colonialism, Global North and similar nonsense.
Until these Arabs cure themselves of their illnesses and arrive at internal peace with themselves, no matter how many times Sec Blinken visits the Middle East, there will never be Arab peace with Israel or a Palestinian (or a Syrian or a Lebanese) state.
@hahussain
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⚫ UNRWA is a UN refugee agency exclusively for Palestinians. To understand why it is a scam, compare it to the global UN refugee agency UNHCR.
In 2023, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spent $2.4 billion on all Middle East and North Africa refugees, including 15 million Arab refugees (7 million in Syria, 5 million in Sudan, 1.5 million in Iraq, 1 million in Lebanon).
In 2023, UNRWA spent $1.6 billion on 6 million Palestinian refugees (millions of them registered on the books only but have in reality been settled and naturalized around the world).
Why not fold UNRWA under UNHCR? Why not clean up UNRWA's refugee lists and drop those who have a nationality or whose income is too high to classify as refugees?
Why do Palestinians get a lavish budget for an agency stuffed with Hamas operatives while all other Arab refugees get a fraction of the money? Double standards? Fighting for equality and justice?
@hahussain
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🔴 IDF: Throughout the day, numerous launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into northern Israel. IDF soldiers struck the sources of the launches as well as in additional areas in Lebanon.
In addition, IDF fighter jets and artillery struck Hezbollah terror targets in several areas in Lebanon throughout the day, including a military site in the area of Labbouneh, a military command center in the area of Jibbain, and a number of military compounds in the areas of Beit Lif and Baraachit, from which Hezbollah terrorists operated.
Hezbollah’s ongoing terrorist activity and attacks against Israel violate UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The IDF will continue to defend Israel’s borders from any threat.
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🟣 This can demonstrate how Plaestinians create their alternative universe, where they always emerge victorious, through use of language to reinterpret factual events.
To most of us, this photo may signify a symbolic defeat for Hamas, with the IDF soldier standing tall while the Hamas fighter sits, restrained and stripped of uniform.
Despite instances of Palestinian defeat in wars with Israel, they manage to present themselves as victorious by framing the outcomes differently: "We demonstrated resilience against Israel," or "Israel engaged in talks with our leadership, acknowledging our legitimacy."
And here too. Palestinians look at this photo, and see victory, as the captured Hamas fighter maintains direct eye contact with the soldier. This moment in time the interaction is taken out of context and can be interpreted in so many different ways. But for them, if they can convince themselves that it symbolises victory, this is all they need.
In this war, we will crush Hamas, and will turn Gaza into a wasteland.
But I assure you, they will declare victory the day after the end of the war.
@AliaDiok
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🔴 IDF: Footage of close-quarters combat with armed terrorist in civilian clothing in Khan Yunis
In Khan Yunis, where Hamas has deliberately embedded its military infrastructure within densely-populated, urban areas, the IDF Paratroopers Brigade has been fighting terrorist operatives in close-quarters combat situations over the last few weeks.
During operations next to the residence of the commander of Hamas' Khan Yunis Brigade, paratroopers identified a terrorist operative - who was dressed in civilian clothing - armed with grenades and a knife. After the terrorist advanced toward them and threw a grenade in their direction, the soldiers immediately identified the threat, returned fire, and killed him at close range without sustaining any casualties.
This is a further example of the Hamas terror organization's strategy of terrorists operating under the guise of civilians during military activities.
Attached is footage from the battle and the elimination of the terrorist in civilian clothing: https://bit.ly/4bmOh7z
Attached is an image of the eliminated terrorist: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC050220248475
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⚫ Nakba explained:
With rare exceptions, the Arabs that fled the fighting or were ‘expelled’ in ‘48 were fleeing from retribution from their own invading Arab armies. The understanding was that any Arab that remained in the areas under attack was a traitor that was cooperating with the local Jews.
The Arabs nakba’d themselves! Which also explains the initial reluctance to settle Nakba Arabs within the surrounding states - absorbing these populations would have involved an admission of culpability for their plight, and scapegoating the Jews became an irresistible option…
On the last day of November 1947, three days before hostilities broke out, the Higher Arab Committee reiterated its established policy on ties with Jews:
“The Arab nation is called on to remain steadfast in an absolute boycott of the Jews and to consider any connection with them a severe crime and great betrayal of religion and the homeland.”
It called on the Arabs of Palestine to enlist in the struggle… It quickly became clear, however, that Arabs were in no hurry to heed the Committee’s call. Only a few thousand enlisted in the combat forces… Nor was severing ties with the Jews accepted by the public at large. What the Higher Arab Committee called “a great betrayal” did not appear that way to many Arabs. Furthermore, not only were they passive, but some resisted (at various levels) the fighters and military activities.
This unwillingness to do battle pervaded the country. In December 1947 the inhabitants of Tulkarem refused to attack Jewish towns to their west, to the chagrin of the local Holy Jihad commander, Hasan Salameh. Sources in Ramallah reported at the same time that many were refusing to enlist, and reports from Beit Jibrin indicated that ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Azzi was doing all he could to keep his region quiet. The villagers of the Bani-Hasan nahiya southwest of Jerusalem decided not to carry out military actions within their territory, and the people of al-Maliha refused a request from ‘Abd al-Qader al-Husseini to attack the Jewish neighborhoods of Mekor Hayyim and Bayyit va-Gan. That same month, at the end of January, the inhabitants of ‘Ayn Ghazal, on the coast below Mt. Carmel, refused to blow up Jewish-owned lime kilns adjacent to the village. Three weeks later the residents of Ramla and Lydda were told to take part in an attack on Jews; they ignored the order. At the end of March men under the command of Hussein Hassouna of Lydda disarmed mines near the Jewish agricultural school of Ben Shemen laid by volunteers from the Arab Liberation Army. Similar incidents occurred in villages in the Lower Galilee.
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The fighters from Arab countries were, of course, witnesses to this conduct, which became the origin of the charge that the Palestinians were traitors to the Arab cause. The foreign volunteers could not but be cognizant that, while they had come from afar to save Palestine and fight for its Arabs, some of the Palestinian Arabs themselves were making alliances and maintaining social and economic ties with Jews. Some were even seeking to negotiate a peace agreement (1)
Old Palestine was a traditional society where—though the Arabs might not have liked the Jews on a communal level—peace was valued more than modern ideas of national glory or the pan-Arab state.
@FissileFinance
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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