tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Bill the ButcherBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger3890125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-89964516616918365522023-09-15T17:50:25.028+05:302023-09-15T17:50:25.028+05:30Omg on the formatting Omg on the formatting Chihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301786815598078257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-44628747850301487322023-09-15T17:31:27.118+05:302023-09-15T17:31:27.118+05:30I hope you do come to Substack. So far so good the...I hope you do come to Substack. So far so good there Chihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301786815598078257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-16508180866337803182023-08-14T02:08:31.555+05:302023-08-14T02:08:31.555+05:30Good one.
MichaelWmeGood one.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-91606205253046280602023-07-25T11:09:05.192+05:302023-07-25T11:09:05.192+05:30Good job Bill!Good job Bill!Rich Helderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947029643382634609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-82788297769717052182023-07-21T00:24:35.350+05:302023-07-21T00:24:35.350+05:30thanks so much - I always read your stuff when re-...thanks so much - I always read your stuff when re-posted on FB - now I have your blog address and thanks so much for the list - not crazy about Bernhard and can't stand Larry - but will check out the others....blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-8016210433076996552023-07-17T03:07:10.171+05:302023-07-17T03:07:10.171+05:30By law, the Western media must publish/broadcast t...By law, the Western media must publish/broadcast that Russia are absolutely certain to lose everything, including a large swatch of Western Russia as a buffer state. The Russian military have lost more than 300,000 and the few remaining are about to revolt, overthrow Putin, and agree to all the terms DC and Kiev want to impose. So that is all most Westerners ever see. All false, but when Western leaders read/watch their media that they wrote, they figure it must all be true.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-34939163460462451712023-07-14T00:56:14.645+05:302023-07-14T00:56:14.645+05:30In all the Western media, the Ukraine are winning,...In all the Western media, the Ukraine are winning, they have killed more than 300,000 Russian soldiers, and NATO helped them target and kill just about every general. The sanctions left Russia unable to borrow or build any weapons, so they are using Soviet and even Czarist weapons and are being destroyed by the advanced NATO weapons the Ukrainians have. The few surviving Russians sneak into undefended villages like Bucha, kill everyone they can find, and sneak out before the Ukrainian police can get there to arrest them.<br />The fact that none of this is true doesn't matter, that is the only version that can be legally printed or broadcast by the Western media.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-65654870644678427362023-07-03T04:35:45.289+05:302023-07-03T04:35:45.289+05:30Good poem. Thanks.
MichaelWmeGood poem. Thanks.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-68064976862939141012023-06-27T16:25:36.601+05:302023-06-27T16:25:36.601+05:30Regarding approach #2 -- it's likely just part...Regarding approach #2 -- it's likely just part of Russia's strategy to "draw everything out" as some sort of a "low-grade conflict" where the damage (onto the Russian side) would still be "small enough" for Russia to occasionally fix without too much trouble.<br /><br />It's generally known that US/NATO military spending far exceeds even the whole federal budget of Russia. Russia knows this. Russia does *not* want a full-on serious war with NATO (from which Russia will likely not emerge unscathed anyway). The point of Russia "conceding" territory, gains, etc is simply to not rile up NATO's feathers too heavily / much even further. Russia does *not* want NATO to "get serious".<br /><br />Keeping those "bridges" / ammo depots / railroads / power stations / etc alive, and allowing the Donbass and other areas to get shelled, is simply a way for Russia to pass itself as "weak" to US/NATO and thus encourage US/NATO to limit its investment in Ukraine (hey war efforts can be expensive anyway) and thus keep Ukraine in that much "weak-er" state that Russia would so much more prefer. Of course -- those targets are still up for destruction "occasionally" via retaliatory strikes from Russia --- you know, should Ukraine get a little "too-bloodthirsty", or "too-capable", or "too-strong" -- you get the gist. Kind of even perhaps like a way of making US/NATO "tailor" its investment into Ukraine --> invest not that much, then Russia will be kind and gentle and leave those big nice juicy strategic targets alone. But invest too much and make the Ukrainians a little too strong/bloodthirsty for Russia's liking?? Well, then watch Russia make all those targets go boom! (aka the pattern of retaliatory strikes/spikes every now and then, in between the much longer periods of Russia...... well, being much quieter).<br /><br />Perhaps this is also why Prigozhin was complaining the whole time too -- you know, perhaps he was "too successful" against the Ukrainian forces. You know -- something's that plenty fine for Russia when the Ukrainians get "too strong" for Russia's liking, but, when they don't....... well, that Wagner group is just gonna have to get temporarily defunded and/or get its ammo + misc stuff limited. And, of course, as Prigozhin was likely not really "briefed" on any of this either (that is, in a way, that his "main role" is not so much to "win", anything but more like "just buy Russia time"!), it's no surprise he was accusing MoD of treason all the time. <br /><br />But hey -- it's not like "buying time" is a strategy you can openly say on the Russian airwaves either and expect the public to get all riled up gungho in support of the war effort! (At which point, it might not only just be Prigozhin, but also possibly even the Russian public, accusing the government of treason as well!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-22808770805392870012023-06-26T17:58:50.199+05:302023-06-26T17:58:50.199+05:30Many thanks for this explanation and analysis. Wes...Many thanks for this explanation and analysis. Western analyses are absolutely useless, and this time, so are the Russian ones.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-76272786688895953092021-12-11T01:14:16.099+05:302021-12-11T01:14:16.099+05:30Outstanding poem. We're severely lacking in Gr...Outstanding poem. We're severely lacking in Great Poets in these doleful days.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-63719949150260187172021-12-08T02:46:12.317+05:302021-12-08T02:46:12.317+05:30Good one. It took me 50 years to understand 1984, ...Good one. It took me 50 years to understand 1984, where Airstrip One switched from an ally of Eastasia fighting Eurasia to an ally of Eurasia fighting Eastasia, then back again.<br />I figured Eurasia was the USSR and Eastasia was the PRC, and when did Airstrip 1 switch between them?<br />Of course, Airstrip 1 allied with Russia against France in Napoleonic Times, then with France and the Ottomans against Russia in Crimea, then with Russia against Germany and the Ottomans in WWI, then with Germany against the USSR between the wars, then with the USSR against Germany in WWII.<br />And now Airstrip 1 is allied with Japan against Russia and Iran, so it must have been Russia and Iran who attacked Pearl Harbor, and Winston Smith has his work cut out for him.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-56153827864581585812021-12-04T03:23:01.775+05:302021-12-04T03:23:01.775+05:30Very interesting. All I knew was that there was a ...Very interesting. All I knew was that there was a war between East and West Pakistan and East Pakistan became Bangladesh. The war was in the Western newspapers and mentioned on the evening news, but no details: just that it started, then that it was continuing, and finally that East Pakistan obtained its independence.<br /><br />Thanks for writing this.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-11349988231733066032021-10-31T03:40:54.248+05:302021-10-31T03:40:54.248+05:30I wondered where this story was going. Brilliant. ...I wondered where this story was going. Brilliant. Still laughing.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-37176063432113040872021-08-16T22:30:34.283+05:302021-08-16T22:30:34.283+05:30Good one. Should be out early next year.
MichaelW...Good one. Should be out early next year.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-80476289538113453892021-08-08T00:00:02.094+05:302021-08-08T00:00:02.094+05:30Antiwar has new articles every day. Until 18 July,...Antiwar has new articles every day. Until 18 July, someone pointed the Antiwar link to a new article every day, but Antiwar has remain linked to the same 18 July article since that date.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-6822510465145884772021-07-20T17:53:34.457+05:302021-07-20T17:53:34.457+05:30Great poem.
MichaelWmeGreat poem.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-60774917514876797172021-07-20T12:29:19.610+05:302021-07-20T12:29:19.610+05:30Fantastic.
"the blood moons orbit shrinks&quo...Fantastic.<br />"the blood moons orbit shrinks"... we can only hope this is trueReZnuKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486836189572293082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-59185218919807784932021-06-19T17:56:11.130+05:302021-06-19T17:56:11.130+05:30This is amazing. It reminds me of the golden-age s...This is amazing. It reminds me of the golden-age scifi I used to read when I was a kid. Lovely.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11190581841328671492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-17951092584972127992021-06-19T05:34:51.193+05:302021-06-19T05:34:51.193+05:30Well it's an Indian rover so of course it'...Well it's an Indian rover so of course it's faulty!Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-17214142654801263352021-06-19T02:21:02.924+05:302021-06-19T02:21:02.924+05:30Great story. Many thanks. Must work on re-programm...Great story. Many thanks. Must work on re-programming those rovers so they know to dominate the other rovers and force them into submission.<br /><br />Also, <br /><br />“I am Swabhimaan 2,” it announced, rotating jointed limps tipped by pincers and cutters and welders.<br /><br />Pity Swabhimaan limps.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-13551123441490580442021-06-17T02:26:01.144+05:302021-06-17T02:26:01.144+05:30Another informative column and good accompanying c...Another informative column and good accompanying cartoon.<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-33772503753661306412021-06-15T19:55:38.987+05:302021-06-15T19:55:38.987+05:30No, Steve. I know he's been kicked off Fakeboo...No, Steve. I know he's been kicked off Fakebook (his wife is still there) but he is on VK. Like you I'm not on VK any longer.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-70740869312829794892021-06-15T17:55:07.547+05:302021-06-15T17:55:07.547+05:30Amazing man. Thank you for publishing this.
Do yo...Amazing man. Thank you for publishing this. <br />Do you know if he's got control back over his website? (or if he's got a new one) ReZnuKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486836189572293082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-81101539095616504532021-06-15T16:43:31.622+05:302021-06-15T16:43:31.622+05:30love to you both love to you both Chihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301786815598078257noreply@blogger.com