CitizenVectron

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Yep:

The unit responsible for the Rape of Bucha has been promoted by Putin: "For mass heroism, resilience and courage."

Scene of a wheat or corn field with an American flag flying, and a farmer adjusting his hat while looking proudly over it (background: patriotic music) "Times are changing, and everyone of us relies on technology more and more in our daily lives" Shot of advanced tractor or combine on the field "That's why here at Intel, we use only the finest, American silicon in our chips." Shot of a miner dusting off a fully-formed silicon wafer from a seam underground in a tunnel. The miner is dusty and has a headlamp. "We take pride in manufacturing all of our products in small town America." Shot of a big factory with a bunch of men pushing chips together by hand. One man stands behind another and reaches around to help push a chip, together. The men do a Predator handshake with glistening biceps. Shot of dockworkers loading bundles of chips (man-sized) onto trucks. The trucker in the cab tips his hat to the workers and pulls away. "You wouldn't have it any other way." Shot of the trucker handing a box of chips to a small-town mom-and-pop general store owner. Kids run by in the background holding sparklers and American flags. The farmer walks in and grabs a chip off the shelf. "Intel. Made for Americans, by Americans, the American way."

Intel and AMD just need to put out some videos of sweaty, beefy men in coveralls pulling silicon wafers from vats of molten steel. That will trick the idiots into thinking it's a manly, 'merican manufacturing industry.

Perhaps I am naive, but I can't see Ukraine surrendering if Russia uses a nuclear weapon, either on the battlefield or as a "shot across the bow" in the atmosphere above Ukraine. Ukraine knows very well what Russia does to conquered nations, and the risk of nuclear death might actually be considered worth preventing the rape, torture, and purges that would follow Russian occupation.

Thread by @PhillipsPOBrien on Thread Reader App THREADREADERAPP.COM @PhillipsPOBrien: Ukrainian counterattack and how it will basically choke off any large Russian offensive in the Donbas unless the Russians move very quickly to regain road access to... Thread on how the main Russian forces in Donbas are massed at Izyum and rely on a single road that Ukraine appears to be trying to cut off: The maps make it seem like Russia controls large areas of Ukraine...but on reality they only really control the roads and are afraid to leave them.

Grain of salt, but Ukraine might believe that the promised mega assault in Donbas might not happen:

I don't see how Russia recovers financially from this war. They can't afford to rebuild half of what they've lost...and they don't even have the manufacturing capability. I think this marks the end of Russia's status as "great power". RIP 1991-2022.

From the sounds of it, Ukraine's forces have been making progress in the last few days in Kharkiv and Luhansk. They appear to be trying to enclose the Russian forces in Izyum, which were themselves trying to encircle the Ukrainian eastern army. Izyum is 120+ miles from the Russian border, and across two rivers. If Ukraine can cut the 20+ BTGs off that are stationed there, it could be decisive in Donbas.

Absolutely, the prairie base (which resembles the MAGA base) is what is holding the CPC back. But without it (for example, if they formed a new Reform/PPC Party), the CPC can't win. Edit - and though only 30% of the CPC's votes come from Western Canada, 54% of its seats do. This is why the party caters to the crazies, and will for the foreseeable future. The party of Mulroney, Clark, and even Harper is gone.

The Conservative base isn't interested in positive solutions, it is interested in owning the libs. I live in the heartland of conservatism in Canada, and nothing matters more than embarrassing Trudeau. There are no real solutions being proposed for any of Canada's problems.

Also sounds like the 35th marines have been making attacks in Kherson Oblast. That's surprising because they were based in Odessa as part of the guard duty inc ase of amphibious assault. I guess Ukraine figures that is no longer likely, which will free up some south-eastern forces for action in Kherson.

Some of his tweets are hilarious though, I'll give him that. When it comes to polling in Canada, I trust Leger the most for the national topline numbers (though Abacus and Mainstreet are also good), and then for predicting the outcome (on a riding-by-rising level) I think Mainstreet does the best job by far, followed very closely by Too Close To Call.

His firm does some good polling, but he himself is a nut who gets stoned every night and then drunk tweets.

They were only recently bought, and they just appointed a new CEO this week that is a conspiracy but who claimed last year that vaccine passports were tyrannical. I bet they endorse Poilievre in the next election.