Absolutely Correct...

 ... this is US "elites" consensus. 

Donald Trump may be clear-minded when it comes to Russian history, but he started the “sanctions race” with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Trump pointed out that the Russian “war machine” defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, so stopping the Ukraine conflict had to be a priority for him if re-elected. Meanwhile, his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined “a Trump peace plan” in the Wall Street Journal that seemed at odds with the Republican candidate’s actual position. Commenting on both matters, Peskov complimented Trump for “knowing history in such depth” as few other Americans seemed to, but maintained that he was still “a representative of the US political elite that is now definitely suffering from total Russophobia.” “Of course, we saw this article and various other statements. We have never worn rose-colored glasses,” Peskov told reporters.

Absolutely correct, it is the clock-work of American political machine--it either works this way or it disintegrates, the latter being the case now. And the issue is metaphysical--this is what I preach for years now. So, anyone who anticipates some kind of "resolution" to 404 and crisis of Russian-American relation let me reiterate what I speak about for years now: it was on Trump's watch when Russian-American relations got destroyed and 404 was pumped with weapons and "advisers" to the hilt.

"Olympic" SitRep...

 ... and on the nature of Olympic mascots.

 

This Is A Preview...

 ... of how France will be beaten into submission and will cease to exist as France. 

And this is just the start. We can speculate who did it here whatever we want, but strategic reality for France is that its cities are controlled NOT by French but people of different races, ethnicity and culture and many are in France not to integrate but to change France. Considering pathetic level and politically-correct driven cowardice of France's military and security apparatus, the political toppling of France is just the matter of people who know how to paralyze clownish French government. Now, with inputs of weapons from what's left of 404 and its decomposing armed forces--all ingredients are there. This is a trial run.

Nima And Me...

 ... yesterday.

Well, The Intent Is Commendable...

 ... as is a recognition of what is going on with Russia, but you cannot stop things now without Russia's conditions. And those will be humiliating. I warned about Russian war machine for 10+ yeas, few people listened. 

And, yes, Russians defeated Napoleon and Hitler--and these two were the creme de la creme of what West could muster against historic Russia. There were others, but these two have been special.

At This Stage...

 ... it is becoming an emergency. 

Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing's new Starliner capsule prompted NASA and Boeing to keep them up longer. NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said mission managers are not ready to announce a return date. The goal is to bring Wilmore and Williams back aboard Starliner, he added. “We'll come home when we're ready,” Stich said. Stich acknowledged that backup options are under review. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is another means of getting NASA astronauts to and from the space station. “NASA always has contingency options," he said.

And the Falcon 9 has issues and is grounded. Call Moscow.

Open Thread...

 ... very busy. Go at it.

America Doesn't Do Real War...

 ... period. The reason it doesn't do real war is because she doesn't know what it is. Because she doesn't know what real defense is, apart from tropes of "national interests", "we need to fight them there, to not fight them here", "democracy" and other bullshit to cover up expeditionary and imperialistic nature of the US military.  So, Gregory Daddis asks a reasonable question and raises a proper issue:

While much of the book is heavy with dense, analytical prose, “How Much Is Enough?” still asks useful questions that remain relevant for us today. How well are DoD budget practices aligned to U.S. foreign policy objectives? Are spending ceilings logical or “arbitrary”? Are some military services “entitled” to a certain percentage of the defense budget, and, if so, why? What is the relationship between spending on social programs versus national security? Perhaps most importantly, Enthoven and Smith argued for a “central plan” to drive resource requests and avoid duplication of effort. Once more, they encouraged spending criteria that supported the “national interest.” In evaluating forces structures and strategic mobility, weapons systems and nuclear stockpiles, analysts always had to keep in mind a central question: “for what purpose?”

Well, the issue, of course, is WHAT IS American nation and how its "national interests" are formulated? I agree--US "defense budget" is nothing but a jobs program and defrauding of the US economy. Moreover, I agree, that for all this spending the US continues to fall behind technologically and is incapable of REAL, as in large scale combined arms operations. Condescending references to "peer" or "near peer" warfare is an absolute BS. What is not a BS--it is inability, especially at the political level to grasp what COFM is. 

Senator Roger Wicker--a lawyer and a journo who was JAG, who penned this somnambulic BS in NYT in May...

America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace

... has about zero grasp on how wars are planned and executed. JAGs, especially with "degree" in journalism are not educated on the virtues of Combat Effectiveness, Combat Stability and Force Designs. But these are crucial in order for him to understand why the United States lost the arms race and why the "rebuilding of the US Armed Forces" as he puts it this way will be mostly about "more cowbell"--same BS about replicating the TOE from 1990-s, the attempt to repeat the halcyon days of beating the crap from people who cannot shoot straight. And Daddies concludes the piece with seemingly common sense: 

In 1971, Enthoven and Smith were asking similarly hard questions because they believed it served the nation’s best interests. Undoubtedly, Senator Wicker feels similarly. But it’s worth voters engaging in this moment when the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East seemingly demand more, more, more. Of course, we shouldn’t underestimate the threats we face. But surely now is the time to ask both our presidential candidates, “how much is enough?”

What can I say, the whole US military thinking is not about real wars, it is about who gets what domestically. It is a gravy train, for now. But changes are coming. In fact, they are already here.

My Latest...

 ... Le Monde didn't do its homework. They never do. 

 

Larry Wilkerson...

 ... is spot on. Which also buttresses my constant point--the US as it exists today is not governable, and is not living in reality, including neocons who dominate Biden Admin and all of who, without exception, are military and foreign policy amateurs and dangerous ideologues.

 

There Goes All The Command...

 ... of the 63rd motor-rifle brigade of VSU.  I also have to correct myself from yesterday--Iskander carries 700 kg, not 500 kg warhead. 

Keep in mind also that Iskander's warhead can penetrate deep underground. So, most of the action is undeground. Keep also in mind that Iskander could be upgraded through some minor additions to fly way-way above its present range of 500 km. We are talking couple of thousands. Well, my new video should come up soon...

Mayor Of Moscow...

 ... decided to stop the charade and...

Мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин подписал постановление о переименовании площади Европы, расположенной вдоль Бережковской набережной неподалеку от Киевского вокзала. Новое название площади Европы – площадь Евразии, следует из документа, передает ТАСС. Площадь Европы открылась в 2002 году как символ единения континента, это был общий проект России и Бельгии, передает РБК.

Translation: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree renaming Europe Square, located along Berezhkovskaya embankment near the Kievsky railway station. The new name of Europe Square is Eurasia Square, follows from the document, TASS reports. Europe Square opened in 2002 as a symbol of the unity of the continent; it was a common project between Russia and Belgium, RBC reports.

Europe is an existential enemy of Russia and Russian people. It is akin to naming some square in Moscow after Goebbels. Of course, I do not mean that ALL Europeans are Russia-haters, but significant majority are. West's "elites" in general still view Russians as subhumans and have a visceral hatred of Russia on a genetic level. But here is another reason for renaming--Europe is fast becoming the peninsula of an incomparably larger Eurasia and it is not just geographic in nature--economically the fate of Europe is decided and you can see it here, again:

That pretty much sums it up and this trend cannot be reversed for Europe, because without real industries and machine-building complex, which EU sheds like crazy, there is no future. As some astute commenters suggested--there are plenty of dead-ends in Moscow, why not name one dead-end after Europe. Indeed, sounds fantastic--Europe's dead-end.

In related news: ah, yes, DEI hires... 

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her post after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Cheatle stepped down one day after she testified to a congressional committee about law enforcement failures during Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. She has faced widespread calls for her resignation in the aftermath of the attack, where one rally attendee was killed and at least two other people were critically injured. A joint letter from both Democratic and Republican leaders on the House oversight committee called for her to step down after Monday’s hearing, where lawmakers were repeatedly frustrated by her inability to provide detailed answers about the Secret Service’s actions that day, with one Republican lawmaker telling her she is “full of s***”. In her testimony, Cheatle said the shooting was “the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades”.

No shit, pardon my French. The whole world laughs at this "most significant operational failure" and it was a sheer luck that former and, highly likely future, POTUS hasn't been killed. While at it--check the background of the US Navy's CNO Lisa Franchetti--it is a wowser. My condolences to the US Navy.

Garland, Scott and Yours Truly...

 ... today. Soon. 

IMPENDING DOOM - THE END OF UKRAINE - SCOTT RITTER AND ANDREI MARTYANOV

For some reason blogspot cannot find the video on UTube. Strange. 

Totally Expected...

... Mr. Iskander decided to visit an interesting site and voila'... nice catch. 

A missile strike has destroyed a temporary deployment point housing Western instructors and mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The Russian Defense Ministry has shared a video apparently showing a missile strike on a temporary deployment center near the city of Kharkov in Ukraine that supposedly housed Western “instructors and mercenaries.” Some 50 foreigners are said to have been killed in the ballistic missile strike, which was conducted using an Iskander-M system, the ministry said, noting that the facility was located in Dergachi, a town in Kharkov region. The strike comes as Moscow has repeatedly warned that any foreign military personnel operating in Ukraine are considered legitimate targets for Russian strikes and would be relentlessly eliminated.

Here is the video. 

Then, rumor has it, some Spanish Colonel (Ret.) informed that there have been visits to US, British, French and Spanish "advisers" near Odessa, but we have to wait for Russian MoD confirmation. 

Meanwhile, British military continues to parade itself as a joke and: 

Britain must be prepared to fight a war in three years’ time and double the lethality of its army as the separate threats of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea come to a head, the new chief of the army has warned. Gen Sir Roly Walker, the chief of the general staff, told reporters that the west faced “an axis of upheaval” with increasing military ambition and that a conflict involving one of the countries could lead to “a significant detonation” in another theatre. The UK and its allies had to be ready “to deter or fight a war in three years”, he argued – a deliberately stark judgment based on China’s hostility towards Taiwan, Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Russia’s militarisation as demonstrated by its invasion of Ukraine.

Yes, sure! I wonder which battalion will UK send to fight Russia or China. That will be hilarious. But here is what British General Staff is:

Although Russia was embroiled in the war in Ukraine, and on current trends its forces would, Walker said, take “five years to grind their way through” to capturing the eastern Donbas, at a cost of 1.5 million casualties, the country’s history had shown it could bounce back.

A bunch of illiterate clowns, but take a load of this:  

Walker was born on 14 May 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya, to Patrick Walker and Daphne Walker (née Armour). Following his father's death, his mother married Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham in 1980. He was educated at the Dragon School, a private preparatory school in Oxford, and then at Harrow School, an all-boys independent boarding school in London. Sponsored by the British Army as a university cadetship officer, he studied at the Royal Agricultural College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. He later studied at Cranfield University, graduating with a Master of Arts degree.

He took the one year-long "advanced" course here, which is a euphemism for British military to get some sort of military credentials enough to "fight" people who cannot shoot back. Real war? I doubt anyone in this "Advanced" Command and Staff Course has any idea what modern command is on real battlefield, but, hey, leave it to British to bestow a shitload of meaningless awards and titles to nincompoops, who would fail the first year in any serious military higher education Russian officer college, not to speak of Services War Colleges let alone the Academy of General Staff, but sure--the guy was in Iraq, that must count for something, right? With his background in agriculture and Masters of Arts degree, I am positive he is precisely the material UK military needs to lead it into a complete irrelevance. They are almost there, as is United Kingdom as a country.

Why They Will Learn Nothing...

RUSI is becoming a sort of a joke, a very British one. COFM rules geopolitics and war. The times of great British mathematicians and engineers trying to solve warfare puzzles are over. What you get is Sir Radakin or BoJo--both clowns. Warfare is hard, it requires serious background. In related news, Russia's economy is booming. Somebody (from the West) finally decided to figure out why. Per Biden and DNC... well, the question is how many MUST go to prison. 

To Conclude The Weekend...

Anton finally started to upload music with some art. You heard this piece Nero (Neron) already...

Russia Is About...

 ... to unleash... Tatar robots!!

That's the force the world has never seen before... ;))
 

Yeah, As If...

 ... the United States didn't sustain enough humiliation and destruction in the last eight years, yes Trump's sabotage by Democrats included.

President Biden announced Sunday that he was pulling out of the 2024 race following a weeks-long pressure campaign from fellow Democrats that began in earnest following his much-criticized debate performance in late June. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down," Biden said in a statement posted to X. He added that he plans to address the nation later this week, but made clear that he intends to finish out the last three months of his term in office. In a separate post following the announcement, Biden wrote that he is endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the Democratic nominee for president. "Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump," he wrote. "Let’s do this."

So, at some point of time even morons should have started asking questions about why their, morons that is, life got worse, much-much worse in the last few years. Well, as much as I cannot stand GOP BS, Democrats are a national disaster for the US. Both contributed, of course, throughout decades of utter geopolitical and economic BS--well, the whole world laughs. This is American "democracy" which sustained a demented (from the get go) carcass of a man under the slogans MiniTrue would envy. It is a logical conclusion to this circus. It leaves, the new one rolls in town. 

It Is Fake...

 ... but it is still funny)))

 

Here Is Ania, Scott And Larry...

 ... discuss the events of the last week. 

Read also in comments to this video at Larry's that Scott's daughter--I assume it is Patty, a beautiful and classy young lady--will not be able to join US Foreign Service because she was blacklisted by Georgetown University and will not be able to obtain Top Secret clearance. What a clusterfuck America has become. Sad.

Visiting Barnes And Noble...

 ... I did it yesterday again, and when sipping on my latte from B&N coffee shop I usually browse periodicals such as Combat Aircraft and Air Forces. Yesterday, looking at the latest issues of both I couldn't find any so called "Ukraine-Russia War" headline on the cover of Air Forces, which prior to a demolition of the fabled "counteroffensive" by VSU in Summer 2023 have been plastered with SMO's headlines all over on the covers and inside. Enough to take a look at June 2023 issue where Tim Ripley investigated the leaks from Pentagon about air war in SMO titled State's Secrets, in which he stresses Pentagon's own assessment of Russian Air Defense being 97% effective. But in the latest issues--nothing, except for some tiny note in the "cellar" about VSU shooting down Russian TU-22M3 strategic bombers using some "long-range" missiles--the information based on... "intel" from UK Defense Ministry. That means wet fantasies of depressed amateurs with epaulets from London witnessing the true "scale" of UK as a nation and as a military (lack of) power. 

Except, of course, for masturbating convulsions by Bulgarian NATO shill and semi-literate BSer Alexander Mladenov who made a career for himself writing about things based on "data" supplied by VSU. So, the guy decided "to learn lessons" of air war in 404 based on "data" most of which is nothing but Ukie wet fantasies. It is difficult to explain to a graduate of a one-year (1996-97) so called "reserve" officer of Artillery and Air Defense vocational school in Sofia that masturbating to Top Gun: Maverick and "studying" air war records such as in... Afghanistan, against mighty Taliban's air defense and air force is not exactly a good foundation for combat study and operational assessment of... anything, but Mladenov continues to collect BS from Ukies and spread it as a fact. You cannot fix a Bulgarian нищеброд (a beggar with a pauper's concept of a wealth) who gets patted on the back and enjoys being anything but military professional. But that's the issue of which I speak non-stop. 

So, Mike Krupa sends me today the link to Quincy's Institute for the so called Responsible Statecraft with three "experts" Lieven, Beebe and Episkopos doing what they usually do in US so called "intellectual" circles of humanities credentialed and dumbed down individuals who want to be military analysts but have absolutely no background required for that. So, they produce (how predictable) a "paper" naturally titled: Right-Sizing the Russian Threat to Europe. Needless to say, it is a wowser. A collection of tropes, while exposing lack of any awareness of modern warfare by people none of who, even CIA's own Beebe, have basic tool kit for grasping balance of military power and how it is formed, as for Lieven--he is a pathetic BSer with own agenda. So, these three find nothing better than grab Radakin's BS and this table of linear nominal numbers:

Obviously, none of them has any clue about how Correlation of Forces and Means (COFM) is calculated, how strategies are developed and operational planning is done based on real data sets--all of which are highly classified--not some media BS and none of them having any clue and feel of Russian military environment. They cannot understand it, least of them Lieven, what "harmonization" in the coalition warfare is and why NATO's TOE is a joke--it is the TOE and operational concepts based on propaganda BS from Desert Storm and "optimism" of people who never saw and experienced real war. So, it is more surprising that after loads of BS they (come on, Beebe was a cadre CIA, after all) arrive to a semi-coherent conclusion: 

In short, the threat of war between Russia and NATO is quite real, but not because Russian leaders have any desire to initiate a war of conquest against the West.

Why did they need to produce this "paper" only to quote what was repeated by Russian political top non-stop beats me. Moreover, this trite "conclusion" misses the whole point--Europe is irrelevant, while the American military mythology has been utterly destroyed. Because of that, the processes of which anyone with a half-brain warned about for many years are beginning to manifest themselves in the most profound way. Instead of pasting BS military data, these three should be thinking now about how to approach the thermonuclear financial bomb of the US national debt and what will happen with the US as a country once it explodes. And, please, Mr. Bacevich, hire somebody with real military background to write strategy papers on Russia for your "Institute"--make sure they are not from D.C. area and preferably are not from the cesspool of the American "Russia Study" field. I am sure grants to your institute will cover this. But then again, it is only my friendly advice. I will discuss this "paper" with my friends from Russian military--they periodically need some laughter, pseudo academic fraud is a good subject for that. 

General Cavoli Rewrites Warfare...

 ... and plans for a new counter "offensive"--meaning finishing off what's left of VSU and US military reputation. 

 

Now You Know...

 ... why planet Venus is in such horrible conditions. 

The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 12. As the largest and most sensitive telecommunication service of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, DSN has an array of giant radio antennas that allow missions to track, send commands, and receive scientific data from spacecraft venturing to the Moon and beyond. To date, the system has transmitted only one other song into space, making the transmission of Elliott’s song a first for hip-hop and NASA.

In related news, Starliner and two astronauts are still stuck in space. How about NASA instead of gimmicks tries to do something about this slowly unfolding disaster. Like offering a ride... ah, wait. I see. It is slowly coming to this, so what's the plan? Will somebody call Moscow? Not that it guarantees anything but it is better than abuse of already uninhabitable Venus.

A Notable Article...

 ... by Swiss Army officer Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Bosshard about rewriting of the history of the WW II by the West. It is in Russian, but it is worth reading.

Недавно я в Швейцарии принял участие в дискуссионном мероприятии, посвященном Второй мировой войне, на котором со вступительным докладом выступил белорусский коллега. Было интересно наблюдать за реакцией примерно 60-80 присутствовавших журналистов, историков и преподавателей: информация о страданиях белорусов в 1941–1945 годах была для них новой. Они не знали ни о трагедиях Озаричей и Хатыни, ни об операции «Багратион». Они едва ли знали о бесчисленных преступлениях, совершенных немецким вермахтом — не только СС и гестапо.  Причина этого ясна мне как военному историку: после 1945 года военно-историческая служба армии США наняла большое количество немецких генералов для написания истории только что закончившейся войны. И господа воспользовались возможностью, чтобы приукрасить свою роль, выдумать сказку о том, что немецкий вермахт всегда сражался честно, и объяснить, почему они — на самом деле якобы превосходящие противника солдаты — все же потерпели поражение от Красной армии. Многие из них остались верны своим национал-социалистическим убеждениям и по-прежнему считали солдат и офицеров Красной армии «недочеловеками». Их самооправдание на протяжении десятилетий определяло историографию немецкоязычных стран. И сегодня этот дух вновь определяет репортажи о российской армии и о войне в Донбассе.

Translation:  Recently, in Switzerland, I took part in a discussion event dedicated to the Second World War, at which a Belarusian colleague gave an introductory speech. It was interesting to watch the reaction of the approximately 60-80 journalists, historians and teachers present: information about the suffering of Belarusians in 1941-1945 was new to them. They knew neither about the tragedies of Ozarichi and Khatyn, nor about Operation Bagration. They hardly knew about the countless crimes committed by the German Wehrmacht - not just the SS and the Gestapo. The reason for this is clear to me as a military historian: after 1945, the US Army Military Historical Service hired a large number of German generals to write the history of the war that had just ended. And the gentlemen took the opportunity to embellish their role, invent a fairy tale that the German Wehrmacht always fought honestly, and explain why they - in fact, supposedly superior soldiers - were nevertheless defeated by the Red Army. Many of them remained true to their National Socialist beliefs and still considered the soldiers and officers of the Red Army to be “subhuman.” Their self-justification shaped the historiography of German-speaking countries for decades. And today this spirit once again defines reporting on the Russian army and the war in Donbass.

Read the whole thing (use Google Translate)--it explains HOW the so called "military history" in the US has been rewritten and what is taught, with some minor tweaking, in West's military academies. Then, do not be surprised with Pentagon's "planning" which delivered in 404 one disaster after another for VSU and an army of its "supporters" from primarily NATO countries. You recall, I hope, a review to my first book, which is largely dedicated to WW II, left by US officer about lies about WW II permeating West's historiography. So, follow the link and read. 

Open Thread...

 ... really busy with the house. Go at it...

SSGN Fishing))

Gives some idea about the size of Oscar-IIs (pr. 949A) SSGNs. Open the "lids" of missile containers and fish)). 

Gives a whole new meaning to taking a boat for fishing;))
 

And This Is News Exactly How?

 NYT reports: 

Ukrainian troops have lost a hard-won position on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, near the southern city of Kherson, after months of bloody fighting to hold on to a piece of land in what some Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts have described as a futile operation. The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday night that fighting continued on the eastern bank but that most of the main positions in the village of Krynky, where its troops had gained a foothold, “were destroyed by intense, combined and prolonged enemy fire.” The statement came after several Ukrainian news media outlets reported that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from the village, which now lies in ruins.The operation to establish a bridgehead on the Russian-controlled eastern bank of the Dnipro had been controversial from the start. 

Well, this whole disaster has been planned from the start as a fantasy and PR action, and it was part of the "plan" by NATO "specialists", who, yet again, paraded themselves as operational level amateurs and fantasists, who believed that Krynky bridgehead could be somehow instrumental in a catastrophic "counter-offensive" in Summer 2023. This is a work of amateurs in NATO. VSU, however lost thousands there and some 800 VSU personnel are also counted as MIAs. In general, the whole "counter-offensive" thingy encapsulated clearly a cultural abyss between West's and Russian views on war. Krynky is just one episode in a larger drama of NATO's military incompetence. In the end, no NATO military person, top-bottom, ever experienced sustained, long-range fires--they simply don't know what it is. So, even Kiev regime admitted today that it is over. And it is.

Europe Is Getting Back...

 ... to its roots. 

Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, which includes fighters from the notorious neo-Nazi Azov Regiment, has announced plans to embark on a tour of EU countries. In two separate posts on Facebook last week, the unit said its service members would travel to nine cities in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania in late July and early August. Participants at the events will be able to speak with Ukrainian soldiers to learn “the truth about serving in the brigade” and hear stories from the front lines, one of the posts said. One of the tour’s goals is to encourage more people to take part in the fight against Russia, either directly or indirectly, the other post stated. Attendance at the events costs around €20 ($22) depending on the location. The 3rd Assault Brigade was officially formed in early 2023. It includes many members of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment, widely suspected of multiple war crimes, which has been fighting in Donbass since 2014, when hostilities erupted in the region following a Western-backed coup in Kiev.

The only thing which surprises me is why France is not on their itinerary. It would be be interesting to see how fast Paris will fall. By the same token, they should visit London and Sandhurst--you know, to explain to British Army what real war is. I am sure Europeans will be delighted. Did USMA at West Point submit the request? They should... Ah, wait Oh, Canada! 

Good destination, let me tell ya...

My Two Good Friends Talk...

 ...

 

Bean Counting...

... may help.  

In related news, "destroyed" (in imagination of NATO "experts") SSK Rostov-on-Don completed most of the repairs, is afloat and will join the fleet soon. Ouch...

Nima And I...

 ... spoke yesterday. I stressed again that nothing much will change in the US foreign policy and all US "strategies" are a kindergarten level ruses based on a complete detachment from reality. Even with Trump. I'll talk about it in my video today. The only positive in possible Trump Admin is that it will start bean counting which indicates certain degree of rationality. Russian-American relations are ruined for good, Russia doesn't trust the US but also knows that behind the bluster the US is in no position to demand anything. 

People Already Posted It...

 ... but here is a direct report about Tenacious D: 

The musical comedy duo are currently on tour Down Under, paying a visit to Australia’s ICC Sydney Theatre on Saturday and Sunday. During the pair’s second show, the School Of Rock presented Kyle with a birthday cake, imploring him to “make a wish”, to which he responded: “Don’t miss Trump next time.”After the clip was posted online, it was met with a backlash from some critics with Australian senator Ralph Babet going as far as calling for the group’s immediate deportation.While the duo initially postponed their follow-up show, which had been scheduled to take place in Newcastle, Australia on Tuesday evening, Jack has since shared an Instagram post confirming that the remaining tour dates have now been pulled. “I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday,” the Shallow Hal actor said on Tuesday afternoon. “I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form. “After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold. I am grateful to the fans for their support and understanding.”

I have news--American so called creative class due to it being degenerate has no mental tools for "reflection". This is a bunch of spoiled ass-holes brainwashed with propaganda and having no tools to even comprehend what agenda they push and what they stand for. Where is the Secret Service? Where is the FBI? I don't like Trump, I abhor Biden and his cabal of war criminals but I don't call on anybody to even try on the life, however pathetic and degenerate, of present POTUS, nor the former ones. This also shows you to what degree the system has become dysfunctional when you have pathetic entertainers who wouldn't know shit from shinola calling shots. They hate and all their "excuses" are worthless.

On A More Pleasant Note...

 ... good retro-future (stressing--good) is hard to come by. But this is fabulous. 

 

Some News From Convention...

 ... the conditions, however, are known--Kremlin articulated those many times.

МИЛУОКИ /штат Висконсин/, 16 июля. /ТАСС/. Кандидат в президенты США Дональд Трамп будет готов вступить в диалог с российским лидером Владимиром Путиным по урегулированию конфликта на Украине без каких-либо посредников. Об этом сообщил корреспонденту ТАСС высокопоставленный функционер Республиканской партии, принимающий участие в национальном съезде партии в городе Милуоки, где недавно объявили об официальном выдвижении Трампа кандидатом в президенты. "Несомненно, он начнет диалог с Путиным. Причем он сделает это без посредников", - подчеркнул собеседник агентства, отвечая на вопрос о готовности Трампа вступить в диалог с Путиным по Украине. "Сейчас демократы не ведут никаких переговоров [с Россией]. Конечно, должен быть кто-то, кто начнет переговоры, чтобы вы [Россия и Украина] смогли прийти к какому-то согласию", - подчеркнул собеседник агентства и утвердительно ответил на вопрос, будет ли этим человеком Трамп. Функционер выразил уверенность, что Североатлантическому альянсу не следует присутствовать на Украине, конфликт должен быть решен путем переговоров. "НАТО не нужно быть на Украине. Нужен диалог, и если он начнется, мы все сможем прийти к соглашению о том, как преодолеть его [конфликт на Украине]", - отметил собеседник агентства.

Translation: MILWAUKEE /Wisconsin/, July 16. /TASS/. US presidential candidate Donald Trump will be ready to enter into dialogue with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to resolve the conflict in Ukraine without any mediators. This was reported to a TASS correspondent by a high-ranking Republican Party functionary taking part in the party’s national convention in Milwaukee, where Trump’s official nomination as a presidential candidate was recently announced. “Undoubtedly, he will begin a dialogue with Putin. And he will do this without intermediaries,” the agency’s interlocutor emphasized, answering a question about Trump’s readiness to enter into a dialogue with Putin on Ukraine. “Now the democrats are not conducting any negotiations [with Russia]. Of course, there must be someone who will start negotiations so that you [Russia and Ukraine] can come to some kind of agreement,” the agency’s interlocutor emphasized and answered the question affirmatively, whether that person will be Trump. The functionary expressed confidence that the North Atlantic Alliance should not be present in Ukraine, the conflict should be resolved through negotiations. “NATO does not need to be in Ukraine. We need dialogue, and if it starts, we can all come to an agreement on how to overcome it [the conflict in Ukraine],” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

Just the news. 

OK, Now That's Huge...

The best choice for V.P. 

Donald Trump has picked Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. In a post on Truth Social, the former president wrote that "after lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio." Vance, a 39-year-old who grew up in Kentucky and Ohio, rose to prominence in 2016 with his memoir Hillbilly Elegy. He has served as Ohio's junior U.S. senator since 2023 and rose to prominence in 2016 with his memoir Hillbilly Elegy.

A very pleasant surprise from The Donald. J.D. was picked over neocon and whore Marco Rubio and this is a huge contrast with Christian Zionist Pence. Will see, maybe he did learn some things after all.

Hungarian Intel...

As was confirmed now:

Update: this was fake. 

How It All Ends...

 ... my latest on shit hitting the fan. 

 

Well, Anybody With A Rudimentary...

 ... operational sense (believe me--a lot of complex calculations and planning goes into it), would do that.  

Ukraine’s top commander Aleksandr Syrsky is ready to lay down arms and capitulate to Russia, a lawmaker from Vladimir Zelensky’s party has claimed. Syrsky was appointed Ukraine’s highest-ranking general in early February, replacing Valery Zaluzhny, who oversaw last year’s failed attempt to push back Russian forces. According to MP Mariana Bezuglaya from Zelensky’s ‘Servant of the People’ party, the two are secretly colluding to prevent a Ukrainian victory. Bezuglaya, who is also deputy chair of the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, laid out her case for a top-level military conspiracy in a lengthy post on Facebook on Saturday.

This may or may not be true, but at this point the only issue is that of numbers: how many more VSU cannon fodder will be annihilated before inevitability in Washington hits the fifth stage of Kubler-Ross--the Acceptance--and those perfumed boys and girls in Biden "national insecurity" complex begin to resign themselves to them being nothing more than fanatical and incompetent war criminals, responsible for the largest war on European soil since WW II. I heard they are "preparing" yet another counteroffensive. Sure.  

Hey, the dude just won the election.

FAB-3000...

 ... with UMPK from SU-34. 

I wouldn't want to be closer than 1 kilometer when this monster hits. Moreover, evidently there is nothing that SU-34 cannot do. Monstrous combat aircraft, capable also to launch Kinzhals and long range cruise missiles, among other things. That is some nasty duckling, state-of-the-art too. 

Why Do You Think...

 ... Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich, committed suicide, together with his wife Magda, while also killing all six their children? Joseph Goebbels never killed anyone, all his life he wanted to be a writer, he never commanded any Wehrmacht let alone SS formation and yet... Well, being a Minister of Propaganda he knew he was responsible for deaths of tens of millions of people because his writings and propaganda created a moral and informational framework for crimes against humanity. American main-stream media and their "operatives" are a copy of Goebbels' ministry and there is no low, no atrocity, no crime they will not justify on the orders of their owners--themselves sociopaths and outright madmen. 

So, this all came to head yesterday at Trump's rally in Pennsylvania and the media circus is in the full swing now, as is production from "pattern seekers" and other conspiracy theories' specialists who, as always, will miss the main point:

While the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been roundly condemned by his political opponents, liberal politicians and pundits have – implicitly and explicitly – called for his death before. Trump narrowly avoided death at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, when an assassin’s bullet apparently clipped his ear as it whizzed past his head. The shooter – named by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks – killed one spectator at the rally and wounded two others before he was shot dead by Secret Service agents. US President Joe Biden decried the attempt on Trump’s life, declaring that “there’s no place for this kind of violence in America.” Ever since Trump won the 2016 election, however, he has faced a steady stream of threats from members of Biden’s party and their allies in the media.

Simple as that, period. After that the law of large numbers kicks in (the US has population of roughly 330 million plus tens of millions illegals) and it makes no difference whatsoever at this point if DNC "operatives" did seek out a nutjob to kill Trump or it was his own initiative--the sample space is too large. 

The US as we know it is over, Trump is now destined to win, while Biden Admin and Democratic Party media and electoral machine is nothing more than a criminal organization which not only raped what's left of the US in nominal sense, but also is responsible for atrocities not seen since WW II. If somebody forgets--a reminder. 

Попытка покушения на президента Владимира Путина, о которой говорил глава ГУР Украины Кирилл Буданов (внесен Росфинмониторингом в список террористов и экстремистов), готовилась на деньги США, заявила официальный представитель МИД России Мария Захарова. По ее словам, один из главарей киевского режима Буданов открыто признался, что ГУР готовило покушение на президента России и делалось это на американские деньги, «без которых никакой зловредной деятельности ГУР, СБУ и в целом Банковой и не было бы», передает РИА «Новости».

Translation: The attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, which was mentioned by the head of the State Intelligence Service of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (listed by Rosfinmonitoring as terrorists and extremists), was prepared with US money, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to her, one of the leaders of the Kyiv regime, Budanov, openly admitted that the GUR was preparing an assassination attempt on the President of Russia and this was done with American money, “without which there would have been no malicious activities of the GUR, the SBU and Bankova as a whole,” RIA Novosti reports. 

So, the psychological threshold of disintegration has been crossed. Now things will only accelerate.

Larry Explaining...

 ... shit. And let me tell you even .22 LR could be a nasty round which can kill...

Let the FBI deal with it, granted it is not corrupted through and through...

Me...

 ... today. 

Disturbance?

 No! Shots fired...

Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents during a disturbance at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump began his speech at about 6 p.m. and was only shortly into his speech when a disturbance caused Secret Service to swarm the former president. He was then led off the stage quickly, pumping his fist. There appeared to be blood on his right ear as he was being taken off stage. Heavily armed security personnel got on stage as he was led off.

The US is over...  What happens next? Your choice... 

Democratic "Party" and its "operatives"--you are low lives. You all smell like shit. Give a girl from Secret Service credit where the credit is due... professional.

Belousov Calls Austin...

 ... you know, SecDef of a third world nation with nukes...

 

Correct Decision...

 ... in general, International Olympic Committee has to die together with this so called Olympic Movement which is nothing more that ideological and propaganda machine for the combined West. 

Российские телеканалы впервые за 40 лет не стали покупать права на трансляцию Олимпийских игр - 2024, которые пройдут в Париже с 26 июля по 11 августа.  Как сообщает Sports.ru, принято политическое решение, что в нынешней ситуации показывать Олимпиаду, в которой без гимна и флага будут участвовать всего 15-16 российских спортсменов, по центральным федеральным каналам нельзя. Трансляции на спортивном канале "Матч" обсуждались, однако после того как выяснилось, что борцам, дзюдоистам и тхэквондистам отказали в участии, вопрос отпал. Руководство канала посчитало, что миллионные расходы на ТВ-права в этой ситуации себя не оправдают. Сервис Okko также решил, что с учетом отстранения российских спортсменов Олимпиада не представляет большого интереса для аудитории в России.

Translation: For the first time in 40 years, Russian television channels did not buy the rights to broadcast the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11. As Sports.ru reports, a political decision has been made that in the current situation, it is impossible to show the Olympics, in which only 15-16 Russian athletes will participate without the anthem and flag, on central federal channels. Broadcasts on the sports channel "Match" were discussed, but after it became clear that wrestlers, judokas and taekwondoists were refused participation, the issue was dropped. The channel's management considered that spending millions on TV rights in this situation would not justify itself. The Okko service also decided that, given the suspension of Russian athletes, the Olympics are not of great interest to audiences in Russia.

Same as Russia suspending her participation in and payments to a bunch of verbose freeloaders known as Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)--there is nothing for Russia to do there. 

People ask about Russia and some do think about moving there. Here is the video of Joseph and Svetlana--Russian-American family--they are involved actively in helping Westerners to move to Russia. 

They are active on a very serious level, including, IIRC, on the level of Duma's subcommittees and it is also part of their business. Svetlana's info is inside video. I do not advocate one way or another, I merely present facts here and, yes, the migration from the West to Russia is gaining steam. It will become even more massive in coming years.

It Is Friday...

Spoke to Anton. He is like, dude, I was already retired and lost inspiration. My response? You found me, it is you problem now)))) We laughed. Here is another Anton's old tunes. Laziness. 

Because People Brought It Up Again...

... and basic ethics doesn't allow me to present to public my private "discussion" with Ted Postol, plus Douglas Macgregor refers to this self-proclaimed "expert", here is a simple answer to all this amateurish BS about Russia's SPRN and Early Warning space-based capabilities. Here is from 2020. 

МОСКВА, 5 авг - РИА Новости. Единая космическая система предупреждения о ракетном нападении "Купол", созданная для Минобороны РФ, находится в рабочем состоянии, сообщил в среду гендиректор Ракетно-космической корпорации (РКК) "Энергия" Игорь Озар.  "Пуском четвертого космического аппарата "Тундра" Единая космическая система "Купол" доведена до штатного минимального состава", - сказал Озар на едином дне приемки военной продукции. Он уточнил, что аппараты, выведенные на высокоэллиптическую орбиту, контролируют районы стартов баллистических ракет "на материковых территориях и акваториях мирового океана".

Translation: MOSCOW, August 5 - RIA Novosti. The unified space missile attack warning system "Dome", created for the Russian Ministry of Defense, is in working condition, Igor Ozar, general director of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, said on Wednesday. “With the launch of the fourth Tundra spacecraft, the Unified Space System “Dome” has been brought to its minimum standard composition,” Ozar said at the single day of acceptance of military products. He clarified that the devices launched into a highly elliptical orbit control the launch areas of ballistic missiles “on continental territories and in the waters of the world’s oceans.”

 

I offered Ted to connect him to people who may get him in contact with people from RKK Energia for them to marvel at the guy who spreads smut on Russia for some time now. But then again, what this loser General Director of RKK Energia Igor Ozar knows, especially when compared to omniscient Ted Postol who operates with data from 2000s. I omit here physical explanations of known data on Tundra satellites  with each of 6 satellites carrying 5 sensors: three IR, one UV and one optical, with Kupol constellation not only being able to develop tracks of any type of any missile but also serve as a communication and control system of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces. 

 

Per Colonel Macgregor--I kinda get it when your country and your, allegedly great, accomplishments, collapse in a front of your eyes and everything you know about military history and war turns into, well, fairy tale--it is difficult. This is the only explanation I have for Macgregor embarrassing himself whenever him talking about USSR/Russia. I call it Al Bundy's high school football "four touch downs" syndrome. I know, I went through this myself. Defensive reactions vary, but they, most (not all) of them, are always based of self-medicating lies. In general, Macgregor should avoid talking about USSR in WW II of which he has minimal knowledge and understanding and also goes referring to the guy whose "expertise" is his own figment of imagination.

Nima and Me...

 ... yesterday. 

 

Open Thread...

 ... checking brakes on the car. Go at it.

Later Today Garland Hosts Scott and Me...

 Will talk shop...

Meanwhile I will be talking to Nima before it. Busy day.
 

Parameters Disclosed Some Shocking...

... statistics on US Army.  

 

Ania and Me.

Today. 

Absolutely Forgot. Here is Ania and Scott's new book...

Covering Ukraine: The Scott Ritter Interviews Through the Eyes Of Ania K Paperback – August 1, 2024

by Scott Ritter (Author), Andrei Martyanov (Foreword)