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Comment: Open mike 26/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:22 am, July 26th, 2023
AAhh Joe Biden, possibly the most corrupt POTUS in our life time....this guy has no shame... Gallery Sold Hunter Biden’s Art to Major Dem Donor Appointed to Special Commission by President Biden "The New York art gallery representing Hunter Biden’s ...Comment: Open mike 25/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:37 am, July 25th, 2023
Here is an example of exactly how much the "West' actually care or value Ukrainian lives (as if we already didn't know) ... "Meanwhile, for the United States and its NATO allies, these 18 months of war have been a strategic windfall, at relatively low cost ...Comment: Open mike 11/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 7:05 pm, July 11th, 2023
As usual your links are just straight misinformation and propaganda...does it ever occur to you to had least try and inform yourself with some even semi legitimate information? ...."Fedorov also said that Russian troops continue to mine the Zaporizhzhia ...Comment: Open mike 11/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 6:37 pm, July 11th, 2023
"Just a spat between comrades. No big deal"....I hate to say this, but it seemed obvious that the initial "coup" that the Western media and many on this site just couldn't help themselves from frothing at the mouth about...was an internal dispute that ...Comment: Open mike 03/07/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:46 am, July 3rd, 2023
Act might not hit 17%, but it is looking like they are going to do pretty damn good, better than the Greens for sure....which mainly comes down to the sad fact that Seymour seems to actually understand how to do politics quite well...and the Greens don't ...Comment: Hipkins in China
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 3:57 pm, June 28th, 2023
Yes I agree NZ has done pretty well negotiating the dangerous waters between the rising trading giant of China and the unhinged specter looming menacingly over the globe of the USA as it desperately clings onto is fast fading hegemony....all the while ...Comment: Hipkins in China
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 2:26 pm, June 28th, 2023
You lie down with dogs you get up with fleas my friend...and remember the tiny little flea can sometimes be carrier of the plague.Comment: Hipkins in China
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 2:24 pm, June 28th, 2023
The small and downtrodden often rise up and cut the heads off the powerful too...Comment: Hipkins in China
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:49 am, June 28th, 2023
"We are going to have to continue to respect governments that we privately loathe".....I assume you are implying the country in realpoitik land that most of the world regard as the primary existential threat to world peace..therefore stability...the USA.. ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 11:59 pm, June 27th, 2023
"you appear to have little to no knowledge outside of propaganda outlets that a replete with bullshit".... Says the guy who's only link in his long...long boring rave is sourced with information provided by Conflict Intelligence Team...an organization that ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:57 pm, June 26th, 2023
Look I appreciate that you obviously have a deep understanding of this subject…I would like to think I have moderate to pretty good understanding of this subject myself….I have studied Russian military history reasonably well, as I am sure you must have, ...Comment: Open mike 26/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 2:03 pm, June 26th, 2023
"Seems you are asking someone else to prove a negative that you are asserting yourself?"....no I am just saying that a lot of people around here shoot their mouths off with barely even half facts and half truths....and that maybe some should be a little ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:46 pm, June 26th, 2023
Couldn't reply on that other thread... https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-25-06-2023/#comment-1956553 "I haven’t seen any reports that looks like more than a probe with a few armoured and limited infantry yet". I do not believe that is what is happening ...Comment: Open mike 26/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:38 pm, June 26th, 2023
I am not saying I want anything...I am saying I haven't seen Putin or anyone else in Russian high command give (or heard that they gave) the order to engage Wagner...? So to be clear, you haven't seen any evidence of what would have been the single most ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:26 pm, June 26th, 2023
I have no idea where you are sourcing you information on the unfolding Ukrainian counter offensive.,..maybe you could enlighten us with a few links please...because what you are telling us is happening, and what I understand to be happening have little ...Comment: Open mike 26/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:10 pm, June 26th, 2023
“they would refuse to fire at the rebels” How do you know that the Russian military wasn’t under orders not to resist?, please provide a link to confirm that assertion. I have seen no evidence of 2000 Wagner fighters killed in a Russian air strike…have you ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:16 pm, June 25th, 2023
In the most strategic areas Russia has defence lines that are at least three lines deep, not including the few km’s of ‘grey’ area between the two forces…an area which the Ukrainians have barely managed to penetrate over the past two and half weeks….in ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:51 pm, June 25th, 2023
Joe90 weighs in with his usual impeccable level of trusted, levelheaded, unbiased sources..."Drew Pavlou Aussie human rights activist, fighting totalitarian regimes. Anti-Kremlin, Anti-CCP"....lol.Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:33 pm, June 25th, 2023
I believe it was pretty clear that the Soviet Union was on the way out at the time...however Putin has popularity levels Western leaders can only dream about....over 80% " In May 2023, over 80 percent of Russians approved of activities of the Russian ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 7:31 pm, June 25th, 2023
"But then again the forces against putin in russia could well decide to seize the moment…and the mercenaries could likely swing in behind that..and again march on moscow.."....that will only happen in the fantasies of people who have consumed too much ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:56 pm, June 25th, 2023
Yes, I agree, I have been a DPA subscriber/patreon going back to before this conflict….he is probably about the most neutral source on the net that I know of anyway…he is also pretty good on Middle Eastern/Asian geo-politics in generalComment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:45 pm, June 25th, 2023
Okay...well for a start the truck going up on the highway doesn't get hit with a missile....how does it explode...who knows? I have seen no evidence at all that Russian units conducted artillery strikes on RostovDo you really believe that if the Wagner ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:56 pm, June 25th, 2023
Whew!! that's a relief ..."All media ought to be relativised"...yep, at the very least...probably unsavable at this point.Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:44 pm, June 25th, 2023
Dude are you being serious?....come on you really have to try and source some unbiased information better than that pal...no really, I know the neutral information out there is few and far between, but don't be so lazy. "Fascinating stuff"..gtfoComment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:29 pm, June 25th, 2023
Please tell me you aren't using the BBC as one of your sources of information on Putin or the war in Russia.... like this bit though.....agree 100%... ..."just another posture in the eternal battle between Labour & National to see which is more ineffectual ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:07 pm, June 25th, 2023
Sorry if that was condescending...I don't know any real facts from that situation...who does?, no one on this forum does...I have read and watched lots of opinions from both sides...I can tell you that the only thing I do know for sure, is no one knows ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:00 pm, June 25th, 2023
...btw your assessment of US airpower has never been tested against a serious opponent….so who knows how it will play out in the real world...but more importanly...how about you settle down there with your awful “before then sending their bombers in to ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 3:46 pm, June 25th, 2023
I am not sure where you are getting your information from, but even according to Ukrainian and Western sources I have seen, Russia has artillery advantage. I am also unsure on where you are sourcing your information on the underwhelming effectiveness of ...Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:26 pm, June 25th, 2023
"to make a hit on the Ukraine President in Kiev"....you know the Russians can do missile strikes anywhere in Kiev any time they want to right?Comment: Open mike 25/06/2023
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 1:21 pm, June 25th, 2023
If I had to actually spell out to you the bullshit and fantasy contained in the avalanche of misinformation that was spewed out yesterday...or to put it another way, all that rubbish, you are suggesting reads to you as facts that need to be disproved... ...
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