Konrad Adenauer Thought
@rightwingliberal.bsky.social
What my name says really.
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Russia's war effort is unsustainable. That's an overarching, sometimes underrated, fact of the war.
Economy strained beyond capacity, and signs of growing problems.
Doesn't mean it's about to collapse. Doesn't mean we know when it'll break. But enough time failing to conquer Ukraine, and it will.
Economy strained beyond capacity, and signs of growing problems.
Doesn't mean it's about to collapse. Doesn't mean we know when it'll break. But enough time failing to conquer Ukraine, and it will.
“Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed. It has entered the “death zone”—surviving by consuming its own future. Growth at 1%. Budget deficit rising. Military sector expands while civilian industry shrinks. Interest payments > education + healthcare. No climber survives this altitude forever.”
Russia’s economy has entered the death zone
Alexandra Prokopenko wonders how much longer it can go on metabolising its own muscle tissue
www.economist.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Russia's war effort is unsustainable. That's an overarching, sometimes underrated, fact of the war.
Economy strained beyond capacity, and signs of growing problems.
Doesn't mean it's about to collapse. Doesn't mean we know when it'll break. But enough time failing to conquer Ukraine, and it will.
Economy strained beyond capacity, and signs of growing problems.
Doesn't mean it's about to collapse. Doesn't mean we know when it'll break. But enough time failing to conquer Ukraine, and it will.
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As pathetic as some certain Democratic governors are, they should all take a modicum of joy in being not as pathetic as Benny Gantz
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
As pathetic as some certain Democratic governors are, they should all take a modicum of joy in being not as pathetic as Benny Gantz
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This will be a significant part of the discourse in 2028 whether people like it or not and I seriously think that Democrats should figure out before then what their general consensus on this issue should be. Not sure that's possible but maybe "no more *free and unconditional* weapons" is a start.
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
This will be a significant part of the discourse in 2028 whether people like it or not and I seriously think that Democrats should figure out before then what their general consensus on this issue should be. Not sure that's possible but maybe "no more *free and unconditional* weapons" is a start.
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And if can't just dwadle forever while we give it bombs to slaughter Palestinian civilians and colonize more Palestinian land.
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
And if can't just dwadle forever while we give it bombs to slaughter Palestinian civilians and colonize more Palestinian land.
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If Israel wants to do that primarily by withdrawing its sovereignty over millions of Palestinians in a real way, that is an acceptable outcome, as is making everyone within its sovereignty a citizen with equal rights. But it can't do neither.
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
If Israel wants to do that primarily by withdrawing its sovereignty over millions of Palestinians in a real way, that is an acceptable outcome, as is making everyone within its sovereignty a citizen with equal rights. But it can't do neither.
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I think Israel should be a state that accords equal treatment under the law for everyone over whom it exercises sovereignty, and the fact that it is not is an enormous crime that should face overwhelming international pressure to resolve.
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I think Israel should be a state that accords equal treatment under the law for everyone over whom it exercises sovereignty, and the fact that it is not is an enormous crime that should face overwhelming international pressure to resolve.
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And to be clear, this also goes for people who have decided that Israeli Jews' lives are meaningless and anything must be tolerated in the name of Palestinian liberation. Congrats! Welcome to being a Zionist in 1947.
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And to be clear, this also goes for people who have decided that Israeli Jews' lives are meaningless and anything must be tolerated in the name of Palestinian liberation. Congrats! Welcome to being a Zionist in 1947.
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Parts of the Palestinian activist movement in the US have unfortunately been overtaken by campist politics that have utilized Palestine for broader ideological projects. This is the co-founder of Palestine Action US. (1)
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Parts of the Palestinian activist movement in the US have unfortunately been overtaken by campist politics that have utilized Palestine for broader ideological projects. This is the co-founder of Palestine Action US. (1)
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>He opposes the enlightened leadership of Boyko who will join the Euro next year and keeps Bulgars on the right path
Even VdL praised Boyko as EPP rule at its purest. Every state a little Bavarian CSU fief. The Grand Dream from the very top
Even VdL praised Boyko as EPP rule at its purest. Every state a little Bavarian CSU fief. The Grand Dream from the very top
March 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
>He opposes the enlightened leadership of Boyko who will join the Euro next year and keeps Bulgars on the right path
Even VdL praised Boyko as EPP rule at its purest. Every state a little Bavarian CSU fief. The Grand Dream from the very top
Even VdL praised Boyko as EPP rule at its purest. Every state a little Bavarian CSU fief. The Grand Dream from the very top
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Right now, getting Hungary or Serbia to where Romania or Bulgaria are, as bad as matters are there, would already be a heck of an improvement
March 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Right now, getting Hungary or Serbia to where Romania or Bulgaria are, as bad as matters are there, would already be a heck of an improvement
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Expecting a post-Fidesz system to turn Hungary into Norway overnight is unrealistic about what is happening in Hungary. Same goes for post-Vucic Serbia. The best that can be hoped for is a renegotiated system under Magyar or post-Vucic with new rules of the game that give space for change
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Expecting a post-Fidesz system to turn Hungary into Norway overnight is unrealistic about what is happening in Hungary. Same goes for post-Vucic Serbia. The best that can be hoped for is a renegotiated system under Magyar or post-Vucic with new rules of the game that give space for change
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You don't get value of private enterprise (and professional foreign capital ones especially) until you lived next to a giant commie plant in which all the town worked at. Basic societal degeneration at the most basic level
Donbas but it might as well be Uricani, Vulcani, Petrila, Aninoasa...etc
Donbas but it might as well be Uricani, Vulcani, Petrila, Aninoasa...etc
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You don't get value of private enterprise (and professional foreign capital ones especially) until you lived next to a giant commie plant in which all the town worked at. Basic societal degeneration at the most basic level
Donbas but it might as well be Uricani, Vulcani, Petrila, Aninoasa...etc
Donbas but it might as well be Uricani, Vulcani, Petrila, Aninoasa...etc
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I have lived and seen all this with my own eyes in the grand industrial giants and the surrounding mines. The former communist leadership ran pyramid-monopolist schemes while the average worker looted the wiring in the walls
I saw chicken hoops built from metal of the buildings
I saw chicken hoops built from metal of the buildings
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have lived and seen all this with my own eyes in the grand industrial giants and the surrounding mines. The former communist leadership ran pyramid-monopolist schemes while the average worker looted the wiring in the walls
I saw chicken hoops built from metal of the buildings
I saw chicken hoops built from metal of the buildings
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The GCC/Jordan themselves, the only Arab forces that matter, will not want an Islamist hellhole blackmailing them on the int scene
The West Bank is getting annexed by stages in the next generations. 50-75% of Arabs there will likely eventually get Israeli citizenship
The West Bank is getting annexed by stages in the next generations. 50-75% of Arabs there will likely eventually get Israeli citizenship
January 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The GCC/Jordan themselves, the only Arab forces that matter, will not want an Islamist hellhole blackmailing them on the int scene
The West Bank is getting annexed by stages in the next generations. 50-75% of Arabs there will likely eventually get Israeli citizenship
The West Bank is getting annexed by stages in the next generations. 50-75% of Arabs there will likely eventually get Israeli citizenship
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Its amazing how Jolani did a better job at cleaning his image and serving his cause in 3-5 years, than the Palestinians did in 60+ years
Nobody wants to admit it but there is no power on this earth that will accept a Palestinian state in the WB, where Hamas polls double digit support above Gaza
Nobody wants to admit it but there is no power on this earth that will accept a Palestinian state in the WB, where Hamas polls double digit support above Gaza
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Its amazing how Jolani did a better job at cleaning his image and serving his cause in 3-5 years, than the Palestinians did in 60+ years
Nobody wants to admit it but there is no power on this earth that will accept a Palestinian state in the WB, where Hamas polls double digit support above Gaza
Nobody wants to admit it but there is no power on this earth that will accept a Palestinian state in the WB, where Hamas polls double digit support above Gaza
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The most likely position of the next democratic admin is "fuck everyone involved in this, we're out" not an embrace of a Palestinian cause torn between feckless kleptocrats and blood soaked fanatics.
January 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The most likely position of the next democratic admin is "fuck everyone involved in this, we're out" not an embrace of a Palestinian cause torn between feckless kleptocrats and blood soaked fanatics.
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You could spin Munich and the bombings of the 2nd Intifada as tactical choices made by a weaker party seeking political leverage. We certainly were open to working with the ANC and IRA despite their use of terrorism as a tactic. October 7th was the first time we saw flat out ISIS like behavior.
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
You could spin Munich and the bombings of the 2nd Intifada as tactical choices made by a weaker party seeking political leverage. We certainly were open to working with the ANC and IRA despite their use of terrorism as a tactic. October 7th was the first time we saw flat out ISIS like behavior.
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I think you are massively underrating just how utterly and completely done pretty much every institutional force within the US government is with the Palestinian cause after October 7th.
There is a massive distinction between "we want the bombing to stop" and sacrificing political capital.
There is a massive distinction between "we want the bombing to stop" and sacrificing political capital.
January 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I think you are massively underrating just how utterly and completely done pretty much every institutional force within the US government is with the Palestinian cause after October 7th.
There is a massive distinction between "we want the bombing to stop" and sacrificing political capital.
There is a massive distinction between "we want the bombing to stop" and sacrificing political capital.
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A criminal syndicate.
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
A criminal syndicate.
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To the point the likes of Nemets believe the war was started to spread gay rights in UA by the NGO cabal. The man, who is the main translator of Donbassian proxies in English, is convinced a gay cabal wages global war to impose gay marriage. To this day he perceives the war from this angle
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
To the point the likes of Nemets believe the war was started to spread gay rights in UA by the NGO cabal. The man, who is the main translator of Donbassian proxies in English, is convinced a gay cabal wages global war to impose gay marriage. To this day he perceives the war from this angle
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It reminds me how though not many like admiting Moldovan identity was largely born out of the hatred the populace had at the de facto brutal martial law rule in Bassarrabia in 20-30's
The Moldovans used to say "our best times were when the RO gandarme left and before the RU commissar came"
The Moldovans used to say "our best times were when the RO gandarme left and before the RU commissar came"
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It reminds me how though not many like admiting Moldovan identity was largely born out of the hatred the populace had at the de facto brutal martial law rule in Bassarrabia in 20-30's
The Moldovans used to say "our best times were when the RO gandarme left and before the RU commissar came"
The Moldovans used to say "our best times were when the RO gandarme left and before the RU commissar came"
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I'm morbidly curious on how those in the occupied areas perceive things bcs outside Crimea, where governance is okish for non-Tatars, the rest is mad max madness of mafiosi hell
December 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm morbidly curious on how those in the occupied areas perceive things bcs outside Crimea, where governance is okish for non-Tatars, the rest is mad max madness of mafiosi hell
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The Russians exterminated the Donbas or "Malo/Novorussian" identity. Whats left will emmigrate to the West and in 20-30 years become Germans, French, Poles, Slovaks, Italians...etc
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Russians exterminated the Donbas or "Malo/Novorussian" identity. Whats left will emmigrate to the West and in 20-30 years become Germans, French, Poles, Slovaks, Italians...etc
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Yeah, modern Ukrainian identity is basically born on February 24th, 2022, when a lot of formerly on the fence people woke up and decided "you know what, fuck the moskals." Definitely disconnected from ethnic matters now.
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yeah, modern Ukrainian identity is basically born on February 24th, 2022, when a lot of formerly on the fence people woke up and decided "you know what, fuck the moskals." Definitely disconnected from ethnic matters now.
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who the hell is on the right
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
who the hell is on the right