- Gas-for-rubles is pulling down the Euro,
- Why the “U.S. intelligence communi-tay” relies on Ukrainian Twitter,
- North Donbass developments,
- The threat of Western artillery,
- And, the usual Prokofiev intro sequence that you know and love,
- Plus, “Stop the MAGA bullsh*t”
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Your latest Dreizin Report video fix
Here’s my monster video for today, covering all but the last of the above bullets:
(Note, at 5:33, I meant to say “ruble”, not “euro”)
Next up:
Beyond the Ukraine: Stop the MAGA bullsh*t (Or not? Please comment below)
I voted for Trump twice, and gave his 2020 campaign hundreds of dollars, also giving thousands of dollars to Trump-endorsed, (alleged) MAGA candidates.
I also donated $1500 worth of custom-made (designed by me) jumbo vinyl signs and banners to his “1/6” rally, which were so large, I had to pay my handyman $400 to stich them to poles at the ends (in addition to paying for the poles)—no other way to hold them up.
I then personally delivered these to the organizers—whom I had gotten in touch with—in DC, the evening before, taking many hours of my time (the traffic, parking, and even sidewalk closures were impossible.)
I would’ve taken a holiday and shown up “the day of”, but when I saw how large this thing was going to be, I realized I wouldn’t make it home in time to “be there” for my kids.
Four years prior, I had shown up (uninvited ) to DC as well, to see how the (Trump) inauguration festivities were going. It was evening, cold—I nearly froze trying to walk somewhere unblocked-off and accessible to Uber.
I stopped by the entryway of the National Museum of African American History to warm up, but the bouncers kicked me out—some black Republicans had rented the space for a party, and uninvited trash was not welcome.
So, I’ve done what I could.
Sometimes, you have to move on.
Steve Bannon and all the other “New Right” people are very smart. I agree with almost everything they say. Yes, by all means, get involved and toss the RINO’s out of your local GOP, at a minimum.
But no, MAGA won’t do squat for the country now. We’re past it. We won’t have a southern border, or stop Chinese influence, under our existing political system. It’s lost.
The big issue now, is how we get through the inflation (or the fight against inflation) without coming apart.
Do “they” stop the credit, and bring on a collapse, and have an Old Testament-style debt holiday…..
…..Or do they roll with the Weimar and lop a few zeroes off the dollar figures on everyone’s account statements?
I don’t know. It’s not as easy as it sounds, because either way could wipe out the banks, and then we have no loans and no economy.
This is what matters today. MAGA (whatever it means today) has no answers. People who vote Republican only to stop the hoe-moe-sekk-shoo-wull agenda—bless them all—have no answers.
Bannon is not talking about this. Trump is too busy golfing. And, he’s as guilty as anyone of getting us to this point, by supporting the crazy deficit spending.
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What are a few more MAGA congresspersons going to do, if/when they get elected?
The big questions will be decided by the big banks in conjunction with the Federal Reserve, and the Secretary of the Treasury, and perhaps Schumer and McConnell (or whoever succeeds him.)
Or, they will be decided on the street, or by men with guns, I’m not sure.
Perhaps Trump will step into the smoldering nuclear wreckage in 2024.
Until then, if you’re a conservative, I’d say just focus on your own town or county.
Don’t give one cent to the MAGA opportunists running for Federal office.
They are all actors and bullsh*tters, “Oh I am so outraged, I had to do something”, whatever. Late to the party! No plan! As pointless as the shuffling below:
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40 billion is a lot of money but when you break it down, Military wages could easily cost 1 billion a month, A decent T72 tank 1 – 2 million a pop with guided munitions costing 1 million for 6 rounds, howitzer 155 600 000 each and so on. Russia hasn’t even deployed some of its latest conventional weaponry and then you have to consider Russian’s greatest general, winter. I understand Scotts analysis but its worth remembering that most plans don’t survive first contact with the enemy.
everyone’s got a plan until you get punched in the face
– Mike Tyson
That old myth of General Winter again. Which of the 3 winters when it was operating on USSR territory (1941/1942, 1942/1943/,1943/1944) was the General Winter that helped defeat the Wehrmacht? Was General Winter around at the Battle of Kusk in July/August 1943? And winters are not so extremely harsh in the Ukraine, especially in southeast Ukraine and on the Ukraine Black Sea littoral. In any case, if Ukrainian troops should have to fight a winter campaign, they will be equipped with suitable clothing, unlike those Western European invaders of the Russian Empire in 1812 and the Soviet Unionin 1941.
I saw the same Ritter segment. And while Russia’s prospects do not rise and fall on his takes, Ritter’s current alarm seems a striking about-face from his earlier stark dismissals of Ukraine’s chances. Is it possible that he’s overreacting ? That he somehow expected that all US howitzers would be destroyed in transit ?
So Scott Ritter has overnight changed his view on the Ukraine war to unwindable as the West will “bleed it dry” with endless weapons flow. Any riposte? If Russia is stalemated maybe it will look back and find its big error was that it is in an existential war but did not treat it as such from the outset failing to take the gloves off early enough or heavily enough. Also underestimating the fact the US and collective West also viewed this as an existential battle to retain global hegemony and DID take the gloves off before Russia could secure victory and dictate terms. I hope he’s wrong because theUS/NATO winning will set back world peace equity in resources for a generation.
The “endless weapons flow” looks more like a “limited amount of weapons of questionable usability” to me. Even if it was endless, the number of men willing to die operating it is not.
Interesting to note (h/t Alex at The Duran) Olaf Scholz’ chat with Putin around the same time as the Austin/Shoigu one. Olaf also begging for a ceasefire. Things must be very bad (close to collapse?) on the contact line.
Also interesting was his ludicrous Azovstal plea to Vlad al la Macron. And even last night’s Eurovision winners (Ukraine, obviously – you could have put your house, car and pet dog on that outcome) weighed in on the importance of freeing the nice cuddly Azov lads, in their acceptance speech. Totally unprompted?
There is deep embarrassment (for Nato) within the bowels of that bunker.
The whole Discount Führerbunker thing has turned into an extreme version of a reality show. The only thing missing is audience voting on who will die next.
Here’s the problem DJT (if he runs) will face: Biden’s cabal have 30 months left, and even if they get kneecapped in the House and Senate in the midterms, and Biden is exited stage left, the damage already done, and still being done to the economy between now and November will be severe. It’s already baked in.
At the current rate there will not be a USA left to “make great again”, or to clarify, the work required to restore the country just to the point to where it was pre-Biden will take at least a generation, not a single term.
Bingo.
You do keep odd hours, Mr Dreizin. Entirely natural or caffeine-induced?
The Defense Asia politics channel did a 20 minute video on what I think is the same pontoon video you referenced. His analysis was interesting. Maybe check it out and see if you agree or disagree. Thanks for the videos and info.
According to the Hal Miller website “A source inside Luhansk tells me “There are powerful night battles on the front line in the LPR.
50 km away in Lugansk, the earth shudders from terrible explosions.
Fights with the use of artillery of the largest calibers can be heard from the direction of Pervomaisk-Stakhanov.
Something terrible is happening on the front line, you can hear it all the way in Lugansk.
There at the front line, probably, the earth is boiling.
You can also hear heavy work from us, we are hitting them with volleys of MLRS, and the arrivals are thumping, the earth is trembling,”
Hello. It’s Hal Turner, not Miller, and he has no source in Lugansk that tells him anything. I read the same account he’s quoting (in Russian), on a Russian war correspondent’s Telegram channel. It’s not Hal’s exclusive source. Hal is a bullshitter.
Jacob, this show took place last Thursday: https://www.sendbig.com/view-files?Id=738806c2-ea4b-129a-b7a1-5f4ee8da1070 (expires in a few days). It has been adjusted to clear up the guest’s audio. She comes on at about 23 minutes.
I understand if you do not post this, but please, when you have the time please give it a listen. Azovstal is mentioned early on, and is strategically relative. The second host is former Intel (NSA).
Bob
Another excellent analysis, Jacob. IIRC Gazprombank is required to buy rubles on the Moscow exchange. Any ideas on who’s buying all those euros?
I looked into the claim of the Ukro Nazis destroying the Russian Colum crossing the Northern Donets Pontoon Bridge. If you look at these photos in this article along with photo evidence, it looks like it was the Ukro Nazis who suffered on that crossing and not Russia.
https://avia-pro.net/news/kolonna-iz-49-edinic-voennoy-tehniki-unichtozhena-pri-popytke-perepravitsya-cherez-severnyy
Nope, sorry
I am a member of Bannon’s Warroom posse. You’re spot on about RINOs being the current hurdle to decertifying 5 states. It is the Global Elite against the nationalist-populists of the world. Matt Ehret aka Canadian Patriot Press also has a great grasp on what’s goin on.
IMHO, I think the world is in for a Trump surprise – and it has nothing to do with golf!
Listening now to your presentation via The Duran, nearly through, interesting as always. Per above, you mention that you have been a Trump supporter. Mike Piper (1960-2015) revealed this about him years ago: https://americanfreepress.net/who-towers-behind-trump/.
Excellent analysis with raw honesty. Thank you Jacob.
All the 400,000,000.$ that the west stole was payment for fuel they already used so by stealing the money they are stealing raw materials and fuel.
The video sound was very low so I watched it on The Duran Locals site. I had turned the speaker up to 100 so when I switched to see if the audio was better on The Duran I got blasted. I come here to learn and have nothing to comment on, except that I really appreciate this site!
I did not know about the West’s artillery. How much of a game changer is Western artillery? I understand the West’s hardship to transport through Ukraine due to Russia’s missile strikes on railway lines, etc. I understand the longer distance, which is what you covered, but does Russia have a countermeasure? Additionally does their introduction, if it happens, mean Russia would have to make major changes its strategy, or is Russia defeated at that point. I assume not “defeated”, but I do not know enough about the West’s and Russia’s conventional military.
Thanks Jacob.
I am hearing governments in Europe are warning their citizens about possible food storages and to stock up on basic items. The U.S. helps their citizens nada, zilch on pretty much everything these days, not that we need handouts, but they are doing the complete opposite – not helping – but purposefully(?) or just myopic causes hurting the population. Inflation by all accounts, aside from the Fed’s falsity spoon-feeding the public, i.e. transitory inflation malarky, etc. The Fed is now admitting interest rates hikes might help, which some say should have happened years ago, thus the inflation and other market conditions look much worse than 2008 and that was the Great Recession, the worse economic decline since the Great Depression.
In spite of what mainstream media is saying, Western made artillery does not possess magic properties that are not present in Soviet made one. Russia does not need to devise a new countermeasure. Counter-battery fire still works the same. Adding 100 artillery pieces to this conflict is not enough to make a noticable effect.
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Things Putin can do short of initiating a nuclear war
– Attack a NATO surveillance aircraft
– Knock down or blind a spy satellite
– Knock down a communications satellite
– Knock down a GPS or GNSS satellite
– Damage or sink a USN ship
The first four seem to be actively in use in support of the Ukraine military. The fourth would be a proportionate response to US assistance in sinking RFS Moskva.