[btilly]

Claims that I'm denying reality by someone who clearly is denying reality lacks any sting.

Examples.

- Offering well-sourced factual claims is not craziness.

- I'm not Ukrainian. I assure you that the California coast is not under any current threat.

- The military facts on the ground say that Russia cannot successfully take much more territory than it already has, and is extremely unlikely to be able to sustain what it has already taken.

- You are continuing to ignore the very real issues that I raised about genocide, etc.

Here is a fact for you to consider. Russia lost the Cold War in part because they didn't have the economy to be a counterweight to the USA. And economic trends have not gone in their favor. By GDP, Russia last year was only slightly more important than Florida. Thanks to sanctions, they are rapidly reducing in geopolitical importance. Not fast enough, I grant. But they aren't in a sustainable position.

[mythrwy]

You haven't raised any real issues about genocide, which is farcical claim on it's face. Also, I'd think this obvious, I wasn't talking to you when referring to the Ukrainian poster.

Also I would not be so sure the coast of California is safe if this keeps going.

"By GDP". Ya ya ya. Debt based scripts being passed around from VCs and overpriced healthcare are actually the same as resources in hand. That scheme totally isn't going to blow up and there are perpetual motion machines.

"Thanks to sanctions". More denial of reality.