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Day: October 14, 2022

Ex-General Ben Hodges Reveals Everything Wrong With NATO

October 14, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Today I came across an interview with Ben Hodges, a retired American general who became a paid shill for CEPA and later, Human Rights First (what a cute name). In this interview, Hodges claimed Ukrainian offensives have reached “irreversible momentum” and will reach Crimea by the end of the year.

Categories Commentaries Tags Ben Hodges, germany, Globalism, Russia, Ukraine, Ukronazi, war 14 Comments

A Day in Miserable, Starving, Crumbling Russia

September 14, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Today I was browsing CNN, and it occurred to me that western news, aside from regurgitating literal Nazi war propaganda, just does not have much to say about Russia. Furthermore, Americans are exposed to very few pictures from Russia. So, I decided to share some snaps from my daily commute to school in Moscow.

Categories Commentaries Tags GULAG, Photography, Russia 18 Comments

Is Woke Cancel Culture Destroying the US Military?

July 14, 2022 by Ian Kummer

In March 2021 I declared that President Biden is destroying the US military, and offered some speculation as to why he would want to do that. Today, every military branch is gripped by a recruiting crisis, so apparently I was right. But I don’t want to gloat because the true answer is a bit more complicated than that.

Categories Military, News Tags biden, military, politics, war 5 Comments

The 15 BILLION Russian Casualties, and Other News (Updated!)

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 by Ian Kummer
The 15 BILLION Russian Casualties, and Other News

Here’s some updates from World War III. In my previous post I talked about scale error. In the context of propaganda, the scale “error” is deliberately separating the viewer from any sense of proportion or context. Here are two examples.

Categories Ian Michael, Military, News Tags military, politics, Russia, Ukraine, Ukronazi, war 4 Comments
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