A blog about Politics, Warfare, Culture and how they interact. I comment on current events and post occasional essays.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Ukrainians on the front line dismiss new aid from US saying it will only prolong the war.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson confronts pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Mitch McConnell believes that Republicans don't like Ukraine aid because of Tucker Carlson...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Russia destroys a TV tower in Kharkiv Ukraine, in a sign they are targeting the city.
Watch the moment the Kharkiv TV tower snaps in half and falls to the ground after the Russian attack.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 22, 2024
The broadcasting signal was disrupted, and no casualties were reported.https://t.co/hhEnBfNWIW pic.twitter.com/5tYPvnIUqF
My Comment:
The destruction of a single TV tower is not that significant in the big scheme of things. The tower has been attacked before and the attack is most notable as it was very impressive that the cruise missile managed to hit that tower so effectively. It was a very good shot.
It's also telegraphing that Russia's next major target will be Kharkov. The city, now know by it's Ukrainian name Kharkiv, is a strategic and symbolic target for Russia. It's a major Russia-speaking city that functions as Ukraine's 2nd city. Taking the city would be a huge victory.
The problem the Russians face is that urban combat is an absolute mess under the best of times but is even worse when there are civilians everywhere. It's why they are targeting things like this TV tower and Ukraine's power generation. They want to make the city uninhabitable so these civilians will evacuate. That should make the city at least a little easier to capture.
The real question is if Russia is going to have a major summer offensive or if they will continue their general offensive on a lower, less intense scale. There are arguments for both as Russia has had quite a bit of success with their more limited attacks. Indeed, just today they took the town of Ocheretino, which is west of Avdiika. The town was the center of their new defense line after evacuating that city and from what I understand that town fell extremely fast because Ukrainian soldiers fled the battlefield.
Of course you would not know that if you only watch mainstream media. In the real world the fall of Ocheretino was a much bigger story than the destruction of one TV tower, but guess which one has dozens of articles in western sources while the other does not? Indeed, this post was going to be about the fall of Ocheretino but there were no western sources to use.
Ocheretino shows that Russia's current strategy of airstrikes and pressure followed by infantry assaults is working, but there is a real temptation for a big "arrow" attack with concentrated forces. Doing so could help pain the map in a big way and could also lead to a major collapse of Ukrainian forces. And that could end the war.
But the problem is that offensive warfare is a lot harder than defensive warfare and a major attack could cause tremendous casualties. Though Ukraine's military is obviously showing cracks and is rapidly running out of troops, the problem is that they can still do damage. If the offensive isn't effective Russia could damage their troops for no real gain.
It's also possible that this is another feint. Though Russia appears to be gathering forces this might be misdirection and the attack could come somewhere else. Russia could attack some place where Ukraine's forces are weak and are falling apart. And they just might want to continue their effective tactics they are using now.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
White House condemns pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University
Saturday, April 20, 2024
House passes funding bill for Ukraine war...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Breaking news: Israel launches an attack on Iran...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Biden bizarrely and falsely suggests his uncle was eaten by cannibals in World War II.
Biden, for the third time in less than 24 hours, tells the dubious story about his "Uncle Bosey" and "a lot of cannibals" in New Guinea before repeating the debunked "suckers and losers" hoax.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 17, 2024
He also claims D-Day was on a Sunday (it was on a Tuesday).
HE IS NOT WELL. pic.twitter.com/iqeOjjFY0v
Biden, for the third time in less than 24 hours, tells the dubious story about his "Uncle Bosey" and "a lot of cannibals" in New Guinea before repeating the debunked "suckers and losers" hoax.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 17, 2024
He also claims D-Day was on a Sunday (it was on a Tuesday).
HE IS NOT WELL. pic.twitter.com/iqeOjjFY0v
The military records for 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan can be found here.
My Comment:
If Donald Trump had said something so ridiculous it would be the biggest story in the world. But because this is Joe Biden we are talking about the only one that appears to be talking about this outside of social media is the New York Post. Thankfully they put out an article at least, but you would think the rest of the media would be fact checking Biden here.
I do wonder how on earth Biden came up with this story? Is he the liar or is his family? Given that he lied about Donald Trump right after I am assuming he would come up with it. Why didn't his handlers fact check him? None of this makes any sense.
You would also think that Biden would be called racist for this. Though there were cannibals active in World War II in New Guinea, and may be today, the truth has never stopped accusations of racism before. I'm guessing a lot of woke people don't believe that cannibals even exist. My grandpa also fought in New Guinea and he showed me pictures of headhunters in New Guinea. To be fair, I didn't see any pictures of the natives there eating people, but it's not like the idea of cannibals in New Guinea is unrealistic.
But that's obviously not what happened. What actually happened to Lt. Finnegan is that his plane went down in the Pacific. His body wasn't recovered because it sank with the bomber he was flying in. He didn't get shot down, the plane had a malfunction and crashed. Basically nothing Biden said here was true.
Is this an example of Biden's senility? The first video seems like he was barely awake but the fact that he said the same basic story makes me think that he is just making things up again. Biden was a liar long before he went senile and he has had huge numbers of lies over the years. It's just the kind of person Biden is, he's a lying liar who lies.
What is even worse is that Biden is also lying about Donald Trump. The "suckers and losers" hoax has been debunked for years now, it's insane that he's still repeating such a lie. Even people that had a grudge against Trump, like John Bolton, said that the story was false. Biden should know this but he repeats the lie anyways...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Ukraine says it ran out of anti-air missiles during a Russian missile strike on a power station.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Biden administration says Israel will be on their own on any offensive attacks on Iran.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Fishing: New species!
Something a little different today, I went fishing and I caught something new. I believe the above fish is a quillback, also known as a quillback carpsucker. I am not 100% sure that it isn't something else, but given the high fin and deeply forked tail, I am pretty sure.
I caught it semi-legit. Carpsuckers are bottom feeding fish and I caught this one on a bladebait. I am guessing I snagged it but my hook was in its lip. I probably just ran into it with my lure as I doubt it was trying to eat the large bladebait I was using. Still, since it was hooked in the lip, it was a fair catch so I am counting it, unlike the lake whitefish I caught this spring which I snagged in the back.
I was fishing with my Dad and he may have caught a new species as well. He caught a 19 inch fish that may have been a sauger but I am thinking was a hybrid between a sauger and a walleye, a saugeye. Why? It had the blotches and spots on the fin but it was also a lighter color and had the white patch on the tail fin. I don't have a picture of that one but my dad ended up keeping it. The place we went fishing has an open season for all three species year round so it was ok to keep it, which was for the best since it swallowed the hook.
We also caught a couple of decent smallmouth bass, both on minnows. Mine was pretty small, around 12 or 13 inches, while my Dad's was probably 14 or 15. We couldn't keep those though as they are out of season, and I'm not sure if we would keep bass anyways.
Regardless, it was nice to go out fishing on a very nice spring day. It was warm out and we saw lots of wildlife besides the fish, including cranes and an osprey. I am hoping to go fishing more this year than I did last year, I did not have much luck when I did go. But the constant overtime I was working since last May has finally trailed off so I should be able to go fishing more.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Iran launches over 200 drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles at Israel...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
White House offers condolences to OJ Simpson's family...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Biden vows ironclad support of Israel as rumors of a strike from Iran continue.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Arizona Supreme Court rules that law banning abortion can be enforced...
Monday, April 8, 2024
Zelensky says Ukraine will lose the war against Russia without US aid.
Friday, April 5, 2024
Iran may attack Israel and US forces in the Middle East, officials warn.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
US official admits Russia's Military has almost completely reconstituted itself
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Nebraska may get rid of their electoral vote scheme.