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Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 16, 2022, 9:10 pm

Since TLN punters seem uninterested, I shan't be posting M's updates. I found them interesting, but then I can pick them up any time ... cheers

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by psingh <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=psingh' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 16, 2022, 10:29 pm, in reply to "Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Please keep posting, I find them really informative.

Many thanks

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 16, 2022, 10:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Ta psingh. I wasn't sure anyone was interested. I'll post when I come across it ... ; ).

So much about high value NATO ppl in the tunnels wanted alive, and the rest. Seem RF is not interested. Not worth the bother.

No need to lament, I watch them on Youtube....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 12:13 am, in reply to "Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 1:32 pm, in reply to "Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

"Since TLN punters seem uninterested..."

That's somewhat wide of the mark.
Mercouris and the Duran are one of a very few worthwhile sources on Ukraine available.

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 2:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

That's somewhat wide of the mark.

I know, I know. I was feeling bit down nobody comments. It was a fleeting moment and psingh helped

. People are busy and the info takes time to absorb. A new day today and the weather is scrumptious here.

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Mark Doran <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Mark+Doran+66' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 2:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Some of those streams go on for 4 hours and more. Who has time to comment after that?

But since you want comment, here's mine. Valuable though I find the commentary of those two, my nose tells me that they have some seriously reactionary views they are currently keeping out of sight. Is my nose right?

M.

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Raskolnikov <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 3:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

I'd say yes. They seem to love Orban, Modhi and to a certain extent Trump; there have been parts of recent streams where these right to far-right types get mentioned approvingly but they never actually get into it as if they want to, as you said, keep it out of sight.

AM's semi-fawning over Churchill the other day was also telling. The closest he came to any negative opinion was, "He was a very complicated man".

All fairly circumstantial but they definitely give off that vibe.

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

A lot of people's views of Churchill are pop-historical tosh

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 4:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

not tenable under academic scrutiny. I wouldn't class this as a sign of malevolence, more received opinion.

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 4:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Some of those streams go on for 4 hours and more. Who has time to comment after that?

Since it's a nice day, you have a very good point : ).

.. my nose tells me that they have some seriously reactionary views

Ish. Dostoyevsky had me in a palm of his hand as I was turning the pages of his books many moons ago .. and he was a slavophilic reactionary I am told (not particularly disagreeing). What does that tell you about me?

Greek and Russian Orthodox culture are close and relatively inaccessible to westerners and difficult to fathom methinks. Exceptionalism, natch. The sense of collectivism has been a thread I've been watching.

Noted that Raskolnikov has spoken

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Raskolnikov <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

I still listen to them, often from the links you post so don't stop doing that

, but my nose is twitching the same way as Mark Doran mentioned. As I said in my post, it's very circumstantial mostly because they don't ever really talk about these people in depth (a good example is the Orban references before the recent election; "I think he's going to win" with a great big smile on his face, almost doing a Nancy Pelosi wrist dance he was so happy and then a couple of comments and "Yes, I completely agree"s and it was off to another topic).

In one stream I saw the other day they were talking about LePen and the run-off and how the deep state would do everything possible to prevent her getting in. What they were saying may well be true (and interestingly today some kind of embezzlement flak against her has appeared in the press) but there was never a word of concern about someone like that getting into power and you can just sense that they approve. You see them getting really virulent when they talk about Biden and the Dems (rightly so of course) but there's almost never any analysis, let alone condemnation, of these right-wingers.

Just for some extra stirring

here's a clear hit piece I found the other day and didn't bother posting:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gonzalo-lira-is-a-pro-putin-shill-in-ukraine-and-a-sleazy-manosphere-dating-coach

As I say, clearly a hit piece probably inspired by his coverage of the Ukraine war but again, the nose goes because the kind of people that get involved in this dating coach stuff and run in those circles are all of the Right/Libertarian tendency (at best) and it's an odd circle to be in for "progressives". I notice they haven't had him on pretty much since that flak started and I don't think it's been any the worse for his absence.

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

"there was never a word of concern about someone like that getting into power"

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 6:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

Sarkozy, Hollande and Macron are like her.

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc

Posted by Tomski <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 17, 2022, 6:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

"I think he's going to win" with a great big smile on his face ...

Actually, mine too tbh. EU is not my cuppa.

Nationalism and globalism ain't my favourite mix. In Orban's case nationalism wins. I like that, purely from the China/Russia game plan, sort of. There is populism involved, sure, hence problems. I think I can understand Orban's game, but EU leadership, to me, is beyond the Pale : )

I watch them all. Nm

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2022, 4:40 am, in reply to "Re: Mercouris: Russia Laments Moskva Loss, Bombs Azovstal etc"

“Gyud daiy.” Nm

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