GMS wants to buy shadow fleet tankers. I have a better idea: Shadow fleet tankers get seized with no compensation for owners: www.wsj.com/articles/why...

Ukraine and Moldova Quietly Cut Off Russia’s Hidden Army at Midnight on New Year’s Day

I'm still a bit skeptical about this pending more reliable confirmation

Here is another lawless tanker no one cared about. Outbound from Russia with millions of profit in her wake. bsky.app/profile/mich...

No flag No insurance No problem! Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days. This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October. No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless. Some would even argue states have obligations here.

Posted this a couple months ago. I don't think it's changed. This is the reality that neither the US not Danish governments seem to be talking about much because it's more entertaining to talk about crazy military action following Maduro's capture:

🤣 No, it was released as usually in the web at Indymedia...🤣

Divergent paths

I've officially spent one-third of 2026 so far on Maduro memes. What joys will the rest of the year hold?

Interesting perspective. Not saying I agree:

When you are the Secretary of State, now President of Venezuela, and you already know you will be the new Ayatollah by spring.

US must have made a deal with Venezuelan military. Would explain the rather easy capture of Maduro (maybe military had already taken him into costody). And would explain how Trump thinks US will be able to “run” Venezuela

Does that qualify you for a special award?

I guess this was ignored amidst everything in Caracas: www.wsj.com/world/zelens...

BFF

To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action. I am surrounded by idiocy

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the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements

"and all others since" is doing a lot of silent heavy lifting in that Hegseth post. I really don't believe the first attack was the only one in which "finish them off" orders were given.

Exactly. In reality, there is no choice for Zelensky, because accepting Trump's plan is off the table. What this statement is about is mobilizing the public both at home and abroad.

Russia is trying to capture Pokrovsk (prewar pop. 50k) for 15 months and Kupiansk (20k) for 3 yrs. We keep hearing they will fall "any day now", but even if they do - how long Russia will fight for Kramatorsk (150k) and Sloviansk (100k)? Russia can't take the rest of Donbas by force before 2030.

To her credit: this is huge. MTG is the only elected official on the right who is willing to acknowledge her role in creating the current toxic environment and pledging to change. Respect for that, and for her commitment to releasing the Epstein files.

OTD in 1860 the Treaty of Peking was signed. An unequal treaty, Russia gained about 600,000km of Chinese territory. We said "we just need to secure Russian borders" Imagine that happening today.

Excellent comparison of Chinese and US military drone technology. Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

🇳🇴🇺🇦 More detailed info from The Times: Norway is discussing a proposal to unlock a European war loan of more than €100 billion for Ukraine by securing the debt against its €1.7 trillion national sovereign wealth fund.

Jokes aside, it’s just phenomenal how massively Russia has lost goodwill and influence in Armenia. In 2013, 82 percent of respondents thought Russia to be Armenia’s best friend and protector. In 2025 the number is 14 percent. It’s a historic opportunity that we can’t miss in Europe

Sen. Cotton (R) says the Pentagon’s policy office is such a mess it “looks like Pigpen runs the place.”

ApoStructura @ApoStructura All 258 rockets launched in 2025 so far, chronologically and at scale.

Should say "fear *another* coup". It's as if that whole Prigozhin thing just happened in a different world to some people

Reagan’s words about tariffs are going viral after Trump’s insistence that they are “fake” created a “Streisand Effect”

🇸🇪🇺🇦✈️ Although Saab is already expanding production of JAS 39E/F Gripen, the scope of the contract for Ukraine as well as other potential orders require the creation of a new factory. There is obvious interest in having this factory in Ukraine, - Defense Express

I'm sure Poland would feel terrible if there were an "accident" with Putin's plane over Poland, just like with Polish President Kaczynski's plane over russia in 2010

The US is occupied.

Fixed it for you Herr Bundeskanzler

Chukotka, Russia. No one bombed it. it's just how it it is.

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

Who buys russian oil and gas? kyivindependent.com/who-buys-rus...

Send them home .. All of them ..

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow. He is going to meet Putin demanding extradition of Bashar al-Assad, who is hiding in Moscow. I highly doubt that Putin is going to give up his private zoo of toppled dictators.