Originally Posted By josepha1:


Third chick they zoomed on nice boobies.

This the Open Source Intelligence I like, boobs

Originally Posted By RainierV:
This issue with sanctions is that they are too predictable and too easy to evade or plan for.

We need to be creative with sanctions and use them to destabilize Putin's base of support. If you sanction entire industries or all the oligarchs you unite them and they'll taken on the complex of a persecuted victim.

That's why I think it makes sense to be more specific in how sanctions are levied, and potentially combine that with other elements meant to serve as a beachhead for our own propaganda and disinformation campaigns.

1. When targeting specific industries, sanction only half of the oligarchs in that industry or all but 1 oligarch. Make it clear that the unsanctioned oligarchs and their businesses can split their wealth and business with those who were sanctioned.

2. Cutting Russia off from SWIFT is not the nuclear option many people think it is for a variety of reasons. Sanction all the top banks completely but leave some of the smaller banks alone. Force them to carry the sudden burden of being the only international dollar-denominated outlet for Russian financial transactions. Review and sanction whenever it becomes apparent they have started overcoming logistical hurdles to make unsanctioned banks begin anew in trying to work around sanctions.

3. Completely ban Russian oil exports. I know people think this is impossible, but why have we sucked Saudi, Emirati, and Qatari dick for all these years? Tell the fuckers they HAVE to make up the output or we'll release the frackers and drillers and even incentivize them. TBH, this shouldn't be as difficult as it sounds. Force them to make public commitments before proceeding with banning Russian oil.

4. In conjunction with Europe, immediately fund and incentivize exploration and products of things like palladium and other critical commodities and elementals that Russia has had a stranglehold on. This is smart national security anyway.

5. Related to number 3, sanction Russian allies (Syria, Venezuela, etc) identically to what we're doing to Russia. Let them know they will pay the exact same cost that Russia is paying for their willingness to ally with Putin. Offer them the ability to come in from the cold if they renounce their alliance with Russia, and if they do so publicly and explicitly we won't implement the sanctions. In fact, we'll remove many of the more debilitating sanctions on their regimes and help them reintegrate with the world. One time offer that expires in 24 hours. We can deal with that cocksucker Maduro later, and Assad ain't going anywhere. We'll help Maduro produce oil again quickly and we'll buy it at a premium.

6. Institute an element of randomness with sanctions to spread FUD and back-biting. Personally sanction the number 1 and number 3 at a particular entity and explain it by saying "we've made certain commitments to those who've aided us in the past." Don't sanction spouses. Sanction the the girlfriend. Announce it publicly who the girlfriend is and wish the oligarch or executive luck in getting their wife to put things in their name to evade sanctions.

7. Release the dossiers we have on key oligarchs and powerful Russians. Let everyone know who has a drug problem or is secretly a fag. Also fake some information and flood the zone with disinfo and things to make people paranoid.

8. Kick out the children of Russian government officials and the children of Russia's elites/oligarchs from the Western countries they live in or attend school in. No exceptions. Cancel their degrees if they've already gotten them. Fuck their boyfriends/girlfriends just to be a dick.

9. Visa travel bans. Again, implement this with an element of randomness and specificity. Make other oligarchs or elites angry and suspicious that certain oligarchs/elites weren't covered. Make provocations that makes it look like those that weren't sanctioned were cooperating with the West.

10. Bear down on Taiwan and South Korea. Our support comes with a cost. No computer chips for Russia. No Samsung phones. Likewise, stick a dick in Tim Apple's mouth and make sure he knows no more iPhones or iPads for Russia. Seems like a silly move, right? Nope, the oligarchs and elite will still have the latest phones and your average Russian will see it and seethe with hatred. Do the same for other products that will cause the Russian public to hate the oligarchs and elites more than they already do.

11. Sanction Russia's soccer federation to prevent them from playing other international teams or participating in the World Cup. Yes, this is a big no-no according to FIFA, but they're such a corrupt organization we can either buy them off or blackmail them.

12. Hold daily drawings where we sanction another important Russian company, product, industry, or elite/oligarch. Sanctions are too predictable so people don't fear them once they're in place. Never stop closing. Never stop adding sanctions.

Being predictable means sanctions take a long time to work and are easy to evade or work around. We should stop doing the same broken shit. Make the elites/oligarchs hate and mistrust each other and hate and mistrust Putin. Make the average Russian loathe their government and elites.

That's all I've got. I'm just tired of ineffective shit that takes forever to work. It's false that sanctions don't deter behavior. The mickey mouse sanctions that the United States and EU uses don't deter behavior. Truly nasty sanctions could absolutely undermine Putin and the support he maintains.

Originally Posted By M-1975:

#Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet

No later than March 11, all servers and domains must be transferred to the #Russian zone. In addition, detailed data on the network infrastructure of the sites is being collected. pic.twitter.com/wOCdRqOJej

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 6, 2022

Originally Posted By 2A373:


@MattyCR

The person is clueless about what goes on at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

https://www.dm.af.mil/About-DM/Units/355th-Operations-Group/

Originally Posted By MattyCR:


We both know about Davis Monthan, my Pops grew up just north of there and Ive been to the Pima museum as a kid more times than I can count.



His thing was they are flying patterns in much higher frequency and flying over areas they rarely do.  Neither of us know if this is just business as usual or if they are spinning something up, but its hard not to put 2 and 2 together given the current situation.