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Yeah. That aged well. Seems the author shares the same abysmal record of accuracy as Ritter. BTW, the GOP was trounced in the US and their economy is on the rebound, conquering inflation (0.2% in October) and enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, to be enhanced by dozens of chip manufacturers relocating to their shores. Meanwhile, sanctions are just beginning to bite Russia hard as they rely on salvaged washing machine chips, their oil and gas revenue plummets, the EU prepares to impose an outright ban on Russian oil and gas, an era of de-industrialization is on the horizon and forced mobilization has resulted in a brain drain that continues to this day. Funny how facts interfere in one's anti-Western fever dreams.

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Haha..... Seven months later and this article is even stupider than it was in June. First off, let's clear up some economic issues. The US GDP exceeds 20 Trillion, not the 14 Trillion shown on that fake chart, and it's forecast to grow by over 2% in 2023. The only economic threat the US faces now is the threat of default by the irresponsible morons and extortionists who temporarily control the House for the next 2 years.

Mr. "Morality" Putin has decimated all those Ukrainian cities you claimed he wouldn't turn into rubble, and Russians have suffered such huge losses that he's not only instituted another round of general mobilization but has taken to using untrained Wagner Group convicts as front line cannon fodder. Yeah, he's such a moral paragon. His war has become so popular that, for this round of mobilization, he's closed the borders so anyone with a brain can't escape the country. After 6 months of heavy losses, Orc rapists, looters and marauders finally took Soledar, an inconsequential town of 10,000 people. Hooya' motherfuckers. Patriot anti-missile systems are on the way, as are Leopard 2 tanks and other heavy arms. Ukraine is destroying military targets inside of Russia now and Bachmut has degenerated into a meat grinder fertilizing Ukrainian soil with tens of thousands of Orc corpses.

The entire free world is lining up behind Ukraine and against Russia and its only allies in N. Korea, Iran and Syria. Brazil has already shed its pro-Putin fascist president and the threat of secondary sanctions will soon stop the rest of BRIC's efforts dead in its tracks. Do you seriously think China and India would risk trade sanctions to preserve their markets in an economy smaller than California, NY or Texas alone? Putin is whining for a negotiated settlement, something he wouldn't do unless he knows he's on the losing end of things. Hooya! .

Russia's GDP is shrinking. Oil and gas sales are down between 50 and 70% and oil is under the $60/bl cap placed on it by the EU. Bad news for a country that's essentially a gas station with an army.

Meanwhile, nothing pro-Putin Republicans can do in the US will affect anything. No bill from the republican controlled House will make it past the Democratic Senate or that "doddering old man". All they can do is hold constant fake investigations and foment culture wars. Ukraine will continue to receive massive amounts of aid from the US, Poland, France, Canada, UK, Germany and even from the new fascist gov't in Italy. You can also look for American F-16's to be flying over Ukraine soon. They aren't training dozens of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16's for shits and giggles.

Hooya, Dumbass.

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