Notices by Toni Aittoniemi (gimulnautti@mastodon.green), page 5

The only reason Donald Trump wants the Ukraine war to end right now, is because what he’s doing to rob the American people clean will crash the economy otherwise.

Only a global economic upturn that would follow ending the war could mask the damage he’s doing.

This is why he’s furious. He needs this to pull that off.

#ukraine #trump #oligarchy #kleptocracy #nafo

So let me get this straight:

Trump just used tariffs to force TSMC to build 5 advanced chip fabrication facilities in Arizona. Otherwise they would have lost money.

Once US has the fabs though, what is the incentive for them to protect Taiwan any longer?

I smell the same alignment with dictators and dividing the world here.

#tsmc #trump #taiwan

Keir Starmer says four things which make Trump look weak:

- ”Coalition of the willing”
- ”Boots on the ground”
- ”Planes in the air”
- ”A new plan”

Of course the details are not worked out, and these are after a real peace plan has been put together, but the courage to say these out loud counts.

#starmer #londonsummit

Can Europe go at Russia alone?
Here the estimated inventories of Non-US vs US equipment in 5 major categories

Note that while US share is large, it doesn’t reach more than 1/3 in most categories. And much more than Russia would be able to to field.

SPG = Self-Propelled Gun
MRL = Multiple Rocket Launcher
TOWED = Towed Artillery
APC = Armored Personnel Carrier
MBT = Main Battle Tank
#military #nato #equipment

This is how small Russia’s economy is.
Us being afraid of them is absolute nonsense.
We are a sleeping giant being led by a vile snake & a baboon.
#russia #economy

I just wanted to say my heart goes out to European & Canadian leaders gathering in London today.

I support our leaders in doing what the US has failed to do.

This could be our new ’finest hour’.

Protect Us From Fascism Again! 🫶

#londonsummit #PUFFA

Even the girls in Kiev know it.
JD Vance - that little shit - is the real dangerous one.
#slavaukraini #jdvance

Anders Puck Nielsen:

”The plan was for them to publicly humiliate Zelensky, but still sign the deal.

That was intended as a prelude to the next signing with Putin, where he would have to sign another humiliating deal.

While the ambush was real, it did not go as intended and did not have the effects they believed it would have”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SaCbUtTuLhA
#trump #zelensky #ambush #nafo

In 1945, while the rest of Europe was still fighting the end of World War 2, Russia forced Finland to stage immediate parliamentary elections as part of the peace treaty between Finland & Soviet Union.

Sound familiar?
#ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

I bet it was the same in 1933, same as in 1939,
People trying hard not to believe what was happening.
Wqs it? The big press from the time certainly was the same.
Controlled by the rich & telling how good the nazis were for the economy.
#1933again

”Government jobs are not real jobs”

Everything about this statement is wrong.

It means you don’t believe there should be a government to begin with.

Where there is no government, there can be no enforcement of laws.

Private property is defined by laws. Take away the enforcement of laws, your right to private property also vanishes.

Where there are no laws, criminals reign. Without laws, the structure of society is the mafia.

According to Putin, he’s ready to partner with American companies to extract minerals from the occupied regions of Ukraine.

So, Trump is dealing both sides of the conflict for profit. Aluminum from Russia to start a trade war with Canada.

Whether an agent of Russia or not, he behaves exactly like a Russian.

#slavaukraini the leaders of the free world!

@aral War must always remain terrible. War must always be understood as evil.

What must separate us from Russia and apparently the future US is that we keep our kids educated not just of how to fight but that it is evil.

Most importantly, we must educate them that two or more things about a topic can be true at the same time.

This is the key. You should not like war. And boy, do fascists love war. They’ll speak of peace but everything they do is a war.

This is what is looks like when Russian #trolls impersonate you to spew Kremlin propaganda on #ukraine. Note that they are also disgracing my employer, not just me!
#russia #nafo

Donald Trump might get what he wants soon, because some Ukrainians are starting to say they want it to be over with the US.

When Europe sets Ukraine up, they could say no to any aid from USA!

Trump has hurt them deeply with:
a) Calling Zelensky a dictator
b) Demanding 50% of all Ukraine’s natural resources in the document Zelensky didn’t sign. And lied about the contents of the document.

#ukraine is fighting for the freedom of the real democratic world. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

@bert_hubert The quicker we cut the cord, the less it’s going to hurt in the long term.

Taking a little pain up front is much better than blood & tears later!

@aral @EUCommission Democracies historically tend to fail.

We had such a good run that we forgot there’s nothing holding it together but us.

Good luck to #Germany for the #election! I keeping thumbs up that high energy keeps people turning up in large numbers to defeat AfD's neonazi bull.
#GermanyElection

Trump administration releases Alexander Vinnik who was critical in setting up money laundering operations for #sanctions evasion by #crypto

This cybercriminal was exchanged for a teacher arrested for a small amount of medical cannabis in their luggage

What Mike Waltz is saying about is telling what’s happening: Russia is on the receiving end here. There really can’t be any other reason than that making Trump & his crew richer. How? We don’t know yet, but it’ll come out

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/russian-alexander-vinnik-marc-fogel

As long as US Democrats are aligning with he libertarian dogma of: ”Government is always worse than private”, you’re going to have more of the same.

This is how libertarians work: They capture the terms of conversation itself by ridiculing everyone who dares to question them.

”There are no alternatives” is not only a favourite phrase of theirs, but also of autocrat strongmen.

This is how you run to more and more crises & less & less democratic oversight. More power in the hands of business.