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Hanjo Girke retweeted
And this predictably proves to be yet another clusterfuck by the EU: they announce to much fanfare last month that Canada is to become the EU's first "associate member," only to come back weeks later and say "upon reflection, we didn't really think this one through, offer rescinded, our bad"
What happened is that the ever-horrendous Von Der Leyen literally improvised the offer into her speech - it wasn't in her prepared remarks (npr.org/2026/09/16/nx-s1-597…) - without consulting member states before, several of which were understandably furious, all the more because the term has no legal meaning.
Hard to overstate the sheer level of amateurism: we're used to the EU commission not giving a damn about what European citizens think - that's standard - but skipping the 27 governments is a whole new level.
And this is all the more absurd that Von Der Leyen, as per European treaties, has zero business doing foreign policy in the first place.
Long story short, the end result, which could be the slogan for the EU as a whole these days, is that nobody's happy and the EU ridiculed itself on the world stage.
🚨 BREAKING: EU countries have dropped the idea of offering Canada "associate member" status in the 27-member bloc, opting instead for softer language promising "ever closer association," according to a draft statement, seen by POLITICO.
Full story: vist.ly/5qd4s
Hanjo Girke retweeted
I asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok if the 2014 change in government in Ukraine was in violation of the Ukrainian constitution.
All 4 said yes. Some of them tried to hedge with "technically yes because it was an emergency", but when asked what kind of emergency would justify this sort of action and how we would distinguish such a situation from a coup, they all admit that yes, this is the sort of excuse coups use, and that constitutions exist to avoid this sort of arbitrary decisionmaking.
I'm not saying that everything these models say is true. What I am saying is that they are generally motivated to defend the pro-western position, and if there is a plausible argument, they will provide it.
As such, the fact that they all agree that the democratically elected government of Ukraine was overturned with extra-constitutional means, is quite informative.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Future historians will note that the inevitable downfall of the European Union will have been the direct result of its total subservience to the cross-Atlantic interests and abandoning pragmatism in pursuing its strategic interests by creating ideologically based set of so-called values, and calumniating the Russian Federation, the only state with the ability and resources to propagate a peaceful, secure and mutually beneficial environment on the European continent, had certain elements in Europe not pursued the above-mentioned policies.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
@grok, be concise:
What has the nanoführer demanded from the EU?
This new govt of Serbia might be based af.
🇷🇸🇷🇺 Student List to RT: No sanctions on Russia
Professor Jovo Bakić of the winning Student List says Serbia's new government will not impose sanctions on Russia, despite Vučić's claims that it would happen within months.
"We respect Russia both as a great power and as our historically important partner, and in many cases even our protector. There will be no changes there," Bakić told RT Balkan.
Having lived through UN sanctions in the 1990s, Serbs know "what kind of misery that is," he said. Sanctions from a small country like Serbia would change nothing for Russia, since even the entire EU failed to harm it, but they would damage relations and hurt Serbia itself. "I said this during the election campaign, and I'm saying it after the elections."
Thanks to agitators like Ben-Gvir, Israel isn't even trying to hide its hostility towards Europe anymore.
It makes it so easy to expose the hypocrisy of the pro-Israel right.
Gazans should be sent to emigrate to France or other countries in Europe so that Israel can “conquer the whole territory” of the Gaza Strip, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told the 'Post' in a recent interview.
Interview by @KeshetNeev & @SarahBenNun
jpost.com/israel-election-20…
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Humans are a pack animal.
This may be hard to understand if you are evangelical and think the book of genesis is literal rather than allegorical, but humans are a pack animal.
What this means is that the human desire for the acceptance and support of a tribe is as fundamental as the desire for food, for air, for water, for sex, for sunlight, for love.
If you tell young men that they cannot have a tribe, they're not going to accept that.
Ever.
Especially if you tell that only to the young men of one tribe in particular. They're going to wonder why everybody gets to have a tribe and they don't.
And they're eventually going to decide that you are the enemy.
Because you are. Anyone who stands between young men and what they need for a healthy, fulfilled life is their enemy.
That includes you.
And if you manage to convince them that god doesn't want them to have a tribe, it will also include god.
The more you push back against their healthy and natural desire for a tribe, a homeland, and a birthright, the more they will hate you, and the more exclusive their definition of that tribe will become.
There is no way you can stop this. The only thing you can control is how far they have to go, how radical they have to become, in order to get it.
Because this can go all the way from enforcing immigration law, and shutting down corrupt visa programs right now, to gangs of young White men in balaclavas with Ar15s going door to door ten years from now.
We have to do something about the 14th amendment. I don't care if that makes you uncomfortable or unhappy. It's not a choice. The constitution exists to serve Americans, not the other way around. If that sentence confuses you, read the first paragraph of the constitution.
If we do not, young men of the future, the same little boys who are being radicalized right now by your malicious indifference, will treat a piece of paper that says they cannot have a homeland the way they would treat a piece of paper that says that can't eat food, or a piece of paper that says they can't own a home, or have a wife and children.
You may think that you offer them a tribe in the form of the universal kingdom of god, the community of all believers, but that's just a word game and you know it, which is why you are so defensive about the whole thing.
Where was the universal community of believers when these young men needed help? When they needed not just the surface appearance of a tribe, but someone to do the things that tribes actually do for younger generations they care about?
The pack serves a concrete set of functions in the life cycle of the human species, and you cannot perform those functions with a cardboard cutout.
Young men are sick of religion that offers them responsibilities with no rights, lectures with no help, demands with no love or empathy.
It's odd, in a way ironic, that, I, the man of zero faith, should have to be the one standing here telling self-styled religious leaders how they failed both their people and their god.
But having no faith does give me one advantage. It frees me from the delusion that Jesus is a puppet that I can pull out of my pocket, slip over my right hand, move his mouth and make him say what I want.
I used to wonder, as a child, what the phrase "taking the name of the lord in vain" actually meant.
But I no longer wonder, because when I became a man, I looked around me and saw all these people who talk to god and somehow get told exactly what they want to hear.
Then I understood that the key phrase here wasn't "in vain". It was "taking". Taking the name of god and using it as a tool for one's own goals.
Joel, here, is sad that his friend is getting sent home. This personally inconveniences both him and his friend, which effects Joel in a way that young men being denied their birthright does not.
So he finds an interpretation of scripture that says that god wants him, Joel Berry, to get his way, and that god wants all the young men who want a homeland and a birthright to go get fucked.
I'm not terribly impressed.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Great overview of the many times the transatlantic pro-war lobby scuttled a peace deal that would have left Ukraine in a much better shape than it is today — and avoided hundreds of thousands of deaths. I would simply add that Ukraine lost its independence and sovereignty in 2014, when it became a NATO colony — which is precisely why it was not allowed to sign a peace deal with Russia.
Let’s go through the peace deals Zelenskyy rejected.
• Istanbul agreement, 2022
Ukraine needed to refuse NATO accession, reduce the army, Russia would withdraw from the Kyiv reg., possibly from the Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. At that point the scale of destruction was still limited and the number of dead was far lower. In April 2022 Zelenskyy declined the deal.
• End of 2022
Russian forces withdrew from part of the Kherson region. Zelenskyy traveled to meet Biden and, acc. to my sources, later confirmed by Mr. Blinken in the New York Times, persuaded the WH to continue the war. The precise terms of any proposed deal remain unknown, but sources indicate there was readiness to declare at least a ceasefire.
• Beginning of 2023
Through unofficial channels between the United States and Russia, an understanding took shape: Putin agreed to withdraw to the borders that existed before the full-scale invasion—freeing nearly everything conquered that year—in exchange for Ukraine’s refusal of NATO accession and recognition of Crimea as Russian. Zelenskyy and Yermak refused. Since then nearly a million people have been killed or wounded, several million have become refugees, parts of the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions have been occupied, more of Zaporizhzhia has been taken, Kherson lies in ruins, the Chernihiv and Sumy regions face constant shelling, Kyiv itself has become almost a front-line city, the energy system has been destroyed, businesses cannot operate, exports have stalled, and the country is degrading.
• July 2024
An arrangement that began with an energy ceasefire, modeled on the Istanbul understandings and mediated through the Middle East. While negotiations were under way, Zelenskyy also planned the Kursk operation, which ultimately disrupted all the arrangements.
• March 2025
After the Oval Office clash between Trump and Zelenskyy, European leaders gathered in London in early March. The British government stated that a number of options were on the table and that Ukraine had to choose. As always, nothing came of it.
Whether Putin was prepared each time to implement any agreements remains unknown, yet on several occasions he carried out what he had promised. Does this remove his responsibility for the deaths, the horrors, and the destruction in Ukraine? No.
But the country is degrading, the state apparatus is degrading, and corruption finishes what Putin’s missiles, drones, and bombs did not destroy. Inhumanity has effectively become a state strategy and a national ideology promoted at every turn.
Ukraine simply cannot win this way—there are neither economic, nor demographic, nor any other grounds for it. Therefore, if Zelenskyy does not agree to a deal with realistic terms now, Ukraine will be forced to capitulate. And that is deeply alarming, because it can actually cost the country its independence and sovereignty.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Zelensky draws "red lines" he can't hold
Zelensky says Ukraine will never accept neutrality, limits on its army or security guarantees "dictated by Russia," and that territorial questions can only be discussed between leaders. The Americans, he says, keep raising "swap the territories," but Kiev won't trade anything for anything.
Neutrality and a smaller army have been Moscow's core demands since 2022. Zelensky is rejecting them outright, days before the talks even start, while his front line retreats week after week and Washington tells him there are no Patriots to spare.
And swap what, exactly? Kiev has no Russian territory to trade. It tried to grab a bargaining chip in Kursk, and that ended with the AFU driven out and Russia setting up a security zone on Ukrainian soil instead.
The side drawing red lines is usually the one holding the cards. Zelensky has none.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Es ist sehr bedenklich, dass die Financial Times jetzt auch russische Propaganda verbreitet. Wird höchste Zeit, dass diese Briten-Hetzer genauso mit EU-Saktionen belegt werden, wie schon der Schweizer Jacques Baud.
Wir zeigen Euch Halkunken noch, was bei uns #DemocracyInAction heisst!
@FT #JacquesBaud
Laut Financial Times bot Putin Anfang 2023 einen weitgehenden Truppenabzug an. Selenskyj lehnte ab. Ein ukrainischer Abgeordneter liefert nun brisante Details. berliner-zeitung.de/article/…
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Let’s go through the peace deals Zelenskyy rejected.
• Istanbul agreement, 2022
Ukraine needed to refuse NATO accession, reduce the army, Russia would withdraw from the Kyiv reg., possibly from the Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. At that point the scale of destruction was still limited and the number of dead was far lower. In April 2022 Zelenskyy declined the deal.
• End of 2022
Russian forces withdrew from part of the Kherson region. Zelenskyy traveled to meet Biden and, acc. to my sources, later confirmed by Mr. Blinken in the New York Times, persuaded the WH to continue the war. The precise terms of any proposed deal remain unknown, but sources indicate there was readiness to declare at least a ceasefire.
• Beginning of 2023
Through unofficial channels between the United States and Russia, an understanding took shape: Putin agreed to withdraw to the borders that existed before the full-scale invasion—freeing nearly everything conquered that year—in exchange for Ukraine’s refusal of NATO accession and recognition of Crimea as Russian. Zelenskyy and Yermak refused. Since then nearly a million people have been killed or wounded, several million have become refugees, parts of the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions have been occupied, more of Zaporizhzhia has been taken, Kherson lies in ruins, the Chernihiv and Sumy regions face constant shelling, Kyiv itself has become almost a front-line city, the energy system has been destroyed, businesses cannot operate, exports have stalled, and the country is degrading.
• July 2024
An arrangement that began with an energy ceasefire, modeled on the Istanbul understandings and mediated through the Middle East. While negotiations were under way, Zelenskyy also planned the Kursk operation, which ultimately disrupted all the arrangements.
• March 2025
After the Oval Office clash between Trump and Zelenskyy, European leaders gathered in London in early March. The British government stated that a number of options were on the table and that Ukraine had to choose. As always, nothing came of it.
Whether Putin was prepared each time to implement any agreements remains unknown, yet on several occasions he carried out what he had promised. Does this remove his responsibility for the deaths, the horrors, and the destruction in Ukraine? No.
But the country is degrading, the state apparatus is degrading, and corruption finishes what Putin’s missiles, drones, and bombs did not destroy. Inhumanity has effectively become a state strategy and a national ideology promoted at every turn.
Ukraine simply cannot win this way—there are neither economic, nor demographic, nor any other grounds for it. Therefore, if Zelenskyy does not agree to a deal with realistic terms now, Ukraine will be forced to capitulate. And that is deeply alarming, because it can actually cost the country its independence and sovereignty.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
This war could have 100% been avoided if the NATO war ghouls hadn’t been so committed to throwing every Ukrainian into the meat grinder to appease their deranged imperialist fantasies, even if this meant destroying Ukraine in the process. Unconscionable.
Ukrainian MP confirms that 2023 peace plan, which was reported by @FT & accepted by Putin but rejected by Zelensky & Biden administration, envisioned:
"- Russia withdraws its troops from most of the four oblasts it had just declared “annexed.”
- The new line of demarcation runs roughly along the line as of February 24, 2022: Crimea and the part of Donbas that Russia controlled before the full-scale invasion.
- Ukraine recognizes Russian control over Crimea. - Ukraine grants Russia an unobstructed land corridor to Crimea.
- The ceasefire regime is guaranteed by NATO countries that provide protection for Ukraine.
- Russia begins negotiations with the US on its own security guarantees.
-Moreover, Russia was ready to give up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as well.
-And the 300 billion in frozen assets was to go toward rebuilding all of Ukraine, that is, together with the occupied territories.
-As for Crimea: we were not required to recognize it as Russian, only to recognize Russia’s control over it. In other words, we acknowledge that right now it is under Russian control (which is how it is). We were also required to adopt a law banning the return of Crimea by military means.
-The land corridor to Crimea, a highway and a railway, was to be built at Russia’s expense. The hardest question was how to guard it. That is why the Russians were ready to give up Melitopol, but not Tokmak: they feared we would cut the corridor with artillery.
-Zelensky rejected this proposal at the time."
Hanjo Girke retweeted
May the bloodthirsty warmongers, who push for a war that never ends, burn in hell!
Elon Musk warned about the Ukraine war years ago, and it's absolutely tragic how accurately he predicted the devastating cost of human lives from this conflict
Back in October 2022, Elon didn't just call for peace. He actually proposed a peace plan involving UN-supervised votes in occupied regions, recognizing Crimea as Russian, guaranteeing its water supply, and Ukraine remaining neutral
He warned that continuing this war would bring devastating death and destruction, with countless young Ukrainians and Russians losing their lives
And look at what's happened since then
More than 2 MILLION military casualties, entire cities destroyed, millions of people forced from their homes, and the war is still going on with no lasting peace
Elon faced enormous backlash for proposing a path toward peace, but the human cost he warned about has become an absolutely horrifying reality
And that's what makes this so tragic. These are human beings with parents, families, loved ones, and entire lives ahead of them, not disposable pieces on some geopolitical chessboard
How many more young people have to die in trenches before ending this endless slaughter becomes just as important as deciding who wins the war?
Elon saw the devastating human cost of a prolonged war coming years ago, and instead of taking his warning seriously, people attacked him for even putting a peace proposal on the table
Just imagine how many lives could have been saved if a lasting peace had been reached years earlier
How much more death and destruction will it take before ending this meat grinder becomes the priority??
Hanjo Girke retweeted
Zwei Wochen lang habe ich auf X bewusst Tweets veröffentlicht, die sich für die Beendigung des #Ukraine-Krieges aussprachen. Die Reaktionen sind bezeichnend.
Natürlich gibt es immer Leute, die ebenfalls ein Ende des Krieges wollen, die durchschaut haben, dass es bei diesem #Stellvertreterkrieg um Interessen dreht, nicht um Plappereien über Demokratie, Freiheit, Friede, Freude und Eierkuchen.
Bemerkenswert sind die ablehnenden Kommentare, wovon es in den letzten zwei Wochen wohl irgendwas zwischen 500 und 1.000 gab.
Die Ablehnung meiner Position wird in 99,99 Prozent (ich tippe eher auf 100 Prozent) der Fälle komplett ohne sachliche Argumente vorgetragen. Es gibt #Beschimpfungen die üblichen Art, die mich nicht mehr treffen können, dazu mache ich den Scheiß schon zu lange.
Wirklich, es gab faktisch keine Gegenargumente, abgesehen vom üblichen BlaBla, das aus den #Mainstreammedien und von der #Politik auf die #Bevölkerung geschossen und dann brav weiterverteilt wird ("#Putin könnte den Krieg sofort beenden", gäääähn! So viel geopolitische Unkenntnis kann eigentlich nur mit hohem Fieber einhergehen).
Im Grunde ist das nicht wirklich überraschend, aber es zeigt, dass die Diskussionen über ein mögliches Kriegsende von den Kriegstreibern so erfolgreich verhindert wurde und wird, das überhaupt kein diplomatisches Ende mehr realistisch ist.
Der #Russenhass ist inzwischen an einem Punkt angekommen, von dem aus es für viele, viel zu viele, gar kein Zurück mehr geben kann. Man müsste dafür die eigene #Russophobie erkennen und selbstkritisch bewerten.
Das passiert nicht, und es ist vermutlich eine Art fast schon pathologischen Selbstschutzes, die ein Umdenken verhindert.
Wären es nur die Figuren auf X und anderen Plattformen, die zwar den #Krieg denken und den #Hass leben, aber sonst wirkungslos bleiben, wäre es ja nicht so schlimm. Aber die Russenhasser auf X & Co. kopieren ja die machthabende Politik, sie plappern nach, was ihnen aufgetragen wird.
Das ist das eigentlich Tragische: Aufgabe eigener Positionen für Politik und #Medien, Beenden eigenen Denkens aufgrund der täglichen #Propaganda.
Wie man sich dabei gut fühlen kann, erschließt sich mir nicht.
Hanjo Girke retweeted
My oldest son had a GF that ended up pregnant. When they came over and told us, I looked right in his face and said 'are you sure it's yours?' He got pissed and said, 'We'll just leave if you feel that way!" I said, Just wondering. After the kid was 8 months old (he babysat alot for that little girl while she ran the bars) he said 'mom, she doesn't look like anyone in our family!" So one day he was babysitting and came over. I got a DNA test and we took that test. The results came back 100% NOT his. He broke down crying. I felt sorry for him. BUT, I do remember her dad would not let my son in the delivery room, unfortunately he signed the documents the next day as The Father. So, after all this shit, I got on the internet, downloaded all the forms to get his name OFF the birth certificate. Nice try bitch, because she got knocked up by some under employed loser that already had 1 kid by someone else. It took a while, but the county courts demanded my son and the baby go to a DNA place thru the courts. The bitch didn't show up, my son did. The sheriff was sent to her house with a warrant. After the tests, again, the baby was not his. Name finally removed from the birth certificate. Dumb bitch. Thought she was going to pull one over on my son, but not as long as this momma was alive!!!
