Eye doctor worked on my left eye and yes getting old caused the issue…

Had laser surgery on my left eye and now we will see what becomes of it…

Getting old(er) and old(er) really sucks. Thus it causes one to ponder and adjust…

My eyes are great for my age! That really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, you know?

Felt like it!

So today after laser surgery on my left eye, I have to take it easy. No lifting, no hot showers and not anything basically. I am going to walk and feed chickadees with SweetPea, yet I will take it slow and easy, do not want to fall down. We just had a ton more snow and it is really deep out there…

First time having laser surgery on an eye and it was interesting. Not sure that I like the sound of frying eyeball as the laser works? Plus the heat buildup at the areas being zapped was interesting. I had about what seemed five different areas that my doctor repaired. Some blood vessels were leaking, a hole in the retina and whatsoever got welded up by laser…

Have to get some blood tests run, the doctor thinks my blood maybe too thin. I take blood thinners for all my heart attacks. So we need to run a few blood tests. Looks like increase in floaters was caused by blood in the eye. Maybe I need to back the thinners down a little bit…

Always something and never ending. Falling apart as we get old, is a full time occupation…

WtR

PS: At least Diabetes is not the issue, thank goodness…

Very good read and I added it (first link is main site) to my reading list…

https://thetricontinental.org/ – Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research

Home page above link…

https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/hyper-imperialism/

Download-Hyper-Imperialism-PDF

Article link and PDF link above this point…

I like the site and they have some interesting reading…

WtR

MoD of Russia Report for January 24th to 25th, 2024…

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (24 January 2024)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Kupyansk direction, as a result of active actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, five attacks by assault groups of 25th air assault, 30th, 32nd mechanised, and 57th motorised infantry brigades of the AFU have been repelled close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In addition, enemy manpower have been hit near Berestovoye and Ivanovka (Kharkov region).

The enemy losses were up to 175 troops, two tanks, five motor vehicles, one Giatsint-S self-propelled gun, and four Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.

In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, supported by Army Aviation and artillery, have repelled two attacks by assault groups of 21st and 63rd mechanised brigades of the AFU near Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and defeated enemy manpower near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 260 soldiers, two tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.

In Donetsk direction, active actions by units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the situation on the front line. Two attacks by assault groups of the 24th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have been repelled near Shumy (Donetsk People’s Republic).

AFU 22nd, 28th, 42nd mechanised, and 80th air assault brigades have been hit close to Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 220 troops, three tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, and 16 motor vehicles.

In the course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one U.S.-manufactured M119 gun, one Msta-B howitzer, one D-20 gun, and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems have been destroyed.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have defeated manpower of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 105 troops and three motor vehicles.

In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, one British-manufactured FH-70 howitzer, one D-20 gun, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system have been destroyed.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have hit manpower concentration areas of 33rd mechanised, 128th mountain assault brigades of the AFU, and the 3rd Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard close to Rabotino, Stepovoye, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy losses up to 50 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one D-20 gun.

In Kherson direction, as a result of defeat of units of the 35th Marine Brigade, the 23rd Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, 121st, 123rd, 126th brigades of the Territorial Defence of Ukraine close to Tyaginka, Zmievka, Zolotaya Balka, and Mikhailovka (Kherson region), up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, seven motor vehicles, and one ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun have been destroyed.

Missile Troops and Artillery, attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have hit ammunition depots of 31st mechanised and 26th artillery brigades of the AFU, one French-manufactured SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system, one radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as neutralised 127 AFU artillery units at firing positions, as well as engaged manpower and hardware in 132 areas during the day.

Air defence facilities have shot down eight HIMARS ballistic missiles and two Tochka-U tactical missile.

In addition, 51 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been intercepted close to Olshana, Tavolzhanka, Tokarevka (Kharkov region), Spornoye, Shevchenko, Maryinka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Belogorovka Zhytlovka, Ploshchanka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Radensk, Sagi, Babino (Kherson region), Svetloye, Verbovoye, and Smeloye (Zaporozhye region).

In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,140 unmanned aerial vehicles, 452 air defence missile systems, 14,768 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,206 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 7,846 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,838 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (25 January 2024)

In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces and artillery repelled four attacks of AFU 30th, 32nd, 57th mechanised brigades’ assault groups close to Makeyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

Up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, and two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems have been eliminated.

In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by artillery repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 117th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).

Up to 270 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight armoured fighting vehicles, and 20 motor vehicles have been neutralised.

In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces improved their position along the front line.

Three attacks of the AFU 22nd Mechanised Brigade’s assault groups were repelled near Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Artillery strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of AFU 22nd, 92nd mechanised brigades close to Krasnoye and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy lost up to 310 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M270 MLRS, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one D-20 howitzer, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two D-30 howitzers, as well as two ammunition depots were hit.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower of AFU 31st mechanised, 79th air assault brigades close to Staromayorskoye and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy’s losses amounted to 130 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one Giatsint-B howitzer, as well as one electronic warfare station.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 33rd, 65th mechanised, 128th mountain assault, and 112th territorial defence brigades close to Rabotino, Yurkovka, and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one tank, and four pick-up trucks.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-20 howitzer were neutralised.

In Kherson direction, units of the AFU 35th Marines Brigade were hit near Tyaginka (Kherson region).

The enemy lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.

In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 self-propelled artillery system, and one Grad MLRS combat vehicle were hit.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 109 areas during the day.

Air defence forces shot down four HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.

In addition, 91 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Belogorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Ploshchanka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Tokarevka, Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Sagi (Kherson region), Verbovoye, Ulyanovka, and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region).

In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,231 unmanned aerial vehicles, 452 air defence missile systems, 14,794 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,209 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,861 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 17,878 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Russia is learning and now sees that “NATO/USA Playbook” is immoral and follows no rules…

Good article to help you understand how the Russian Intelligence Agency is thinking…

“Today, when the West is losing on Ukrainian soil, the probability of carrying out a variety of provocations is very high,” the intelligence chief said in an interview.

The collective West, losing its hegemony, is rushing in rage like a wounded animal, lashing out in all directions, and this is very dangerous, because the Anglo-Saxons, if they are not stopped, are ready to drag the rest of the world into the vortex of history, Naryshkin said in December 2023 at a meeting of heads of security and intelligence services of the CIS countries in Minsk.

“However, I would like to emphasize that the effect of such provocations and their duration are very short, given that any secret information, including lies, very quickly becomes apparent in our modern world,” Naryshkin said.

Good article…

WtR

Medvedev on the “destruction of the Il-76 plane”…

I think Medvedev says all that needs to be said about the ignorant nasty thing Kiev had done to their own people…

The story of the destruction of the Il-76 plane is the result of the internal political struggle of neo-Nazi elites in Kyiv. Pig war at the trough. Many have already written about this.

Happy memory to our pilots. They are heroes. Ukrainian families did not receive their prisoners from Russia.

It will only get worse: these three-toothed freaks, in order to maintain their power, will easily kill their military personnel and prisoners of war, which they learned in 700 days of the Northern Military District. They will mercilessly bomb their cities and villages, pulverizing their homes and incinerating their elderly and children. There are no restrictions here for the yellow-blooded creatures. After all, the main thing at stake is power and money.

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История с уничтожением самолёта Ил-76 – результат внутриполитической борьбы неонацистских элит в Киеве. Война свиней у корыта. Об этом уже многие написали.

Светлая память нашим лётчикам. Они герои. Украинские семьи не дождались из России своих пленных.

Дальше будет только хуже: эти тризубые уродцы для сохранения своей власти будут с лёгкостью убивать своих военнослужащих и военнопленных, чему научились за 700 дней СВО. Будут нещадно бомбить свои города и сёла, стирая в пыль свои дома и испепеляя своих стариков и детей. Тут для жовто-блакитных тварей нет никаких ограничителей. Ведь на карту поставлено главное – власть и деньги.

Medvedev

WtR

Today at 11:15 a.m., the Kiev regime committed a terrorist act as a result of which a Russian military transport aircraft was shot down , flying along the route Chkalovsky-Belgorod airfield to transport Ukrainian military personnel for exchange…

Today at 11:15 a.m., the Kiev regime committed a terrorist act as a result of which a Russian military transport aircraft was shot down , flying along the route Chkalovsky-Belgorod airfield to transport Ukrainian military personnel for exchange.

The plane was destroyed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of ​​Liptsy, Kharkov Region, using an anti-aircraft missile system.

The radar equipment of the Russian Aerospace Forces observed the launch of two Ukrainian missiles.

On board the plane were six crew members, 65 Ukrainian military personnel for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them. The crew and all passengers of the plane were killed.

The Ukrainian leadership knew very well that, according to established practice, today Ukrainian military personnel would be transported by military transport aircraft to the Belgorod airfield for exchange.

According to the previously reached agreement, this event was to take place in the afternoon at the Kolotilovka checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

And, nevertheless, the Nazi Kiev regime took this step, pursuing the goal of blaming Russia for the destruction of the Ukrainian military.

By committing this terrorist attack , the Ukrainian leadership showed its true colors – it neglected the lives of its citizens.

🔹 Russian Ministry of Defense

Сегодня в 11 часов 15 минут киевским режимом совершен террористический акт в результате которого был сбит самолет военно-транспортной авиации России, выполнявший рейс по маршруту аэродром Чкаловский-Белгород для перевозки украинских военнослужащих для обмена.

Поражение самолета осуществлено вооруженными силами Украины из района населённого пункта Липцы Харьковской области с применением зенитного ракетного комплекса.

Радиолокационными средствами ВКС России наблюдался пуск двух украинских ракет.

На борту самолета находилось шесть членов экипажа, 65 украинских военнослужащих для обмена и три сопровождавших их российских военнослужащих. Экипаж и все пассажиры самолета погибли.

Украинское руководство прекрасно знало, что по сложившейся практике сегодня будет осуществлена перевозка военно-транспортным самолетом на аэродром Белгород украинских военнослужащих для обмена.

По достигнутой ранее договоренности данное мероприятие должно было состояться во второй половине дня в пункте пропуска Колотиловка на российско-украинской границе.

И, тем не менее, нацистский киевский режим пошел на данный шаг, преследуя цель обвинить Россию в уничтожении украинских военных.

Совершением данного теракта украинское руководство показало свое истинное лицо – пренебрегло жизнями своих граждан.

🔹 Минобороны России

WtR

Nice to see Russia finally waking up to how utterly deceitful the Empire of Lies and Chaos really is…

Moscow not about to beg Uncle Sam for forgiveness – Lavrov
Bilateral ties were wrecked by those who invented the “Russian threat,” the foreign minister has said –

Read More: https://www.rt.com/russia/591188-russia-forgivness-us-relations/

Remember that it is time to wake up if you are in the Western World…

We are not going to… run to Washington: ‘Uncle Sam, please forgive us. We were bad boys.’ We have nothing to complain about. – Lavrov

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The Patriarch explained: the Antichrist will come when “people will not have the opportunity to distinguish good and evil.”

It is very important that Russia can lead the resistance to the Antichrist, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ Kirill said, speaking at Christmas parliamentary meetings in the Federation Council.

“The war has not yet been lost. And it is very important that our country is able to lead resistance – I will say an incredible word now – Antichrist. Resistance to the world of global evil,” said the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. His performance was broadcast by the Russia 24 TV channel and the media platform, “We look.”

The Patriarch explained: the Antichrist will come when “people will not have the opportunity to distinguish good and evil.”

He noted that the West was already reoriented to the values hostile to Christianity. Even speaking of the festival of the Nativity of Christ, English -speaking believers avoid mentioning the name of Christ.

“Already Christmas is impossible. X-Mas. What is X-Mas, I don’t know,” the Patriarch pointed out. “That is, the word Christ itself can no longer be pronounced in public space.”

Kirill also spoke about recognizing the movement of LGBT extremist. According to him, this decision “instructs Russia on a special spiritual path”, and it is clear that the West does not like it.

On November 30, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the international public movement of LGBT (prohibited in Russia) with an extremist organization, thereby satisfying the demand of the Ministry of Justice.

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https://www.vesti.ru/article/3766515

Очень важно, чтобы Россия могла возглавить сопротивление антихристу, заявил патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл, выступая на Рождественских парламентских встречах в Совете Федерации.

“Война еще не проиграна. И очень важно, чтобы наша страна была способна возглавить сопротивление – я сейчас невероятное слово скажу – антихристу. Сопротивлению пришествию в мир глобального зла”, – сказал предстоятель РПЦ. Его выступление транслировали телеканал “Россия 24” и медиаплатформа “Смотрим”.

Патриарх пояснил: антихрист придет, когда “у людей не будет возможности различить добро и зло”.

Он отметил, что Запад уже переориентировался на враждебные христианству ценности. Даже говоря о празднике Рождества Христова, англоязычные верующие избегают упоминания имени Христа.

“Уже Christmas нельзя. X-mas. Что такое X-mas, не знаю, – указал патриарх. – То есть само слово Христос уже нельзя в публичном пространстве произносить”.

Также Кирилл высказался о признании движения ЛГБТ экстремистским. По его словам, это решение “наставляет Россию на особый духовный путь”, и понятно, что Западу это не нравится.

30 ноября Верховный суд РФ признал международное общественное движение ЛГБТ (запрещено в России) экстремистской организацией, удовлетворив тем самым требование Минюста.

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China is the new modern, Russia the new wannabe and EU and USA the Has-beens…

The US and EU are actually 3rd world countries in comparison to China…

While Russia is also a 3rd world country to China, yet so much farther above the first two. So does that make the EU and USA Banana Republics?

Me thinks so…

I call the EU and USA, Has-beens…

WtR

For a many years, massively erroneous propaganda has been poisoning Western brains with untruths…

For a many years, massively erroneous propaganda has been poisoning Western brains with untruths. When Russia imposes neutrality on the vanquished rump state and annexes Odessa and cuts Kiev off from the Black Sea, what will be the shock and cognitive dissonance? What about when Novorussia is peacefully and prosperously rebuilt by Russia?

Will it simply be forgotten, much like the humiliating Afghan retreat? Like Vietnam? Like Iraq? Like Korea? Or will it make a noticeable difference this time?

Will the American’s wake up? Will the Americans ever actually look at their government and hold it accountable?

WtR