/kc/ - Krautchan

Schrödinger's Russia
At the moment I see two cases of this, a long running, and a new "situational". There could be others.

1.
A. Russia is too weak to defeat Ukraine and couple billions more money and another round of sanctions finally will break her.
B. Russia is so strong it will attack NATO and in a week it will march into Paris

2.
A. Time works for Europe, Russia will be forced to her knees just a couple billions more money and another rounds of sanctions, the war surely will destroy her.
B. Russia doesn't want to make peace consciously sabotage the negotiations, and throws out peace offers because she wants to continue the war.

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I see parts of this video on the youtubers' channels I follow.
The captured battalion HQ in Huliaipole. Town fell quick. It seems only territorial defence units were in the hood.

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Not what I referred to here:  >>/54942/, but couple of quotes David Glantz's Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle. Pages 100 and 101.
Ultimately the Red Army successfully met this second great challenge and triumphed, but only after years of attrition, frustration, and an agonizing process of military reeducation conducted during wartime. Throughout the war a new generation of commanders emerged, new equipment was developed and fielded, and military theories matured
For the sake of analysis the Soviets subdivide their "Great Patriotic War" into three distinct periods, each characterized by broad unifying themes reflecting Soviet fortunes in war and the state of military art.* The first period of war (June 1941 - November 1942) found the Soviets on the strategic defense punctuated by several Soviet attempts to undertake offensive operations on several important directions. The second period (December 1942 - December 1943) was one of transition from defensive operations to a general Soviet offensive designed to wrest the strategic initiative from the Germans. The third period (1944-1945) was a period of general Soviet offensives culminating in the achievement of total victory.

I see some parallels with the recent war on Ukraine. Perhaps because these are fairly generic terms. But.
It does seem the Russians coming out on top, after they changed the whole process how they wage the war. They are reeducating themselves. And the three stages also stands from the period counting from 2022 April, after they lost the initiative as the contracts of their troops expired and they have to mobilize. Ukraine was on the offensive but during the second period in 2023 they wrestled back the initiative, and now they are on a continuous offensive. And the Kursk intermezzo did not disrupt this offensive.

Venezuela is getting air/rocket striked.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/3/live-loud-noises-heard-in-venezuelas-capital-amid-us-tensions
Apparently Caracas got attacked.

I do believe US would do bombings instead of invasion. They have the force for that in the Caribbean but not for the latter.
I've seen a video where they discussed possibility and the terrain just sucks for an invasion.

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So. Maduro is captured, Trump says, and he'll stand trial in the US.
Is this legal? No. Will anyone hold Trump responsible for this unlawful act? No.
How Michael Rossi said: might not makes right, but might certainly makes things happen.
I'm fairly sure all in SouthAm shat themselves. Keep quiet fell in line. Even those who say it's illegal openly there won't be any real change in relations with US. Perhaps change to lick Trump's fat ass more.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/3/explosions-heard-over-venezuelan-capital-caracas-amid-us-tensions

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 >>/54921/
I liek having them as epub files a lil better. Sometimes I go out innawoods to draw and paint things and have no internet. Having them offline helps to motivates me. And maybe as a quick reference on what I can draw next.

 >>/54961/
That sounds really neat.
I also like having my local copy. Never can know when things disappear from the internet.

KC is not working at all without TOR.
Is it finally over? Is orgchan (hosted in Ukraine) actually fast? is anyone posting there?
Are there alternative KCs (not hosted in Ukraine)?

No idea.
There is .rip.

 >>/54972/
It is over.

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 >>/54733/
> For Russian propaganda/disinformation. Apparently in that time bunch of other Russian and related channels were shut down

> So yes. His channel showed the Russian side of things, the talked with Russian drone manufacturers, westerners who moved to Russia, Russian projects (like airplanes), and how the Russian economy is doing. For some in the West this is very dangerous. Maybe for nothing else but because showed that Russians are also humans

I see. Sounds really interesting.

 >>/54866/
It's not like there is no Russian propaganda. But all kinds of propaganda is there.
And propaganda isn't lying, but telling the truth from certain angle, how to garnish the truth. Any by this, anything can be considered as propaganda.

They killed Real Reporter's channel again...

 >>/54957/
RIP

 >>/54884/
> And propaganda isn't lying, but telling the truth from certain angle, how to garnish the truth. Any by this, anything can be considered as propaganda.

I mean ofc. But things are a little muddy right now due to the war. So people on both sides may get the wrong message sometimes

Where is the Matt eating hot paprika video?

 >>/54948/
Also according to the Nicene Creed the Easter cannot be celebrated before (or on the same day) with Pesach, but if you use Gregorian calendar it happens sometimes

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 >>/54939/
> Thanks Dutchbernd, to keep checking in, means a lot.

Ahh thanks Hungarybernd. Thanks for having me here. Hope I cam still keep making SRS discussions from 2026 onwards. 

> Hoping all who posted on our board are fine today. 
Yep all good here

 >>/54960/
See you in 2026!

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Happy New Year, Bernd!
Be it better than the last one.

 >>/54968/
Someone needs to R34 that horse. Hard mode: no AI!

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 >>/54805/
They really fucked the goose with this new witcher season. I don't think anybody likes it.

> I liked the novels and short stories - which I should re-read, it's a mess now if I try to recall details. Perhaps I haven't even read some in order. 
It's really different from the novels. Lots of "changes" were done to all the characters. 

> How fucking Netflix and all the woke execs, writers, directors, producers can fuck up great stories with their heavy handedness and ideological blindess!

Some people just like to fug everyone's shit up bernd. 

> t. seen it myself

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Watched Underworld for the first time. I was avoiding it on purpose for I thought it's a cheap copypaste from Vampire the Masquerade.
I was right. Tho I enjoyed the movie, I just imagined it's a fanfiction. Music is all right, Beckinsale looked good. Visuals in general are good, story is okay. Film has lotsa ties to Hungary. Scenes were shot here, mile long crew list. The male protag is also Hungarian apparently.
Fights were kinda clumsy, but I think for that time, it's okay.

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 >>/54895/
> Fights were kinda clumsy, but I think for that time, it's okay.

IIRC there's like 4 more movies in that franchise. Maybe the later films have better fights and everything else.

 >>/45150/
I forgot about that show. Watched 2 episodes back then and that was it.
Finally finished it. It's all right. Better paced than Pluribus at least...

 >>/51883/
After a year of hiatus Fallout season 2 restarted in last December.
Back then they were capable of running telly shows in consequent years with 20+ episodes each season. Now they just forgot the technology how to achieve this.
Kneeway...
Rewatching the 1st season to refresh my memories. Not good memories.

Right at the bat. How does she know about raiders? If they never left the vault they cannot know about the raiders. For all they know there is nothing up there on the surface.

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Blackout in all of Iberia. No Iberian was injured it happened during siesta.
https://www.thelocal.es/20250428/in-pictures-nationwide-blackout-causes-chaos-in-spain
Some photos, but how do you photo the lack of electricity in the wires?

https://www.thelocal.es/20250428/breaking-nationwide-blackout-hits-spain
Shit happened monday at 12:30 local time. Took about 10 hours to restore the juice in every region.
Apparently part of France was also affected.

https://www.thelocal.es/20250429/power-returns-to-parts-of-spain-grid-operator
> Sanchez said about 15 gigawatts of electricity, more than half of the power being consumed at the time, "suddenly disappeared" in about five seconds.

https://www.thelocal.es/20250428/spain-nuclear-plants-in-safe-shutdown-mode-after-blackout
> The shutdown of the country's nuclear plants was "in line with their design" when confronted with an unexpected power outage, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said in a statement.
Not sure what is the reasoning behind that. How the lack of electricity can damage NPPs? Does the system make them suddenly produce more electricity if the load is not balanced? It would be cool if there was an explanation.

I'm checking El Pais, but I've see no articles there either that would explain the cause.
I think this is the latest:
https://english.elpais.com/spain/2025-04-29/spain-tries-to-go-back-to-normal-after-biggest-blackout-in-its-history.html
At 12:32 p.m. on Monday, a fluctuation was detected in the electricity grids due to a loss of generation, that is, a drop in electricity production. The drop was caused by a five-second loss of 15 GW of generation (to get a sense of the magnitude, the five nuclear power plants in Spain have a combined installed capacity of 7.4 GW). The unprecedented collapse triggered the disconnection of the Spanish electricity system from the European system, which is based on an interconnection with France.

I bet they'll blame global warming or some shit like that.

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Reelest not tabloid news at all.
Mr and Mrs Macron probably had a difference over something, and the Mrs pushed Mr's face.
Media says he got slapped but it's not really a slap. It's a push.
Also, nice save Mr President.

Newsflash: CPAC Hungary is a huge circlejerk.
Listened a bunch of speeches.

Nearing to Silvester - that is New Years Eve - which is about merriment and silly stuff, among other things. So here's something fun.
This news "news" totally avoided me. Bridgette Macron - the wife of Emmanuel Macron French President - is a man!
Now this was aired by Candace Owens who is an I dunno who, but her yt channel has over 5mil subscribers:
https://yewtu.be/channel/UCL0u5uz7KZ9q-pe-VC8TY-w
https://youtube.com/channel/UCL0u5uz7KZ9q-pe-VC8TY-w

I'm sure she has a longish video exfoliating her onions about the topic, I might dig it out tomorrow perhaps. Or not. It's not that interesting.
She got sued for defamation by Macron, instead of doing a genetic test. Not sure how things standing even this news is like half a year stale.

I have one undeniable proofs that Mrs Macron is in fact a woman.
'member this post just above  >>/54294/ when she pushes/punches him with both hands? No man would do that, not even the most estrogenated mtf creatures.

Actually I think she spells her name as Brigitte. I might look up this detail too.

 >>/54925/
Just read above.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

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 >>/54926/
doesnt work for me

 >>/54927/
Go to krautchan.org.

 >>/54926/
oh now it works

 >>/41908/
 >>/42288/
Hungry Bernd gave us hats, end of.

Pascal has a different take on the recently published "National Security Strategy" of the US.
> It is more of a wish list and a mental conception of the world and what the US should want
> could be published in a magazine, like Foreign Affairs
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zu9sQF7d0RI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zu9sQF7d0RI

 >>/54893/
Actually I think the whole document sounds like a backward rationalization of all the things the Trump admin. done up to this point. They were blundering in the dark aimlessly and now they try to prove it was along a well formulated plan they finally disclose to the masses. They are trying to give a coherent body to their actions.

Hmm. What's up with Venezuela right now?

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Farmers are protesting in Brussels.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/18/farmers-protest-against-free-trade-agreement-tractor-convoys-on/

The EU is making a free trade deal with the "Mercosul" group: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay. Which means their agricultural products can flow into the EU freely.
Here's the problem:
EU enacting regulations on EU agriculture. They tell how people can produce, what tools and materials they can use, what bureaucratic hoops they have to jump through, what quality they have to conform to, why "green" targets they have to achieve. This makes prices go higher as they make farming expensive. Then they are cutting subsidies. Then here's the war and fertilizer prices in the sky. Energy prices in the sky.
And now they have to compete with farmers and companies who can produce however they see fit, who don't face the same bureaucratic bs green regulations, and they can use whatever chemicals, hormones, and even GMO.
This is he same thing Jeremy Clarkson talks about in his farmin telly show and recent books.
EU is basically destroying the agriculture. This is insane.

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I think it's better here since EU politics in general, despite it's related to Russia's war.
About the frozen assets.
So there are private wealth stashed on the Belgium by private Russian entities (companies and individuals) in various banks. EU froze these "Russian assets" at the start of the war. At every 6 months they need a unanimous vote to extend the freeze.
However this time Orbán was very loud about saying no. Why? Because for a while the EU council pushes for confiscating/stealing the money (about €210 billion) and use it to finance Ukraine buy weapons from the US.
So last week they decided a simple majority vote is enough to freeze the money forever. Ofc "defrosting" it needs unanimous vote.
There is one problem: Belgium. The EU council can't take the money, only Belgium can. However there will be repercussions. So Belgium asks support for the EU states, to share the burden, and pay if necessary. Everyone drags their feet ofc.
Confiscating the money need unanimous vote, but Belgium (and others) will say no.
So now EU council (ie Kaja Kallas) wants to take the dough by majority voting, fucking Belgium over.
Belgium was one of the 25 countries who agreed on freezing the assets indefinitely.
Oh the ironing.

Checking some of the articles on that Flemish news site  >>/54914/
Two specifically:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/17/2025-has-been-a-record-year-for-shootings-in-brussels/
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/17/federal-police-to-be-withdrawn-from-antwerps-jewish-quarter-at-t/

The first one says that since 2022 the amount of shooting crimes doubled to 96 in Brussels.
The second say the 16 extra officer that protected the Jewish quarter in Antwerp is getting moved.
How large is the gun crime in Antwerp? Can armed criminals travel from Brussels to Antwerp. Is the Belgian govt. preparing to allow a shooting similar to Australia...?

 >>/54808/
Another songs from N.E.R.D - You know what

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=_cdPWwBKplI

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 >>/54809/
Posting Planisphere from Justice. 
Arguably the most daring and elaborate song piece I've heard to date tbh. Really ambitious stuff

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=GU21qYFmrcY

 >>/54808/
Fugging posers. Sounds like a Korn song.
> 2nd
Entirely different. They have a range of repertoire. Not bad.

 >>/54809/
It's more like in the veins of God Bless Us All.
But more pop sounding.

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At the end the the previous thread I posted about a fun song about the Hungarian radio and its history by the band LGT (that's short for Locomotiv GT and the GT is short for Gran Turismo):  >>/52661/  >>/52662/  >>/52663/
As it happens the Hungarian Radio turned 100 years old just on Monday, December 1st. Counting from the first official broadcast from a realest official studio. Since 2 years prior there were experimental broadcasts from a truck.
The opening tune was the first couple of seconds of this song, historical themed, from the "kuruc" wars (eg. the Rákóczi's War of Independence). The version I'm posting is only instrumental, it has vocals normally.

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 >>/54874/
> Entirely different. They have a range of repertoire. Not bad.
> But more pop sounding.

That's the thing I like about N.E.R.D. They're really inventive with music and always make something new and different in all their albums.

Big poos in your pants and/or bed.

 >>/54860/
> anons
Well, Bernd, it depends whom you ask. Also it depends on whose death too.
But if you referring to any death, well the world revolves on its merry way.
Sounds like a post for the Bible reading thread perhaps.

 >>/54861/
That is a safe bet too.

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 >>/54860/
> What happens after death anons

Life truly begins or continues into something else.

> t. esoteric bernd

no-thin-g