๐๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐: - War Crimes 101 (practioner's guide) - Windows, tea and aeroplanes (practioner's guide) - Stealing, stealing, stealing - elections - Stealing, stealing, stealing - โฌ, $, ยฅ - 'Krasnov' (user's guide) (I really DID receive the announcement below ๐ซฃ)
Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen
@michaelandersen.bsky.social
https://twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/ Storyteller, Constant Gardener, ๐บ๐ฆ, Central Asia, Spain, football, books, occasional rant.
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๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ '๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป.' The lives of millions ruined. Only because an old, bitter and corrupt man wants to control other people, their lives and thoughts, and be free to keep stealing. substack.com/@michaelande...
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๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐๐ก'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ One of my faithful, clever subscribers says it best ๐ (But I doubt that European politicians have the cojones. Sadly.) substack.com/@michaelande...
๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐๐ก'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ One of my faithful, clever subscribers says it best ๐ (But I doubt that European politicians have the cojones. Sadly.) substack.com/@michaelande...
(๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง) ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฆ โ๏ธ The fact that the British government is directly pointing out that the Americans have 'missed' that "President Putin has killed thousands of people" ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐๐บ๐ฏ. 1/2 substack.com/@michaelande...
Quite the departure from the usual 'no comment' or Mark Rutte's sucking up. Are some European leaders perhaps finding their cojones and self-respect a little bit? 2/2 substack.com/@michaelande...
๐๐ข๐ก๐ก๐ฌ+๐ฉ๐๐๐: ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ช๐๐ก๐ฆ We all know the Greek myth of King Midas, who was granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold. Trump and Putin have visibly been โgrantedโ๐ the opposite touch: everything they touch turns to shite. They demand .... READ THE REST substack.com/@michaelande...
Donald, tell me, those DOCTORS - are they in the room with us now? substack.com/@michaelande...
๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ Some say this is AI. Maybe, becayse Putin does not much English. But, real or not, the video raises the question โ what is in it for Donald? Over the next months, we at EUROPE FROM THE GROUND will be investigating, we will go deep deep. substack.com/@michaelande...
โNobody out here in Kramatorsk has any time for the aid agencies, unfortunately.โ substack.com/@michaelande...
3/4 - In Kryvyi Rih, 5 children from the same family were laid to rest. 5 other family members were buried in August. The remaining 5 could only be identified through DNA testing. In total, ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ 10 ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐: 2 parents, seven of their children and an 18-month-old grandson.
4/4 Trump keeps repeating that Putin wants peace, while his son-in-law negotiates deals with Putinโs regime. I must admit that I struggle to find words for ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ป. And I find it unbelievable that US politicians can accept this. ๐จ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ. substack.com/@michaelande...
Some say this is AI. Perhaps true, because Putin does not speak English. On the other hand, real or not, the video raises the question โ what is in it for Donald? Over the next months, we at EUROPE FROM THE GROUND will be investigating, we will go deep deep. substack.com/@michaelande...
Or a Substack blog about those same topics, for that matter ๐ substack.com/@michaelande...
๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ต: โI will tell you - as soon as Putin sends me the scriptโ ๐ Journalist question: You want Zelensky out. Have you forgotten that Putin started the war? Trump: Well, you know, I know the details, okay? And at some point I'll release the details ๐ซฃ substack.com/@michaelande...
Angry guest essay from Kyiv ๐บ๐ฆ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
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๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: I honestly feel like we are guinea pigs for the world: โHow much worse can it get for them before they surrender?โ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
2 writers-turned-evacuators direct harsh criticism at the international aid agencies for doing too little in Kramatorsk. โThe big aid agencies are visible in Kyiv and Lviv - there are a lot of their expensive land cruisers parked outside restaurants in Kyiv and Lviv.โ substack.com/@michaelande...
So, while Trump is busy attacking Zelensky, Putin is busy killing Ukrainians. I guess that you could call it division of labour? twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: I honestly feel like we are guinea pigs for the world: โHow much worse can it get for them before they surrender?โ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
As always, a brilliant Sikorski takedown of the Orange Blob. Warning: European sarcasm may occurโฆ. (Video: Bloomberg) substack.com/@michaelande...
Commenting on Trump's explanation for throwing Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ under the bus. I was unaware that the podcast included video๐ซฃ But I guess my facial expression really IS worth a thousand words ๐คฃ (Thanks to the producers. Not ๐) substack.com/@michaelande...
This is what a US president looks like celebrating having thrown Ukraine under the bus. ARTICLE: Trump: Neither noble nor Nobel twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/trump-neit...
๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: While the arm chair experts are busy pontificating about โhow Russians feel about Putin and the warโ - ๐ช๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ. So, if you really want to knowโฆ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...
๐ฆ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ Can you imagine how much better the world would be without these two old, bitter, crazy, nasties? Allow yourself to dream ... tea, windows? Crowdfunding? (asking for a Ukrainian friend) substack.com/@michaelande...
Nothing turns Republicans on quite as much as listening to their great leader issue death threats against other nations (Iran). substack.com/@michaelande...
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐: โ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ!โ Trump did NOT enjoy Zelensky calling him โweakโ after Trump made the dodgy diesel deal with Putin - a deal that is breaking international sanctions and helping Russia in its war on Ukrainians. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/trump-neit...
In reality, #Trump deciding to โeaseโ sanctions against Russia unilaterally, without telling his European partners = the US is breaking the sanctions = supporting Putin's invasion of #Ukraine. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/trump-neit...
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ Honest people who do NOT admire dictators and aholes should just simply stay away from people like Tucker Carlsson. (Sad to say, but) There is no point, no perspective, no logic in having anything to do with him and his ilk. Just swipe. substack.com/@michaelande...
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/rant-vladi...
As the terrible news are coming in that Russian bombs have killed 33 people at a bus stop in #KRAMATORSK ๐บ๐ฆ - here is an interview I did last week with Anna Bowles - British writer turned evacuator - about the situation there. It has been horrible for A LONG TIME! substack.com/@michaelande...
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He should have been flushed out 12 years ago. โก๏ธ substack.com/@michaelande...
I committed a rant. About Trump, Putin, war and journalism. Well, at least it is short. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/rant-vladi...
Russia is the defender. The West and Ukraine are the aggressors. Invasion is self-defence. And the people who were invaded become the people who supposedly started the war. Aha. (Oh, and guess what, Donald Trump bought it.) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/goebbels-w...
Russia is the defender. The West and Ukraine are the aggressors. The invasion becomes self-defence. And the people who were invaded become the people who supposedly started the war. Aha. (Oh, and guess what, Donald Trump bought it.) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/goebbels-w...
Woke up early this Saturday morning with this on my mind (sorry?) ๐คท substack.com/@michaelande...
Mark โDaddyโ Rutte always reminds me of the sound of chalk screeching on a black board - unpleasant, shrill, out of synch, even when the words are true and he is on the right side. substack.com/@michaelande...
He should have been flushed out 12 years ago. โก๏ธ substack.com/@michaelande...
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โRussia has clear goals for 'its' children: make them less inclined to think, increase the pool of potential soldiers, cut off their access to the outside world so they donโt learn about some European values.โ (from our correspondent in Russia) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...
โRussia has clear goals for 'its' children: make them less inclined to think, increase the pool of potential soldiers, cut off their access to the outside world so they donโt learn about some European values.โ (from our correspondent in Russia) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...
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3 lines in, you just start laughing - out of desperation. "Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago. The U.S. ambassador to GreeceโDonald Trump Jr.โs former fiancรฉe...." And Donald handing out ambassadorships to his son's former lovers is the least of it www.wsj.com/articles/htt...