Kirk Lee

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[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@gianlucabtc @bexifyswap Can anyone worldwide participate in the giveaway?

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

Maybe Musk should send some rockets over to boost those download numbers!

[Benzinga @Benzinga]

Musk's X Faces Unprecedented Download Slump

Twitter downloads hit a decade-low following the platform's rebranding to X.

Daily users decreased to 249 million in September, a 2% drop.

https://t.co/va14lmLVHr

[Benzinga @Benzinga]

$SOL $ETH | Venture Capitalist Who Predicted 2022 Crypto Market Bottom Expects 2,500% Rally For Solana

Chris Burniske predicted that Solana could double its all-time high.

Solana should benefit from quiet launches and reduced fees, he said.

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[glassnode @glassnode]

#Bitcoin network settlement continues to languish, currently residing at a value of $2.63B.

This remains just $660M (25%) off of the cycle low of $1.97B, highlighting the significant lull in network settlement.

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

Ukrainian troops must be taking lessons from Monty Pythons Black Knight Tis but a scratch!

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards

Amid continuous news that the Ukrainian counteroffensive which began in June is not going as hoped, The New York Times has published an article titled “Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say.”

Reporting that Ukrainian efforts to retake Russia-occupied territory have been “bogged down in dense Russian minefields under constant fire from artillery and helicopter gunships,” The New York Times reports that Ukrainian forces have switched tactics to using “artillery and long-range missiles instead of plunging into minefields under fire.”

Then the article gets really freaky:

“American officials are worried that Ukraine’s adjustments will race through precious ammunition supplies, which could benefit President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and disadvantage Ukraine in a war of attrition. But Ukrainian commanders decided the pivot reduced casualties and preserved their frontline fighting force.

“American officials say they fear that Ukraine has become casualty averse, one reason it has been cautious about pressing ahead with the counteroffensive. Almost any big push against dug-in Russian defenders protected by minefields would result in huge numbers of losses.”

I’m sorry, US officials “fear” that Ukraine is becoming “casualty averse”? Because safer battlefield tactics that burn through a lot of ammunition don’t chew through lives like charging through a minefield under heavy artillery fire?

What are the Ukrainians supposed to be? Casualty amenable? If Ukraine was more casualty amenable, would it be more willing to throw young bodies into the gears of this proxy war that the US empire actively provoked and killed peace deals to maintain?

Something tells me that the US officials speaking to The New York Times about their “fear” of Ukrainian casualty aversiveness do not know what real fear is. Something tells me that if you marched these US officials through Russian minefields under constant fire from artillery and helicopter gunships, then they would understand fear.

Western officials have been spending the last few weeks whining to the media that Ukraine’s inability to gain ground is due to an irrational aversion to being killed. They’ve been decrying Ukrainian cowardice to the press under cover of anonymity, from behind the safety of their office desks.

In an article published Thursday titled “U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal,” The Washington Post cited anonymous “U.S. and Western officials” to report that the massive losses Ukraine has been suffering in this counteroffensive had been “anticipated” in war games ahead of time, but that they had “envisioned Kyiv accepting the casualties as the cost of piercing through Russia’s main defensive line.”

The same article quotes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba telling critics of the counteroffensive to “go and join the foreign legion” if they don’t like the results so far, adding, “It’s easy to say that you want everything to be faster when you are not there.”

In an article published last month titled “U.S. Cluster Munitions Arrive in Ukraine, but Impact on Battlefield Remains Unclear,” The New York Times reported unnamed senior US officials had “privately expressed frustration” that Ukrainian commanders “fearing increased casualties among their ranks” were switching to artillery barrages, “rather than sticking with the Western tactics and pressing harder to breach the Russian defenses.”

“Why don’t they come and do it themselves?” a former Ukrainian defense minister told The New York Times in response to the American criticism.

In an article last month titled “Ukraine’s Lack of Weaponry and Training Risks Stalemate in Fight With Russia,” The Wall Street Journal reported that unnamed western military officials “knew Kyiv didn’t have all the training or weapons” needed to dislodge Russia, but that they had “hoped Ukrainian courage and resourcefulness would carry the day” anyway.

“It didn’t,” Wall Street Journal added.

In the same article, The Wall Street Journal cited a US Army War College professor named John Nagle admitting that the US itself would never attempt the kind of counteroffensive it’s been pushing Ukrainians into attempting.

“America would never attempt to defeat a prepared defense without air superiority, but they [Ukrainians] don’t have air superiority,” Nagl said, adding, “It’s impossible to overstate how important air superiority is for fighting a ground fight at a reasonable cost in casualties.”

And now we’re seeing reports in the mass media that US officials — still under cover of anonymity of course — are beginning to wonder if perhaps it might have been better to try to negotiate peace instead of launching this counteroffensive that they knew was doomed from the beginning.

In an article titled “Milley had a point,” Politico cites multiple anonymous US officials saying that as “the realities of the counteroffensive are sinking in around Washington,” empire managers are beginning to wonder if they should have heeded outgoing Joint Chiefs chair Mark Milley’s suggestion back in November that it was a good time to consider peace talks.

“We may have missed a window to push for earlier talks,” one anonymous official says, adding, “Milley had a point.”

Oops. Oops they made a little oopsie poopsie. Oh well, it’s only Ukrainian lives.

Imagine reading through all this as a Ukrainian, especially a Ukrainian who’s lost a home or a loved one to this war. I imagine white hot tears pouring down my face. I imagine rage, and I imagine overwhelming frustration.

This whole war could have been avoided with a little diplomacy and a few mild concessions to Moscow. It could have been stopped in the early weeks of the conflict back when a tentative peace agreement had been struck. It could have been stopped back in November before this catastrophic counteroffensive.

But it wasn’t. The US had an agenda to lock Moscow into a costly military quagmire with the goal of weakening Russia, and to this day US officials openly boast about all this war is doing to advance US interests. So they’ve kept it going, using Ukrainian bodies as a giant sponge to soak up as many expensive military explosives as possible to drain Russian coffers while advancing US energy interests in Europe and keeping Moscow preoccupied while the empire orchestrates its next move against China.

Last month The Washington Post’s David Ignatius wrote an article explaining why westerners shouldn’t “feel gloomy” about how things are going in Ukraine, writing the following about how much this war is doing to benefit US interests overseas:

“Meanwhile, for the United States and its NATO allies, these 18 months of war have been a strategic windfall, at relatively low cost (other than for the Ukrainians). The West’s most reckless antagonist has been rocked. NATO has grown much stronger with the additions of Sweden and Finland. Germany has weaned itself from dependence on Russian energy and, in many ways, rediscovered its sense of values. NATO squabbles make headlines, but overall, this has been a triumphal summer for the alliance.”

“Other than for the Ukrainians” he says, as a parenthetical aside.

Everyone who supported this horrifying proxy war should have that paragraph tattooed on their fucking forehead.

[FORTUNE @FortuneMagazine]

Kroger could pay more than a billion dollars to states and Native American tribes to settle claims that it helped fuel the national opioid crisis. https://t.co/LabRMqyVbo

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

Perhaps Lou Hedley should teach the Saints a thing or two about those striking appearances!

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Punters who developed their skills playing Australian rules football growing up Down Under have become a familiar sight in the NFL. Even so, Lou Hedley stands out — not for his striking appearance, but for his circuitous path to the New Orleans Saints. https://t.co/0hblhZIkEy

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

A drought on the Panama Canal has caused a disruption to global trade and may soon mean higher costs for consumers. Everstream Chief Science Officer Mark Russo and American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO Stephen Lamar discuss:

[The Defiant @DefiantNews]

Exploring The State Of Solana With Anatoly Yakovenko https://t.co/MxJw3zCetk

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

Kudos to @bitfinex & @nayibbukele for driving innovation!

[Bitfinex @bitfinex]

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[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@Lumishare_Lumi @BNBCHAIN Looking forward to the big reveal!

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@SteveMorganOk Where can I find more information?

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

Is it safe to assume you won the lottery?

[beeple @beeple]

FUCK YESSSS

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Good morning. Today is going to be a great day. Let's get after it relentlessly.

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@KateMillerGems Wow, cant wait for the ATH!

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@BBCWorld Resigning because of predators? Talk about a pop culture shock!

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@TroyDellorto Exciting journey awaits!

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@jazminpinedo Cant wait to witness $TSUKAs growth!

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

In my latest article, I discussed the increased risk of greater conflict outside the law (ie, some form of civil war), which you can read here: https://t.co/6GoN7SqihN

Because I'd like to know your collective thoughts on the issue I wrote the piece with questions for you to answer, one of which is below. I look forward to hearing your total tallied scores in the replies.

Q4: Do you think that most Americans think that most of those in the media are painting accurate pictures?

[Kirk Lee @kirkkak]

@DefiantNews @Stake Well, looks like someone really bet their private key on the wrong horse!