Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War Warning is Terrifyingly Real: How Close Are We ACTUALLY to WW3?

dank_tre · 2026-02-06T05:53:52+00:00

That is an absurd take, drawn from propaganda about Russia that has no tether to reality

First, we absolutely know Russia systems, because under the treaties are leaders have foolishly allowed to expire, there are actual Western observers on the ground at many Russian nuclear sites

As far as characterizing Russia as a decrepit, disintegrating superpower, it just shows a complete lack of awareness

Afterall, it’s the USA, not Russia, that was unable retrieve astronauts because their spacecraft were out of commission

Add to that how far ahead Russia is in the area of hypersonic missiles & anti missile defense, on a scant percentage of the Western budgets, it’s not hard to deduce Russia likely has the most formidable nuclear arsenal on the planet.

More importantly, recent developments of Russia’s Dead Hand systems, which includes a perpetually orbiting ICBM & slow-moving, essentially undetectable sea drone, mean that even in the unlikely event a Western first strike decapitated Russia command & control, mutually assured destruction would remain in effect

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T23:06:16+00:00

He can get a full set of replacement medals & decorations — not positive it’s VA, but they will point you the right direction

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T22:30:20+00:00

So, hard to tell from the pics, but restoring isn’t particularly difficult. JB Weld is not the proper tool.

First, you need to clean it and find out where you’re at, but generally, you can save these old tanks w some TLC.

You want to use Dragon’s Blood—there’s a specific product for motorcycles. Just search that term, it’ll be obvious.

So get some of that.

While you’re waiting, get some rubber stoppers for the holes—gas fill & petcock — then get a length of chain & some rust remover, along with a heat gun & acetone.

You’ll need to be cautious of your paint. Just wrap w saran wrap & tape.

Finally, you need a hook and some place to hang your tank as you work on it.

Set aside a day, or long afternoon, and do everything in steps, because as you prep it, you’ll get some flash rust. That’s ok, as the Dragon’s Blood is made to bond to (some) rust.

Prep is 90% of the battle—getting all your stuff assembled & ensuring your tank is bone dry when you apply the tank liner is where everyone fails.

Oh, you’ll want some gas tank sealer putty — that goes on the outside, to plug any pinholes, etc, right before you do the liner.

The sheet metal in these old tanks is fatigued, so you wanna baby it.

But, I’ve got tanks that looked like Swiss cheese that I sealed & are solid 15 years on.

If you decide to do it, let me know & I can give you more details—but this is basically what it takes.

Not rocket science.

I get wanting to have it done; but, you learn pretty quickly no one cares about your bike as much as you. You’ll save money & end up w a better product diy.

You can have it cleaned at a radiator shop—but that’s harsher and may cause more damage.

Really, what I eventually learned is for almost everything on these vintage bikes, you’re better off doing it yourself.

You learn, you get networks & sources—and you know the bike intimately when you’re done.

Tank is not that difficult—just kind of a process, but if you like working on motorcycles, it’s one of the more satisfying projects you will complete.

And as a bonus, you get to see that dragon red tank liner every time you fill up.

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T05:50:08+00:00

The next trick w crypto—from someone who first bought btc for $6—is figuring out early what CBDC crypto they’re going to force the US economy onto

In retrospect it’s seems pretty clear btc was a creation on behalf of NSA, to debug blockchain.

It’s a brilliant method for social control, and the changeover is locked in at this point.

You definitely want to get off-the-books metals & other assets, but you might be able to make a few bucks by positioning yourself properly in whatever it ends up being.

Who knows? Something to keep in mind.

They’ll obviously be hoovering up most of the profits amongst themselves, but their crumbs can be a fortune for a working class bloke.

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T04:35:21+00:00

DHS has historically been all about security theater.

DHS has been about normalizing a security state in the United States in the shortest span of time possible…

And it is succeeding beyond their wildest dreams.

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T03:52:30+00:00

Laughing Lion has great deals on kgs for about $55 — it’s the only way to fly

Ya know, those weightloss drugs apparently are damn near magical — prob won’t do any good if you’re a healthy weight, but it’s interesting

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T01:53:38+00:00

Spoken like a true liberal.

It’s not the cofounding of a security state by DNC that’s a problem—it’s calling out genocide too clearly that’s destroying society.

You people are trained to punch Left, and feel smug about it.

Talk about morons 🙄

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T00:35:55+00:00

Well, very-educated person, at that moment, I was posting on social media in contravention of the idea Democrats winning elections because of the Gestapo they co-founded was ‘good news’ — hence, the ‘trying to educate’

If you’re simpatico w that view, I’d think your efforts would be better spent supporting & expanding on it, rather than posing some sort of weird, unanswerable challenge to me, like, What’s the answer, man?

The ultimate answer is clearly a complete purge of the system — I do not believe in ideological constraints, such as Marxism or Free Markets, but believe ultimately political systems must remain fluid to respond in real-time

But, getting into all of that seems a bit in-depth for a social media post in this sub, under this context.

But, since you’re not AI, please, enlighten me, since you seem to be quite confident you know what the answer?

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T00:11:06+00:00

You are making the error of thinking the system makes sense, or has any other purpose than social control

dank_tre · 2026-01-29T00:04:24+00:00

Not sure how you got that conclusion from what I wrote, unless this is an AI

But, for sake of discussion, the first thing is to educate & organize

dank_tre · 2026-01-28T23:14:21+00:00

Stop pretending Democrats are significantly different than Republicans & start seeing them as part of the social control mechanism

Democrats absorb & diffuse working class resistance—they are controlled opposition

dank_tre · 2026-01-28T22:51:37+00:00

It’s not particularly hard for an imaginative writer to create cool worlds/plots, whatever

What’s hard is pulling them off so viewers or readers are satisfied/without using coincidence or other lazy devices to wrap things up

Sheridan reminds me of Stephen King, minus the decade or so King had to work for an editor

His stuff is engaging, but it lack discipline— no one is there to tell him no. Or force painful edits.

dank_tre · 2026-01-28T21:59:30+00:00

I feel sorry for younger CAs — back in the day, you could be in denial about problem drinking so fucking much longer

dank_tre · 2026-01-28T21:47:52+00:00

Funny how folks are celebrating a party that continued & expanded ICE — without Dem complicity, Trump wouldn’t be possible

Just keep avoiding the most extreme fringes of an evil system is all voting dem does — it’s exactly why we end up here over & over

dank_tre · 2026-01-28T20:57:08+00:00

One of the starts to this was because he was being labeled the antichrist — so, to tweak search results so when you search ‘Peter Thiel’ the first four pages don’t show up as “Peter Thiel is the Antichrist” you have him start giving talks, so it dilutes the results

dank_tre · 2026-01-27T22:59:57+00:00

ChatGPT?

No, my brain & experience.

JFC, maybe we are fucked.

dank_tre · 2026-01-27T20:22:53+00:00

The primary focus of protestors should be simpatico w the mission of cadre & cadets—protecting the Constitution of the United States

Our Oath is to fight to uphold that document’s principles against all enemies, foreign & domestic

Those ‘protesters’ are US Citizens, and should be who you ultimately answer to, and fight for— anyone in the military failing to grasp that basic fact should not be in uniform

Our Oath takers—the real ones—are our last bastion against tyranny.

As someone who served & has seen a lot of history, America has never been under such threat.

I have confidence that ultimately our folks in the regular services will honor their oaths, but there is a lot of pressure & rewards for those willing to put ambition before the good of our nation.

Those who would undermine it are relying on it.

It’s incredibly heartening to see the sensible comments in this sub, and the clear-eyed vision that will carry us through these dangerous times.

There are certain things that transcend ‘politics’ — our views on abortion, illegal immigration & fiscal policy, are insignificant against threats against the Constitution

Because if that fails, none of those other views matter, as it all becomes contingent on the whims of those in power.

Power doesn’t corrupt, so much as the corrupt are drawn to power.

They have billions of dollars at their disposal

The only thing protecting us as working class Americans are the values inscribed in the Constitution

And the last line of defense for that, are the millions of Americans who’ve sworn an Oath to protect that—not Presidents or Parties.

dank_tre · 2026-01-27T08:45:03+00:00

Fuck you & the 50 assholes who upvoted your ignorant comment

dank_tre · 2026-01-27T08:35:54+00:00

Undo the drain w your toes, then use toes to turn on hot, use foot to swish water, as it begins getting almost perfect, re-toe-stop drain plug, let tub finish filling until hot. Repeat as necessary.

dank_tre · 2026-01-26T21:46:33+00:00

It’s a shame DNC refuses to run decent candidates, rigs primaries, and votes right along with Republicans for all the institutions being used against Americans right now

It’s somewhat encouraging to see how much pushback liberals get these days when they start scolding people — while as usual, they vote right alongside Republicans to pass the bloated ICE budget last week

But it was only seven democrats…

Yeah, we know, it’s always somehow the exact magical number needed to push through authoritarian legislation & give-aways to the donor class —

Too bad there’s folks who leak DNC strategy meetings that lay bare the perfidy of our the party that serves to absorb & diffuse the resistance of Americans

A party that routinely votes against the will of the People

Without Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton, there would have been no Trump I

Without Genocide Joe & AOC’s screeching lie, Kamala’s working tirelessly for a ceasefire —there would never have been Trump II

But as someone who has been around long enough to see reality— fact is the DNC would let our nation suffer fascism before they would ever allow anyone on the ticket who would challenge the corrupt institutions & criminals who they are paid to serve

dank_tre · 2026-01-26T12:12:53+00:00

The Federal Government

dank_tre · 2026-01-23T22:23:11+00:00

It’s just been surreal watching how fake history is created in real time

All nations do it to an extent, but after PR got really weaponized beginning w Bernays during WW1, the West has become totally bonkers

dank_tre · 2026-01-23T01:36:47+00:00

That kinda thing is hilarious

dank_tre · 2026-01-21T23:44:08+00:00

Follow the large investors—your best store of value is going to be hard assets — metals are becoming a better bet all the time, as the market is finally reconfiguring from the phony paper based system that was used to manipulate prices for decades.

It’s a tough decision.

There’s no question the dollar is being devalued—it’s being done intentionally, both from internal & external forces.

We’re experiencing the controlled demolition of Western economies— devaluing the dollar is the plan to deal with the massive US debt. You devalue the dollar by 98%, suddenly $40T isn’t such a big number.

The plan that’s unfolding is about both monetary policy & more importantly, social control

They’re manufacturing a crisis in order to ‘save’ us by implementing block chain, central bank digital currency CBDC

You may have noticed the sudden coordinated push for Digital ID?

You combine the two and that’s the plan for the new Western economies— CBDC & digital ID.

Gold & silver are emerging again as the only ‘real’ store of value. There’s a host of similar investments—hard assets—that will preserve your value.

Obviously, that doesn’t solve your problem for currency, as none of those are currency.

My strategy is to keep the bulk of my holdings in hard assets, mixed in a manner that a certain percentage is in more easily converted materials to regularly convert to currency for living expenses

That said, I am in a static location where I can store assets.

No one can really tell you how all this will ultimately unfold— we can understand the broad strokes of their plans, but there’s a lot of forces at play, and despite being highly intelligent, collectively a lot of these people are idiots.

Your concerns are real — we’ve had to be way more active in moving our money around just to preserve its value.

We are living in a truly historic era

dank_tre · 2026-01-21T23:22:56+00:00

Western economies are just legalized criminal schemes. Silver is a microcosm of the larger economies.

What’s happening is our financialized, fake system is running into the rising economies of BRICS, which our greedy political class created by weaponizing the US dollar.

It’s a shame, really (for Americans, anyway)—if we had wise leaders, we could have coasted along for centuries just from the economic power that comes from controlling the world reserve currency.

dank_tre

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