https://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvqn6tazas2xSolid coverage of Ukraine. Mercouris is a centrist. We disagree on many things. But he has a phenomenal facility with names and an encyclopedic knowledge of history. His non-Western sources have proven very reliable over the years. At the moment, Ukraine is collapsing. https://youtube.com/watch?v=fWDIIUNfvwE&is=X-Wb5q50zjZIQuAo17 Sep 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqn6tazas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvqbhjdqvs2m"Supreme Leader’s adviser Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said the maritime route will not be reopened to shipping as long as US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain in power, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media." Ouch. https://caliber.az/en/post/iran-reveals-condition-for-reopening-strait-of-hormuz17 Sep 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqbhjdqvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvqa47tsvs2uYet another day of Russophobic bullshit on Bluesky.17 Sep 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqa47tsvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvnvxflhyk2lPuts a whole new spin on the saying: 'Nice guys finish last.' [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnvxflhyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvlo5qi6w22s"The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of bombs to Israel, financed through a government program that would see the U.S. not only release the munitions for sale but pay for them as well, ... using a special program called Foreign Military Financing" https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-reportedly-sending-israel-2-204733562.html15 Sep 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlo5qi6w22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvlnc2kkgs2sIran does not have nuclear weapons. Its nuclear program is devoted to the production of electricity. It has ballistic missiles. It could build a nuclear weapon. But it does not want to, because it does not need to. As is being made abundantly clear as we speak. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlnc2kkgs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvlfdcz7q222"Ukraine is not confident that Russia has the desire to comply with any agreement," says Zelensky. Russia agreed to no such truce. Why would it? The West has no desire for peace. NATO started this conflict. Russia will end it on the battlefield. Ukraine is finished. https://www.ft.com/content/d6f98d2e-9f0c-4414-a339-fe8462810276?syn-25a6b1a6=115 Sep 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlfdcz7q222https://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvl5uxwsq22dJust another Russophobic Bluesky day.15 Sep 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl5uxwsq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronrice.bsky.social/post/3mvkpwqoiss2bThis, my naive little cherubs: Why is the US supporting Israel's genocide? "Not because of 'the power of the Jewish lobby'.... It is because Israel plays a 'special role' as a heavily armed bastion of support for U.S. imperialism...." Historical Materialism 101. Wake up and smell the coffee. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:w4ffuc5kesc6byiedumxttez/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkpwqoiss2b