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Save the bovines part 1

In September 2024 another wave of locals fled. On one hand I was glad to see them leave. At least they would be in relative safety. On the other hand, saying goodbye was painful. My secret hope was that we would all get to see the Ukrainian military driven out, and then celebrate liberation together.

Seeing my neighbors, the dairy farmers leave was one such blow. They had seemed so brave and resolved not to abandon their cows. Alas, their nerves finally gave way and one morning they had suddenly disappeared. They had packed up what they could in one small car and fled.

They had let their cows loose, but hadn't taken time to lead them down to the river. That would have been alright on a regular year, but this year it hadn't rained practically all spring and summer. There wasn't any standing water anywhere. I helped another neighbor to drive one of the abandoned cows home. The other three cows would have to fend for themselves somehow. I wanted to take them home, but I didn't have any more room in my barns, or anything to feed them!

My main focus was on saving people. How could I let some cows distract me from that mission. But then an Idea came to me that would turn this dilemma into a blessing. I had a friend who was constantly putting himself in grave danger while drunk. How to distract him from his alcohol habit? What better than this sweet, intelligent heifer that was in need of a new home?!

The next morning I tied the heifer to my rototiller and off we went. When we sputtered to a stop, my friends looked at me as if I was crazy. Really they were right, drones were already actively attacking cars and soldiers, and artillery was making movement over open ground very risky. I had just made a very easy target out of myself for about 15 minutes walking through the most dangerous part of town. Still I hadn't really been worried because I knew that I was doing something that I wouldn't regret no matter the outcome. My adventures with trying to save cows had just barely begun...

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Save the bovines part 2

I found my friend, the alcoholic, more or less sober, but the devil had come to visit him. That is to say, another local alcoholic had come to share his bottle of vodka. Long story short, I beat up the unwelcome guest and threw him out. I apologized to him later and he forgave me though.

My friend was grateful for the heifer, but insisted that I keep her. But where? It just so happened that his neighbors had just evacuated a day or two earlier, leaving behind a barn big enough to house up to ten cows, and enough hay to feed them for at least a month or two!

That same day I led another cow up the hill to this farm. Her heifer-calf stayed behind though, preferring to stay with her older sister who couldn't walk because of a wounded leg. As I led the mother cow, drones would hover above me, but probably thanks to the cow, they decided not to attack me.

To be continued...

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Save the bovines part 3

Now that I had two cows in the barn, I needed to tend to them twice a day, especially since one would need milking. The heifer-calf could help me with that, so I resolved that come nightfall, I have to try to catch her.

On the third or fourth try she stepped in my lasso. As soon as she felt it get tight, she bolted; all three to four-hundred pounds of her. It's no small miracle that I wasn't seriously injured trying to get her ropped to a nearby tree. It probably helped that there was hardly any moonlight that night. Not helping were the large six-rotor bomber drones that would cruise out to and back from the frontline a few times per hour.

I settled down to sleep with the wounded heifer since I didn't want to risk any more sneaking around the village that night. Relaxing was about to get deleted from the agenda though.

My big pillow decided to stand up, as if to protect me. I'm not sure if I had made her uncomfortable or if one of the six-rotor bombers had spooked her. Either way, I would soon be glad that she stood up!

To be continued...

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Save the bovines part 4

A distant "knock, knock, knock, knock ...." sent me scrambling under the heifer. The GRAD rockets began to whistle and make impact in the part of the village where I lived, about 500m away. They came in two waves, every explosion lighting up most of the night sky. Shrapnel started to fall all around us. The fragments wouldn't have been enough to kill or seriously injure, but you wouldn't want to get hit in the head with one either.

When finally dawn did come, I went for my rototiller and trailer to haul the heifer-calf back home. I would keep the three girls for a month before running out of feed. I had to let them go, but by this time rain had begun to fall. The puddles were full, grass was still green, and many neighbors had left piles of hay outside.

I would go back to visit the wounded heifer a few times to dress her wound, give her water and feed her. Eventually I let her go too. I hope she survived.

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Good evening! Tomorrow(Dec. 18th) I'll be on Russian TV again, on channel 1 for the program «Anti-fake» at 13:30 Moscow time, 5:30 for the east coast. https://www.1tv.ru/shows/antifeyk?ysclid=m4te5x6r3275147593

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Back in early 2023 this Chinese-owned news company visited Bogoyavlenka. I can assure you that Russian intelligence saw their broadcast. It was probably very easy to tell exactly where the Ukrainians were parking their equipment from this footage without any help from me. It wasn't long before they moved their armor to different locations.
https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2023-02-24/-Vuhledar-is-holding-on-as-Ukrainian-army-fights-Russian-advance-1hFpArBdLTG/index.html

"Americans should do everything they can for their government to stop provoking Russia."

Daniel Martindale for the program "Antifake" on Russia's Channel One calls his fellow countrymen to open their eyes and see that the Ukraine with the west's help has been the real aggressor in the Donbass all these years.

Dan is trying to bring truth to light about what is happening in the Donbass and the west's role in the conflict. For this very purpose the "Reverse" project was initiated, to collect the reports of western journalists about the war in the Donbass starting from 2014. The project's producer, Ekaterina V. gives a more detailed account of the project's mission in the video above.

For the full version of this edition of "Antifake" with Daniel Martindale, see Channel One's website (Russian only)

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To all of my subscribers and even passersby, you have my gratitude for taking the time to let my story take its place in shaping your opinions. I hope all of you will be part of bringing about peace and maintaining it in the future.

My posts have been very sporadic recently in conjunction with preparations I'm making for starting the next chapter of my story. It will be different, but I hope, just as reflective of the beliefs and values that I've shared up until now.

I hope you all are thoroughly enjoying the holidays, and most importantly the family-time it may afford. May this be your best year yet!

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I think it's safe to say that all of us would like to see peace on earth. Perhaps something will change in 2025. It seems that someone in leadership of the so called free western world should be smart enough and brave enough to end this war(and in Palestine). We feel betrayed by those who seem not to care about all the suffering that they are causing by their actions, and/or inaction. What was it Trump promised...?

I hate to break it to you, but this is the normal state of the world. Our world is filled with greed, murder, hatred, and untrustworthiness. In a world ruled by imperfect people, imperfection is the best we can hope for. It's not right, just, or proper. It's not the way God intended, but it is reality.

Why doesn't God fix the problem? Actually he has done everything that was necessary and more, but we humans often exercise our God given privilege to be our own worst enemy. We don't like to live by God's rules. We aren't ready for God to appear and rule on earth! He would have to throw most of us into outer darkness.

When humanity does finally sell out to satan enmasse, Jesus will appear to judge and then set up His kingdom. Then the devil won't be able to whisper in our ears any longer, tempting us to rebel. Then there will be peace. Until then, ask Jesus to help you love your neighbor as yourself now. He's listening, waiting.

"Some things in life are worth fighting for." - John Carr, 2025.

Eyewitness who singlehandedly beat the Pallisaides fire near Los Angeles says that the fire department didn't even try to save his community.

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0110/1490050-los-angeles-fires-palisades/

When a government prioritizes the interests of another country over those of its own citizens, it is immoral — especially when it happens at the expense of those very citizens. And even more so when the citizens themselves do not support it.

Prolonged neglect of people's needs leads to burnout; everyone knows this. Symbolically, the California wildfires have vividly highlighted the unfairness of the U.S. government's decisions, which have effectively shifted Ukraine's problems onto the shoulders of American citizens.

Journalist Andrew Korybko shared his perspective on the reforms Americans expect in light of this on the Reverse website.

Stat tuned on:

"Americans are burned out over support for Ukraine"
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If I may comment on the fires in southern California; it seems to me that the message is clear. "Your country is being judged for its evil ways"! And what better place to judge than Los Angeles? I'm sure there are good people who are suffering too. I'm no stranger to that personally. But I also understand the necessity of severe measures when there is a severe problem.

I did some firefighting myself over the last year, and I can tell you firsthand that a fire doesn't have to be very big before all household methods of putting it out are useless. With the size of the fires we are seeing around L.A. I have my doubts that they are stoppable by anything except a miracle. But why should God step in to save such a place? I can't imagine why He would.

These fires once again show how in the eyes of America's elite, regular Americans are expendable. Ever since they sacrificed 3000+ on 9/11 to excuse a new war in the middle east, this has been the norm. My parents saw this same disdainful neglect recently in North Carolina.

You could make the argument that Biden should be spending money on prevention of and recovery after natural disasters instead of sending billions to zelenskiy and his goons, but I would point to the fact that in order for him to spend money on anything, he had to steal it from you first! Worst of all being the theft that you don't even notice; inflation. Turning the dollar that you saved away some years ago into 50 cents today. Where did the other 50 cents go? To the owners of the Federal Reserve Bank. And who are they? They are the real swamp that Trump will never even whisper about!

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If Trump really thought that there was a danger of him being assassinated by America's deep state's guard dogs, the CIA and Secret Service. He would have declassified JFK's assassination during his previous presidential term. That would have given him a reason to disband the CIA eight years ago.

As it is, he is giving the CIA even more reason to hate him. And all to try and cast himself in the same light as JFK. This has got to be the most shameless and poorly planned PR stunt ever. It should be obvious by now that Trump floats his boat in the very swamp he promises to drain.