The end?

I’ve always read Boro Lad’s contact’s musings as ‘forecasting’ what is going to happen or what might have happened which we don’t yet have clear information about.

This is a lot different to disinformation or misinformation, personally I’ve never thought there was any hint of that. Sometimes he is wrong, sometimes he is right, sometimes we don’t know, but he is clearly trying to make educated guesses about what might happen.

He is interesting no doubt about that and has a writing style which comes from the heart.
 
Putin's visibility is not what I'd have expected, nor is his leadership, during the last 6 months or so. Ask yourself, is it what you expected?

I'd have expected a strong hand. I'd have expected a lot of appearances. I'd have expected many speeches, assurances, propaganda. What we've had is sporadic, rare appearances and the bare minimum that couldn't be avoided really, seemingly by doubles.

Whatever the reason, something ain't right.

Severe illness would explain it, death would explain it, house arrest would explain it.

It's not like the Russians don't have form for covering things up like this and Putin not being in charge (due to death or illness) explains the lack of decisions being made. It's a power vacuum with lots of maneuvering behind the scenes to arrive at a successor/solution. That all fits far more with what we've seen than Putin still in charge as much as ever but suddenly becoming shy and indecisive, don't you think?

If you were to speculate, what is your explanation?

My best guess is he isn't dead yet, but he is so ill he is not capable of taking charge, which is probably the worst of all worlds for Russia and ending this war. There is certainly positioning going on and some of the criticism is quite unthinkable a year ago. This might be because the war is such a fiasco that they see Putin being removed as is usual for Russian leaders perceived as suffering a loss, or it might be because they know or strongly suspect he is not long for this world.
 
No lifts. I wonder if he is wearing his famous "anti slip shoes".
And that Chandelier looks like the sword of damocles ... if you have a certain disposition.
 
I have no 'insider' knowledge but there are plenty of other sources also claiming he's either dead or very ill, and not just on here.
But conspiracy until proven otherwise surely?
Surely it's ok to question whether he's actually alive or dead given the obvious answer is he is alive, possibly. Who knows?

Bigger things go on behind closed doors that nobody on here is privvy to.
 
Several people on this thread seem to be confusing (or even conflating) misinformation and disinformation.

Just for the avoidance of doubt:

“Misinformation” vs. “Disinformation”: Get Informed On The Difference

As this article from dictionary.com explains, misinformation is simply information that is incorrect.

Disinformation on the other hand, is (again according to the dictionary com definition) "deliberately misleading or biased information ..." (emphasis mine).
 
But conspiracy until proven otherwise surely?
Surely it's ok to question whether he's actually alive or dead given the obvious answer is he is alive, possibly. Who knows?

Bigger things go on behind closed doors that nobody on here is privvy to.
Didn't say it wasn't ok. Anyway I'm not getting involved in anymore of these kind of distraction conversations. Not my thread so will revert to reading and learning.
 
Several people on this thread seem to be confusing (or even conflating) misinformation and disinformation.

Just for the avoidance of doubt:

“Misinformation” vs. “Disinformation”: Get Informed On The Difference

As this article from dictionary.com explains, misinformation is simply information that is incorrect.

Disinformation on the other hand, is (again according to the dictionary com definition) "deliberately misleading or biased information ..." (emphasis mine).

I think some people are failing to identify informed speculation from information.
 
I think some people are failing to identify the very essence of the thread. Let’s just be grateful we’re getting this in the first place!

Indeed. Really I think it is just taking care with the language we use. Picking the wrong words looks like criticism when probably not intended as such.
 
Apologies to all for setting the thread off on a tangent.

Eurofighters overhead again today, Dassault Falcons inbound to Teesside and Xi’s China Airlines 747 approaching Beijing….
I've got 4 USAF F35s over head just now.
*edit think this ones Dutch or Norwegian
 

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