Q-and-A

 1.  Do I believe Putin believes all the BS stuff that he's put out in the past eight months?

Yeah.  I think between limited human contact in the Covid era, movies that he's watched over the past thirty years of Nazi-WW II topics, and the general propaganda theme.....he's rock-solid into what he says.  

2.  How the war will end?

I've come to this belief that between a downsized tank situation, not enough bullets to conduct an offensive, and a spiral on military manpower....this 'game' probably comes to an rapid slow-down by December of 2022.  There will simply come a week where the Conscripts in some massive effort....just pick up what they have and start walking to the Russian border.  At that point, there is no offense, and the occupied lands fall back to the Ukraine.  Putin won't be able to explain the retreat, and the whole script falls apart at that point.  

3.  This car bomb in Moscow that killed the Dugan gal (daughter of the 'brain-guy' that advises Putin).....who is believed behind it?

Well....some now believe it's NOT the Ukrainians.  

Some say there is a anti-Putin underground movement called the National Republican Army (NRA).

There is a rumor (belief) that 'dad' himself....put the bomb on the car....sacrificing his daughter, for the greater good of Russia.  BS-meter here is a '7', but this idea is floating around.

4.  Blame game over the weekend between Green Party's Habeck and Bavaria's Soder (Premier-President of the state)?

Yes, and it's about the energy business.  Bavaria says it's not getting a fair shake on things.  Habeck says they haven't been active in getting solar or wind generators in the state.  This is going back and forth.