Skinypupy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:19 pm
This is perfectly on brand.
Tweet goes here
“Zelenskyy is a thug. Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
Cawthorn behaved like a Russian asset while denying his arranged meeting with his future Russian Ex Wife in Miami through his buddy coming back from Russia is anything to examine? I did Nazi that coming.
Edit, I assumed this was from a while ago. It's from last week.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "thug" and Ukraine's government "incredibly corrupt" and "incredibly evil" during a townhall in his homestate last Saturday.
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I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. http://steamcommunity.com/id/daehawk
"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
When in doubt, skewer it out...I don't know.
Sometimes, a lot of work goes into something that just doesn't age all that well. Of course, to be fair to the NYT, the world of six weeks ago was a much different place.
MOSCOW — In the early years of Vladimir V. Putin’s tenure as Russia’s leader, the country’s military was a hollowed-out but nuclear-armed shell.
It struggled to keep submarines afloat in the Arctic and an outgunned insurgency at bay in Chechnya. Senior officers sometimes lived in moldy, rat-infested tenements. And instead of socks, poorly trained soldiers often wrapped their feet in swaths of cloth, the way their Soviet and Tsarist predecessors had.
Two decades later, it is a far different fighting force that has massed near the border with Ukraine. Under Mr. Putin’s leadership, it has been overhauled into a modern sophisticated army, able to deploy quickly and with lethal effect in conventional conflicts, military analysts said. It features precision-guided weaponry, a newly streamlined command structure and well-fed and professional soldiers. And they still have the nuclear weapons.
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:19 pm
This is perfectly on brand.
“Zelenskyy is a thug. Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
Waiting for his reval of the Zionist plot/global bank conspiracy.
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What's notable to me is that the column under attack appears to be retreating away from Kyiv. The direction they are moving is NE towards the Coca-Cola plant on the outskirts of that town.
Edit: Another interesting thing happens in the middle of video - one of the TOS rocket launchers fires to *north or north north west* about 45 degrees off the axis of the NE road direction.
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"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
When in doubt, skewer it out...I don't know.
I just read that Putin is thinking of nationalizing Apple (in Russia). What would that even entail? Would the stores re-open for ~a week until they are drained of stock?
I tried watching Lavrov's press conference today, or as much as I could stomach. Once he said that Russia has NOT invaded Ukraine and defended bombing the maternity hospital since it was actually run by terrorists, I bailed out.
Also, and I say this over and over, if you have any interest in learning about Zelensky or just about Ukrainian political culture, absolutely watch Servant of the People. It was on Netflix for a while, but the episodes are all up on youtube now from what I hear. It's a fun show and demonstrates in a comedic way how politics generally work in Ukraine as well as why Zelensky became so popular.
edit: Obviously one should never look at youtube comments, but the comments on Lavrov's press conference are ALL people praising him and Russia and Putin. I'm baffled.
paulbaxter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:27 pm
but the comments on Lavrov's press conference are ALL people praising him and Russia and Putin. I'm baffled.
Did you follow American politics closely from 2015 until 2020 so? Nothing surprises me anymore. Nothing.
I'm seeing lots of pro-Russia/ Putin apologist comments on news articles coming from accounts in Africa. Very similar to the rise in pro-Trump accounts from Africa during his campaign. I wonder if troll farms in Africa are being spun up again.
I see lots of pro Russia comments from asshats at work. Yesterday they were brilliantly pondering if closing McDonald's in Russia is playing into Chian's hands where they can swoop in and take the market.
I don't think they grasp how dumb that is and how little money Russia has.
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
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"Has high IQ. Refuses to apply it"
When in doubt, skewer it out...I don't know.
Very nice:
(from that BBC piece)
WHITE FLAG TACTIC
"From the front passenger seat Lt Gromadsky says, "Sometimes they use this tactic - first, they raise a white flag above their equipment, then come closer to our positions. When we come up and kind of take them as prisoners of war, they start to open fire on our troops."
And I love this, from a little further down:
"How are the Russians fighting, I ask. "They fight like stupid animals," says Reaper. "They fight like it's 1941 - they have no manoeuvrability, they just come to the front and that's all. They have a lot of people, a lot of tanks, a lot of vehicles, but we are fighting for our land, and we are protecting our families. it doesn't matter how they fight because we fight like lions and they won't win."
Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:54 pm
Very nice:
(from that BBC piece)
WHITE FLAG TACTIC
"From the front passenger seat Lt Gromadsky says, "Sometimes they use this tactic - first, they raise a white flag above their equipment, then come closer to our positions. When we come up and kind of take them as prisoners of war, they start to open fire on our troops."
Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:54 pm
Very nice:
(from that BBC piece)
WHITE FLAG TACTIC
"From the front passenger seat Lt Gromadsky says, "Sometimes they use this tactic - first, they raise a white flag above their equipment, then come closer to our positions. When we come up and kind of take them as prisoners of war, they start to open fire on our troops."
paulbaxter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:27 pm
but the comments on Lavrov's press conference are ALL people praising him and Russia and Putin. I'm baffled.
Did you follow American politics closely from 2015 until 2020 so? Nothing surprises me anymore. Nothing.
I kept my eyes closed. I treated it as a Birdbox situation.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "thug" and Ukraine's government "incredibly corrupt" and "incredibly evil" during a townhall in his homestate last Saturday.
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Cawthorn is my Representative. I was completely blown away when he won (by a lot) since he is so transparently an ignorant tool. There is nothing about him that is honorable, trustworthy, or well-reasoned. But he loves stigginit to the libruls! He's currently doing a do-si-do with our gerrymandered and un gerrymandered districts, hopefully, it's enough for him to lose momentum. But as strange as it may sound, every time he gets nationwide coverage for some incredibly stupid thing he says, it actually increases his chances of getting reelected here....
Most of these far right assholes aren’t stupid: they know very well that Stigginit (TM) is The Way. And probably the only way for most of them, which is why we see such stupid behavior and antics that most people find abhorrent.
I’d love to see some kind of graph plotting all the Cawthorn’s of our system, and how red or not their states/districts are.
I wonder if any correlation between the inanity of the comments and actions with how red their districts are.
My assumption is if you are in a solidly, deep red district, maybe you don’t have to do the clown show so much to gin up support? And the ‘Cawthorns’ of the world have to constantly crank out Stigginit to keep their (smaller) base riled up to combat the purple creep.
Abbott in Texas, for instance, has known for a while he would be challenged by O’Rourke. LOTS of ‘chatter’ coming from Abbott in the past 6 months.
At the rate Ukraine is killing generals, they might be grateful for being sacked.
Unless "sacked" is a euphemism for getting killed? It is, isn't it?
UA seems to be whittling down the list of generals that need to be fired.
Ukraine’s authorities say MG Andrey Kolesnikov, Russia’s 29th Combined Arms Army commander has been killed.
This is yet to be confirmed!
Big if true — the elimination of military leaders on the ground gets really catastrophic for Russia.
The Ukrainian Armed Force officially confirms the general has been eliminated
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Not to be flippant but the deck of cards killing approach to war seems to be working backwards. I wonder how many Russian leaders become craven and seek to lead from the Moscow, rather than the "trenches."
FWIW, Russian Army Major General is roughly equivalent to a US Army Brigadier General.
LordMortis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:06 am
Not to be flippant but the deck of cards killing approach to war seems to be working backwards. I wonder how many Russian leaders become craven and seek to lead from the Moscow, rather than the "trenches."
Sadly, from a strategic standpoint we probably want the good ones dead, not the sycophants in Putin's orbit.
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This feels like Red Storm Rising in the Ukraine instead of Germany.
Black Lives Matter
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
The US estimates that 2,000 to 4,000 Russian troops have died so far — roughly equal to the total number of US troops killed in its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
I think that's also close to the number of Americans killed by COVID in the last 2 days.
noxiousdog wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:13 am
This feels like Red Storm Rising in the Ukraine instead of Germany.
What’s the Persian Gulf in that analogy?
The Persian Gulf?
Well, there's no submarines either. But the bog down due to poor equipment and strategy along with blaming the generals is spot on.
Black Lives Matter
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
It sounds to me like they've found a way to take advantage of this tragedy by setting the stage to be able to blame him when Ukraine falls - just in time for midterms.
Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:23 pm
Doesn't that risk going on Florida Man's shit list?
Not really. His attention span is too short. Even then, let's say the GOP badgers him into something and it ends up being a mess, Trump will just come along and complain about the terrible deal Biden negotiated. It doesn't have to be factual or require an analysis of the provenance. More than half of the press will cover it breathlessly. We've declined to the point that substance doesn't matter anymore.
Yeah, this puts it squarely on Biden's desk. It's unlikely that he does it, and their letter won't be taken into account in the decision either way. If he doesn't, he's to blame. If he does and it goes badly, he's to blame. If he does and it goes well (which could only be defined as a Ukraine victory), it doesn't get mentioned. Given the slim odds and low impact of a victory, it's a simple, manipulative strategy.
Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:23 pm
Doesn't that risk going on Florida Man's shit list?
Not really. His attention span is too short. Even then, let's say the GOP badgers him into something and it ends up being a mess, Trump will just come along and complain about the terrible deal Biden negotiated. It doesn't have to be factual or require an analysis of the provenance. More than half of the press will cover it breathlessly. We've declined to the point that substance doesn't matter anymore.
absolutely true. the whole 'but then....' thought process is frustratingly pointless.
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:44 pm
Yeah, this puts it squarely on Biden's desk. It's unlikely that he does it, and their letter won't be taken into account in the decision either way. If he doesn't, he's to blame. If he does and it goes badly, he's to blame. If he does and it goes well (which could only be defined as a Ukraine victory), it doesn't get mentioned. Given the slim odds and low impact of a victory, it's a simple, manipulative strategy.
I think you are missing that "If he does and it goes well," they will declare it was all their doing.
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:44 pm
Yeah, this puts it squarely on Biden's desk. It's unlikely that he does it, and their letter won't be taken into account in the decision either way. If he doesn't, he's to blame. If he does and it goes badly, he's to blame. If he does and it goes well (which could only be defined as a Ukraine victory), it doesn't get mentioned. Given the slim odds and low impact of a victory, it's a simple, manipulative strategy.
I think you are missing that "If he does and it goes well," they will declare it was all their doing.
There are upsides to Biden, though. If he does it then it gives the U.S. response more of a bipartisan sheen, which is helpful for media and political coverage.
Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:44 pm
Yeah, this puts it squarely on Biden's desk. It's unlikely that he does it, and their letter won't be taken into account in the decision either way. If he doesn't, he's to blame. If he does and it goes badly, he's to blame. If he does and it goes well (which could only be defined as a Ukraine victory), it doesn't get mentioned. Given the slim odds and low impact of a victory, it's a simple, manipulative strategy.
I think you are missing that "If he does and it goes well," they will declare it was all their doing.
There are upsides to Biden, though. If he does it then it gives the U.S. response more of a bipartisan sheen, which is helpful for media and political coverage.
That requires the readers to think beyond the headline. 90% of the time, that doesn't happen.
wouldn't the lowest-rated have a ranking of 180th out of 180?
