Octopus Overlords

Max Peck wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:23 am

A Winter War monument at Suomussalmi, Finland, containing a rock for every soldier who died at the Battle of Suomussalmi: 750 Finnish and an estimated 24,000 Soviet.

Ya thats a hill even Putin doesn't want to set foot on.

Simo Häyhä



often referred to by his nickname, The White Death, was a Finnish military sniper in World War II during the 1939-1940 Winter War against the Soviet Union. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30, a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle. Häyhä had also used a submachine gun, the Suomi KP/-31. He is believed to have killed over 500 men during the Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war.

I’m pretty certain he’s been featured on this board before.

Here is an excellent interview with Garry Kasparov who has an insider understanding of Putin.

I laughed. Nice one.

Just a few postings

https://twitter.com/backwoodsbob1/statu ... 9524021248

https://twitter.com/D_jeneration/status ... 6041284614

https://twitter.com/BenjaminRamm/status ... 4942957575

https://twitter.com/D_jeneration/status ... 4649631747

Daehawk wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:22 pm Just a few postings

https://twitter.com/backwoodsbob1/statu ... 9524021248

Seems staged or fake. That's an AR pattern rifle (Sig MCX?), and not a cheap one at that. Not standard issue for Ukraine fighters and not a lot of ammo floating around for it there.

Don't doubt that she is serving but it looks like a press photo.

It's totally a PR picture. The Dutch angle framing of the shot gives it away to me. They are creating a feelings campaign and they've been waging a very effective communications strategy overall.

I mean look at this video - holy shit - I can hear Vigilante saying, "Ukrainians are hardcore!" in my head.

https://twitter.com/EnglishUkraine/stat ... 7470580744

Putin has met his Waterloo.

Wow. That video is intense!

The "Kadyrovite General" referenced in the video is apparently Magomed Tushaev, a Chechen general close to Ramzan Kadyrov. There are reports that Tushaev was killed in an assault on Antonov airport, northwest of Kyiv. If true, the elite Kadyrovtsy fighters that Kadyrov loaned out to Putin are not off to a good start.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 2:26 pm

Daehawk wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:22 pm Just a few postings

https://twitter.com/backwoodsbob1/statu ... 9524021248

Seems staged or fake. That's an AR pattern rifle (Sig MCX?), and not a cheap one at that. Not standard issue for Ukraine fighters and not a lot of ammo floating around for it there.

Don't doubt that she is serving but it looks like a press photo.

Is that Katniss Everdeen ??

Kurth wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:17 pm Wow. That video is intense!

There’s a lot of rape and molestation analogies in it though. Probably not the best way to describe your efforts to defend your homeland.

hepcat wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:36 pm

Kurth wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:17 pm Wow. That video is intense!

There’s a lot of rape and molestation analogies in it though. Probably not the best way to describe your efforts to defend your homeland.

But... there's tea!

hepcat wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:36 pm

Kurth wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:17 pm Wow. That video is intense!

There’s a lot of rape and molestation analogies in it though. Probably not the best way to describe your efforts to defend your homeland.

I wonder how much of that is down to the translation of Ukrainian/Russian idioms or expressions into English. There could be a lot of variations of "We're going to fuck you up!" that may not translate that well.

Max Peck wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:48 pm

hepcat wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:36 pm

Kurth wrote: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:17 pm Wow. That video is intense!

There’s a lot of rape and molestation analogies in it though. Probably not the best way to describe your efforts to defend your homeland.

I wonder how much of that is down to the translation of Ukrainian/Russian idioms or expressions into English. There could be a lot of variations of "We're going to fuck you up!" that may not translate that well.

I noticed that (the raping and molesting references), and that was my thought as well. Seemed like maybe a translation issue.

https://twitter.com/AmySpiro/status/1498085663786344452

Who among us has not played "Hava Nagila" on a piano with their genitals on stage and then gone on to lead their country against a foreign invasion?

I also do not need to watch the video.

Pretty cool, Ukraine has an Avenger!

https://mobile.twitter.com/nycjayjay/st ... 6093235200

Jaymann wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:20 pm Here is an excellent interview with Garry Kasparov who has an insider understanding of Putin.

Seize their assets and give them to Ukraine. I kinda like it.

Pyperkub wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:55 am Pretty cool, Ukraine has an Avenger!

https://mobile.twitter.com/nycjayjay/st ... 6093235200

Hopefully things work out better than they did in Sokovia(Novigrad?(sp?)!

Are we sure she meant Canada, and not those blue states, being repressively occupied by (checks notes) their democratically elected Democratic governments?

Daehawk wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:55 pm https://twitter.com/DavidEdwards/status ... 3603003393

Those idiot hosts nod their heads at this inanity? Who exactly does she envision doing this "liberating?" The faux trucker convoy?

I am completely ignorant of this plot line. What in the hell is she on about?! Who specifically needs to be liberated? The Canadians? From an insane but powerful southern neighbor? I guess that makes sense.

From their tyrannical PM and his Holocaustic mandates.

Alefroth wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:31 pm From their tyrannical PM and his Holocaustic mandates.

OK, well to be fair, that does sound pretty serious.

Carpet_pissr wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:25 pm I am completely ignorant of this plot line. What in the hell is she on about?! Who specifically needs to be liberated? The Canadians? From an insane but powerful southern neighbor? I guess that makes sense.

The plot line is is this: she's a moron, she loves Trump, she wanted a pony for her 10th birthday and didn't get one, and they cancelled Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Add all that up and you get unhinged, angry douchebag.

Never ceases to surprise me that this planet keeps functioning around all the stupid.

She's just skipped ahead in the script by a few years. At some point a Trumpublican USA would do to Canada what Russia is doing to Ukraine. The right Canadians will need to be liberated from the wrong Canadians, and once the American forces are here it will of course be necessary to keep the oil and other natural resources. Besides, as climate change continues its inexorable advance America will eventually require lebensraum and expanding south will not be an option.

Max Peck wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:36 pm She's just skipped ahead in the script by a few years. At some point a Trumpublican USA would do to Canada what Russia is doing to Ukraine. The right Canadians will need to be liberated from the wrong Canadians, and once the American forces are here it will of course be necessary to keep the oil and other natural resources. Besides, as climate change continues its inexorable advance America will eventually require lebensraum and expanding south will not be an option.

Well, that's just GREAT, now they know! WHO TOLD?!?! MICHIGAN?????

Carpet_pissr wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:03 pm

Max Peck wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:36 pm She's just skipped ahead in the script by a few years. At some point a Trumpublican USA would do to Canada what Russia is doing to Ukraine. The right Canadians will need to be liberated from the wrong Canadians, and once the American forces are here it will of course be necessary to keep the oil and other natural resources. Besides, as climate change continues its inexorable advance America will eventually require lebensraum and expanding south will not be an option.

Well, that's just GREAT, now they know! WHO TOLD?!?! MICHIGAN?????

Maybe Canada will take us?

Way to make a mountain out of a mole hill guys. Obviously she misspoke when she said neighbors to the "north" when she meant "south".

Carpet_pissr wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:25 pm I am completely ignorant of this plot line. What in the hell is she on about?! Who specifically needs to be liberated? The Canadians? From an insane but powerful southern neighbor? I guess that makes sense.

The thing is, that exact sentiment is what Putin used as pretext for marching on Ukraine. She praises Zelenskyy and then uses Putin's invasion logic. It's just babble that pleases a certain segment.

Marjorie Taylor Greene just lumped China and Canada together as Socialists countries in her radio spam.

Canada you better watch out, you're next on the GOP's hit list of filthy despots.

Some funnies.

https://twitter.com/HowardJHerman1/stat ... 7844786183