War

Quote from: Crouton on March 08, 2022, 12:36:32 PM

Quote from: Pezevenk on March 08, 2022, 11:50:53 AM

Quote from: Crouton on March 08, 2022, 02:52:27 AM

You believe in this scenario Putin would just throw over the game board and just nuke everything because he's a sore loser?

No, but I think he will strike back, and then the limited engagement is going to turn anything but limited. And if that happens, the cat is out of the bag, and you don't know how they're gonna react if cornered.

Yeah but if we stop at Russia's border in Ukraine then we're hardly cornering them.

We're talking about reality.

How is chasing someone off your property cornering them?

Quote from: Crouton on March 10, 2022, 09:36:07 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/08/russia-public-opinion-ukraine-invasion/

Polling that indicates a slim majority of Russians support the invasion.  I know what you're thinking.  It's Kremlin propaganda.  But the article says this was done by an independent research agency in Russia and leaked to US based firm.  So it's possible that it's accurate.

46% firmly support
13% somewhat support
23% opposed
13% no opinion
6% on the fence

Yyyyeah I don't think many people would very easily say they are opposed to it right now. How do they know they're not being called by intelligence agencies?

It's possible. But given the source of this data it's more likely that it's accurate though hardly guaranteed. But if they did suspect that putin was listening then I'd expect them to show higher support.

Quote from: Pezevenk on March 12, 2022, 11:17:22 AM

Yyyyeah I don't think many people would very easily say they are opposed to it right now. How do they know they're not being called by intelligence agencies?

And that's one of the biggest differences between Russia and the US.  No matter what problems the US has, fear of going to jail for saying that you oppose the government isn't one of them.

Incorrect
Donzinger is jailed.
And many more who went against the government.



Oh i mean big corp who really owns govt.

Quote from: markjo on March 12, 2022, 11:59:44 AM

Quote from: Pezevenk on March 12, 2022, 11:17:22 AM

Yyyyeah I don't think many people would very easily say they are opposed to it right now. How do they know they're not being called by intelligence agencies?

And that's one of the biggest differences between Russia and the US.  No matter what problems the US has, fear of going to jail for saying that you oppose the government isn't one of them.

Incorrect
Donzinger is jailed.
And many more who went against the government.



Oh i mean big corp who really owns govt.

Wrong government.

OMG OMG OMG!

Do you want to be a fucking pirate? I want to be a fucking pirate! Let's be fucking pirates!

 Let's be fucking pirates!

   


Arrr, that's fuckin gross!

OMG OMG OMG!

Do you want to be a fucking pirate? I want to be a fucking pirate! Let's be fucking pirates!

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum...   thar's rich oligarch treasure awaiting to be liberated me hearties.     

I'm in.

https://banned.video/watch?id=622a1c6df235516385a1de92

Rayzor, take some time and listen to what he is saying.

Quote from: Themightykabool on March 12, 2022, 01:28:16 PM

Quote from: markjo on March 12, 2022, 11:59:44 AM

Quote from: Pezevenk on March 12, 2022, 11:17:22 AM

Yyyyeah I don't think many people would very easily say they are opposed to it right now. How do they know they're not being called by intelligence agencies?

And that's one of the biggest differences between Russia and the US.  No matter what problems the US has, fear of going to jail for saying that you oppose the government isn't one of them.

Incorrect
Donzinger is jailed.
And many more who went against the government.



Oh i mean big corp who really owns govt.

Wrong government.

Us govt

So just how well is the Russian military doing Ted?

So many repugnicans seem to have been fawning over Putin and the Russian military. Even Fox News seems to be shilling for the Russian State media....

Regular yankee plebs boasting they would rather be Russian that Democrat. It seems the repugnican brand seems to view authoritarianism and 'strongmen' as strength and 'woke' as weakness. Well, how has Putins 'strongman' character and his homophobic military worked out for him?

Even if Putin takes Ukraine and somehow holds it - the victory is pyrrhic. The Russian economy is finished. It may think it has a friend in China but China only cares about China - and profit. With the Russian economy not worth shit I dont think Vlad can count on Xi to prop up his now failed state.

Ted Cruz seems to be competing with Putin over which one has the most dead eyes.

He's not going to win, but there is still a terrifying soullessness there which puts him among the elite.

Apparently there is a mustard museum in Wisconsin.

To boycott or not to boycott?  This could be a tough one.

I had no idea there was a mustard museum. Add to that the fact they have a Russian mustard exhibit and I am already absolutely floored. And now I learn, at the same time as everything else, that the Russian mustard exhibit is currently being removed from public view due to the invasion, and it's the trifecta of whatthefuckery that I can really thrive on. It's poetry, really.

We are really reaching for things that are made in Russia now. I'm doing my part by not seeing the movie black Widow. I think it has something to do with Russia.

We are really reaching for things that are made in Russia now. I'm doing my part by not seeing the movie black Widow. I think it has something to do with Russia.

The Russkies are the bad guys, so it's okay.

We are really reaching for things that are made in Russia now. I'm doing my part by not seeing the movie black Widow. I think it has something to do with Russia.

I'm going to ban viewing of The Americans in my household. Sure, it's already over and has been for a while. Sure, no one else wanted to watch it with me when it was on. That's not the point. I'm banning it from being viewed here as a symbol of solidarity. So it's basically the same as what you said.

At work, there is a bunch of different tea flavours in the tea room. One of them is 'Russian Caravan'....

Should I drink it? Or maybe even throw them all away leaving a similar note to display my awesome level of virtue signalling?

https://banned.video/watch?id=622a1c6df235516385a1de92

Rayzor, take some time and listen to what he is saying.

Good stuff,  I haven't been keeping up with the latest Hunter Biden conspiracies,  thanks for the laugh.

Also Alex Jones is always good for a chuckle as well. 

https://banned.video/watch?id=622a1c6df235516385a1de92

Rayzor, take some time and listen to what he is saying.

I'm not sure how far Rayzor got, but I tried. However, I got caught up in what Alex was pitching, some sort of iodine called 'X3', at the top of the video. I got distracted and tried to order a case. I think the suggestion is that it's more powerful to ingest the X3 before trying to ingest his video expose on whatever it is he was going to talk about. I'll have to wait until my shipment arrives.

Problem is, if you want to buy stuff from the infowars store, you get stopped by this:



Seems counterintuitive to put such a roadblock in front of a store. I wonder why.

I dunno
Has there been a decline in russians posing as maga hats?

Interesting.  Refugees coming out of both sides.

Quote from: Crouton on March 13, 2022, 06:59:33 PM

We are really reaching for things that are made in Russia now. I'm doing my part by not seeing the movie black Widow. I think it has something to do with Russia.

I'm going to ban viewing of The Americans in my household. Sure, it's already over and has been for a while. Sure, no one else wanted to watch it with me when it was on. That's not the point. I'm banning it from being viewed here as a symbol of solidarity. So it's basically the same as what you said.

I am going to be so mad at the world if they cancel The Great 



Okay and on a more serious note, Russians getting swept away by Darth Vader looking cops for holding a sign that says "two words" or even for talking to the cameras in support of the war https://twitter.com/jonlis1/status/1503282346778320897?s=20&t=nvIVeTu-y5a8yMvd8kzafA

Okay and on a more serious note, Russians getting swept away by Darth Vader looking cops for holding a sign that says "two words" or even for talking to the cameras in support of the war https://twitter.com/jonlis1/status/1503282346778320897?s=20&t=nvIVeTu-y5a8yMvd8kzafA

That other lady looked like she wanted to say something that supported the 'special military operation'....

Well I guess she changed her mind about it now

I'm a little desensitized to seeing police armed that like that seeing how our police are sometimes armed.

I imagine to most other places it looks like martial law. 

I wish we could re-sensitize to seeing cops dressed like that.

I'm a little desensitized to seeing police armed that like that seeing how our police are sometimes armed.

I imagine to most other places it looks like martial law.

Now imagine you guys have a President who is as vain, petty and thin skinned as Putin (cough Trump), where nepotism and cronyism are rife. Sorry to say, but I dont think it's a huge leap to imagine a repugnican America could sink this low eventually. That party has been slowly circling the shitter and the few in there that are decent people are being pushed aside

Quote from: Crouton on March 14, 2022, 08:11:34 AM

I'm a little desensitized to seeing police armed that like that seeing how our police are sometimes armed.

I imagine to most other places it looks like martial law.

Now imagine you guys have a President who is as vain, petty and thin skinned as Putin (cough Trump), where nepotism and cronyism are rife. Sorry to say, but I dont think it's a huge leap to imagine a repugnican America could sink this low eventually. That party has been slowly circling the shitter and the few in there that are decent people are being pushed aside

Something like that did happen under Trump.  It did not work out well for him.

https://www.vox.com/2021/6/11/22527796/ig-report-trump-bible-lafayette-square-protest

It was a very strange episode in the Trump Show.  Then a report came out that said it was just a coincidence which sounds about as plausible as Epstein committing suicide.

Our government is eat up with cronyism, no matter which party is in power. What I don't understand about Trump is that we have anti-nepotism laws, but he ignored them. He kind of shattered the illusion that our leaders have to follow any of the rules.

The problem is how are you going to enforce anything less than treason on the president?  Practically speaking they are above the law.