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Inner Light posted:Anyone got a pic of the nose? GISed it. Don't know which one he means but they both great noses.   Just imagine the things these guys can smell
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Jiro posted:It's strange to see such public open disagreement to Putin in Russia without immediately following up with "and these people promptly disappeared under mysterious circumstances" Why would state run media report that? They all went on a vacation and then left the military and went about their lives and no they did not leave forwarding contact info...
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ZombieLenin posted:Caveat the confirmation comes from Twitter. Thread title?
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Kaddish posted:With Russia open invading a European democracy, I would have thought we'd see more immediate economic action from EU. I know the pipeline was put on hold days ago but I've seen nothing else. There are big disagreements over the sanctions, embarrassingly but unsurprisingly. https://twitter.com/MatinaStevis/status/1496758467943866374 If this tweet is believed, Italy is seriously worried about their Balenciaga exports.  If there's one time when Americans indiscriminately shouting down Europeans is appropriate, it's now.
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Sir Bobert Fishbone posted:I believe they've Javelined a column of Russian tanks earlier today. They did. There are some beautiful photographs of a bunch of “javelin and tow esistant” T-80s with their turrets blown clean off out there.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:GISed it. Don't know which one he means but they both great noses. Looks fairly normal?
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coelomate posted:Rubio remains a biased but highly informed source who is live tweeting through this: https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1496870025482973194 Depending what they mean by "set the stage" that seems extremely optimistic. Also it feels weird believing anything Rubio says and I can't say I like it. But yeah so far it seems he is just passing on legit intelligence information.
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It's not? I can access it. Tons of words from Putin about "But there's no other way to DEFEND Mother Russia! And look at those Americans with their wars and Guantanamos!" Seems like he's not tired of saying it, considering the last I watched TV was in like 2008 and I've heard that same argument from him.
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John F Bennett posted:Maybe I'm basing my views too much on action movies because I don't know much about this stuff irl, but wouldn't the tanks just aim their cannons at the buildings where the shots are coming from and explode the buildings? Guns can’t point up high enough. Operating unescorted armor in a city with tall buildings is how they got wrecked in Grozny the first go around. Anti aircraft guns can aim that high and are usually used to suppress anyone on roofs.
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AveMachina posted:Youtube user RealVolodya uploaded: "I'm Sorry" What does this mean?
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Sinteres posted:That's an unbelievably stupid idea, and you have no idea what kind of damage Russia could do to American infrastructure if a cyberwar starts. It's not quite as dumb as actively sending combat troops to defend Ukraine, but people would very likely die if the US and Russia started attacking each other's infrastructure too. Russia has been doing this stuff for 10 years. Chill. Trust me, I've been doing incident response to likely Russian actors for ages, even if the US scaled up, at best its another Monday for me.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1496875469093974020?s=20&t=y7TpdOh7HZ_islNIuGMiWw Yeah, government websites are largely just signposts, defacing them isn't going to do much. Nationstate cyberattacks look more like "oops, our centrifuges blew themselves up."
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dr_rat posted:The 4th tweet in this: If you're going to follow Rubio at all, I think I'd view him as most credible when he's talking about actual troop movements and stuff, and least credible when he talks about Putin's state of mind/how Putin feels the invasion is going. The idea that Russia expected this to all be wrapped up by now is pretty absurd.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1496875469093974020?s=20&t=y7TpdOh7HZ_islNIuGMiWw i think its cyber vigilantes personally too. no evidence just gut feeling. TheRat posted:Looks fairly normal? it might be someone different. i just googled them. ]I am simply here to appreciate and celebrate these great noses frankly. We have to find the light whereever we can.
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Alchenar posted:If people want to compile a list of sensible reliable twitter people to follow, then one I recommend is Micahel Kofman: https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1496876298051989504 I posted this last night but I've consolidated a couple of pre-existing lists into one, and am adding my own follows as needed to this list, if anyone wants a reasonably OK starting point: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1495215642760208387
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cinci zoo sniper posted:There are big disagreements over the sanctions, embarrassingly but unsurprisingly. Isn't this where American economic power can be helpful? Like, telling these countries, we'll find markets for you don't worry?
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The Real Amethyst posted:Are there actually lefty/tankie types trying to defend and justify the invasion or is it just a minority of broke brain freaks? I'm scared to look. There are in another thread, but fortunately not here. Although they claim they are just "explaining" current situation and its context, it's almost word-to-word same as what's being broadcasted in the russian media. Flagellum fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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Just heard my people were able to get a shared van out of dneiper and are in lvov hotel trying to find a way into poland. Apparently the trains to warsaw are all booked or cancelled or something but theres no trains for them
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Kaddish posted:With Russia open invading a European democracy, I would have thought we'd see more immediate economic action from EU. I know the pipeline was put on hold days ago but I've seen nothing else. The EU prefers having a decades-long low grade war on its borders rather than the risk of splintering EU solidarity even more when member states object to further sanctions or military action.
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Sinteres posted:If you're going to follow Rubio at all, I think I'd view him as most credible when he's talking about actual troop movements and stuff, and least credible when he talks about Putin's state of mind/how Putin feels the invasion is going. The idea that Russia expected this to all be wrapped up by now is pretty absurd. Is it though? Capturing an airport close to Kyiv and presenting a fait accompli of the capital under Russian control seems like the decapitation strike he wanted.
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projecthalaxy posted:Just heard my people were able to get a shared van out of dneiper and are in lvov hotel trying to find a way into poland. Apparently the trains to warsaw are all booked or cancelled or something but theres no trains for them given russia's reportedly attacking civilian targets intentionally that might (hopefully not) for the best. prayers.
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projecthalaxy posted:Just heard my people were able to get a shared van out of dneiper and are in lvov hotel trying to find a way into poland. Apparently the trains to warsaw are all booked or cancelled or something but theres no trains for them I hope they are able to get somewhere safe asap
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Mooseontheloose posted:Isn't this where American economic power can be helpful? Like, telling these countries, we'll find markets for you don't worry? Yep, it is. The elephant in the room is the Russian energy sector though, and I've seen some rumours floated that Biden doesn't want to sanction that either, out of concern over gasoline prices. We'll have to wait and see the formal announcements.
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The Real Amethyst posted:Are there actually lefty/tankie types trying to defend and justify the invasion or is it just a minority of broke brain freaks? I'm scared to look. yeah. yeah there are but not here so who cares. yeah i read some book on putin and he has a big boner for "crushing traitors" which counts as this lady and god knows how many others. gently caress i hate chuds, home or abroad.
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For folks asking; there are a number of folks that are absolutely attempting to say that Putin was pushed into this by America/NATO. There are some examples very close if you know where to look. Edit I’m trying to avoid a 6er; by being ambiguous, if I should just delete I’ll delete.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Yep, it is. The elephant in the room is the Russian energy sector though, and I've seen some rumours floated that Biden doesn't want to sanction that either, out of concern over gasoline prices. We'll have to wait and see the formal announcements. I just dont see European politicians wanting to live with long term impact of shutting off Russian energy when the winter comes.
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freeasinbeer posted:Is it though? Capturing an airport close to Kyiv and presenting a fait accompli of the capital under Russian control seems like the decapitation strike he wanted. Just because you swing for the fences doesn't mean you expected to hit a home run, just that it seemed worth a shot. We're less than a day into this, so it's premature to start up the bored media quagmire talk.
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Mooseontheloose posted:Isn't this where American economic power can be helpful? Like, telling these countries, we'll find markets for you don't worry? Rich North Americans don't buy luxury European poo poo on the scale Russians do and the United States' banking system is already a no-go for Russians who may be worried about assets. What the US can offer is heavily subsidized natural gas imports to bridge the gap to new sources of heat. I said it a page or two ago, but the US can hit Russian companies, corporations, and sovereign wealth, but can't do much to oligarchs, that requires the EU and GB to show a level of backbone that I'm personally skeptical they have in them. Maybe GB and France. This is classic Cold War level weak-poo poo from Euros top to bottom. Pook Good Mook fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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The Real Amethyst posted:Are there actually lefty/tankie types trying to defend and justify the invasion or is it just a minority of broke brain freaks? I'm scared to look. Not outright support but a lot of "NATO is also bad, the west is to blame for this" takes from the usual dipshits.
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Gatts posted:Are your snipers still as good as in past? At least the rifle they use has been adopted by most European armies, including the Ukrainian special forces https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sako_TRG
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cinci zoo sniper posted:There are big disagreements over the sanctions, embarrassingly but unsurprisingly. This is infuriating. Agreeing to stop exporting Lamborghinis is one of the most obvious steps that won't hurt the average Russian, and they're not even taking that. EDIT: Oh, she updated it: https://twitter.com/MatinaStevis/status/1496831724038377479 Now everyone's talking about Putin's cleavage. William Bear fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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Pook Good Mook posted:What the US can offer is heavily subsidized natural gas imports to bridge the gap to new sources of heat. But as far as I know there's no reliable way of delivery on the scale needed.
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TheRat posted:I just dont see European politicians wanting to live with long term impact of shutting off Russian energy when the winter comes. I don't think they want to live with Russia behaving like that with impunity either, since it is right next door - but you are right as well. Something will have to give, and at this point must just note that this war is likely changing calculus by the hour, and decisions difficult right now maybe become easy in just a few hours.
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It's sad and I have said this before the last American president to have a coherent foreign policy and who really seem to get how other countries operated was George H.W. Bush and this isn't a defense of him or his family and his association with Reagan. But he had a clear vision and a path and ways to integrate Russia into the post Cold War era and again seemed to have A foreign policy. Clinton largely seemed to ignore foreign policy, W. we all know, Obama couldn't meet the moment, and Trump is aligned with Putin (sorta) and had no vision either. And I think this where the rubber is meeting the road here. There are no good or coherent policy frameworks coming left, right, or center to meet the moment.
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