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TheSpamalope posted:The Ukrainian ambassador to the UN owns. He put a summary of his feelings on Twitter https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/1498329407034900481?t=T1ZzCnBQeNHVYF7usSqyCQ&s=19 (Fixed the tags, translation below)  Edit: Dwesa posted:probably this one, allegedly from the phone of some Russian POW This is loving heartbreaking. They're just scared kids. KitConstantine fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Option C is probably two failed states: Ukraine and Russia both. The world doesn't rely *that* much on any one nation. Not even America or China, much less Russia. The EU *can* transition to other sources of power rather than Russian oil and gas, and it looks like they will if they have to. The best result regarding that is turning back to nuclear power. Obviously.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:former child star of Silver Spoons, lead of Arrested development, has a fairly successful career now as a comic movie actor. was the voice of the fox in zootopia. hes in ozark too. hes p talented actually, not a lot of good straight men in comedy nowadays and honestly its a harder role than the clown. Is comedy suffering from a dearth of straight men or something? Kinda weird thing to write
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah. like with international politics when you "dare" and do something like russia is doing, you either run the table or eat poo poo and your hosed internationally. russia has been the weird backwards rear end in a top hat kid at nations of the worlds school and now he has gone and hosed up to far. he can't be expelled per say but he is gonna get sent to the fuckhead class now and treated as such, Just worrisome that the obvious/only pathway forward for Russia under Putin's grip is to embrace full isolationism (which is essentially economic suicide), and therefor be forced to rely entirely on the threat of nuclear provocation for any actions/influence in the world henceforth.
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Dwesa posted:probably this one, allegedly from the phone of some Russian POW that shits genuinely depressing. its a bunch of kids pushed into some hosed up conscription hell and now he is being sent into a war zone green as basic canon fodder for some backwards fuckhead who is starting to sound like he stepped out of a call of duty game.
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So what they are going to fast track EU membership for Ukraine and then we head to a major war in europe?
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Option C is probably two failed states: Ukraine and Russia both. The world doesn't rely *that* much on any one nation. Not even America or China, much less Russia. The EU *can* transition to other sources of power rather than Russian oil and gas, and it looks like they will if they have to. germans had apparently a big nostalgia for Russian reliability when it came to russian gas since they kept it coming even during the worst days of the cold war. Now russia has committed the worst crime you can commit in germany: being erratic and unreliable.
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CPColin posted:Guessing they called the number on the NOTAM (mentioned in the replies), because AFL111 is minutes away from the end of Maine now and hasn't diverted. I bet they'll make exceptions for any plane that left Russia before the NOTAM so they can return. Looks like they didn't call. Oopsie. CBC News posted:Russian airline Aeroflot on Sunday violated a ban on aircraft from the country using Canadian airspace, Transport Canada said, on the same day the restriction was imposed in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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TipTow posted:Is comedy suffering from a dearth of straight men or something? Kinda weird thing to write Not a lot of Martin and Lewis duos around these days.
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TipTow posted:Is comedy suffering from a dearth of straight men or something? Kinda weird thing to write Is this a joke? If so, ha ha. If not, straight men, not straight men. In both cases: yes.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Option C is probably two failed states: Ukraine and Russia both. The world doesn't rely *that* much on any one nation. Not even America or China, much less Russia. The EU *can* transition to other sources of power rather than Russian oil and gas, and it looks like they will if they have to. With more of the EU coming onboard with sanctions, it's probably reasonable to think that the politics here is that having a harder time sourcing energy is preferable to having an emboldened and expansionist Russia kicking around.
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TipTow posted:Is comedy suffering from a dearth of straight men or something? Kinda weird thing to write They mean the "straight man" stock character. (unless that was  in which case, whoosh!)
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Majorian posted:They mean the "straight man" stock character. (unless that was Nope, whoosh on me. Thanks, and apologies to BIG FLUFFY DOG.
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fuctifino posted:To those who are unfamiliar, this is Liz Truss, the UK's Foreign Secretary. She's more focussed on daily photoshoots for her official instagram account than doing actual foreign policy work. She's many levels less competent than Boris, which is a scary thought given the state of things at the moment. helmet pic has heavy mike dukakisensian vibes
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Dapper_Swindler posted:that shits genuinely depressing. its a bunch of kids pushed into some hosed up conscription hell and now he is being sent into a war zone green as basic canon fodder for some backwards fuckhead who is starting to sound like he stepped out of a call of duty game. I am not sure how many actually are conscripts, but Novaya has an interview with a family of a POW who is professional, and it's not an unsympathetic story: kid from a town where there are basically no jobs, so signing up for military is the only career path. So he got screwed over by his country's leadership twice: first when they didn't really invest in the many depressed communities they have (Russia is still in many ways the Muscovite empire), and then when he was sent in battle for insanity.
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DandyLion posted:Just worrisome that the obvious/only pathway forward for Russia under Putin's grip is to embrace full isolationism (which is essentially economic suicide), and therefor be forced to rely entirely on the threat of nuclear provocation for any actions/influence in the world henceforth. Yeah, there was a clip posted yesterday (can't find it now) from one of the state media outlets where a media figure was saying something like "if the world doesn't want Russia we don't need them." I'm not sure going full North Korea will work in Russia, though. We'll see.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1498294142841020421 Holy moly that really is just a Baofeng UV82. A cheap Baofeng is a good piece of kit to have in a disaster or emergency (get licensed please. it's cheap and easy), but for a military superpower? Oof.
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TipTow posted:Is comedy suffering from a dearth of straight men or something? Kinda weird thing to write buddy its one of the great shortages of our time. everyone wants to be the loving goofball. they think the straight man just has to be the guy who goes "Seriously?" "Wow. Okay" "I guess THIS is happening". when done with the right timing and subtlety, the straight man gets bigger laughs than the goofball. But people don't have the patience for that.
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Dwesa posted:probably this one, allegedly from the phone of some Russian POW Absolutely crushing; no doubt lots of Russian victims in this war too. A real shame. Poor kid.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Option C is probably two failed states: Ukraine and Russia both. The world doesn't rely *that* much on any one nation. Not even America or China, much less Russia. The EU *can* transition to other sources of power rather than Russian oil and gas, and it looks like they will if they have to. Transitioning meaningfully away from Russian energy would take years even in the best case scenario, and having to build that kind of energy infrastructure while dealing with the economic fallout of sanctions is not going to be the best case scenario. Meanwhile, Russia is also perfectly capable of transitioning to other end markets, so by the time Europe is in position to wield real long-term sanctions not only will it be way too late for Ukraine but it will also be much less effective against Russia.
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Crespolini posted:Who's that?
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KitConstantine posted:He put a summary of his feelings on Twitter  
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Dwesa posted:probably this one, allegedly from the phone of some Russian POW A kid who has apparently never texted his mom prior to that day?
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Baronash posted:A kid who has apparently never texted his mom prior to that day? Tbh I only text my parents when im doing war crimes
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the holy poopacy posted:Transitioning meaningfully away from Russian energy would take years even in the best case scenario, and having to build that kind of energy infrastructure while dealing with the economic fallout of sanctions is not going to be the best case scenario. Meanwhile, Russia is also perfectly capable of transitioning to other end markets, so by the time Europe is in position to wield real long-term sanctions not only will it be way too late for Ukraine but it will also be much less effective against Russia. It'll be harder for Russia to meaningfully transition to other markets with economic sanctions in place -- switching needs money and investments, and those won't be easy to get.
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JerikTelorian posted:Absolutely crushing; no doubt lots of Russian victims in this war too. A real shame. Poor kid. He's dead, according to the Ukrainian UN ambassador. So, poor parents. Kid goes for training exercises and those are the last texts you get from him. That he's scared and feels like poo poo for being forced to do war crimes.
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Dwesa posted:probably this one, allegedly from the phone of some Russian POW This is absolutely heartbreaking. I feel so sorry for those poor kids.
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Baronash posted:A kid who has apparently never texted his mom prior to that day? To be fair I wait at least 24 hours to return my mom’s texts, and I am not fighting in a war. Edit Yes, I’m a terrible son. Sorry, mom!
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the holy poopacy posted:Transitioning meaningfully away from Russian energy would take years even in the best case scenario, and having to build that kind of energy infrastructure while dealing with the economic fallout of sanctions is not going to be the best case scenario. Meanwhile, Russia is also perfectly capable of transitioning to other end markets, so by the time Europe is in position to wield real long-term sanctions not only will it be way too late for Ukraine but it will also be much less effective against Russia. On the other hand, the oligarchs have been bleeding money in the order of billions of roubles for a relatively short time and they're already yelling at Putin, publicly. It's very possible Putin's grip on power is weakening, since the oligarchs essentially own Russia. That said, I'm not ready to believe Putin will be assassinated any time soon.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Is this a joke? If so, ha ha. If not, straight men, not straight men. to be fair i do have a spreadsheet listing every comic actor's exact sexual preferences, history, and kinks but that's not relevant to the post.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Now russia has committed the worst crime you can commit in germany: being erratic and unreliable. That is extremely correct, by the way.
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fuctifino posted:To those who are unfamiliar, this is Liz Truss, the UK's Foreign Secretary. She's more focussed on daily photoshoots for her official instagram account than doing actual foreign policy work. She's many levels less competent than Boris, which is a scary thought given the state of things at the moment. Truss' finest moment will always be right before this war, when Lavrov asked her if the UK recognized Russia's sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh. She said "We will never recognize it!" Which was odd, because those two regions have been part of Russia for centuries.
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JerikTelorian posted:Absolutely crushing; no doubt lots of Russian victims in this war too. A real shame. Poor kid. Im gonna go call my mom now.
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DandyLion posted:Just worrisome that the obvious/only pathway forward for Russia under Putin's grip is to embrace full isolationism (which is essentially economic suicide), and therefor be forced to rely entirely on the threat of nuclear provocation for any actions/influence in the world henceforth. same but i think there is gonna be bad internal poo poo once its obvious the economy is hosed even for the rich and putins clearly "nuts". idk what happens but i wouldnt want to be putin. the holy poopacy posted:I have a really hard time seeing how Ukraine comes out of this with a functional state. its because none of those really work at this point. at best the last two lead to a long long insurgency and russia is made into big NK. whats funny is putin could walk away a "winner" with neutrality and crimea soverity but he wont take it because he wants zelenksy dead/crushed/whatever.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1498294142841020421 If this is true then that really is nuts. One of the things people say that Russia did after the fiasco with 1st Gerogia war was to upgrade things like comms gear. I remember reading articles of "analysts" salivating all the gear that the Russian troops were parading around. Ohhhh they all got encrypted comms. I'm half hoping but half skeptical.
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Rappaport posted:On the other hand, the oligarchs have been bleeding money in the order of billions of roubles for a relatively short time and they're already yelling at Putin, publicly. It's very possible Putin's grip on power is weakening, since the oligarchs essentially own Russia. That said, I'm not ready to believe Putin will be assassinated any time soon. More likely there will be a sudden and unexplained surge of oligarch suicides rather than attempts on Putin's life in the near future....
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