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M_Gargantua posted:Rememeber the goon who thought he could hike across America and made it halfway into a state park before failing utterly? Lol with his supplies in a cheap baby stroller that broke immediately
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Lol with his supplies in a cheap baby stroller that broke immediately At least zip line goon made something.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Lol with his supplies in a cheap baby stroller that broke immediately Also he wanted to bring a fake gun iirc. Thread was an absolute classic.
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M_Gargantua posted:Rememeber the goon who thought he could hike across America and made it halfway into a state park before failing utterly? With a loving baby stroller lol.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Correction: "colonel general" is some sacha baron cohen parody poo poo
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Arrath posted:At least zip line goon made something. A kid sized crater?
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not caring here posted:A kid sized crater? Lmbo, yeah looney toons style
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Marshal Prolapse posted:Also he wanted to bring a fake gun iirc. Thread was an absolute classic. Agreed, here's the link if anyone needs it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:"colonel general" is some sacha baron cohen parody poo poo Roughly a four star in American parlance, that is if its true of course. And if true it's also possible it's fake drama for some byzantine reason or another, or a friendly official conversation about their people leaking. It's not an arrest until Putin puts them on trial or falls them out a window.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:It's academic anyway since they clearly can't figure out they shouldn't be following roads Don't need to worry about crossing an LDA if you never leave the LDA.
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Tomn posted:Say, question. I've been reading through this article since it was posted a while ago, and something seemed to stand out to me. It's describing the Russian logistical system as heavily rail-based, with a relatively short range once it needs to rely on trucks. It also notes the enormous logistical requirements of its artillery, which I've seen referred to elsewhere as best in class and heavily focused on in the Russian army. Wouldn't all this add up to make the Russian army uniquely ill-suited for offensive warfare outside its borders? It feels like the combination of "We need a huge logistical tail to make use of our strengths" and "We don't have one outside our rail lines" is a particularly bad mix. Am I missing something? Is the logistical demand of massed artillery not as heavy as it seems from the article, comparable to any other given military unit? Or is the Russian Army just fundamentally designed to operate on the strategic defensive? I could be wrong but IIRC the average Russian artillery battalion has about 2x more guns and 75% less logistics personnel than you would typically find, so I'm assuming they would be relying more on external logistics support. Which probably doesn't work out so well when you lack secure communications and also when there is a big corruption problem. I just did some lovely napkin math and my guess is an artillery battalion of 20 guns firing 50 shells per day per gun would need roughly 10 resupply trucks daily, and that's solely for the ammunition. Factor in people to load/unload trucks, then add food, water, fuel, maintenance equipment, replacement equipment, looted mink coats and Yamaha speakers... edit: Lol yep your linked article says it right there, they only have a platoon whereas the US would have a company bees everywhere fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Mar 11, 2022 |
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Correction: So this translates to "Russian CIA raided by Russian Super-CIA/Putin's Stasi"?
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...f08d64fa95ea7bdquote:One of the unanswered questions in Russia’s war against Ukraine is the level of attrition being experienced by the Ukrainian military. Now it appears a US defence official may have given some idea.
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CommieGIR posted:Galaxy Brain: Russia invading Ukraine
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CBJSprague24 posted:So this translates to "Russian CIA raided by Russian Super-CIA/Putin's Stasi"? More like "FBI foreign intelligence division in surprise interview with FBI internal affairs and Secret Service" E. "Oh, and they confiscated a lot of documents too" ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Mar 11, 2022 |
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OTOH, two weeks after being invaded by Russia for the second time in less than a decade, they still have an Air Force.
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https://twitter.com/pjotrsauer/status/1502335189669892098?s=21 "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard Pobeda Flight 69. Russian ship, go gently caress yourself. Also, we will be making a stopover in an undisclosed in the West so that I don't get 15 years hard labor in Siberia. Welcome aboard."
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FrozenVent posted:OTOH, two weeks after being invaded by Russia for the second time in less than a decade, they still have an Air Force. I think that's the bigger story at hand. The fact a country that basically had to rebuild their military in 8 years has been able to hold out for this long is pretty damning of the Russian military.
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 https://then24.com/2022/01/08/alexander-buinov-fell-down-the-stairs-and-was-seriously-injured/ drat guess Stairborne is dangerous too
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FrozenVent posted:OTOH, two weeks after being invaded by Russia for the second time in less than a decade, they still have an Air Force. Third time.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Agreed, here's the link if anyone needs it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480 Every year or so, I have to give this thread another spin. It's just a treasure trove of bad ideas. He wanted to walk along the side of the interstate through the American Southwest in summer. Death March doesn't even begin to describe how bad of an idea his journey would have been. But prices must be paid when you're Walking Like CrazyTM.
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As Nero Danced posted:Every year or so, I have to give this thread another spin. It's just a treasure trove of bad ideas. He wanted to walk along the side of the interstate through the American Southwest in summer. Death March doesn't even begin to describe how bad of an idea his journey would have been. Oh yeah I need to give it another read but weren't there experienced hikers trying to talk him out of it or at least give him practical advice? It felt like Zaurg ignoring benevolent effortposts and boldly doing his own thing.
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Eason the Fifth posted:I was infantry so we always had to carry the loving things. Their greatest purpose is opening MREs. Way back, but this story was crackup
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As Nero Danced posted:Every year or so, I have to give this thread another spin. It's just a treasure trove of bad ideas. He wanted to walk along the side of the interstate through the American Southwest in summer. Death March doesn't even begin to describe how bad of an idea his journey would have been. And then after he could enjoy the humid south! Pretty sure its illegal to walk along the highway too in most states. So a trooper would've pulled over and asked him what the hell he was doing eventually.
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As Nero Danced posted:Every year or so, I have to give this thread another spin. It's just a treasure trove of bad ideas. He wanted to walk along the side of the interstate through the American Southwest in summer. Death March doesn't even begin to describe how bad of an idea his journey would have been. my favorite part is still afterward when he tried to drive to florida and still failed to make it out of california when his BMW broke down in death valley
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Wasn't he also literally moving to FL to be a mechanic at his dad's dealership I've never known a mechanic who would be caught dead driving anything but a 20 year old midsize domestic sedan shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Mar 11, 2022 |
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shame on an IGA posted:Wasn't he also literally moving to FL to be a mechanic at his dad's dealership
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shame on an IGA posted:Wasn't he also literally moving to FL to be a mechanic at his dad's dealership it was this: stealie72 posted:Wasn't it a stump grinding business? I don't remember it being anything as nice as a car dealership. but he was driving a 20 year old BMW anyway, not like it was an actual nice car lol
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Way back, but this story was crackup Yeah I was tempted to post one of my dumb grunt with a knife stories but that one beats them all. You know what, I'll post mine in haiku form: Horseplay specialist Arterial bleeding now Go to hospital Oops, cut my finger poo poo, general officer Hide my shame; Success! Roleplay exercise Over-eager idiot Blade scares POW
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shame on an IGA posted:Wasn't he also literally moving to FL to be a mechanic at his dad's dealership Small pickup with one bumper half hanging off is also valid, but that's more the purview of independant contractors and plumbers.
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You ever think about how Russia was supposed to pay back all the gas money they were not adjusting for?quote:Since then, Ukraine has been able to fulfil its gas supply needs solely from European Union states. In 2018 the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ordered that Ukraine's Naftogaz should import 5 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia, as required under its 2009 contract with Russia's Gazprom. However, take-or-pay claims by Gazprom for 2009–2014 untaken gas volumes were rejected. On 28 February 2018, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ordered that Gazprom pay Naftogaz for failing to ship certain amounts of gas through Ukraine gas transmission system. The net result of all claims was that Gazprom was ordered to pay Naftogaz $2.56 bln. quote:Former Ukrainian Prime-Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated in November 2006, the company is controlled by notorious Ukrainian-born Russian mafia boss Semion Mogilevich, while in 2009 Vladimir Putin was quoted as claiming that RosUkrEnergo is owned by a business ally of Viktor Yushchenko. The Ukrainian investigation into RosUkrEnergo begun during Tymoshenko's previous term as Prime Minister was closed after she lost her position as Prime Minister in September 2005. According to a document uncovered during the United States diplomatic cables leak US-diplomats shared Tymoshenko's suspicions. quote:The company makes its profit on re-exporting gas to Europe. The size of the profit is defined by Gazprom through the export allowances of about 9 billion cubic meters a year. RosUkrEnergo supplies gas to the Hungarian gas distributor Emfesz, for example, which is also controlled by Firtash via his holding company Group DF. quote:Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich (born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born, Russian organized crime boss.... He is described by agencies in the European Union and United States as the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world, he is believed to direct a vast criminal empire.... He has been accused by the FBI of "weapons trafficking, contract murders, extortion, drug trafficking, and prostitution on an international scale." quote:Until 1998, Inkombank and Bank Menatep participated in a US$10 billion money laundering scheme through the Bank of New York. Mogilevich was also suspected of participation in large-scale tax fraud, where untaxed heating oil was sold as highly taxed car fuel – one of the greatest scandals that broke around 1990–1991.
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I wonder if when Putin makes the oligarchs and crime bosses kiss the ring he uses Robert Kraft's stolen super bowl ring.
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Oh hey speaking of Yulia Tymoshenko, wasn't there a goon who married her daughter? Might be misremembering the exact connection but she was close enough family to attend the wedding and appear in photos at least. I can swear I remember a thread from waaaay back, created by the goon groom, detailing the whole experience.
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Very misleading: belarusians are currently fighting in the war... just almost entirely on the Ukranian side at the moment. what the BAF will do is anyone's guess. Putin certainly has ways of compelling Lukashenko, but the BAF have so far seemed beyond disinterested in fighting Ukranians and who knows if Lukashenko could even get them to fight against Ukraine. Hell, during the last big wave of protests in Belarus there was a whole movement of resigning from the armed forces being the patriotic thing to do and for weeks full uniforms were just appearing neatly placed next to dumpsters. tldr: even before this the belarusian armed forces were very much not something you'd want to depend upon ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Correction: I know nothing about sushko and his recent prominence on twitter, but Meduza was publishing some absolutely prescient stuff in the months leading up to the invasion Herstory Begins Now fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Mar 12, 2022 |
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Churchill posted:Oh hey speaking of Yulia Tymoshenko, wasn't there a goon who married her daughter? Might be misremembering the exact connection but she was close enough family to attend the wedding and appear in photos at least. I can swear I remember a thread from waaaay back, created by the goon groom, detailing the whole experience. The forums were
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LOL https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1502459521138110467
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Very misleading: belarusians are currently fighting in the war... just almost entirely on the Ukranian side at the moment. Lmaooooo at Putin’s coalition moment “You forgot Belarus”
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Wasabi the J posted:The forums were Jeffery is a Russian billionaire 
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M_Gargantua posted:Jeffery is a Russian billionaire Jeffrey of Yachtpos
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Wasabi the J posted:The forums were if you make enough wrong turns, eventually you'll end up going the right direction 
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