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Cicero posted:Does this mean we have a shitton of old MRAP's sitting around we could give Ukraine? No because we gave them all to the cops.
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https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1528745905381380096 What the gently caress is wrong with this lady
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Willo567 posted:https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1528745905381380096 It’s state owned Fox News. The other three networks are also state owned Fox Newses.
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Doesn't this channel have hella anti semitic shows on late night Russia time
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Willo567 posted:https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1528745905381380096 One thing that strikes me about these things is that no matter who's speaking, everyone else looks profoundly uncomfortable being there. Like everyone's aware they're strapped in for a wild ride and want no part of it but have no choice.
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Tomn posted:One thing that strikes me about these things is that no matter who's speaking, everyone else looks profoundly uncomfortable being there. Like everyone's aware they're strapped in for a wild ride and want no part of it but have no choice. Yeah I mean they need to be elastic incase of a coup against Putin. They'll be sold and paid to fight for whoever as they are just Stan's -- Ukraine attempting to blow a levy and flood popasna https://mobile.twitter.com/hu_svetlodarsk/status/1528762531493605376 If they can do this it would cut a major amount of Russian armor off from the rest of Nazi occupied territory. WAR CRIME GIGOLO fucked around with this message at 05:11 on May 24, 2022 |
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I think a coup would sit poorly with the collective consciousness. "We rid ourselves of a monster," wouldn't be the history they could stomach. "This very sick man, loved Russia with all his heart and made us stronger. Admittedly though, before he unexpectedly died, his big mistake was a symptom of his illness," would be a fiction easy to sell, easy to believe, and would play much better in their history books.
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Tomn posted:One thing that strikes me about these things is that no matter who's speaking, everyone else looks profoundly uncomfortable being there. Like everyone's aware they're strapped in for a wild ride and want no part of it but have no choice. Could be that, could also be a cultural thing, I'm not sure. I know that at least Finnish (a close neighbor to Russia) has a passive listening culture. That basically means if you talk to us we will quietly stare at you and wont say anything until you are finished, then we respond. No uh-uhs, no nods, nothing. The misunderstandings that can come from this are very real: In my university a professor told us in class that a foreign professor, either British or American, teached one semester, but went home before the semester was up because he thought nobody cared and the students were very rude. Apparently classes in the US or Britain express different body language in class, lmao. It is very demoralizing if the audience seems to not care at all. (I am pretty certain the audience was more excited than normal to receive a foreign professor and were staring even more silently than usual while they were lecturing.) That being said, I would be uncomfortable as gently caress there. Also I do not know if Russian "listening culture" is at all similar to Finnish. Also, that lady is quickly turning into this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P04pHRBmaaQ Keisari fucked around with this message at 06:39 on May 24, 2022 |
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Honestly, at this point you gotta think less Hitler and more Mussolini. “At least the trains are on time” joke is kinda the right attitude most russians should have towards him.
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Is there a good resource that's covered the Rada's post-purge bills & proposals? I'm aware of the worker's rights 'de-sovietization' bill, and the 40k Commisar one, but I was curious if they've done anything else of note.
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Failed Imagineer posted:It's not even the tics really, his individual sentence fragments are good but he goes off on incredible tangents that never resolve, or spends 8 minutes telling a dirty joke that barely translates from Slovenian. The guys very entertaining but not a stunning orator most of the time I've never heard him talk, only read his work. Maybe it's for the best. Also, I can't see a picture of him without thinking of this onion piece from forever ago: 
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zizek is oftentimes one of the most painful orators for me to sit through even when i am entirely amenable to what he will be representing or defending. like i was watching jordan peterson fall on his own dick trying to debate zizek and it was still painful because absolutely nothing in the world will blow up my second-language-acquisition-difficulties as hard
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mrfart posted:I've never heard him talk, only read his work. Maybe it's for the best. #5 will surprise you!
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Neurolimal posted:Is there a good resource that's covered the Rada's post-purge bills & proposals? I'm aware of the worker's rights 'de-sovietization' bill, and the 40k Commisar one, but I was curious if they've done anything else of note. The what now? mrfart posted:I've never heard him talk, only read his work. Maybe it's for the best. He is my favourite orator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcHc54Z_b3w WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Ukraine attempting to blow a levy and flood popasna Do we have any other source corroborating this? This seems to be a small tweet from a random account.
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iv46vi posted:Honestly, at this point you gotta think less Hitler and more Mussolini. “At least the trains are on time” joke is kinda the right attitude most russians should have towards him. Yeah I always thought "Putler" was really an exaggeration, or people really having no idea how absolutely beyond comically evil Hitler was. I guess it's maybe accurate for like 1933-1940 Hitler, but so far Putin hasn't evolved into his "Final Solution Ultimate Evil" Hitler from, but rather he's so far just the generic run of the mill militaristic expansionary imperialist like so many 19th and early 20th century figures. Also, "Pussolini" sounds way better than "Putler". E: hahaha, that’s my first ever thread title quote. Saladman fucked around with this message at 12:14 on May 24, 2022 |
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Nenonen posted:Apparently belonged to Ukraine and taken as loot. Presumably the rotor blades are coming on a separate truck or maybe sent through postal system like all those washing machines. at this point Russia would do better fielding actual hoplites Willo567 posted:https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1528745905381380096 she's a republican Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 11:06 on May 24, 2022 |
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https://twitter.com/Guderian_Xaba/status/1529013086719549440?t=QH-z89WcyvU94V6VkkVENQ&s=19 Sverodonetsk is really going from bad to worse. Would not be shocked if they're starting to pull back to prioritize defense of Sloviansk If Vasylivka did in fact fall that puts Russian forces about 500 meters from the main road to Sverodonetsk. FishBulbia fucked around with this message at 11:27 on May 24, 2022 |
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can someone drop agent orange on this fucker already (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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FishBulbia posted:https://twitter.com/Guderian_Xaba/status/1529013086719549440?t=QH-z89WcyvU94V6VkkVENQ&s=19 They cannot easily pull back. Russian forces control or cover with artillery all river crossings and the city is on the east bank. They can probably get the personnel out but would have to abandon or destroy all but the lightest materiel. They had one crossing with some possibility of remaining viable but it was fired on by air and artillery this morning. I think this will be either a brutal last stand + assault or a very heavy artillery pounding to force surrender/retreat. Only alternative is a Ukraine counterattack against the flanks of the attacking forces. Which is impossible unless Ukraine is lying about the 20:1 local vehicle advantage held by Russia here. The battle for the city will suck and many will die on both sides. I hope this dumb war ends soon.
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PederP posted:They cannot easily pull back. Russian forces control or cover with artillery all river crossings and the city is on the east bank. They can probably get the personnel out but would have to abandon or destroy all but the lightest materiel. They had one crossing with some possibility of remaining viable but it was fired on by air and artillery this morning. https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1529045741519486978 Journalist in Donbas says the road has fallen I agree. I never imagined this war would actually happen. Feel like a useful idiot for not foreseeing it.
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Alan Smithee posted:can someone drop agent orange on this fucker already (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Alan Smithee posted:can someone drop agent orange on this fucker already Lol mods. This is obviously referring to kissinger (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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paul_soccer12 posted:Lol mods. This is obviously referring to kissinger Kissinger must be protected at all costs So he can be tried and then mercilessly tortured for the rest of his putrid life
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PederP posted:They cannot easily pull back. Russian forces control or cover with artillery all river crossings and the city is on the east bank. They can probably get the personnel out but would have to abandon or destroy all but the lightest materiel. They had one crossing with some possibility of remaining viable but it was fired on by air and artillery this morning. With all the daylight we have atm even a night withdrawal would be very time sensitive.
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paul_soccer12 posted:Lol mods. This is obviously referring to kissinger That wouldn’t make it more permissible. Just Another Lurker posted:With all the daylight we have atm even a night withdrawal would be very time sensitive. There’s hardly any proper nighttime at that latitude in the current time of the year, and this start improving only in late July. https://sunsetsunrisetime.com/sun/severodonetsk
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Willo567 posted:It's a shame that so many pundits fall for the bullshit Russian propaganda on state TV where they threaten nuclear annihilation in order to get their way with anything, and that so many of them fall for this bullshit. The full article is even dumber: https://www.businessinsider.com/kissinger-ukraine-give-up-land-russia-not-humiliate-putin-2022-5?IR=T quote:Kissinger in his remarks said that Russia had been an essential part of Europe for 400 years, helping balance the power structure at crucial times, reported The Telegraph.
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aphid_licker posted:They're gonna get absolutely hosed up retreating along those roads, it looks kinda bad unless they pull those ominous reserves they were supposedly training up out of their asses real quick https://twitter.com/Guderian_Xaba/status/1529081511596675073 Seems they are in fact pulling back
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I think they might have to fall back as far as Slovyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, which is basically an urban area slightly larger than Mariupol’, if about half as dense.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:I think they might have to fall back as far as Slovyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, which is basically an urban area slightly larger than Mariupol’, if about half as dense.  something like this looks easier to defend according to my HoI brain
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