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zone
Dec 6, 2016

Dwesa posted:

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1638587089678737437

something something Russia's sanitation coverage

Please don't ask about how long it took to fix that burst sewage pipe in St Petersburg. That'd be Russophobic.

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naem
May 29, 2011

I have it on good authority that the French don’t even wear pants in the southern part of the country

WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

This just in the dutch are having to make shoes out of wood due to shortages of Yeezys

zone
Dec 6, 2016

WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:

This just in the dutch are having to make shoes out of wood due to shortages of Yeezys

Belgians have to BUY WEAPONS from other countries to give to Ukraine, how backwards are they????? Russia Stronk

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*




I realize the man is a loving joke and an enormous clown, but what the gently caress has happened to him? Dude's constantly sucking up to just horrible people and dictators.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Dwesa posted:

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1638587089678737437

something something Russia's sanitation coverage

"I swear it isn't Russian propaganda, now you know it's true!"

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

I realize the man is a loving joke and an enormous clown, but what the gently caress has happened to him? Dude's constantly sucking up to just horrible people and dictators.

dude was always a turd burglar, sex pest on set, attacked people (Jon Leguizamo on Exec Decision) etc

he is exactly the kind of dude who goes to eastern europe/central asia because they don't have certain laws

zone
Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1638533528739627008
Luka will throw radioactive potatoes at the Ukrainian army, he's going to do it, pinky promise.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Alan Smithee posted:

dude was always a turd burglar, sex pest on set, attacked people (Jon Leguizamo on Exec Decision) etc

he is exactly the kind of dude who goes to eastern europe/central asia because they don't have certain laws

OK yeah that makes sense. Basically I hadn't heard that side, just the "Segal tried to be a big man against an actually skilled martial artist and got choked out so bad he putined his pants" stories.

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH
If they wanted to take aim at France, it certainly seems as though the easy thing to do would be to twist the ongoing protests as the natural consequence of weak liberal western governance, at least then they'd have actual footage to back up their bullshit. But maybe the propagandists are so scared of the Russian public revolting that they don't want to make even the barest reference to people marching in the streets, I dunno.

thunderspanks
Nov 5, 2003

crucify this


Shaman Tank Spec posted:

I realize the man is a loving joke and an enormous clown, but what the gently caress has happened to him? Dude's constantly sucking up to just horrible people and dictators.

Everyone hates him in the west, and his ego is incapable of handling that or admitting his role in it. So he planted his flag somewhere where he can live out the rest of his moist, ham fisted days pretending to be someone important.

Also, what Alan Smithee said.

Der Kyhe
Jun 25, 2008

Barry Bluejeans posted:

If they wanted to take aim at France, it certainly seems as though the easy thing to do would be to twist the ongoing protests as the natural consequence of weak liberal western governance, at least then they'd have actual footage to back up their bullshit. But maybe the propagandists are so scared of the Russian public revolting that they don't want to make the barest reference to people marching in the streets, I dunno.

Revolt with what army? The Putin's Rosgvardiya is more or less intact, and has more than 300k soldiers to stomp on any civil uprising that might show up.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Barry Bluejeans posted:

If they wanted to take aim at France, it certainly seems as though the easy thing to do would be to twist the ongoing protests as the natural consequence of weak liberal western governance, at least then they'd have actual footage to back up their bullshit. But maybe the propagandists are so scared of the Russian public revolting that they don't want to make even the barest reference to people marching in the streets, I dunno.

hehehe look at france they are protesting over the raising of the retirement age wait no stop what are you doing!?

https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1038696402027606016?s=20

zone
Dec 6, 2016

Alan Smithee posted:

hehehe look at france they are protesting over the raising of the retirement age wait no stop what are you doing!?

https://twitter.com/PaulaChertok/status/1038696402027606016?s=20

lmao

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

What's better than using martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks? Using fake martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Prettz posted:

What's better than using martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks? Using fake martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks.
Surely Russia is going to get Very Special Ops training from him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itr_7Sxgpuw

A Pack of Kobolds
Mar 23, 2007



Prettz posted:

What's better than using martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks? Using fake martial arts against a squad of enemy tanks.

Martial sharts

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006
Seagal opened an aikido studio in Moscow. I don't know anything about aikido but knowing what I know about Steven Seagal it makes me think he's opened a grifting studio to teach one of those semi-fake martial arts that is meant for self discipline training and doesn't work for self defense, or quite possibly an entirely fake martial art like this lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hT1fuFic0

zone
Dec 6, 2016

HonorableTB posted:

Seagal opened an aikido studio in Moscow. I don't know anything about aikido but knowing what I know about Steven Seagal it makes me think he's opened a grifting studio to teach one of those semi-fake martial arts that is meant for self discipline training and doesn't work for self defense, or quite possibly an entirely fake martial art like this lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hT1fuFic0

Aikido is legit, was made in the 19th century in Japan by a dude there who was studying various forms of martial arts.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...


Seagal will get them into fighting shape in no time

HonorableTB
Dec 22, 2006
Remember James Vasquez from Twitter?

He deleted his account and was exposed for being a grifter and iirc it was in this very thread (like two iterations ago) where a goon posted about how much of a fraud he was.

https://twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1638455010634735616?t=aBB2KsC87qSVaoRI29dohw&s=19

https://twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1638455010634735616?t=_E1fKIAB78nn41jpeQdBNg&s=19

https://twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1638457215299330048?t=Myvh695YtTcLTWDUWfaBTA&s=19

https://twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1638457880830418946?t=uLTJiDPps12dJK-M25848A&s=19

https://twitter.com/SarahAshtonLV/status/1638461331211681794?t=LE4sL-waVXOmdDWeG7kPaw&s=19

https://twitter.com/Matt_VanDyke/status/1638601535331377155?t=JbD8N76Ejbn-0Pt9NqKVjg&s=19

https://twitter.com/Matt_VanDyke/status/1638593929300910102?t=CndVH4SflKxcIAhshY67rw&s=19


E: Ah found it:

PegLegActual posted:

Ok, I've waited long enough to say anything.

I know James very well personally and he's a fraud. He tried to get several of us headed to Ukraine into his little scam and we refused. Please see his recent video sliding into a trench with his cellphone taking video at arm length in "combat". He follows actual military units around and takes videos after their action. He didn't qualify for the Legion due to a lack of combat experience. This is why he runs around behind the lines with a local crew trying to get famous. His videos are almost completely staged for attention. He has the reputation locally as the worst war tourist in the conflict.

I offered to get him involved with the actual war effort in a government unit and he panicked.

I want to say again..I know him personally. I told him on the phone that what he's doing is fraud/war touristing and he's had me blocked ever since. I gave him a chance to actually join a registered/id card carrying military unit that needed foreign advisors. You can watch his older videos and see him misidentify literally every single piece of gear he encounters. Anyone who corrects him or tells him he's suggesting people in a combat zone buy the wrong equipment gets blocked.

People are finally realizing how fake his videos are and what his angle is. "Sponsorship". He's an insult to all of us genuinely trying to help and stop the war in Ukraine. Trust me. Any of us actually on the ground know him to be a joke roaming around recently liberated towns taking glamour shots.

Yes, I know he has "helped" people. You have to understand however that anything he does is motivated by personal gain and attention seeking. He's told me directly that he plans to "live off the conflict" when he gets home. Your mileage may vary but I have direct personal knowledge of the man.

HonorableTB fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Mar 22, 2023

Kevin DuBrow
Apr 21, 2012

The uruk-hai defender has logged on.

Aren't depleted uranium munitions just dense, armor piercing rounds? He's talking about them like they're nuclear missles.

Warbadger
Jun 17, 2006

Kevin DuBrow posted:

Aren't depleted uranium munitions just dense, armor piercing rounds? He's talking about them like they're nuclear missles.

Yes, but the target audience is useful idiots.

zone
Dec 6, 2016

Kevin DuBrow posted:

Aren't depleted uranium munitions just dense, armor piercing rounds? He's talking about them like they're nuclear missles.

This is just Luka playing up for everyone else. Useful idiots and faint hearted people will believe what he has to say.

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

Dwesa posted:

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1638587089678737437

something something Russia's sanitation coverage

What was the source, the BBC?

Also, regardless as to them not being equivalent to nuclear weapons... Obviously, D.U. is still radioactive material - there is grounds for concern on that respect (which, of course, is to be tempered against the fact that Ukraine is fighting for its existence, I know. But still).

karoshi
Nov 4, 2008

"Can somebody mspaint eyes on the steaming packages? TIA" yeah well fuck you too buddy, this is the best you're gonna get. Is this even "work-safe"? Let's find out!

Kevin DuBrow posted:

Aren't depleted uranium munitions just dense, armor piercing rounds? He's talking about them like they're nuclear missles.

IT'S NOOKOOLAR! HOW COULD THE WEST DO THIS? Russia will be contaminated for millennia.

It's a nice fulcrum to push some propaganda, that's it. Some people might read just the headline and be misinformed.

Mr Luxury Yacht
Apr 16, 2012


Kevin DuBrow posted:

Aren't depleted uranium munitions just dense, armor piercing rounds? He's talking about them like they're nuclear missles.

It's also almost a certainty that DU rounds have been being fired by both sides since the start of the war since a lot of the punchier Soviet surplus and newer Russian 125mm rounds were DU.

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

https://twitter.com/IuliiaMendel/status/1638607236711829504

Der Kyhe
Jun 25, 2008

Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

It's also almost a certainty that DU rounds have been being fired by both sides since the start of the war since a lot of the punchier Soviet surplus and newer Russian 125mm rounds were DU.

But as usual, its only war crime if US/EU/NATO/Ukraine does it, otherwise it is just those plucky little Russians defending their motherland.

zone
Dec 6, 2016


This should be an unpleasant surprise for Russia when those arrive on the front.

Sedgr
Sep 16, 2007

Neat!

Getting close to Day 393. Should be quite a month in a few ways.

Hope the weather goes well.

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots

Samovar posted:

What was the source, the BBC?

Also, regardless as to them not being equivalent to nuclear weapons... Obviously, D.U. is still radioactive material - there is grounds for concern on that respect (which, of course, is to be tempered against the fact that Ukraine is fighting for its existence, I know. But still).

accordingly I'd be surprised if Ukraine actually wants DU rounds. it's their land they'd be irradiating -


Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

It's also almost a certainty that DU rounds have been being fired by both sides since the start of the war since a lot of the punchier Soviet surplus and newer Russian 125mm rounds were DU.

but I don't know for sure. Regardless, I am confident tungsten 120mm APFSDS will kill any armor Russia is fielding plenty dead

Just Another Lurker
May 1, 2009

HonorableTB posted:

Remember James Vasquez from Twitter?

He deleted his account and was exposed for being a grifter and iirc it was in this very thread (like two iterations ago) where a goon posted about how much of a fraud he was.
..........
E: Ah found it:

I had forgotten that post from PegLegActual, 10 months ago... hope he's doing well.

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.

Sedgr posted:

Getting close to Day 393. Should be quite a month in a few ways.

Hope the weather goes well.

Wait until we get to day 420 :2bong:

naem
May 29, 2011



CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

ZogrimAteMyHamster posted:

Anyone being crammed into these decrepit old Soviet tanks, regardless of which "modernisation" (lmao) package they receive, is hosed the moment they're within range of a Western IFV.
The "modernization" package includes chips stolen from clothes washing machines so they can set the turret on gentle wash, bedding, normal, heavy soil, and... mega oof?

Pot Smoke Phoenix
Aug 15, 2007



Smoke 'em if you gottem!
Dinosaur Gum
With as many weapons systems and air frames that Ukraine now has and is going to have it only makes sense that Ukraine hosts the most modern, up to date NATO base.

It's so much closer than Norway, too!

(get the gently caress out of Ukraine, Russia)

Sedgr
Sep 16, 2007

Neat!

EorayMel posted:

Wait until we get to day 420 :2bong:

Counting it down :hmmyes:

Polidoro
Jan 5, 2011


Huevo se dice argidia. Argidia!

Ukraine denies this according to a cat

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1638615545468846080?t=q6gwQ21mBaft_BuiVh69tQ&s=19

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Neo_Crimson
Aug 15, 2011

"Is that your final dandy?"

zone posted:

Aikido is legit, was made in the 19th century in Japan by a dude there who was studying various forms of martial arts.

From what I know, Aikido isn't a fake martial art, but it's not that great and you're better off learning Judo or BJJ.

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