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What is the most powerful flying bug?
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🦋 15 3.71%
🦇 115 28.47%
🪰 12 2.97%
🐦 67 16.58%
dragonfly 94 23.27%
🦟 14 3.47%
🐝 87 21.53%
Total: 404 votes
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Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

The reaction from western "experts" is going to be a casual paranoia about some secret sinister thing going on behind the scenes..

As a western expert on the war in Ukraine myself, I agree wholeheartedly and am v casually paranoid atm

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mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011

sum posted:

Now that everything has apparently cleared up I just want to say shame on the KPRF for not yanking every lever they could when a maybe-once-in-a-generation crisis presented itself. To quote Limonov, there were no Lenins amongst them.

kind of hard to do anything about an event that got wrapped up in like 6 hours and went nowhere

at the start of the war when i thought the sanctions would have a real effect on russia i was hoping that might lead to something but the west couldn't even get that right.

Nix Panicus
Feb 25, 2007

DancingShade posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVQ0GC22Qs

Very accurate and extremely real footage of Russian tank in action. Yes its safe to watch.

This is the future Yeltsin took from us

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 20 days!)

https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1672948674484224001?s=20

BadOptics
Sep 11, 2012


https://twitter.com/StoicalSophist/status/1672659642957299714?s=20

V. Illych L.
Apr 11, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

mila kunis posted:

kind of hard to do anything about an event that got wrapped up in like 6 hours and went nowhere

at the start of the war when i thought the sanctions would have a real effect on russia i was hoping that might lead to something but the west couldn't even get that right.

another thing which grinds my gears a lot is how little discussion we've had about the sanctions just whiffing completely. it leads to political neuroses like everyone suddenly deciding that mondelez-owned chocolate is bad and not buying it is a meaningful act in the economic war, because there has been no public reckoning with these measures, where we were supposed to be supremely powerful, simply failing to accomplish any of their stated goals.

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 7 hours!

Vox Nihili posted:

Yes it is me, Mark Zuckerberg, transmitted directly from your brain damage to the forum

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Struck a nerve huh?

Post the w2 homie.

Megamissen
Jul 19, 2022

any post can be a kannapost
if you want it to be

Cheatum the Evil Midget posted:

The original Tea Party was famously in favour of a nation's wealth being sent abroad to finance foreign wars

they were

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
✔️✔️✔️✔️

V. Illych L. posted:

another thing which grinds my gears a lot is how little discussion we've had about the sanctions just whiffing completely. it leads to political neuroses like everyone suddenly deciding that mondelez-owned chocolate is bad and not buying it is a meaningful act in the economic war, because there has been no public reckoning with these measures, where we were supposed to be supremely powerful, simply failing to accomplish any of their stated goals.

we are also totally not buying russian energy on the filmiest of semantics either

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/JG_144/status/1672664773459075072

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Struck a nerve huh?

Post the w2 homie.

another one of these fuckers? How many houses does this one have?

Jon Pod Van Damm
Apr 6, 2009

THE POSSESSION OF WEALTH IS IN AND OF ITSELF A SIGN OF POOR VIRTUE. AS SUCH:
1 NEVER TRUST ANY RICH PERSON.
2 NEVER HIRE ANY RICH PERSON.
BY RULE 1, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PRESUME THAT ALL DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS HELD BY A WEALTHY PERSON ARE FRAUDULENT. THIS JUSTIFIES RULE 2--RULE 1 NEEDS NO JUSTIFIC



Should have named them Mark and Jabroni to honor their parents!

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012


Yeah, weren't they mad that the English were going to drop some tariffs because it would have messed with their grifting?

genericnick has issued a correction as of 16:01 on Jun 25, 2023

Vomik
Jul 29, 2003

This post is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan

speng31b posted:

FYI-- it has been raised that we've gotten a little lax ITT about posting videos or images or tweets that include graphic content such as bodies. I've gone through post editing sprees several times in just the past few weeks to clean this kind of stuff up.

I'm going to start handing out sixers for this even if it's accidental. Just a warning to check your content carefully before you post it.

lol. demanding more probes and bans on the rashists in cspam because the mutiny didn’t work out

Frosted Flake
Sep 13, 2011

Semper Shitpost Ubique

genericnick posted:

Yeah, weren't they mad that the English were going to drop some tariffs because it would have messed with their grifting?

The Americans were notorious for smuggling, with New Englanders continuing to trade with the French during the Seven Years War, and the British during the War of 1812.

Megamissen
Jul 19, 2022

any post can be a kannapost
if you want it to be

genericnick posted:

Yeah, weren't they mad that the English were going to drop some tariffs because it would have messed with their grifting?

they were big fans of the british financing expensive wars in north america

adebisi lives
Nov 11, 2009
https://twitter.com/TRHLofficial/status/1672761556411588608?s=20

makes you think

Zodium
Jun 19, 2004

speng31b posted:

FYI-- it has been raised that we've gotten a little lax ITT about posting videos or images or tweets that include graphic content such as bodies. I've gone through post editing sprees several times in just the past few weeks to clean this kind of stuff up.

I'm going to start handing out sixers for this even if it's accidental. Just a warning to check your content carefully before you post it.

good :cheersdoge:

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 20 days!)

https://twitter.com/CarlBeijer/status/1672985598968184832?s=20

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer
President Prigozhin eh?

on one hand he agrees to sell off all state assets and become very rich personally, which is good and very rules based international order

on the other he immediately hits Kyiv with nuclear weapons and shouts various known and unknown slurs at all Ukrainians, which is eh... manageable

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1672967289975472129?t=mMuqcbop-o46Drt_lDhDSw&s=19

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

yeah Glenn has awful personal opinions on most things but he's excellent at pointing out bullshit

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

The reaction from western "experts" is going to be a casual paranoia about some secret sinister thing going on behind the scenes.

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1672960427842580482?s=20

I looked a bit into her background and it turns out she's one of the founding members of the Indiana Tea Party.

You should have also probably noticed that she's been consistently against Zelensky's government.

She's not so much an expert as actually having political connections back home.

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos

Regarde Aduck posted:

yeah Glenn has awful personal opinions on most things but he's excellent at pointing out bullshit

Yet he never points out his own, interesting

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

https://i.imgur.com/WAHB7L1.mp4

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
balken cruise

Clip-On Fedora
Feb 20, 2011

https://twitter.com/mccaffreyr3/status/1672688625962872835?cxt=HHwWhsDTpa3cyrYuAAAA

Putin has been immeasurably weakened :smug: BUT THAT MAKES HIM EVEN MORE DANGEROUS :shepicide:

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

speng31b posted:

I don't like this

I have good news for you then:

https://twitter.com/OlgaBazova/status/1672955044814114816

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Clip-On Fedora posted:

https://twitter.com/mccaffreyr3/status/1672688625962872835?cxt=HHwWhsDTpa3cyrYuAAAA

Putin has been immeasurably weakened :smug: BUT THAT MAKES HIM EVEN MORE DANGEROUS :shepicide:

"Putin has successfully fended of a coup extremely easily, gets everything he wants, he is increasingly isolated and weakened"

Sometimes I wonder if these guys even read what they write

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Clip-On Fedora posted:

https://twitter.com/mccaffreyr3/status/1672688625962872835?cxt=HHwWhsDTpa3cyrYuAAAA

Putin has been immeasurably weakened :smug: BUT THAT MAKES HIM EVEN MORE DANGEROUS :shepicide:

some jabroni launches the most halfassed of mutinies and literally everyone of any importance in russia rallies around putin in response, and in my expert opinion this is a sure sign that the walls are closing in

Delta-Wye
Sep 29, 2005

stephenthinkpad posted:

There is a breakdown list on reddit that basically summed up to
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/14i0nz5/_/



3 helicopters landed with holes on them (probably got shot by Wagner with machine guns)

One Ka 52 got shot down with 2 pilots killed. I still haven't seen a photo of the wreckage so I am still skeptical about it. However the same sub has a new video of a Ka52 dodging 3 MANPAD rockets, so maybe.

And lastly a video of a IL-22 spinning out of sky with about 10 people on board. I am very skeptical the Wagner envoy carried any AA gun that can reach a passenger plane. Plus timing doesn't seem right. That video was posted the same time the Wagner soldiers were hugging and leaving the military building.

I actually really want to see proof of the downed KA52 , because that would be the only proof that this entire show was not a con. Or put it in another way, only Wagner and Putin were in on the op, but the MOD was taking it seriously.

i still haven't seen any specific evidence that anything unplanned happened, honestly. if it was stunting to get the ukranians to engage on their offensive again you'd need some action to make it look legit, but faked action is just as good. video of a far away smoke trail? well we better believe this russian telegrammer that 12... uh, 12 thousand pilots died today.

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

Cerebral Bore posted:

some jabroni launches the most halfassed of mutinies and literally everyone of any importance in russia rallies around putin in response, and in my expert opinion this is a sure sign that the walls are closing in
Exactly, solid reliable walls that the president can count on.

Delta-Wye
Sep 29, 2005

america.mp4

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011
what's all this stuff about 'cons' and 'ops'. any properly functioning state has nothing to gain by getting publicly poo poo on and embarrassed by mercenary groups it can't control. that the wagner guy isn't dead or in custody just goes to show what a shambles russia is

The Atomic Man-Boy
Jul 23, 2007

I know nothing about Eastern Europe, but I can confidently say that this is good for Bitcoin.

Delta-Wye
Sep 29, 2005

mila kunis posted:

what's all this stuff about 'cons' and 'ops'. any properly functioning state has nothing to gain by getting publicly poo poo on and embarrassed by mercenary groups it can't control. that the wagner guy isn't dead or in custody just goes to show what a shambles russia is

their economy is in tatters!!! *keeps buying their energy products*

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

mila kunis posted:

what's all this stuff about 'cons' and 'ops'. any properly functioning state has nothing to gain by getting publicly poo poo on and embarrassed by mercenary groups it can't control. that the wagner guy isn't dead or in custody just goes to show what a shambles russia is

haha you've fallen for russian maskirovka that makes putin look dumb and weak

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

PhilippAchtel posted:

"It has been raised"?

Give a mf a little authority and they start talking like cops.

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
Well Russia is clearly on its last legs, the West should sit back and not worry about it and, also Pirgozhin is in exile for life in Belarus, so Wagner and him should never be a factor in this war again.

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Delta-Wye
Sep 29, 2005
*wagner tank crewman showing up to muster on monday morning, still hilariously hung over from the weekend's hijinx*

gently caress WHERES MY TANK

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