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Dr.Smasher
Nov 27, 2002

Cyberpunk 1987
420 smoke Russian invaders everyday



Edit: dang

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KitConstantine
Jan 11, 2013

Also her level of rich is nothing compared to the level of rich of the people who are actually loving up this country and the world

WNBA players aren't your class enemy comrade

Jimlit
Jun 30, 2005



shadow puppet of a posted:

What is there to be upset about? Rich folk getting a taste of normal person justice?

ha ha yeah, notably "overpaid WNBA player" gets normal person sentence of 9 years in prision for a weed pen...

KitConstantine
Jan 11, 2013

Oh God to redeem this page let's have a comparison

A very cleverly crafted piece of Ukrainian propaganda
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1587738320477503489?t=XnrNRIoely9L2Zdk0qmsTw&s=19
Explanation:
https://twitter.com/ThisZaks/status/1587760848549937154?t=uXzg36yN1ki24ht4AYg3Yw&s=19
Vs this...less clever Russian one
https://twitter.com/bdtaylor_SU/status/1587815182155550720?t=FUaMCPKZ3252gu-U8Ph-oA&s=19

One for external and one for internal consumption. The framing in the second one is :whitewater:

Edit: watched more of the second commercial and welp

KitConstantine fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Nov 2, 2022

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
I'm assuming it was an accident and was left in her pocket/bag or something?

Sighence
Aug 26, 2009

Yes let's have our state department ask our political enemy to release someone for something still federally illegal.

Can we please pick something other than the single point on which we don't unquestionably have the ethical high ground?

E: bad implication

Sighence fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Nov 2, 2022

golden bubble
Jun 3, 2011

yospos

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/new-award-rates-for-captured-russians-set-in-ukraine/

The reward for capturing a Russian prisoner is supposedly,

quote:

Donbas fighters – $200;
Enlisted personnel and sergeants, warrant officers – $300;
Former criminal prisoners from the Russian Federation – $300;
Junior Officer – $400;
Senior Officers and special forces operators – $500;
Special forces operators and Afghans from the so-called “Private Companies” – $600;
So-called kadyrovtsi – $700.

It appears it's entirely based on how useful they are for prisoner exchanges to get Ukrainians back from Russia. Because Chechnya is run as a modern feudal domain, Kadyrov's soldiers are always get ransomed or exchanged. They are his brutal, murderous thugs, and Kadyrov takes care of the violent assholes who swear fealty to him. Meanwhile Donbas fighters are almost never get ransomed or exchanged, so they are worth the least.

golden bubble
Jun 3, 2011

yospos

Tai posted:

I'm assuming it was an accident and was left in her pocket/bag or something?

After all the examples with American police, are you really doubting the Russian police couldn't sprinkle some weed on her or plant their own evidence?

Jimlit
Jun 30, 2005



Sighence posted:

Yes let's have our state department ask our political enemy to release someone for something still federally illegal.

Can we please pick something other than the single point on which we don't unquestionably have the ethical high ground with which to attack Russia?

why do you want to talk about attacking russia?

golden bubble posted:

It appears it's entirely based on how useful they are for prisoner exchanges to get Ukrainians back from Russia. Because Chechnya is run as a modern feudal domain, Kadyrov's soldiers are always get ransomed or exchanged. They are his brutal, murderous thugs, and Kadyrov takes care of the violent assholes who swear fealty to him. Meanwhile Donbas fighters are almost never get ransomed or exchanged, so they are worth the least.

Don't get it twisted. Russia is "low key" ethnically cleansing right now.

Jimlit fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Nov 2, 2022

Tai
Mar 8, 2006

golden bubble posted:

After all the examples with American police, are you really doubting the Russian police couldn't sprinkle some weed on her or plant their own evidence?

First time I'm hearing about so no idea the back story other than a bit of weed oil.

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
I wonder what the Russian casualties/losses of men breakdown is between soldiers killed or crippled enough to be no longer fit for service (by Russian standards) VS just walking away at 2:00AM never seen nor heard from again VS melting from covid and lack of water VS fragging officers with rusty AKs and getting fragged in turn by true believers with rusty mosins

Vampire Panties
Apr 18, 2001
nposter
Nap Ghost

KitConstantine posted:

Oh God to redeem this page let's have a comparison
Vs this...less clever Russian one
https://twitter.com/bdtaylor_SU/status/1587815182155550720?t=FUaMCPKZ3252gu-U8Ph-oA&s=19

Both are (presented as) targeted at external audiences - Germany for the first, "Europe" for the second. Effectiveness...differs tho imo

ahahahahahahahahhhqahahahahahahahahahsdkjghahahahahahah :lol::lmao::lol::lmao:

like i cant even

:dafuq: Imagine taking a loving passenger jet somewhere because they have central heating :lol::lmao::lol::lmao: :dafuq:


Tai posted:

I'm assuming it was an accident and was left in her pocket/bag or something?

:shrug: Maybe accident, maybe just for personal use? :shrug: It sounds like its a disposable plastic oil cartridge from any weed store on the west coast. It is entirely plausible that she forgot it was in her bag. Its also plausible that she just brought it with her because its loving weed who cares, and happened to be in the very wrong place at the very wrong time.
:ninja: SWIM has traveled the world with those things and never had any problems whatsoever :ninja:

golden bubble
Jun 3, 2011

yospos

Jimlit posted:

why do you want to talk about attacking russia?

Don't get it twisted. Russia is "low key" ethnically cleansing right now.

That's why is "kadyrovtsi" and NOT "chechens". It's just Kadyrov's personal guard of tiktok killers who get special treatment. Not normal chechen soldiers, or average chechens in general. If anything, the kadyrovtsi are contributing to the ethnic cleansing on the murderer's side.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
jfc that video. Did all their decent propaganda writers just nope out to Ukraine? It's sooooo cringe and just out right bad.

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


Grindrs massive greed and towering stupidity are not a tragedy. Lots of counties would execute her, that, I would feel bad for her. If it’s just some weed then it’s also just some jail. Nbd.

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Sighence
Aug 26, 2009

Jimlit posted:

why do you want to talk about attacking russia?

I can't tell how serious you are but it's a bad word choice, I'll edit it.

Eric Cantonese
Dec 21, 2004

You should hear my accent.

shadow puppet of a posted:

Grindrs massive greed and towering stupidity are not a tragedy. Lots of counties would execute her, that, I would feel bad for her. If it’s just some weed then it’s also just some jail. Nbd.

Massive greed? I know that Griner's WNBA is okay compared to normal folks, but going to Russia to play women's basketball during the off-season was a pretty common move for women's basketball players as WNBA salaries are capped. Even then, it's not like they made male NBA player money...

https://sports.yahoo.com/wnba-stars-shun-russia-millions-amid-brittney-griners-detention-ukraine-invasion-215630226.html

WarpedLichen
Aug 14, 2008


I remember a lot of criticism about Griner's decision to travel to Russia in the first place when she was arrested before the reason became clear.

I believe the state department had already issued a travel advisory for Russia in January and she went in February for her Russian league? Not sure if its standard for athletes to ignore travel advisories but it does look like a very bad decision in hindsight.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

shadow puppet of a posted:

Isn’t she a noted domestic abuser who wanted to get a big check by ignoring state department warnings and then didn’t follow any sensible air travel protocol?

What is there to be upset about? Rich folk getting a taste of normal person justice?

Yeah actually it's cool that Russia made a dog and pony show out of a US citizen, actually! Hell yeah, in fact!!! gently caress yeah!

SirPhoebos
Dec 10, 2007

WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED!

sportsmans went on strike when my sportsteam was going to be good so now all anti-union propaganda is correct specifically for sportsmans (1/80)

Eric Cantonese
Dec 21, 2004

You should hear my accent.

WarpedLichen posted:

I remember a lot of criticism about Griner's decision to travel to Russia in the first place when she was arrested before the reason became clear.

I believe the state department had already issued a travel advisory for Russia in January and she went in February for her Russian league? Not sure if its standard for athletes to ignore travel advisories but it does look like a very bad decision in hindsight.

Maybe there were warning signs, but it's not like USA/Russia relations were ever that warm. I'm sure you end up tuning out after a while after multiple years of being able to get in and out without any problems.

Power Khan
Aug 20, 2011

by Fritz the Horse

KitConstantine posted:


https://twitter.com/bdtaylor_SU/status/1587815182155550720?t=FUaMCPKZ3252gu-U8Ph-oA&s=19

One for external and one for internal consumption. The framing in the second one is :whitewater:

Edit: watched more of the second commercial and welp

Guess that's what you get when you inhabit an alternate reality.

Anyway, white phosphrous.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1587534945798393857

This stuff will burn down to your bones if it gets onto you.

Power Khan fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Nov 2, 2022

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Sighence posted:

Yes let's have our state department ask our political enemy to release someone for something still federally illegal.

Can we please pick something other than the single point on which we don't unquestionably have the ethical high ground?

E: bad implication

It's not uncommon or unreasonable at all. We had multiple cases of negotiating for nationals who were imprisoned e.g. for smuggling heroin in Indonesia; the point being not the legality of the act, but concerns over treatment of prisoners in the country of incarceration; in this case this is obviously compounded by the incarcerated individual being used as a political token, which is another human rights issue.

New Coke
Nov 28, 2009

WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.
It's quite possible to think that Brittany Griner was an idiot who put herself in a bad situation completely unnecessarily, while still sympathizing with her and considering the situation unjust. For what it's worth, I felt badly for Otto Warmbier, too, even though he was that much dumber.

therobit
Aug 19, 2008

I've been tryin' to speak with you for a long time

shadow puppet of a posted:

Grindrs massive greed and towering stupidity are not a tragedy. Lots of counties would execute her, that, I would feel bad for her. If it’s just some weed then it’s also just some jail. Nbd.

The gently caress is your problem?

WNBA players are massively underpaid vs their male counterparts and they have the same shortened careers and attendant health issues that come from using your body hard for a living. If they can make some money in the off season to set themselves up to have a retirement date f course they are going to do that. It’s very common for WNBA players to work abroad off-season.

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

Vampire Panties posted:

ahahahahahahahahhhqahahahahahahahahahsdkjghahahahahahah :lol::lmao::lol::lmao:

like i cant even

:dafuq: Imagine taking a loving passenger jet somewhere because they have central heating :lol::lmao::lol::lmao: :dafuq:

They seem to be trying to sell the idea, if not believe it themselves, that they've cut off Europe's gas supplies just in time for winter and now they'll all freeze to death for daring to spurn Glorious Russia's natural gas reserves :ussr:.

Scam Likely
Feb 19, 2021

That commercial is brilliant. Whoever made it knows exactly what appeals to mysoginistic incels.

Jimlit
Jun 30, 2005



Power Khan posted:

Guess that's what you get when you inhabit an alternate reality.

Anyway, white phosphrous.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1587534945798393857

This stuff will burn down to your bones if it gets onto you.

They went hard with that stuff in Syria too. Even indirect burns will kill people weeks afterward, pretty loving horrific.

Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
Jesus Christ.

Just Another Lurker
May 1, 2009

Power Khan posted:

Guess that's what you get when you inhabit an alternate reality.

Anyway, white phosphrous.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1587534945798393857

This stuff will burn down to your bones if it gets onto you.

Toddler throws toys out of pram after unwanted nappy change. :rolleyes:

I think they also deploy munitions that use magnesium as well so it might be that instead of phosphorus, a bloody pox upon them either way. :ukraine:

KitConstantine
Jan 11, 2013

Mix

Russia deepening ties with North Korea
https://twitter.com/ArtyomLukin/status/1587621649733636098?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Apparently the rumors that NK was sending Russia ammo were confirmed by the US state department but :shrug:
Conscripts have a tough time making it out of training alive. Better shorten training then! - Russian commanders, probably
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1587784085673574400?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQwConscripts have a tough time making it out of training alive. Better shorten training then!
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1587784085673574400?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Also some ranting about how Sabatours should be put to death
https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1587809782282469376?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1587810651522695168?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1587780156109750274?s=20&t=d90xhEPTb5SreaQOYEA9oA
Good thread on where Russia appears to be setting up their lines across the river
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1587726245160271873?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1587726251359338496?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1587726256128368640?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1587726260872019969?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1587726265494159360?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Russia appears to be setting up pre-fab bunkers in the above outlined area
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1587756317686513672?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Doesn't include flooded areas- map of what those would be
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1583201265873432576?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Article about how Ukraine is gearing up for Kherson - https://intellinews.com/ukraine-s-63rd-brigade-gears-up-for-kherson-push-261060/
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1587697076845936640?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
Excerpts but really read the whole thing. it's very good.

quote:

...
“We took this position a few weeks ago – you can see we’re still preparing the trenches,” says Bohdan, a 27-year old Ukrainian army reservist called up in April. “They’ve mostly left us alone since then,” he adds, gesturing out past the treeline towards Russian lines further south.

The soldiers’ easy demeanour reflects the confidence they are feeling. Over the last two months, momentum in the war has clearly swung towards Ukraine’s side. The collapse of Russian lines in northeastern Kharkiv oblast in early September was a shock even to the Ukrainians themselves, as they quickly seized back more than 8,000 square kilometres of territory, driving Russian troops back to the border.

Here, the fighting has been more difficult: A concurrent offensive in Kherson made only fitful gains, facing off against much of Moscow’s remaining professional troops, transferred here in the months before. The advances into northeast Kherson in early October were hard-won.

The brigade’s commanders affirm that the shelling has lessened substantially.

“This morning they were hitting us, but nothing like what they used to,” says Nazar, a 38-year-old officer from Lviv. “The intensity is much lower than a month and a half ago. They still fire on us – GRADs, Uragans [rocket artillery], heavy howitzers – but we control the situation now,” Nazar says.
...

“We’ve already seen their mobilised men [here],” Nazar says. “You can tell immediately by their level of preparation – much lower [than what we’re used to seeing].” Asked to describe that level, Nazar gives two words: “cannon fodder”.
...

“I’ve worked with American commanders and advisors,” Nazar says. “They have a great phrase: ‘do as I do’. It’s their motto, and I try to follow it as well.

“Russian commanders, on the other hand, they give orders and tasks to their soldiers without knowing how they will achieve them. Then they sit back while their troops fight, not caring how many of them will die or not. In order for your soldiers to trust you, they must see that you are not somewhere far away, but there at the forward positions with them. That’s the exact opposite of how Russian officers think,” he says.
...

“Let’s put it this way,” Nazar says. “I would like to conquer Yalta [in occupied Crimea] tomorrow. We would all like that, but I understand that it’s not quite possible yet. We will take Kherson when we consider it right.

“Are we ready to enter Kherson now? Yes, we are ready. Can we do it? If we really want it, then yes. But we have to understand what human losses we are going to have. The most important thing is people’s lives. As a commander, I have to do everything to get all the people who came to me on the 24th of February home – to see the end of the war,” he says.
....

There's more - definitely worth reading

Another oil depot hit today too
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1587821485510500353?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
maybe two? unclear
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1587822337776402432?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw
A look inside their trenches:
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1587701039699853318?s=20&t=rnvTo2bXlziGET9MXeVwQw

KitConstantine fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Nov 2, 2022

Karate Bastard
Jul 31, 2007

Soiled Meat
Oh no, not accidents.

It would be super convenient if Putin died of all those cancers, instead of something else, right now, I believe is acceptable to say, even according to Facebook moderation guidelines.

James Garfield
May 5, 2012
Am I a manipulative abuser in real life, or do I just roleplay one on the Internet for fun? You decide!

Power Khan posted:

Anyway, white phosphrous.

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1587534945798393857

This stuff will burn down to your bones if it gets onto you.

That looks the same as the other videos of Russian incendiary weapons falling on cities that osint people on twitter say aren't white phosphorus (thermite?), not that bombing cities stops being a war crime if you don't use white phosphorus.

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Russia must be doing even worse than it seems if Putin is selling of his horse cum reserves and dick pills

tiaz
Jul 1, 2004

PICK UP THAT PRESENT.


Zelensky's Zealots

steinrokkan posted:

Russia must be doing even worse than it seems if Putin is selling of his horse cum reserves and dick pills

he's learned the lessons of Sid Meier's Civilization and is selling worthless early-game "strategic resources" to the AI on turn 200

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
lmao, lets discuss reasons why it's fine to remove kids from Ukraine to rus.

Sorry Kit, I can't help it.

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LifeSunDeath
Jan 4, 2007

still gay rights and smoke weed every day
the idea of people moving to russia to get away from bad weather and their miserable lives is so bug gently caress bananas that I know putin believes it's true.

Lammasu
May 8, 2019

lawful Good Monster

Owlbear Camus posted:

the mobilized dudes should do like many american conscripts did in vietnam and refuse orders, smoke weed and frag officers.

When my dad was in Vietnam he smoked so much weed he got a medal for it.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Karate Bastard posted:

They tried removing the cancer, but as they finished removing the bad parts, they found that all they had accomplished was moving his entire person approx 0.5m to the left.

The operation was a success and now the cancer is Putin-free.

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Goatson
Oct 21, 2020

"IN PLACE OF KÄÄRIJÄ YOU WOULD HAVE LOREEN! NOT GREEN BUT BEAUTIFUL AND BEIGE AS 'TATTOO'!"

LifeSunDeath posted:

the idea of people moving to russia to get away from bad weather and their miserable lives is so bug gently caress bananas that I know putin believes it's true.

The state provided many many free train tickets to Siberia because there was such a high demand among ethnic minorities during the 1930-40! So popular few returned! :v:

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