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bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Putin pooped his pants

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bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Funky See Funky Do posted:

Time matters. We like to talk as though it doesn't but it does. If you were an European colonist in the 1700-1800s building "your home" on "your property" which was recently stolen native lands, then yes, it would be a fair moral comparison. It doesn't make you a hypocrite to note that imperialism and colonization are bad.

Wonder if the Irish agree with this.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007


Why would you need to invent lies about shameful and disgusting British food?

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Excuse me, Crimea actually belongs to Finland.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Somaen posted:

After so many years in power, 50% inflation and removing building regulations that lead to 50k dead from an earthquake, he's polling at 45%?

Turkeys voting for christmas.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

REPO task force no way :laugh:
They are just trolling them now.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Oscar Wilde Bunch posted:

For those who’d know. Do shaped charge warheads actually have to be moving at any speed to do their thing? Or can you just gently touch the nose to something and set it off?

No. There are anti-tank mines that shoot a shaped charge projectile so being stationary is fine.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007


:perfect:

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Blyat with cheese

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

The Soviets just ate the beaver.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Tai posted:

Not gonna lie, 10 years on and off in Italy due to work and their pizza is medicore.

Tai posted:

Kebab only tastes good after sinking 10 pints.

Extra large Kebab with everything and chilli and garlic sauce is the only way to order it at 3am
:dafuq:

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Also, when your coalition partners include parties with historic policies such as: opposing NATO membership, opposing the conscript system and defense spending in general and opposing and preventing building nuclear power, the last year or so was quite rough.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

The_Franz posted:

"Right wing" in the European sense generally means "this is our country, and our programs and resources are for our people", with varying degrees of anti-EU/anti-minority/no-homo/Putin-rimjobbing sprinkled on top depending on just how far right. They're left of US politicians in the sense that they generally don't want to (completely) gut social programs, but they are very much "this is are country" in every other sense.
In Finland that would be considered the far right. Centre right is mostly neoliberal pro-EU types. The centre right party won the yesterdays election and are now looking to form government. It is possible that Marin will be in the new cabinet in a minor role, if they decide to form a "blue-red" coalition with the Social Democrats.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

alcatraz gently caress boy posted:

just have finland annex taiwan : DDDD

Sadly the armistice of the first hyperwar prevents this.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

The fedora of tanks

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Helsingin Sanomat asked Prigozhin about FDF. Prigozhin suggests 500 vs. 500 team deathmatch to settle the issue. Maybe that could be used as a proxy to end the war itself lol.

https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009526116.html

Machine translate because I couldnt be arsed:

HS also asked Prigozhin how he assessed the combat capability and technical capabilities of the Finnish Defence Forces, and how he thought the Finnish Defence Forces compared with other European defence forces.

Prigožin writes that in order to assess the Finnish Defence Forces, he would have to meet the forces himself.

"It is absolutely necessary. If you are ready to make such a proposal to the Finnish leadership, do it in the following way: we choose a place, you send 500 well-equipped Finnish soldiers there," Prigožin writes, and continues:

"Then I will go there with 500 Wagner soldiers and we will fight to the death until one side or the other wins. We will kill each other and measure which side is stronger," Prigožin says.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

weg posted:

Maybe Putin has kompromat on Macron?

Le film de pisse est réel?

Micron is like the epitome of the neoliberal rear end in a top hat, who will to his dying breath insist that history is over and everyone can be reasoned with or at least bribed. Add to that a handful of classic French arrogance and desire to display the wolrd his importance.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Prigozin's Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny falls apart when the elite wagner SS smell the sausage potatoes someone forgot in the area and history repeats itself.

Yeah you think but in concept of fairness the Finns would have to make do with the classic sissi rations. I very much doubt the legendary kinkkupasta banaanilla would work in the way you hope.

The real question is how would we select the 300 500 volunteers? Im sure there would be way more applications than that so some sort of trial system would be necessary.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

I would wholeheartedly recommend Barbara Tuchman's book "The Guns of August", which basically introduces the the background for the war, and then starts from Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand's funeral to lay out step by step how the world slid to war, ultimately because even though a lot of people didn't want it, enough right people did.

While The Guns of August is a great narrative work and a classic in a literary sense, by modern historiography it is not considered to be very accurate.

For example:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/03/guns-of-august-barbara-tuchman

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Deteriorata posted:

NATO specifies 2% of GDP on defense spending. Almost no one in Europe has hit that for a very long time.

It is also very important how that money is spent. It appears that apart from Finland and Poland most of Europes armies have turned into grift machines that just waste all the money they are given.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Computer viking posted:

Weird tangent, but: I think Lambi started as a Swedish trademark, but these days it's owned by a Finnish company that sells paper towels and toilet paper across northern Europe; they started selling in Russia in 2006. If I had to guess, the current Russian Lambi is a replacement product illegaly using the brand on locally made products after being cut off from deliveries of the original. Genuine Lambi holds a position in Norway that's not unlike Charmin in the US.

Finns sell bad toiletpaper to Russia on purpose. Hitting where it hurts splinter after splinter.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Somaen posted:

It's not neoliberal

Oh come on, the EU is a neoliberal shitshow run by lizard people. The fact that it gets some things right from time to time is not an excuse.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

So Zelensky made a surprise visit to Finland and is meeting with president Niinistö right now. He is also going to meet with all the nordic prime ministers during his visit.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007


:five:

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

The thread rules clearly state that you cannot use any proper nouns found in the Warhammer 40000 Codex: Orks.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Toxic Mental posted:

The tankie Wagner cope process went like this

1. Wagner doesn't exist.
2. Wagner might exist but it's 20 guys in a basement.
3. Wagner exists but it's just a tiny PMC.
4. Wagner exists but it's only some oligarchic security force.
5. Wagner isn't a professional army.
6. Wagner isn't recruiting from prisons, they're a professional army.
7. Wagner's *prisoner* army is OWNING Ukraine's state-mobilized soldiers, Nazi Zelenskyy should just take the NATO money and run to Switzerland while he can!!!
8. Wagner doesn't exist.

Also:
-Wagner are not nazis.
-Ok, Wagner might be nazis but they are not really part of the Russian state or military structure.
-Ok, Wagner nazis are integral to Russian military machine but since they are fighting Azov it is all good.
-Azov Azov Azov Azov Azov Azov

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007


So the sanctions are affecting the strategic horse cum reserves.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Now, I am not calling Russians Orcs, that poo poo is weak.

But god drat, this is literally some Warhammer 40K Ork poo poo. Take an abandoned tank chassis, slap on a random big gun, paint it red so it goes faster. I assume they just haven't gotten around to the last part yet.

(I guess it could also be an Imperial Guard unit)

Drakeno: Orks
Drakeyes: Mad Max

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

So if anyone who touches a gay person becomes a rooster, who in turn will infect everyone else they ever touch. Shouldnt there be a Joachim_Löw.png style series of handshakes which prove that Putin is in fact also a rooster.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007


Emote material

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

armpit_enjoyer posted:

I hear we're still poking fun at tankies. Here's some more slop to point and laugh at

https://twitter.com/TheGrayzoneNews/status/1665618556216659968

Its a Das Boot joke.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

This will lower the salinity of the Black Sea and sink all the ships there.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Inside sources are reporting that the dam was actually housing Hunter Bidens laptop.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Oh they will most def get some leppards eventually.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

WithoutTheFezOn posted:

Let’s hope there’s photographs.

Those are going to cause hysteria.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Did anyone say Chernoblyat yet?

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

HonorableTB posted:

Also, the thing about the dead Russian generals - it should be noted that unlike western militaries, a Major General in the Russian army is the LOWEST ranked general, equivalent to a 1 star. Lieutenant Generals are equivalent to 2 stars. However it doesn't really matter WHAT level of general it is because you shouldn't be loving losing generals in combat to start with, and if you have things have gone russian on you.

Major General is lower rank than Liutenant General in pretty much every army, even though the amount of stars varies. That is because the original rank used to be Sergeant Major General, which is obviously lower than Liutenant General. The Sergeant part has just been shortened out from the name.

bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1668600506141356032

:finland:

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bad_fmr
Nov 28, 2007

Cugel the Clever posted:

I wonder if "remote" is just an overly-generous assumption.

Dont worry it was piloted by a robotnik.

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