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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:28 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Fortunately there are only 75 days until Xmas, a day of peace and surrendering, which makes it easy to calculate how many missiles Putin needs: 75 * 75 * 24 = 135,000 28 days until November 8th. 28 * 75 * 24 = 50,400 -------------------------------------------------- Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
Quote:Originally posted by second: Fortunately there are only 75 days until Xmas, a day of peace and surrendering, which makes it easy to calculate how many missiles Putin needs: 75 * 75 * 24 = 135,000
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:42 PM
Quote: Americans Better Wake Up and Realize the Russians Are genuinely Pissed Off 6 October 2022 by Larry Johnson 324 Comments
Quote: What a difference a decade makes. There was a time when the United States would talk to Russia with at least the pretense of respect. Remember this exchange between then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama? That was then. Mr. Medvedev is singing quite a different tune now. He made this public statement yesterday: It is useless and unnecessary to appeal to the prudence of our enemies in the West, the enemies must be forced to ask for mercy in the lost economic battle and end it with their complete and unconditional surrender https://t.me/intelslava/38460 I do not believe that Dimitry Medvedev was drunk or insane when he said this. I believe he is serious and reflects a view that is widely shared among the Russian leadership. The last seven months has been an eye opener for Medvedev and his colleagues in terms of discovering that the Americans and Europe see Russia as a piece of meat to be carved up and consumed. There is no solution based on compromise or negotiation with the west. Medvedev laid it out starkly and concisely–“complete and unconditional surrender.” I have seen zero media coverage of this. That is alarming. The American people need to understand that Russia ain’t playing and is not going to roll over and submit like a beaten dog just because the United States insists it will continue to funnel arms and money to Ukraine. Put yourself in the shoes of the Russian leaders and people. Here is what they have seen over the last 8 years since the democratically elected President of Ukraine was ousted by a western backed coup: * While professing a deep commitment to democracy, America and Europe ignored the voters of Ukraine and helped orchestrate the unlawful removal of President Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych on the 22 of February 2014. * In the aftermath of that coup, the newly installed Ukrainian government embarked on a war against Russian speaking Ukrainians. Ukraine wantonly killed civilians and the west remained silent. * Despite repeated warnings from Russia that it would not tolerate western efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO, the United States and Europe conducted annual military exercises with Ukraine and provided military training and assistance. * Russia’s attempt to negotiate in December 2021 with the United States over the status of Ukraine was rebuffed. * In response to Russia’s Special Military Operation, the United States and Europe imposed “draconian” sanctions and embarked on a full scale attempt to punish not just the political leaders of Russia, but all Russians, including denouncing Russia’s rich cultural heritage. * Russia’s effort to negotiate a peace with Ukraine was shutdown by the U.K.’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. * The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and leading U.S. officials are calling for “decolonizing Russia”–i.e., breaking up Russia into geographic regions. * Russia’s Nordstream gas pipelines were sabotaged. Now there is something more ominous. Ukraine and Poland are rattling nuclear sabers. Let us start with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called for the international community to take “preventive action” to deter the potential use of nuclear weapons by Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine by attacking Russia: In an address to the Lowy Institute, a nonpartisan international policy think tank in Australia, Zelensky underscored the importance of “preventive strikes, preventive action” so that Russia can get a better picture of the potential consequences if they move to use nuclear weapons. https://thehill.com/policy/international/3677256-zelensky-calls-for-preventive-action-to-deter-russian-nuclear-strikes/ Poland made mattes worse by claiming this week that it asked the United States to base nuclear weapons in Poland. Polish President Duda told Bloomberg News: “The problem, first of all, is that we don’t have nuclear weapons,” Duda said in an interview with the Gazeta Polska newspaper published on Wednesday. “There is always a potential opportunity to participate in nuclear sharing.” . . .
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:33 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by second: Fortunately there are only 75 days until Xmas, a day of peace and surrendering, which makes it easy to calculate how many missiles Putin needs: 75 * 75 * 24 = 135,000 28 days until November 8th. 28 * 75 * 24 = 50,400 -------------------------------------------------- Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus HAHAHAHA! ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 6:40 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: HAHAHAHA!
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 6:45 AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 8:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: HAHAHAHA! 29 in 100 chance Democrats win both chambers 33 in 100 chance Republicans win both chambers 37 in 100 chance Democrats win the Senate, Republicans win the House < 1 in 100 chance Republicans win the Senate, Democrats win the House https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/
Quote:I don't know what the chances are that Ukraine wins to decide who owns what. But in 2 years Ukraine and Russia can have another contest.
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Friday, October 14, 2022 6:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: So Kiev is going to fire missiles into civilian areas of Kherson city, same as they fire missiles into the civilian areas of Donetsk city. What else is new?
Friday, October 14, 2022 7:35 PM
THG
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote: Americans Better Wake Up and Realize the Russians Are genuinely Pissed Off
Quote: Americans Better Wake Up and Realize the Russians Are genuinely Pissed Off
Saturday, October 15, 2022 9:27 AM
CAPTAINCRUNCH
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Saturday, October 15, 2022 11:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:“I hate them,” Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, wrote on social media in early June. “They are bastards and scum,” he went on. “As long as I live, I will do everything to make them disappear." Ah, a favorite M$M technique: The Snippet. And one that SECOND likes to exploit endlessly. "Them"? Who (or what) "them"? Ukrainian women and children? Western neocons and warhawks? Fleas? Bad shoes? It's not clear who Medvedev is talking about, or even if he's talking about anything living. But the media just loves them some out-of-context phrases that they can interpret endlessly, and SECOND can quote them endlessly for his propaganda war. At least Medvedev didn't say he was willing to genocide the entire globe "down to the last 100". Now THAT would have been truly horrific.
Quote:“I hate them,” Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, wrote on social media in early June. “They are bastards and scum,” he went on. “As long as I live, I will do everything to make them disappear."
Saturday, October 15, 2022 2:33 PM
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Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Warmongering Democrats are the worst Democrats.
Sunday, October 16, 2022 12:36 PM
Sunday, October 16, 2022 1:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by THG: 1989 TWO. Russia occupied half of Germany as little as 30 years ago. I would have thought because of that they would have made helping Ukraine their number one priorty. They haven't and that's sad. T
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 5:54 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and the Midterm Candidates Peddling Russian Propaganda
Quote:by Laura Thornton
Quote:But candidates are also repeating Kremlin narratives almost verbatim. This includes calling Ukrainians “Nazis,” accusing Kyiv of war crimes, saying the United States started the war, and blaming Washington for the Nord Stream pipeline explosions.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 1:43 PM
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Quote:Originally posted by THG: Cites
Thursday, October 20, 2022 3:50 PM
Friday, October 21, 2022 7:38 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Meanwhile Kiev is fighting a different war, using "human waves" to claim territory, and sabotage to demoralize Russians. So large number of soldiers are being sent into Russian artillery, air force and tank fire. So the question is whether Russian standoff weapons can degrade Kiev's military capability faster than Kiev can throw people at it.
Friday, October 21, 2022 12:30 PM
Quote: Kyiv has claimed that while over 9,000 of its troops have perished in the fighting, nearly 55,000 Russian soldiers have been killed.
Friday, October 21, 2022 3:36 PM
Saturday, October 22, 2022 6:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Meanwhile, Kiev is (apparently) attempting to blow the Novaya-Kharkova dam to flood the areas downstream.
Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:00 AM
Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:16 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: The flight of Russian men shows Russian propaganda failures As in any autocracy, it is difficult to know in Russia why people claim to support the “special military operation” in surveys and refrain from protesting. Is it because they agree with the government — or because they fear the consequences of opposing it? For this reason, the response to the military call-up last month was revealing. Tens of thousands of fighting-age men rushed to Russia’s borders to exit the country; those who could afford last-minute plane tickets flew wherever they could. Ordinary citizens attacked military recruiting offices and held demonstrations in regions where they were previously rare. If people actually believed the official rationale for the war and the Kremlin’s repeated claims of battlefield successes, we would expect that eligible draftees would voluntarily, even enthusiastically, sign up for the cause — as Ukrainians did after the invasion, or as so many Americans did after 9/11. But we saw the opposite. People with skin in the game revealed they did not buy the claim that Russia was fighting an existential battle against the West. Why are Russians skeptical? People might be skeptical of Kremlin propaganda for several reasons. First, while state television is the most common way people get their news, Russians, especially youths, are also active on social media, which is not censored as thoroughly. Second, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war, according to the U.S. government. Military recruiters have sought new troops most aggressively in the parts of Russia that have already lost the most young men. Seeing relatives and neighbors return in body bags can be a reality check against televised propaganda about the war. Third, Russians have been exposed to baseless claims for years — which may have numbed them to it. The West has been portrayed as an enemy for so long that the war rhetoric may have lacked the urgency it might have had otherwise. People may have accurately discerned Putin’s resolve while discounting his rationale for the invasion. Incendiary rhetoric may lose its persuasive power while still being intimidating Many Russians may still support the war, whether or not they believe Putin’s rhetoric. Others may go along with the regime simply because they feel that is the safest attitude. But as Russian casualties mount and ordinary people are asked to sacrifice for the war, the propagandists’ job becomes more difficult. The Kremlin will need to rely increasingly on policing and surveillance to maintain stability. To alert people to the fact that dissent will be punished, Putin may further intensify his rhetoric, even as it rings ever more hollow. His recent speech accusing the West of “Satanism” and issuing nuclear threats was probably intended not only to signal his resolve to the West, but also to deliver a warning to Russian citizens. Once a regime loses its ability to persuade, ruling becomes more costly. But the Kremlin apparently hopes that as long as it can instill fear, including through strident rhetoric, it will be able to deter massive resistance — even as the consequences of its invasion hit closer to home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/21/russia-public-opinion-ukraine/ The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: The closest Scott Radnitz has ever been to war was a multi-player HALO match while he was being rawdawged by one of his soy-filled college roommates. I'd ask why you idiot Leftists talk about Russians as if they're some sort of homogeneous blob, but because you're part of a hive-mind yourself it's not a question worth asking. And if I did bother asking several of you, you'd all give me the same answer because you are soulless NPCs. How the hell are any of you going to function after all of your social media and news sites die off now that the unlimited venture capital has dried up?
Saturday, October 22, 2022 12:46 PM
Saturday, October 22, 2022 4:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Still waiting for Kiev's Big Offensive in Kherson. Or anywhere, for that matter. It doesn't matter how many lies are published in western press. They can (and do) tell us endless fairy tales, but in the end reality trumps fiction.
Saturday, October 22, 2022 5:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Still waiting for Kiev's Big Offensive in Kherson. Or anywhere, for that matter. It doesn't matter how many lies are published in western press. They can (and do) tell us endless fairy tales, but in the end reality trumps fiction.The Russians have achieved impressive numbers which R.J. Rummel compiled for easy reference: Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1917 by R. J. Rummel https://www.amazon.com/Lethal-Politics-Soviet-Genocide-Murder-ebook/dp/B074VDV6V9/ Contents 1 61,911,000 Victims: Utopianism Empowered, 1917-1987 1 Appendix 1.1 16 Appendix 1.2 24 2 3,284,000 Victims: The Civil War Period, 1917-1922 33 Appendix 2.1 49 3 2,200,000 Victims: The NEP Period 1923-1928 61 Appendix 3.1 73 4 11,440,000 Victims: The Collectivization Period, 1929-1935 81 Appendix 4.1 103 5 4,345,000 Victims: The Great Terror Period 1936-1938 109 Appendix 5.1 117 6 5,104,000 Victims: Pre-World War II Period 1939-June 1941 127 Appendix 6.1 138 7 13,053,000 Victims: World War II Period, June 1941-1945 151 Appendix 7.1 168 8 15,613,000 Victims: Postwar and Stalin’s Twilight Period, 1945-1953 191 Appendix 8.1 201 9 6,872,000 Victims: Post-Stalin Period, 1954-1987 217 Appendix 9.1 226 Download R. J. Rummel’s books for free from the mirrors at https://libgen.unblockit.nz/search.php?req=R.+J.+Rummel The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, October 22, 2022 6:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: But what does this have to do with ... anything? Yanno, you used to blame the Soviets for waging war "inefficiently". This is just more crap-splatter from you.
Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:17 PM
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: The closest Scott Radnitz has ever been to war was a multi-player HALO match while he was being rawdawged by one of his soy-filled college roommates. I'd ask why you idiot Leftists talk about Russians as if they're some sort of homogeneous blob, but because you're part of a hive-mind yourself it's not a question worth asking. And if I did bother asking several of you, you'd all give me the same answer because you are soulless NPCs. How the hell are any of you going to function after all of your social media and news sites die off now that the unlimited venture capital has dried up?Russia has an economy smaller than Canada's because Russians are lazy, stupid, and belligerent
Sunday, October 23, 2022 6:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: SECOND, you have accused Putin of being the equivalent of Hilter, Stalin, and Ivan the Terrible all rolled into one, and accused Russians of being brutal, backward, lazy, genocidal, authority -loving cannibals, not any different than they were under the tsars or Stalin.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 6:39 AM
Sunday, October 23, 2022 7:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: SECOND, you have accused Putin of being the equivalent of Hilter, Stalin, and Ivan the Terrible all rolled into one, and accused Russians of being brutal, backward, lazy, genocidal, authority -loving cannibals, not any different than they were under the tsars or Stalin. And you think the Russians don't know what people like you think am of them?
Sunday, October 23, 2022 7:27 AM
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