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    George K
    wrote on 26 Dec 2022, 13:05 last edited by
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    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Renauda
      wrote on 27 Dec 2022, 17:17 last edited by Renauda
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      Not sure about any these outcomes in 2023:

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63987113

      Still, I would wager any one of them is more plausible than a single one of Medvedev’s predictions George posted in the other thread.

      Elbows up!

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        27 Dec 2022, 17:17

        Not sure about any these outcomes in 2023:

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63987113

        Still, I would wager any one of them is more plausible than a single one of Medvedev’s predictions George posted in the other thread.

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        Mik
        wrote on 27 Dec 2022, 19:17 last edited by
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        @Renauda

        I don’t either, but I sure like the predictions of retaking Crimea. From their lips to God’s ear.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          27 Dec 2022, 19:17

          @Renauda

          I don’t either, but I sure like the predictions of retaking Crimea. From their lips to God’s ear.

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          Renauda
          wrote on 27 Dec 2022, 19:42 last edited by
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          @Mik

          Yes, it would be just desserts for the Kremlin.

          Particularly in light of statements made by Lavrov and Peskov the last 24 hours:

          https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/12/27/ukraine-pitches-peace-conference-even-as-russia-issues-threat

          Elbows up!

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            Renauda
            wrote on 28 Dec 2022, 19:17 last edited by
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            Why am I not surprised?

            "We fight with our brains. They fight with numbers. Because their resources --we're not revealing some secret here -- are much greater than ours," he said.

            In some locations, including in Bakhmut, photographs and videos posted by military bloggers and even the soldiers themselves point to outdated battlefield tactics that are reminiscent of World War-I trench warfare, in which waves of infantrymen advance across open fields and try to storm enemy trenches, only to be mowed down by gunfire.

            "They just push and shove their way through. And a lot of them die. Because they have no tactics, nothing of the sort," another soldier said. "They just go like meat. There were some cases when the infantry said that they went in without any [armed vehicles], or without machine guns."

            Full story:

            https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kreminna-battle-recapture-russia-supply-lines/32197165.html

            Elbows up!

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              George K
              wrote on 29 Dec 2022, 14:54 last edited by
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              Darth Putin posts another W.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                George K
                wrote on 29 Dec 2022, 14:55 last edited by
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                Meanwhile Catherine II goes away - again.

                Thread:

                https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1608367805170339842.html

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Renauda
                  wrote on 30 Dec 2022, 21:20 last edited by
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                  Maybe the Russians should consider painting invasion stripes on their aircraft:

                  Elbows up!

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 30 Dec 2022, 22:11 last edited by
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                    Rest in pieces.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      30 Dec 2022, 21:20

                      Maybe the Russians should consider painting invasion stripes on their aircraft:

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                      George K
                      wrote on 30 Dec 2022, 23:21 last edited by
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                      @Renauda they need to hone their IFF software.

                      Maybe some new chips will fix that.

                      Oh...wait...

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on 31 Dec 2022, 11:16 last edited by
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                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                          31 Dec 2022, 11:16

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                          George K
                          wrote on 31 Dec 2022, 12:49 last edited by
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                          @jon-nyc

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            George K
                            wrote on 31 Dec 2022, 20:50 last edited by George K
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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 1 Jan 2023, 14:25 last edited by
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                              She's everywhere...

                              She's a soldier, a sailor, a devout Christian, a flight attendant,

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 1 Jan 2023, 14:26 last edited by George K 1 Jan 2023, 14:26
                                #1339

                                Santa delivers some gifts in Ukraine.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on 1 Jan 2023, 19:46 last edited by
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                                  See in particular the embedded video from the BBC’s Moscow correspondent:

                                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64138731

                                  Elbows up!

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 2 Jan 2023, 02:05 last edited by George K 1 Feb 2023, 02:08
                                    #1341

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 2 Jan 2023, 16:26 last edited by
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                                      George Friedman: The State of Play in Ukraine

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 14:06 last edited by
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                                        Putin orders weekend truce in Ukraine

                                        Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it wouldn’t follow suit.

                                        Putin did not appear to condition his cease-fire order on Ukraine’s acceptance, and it wasn’t clear whether hostilities would actually pause on the 1,100-kilometer (684-mile) front line or elsewhere. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the Russian move as playing for time to regroup its invasion forces and prepare additional attacks.

                                        At various points during the war that began Feb. 24, Russian authorities have ordered limited, local truces to allow civilian evacuations or other humanitarian purposes. Thursday’s order was the first time Putin has directed his troops to observe a cease-fire throughout Ukraine.

                                        “Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and give them the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on the Day of the Nativity of Christ,” Putin’s order said.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 14:18 last edited by
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                                          The Wagner "Doctor" captured.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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