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  • George KG Offline
    George KG Offline
    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #956

    Interesting thread on what's going on in Luhansk and Kherson.

    "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 KG George K

      For a sense of geography.

      Screen Shot 2022-10-02 at 6.50.16 PM copy.jpg

      bachophileB Offline
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      bachophile
      wrote on last edited by
      #957

      @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

      For a sense of geography.

      Screen Shot 2022-10-02 at 6.50.16 PM copy.jpg

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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        jon-nyc
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        #958

        Wow.

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          jon-nyc
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          #959

          More:

          "It can still get worse for Putin and for Russia. And even the use of tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield won't change this at all," Petraeus said.

          Still, he said the nuclear threat must be taken "seriously."

          Karl asked him if the use of such weapons would require the U.S. to directly intervene in the conflict with NATO.

          Petraeus said a response might see the U.S. and its NATO allies "take out every Russian conventional force that we can see and identify on the battlefield" in Ukraine, the contested region of Crimea that Russia annexed in 2014 and ships in the Black Sea.

          "It cannot go unanswered. But it doesn't expand -- it's not nuclear for nuclear. You don't want to get into a nuclear escalation here," Petraeus said. "But you have to show that this cannot be accepted in any way."

          https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/putin-faces-irreversible-reality-ukraine-invasion-latest-moves/story?id=90824658

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #960

            Scalpers

            "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 KG Offline
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              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #961

              "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 KG Offline
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                George K
                wrote on last edited by
                #962

                Elon Musk's poll...

                "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 KG Offline
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                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by George K
                  #963

                  Translation: "The Russians are emptying banks: the outflow into cash since the beginning of mobilization has exceeded 600 billion rubles

                  People take out "cash" from their accounts at a rate of 2.6 billion rubles per hour."

                  "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 KG George K

                    Translation: "The Russians are emptying banks: the outflow into cash since the beginning of mobilization has exceeded 600 billion rubles

                    People take out "cash" from their accounts at a rate of 2.6 billion rubles per hour."

                    RenaudaR Offline
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                    Renauda
                    wrote on last edited by Renauda
                    #964

                    @George-K

                    The latest Russian version of the old tune, The Bug Out Boogie.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #965

                      Hay @Renauda !

                      You still have contacts "over there," right?

                      What's the sense of the "regular people?"

                      When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

                      Has that changed?

                      "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 KG George K

                        Elon Musk's poll...

                        jon-nycJ Offline
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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                        #966

                        @George-K

                        Regarding the Elon poll, No is currently winning, 2 to 1

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • George KG George K

                          Hay @Renauda !

                          You still have contacts "over there," right?

                          What's the sense of the "regular people?"

                          When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

                          Has that changed?

                          RenaudaR Offline
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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #967

                          @George-K

                          Hay @Renauda !

                          You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

                          To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

                          Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • RenaudaR Renauda

                            @George-K

                            Hay @Renauda !

                            You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

                            To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

                            Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

                            George KG Offline
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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by George K
                            #968

                            @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                            You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

                            No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

                            Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

                            recklessly vengeful

                            What a wonderful and scary description.

                            "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 KG George K

                              @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

                              You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

                              No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

                              Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

                              recklessly vengeful

                              What a wonderful and scary description.

                              RenaudaR Offline
                              RenaudaR Offline
                              Renauda
                              wrote on last edited by Renauda
                              #969

                              @George-K

                              It is my now former Russian friends who have been living here for 25 or more years that concern me. Am afraid they have all drunk the Putin Kool-aide. FWIW, they can all get back to where they once belonged.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • George KG George K

                                Elon Musk's poll...

                                taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                taiwan_girl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #970

                                @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                Elon Musk's poll...

                                Ukraine ambassador does not think much of the pol. LOL

                                https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/ukrainian-diplomat-elon-musk-f-off-peace-deal-proposal

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                                • RenaudaR Offline
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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on last edited by Renauda
                                  #971

                                  France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                                  Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                                    France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                                    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                                    Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                                    kluursK Offline
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                                    kluurs
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #972

                                    HIMARS in action

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                                    • bachophileB Offline
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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #973

                                      Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

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                                      • bachophileB bachophile

                                        Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

                                        George KG Offline
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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #974

                                        @bachophile interesting indeed. One common theme throughout this entire war has been the utter incompetence of the Russian military. Everything from strategy, tactics to supplies has been a boondoggle.

                                        Is the Russian army really that incompetent?

                                        Reading these threads makes it sound like the Ukrainians are master strategists, but I wonder if these recent successes are simply because the Russians are so bad.

                                        If they are so bad, how did that happen?

                                        "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 KG Offline
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                                          George K
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #975

                                          Well...Iran will not recognize annexation.

                                          The Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nasser Kanaani, in response to journalists’ question regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s position on holding a referandum in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine and the annexation of the regions to Russia, emphasized, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as always and based on its principled positions, emphasizes the necessity of fully observing the principle of territorial integrity of countries as a fundamental rule of international law and respecting the principles and goals of the United Nations Charter.”

                                          "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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