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  • G George K
    3 Oct 2022, 16:43

    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."

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    Renauda
    wrote on 3 Oct 2022, 21:29 last edited by Renauda 10 Mar 2022, 21:36
    #964

    @George-K

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

    Elbows up!

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      George K
      wrote on 3 Oct 2022, 23:42 last edited by
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      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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      • G George K
        3 Oct 2022, 16:38

        Elon Musk's poll...

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 00:03 last edited by jon-nyc 10 Apr 2022, 00:03
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        @George-K

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

        Only non-witches get due process.

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        • G George K
          3 Oct 2022, 23:42

          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?

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          Renauda
          wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 00:10 last edited by
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          @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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            4 Oct 2022, 00:10

            @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.

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            George K
            wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 00:12 last edited by George K 10 Apr 2022, 00:13
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            @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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            • G George K
              4 Oct 2022, 00:12

              @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.

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              Renauda
              wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 00:58 last edited by Renauda 10 Apr 2022, 01:03
              #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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              • G George K
                3 Oct 2022, 16:38

                Elon Musk's poll...

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 01:05 last edited by
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                @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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                  Renauda
                  wrote on 4 Oct 2022, 01:31 last edited by Renauda 10 Apr 2022, 01:33
                  #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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                  • R Renauda
                    4 Oct 2022, 01:31

                    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.

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                    kluurs
                    wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 04:02 last edited by
                    #972

                    HIMARS in action

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                      bachophile
                      wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 05:44 last edited by
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                      Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

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                      • B bachophile
                        5 Oct 2022, 05:44

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

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                        George K
                        wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 11:39 last edited by
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                        @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 K
                          wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 12:01 last edited by
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                          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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                            George K
                            wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 12:05 last edited by
                            #976

                            Thread on how warfare has changed. It must've been @jolly who, years ago, posted about how an overwhelming number of semi-autonomous drones can disable just about anything.

                            Game of Drones:

                            "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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                              Jolly
                              wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 12:20 last edited by Jolly 10 May 2022, 12:21
                              #977

                              Posted the other day about an autonomous robotic armored vehicle the U.S. Army is currently testing. It's a tracked vehicle designed to keep up with and protect armored columns from drones.

                              Measure/Counter-measure.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 15:01 last edited by
                                #978

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 15:05 last edited by Mik 10 May 2022, 15:07
                                  #979

                                  If this is their beefed-up professional army under Putin, it is difficult to imagine their nukes being much better. 31 years after the USSR collapsed.

                                  I guess the question Putin has to ask himself is 'Do I feel lucky?'.

                                  Well do ya, punk?

                                  “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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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 15:28 last edited by
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                                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

                                    “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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                                    • M Mik
                                      5 Oct 2022, 15:28

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 15:35 last edited by
                                      #981

                                      @Mik Interesting article

                                      A while ago, I posted that Ukraine supposedly has more tanks now than it did at the beginning of the conflict, because of captured Russian material.

                                      "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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                                        bachophile
                                        wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 19:22 last edited by bachophile 10 May 2022, 19:24
                                        #982

                                        Surrender

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 5 Oct 2022, 19:47 last edited by
                                          #983

                                          You blame them?

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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