danfrodo

your attempt to play the both-siderism game is pathetic and shows an incredible amount of ignorance, both in historic and in current events. What Gingerich did was completely unprecedented. What McConnell did was completely unprecedented. And Trump is off the charts for breaking both norms and laws. ANd where on the left are the insane ones that are wielding power? Where's the dem Matt Gaetz? MTGreene? American democracy is on the brink and it is due to one side and one side only. Guess what -- Biden won't attempt to throw the country into a civil war to unlawfully try to cling to power. Trump's been doing that for last 4 years, including a full on mob-coup attempt that left people dead. So just WTF are you even talking about? Clearly you've been watching Hannity or some other bull**** monger and now you are parroting their bulls--t. So stop watching Fox & newsmax. It makes you look like a damn fool. Oh, and please respond by telling me how it's the dems fault the GOP held up UKR aid for 3 months. Dems aint the ones on Putin's payroll.

Some good news, some less good, but mostly good in this installment. More patriot systems probably will be entering the pipeline. Maybe big US aid on the way? Hopefully. RU continues to lose a lot of radar, hopefully one day we'll find F16s & lots of missiles/drones running through those AD holes. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/18/2235874/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-More-Patriots-may-be-on-the-way-for-Ukraine?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

well, one solution for 'house has rats' is to burn the house down. Easy and mindless. But a smarter, less lazy person might actually choose to do the work of actually removing the f-ing rats.

ah yes, the most powerful kingmaker in the GOP, showing her brilliant colors again. Meanwhile, stuff happening in the war. Airfield hit in Crimea. Tank has much bigger instantaneous bavovna than one would expect. And flooding in RU, where residents go online to chastise Putin for the lack of sufficient response & aid -- that'll go well for them. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/17/2235660/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-launches-devastating-attack-on-Crimean-airfield?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Vertically oriented solar panels are a thing, I just saw a whole video about it (w manufacturers/installers/users being interviewed). They are not installed as fences, but can double as fences. Installing solar panels as fences would be really stupid & expensive, unless these are old, worn out ones that don't work anymore. edit: By the way, california generated enough renewable energy to provide 100% of grid demand for for 30 of last 38 days. That's california, the 6th largest economy on earth.

I hereby swear that if M Johnson actually allows for big aid package to Ukraine that I will not call him any more bad names. Until the next UKR aid package he blocks. UKR needs this so badly. I wonder how long before US 155mm & patriot ordnance is actually on site at the front?

Some good vids here today. RU allegedly gearing up for big push in May/June. Gonna be hard to stop w/o adequate artillery supplies -- FU Mike Johnson. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/15/2235347/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-says-Russia-s-summer-offensive-is-coming?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

We'll take all the help we can get in pressuring this pile of filth to do the right thing. Hopefully this becomes a cause celeb amongst evangelicals.

Oh, are we gay bashing? Definitely the root of all our problems! I thought it was jews but the insightful & informative views here have convinced me it's actually the gays. Or is it the muslims? I can't keep up on who is currently destroying western culture/society so thanks for all this information on things that really matter. Why, in the US 20 years ago we were told how gay marriage would destroy america, and it certainly has!

I didn't read it, so I'll go ahead and comment Let's say UKR did cut off and destroy a lot of RU forces. We know now that Putin is impervious to losses -- he just throws more at the problem, though of course quality in men/equip/training going down continually w this approach. UKR was not capable of a big offensive operations, so wishing they had done so seems kinda silly. They won thru some very good active-defensive actions against an overextended enemy.

And best of all, oil/gas facilities burn. So the damage can orders of magnitude greater than the explosive power in the drones.

Once again I feel like a member of the german general staff, circa 1941-42. "look at these losses, they can't possibly sustain.....". Yet now, like then, somehow they are still shelling UKR positions, every day all day. Be nice if we could UKR some more shells & tubes for firing back.....

I actually have a positive suggestion: @sfhand -- how about you start a new thread, something like "open debate on global geopolitics"? And meanwhile, good video of the failed RU attack that cost them 20 armored vehicles -- mostly to ATGMs it looks like -- apologies if this one was already posted. And other RU stuff blowing up. And sadly, an RU advance to Chasiv Yar, I think it's called. Dang it. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/1/2232830/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-downs-an-expensive-new-Russian-drone?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

This is a Ukraine war forum, not "open mic night for arrogant narcissists". Your spiel is so classic, you know lots of 'facts', some actually true, but mostly not. So you strut like a f--ing rooster "what about article X of broken treaty Y!". Yeah, what about it? What is actually happening is mass murder, mass destruction, nuclear extortion and a general threat to world peace the the world economy. How does minsk treaty language matter when one party physically invaded the other and is actively killing its people and trying to enslave the entire nation? But I guess you're right, we need to start seeing things from Putin's point of view, he was very oppressed and had no choice but to fight back. I am sure we could all develop a more balanced view by sympathizing with mass murderers more often. More 'what abouts' and less paying attention to the horrific reality of Putin's choices, day after day, is what's in order -- thanks Dude, I am feeling so much more enlightened.

Excellent post, Photon. Succinct & clear & concise and well reasoned. Just using words like 'win' and 'lose' are too simple for what's going on at this point.

he emailed me to say he's sorry that I can't handle opposing opinions to my own. Did he have an opposing opinion? 1. provably false assertions don't really fall into what I would respect as an actual opinion, it's just parroting misinformation 2. It was the usual passive aggressive troll thing where he ends w the old 'have a great day' Classic troll narcissistic nonsense. And no one here can really even make sense of what he is really saying. Thanks @TheCaptain for handling this for us

Some stuff here today. Interesting piece about RU payola to folks in EU to spread propaganda. I've seen reports (let's call this rumor for now) that Mike Johnson is getting campaign funds from a lobbying group funded by an RU oligarch -- I don't know this will turn out to be true, we'll see. When we saw Tucker C, Sen. Rand Paul, et al, spewing RU talking points verbatum (sp?), it does make one wonder. And some RU stuff blowing up -- a lot of RU stuff. I am shocked at how I can now laugh at men being killed. Even completely untouched by this war I am becoming jaded. I am glad these RU soldiers won't be able to cause more murder and mayhem, but I am still surprised at how callous I have become. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/31/2232580/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-s-biggest-armored-assault-of-the-war-ends-in-bavovna?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web On another subject, I lit into SFHand in an earlier post. Probably too much. Working 60 hr week (literally) and I take a couple minutes to pop in to get some UKR news and I have to wade thru that nonsense. Kinda made me testy.

Glad to see you are in the know about those trying to pollute our precious bodily fluids. The sheeple stupidly think fluoride is good for teeth, but it's actually a method for controlling our fluids and thereby our minds!

Another idiot that thinks everyone else is an idiot. He does the whole "look how intellectual I am" while having just previously said rightwing conspiracy stuff that has no basis in fact. Then he poo poos 'reality based' thinking -- did you really say something that f--ing stupid? So you base on principle -- but a principle is utterly make-believe if it is not based on some kind of evidence-based reality. Good lord you are as stupid as you are arrogant. But hey, keep going, this is really getting entertaining as you make an ever bigger fool of yourself w each post.

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@Phantom Captain@S-Tank@FlammenwerferX Thanks again for sharing! Great stuff. Now if work would just slow down so I could play more. I am living thru vicariously thru your adventures.

dammit can we please stop the israel/hamas stuff here? Go start a new thread, which will immediately go wrong and get locked.

the greatest nation in the world -- held hostage by lunatics due to the unbelievable cowardice of GOP congressmen & women and a GOP voter base-cult that's so brainwashed it doesn't even know where reality even begins anymore. Disgraceful and sickening.

Loyalty over competence is usually the criterion for dictators, so hopefully he'll get some real idiots. Folks who's main skill is ladder climbing and brown nosing, but will be put in charge of things that actually require competence. Then will choose subordinate managers also chosen for loyalty over competence, all the way down the chain of decision makers. Hopefully.

A little sunday morale booster for the forum: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/10/2228602/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-sacks-its-navy-commander?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web