danfrodo
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13 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
A friend of mine, smart and truly a good person, believes that the only way to fix the REAL problems with our government (and for sure the list of REAL problems is very lengthy) is to "tear it all down". This is why he supports Trump. What he doesn't realize is that is equivalent to someone in debt and trying to raise a family advocating demolishing their home, with everything still in side, because the toilette backs up every so often. He really doesn't understand the ramifications of what he's advocating for.
Steve
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.
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3 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Recently Rep Greene has been babbling the "Ukraine is Nazi" Kremlin talking point lately in her crazed attempt to help out Putin. She got her butt handed to her in Congressional testimony:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4601264-moskowitz-confronts-greene-on-ukraine-nazi-remarks/
And a Dem was kind enough to point out that Greene has openly embraced white supremacy (aka American Nazism):
It's always entertaining to watch real Nazis say we shouldn't fund fake Nazis in their fight against real Nazis.
Steve
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.
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4 hours ago, poesel said:
no one is using solar panels instead of fences in Germany. But some people have installed solar panel as(!) fences. That did occur, but is very rare
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.
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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?
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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.
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40 minutes ago, FancyCat said:
Interesting intersection.
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.
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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!
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31 minutes ago, White2Golf said:
Appreciate the comments. Lurk Mode: Re-engaged.
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.
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
The attacks on the oil/gas industry are not yet having a noticeable impact on the war, but they are a great thing to concentrate on. There are a limited number of targets, they don't move, due to size and vertical nature they are easy to hit, they are insanely expensive to repair, some components are difficult for Russia to replace, and there's only so many qualified construction crews and engineers to fix things at any given time.
And best of all, oil/gas facilities burn. So the damage can orders of magnitude greater than the explosive power in the drones.
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27 minutes ago, cesmonkey said:
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.....
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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.
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2 hours ago, sfhand said:
So, to be clear, you are saying that disagreeing on geopolitics is a bannable offense here now? Well I'm not gonna recant but I am not trying to offend your geopolitical sensibilities. By the way, I'm not conspiring with anyone. I feel like I've been thrown back into the 1950s.
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.
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5 minutes ago, photon said:
Here's my take from reading the thread and a bunch of OSINT:
This is one where I think it's meaningful to separate "Russia winning" from "Putin's regime winning". I'd suggest that on day 1 of the war, those two were in alignment: Russia wins by absorbing a large neighboring state into its sphere of influence with only targeted bloodshed (at the ruling elite). Putin's regime wins by propping up a vision of pan-Russian nationalism and empire building that cements Putin as Czar.
On day today of the war, those visions of victory are no longer in alignment. Russia has lost - they will not absorb Ukraine into their sphere of influence with only targeted bloodshed, and have actively reinforced the global ruleset by pushing Finland and Sweden into NATO and reawakening Europe to the necessity of self-defensive capability. They've also offered the west a huge opportunity to figure out what fighting a 21st century peer war looks like.
For Putin's regime, victory looks like staying in power. And he's been far more successful at that than we collectively predicted. Even Prigozhin's coup-like thing proved a manageable threat (for reasons that are unclear to me). Somehow recon-by-meat-assault isn't provoking civil unrest, &c. &c. So that one's not a loss for Putin yet. Economy still appears to be sort of functioning? Though it's hard to see how he can keep it that way indefinitely?
For Ukraine, the day 1 objective was "remain an independent and free society". That still appears to be their objective, and they're doing a yeoman's job of that. Jury's still out, though, on what the end state looks like.
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.
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16 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
BFC pays me by the word…food stamps mostly.
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
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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.
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.
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19 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
C’mon man, it was the ‘global elitist’ who started this war to distract from fluoride in the water!!”
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!
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37 minutes ago, sfhand said:
Thanks for the thoughtful response,
I love almost all of it... except your notion of people like me... I am not a bunker and aluminum hat kind of guy. I also don't understand the "weird string of political conspiracies" bit (which both the political right and left engage in here in the good old USA, especially during election season) I used to be a part of "the reality based community" until they lost there minds along with their attempt to be reality based. I tend to try to stand on principle. That means I don't fit into the American political scene or the notions of many posters here.
We are all human. Just grains of sand on the beach of humanity (we all are, regardless of bunkers or social aspirations, they are us). Unlike all yet like all. Our greatest strengths are also our greatest weaknesses. As for myself, I accept reality as I understand it and am open to new insights.
Thanks again, have a great day!!!
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.
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dammit can we please stop the israel/hamas stuff here? Go start a new thread, which will immediately go wrong and get locked.
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16 minutes ago, cesmonkey said:
More American political drama:
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.
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1 hour ago, dan/california said:
Another take on the same basic thing. He seems to think Putin is at least considering changing out some of his top people for younger models that can that can be relied on for the rests of Putin's presidency/life. In part this seems to be an attempt to forestall anyone developing anything resembling an power base. Let us hope he chooses poorly.
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.
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43 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
Did you see that wicked turn it did on approach? Poor Russian guys. Just taking a nap on the back of a BMP (while participating in an illegal invasion)…and boom.
I've noticed that they never just roll off the the vehicle. In this instance, not much chance to do anything. but so many times I see them cringe & shoot & curl into ball. RU should have training so that the instinctual move is to just jump/roll off. The drone is after the vehicle, at least the infantry could survive. But it happens fast and they only way one could react is to have practiced so it becomes an automatic response.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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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