danfrodo

How does telling lies on TV for years, lies that actually kill people (vax disinf), along w election lies, jan 6 lies, 'prepare' anyone for anything? What the hell do you think fox news is? It's a lie machine.

you're f--ing kidding right? TC is an experienced interviewer? He's the paid shill of a mass murdering monster. WTF? You actually sound like you think this sick farce is real? (sorry for the tone, but can we please not treat this seriously and waste discussion on it)

lots of somewhat bad news on UKR, but I did see that US shell production ramping up. 36K per months now, but 70K by end of year. I am guessing that was 155mm. So only 1k per day now but 2k per day soon. On top of UKR domestic + EU supplies then UKR might get to artillery superiority by end of year. By superiority I don't mean they shoot more shells than RU since UKR is more precise and does more w less. I bet it would be really hard for RU if their 10k per day was matched by 5k UKR, instead of what seems to be ~2k per day for UKR now. Assuming of course that certain rotten US snakes don't continue to sabotage things.

But let's not play the false equivalence game. There's crazy on the left, but it's fringe, not in power. Even a very left representative, like AOC, is still quite in the norm of a left-leaning politician in just about any western democracy. Meanwhile, on the right the crazies actually are in control, deeply in control. And these people would be considered insane and completely outside the norm in just about any western democracy. The diff is the crazy on the left is a fringe w no power. The crazy on the right controls the party which right now controls the house of reps. For UKR, this is of course terrible. People that thought Tucker carlson was a truth teller are blocking UKR aid. And their mouthpiece is in RU about to give interview to Putin. I would love to see how Tucker would've interviewed Hitler "Gosh, Mr Fuhrer, now that you explain it to me I really see how very very dangerous those jews are to you and your beloved, pure blood nation. I hope I can help more people to understand the reality of the situation because the mainstream media falsely claims the jews are somehow victims."

exactly what I've been wondering. So a pile of rubble once called Andiivka is lost? As TheCapt says, it's doesn't give RU any more operational or strategic options. Putin will act like they just won the war, like w Bakhmut. Hold it while it makes attritional sense, fall back when that's no longer the case. And maybe the f--ing criminals in the US House of Reps could stop doing the bidding of Putin and send the gear that will make a difference. We all saw Tucker Carlson in Moscow recently. He was the public voice of these folks. Tells me a lot. EU doing its part. We need enough GOPers to do the right thing and override the Putin lackies -- there's not many of them. This could all end if just a small minority of GOP house members did the right thing, right now. I believe most of them very much want to do the right thing but think they'll be punished for it -- but that's why it's called courage. The other choice is called cowardice.

Thanks for that. It's real grownup talk and really cuts to the point. I am not happy with this truth however, so I am going to play the new Downfall battles, before all this icky technology tookover.

Some interesting tidbits here today. RU mayor wants more RU babies to be born. Interesting how many RU officials keep bringing up the birth rate -- are they planning on being at war forever? If it's for economic reasons maybe they shouldn't have chased ~1M of their best & brightest out of the country. And maybe investing in the people instead of corruption & war would make people feel hopeful and want to have families. Oh, and maybe the men should stop being drunks. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/27/2219879/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russian-men-urged-to-sneak-up-on-their-women-to-boost-birth-rate?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

just got my download. Football winding down and look what walks in the door. Hellooooo Sugar!

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Totally and completely off topic. And funny. thx Maybe Putin's PR team will make videos of conquered towns like Bakhmut, of how they are saving civilization, come visit!

Super cool, thanks for sharing. I would love to fight Ukraine war 2022. I would vote to make that product, but I also respect the opinion that it's rather unseemly. Of course, I am probably rather unseemly and that's what I think it's OK. edit: same guy has battle for kyiv scenario video also:

Well, I guess it beats working at an actual job. Especially when you are f-ing insane and no one will hire you.

In an age of uber-industrialized addiction, lack of affordable & indigent housing, lack of any real systems of drug treatment, lack of adequate mental health support, WTF do we expect? I see & hear lots of people s--ing on the homeless (not you, Bulletpoint), but this is not all just due to being lazy & immoral like many folks seem to think. This is a symptom of our society's unaddressed problems, not the underlying disease.

When I see Photon & TheCapt discussing things I say to myself "hush, grownups are talking" Meanwhile, a few tidbits here today: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/18/2218018/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-EU-s-Parliament-puts-the-screws-to-Hungary?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Explosion in Donetsk area, looks like ammo? Woman from Bashkorastan puts out video asking fighters from from the region to return home from UKR war to fight against the RU oppressors in their homeland. I'd love there to be lots more of this, though I suspect she will be in a jail cell, or worse, rather quickly. As TheCapt said earlier, arab spring started w one angry guy -- killed himself over govt corruption ruining his business, that's what I recall but not sure if correct.

for sure. Killing russians matters but, while that is a tactical imperative, until it makes an operational/strategic difference it doesn't tell us that much. It could make an operational difference if there were some local mutiny by men not wanting to be slaughtered that gained momentum and led to UKR making some valuable gain. Strategically the only way I see it mattering is if it leads to some popular unrest where the guys w guns decide they are sick of their countrymen being sent to slaughter.

Indeed, popular revolutions succeed when the soldiers & police decide to not shoot. That's one thing often overlooked. When the police also have no heat or are angry for whatever reasons or are just not wanting to kill people they identify with, things can rapidly change.

Thanks all for your insightful posts on the infrastructure question I raised. The question was expanded to the bigger picture by Steve et al, where the bigger question of "what does this mean" is addressed. It does seem that a long hard winter with failing power & plumbing could push people into a "nothing to lose" kind of mindframe. Like was mentioned above, folks are fine with the war & regime while they are not really affected by it. But when they are freezing & have no running water and the regime has no answers.... well, that's a whole different kind of thing. Hopefully this will be a very long & hard winter with lots more infrastructure disasters in the big urban areas and folks will start to come out in the streets in droves. Like was mentioned, everything can seem fine & then blow up. A lot of folks will be angry that all the countries resources are tied up in a pointless war while their own quality of life is heading toward zero. As Steve said, a quick war with big wins is one thing. But a looooong war with big losses is another.

some good bits here today. RU city steam system pipe breaks, flooding streams w scalding water. Never seen that before. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/16/2217611/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-burning-and-freezing?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web So we see all these RU cities w infrastructure breakdowns -- is this just due to the heavy cold snap hitting RU along w bad infrastructure? Or is there sabotage going on also? Anyone have any info on this? Is it just that this cold snap so bad that it brought to the surface failures waiting to happen? Meanwhile, RU taking very heavy losses, day after day after day. Putin must be feeling very confident to do this. It may be really stupid, I don't know, but it does show a lot of confidence.

Professional humor there, well done I know some folks would say that by 1985 & 1989 the NATO side would be overpowered relative to warsaw pact. What is wrong with that? Recent events make me very much want to kick the living daylights out of some RU forces.

Hear hear! Btw, what would the Brits look like in 1985? In 1989? Wiki says challenger 1 came out in 1983.

'russian world' being oppression, ignorance, and poverty? Can't see what else it offers.

oh yeah, that was a fun one. Maybe I should re-play it. Been a long time.

I've been wondering just how Putin sees things. He seems quite confident he can hold the territory. He's just fine burning up whatever poor saps he can conscript trying to grab relatively insignificant land. Perhaps he's just trying to wear down UKR units and doesn't care the cost, as he's got more coming and is confident his mines & FBVs & artillery are more than enough to hold UKR at bay. Seems he feels time is on his side? We may not agree, but it sure seems he feels that way as he runs a war of attrition, slowly trying to wear down UKR will. And of course buying off as many foreign politicians as possible through third party cut outs -- yes, I am looking at you, Mike Johnson, MTG, et al. But the degradation of RU AD, survelliance & airpower makes me wonder if there's something that could help UKR on the ground? Will UKR start having the ability to deliver huge glide bombs on RU assets unscathed through depleted RU AD?

ChrisL is kind of a badass. He actually knows things.

Thank goodness we live in world so free of strife & suffering& real problems that this kind of stuff is all that people have to get upset about. What a wonderful world.