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UN will hold an emergency Security Council meeting in 5 mins. Russia is currently president of the Security Council.

Oh you should see her in person. Absolutely stunning. Met her through a friend, accidentally, at a DC bar, years back. Had no idea who she was. Was just introduced and told she was a journalist. Timonera to the max.

DJIA futures down 1.6% Oil at $94.30 up 3.6%

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With a weakened economy and most of their forces on the western front… that leaves Russia vulnerable. China… gonna China? That would be the most China thing ever. Everyone has an eye on Taiwan and they make a play for a chunk of Russian territory.

The upcoming sanctions are gonna slam and go hard. Russian economy will be more janky than it is currently. You got your mind right Vlad? What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it… well he gets it. Any man playing grabass or fighting spends a night in the box. Russia spending a night in the box soon.

I was told the revolution would not be televised.

I’m curious as to what Belarus and Lukashenko do. When Vald goes in, does he signal them to enter from the north? Is the ultimate goal in this situation to capture Kyiv?

He’s been handing them out like candy.

Levada also released in October 2021, that only 53% of Russians trusted Putin. Putin “starting a risky war abroad” to get more support. Not likely. Putin gearing up and going for a land grab a la Crimea? Very likely. He didn’t get much, if any, push back before. Might as well test the waters again. Recognize DPR and LPR and call them part of Russia. If Ukraine does anything about it, the messaging he’s doing what is best for/protecting Russians living in Ukraine. Furthermore, stating Ukraine doesn’t even really exist. It’s just Russia and has always been historically. I’m protecting Russia and Russians! Get your nationalism on. And the bump in his support at home is the cherry on top.

I believe it was 27 million that died, and almost all were men. I think it was closer to 40% of their male population that perished in WW2. Of course, these are not concise historical estimations, but they are pretty close. But, yeah, it pretty much decimated their male population.

Mongo only pawn in the geopolitical game of life… but here is my semi-informed on the impetus of the events. Ever since Crimea and the sanctions that followed, Putin’s favorability amongst Russians has fallen significantly… as their economy has suffered. Sanctions such as The Magnitsky Act put a hurtin’ on his oligarchical cronies as well. This is nothing more than a land grab and a ploy to increase his popularity. Putin has been in power 20+ years and has not expanded its territorial blueprint, save a few relatively small areas. These are crumbs, in comparison, when the USSR was in its prime. Nice legacy Vlad. In twenty years plus he has turned the country into a dictatorship (and shares spoils with the oligarchs) and the current populace doesn’t have the Soviet nostalgia. They do not connect with the current regime. Russia has been stuck in neutral the last few years thanks to Vlad for the most part. He needs his popularity back. Otherwise, he can’t keep his dictatorship for much longer. Mobilize a disproportionate amount of your military? Bold strategy Cotton. I think he overplayed his hand. Now, what he does next? I don’t think anyone knows, including himself. He’s not the brilliant strategist some folk tout him to be. He’s an opportunistic thug. Nothing more, nothing less.

Imma go out on a limb and say Ivan gonna lead the nation in bombs this year.

That dude has been moving around the whole game every 5-10 minutes and sitting in open seats. He is leading chants though.

Rice don’t even know the count at the plate. Mangs, they ain’t ready for this game

Yeah that bomb kept carrying. Wind is blowing here off and on. #27 for Rice ain’t got no Janet. Gonna be plenty of walks, if we are patient.

Well done sir. Well done. Also my favorite song to sing at Mari Vanna. The more vodka I drink, the better I sound.

Go on…

There is. That’s why grown folk on this thread are trying to keep it that way. We have been discussing the politics and policies of the situation for some weeks now. We are modeling how to get your discourse on. Feel free to lurk and learn hermano. Just put some respeck on this thread’s name a la Birdman.

And again… if you want to go CR… there’s a place for that. It ain’t here. You can take that to the appropriate place, por favor. This is why we can’t have nice things…

Once again, can we keep it to things that are practical and have a possibility to happen, along with the other prescient or surly takes?

I drank my grandpa’s glass of water (It’s Piss???) is a pretty lame excuse. Do better. There’s a reason why they are competing under the term ROC. Dragos gonna Dragos. WADA ban out front shoulda told ya.

Not a realistic option. Or even in any calculus. Let’s stay in the realm of the possible.

And TASS has LPR and DPR reporting they received the most intense shelling by Ukrainian Armed Forces. Peskov said that the Kremlin was keeping an eye on the situation and it is, “very, very dangerous,” due to Ukrainian provocation. Russia feeding its people more rationalization to go into Ukrainian borders. Cue Michael Buffer.