Ukraine War

[Ojo Rojo 2,053]

25 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Reports are saying could potentially be 10X worse than Chernobyl.  

Cool, cool.

[Horn80 6,356]

6 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

Cool, cool.

Avatar checks out.

[F250 29,199]

What kind of psychos storm into a nuclear power plant shooting the place up?

 

[Brisketexan 106,884]

What kind of psychos storm into a nuclear power plant shooting the place up?
 

So…..there’s this place called Russia….maybe you’ve heard of it.

[wildcat09 29,579]

To the extent there was still any question about whether Putin is still a rational actor who just badly miscalculated or is he insane, I think we have our answer.

[UpperWestside 6,273]

1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

To the extent there was still any question about whether Putin is still a rational actor who just badly miscalculated or is he insane, I think we have our answer.

This seems like the kind of thing that the international community might have to step in on if this plant blows up. This is just all so sad to witness. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

6 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

To the extent there was still any question about whether Putin is still a rational actor who just badly miscalculated or is he insane, I think we have our answer.

He’s not going to get less crazy either. 

[Aqua Buddha 14,805]

13 minutes ago, F250 said:

What kind of psychos storm into a nuclear power plant shooting the place up?

 

We're told right now that Biden could have prevented this had he just negotiated with (checks notes) people who would storm in a nuclear power plant shooting the place up.

[Horn Dog 10,158]

I wonder if China is still feeling good about giving Russia the green light on this.  Hard to believe they are fine with a nuclear meltdown in their backyard 

[WhatTheBuck 28,928]

16 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

To the extent there was still any question about whether Putin is still a rational actor who just badly miscalculated or is he insane, I think we have our answer.

Turns out that while he was infecting Trump with his authoritarianism, Trump was infecting him with his abject stupidity. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

12 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

We're told right now that Biden could have prevented this had he just negotiated with (checks notes) people who would storm in a nuclear power plant shooting the place up.

That talk must be in the DT thread.  

[Biff Tannen 46,163]

15 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

I wonder if China is still feeling good about giving Russia the green light on this.  Hard to believe they are fine with a nuclear meltdown in their backyard 

Not really in their backyard, but yes to the first point.

[Mdhorn 6,166]

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Russia is a skinny, pimply-faced, scraggly mustached, loser with a gun.

Can we beat him in every possible way?  Yep.  We could pummel his ass (apparently without him even throwing more than a couple of punches back).  We get better women.  We drive a better car than his tricked out 87 Camaro.  We make more money....by a factor of 10 or more.  We're faster, we're stronger, we smell better, our dick's bigger, etc. etc. etc.

BUT....he's an insecure little punk with a gun.  Which he thinks makes him a big shot, in spite of the fact that he's pathetic in literally every other way.  And if we lord it over him TOO much, he'll pull it out and shoot.  And no matter how much bigger we are, a gun is a fucking equalizer.  If Russia didn't have nukes, it would be what it is otherwise: a backwater kleptocracy with a bunch of petroleum, drunk people, and surprisingly good poets.  We could knock it down for the count with littler effort.....but that pesky gun......

By firing on a nuclear power plant, he's also firing on his own troops and probably many European countries who will be affected by radiation.  He's cray, and again, I don't trust him with nuclear codes.  Have to wait until he uses one but he's not far off.  He's sacrificing the lives of his military on suicide missions to destroy a nuclear factory.  

 

2 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

One way or another Putin is not long for this world.

It's a question of how many does he wanna take with him.

[Nivek 17,408]

I wonder if China is still feeling good about giving Russia the green light on this.  Hard to believe they are fine with a nuclear meltdown in their backyard 

Which way does the wind blow?

[Mdhorn 6,166]

14 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Turns out that while he was infecting Trump with his authoritarianism, Trump was infecting him with his abject stupidity. 

Putin wasn't aware of the Midas contrasted Trump touch, where everything Trump touches turns to shit.  The chess player got Trumped.

Edited March 4, 2022 by Mdhorn

[bolverk 30,322]

10 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

That talk must be in the DT thread.  

Not lately but somehow you've got DT posters bitching about wind/solar energy while a nuclear power plant is on fire.

[Zeus 6,855]

Coming in hot with cloak room approved (hopefully) pootin memes

[bolverk 30,322]

4 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Which way does the wind blow?

Right now, it's from NW to SE in Ukraine, so Rostov could be fucked.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=36.46,46.77,931

[Zeus 6,855]

25 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

I wonder if China is still feeling good about giving Russia the green light on this.  Hard to believe they are fine with a nuclear meltdown in their backyard 

They are gearing up to take Taiwan

[Zeus 6,855]

6 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Which way does the wind blow?

Nuclear fallout is cleaner than the pollution they usually breathe

[Zeus 6,855]

The bear has left the cave

[Brisketexan 106,884]

Global pandemic. Violent insurrection. Collapsing grid infrastructure. Massive land war in Europe involving a nuclear superpower. Battle raging at a nuclear plant. The vast majority of the GQP want TFG to run again, and he’ll win.

Y’all ready for the ledge yet?

[bolverk 30,322]

@Trey3216 Would you care to discuss other groups such as the NRA that the Kremlin funneled money to? Or discuss how Putin's Internet Research Agency actively supported Trump's election? I mean, if you're going to try to CR the DT thread, you might as well discuss it openly.

[Horn Dog 10,158]

13 minutes ago, Zeus said:

They are gearing up to take Taiwan

Hopefully this shit show will give them pause.  But regardless, we need to get Taiwan some nucs pronto

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1,549]

aside from the cruelty of scorching massive holes in apartment buildings and such, it's terribly inefficient to waste time/energy/ammo on these targets. 

The US at the outset knocked out all Iraqi air fields, command and control and other vital military assets. Russia isn't doing that, they can't, they're hopelessly incompetent and disorganized.  They cannot defend their convoys and infantry with helicopter support.  What a garbage army.  Ukrainian jets need to cross into Russia and hit assets, maybe even the Kremlin. 

Edited March 4, 2022 by Make em eat Taco Bell

[Trey3216 15,452]

4 minutes ago, bolverk said:

@Trey3216 Would you care to discuss other groups such as the NRA that the Kremlin funneled money to? Or discuss how Putin's Internet Research Agency actively supported Trump's election? I mean, if you're going to try to CR the DT thread, you might as well discuss it openly.

Not trying to CR shit.  Was discussing two very specific and pertinent things to this war and the current actions.  

[Sawbonz 28,216]

 

[Zeus 6,855]

[brakeman 28,749]

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

18 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Global pandemic. Violent insurrection. Collapsing grid infrastructure. Massive land war in Europe involving a nuclear superpower. Battle raging at a nuclear plant. The vast majority of the GQP want TFG to run again, and he’ll win.

Y’all ready for the ledge yet?

If I survive all this shit the ledge can get fucked. 

[bolverk 30,322]

4 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Not trying to CR shit.  Was discussing two very specific and pertinent things to this war and the current actions.  

I can understand what you're saying and agree/know that Putin has supported portions of those movements. But understand that when you start getting into how he's tried to influence US policies, you begin to open the discussion up to other shit he's tried to fuck with that are also pertinent to this war like undermining support for NATO/EU.

Please, just don't go there in the DT thread. It's actually been pretty fantastic and very informative. Others have tiptoed the line on both sides, but I felt that comment went too far.

[ChiTownDoc 21,345]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Europe right now 

 

[jimmyjazz 47,141]

I love the concern I see promulgated on media & social media where people don't understand how Putin could subject his own troops to the risks associated with firefights near a major nuclear plant.

When . . . ever? . . . has anyone seen evidence that Putin gives a damn about anyone, including his own troops?  His soldiers are capital to be spent.  He gives no shits.

[Zeus 6,855]

[UpperWestside 6,273]

23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Global pandemic. Violent insurrection. Collapsing grid infrastructure. Massive land war in Europe involving a nuclear superpower. Battle raging at a nuclear plant. The vast majority of the GQP want TFG to run again, and he’ll win.

Y’all ready for the ledge yet?

I trust the rational people in this to stave off a world war.
 

Also if he wants to run again I’ll happily vote against him again and so will enough other Americans who do not want him in the Oval Office again. 

[Zeus 6,855]

[ChiTownDoc 21,345]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I love the concern I see promulgated on media & social media where people don't understand how Putin could subject his own troops to the risks associated with firefights near a major nuclear plant.

When . . . ever? . . . has anyone seen evidence that Putin gives a damn about anyone, including his own troops?  His soldiers are capital to be spent.  He gives no shits.

Some genius said if his troops are in Ukraine he would never use a nuke there.  He gives as much about his soldiers from bumblefuck, Russia as he does any of Ukraines soldiers - as in zero fucks.  Why anybody thinks he will act rationally as this spirals out of control is beyond me. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19,584]

20 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

 

We're going to need to add an addendum. The Health Of Everyone Slavic act. To embed scientists to monitor radiation leaks at the plants. Please call your congressman and ask him to vote yes on BOATS and HOES. 

[TexArcher 39,064]

25 minutes ago, brakeman said:

I just nodded along with something Lindsey Graham said.

God damn you, Russia.  

Edited March 4, 2022 by TexArcher

[jimmyjazz 47,141]

Watching Don Lemon on CNN is a recipe for heartburn.  He's interviewing Lt. Gen Mark Hertling (Ret) and both seem incapable of ignoring their own moral compass.  "How could Putin do this?" etc.  

PUTIN DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT.  He commands an army that will do his bidding.  His foot soldiers are dimwitted thugs who don't know better.  Ergo, they are lighting a nuclear plant on fire.  Lost lives, of any flavor, are pebbles on a beach.  There are plenty more where they came from.

I would love to see our media do a better job of not mapping our ethics onto others.  I would hope that our senior leaders absolutely know not to do this.  I fear I'm naive.

[mchookem 16,765]

47 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Global pandemic. Violent insurrection. Collapsing grid infrastructure. Massive land war in Europe involving a nuclear superpower. Battle raging at a nuclear plant. The vast majority of the GQP want TFG to run again, and he’ll win.

Y’all ready for the ledge yet?

 

[Tuco 5,093]

That pussy couldn’t stand up to Trump. Not kill him, just get off his fucking knees.

[Horn Dog 10,158]

32 minutes ago, brakeman said:

So  Lindsey is searching for Russian Brutus willing to do a great service?

 

Shocking..

[WhatTheBuck 28,928]

27 minutes ago, Zeus said:

You and brakeman should get a room. 

[Sawbonz 28,216]

28 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

We're going to need to add an addendum. The Health Of Everyone Slavic act. To embed scientists to monitor radiation leaks at the plants. Please call your congressman and ask him to vote yes on BOATS and HOES. 

I couldn’t get there but I knew one of you would

[brakeman 28,749]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

You and brakeman should get a room. 

Buckey, I know where it goes. Don't point that shit at me.

You don't want toons, stay out of the 

Political Cartoons - The Politics Thread.

It's easy.

[DaysOff 8,203]

"if it blows up it will be 10x larger than chernobyl"
-anderson cooper reading ukr foreign minister statement.

[Macanudo 13,318]

1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

 

That's rich coming from the guy who has been in the House for almost 50 years.  He's the U.S. equivalent of an oligarch.  

[BrickHorn 18,447]

1 hour ago, brakeman said:

I don’t think this has anything to do with the Ukraine war. I think Graham is just quoting the lyrics to his favorite Morrissey song.

[TexasEd 8,266]

3 hours ago, Horn80 said:

Reports are saying could potentially be 10X worse than Chernobyl.  

It is an office building or museum