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[cactusflinthead 27601]

17 minutes ago, Bevo said:

It may be off-topic, but what is political (Dem/Pub) about it? Just curious - can someone give me the summary of talking points?

 

[Parliament 14291]

10 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

So it's started, they are putting more Ukrainians across the Dnieper (they certainly have the right boats from what we and others have given them), Russians have evacuated a bunch of people (sounded like Russians that they moved in there after they took the land), they've already taken some of the forward areas, and we are all of the sudden seeing a lot of "new" American and European equipment being used in Ukraine.

If the Russians aren't able to start a counter-counter-offensive right now to try and draw off Ukrainians, then they have no initiative, and it may go very well for the Ukrainians.  And it's telling that the Russians aren't trying to open up a front from Belarus - either that was too much for Belarus (namely Putin is worried it'd stir up the population against him), or they simply don't have the troops and gear to pull it off.

If I may inject some religion here, I'll remind you guys that St. Michael is our patron saint or war.  Some thoughtful words in his direction will not hurt.

[The Dog 44138]

 

[Rimbo 26061]

2 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Nothing drives learning like need.

[RDCanecutter 26468]

On 4/20/2023 at 9:06 AM, texasdago said:

Looking at the first video of her walking around Courchevel reminds me of two things... 1) though Courchevel has apparently great skiing, a client of mine told me how absurdly expensive it can be after going there earlier this year.  Seeing signs like BULGARI in a ski town tells me all I need to know about crossing it off my list.  2) Before the war, we would see lots of Russian tourists in certain parts of Italy and Europe... always sour-faced, unfriendly and just throwing their money around.  I'm sure some tourist spots will miss their money although others will "fill the gap" so to speak but they won't miss their personalities.  

For 200 years the French have looked at Russian exiles the same way bartenders look at drunks.

[956 Worldwide 34751]

4 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

For 200 years the French have looked at Russian exiles the same way bartenders look at drunks.

The story goes that the French “bistro” comes from surly Russian troops demanding food “quickly” (by’stro) in Paris in 1814z 

[RDCanecutter 26468]

2 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Reminds me of the Polish pilots in the RAF who were better than the Brits. It made sense, because these were the Poles who'd survived fighting Messerschmitts in Poland using outdated planes. Then you give those guys Spitfires?

[InkaUtexas 26088]

So give Ukraine Spitfires? I like how you are thinking Good Sir. 

[Scheiss Meister 8411]

4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

So give Ukraine Spitfires? I like how you are thinking Good Sir. 

I gave that a laugh, but a Spitfire, Mustang, or Thunderbolt would knock those Iranian drones from the sky damn fast.

[Schulz2.0 29009]

 

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[texastough 1129]

3 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

About any more on the NHL and Russia is probably better done in CR. I'm right on the line.

Any more bullshit about someone's support for Russia/Putin being CR and I'll probably neg. I'm right on the line. 

Seriously, wtf is remotely close to CR, given the context of this thread? I normally don't do call outs but that was a super sandy vag comment

[InkaUtexas 26088]

34 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I gave that a laugh, but a Spitfire, Mustang, or Thunderbolt would knock those Iranian drones from the sky damn fast.

I was only partly kidding. There was a group in Army SF who wanted to make a modern version of the Mustang for CAS operations. Cheap to make, good time on station, plenty of weapons points, operates from improvised runways. Did not go anywhere, Air Force wanted jets. 

Imagine an improved Mustang.... Fucker would be amazing. 

[cactusflinthead 27601]

32 minutes ago, texastough said:

Any more bullshit about someone's support for Russia/Putin being CR and I'll probably neg. I'm right on the line. 

Seriously, wtf is remotely close to CR, given the context of this thread? I normally don't do call outs but that was a super sandy vag comment

[InkaUtexas 26088]

Fuck Russia. 

https://twitter.com/Igor_from_Kyiv_/status/1649346177442127872

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by InkaUtexas

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[The Dog 44138]

^ discusses the origin of the term "200" for dead soldiers. 

[Chad Fuck 17754]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

I was only partly kidding. There was a group in Army SF who wanted to make a modern version of the Mustang for CAS operations. Cheap to make, good time on station, plenty of weapons points, operates from improvised runways. Did not go anywhere, Air Force wanted jets. 

Imagine an improved Mustang.... Fucker would be amazing. 

Meh, it also wasn't particularly good at what it was supposed to do.  Would've made more sense to slap a turboprop on a bunch of Skyraiders. For those who are more interested: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-48_Enforcer

 

[Parliament 14291]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Fuck Russia. 

https://twitter.com/Igor_from_Kyiv_/status/1649346177442127872

 

 

 

Those kids are gonna grow into adults who REALLY hate Russians.  I'll allow it.

[Rimbo 26061]

2 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

For 200 years the French have looked at Russian exiles the same way bartenders look at drunks.

I mean, the Venn diagram of the two is a circle inside a circle, so...

Edited April 21, 2023 by Rimbo

[texasdago 7579]

2 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Reminds me of the Polish pilots in the RAF who were better than the Brits. It made sense, because these were the Poles who'd survived fighting Messerschmitts in Poland using outdated planes. Then you give those guys Spitfires?

Yes!  This is exactly what I tell myself when I ride my 25 year-old suspension-free old ass geometry MTB around Austin.  Just wait until I get something with early 2000s technology!?!

[Rimbo 26061]

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[Viper 12112]

4 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

So that's what air defense doing. 

[nbmishoid 962]

5 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Ovechkin is a royal piece of shit but he hasn’t done anything that would legally get his visa revoked, which is a pretty demanding step. The regular old tourist visa category can be denied “just because we don’t want you coming” but not the type of visa that allows someone to legally work and live and earn. And since he’s actually in country, a revocation would mean he gets his chance to appeal any removal order in front of an immigration judge, and that judge would ask a lawyer for the State Department to justify the revocation based on law and fact. Instagram photos of a Putin won’t cut it. 
 

Russian oligarch types are experts at weaponizing the West’s rule of law against us. 

We could catch him speeding and deport him, or tipsy at a restaurant.  Certainly if he got into a fight.   If only to consider prior green card deportations.  Not a lawyer speaking here, of course.  But folks with citizen families have been deported for minimal shit when they are unimportant and the powers that be want it so.  Story in NYT just today.

[SydneyCarton 48161]

3 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Reminds me of the Polish pilots in the RAF who were better than the Brits. It made sense, because these were the Poles who'd survived fighting Messerschmitts in Poland using outdated planes. Then you give those guys Spitfires?

Wait a Bartender or a Bar Owner? That is an important distinction here. 

[956 Worldwide 34751]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

I was only partly kidding. There was a group in Army SF who wanted to make a modern version of the Mustang for CAS operations. Cheap to make, good time on station, plenty of weapons points, operates from improvised runways. Did not go anywhere, Air Force wanted jets. 

Imagine an improved Mustang.... Fucker would be amazing. 

USAFSOC procured three of these. In a sane world, they’d procure a bunch (or we’d just announce that we were going to let the Army finally procure fixed wing for CAS in uncontested air space). And we’d invest the savings into more stand off weapons for USAF platforms, more drones, and fewer flight hours on our flagship platforms to keep that fleet in better shape. 
 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39976/special-operations-commands-new-a-29-super-tucano-pays-tribute-to-world-war-ii-air-commandos

 

 

 

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17754]

6 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

USAFSOC procured three of these. In a sane world, they’d procure a bunch (or we’d just announce that we were going to let the Army finally procure fixed wing for CAS in uncontested air space). And we’d invest the savings into more stand off weapons for USAF platforms, more drones, and fewer flight hours on our flagship platforms to keep that fleet in better shape. 
 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39976/special-operations-commands-new-a-29-super-tucano-pays-tribute-to-world-war-ii-air-commandos

 

 

 

 

 

No, no.  We still need to fight inter-service rivalries from the 60s about aviation.  That makes totes more sense.

Love the heritage scheme btw.

[RDCanecutter 26468]

53 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Wait a Bartender or a Bar Owner? That is an important distinction here. 

Bartender. A mix of disdain, disdain, and disdain. But without the drunks coming back each day semi-undrunk, the bartender must learn to code.

[RDCanecutter 26468]

1 hour ago, Rimbo said:

I mean, the Venn diagram of the two is a circle inside a circle, so...

What makes this great is that it was drawn sober.

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[Dahobbs 17678]

13 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

Ukraine is really good at information warfare. 

[Rimbo 26061]

57 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

What makes this great is that it was drawn sober.

allegedly

[RDCanecutter 26468]

1 minute ago, Rimbo said:

allegedly

Needs a Rimbo circle in there too.

 

[Rimbo 26061]

3 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Needs a Rimbo circle in there too.

 

[Rimbo 26061]

it's all very official and scientific

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[MissingInAction 25177]

3 hours ago, texasdago said:

Yes!  This is exactly what I tell myself when I ride my 25 year-old suspension-free old ass geometry MTB around Austin.  Just wait until I get something with early 2000s technology!?!

Dude I went from a 95 Cherokee to a 2020 Honda passport. I can drive it with my semi erect penis.

[Steel Shank 9430]

3 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Dude I went from a 95 Cherokee to a 2020 Honda passport. I can drive it with my semi erect penis.

Well ok then.

[Gatorubet 30298]

7 hours ago, Rimbo said:

I mean, the Venn diagram of the two is a circle inside a circle, so...

This looks like Thujone free handing a drawing of Putin‘s anus while on RogueShop Delta 9. 

Which is all to say that I approve. 

[atomheartbevo 89787]

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-21-23/index.html

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Former Russian President and deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, called Britain "our eternal enemy" after the UK government imposed sanctions on Russian individuals.

“Who gives a damn about their decisions? Britain has been and always will be our eternal enemy, at least until their arrogant and miserably damp island is swept into the murky depths of the sea by a wave created by a state-of-the-art Russian arms system,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram Friday.

The UK government sanctioned a Russian judge and two other individuals it says are connected to the arrest of jailed Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza. The sanctions involve asset freezes and a travel ban.

Yeah, the Brits want to hear that Medvedev.  Keep reinforcing the stereotypes.

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9 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-21-23/index.html

Yeah, the Brits want to hear that Medvedev.  Keep reinforcing the stereotypes.

I’ve talked about it on this thread before, but the UK manages to work the Russians into a lather in a way even we can’t. They have some grudging respect for a fellow continent-spanning one-time superpower rival. But they really can’t get over this little island that for centuries was more badass than they ever were.  They especially can’t stand the traditional British impulse to laugh at bullies and braggarts. Britain is the enemy par excellence, that’s why the Russians bang on about Anglo-Saxons all the time. 
 

Kind of related, Michael McFaul is a keen observer of Russia and manages to put his finger on the fact that a lot of this is about how for Russia, negative attention is preferable to no attention. 
 

 

[Brisketexan 105307]

The Finns have opinions on Ukraine - view from Helsinki harbor today:

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

I mean, I feel like one of us should alert the Finnish authorities that @Brisketexan is getting closer to his target.

[MissingInAction 25177]

[dimyh 1874]

Ben Hodges talking about the counter offensive. Doesn’t get into too much detail but gives a nice strategic summary on the need to push south and take Crimea.

 

 

[Slacks 6862]

18 hours ago, texasdago said:

Yes!  This is exactly what I tell myself when I ride my 25 year-old suspension-free old ass geometry MTB around Austin.  Just wait until I get something with early 2000s technology!?!

I'm like, "As soon as I get a pool, look out Phelps... And blondes with fakes."

[Parliament 14291]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I’ve talked about it on this thread before, but the UK manages to work the Russians into a lather in a way even we can’t. They have some grudging respect for a fellow continent-spanning one-time superpower rival. But they really can’t get over this little island that for centuries was more badass than they ever were.  They especially can’t stand the traditional British impulse to laugh at bullies and braggarts. Britain is the enemy par excellence, that’s why the Russians bang on about Anglo-Saxons all the time. 
 

Kind of related, Michael McFaul is a keen observer of Russia and manages to put his finger on the fact that a lot of this is about how for Russia, negative attention is preferable to no attention. 
 

 

The truth is that no one really cared about Russia, until it invaded Ukraine.

So understated, so accurate, so savage.

[statsman 5477]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I’ve talked about it on this thread before, but the UK manages to work the Russians into a lather in a way even we can’t. They have some grudging respect for a fellow continent-spanning one-time superpower rival. But they really can’t get over this little island that for centuries was more badass than they ever were.  They especially can’t stand the traditional British impulse to laugh at bullies and braggarts. Britain is the enemy par excellence, that’s why the Russians bang on about Anglo-Saxons all the time. 
 

Kind of related, Michael McFaul is a keen observer of Russia and manages to put his finger on the fact that a lot of this is about how for Russia, negative attention is preferable to no attention. 
 

 

We don’t really cover “The Great Game” in world history classes in the US, but it was a real thing and the Brits and Russians sure study it. 

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3 minutes ago, statsman said:

We don’t really cover “The Great Game” in world history classes in the US, but it was a real thing and the Brits and Russians sure study it. 

I read this before I moved to Uzbekistan back in the early ‘teens and I recommend to anyone who wants to understand a bit about how the current Russian imperial mentality is not simply Soviet ideology in new trappings. Soviet ideology was just a culdesac branching off of Russian imperialism. 
 

Also, Kiplings Kim is a mind-boggling good read even if Kipling is officially on one of the periodic Out Of Favor downswings. 

[Hefeweizen 5331]

Anything by Kipling is great.  Kim is spectacular.

 

And his poetry is  so powerful, especially the “Young British Soldier.”

Edited April 22, 2023 by Hefeweizen
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