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[InkaUtexas 26947]

I love these! 

 

[Rimbo 27090]

52 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Speaking of tridents, Russia is angry that Ukraine replaced the Soviet-era symbols on the Motherland statue with a trident:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/07/europe/kyiv-statue-motherland-trident-symbol-intl/index.html

So...

1) Cyborgs lead Ukraine

2) Mother cannot be renamed. She is one.  And the only thing you can do with it is to love.

 

[Schulz2.0 29289]

 

 

[The Dog 44865]

[InkaUtexas 26947]

Good Dolphin..... Flipper says get the fuck out of my waters you oily skinned VATNIK. 

[Pato del Muerto 53581]

2 hours ago, Nivek said:

Well, got one night in Bangkok in my head now

Not much between despair and ecstasy 

[InkaUtexas 26947]

44 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Not much between despair and ecstasy 

So UT Football? Too soon? 

[The Dog 44865]

NSIAP

 

[The Dog 44865]

 

[Parliament 14618]

17 minutes ago, The Dog said:

NSIAP

 

Can't wait for the NAFO memes that are gonna come from this. 

[BamaATL 16593]

15 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

well hello kitty cat mommy might make a hard man humble anyway.  

[dimyh 1890]

Here's a nice clip showing some of the behind scenes production of the US factory. Hope we can do some more to help revitalize some of our production lines.

 

[WhatTheBuck 28940]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Mother cannot be renamed. She is one.  And the only thing you can do with it is to love.

Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls?

[Schulz2.0 29289]

 

[Rimbo 27090]

LOL.

Also: Ow.

But mostly LOL

 

[atomheartbevo 90670]

So this was what he was putting up against his shoulder:

edit: Probably the same type of RPG.  I can't believe he put the fucking breech up against his shoulder.

@RDCanecutter will appreciate this

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by atomheartbevo

[Rimbo 27090]

that seems like it would leave a mark

[RPM 26675]

 

[Bevo 13923]

10 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Seems fair. I like cats.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Bevo

[KYHorn 17636]

Ukrainian forces have launched a surprise assault near Kozachi Laheri, south of the Dnipro River and east of Kherson city. The operation most likely started 2 days ago, but OPSEC prevented reporting of it for good reason.

Multiple pro-Russian sources express their "concern" of the situation, since a bridgehead has been established. Some Russian sources even claim of a strike as deep as 800m and the first line of Russian defence broken.

It will be interesting to see how this will play out, but even if it is only a small Ukrainian strike force then it will already be useful when it compels Russian troops to redeploy back to Kherson and away from the Zaporizhzhia frontlines. 

 

Below: 

keep in mind the largest best combat formation in kherson is the 7th airborne division.  the issue is that the russians have been taking units and troops away from that area to move north to try and block the thrust from the 9,10, and 11 corps (UKR). 

now the russians are reporting losses in kherson where the 7th was pulled back and replaced with BARS and reserve forces

who would ever have predicted this.. abut 3 months ago.... who???

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by KYHorn

[statsman 5698]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-made-cluster-munitions-fuel-ukrainian-counteroffensive-c45c305f?st=zts0orpgxy9r27m&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

[Parliament 14618]

Huge mistake waiting so long to give them.

[Schulz2.0 29289]

3 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Huge mistake waiting so long to give them.

Now do MBTs and F-16s.

[Bevo 13923]

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Ukrainian forces have launched a surprise assault near Kozachi Laheri, south of the Dnipro River and east of Kherson city. The operation most likely started 2 days ago, but OPSEC prevented reporting of it for good reason.

Multiple pro-Russian sources express their "concern" of the situation, since a bridgehead has been established. Some Russian sources even claim of a strike as deep as 800m and the first line of Russian defence broken.

It will be interesting to see how this will play out, but even if it is only a small Ukrainian strike force then it will already be useful when it compels Russian troops to redeploy back to Kherson and away from the Zaporizhzhia frontlines.

 

I wonder if this is related to the boat attack that someone posted yesterday.

[Parliament 14618]

26 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Now do MBTs and F-16s.

And ATAACMS

The Russian economy has proven FAR more resilient than anticipated.  Gonna collapse, but in its own time:

Nearly 18 months after the Ukraine war started, Russia's economy appears to be humming along — baffling economists who predicted catastrophic outcomes following sweeping sanctions against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

While some economists have questioned the quality and veracity of Russian data releases, a New York Times report on Monday offered a nuanced picture of the country's wartime economy and how it's helping drum up popular support for Vladimir Putin.

Russia's economic strength so far is due to the Kremlin's measures — the Times reported that Putin is boosting the production of military equipment and raising pensions, salaries, and other benefits for people who are not well-off. The state is also subsidizing mortgages.

Soldiers fighting the war are also earning far higher salaries than average earnings in poorer regions of Russia, the Times reported. For instance, Russia was offering a minimum of 160,000 rubles, or about $1,740, in monthly wages for contract soldiers last September — three times the national average, Reuters reported at the time.

Large payouts for those who died in the war — for example, a 5 million rubles payout for families of Wagner Group fighters who died in the war — are circulating in the economy. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-war-economy-government-boom-crash-sanctions-ukraine-invasion-2023-8

Edited August 8, 2023 by Parliament

[Trey3216 15453]

13 hours ago, The Dog said:

Angry dolphin you say….

[MissingInAction 25588]

13 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

 

[Bevo 13923]

 

Ha - that's great.

[JesusSweatDuck 18145]

At this point I really don't understand why we're holding back ATAACMS.  At the beginning we need to establish some trust with the Ukrainians and make sure they would actually be a good partner.  At this point, that's pretty fucking obvious.  If we gave them those systems and said, "Don't shoot at anything inside of the Russian border" I have to believe they would be OK with that.  They're already launching drones at Moscow and Russia has done nothing.  The worry that we're crossing some red line is stupid at this point.

[Kennythetiger 9655]

1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

Angry dolphin you say….

I don’t think Randy made the move to Surly. I hope he’s doing well. 

[Horn Dog 10186]

[Cheeseweasel 26443]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

Nearly 18 months after the Ukraine war started, Russia's economy appears to be humming along — baffling economists who predicted catastrophic outcomes following sweeping sanctions against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Thanks, China.

[Gatorubet 30783]

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

And ATAACMS

The Russian economy has proven FAR more resilient than anticipated.  Gonna collapse, but in its own time:

Nearly 18 months after the Ukraine war started, Russia's economy appears to be humming along — baffling economists who predicted catastrophic outcomes following sweeping sanctions against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

While some economists have questioned the quality and veracity of Russian data releases, a New York Times report on Monday offered a nuanced picture of the country's wartime economy and how it's helping drum up popular support for Vladimir Putin.

Russia's economic strength so far is due to the Kremlin's measures — the Times reported that Putin is boosting the production of military equipment and raising pensions, salaries, and other benefits for people who are not well-off. The state is also subsidizing mortgages.

Soldiers fighting the war are also earning far higher salaries than average earnings in poorer regions of Russia, the Times reported. For instance, Russia was offering a minimum of 160,000 rubles, or about $1,740, in monthly wages for contract soldiers last September — three times the national average, Reuters reported at the time.

Large payouts for those who died in the war — for example, a 5 million rubles payout for families of Wagner Group fighters who died in the war — are circulating in the economy. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-war-economy-government-boom-crash-sanctions-ukraine-invasion-2023-8

And just like the soviet union went broke and dissolved while trying to keep up economically in the arms race, Russia is going to eventually go broke as well. Again, an economy roughly equivalent to Italy.

Putin had a tremendous piggy bank, saved because of all that oil revenue. Like a trust fundbaby going through expensive foreign cars and a ton of cocaine, eventually the fucking-around economically will result in a finding-out economy.

[Brisketexan 107009]

14 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Even though she is no longer PM, I heart her so, so, so much.

6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

And just like the soviet union went broke and dissolved while trying to keep up economically in the arms race, Russia is going to eventually go broke as well. Again, an economy roughly equivalent to Italy.

Putin had a tremendous piggy bank, saved because of all that oil revenue. Like a trust fundbaby going through expensive foreign cars and a ton of cocaine, eventually the fucking-around economically will result in a finding-out economy.

This.  So long as western resolve isn't undermined by a 5th column (a real risk -- both the US and UK have a strong Russian-aligned 5th column working within their existing power/governance structure), the west can easily outlast Russia's economy, which will survive right up until it doesn't, and collapses.

[Parliament 14618]

14 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

 

Putin had a tremendous piggy bank, saved because of all that oil revenue. Like a trust fundbaby going through expensive foreign cars and a ton of cocaine, eventually the fucking-around economically will result in a finding-out economy.

So he's the Johnny Manziel of Russia.  Got it.

[Ghost of LL 15705]

11 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

And just like the soviet union went broke and dissolved while trying to keep up economically in the arms race, Russia is going to eventually go broke as well. Again, an economy roughly equivalent to Italy.

Putin had a tremendous piggy bank, saved because of all that oil revenue. Like a trust fundbaby going through expensive foreign cars and a ton of cocaine, eventually the fucking-around economically will result in a finding-out economy.

Yeah--I don't understand what is so mysterious about the resiliency of the Russian economy.  The Russian government is spending its reserves.  No shit that is keeping the economy going.

The question is: what happens when those reserves run out.  Presumably, they'll start borrowing.  Or maybe they'll just start printing rubles.  But in either event, the economic consequences are going to be significant.  I mean, for one thing, they're going to have a shockingly high cost of borrowing.  Between the danger of western sanctions and the (significant) possibility of non-repayment, I can't imagine the interest rate lenders are going to demand.

[Parliament 14618]

When will they run out of money?

[Royalfan5 2384]

Just now, Ghost of LL said:

Yeah--I don't understand what is so mysterious about the resiliency of the Russian economy.  The Russian government is spending its reserves.  No shit that is keeping the economy going.

The question is: what happens when those reserves run out.  Presumably, they'll start borrowing.  Or maybe they'll just start printing rubles.  But in either event, the economic consequences are going to be significant.  I mean, for one thing, they're going to have a shockingly high cost of borrowing.  Between the danger of western sanctions and the (significant) possibility of non-repayment, I can't imagine the interest rate lenders are going to demand.

Also with the slower rebound of the China economy, trying to limit oil supplies to keep prices high might hurt their main allies rebound a little more. 

[MissingInAction 25588]

I'm sure 3/4 of the Asian continent going into total economic collapse won't have any ripple effects.

 

[The Dog 44865]

 

[Ghost of LL 15705]

18 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I'm sure 3/4 of the Asian continent going into total economic collapse won't have any ripple effects.

 

Three-quarters of the Asian continent's land mass, but a tiny fraction of the continent's population and economy.

I don't think anybody is predicting China's economy to collapse.  It's having a slow recovery.  But its recovery is aided by deep discounts on Russian energy. 

That's not going to change.  Even if Russia were to limit supplies--and Russia really doesn't have any leverage to limit supplies to China; they need the money--that supply would be provided by Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

And if Russia were to limit supplies to a degree the Chinese found unacceptable, the Chinese have other ways of dealing with that problem.

[The Dog 44865]

 

[Schulz2.0 29289]

 

 

[chainsaw 10307]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

That seems like a small amount of money for what's supposed to be an economic power. Am I missing something? That's all less than what a "rational" person would buy twitter for

[Schulz2.0 29289]

 

 

 

[Gatorubet 30783]

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 ... unfortunately, a vile missile in the back cut off their lives.

The ole’ banana in the tailpipe…

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

look at the state of that helicopter 🤣

[MissingInAction 25588]

[The Dog 44865]

56 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

That seems like a small amount of money for what's supposed to be an economic power. Am I missing something? That's all less than what a "rational" person would buy twitter for

Their national budget ($327 billion) is about the same size as Texas ($321 billion). 

California, Texas, and New York state all have larger GDP individually than Russia. 

It's not an economic power. It's a "mouse that roars". 

https://www.ipi.org/ipi_issues/detail/russias-minuscule-economy-the-mouse-that-roars#:~:text=The United States%2C by contrast,New York (%241.7 trillion).

[Parliament 14618]

It's a gas station with nukes.  (John McCain)