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[Texas Flood 1386]

1 hour ago, MillerEP said:

Isn't Dua Lipa Albanian?

[SmokeyTheBear 5569]

Video from on the latest ship that sunk

Below is Russia's Evil Knievel troop 

 

Edited March 7 by SmokeyTheBear

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

Jesus.

[F250 29205]

22 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Video from on the latest ship that sunk

Below is Russia's Evil Knievel troop 

 

[B00M 6736]

25 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Video from on the latest ship that sunk

Below is Russia's Evil Knievel troop 

 

Obligatory, user name checks out / that should buff out

 

[pops 7152]

Are those incendiary rounds bouncing off the water? 

[Parliament 14619]

What CWIS doing?

[Schulz2.0 29292]

31 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Jesus.

Ukraine:

[wd40 1976]

12 minutes ago, pops said:

Are those incendiary rounds bouncing off the water? 

is actually these

pennies actually work better, but require a little wrist action when firing.

[Foosters 18287]

55 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Video from on the latest ship that sunk

Below is Russia's Evil Knievel troop 

 

Man. Was everyone ok?

[Scheiss Meister 8476]

21 minutes ago, pops said:

Are those incendiary rounds bouncing off the water? 

Tracer rounds, which can have an incendiary effect.

[956 Worldwide 35601]

So, are we going to talk about how Russia nearly killed both Zelenskyy and the Greek PM today while both of them went to a missile-damaged Orthodox Church?

 

 

[atomheartbevo 90674]

2 hours ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Below is Russia's Evil Knievel troop

 

[atomheartbevo 90674]

[Armybrat 41444]

2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Jesus.

Somehow I don’t think He gives a holy shit about those orcs.

Edited March 7 by Armybrat

[B00M 6736]

2 hours ago, wd40 said:

is actually these

pennies actually work better, but require a little wrist action when firing.

Pennies? bro

 

Edited March 7 by B00M

[MisterP 127]

I have been to Albania, it honestly was a hidden gem with the insane beaches and absurdly cheap prices and great food. Like everything, western tourism is destroying it now much as it has Croatia and Montenegro. Lake Ohrid in Macedonia is cool on the boarder. Beaches in the south are just like Greece at a 20th of the cost. People are extremely extremely friendly and were very happy to have an American tourist running around for obvious reasons. Watched the 2018 Euro finals there and they all cheered for Italy for obvious reasons. You can actually still hitchhike there safely and it is extremely acceptable. I had people inviting me into their homes and giving me raki. Love that country.

[atomheartbevo 90674]

3 hours ago, wd40 said:

is actually these

pennies actually work better, but require a little wrist action when firing.

54 minutes ago, B00M said:

Pennies? bro

 

No kidding, I.....think mine is in a box at my mom's in the attic, and I may have to dig it out next time we are there.  Probably have to replace the spring, but holy shit that information would have been handy to have in the 80s.

[MisterP 127]

They also have incredibly cool history specially with Tito who stood up to Stalin and really ran things his own way. For a Communist was willing to work with the West. Interesting stuff. The Balkans may be my favorite and most interesting part of the world to me. Still question if I fucked up not marrying that Serb gal. Men have made statutes that havent had her attributes. 

[statsman 5698]

Russia is attacking Ukrainian forces at several points along the front line as it seeks to capitalize on its recent capture of the eastern city of Avdiivka
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-enters-new-phase-of-war-with-russia-dig-dig-dig-3bd24f73?st=iclxts9mzj9mz0x&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

[WhatTheBuck 28941]

16 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Albay......Albah.....I'll be in my bunker...

Polishing your chrome. 

[PTINS 3530]

17 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

I know a lot about Albania.

For example, it borders on the Adriatic.  Its land is mostly mountainous.  And its chief export is chrome.

[InkaUtexas 26952]

12 hours ago, MisterP said:

They also have incredibly cool history specially with Tito who stood up to Stalin and really ran things his own way. For a Communist was willing to work with the West. Interesting stuff. The Balkans may be my favorite and most interesting part of the world to me. Still question if I fucked up not marrying that Serb gal. Men have made statutes that havent had her attributes. 

First. Tito did not lead Albania. He ran Yugoslavia. Albania had their own leader. And they don't like the Serbs. Second. You never heard of the Balkan Ugly Bomb? Third. Beaches remain pristine since no one wants to invest in Albania. Haiti also has nice beaches. Fourth. Few Serbs in Albania.

Bro, are you sure you did not go to a different country?

[kevwun 16449]

My grandpa always swore our family was related to Tito.  Same last name, but no on ever dug in to the genealogy.

[MisterP 127]

20 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

First. Tito did not lead Albania. He ran Yugoslavia. Albania had their own leader. And they don't like the Serbs. Second. You never heard of the Balkan Ugly Bomb? Third. Beaches remain pristine since no one wants to invest in Albania. Haiti also has nice beaches. Fourth. Few Serbs in Albania.

Bro, are you sure you did not go to a different country?

Why can't I talk about multiple things, in one paragraph, about a geographic region at midnight after happy hour?

1.) I dated a Serbian girl who I met in Belgrade who was a real life 9.

2.) Tito is from Albania so I just used Albania but yes he ran all of Yugo. I should have been more specific but again HH.

3.) Mmm western tourism has massively picked up in Albania. When I first went, it was one of those place where people were like "wow what are you thinking" and NOW 20 year old Britrish girls on are going on solo trips there. It has changed. I am probably quite a bit younger than you but when Travel and Leisure and tiktok influencers are posting content about a place, it has changed.

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.

Edited March 7 by MisterP

[InkaUtexas 26952]

Um, no he is not. He is from Former Yugoslavia. I mean, it is cool you backpacked in the Balkans, I only spent 3 years living there and wrote a thesis on the regional history.

Tito was born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother in Kumrovec in what was then Austria-Hungary. Drafted into military service, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest sergeant major in the Austro-Hungarian Army of that time.

I know it has, thanks in part to the Italian Mafia.

 

 

[F250 29205]

23 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Um, no he is not. He is from Former Yugoslavia. I mean, it is cool you backpacked in the Balkans, I only spent 3 years living there and wrote a thesis on the regional history.

Tito was born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother in Kumrovec in what was then Austria-Hungary. Drafted into military service, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest sergeant major in the Austro-Hungarian Army of that time.

I know it has, thanks in part to the Italian Mafia.

 

 

Well, we really should start with Yaroslav the Wise and then work our way up to 21st century Albania.

[MissingInAction 25595]

The best Ziti I ever had was made by Albanians on Burnet rd.

[KYHorn 17637]

 

 

[MisterP 127]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Um, no he is not. He is from Former Yugoslavia. I mean, it is cool you backpacked in the Balkans, I only spent 3 years living there and wrote a thesis on the regional history.

Tito was born to a Croat father and a Slovene mother in Kumrovec in what was then Austria-Hungary. Drafted into military service, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest sergeant major in the Austro-Hungarian Army of that time.

I know it has, thanks in part to the Italian Mafia.

 

 

I am willing to take an L on the Tito thing. I am thinking of TItograd. Forgot that he was born in Croatia. Fuck it has been a long time since I have been in school.

[InkaUtexas 26952]

1 minute ago, MisterP said:

I am willing to take an L on the Tito thing. I am thinking of TItograd. Forgot that he was born in Croatia. Fuck it has been a long time since I have been in school.

Ya mean the capitol of Montenegro that is NOT Albania and was renamed before you went to the Balkans? And it was a part of Yugoslavia. Albania never was.

 

[MisterP 127]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Ya mean the capitol of Montenegro that is NOT Albania and was renamed before you went to the Balkans? And it was a part of Yugoslavia. Albania never was.

 

Yes, like I said I will take the L on the Tito, SIR. In my last stand of defense, there is a very large Yugo bunker that he built in Albania. I seen it. SO suck on that. 

[InkaUtexas 26952]

Albania was never part of Yugoslavia. Montenegro was.

[MisterP 127]

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Albania was never part of Yugoslavia. Montenegro was.

I am going to keep digging this hole and you cant stop me. The bunker was built by Hoxha not TIto. FUCK.

[Brisketexan 107018]

Say what y'all want, Tito was a magnificent talent.

[InkaUtexas 26952]

19 minutes ago, MisterP said:

I am going to keep digging this hole and you cant stop me. The bunker was built by Hoxha not TIto. FUCK.

See, you looked something up and learned.

[bolverk 30372]

It's official, bitches. Sweden is finally in (as are Albania and Montenegro, but notably not Serbia).

 

Sweden Enters NATO, a Blow to Moscow and a Boost to the Baltic Nations
With the addition of Sweden to NATO, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia finds himself facing an enlarged and motivated alliance.

Sweden formally joined NATO on Thursday, becoming its 32nd member two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sharply bolstering, with Finland, the military alliance’s deterrent in the Baltic and North Seas.

With the addition of the new Nordic member states — Finland joined last year — the president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, now finds himself faced with an enlarged and motivated NATO, one that is no longer dreaming of a permanent peace but instead facing years of trying to contain a newly aggressive, imperial Russia.

On Thursday, after months of uncertainty caused by the hesitations of Turkey and Hungary, Sweden officially became a member by depositing its legal paperwork — its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty — with the U.S. State Department in Washington.

In a brief ceremony, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken received the documents from Ulf Kristersson, the Swedish prime minister, and said: “Good things come to those who wait.” Mr. Blinken said that “everything changed” after Russia’s invasion. “Swedes realized something very profound: that if Putin was willing to try to erase one neighbor from the map, then he might well not stop there.”

Mr. Blinken said Sweden’s membership was a clear example “of the strategic debacle that Ukraine has become for Russia,” adding: “Everything that Putin sought to prevent, he has actually precipitated by his actions, by his aggression.”

Mr. Kristersson said that “today is a truly historic day.” Sweden, he said, “will defend freedom together with the countries closest to us — both in terms of geography, culture and values.” He pledged that Sweden, which had largely dismantled its ground forces after 1989 but has maintained a powerful air force and navy, would soon reach NATO’s goal of spending 2 percent of G.D.P. on the military.

NATO is planning a ceremony on Monday to raise the Swedish flag at its Brussels headquarters, as well as at NATO commands across Europe and North America.

Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, called it “a historic day.” In a statement, he said that “Sweden will now take its rightful place at NATO’s table, with an equal say in shaping NATO policies and decisions. After over 200 years of nonalignment Sweden now enjoys the protection granted under Article 5, the ultimate guarantee of allies’ freedom and security.”

Sweden, he continued, “makes NATO stronger, Sweden safer and the whole alliance more secure.”

The Russian government has said that it will now take undefined measures to enhance its own defense against the newly enlarged NATO, which has, with Sweden and Finland, a much longer land border with Russia than before.

“Sweden brings predictability, removing any uncertainty about how we would act in a crisis or a war,” said Robert Dalsjo, director of studies at the Swedish Defense Research Agency. Given Sweden’s geography, including Gotland, the island that helps control the entrance to the Baltic Sea, membership “will make defense and deterrence much easier to accomplish,” he said.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, Finland, with its long border with Russia, saw the most imminent danger. The Swedes did, too, but were also convinced, especially on the political left, by a sense of moral outrage that Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, would seek to destroy a peaceful, sovereign neighbor.

“Overall the feeling is that we’ll be safer,” said Anna Wieslander, a Swede who is director for northern Europe for the Atlantic Council.

With Sweden and Finland together in NATO, it will be much easier to bottle up the Russian surface navy in the Baltic Sea and to monitor the High North. Russia still has up to two-thirds of its second-strike nuclear weapons there, based on the Kola Peninsula.

Sweden, with its own advanced high-tech defense industry, makes its own excellent fighter planes, naval corvettes and submarines, designed to operate in the difficult environment of the Baltic Sea. It has already begun to develop and build a new class of modern submarines and larger corvettes for coastal and air defense.

With NATO membership, it will be easier now to coordinate with Finland and Denmark, which also have key islands in the Baltic, and with Norway.

Sweden may also join NATO’s multinational forward brigade in Latvia, intended to put allied troops in all the alliance countries bordering Russia.

Sweden’s main tasks, Ms. Wieslander said, will be to help guard the Baltic and the airspace over Kaliningrad; to ensure the security of Gothenburg, which is key for resupply and reinforcements; and to serve as a staging area for American and NATO troops, with agreements for the advance positioning of equipment, ammunition, supplies and field hospitals.

[atomheartbevo 90674]

Sweden fully in NATO now.

Congrats Putin

 

 

[MisterP 127]

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

See, you looked something up and learned.

This stuff is deep down somewhere in my head and I just spouted it off without research or thought. That makes me dangerous enough to be really really wrong about shit that most people couldnt even be wrong about. 

[Brisketexan 107018]

26 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Sweden fully in NATO now.

 

HRH Princess Sofia of Sweden, the Duchess of Värmland, will probably want to celebrate this event with me soon.  I have some space in my Saturday.

 

 

[ABSR 5373]

21 hours ago, Foosters said:

Man. Was everyone ok?

Yes.  Ship was sunk and most of the Russians died.  It worked out great!

[956 Worldwide 35601]

2 hours ago, KYHorn said:

 

 

Time tested and reliable way of making someone who might be a problem to you go away.  You can’t do politics from the UK. 

[DDD Dad 14662]

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Say what y'all want, Tito was a magnificent talent.

I won't say he also makes a great vodka, but it's a popular one.

[Steel Shank 9563]

[SL Xpress 7609]

5 hours ago, MisterP said:

This stuff is deep down somewhere in my head and I just spouted it off without research or thought. That makes me dangerous enough to be really really wrong about shit that most people couldnt even be wrong about. 

I get what you're saying. But here you make it sound like bragging.

It's also helpful to spend time on the thread. It doesn't take long to realize that InkaUtexas can be very humble, but he in fact knows quite a bit more than nearly all of the rest of us. It's not necessary to kiss his feet Rabban style, but if you're going to get into a factual argument with him, you'd best have an airtight understanding of exactly what you're saying. 

[Armybrat 41444]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Say what y'all want, Tito was a magnificent talent.

I thought he made a good vodka?

[Bevo 13926]

If @MisterP wants to learn about Albania he should watch the Promise. It’s pretty good. Unfortunately it is about Armenia. 

[NorthLoop 14525]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

HRH Princess Sofia of Sweden, the Duchess of Värmland, will probably want to celebrate this event with me soon.  I have some space in my Saturday.

 

 

When a conehead fucks an ETBF... yet somehow she's still hot. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22321]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

HRH Princess Sofia of Sweden, the Duchess of Värmland, will probably want to celebrate this event with me soon.  I have some space in my Saturday.

 

 

I think I heard somewhere that if you save the world she’ll let you put it in her ass

[flatdawgs 1342]

23 hours ago, MisterP said:

...they all cheered for Italy for obvious reasons. 

Well, yeah, the Italians gave King Zog the push in 1939. An Albanian just isn't gonna forget something like that.