ryoder 1,572 #1501 September 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, jakee said: The Death Of Stalin was mentioned earlier, I'm starting to think the scenes in the Kremlin now could be more reminiscent of Downfall. Seen on Twitter a couple days ago. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,319 #1502 September 12, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 7:05 AM, winsor said: Unfortunately, when power is thus transferred by violence, the replacement tends to be that much worse. Think the Czar, Allende, Qaddafi, Hussein, etc.. The United States of America after rejecting the King. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,613 #1503 September 12, 2022 44 minutes ago, jakee said: The map above is just incredible, especially since most of the gains happened on Saturday alone. I want to be cautiously optimistic and think the Russians will regroup and mount a much sterner defence at some point... but supposedly Izyum was supposed to be a city they'd spent months fortifying. A place they wanted to be a stronghold against any Ukrainian counterattack but they simply ran away because they'd sent their reinforcements south to the Dnieper. The Death Of Stalin was mentioned earlier, I'm starting to think the scenes in the Kremlin now could be more reminiscent of Downfall. That's funny. I just pulled that for a watch. https://www.amazon.com/Downfall-Bruno-Ganz/dp/B07TJ26FVJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,481 #1504 September 12, 2022 6 hours ago, ryoder said: Most upbeat article I've read so far. Forbes: The Russian Army Is Losing A Battalion Every Day As Ukrainian Counterattacks Accelerate Worse still, captures account for half the Russian vehicle losses. The Ukrainian army in just the last week and a half has seized enough Russian tanks, fighting vehicles and artillery to equip an entire brigade. In other words, the Ukrainian army actually has more vehicles now than it did before launching its counteroffensives. Well, Russian museums are full of T-55s & T-34s. Retirement homes are full of veterans who know (or at least knew) how to operate them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,099 #1505 September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, wolfriverjoe said: Well, Russian museums are full of T-55s & T-34s. Retirement homes are full of veterans who know (or at least knew) how to operate them. I thought all the museums were already looted by Putin's buddies. Certainly all the Faberge was sold about a decade ago. Are you sure the tanks aren't the wooden mockups because that oligarch buddy needed steel for the Kerch bridge contract? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 227 #1506 September 12, 2022 6 hours ago, SkyDekker said: The United States of America after rejecting the King. The King was still the King (who relocated my family to a vast estate in Canada). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1507 September 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Phil1111 said: I thought all the museums were already looted by Putin's buddies. Certainly all the Faberge was sold about a decade ago. Are you sure the tanks aren't the wooden mockups because that oligarch buddy needed steel for the Kerch bridge contract? I'm amazed that bridge is still standing at this point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1508 September 13, 2022 Avoid walking under the windows of any tall buildings in Russia! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 329 #1509 September 13, 2022 8 hours ago, jakee said: I'm starting to think the scenes in the Kremlin now could be more reminiscent of Downfall. Here ya go: 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,481 #1510 September 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Phil1111 said: I thought all the museums were already looted by Putin's buddies. Certainly all the Faberge was sold about a decade ago. Are you sure the tanks aren't the wooden mockups because that oligarch buddy needed steel for the Kerch bridge contract? While the tanks are quality steel, overall they aren't all that valuable. 26 minutes ago, headoverheels said: Here ya go: Aside from a couple spelling mistakes, that was AWESOME!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,304 #1511 September 13, 2022 Hi folks, Another patriot lost: Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval was killed on the battlefield : NPR Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1512 September 13, 2022 Another Putin crony dies in an "accident". Putin’s Man in the Far East Dies in Bizarre Fall From Boat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 329 #1513 September 14, 2022 (edited) On 9/12/2022 at 5:17 PM, ryoder said: Avoid walking under the windows of any tall buildings in Russia! Defenestration is an economical yet effective method. Look out below! Edited September 14, 2022 by headoverheels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,099 #1514 September 14, 2022 President Putin explains hospital BASE jumping to MBS at the G-20 "Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has warned US President Joe Biden that if Washington will align with nations that only demonstrate the US ideals, then it "will only have NATO states to cooperate with",...Bin Salman said that the idea of coercion or "using force" to impose ideals of one country's principles on another state is "futile, as proven by the United States' failures in Iraq and Afghanistan... Putin and Saudi Arabia's Bin Salman signed a strategic military cooperation agreement last year to bolster the defense partnership between the two countries. " While at the same time he praised President Putin. In other news in the last week Russia has become the largest supplier to Ukraine of lightly used armor. President Zelensky challenged the west to increase weapons shipments to equal Russia's. Praising Russia for its speedy deliveries to the places needed on the battlefront. In addition he said that unlike western armor. The Russian tanks and self propelled guns came fully armed and ready for instant deployment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1515 September 20, 2022 Looks like Putin's plans to do a remake of "The Dirty Dozen", isn't going as planned: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,379 #1516 September 20, 2022 Russia is now rushing to push through a (ahem) referendum in the four Ukrainian regions it fully or partly controls about whether they want to become part of Russia. Spoiler alert: the results will say they will. On one hand, no one in the world will take it seriously - even Turkey have said it’s a sham. On the other hand there’s going to be a plan. Maybe they’ll try and conscript their new eligible ‘citizens’ though that seems like a bad idea. The worrying thing is what they could try and justify once ‘Russia’ is under attack. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,304 #1517 September 20, 2022 4 hours ago, ryoder said: Looks like Putin's plans to do a remake of "The Dirty Dozen", isn't going as planned: Hi Robert, Ukraine or Russia? Now, where do I want to live? Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murps2000 86 #1518 September 21, 2022 8 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said: Hi Robert, Ukraine or Russia? Now, where do I want to live? Jerry Baumchen https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/bodies-found-makeshift-burial-ukraine-show-signs-torture/story?id=90143457 if you’re a Ukrainian in “Russia” they cut your dick off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1519 September 21, 2022 Another high-ranking Russian official meets with an accident: Ex-Putin Ally Plunges to His Death ‘From a Great Height’ at Moscow Aviation Institute Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,319 #1520 September 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, ryoder said: Another high-ranking Russian official meets with an accident: Ex-Putin Ally Plunges to His Death ‘From a Great Height’ at Moscow Aviation Institute Just happened to trip at the top of the stairs..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,304 #1521 September 22, 2022 2 hours ago, ryoder said: Another high-ranking Russian official meets with an accident: Ex-Putin Ally Plunges to His Death ‘From a Great Height’ at Moscow Aviation Institute Hi Robert, So, what is the big deal with just another base jump gone bad? Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 329 #1522 September 22, 2022 4 hours ago, ryoder said: Another high-ranking Russian official meets with an accident: Ex-Putin Ally Plunges to His Death ‘From a Great Height’ at Moscow Aviation Institute Probably getting to the point that you can knock off some official you don't like, and people will think Putin was behind it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,099 #1523 September 22, 2022 Just another Putin lie: "Russian officials said the call-up would be limited to people with combat experience. But Yanina Nimayeva, a journalist from the Buryatia region of Siberia, wrote on Thursday that her husband — a father of five and an employee in the emergency department in the regional capital — had been called up despite never having served in the military. She said he had received a summons to an urgent meeting at 4 a.m. in which it was announced that a train had been organized to bring reservists to the city of Chita. “My husband is 38 years old, he is not in the reserve, he did not serve,” Be it China, Iran or Russia the party and the state are increasingly acting w/o regard to any persons rights. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 613 #1524 September 22, 2022 15 hours ago, headoverheels said: Probably getting to the point that you can knock off some official you don't like, and people will think Putin was behind it. In the occupied territories of Donyetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian partisans have been shooting at puppet mayors - appointed by Russia - and blowing up their cars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,572 #1525 September 22, 2022 The Netherlands is proposing a solution: 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites