romad1 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 which House politicians take cash from Putin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edman85 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Warren Davidson was inducted to my High School's Hall of Honor last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 3 hours ago, romad1 said: which House politicians take cash from Putin? Jesus, it's so fucking obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 God speed Ace.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tigeraholic1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 She is a really good human being and easy on the eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) I see some discussion now as to whether Putin will be be forced to increase 'mobilization' of the Russian population. But really, it's already too late for that. He can't train new conscripts on any weapons systems that matter fast enough to be any help before the inevitable Ukrainian counter offensive in the East starts. I think you can throw all the data about armed forces metrics out the window in this conflict. There are two factors that override all the rest: the morale differential between the two armies, and the fact that the maneuver of the Russian army is being driven by political imperatives laid down by a delusional dictator in place of any reality based strategic thought. Edited April 30, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gilmore Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Plus home turf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewsieg Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Another one of those 'big if true' things. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10770541/Putin-cancer-operation-near-future-hand-power-hardline-ex-KGB-chief.html If there has been talks about going against Putin, they might see this as an oppurtunity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I’ve got reasons to believe this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, ewsieg said: Another one of those 'big if true' things. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10770541/Putin-cancer-operation-near-future-hand-power-hardline-ex-KGB-chief.html If there has been talks about going against Putin, they might see this as an oppurtunity. you think Putin may catch Andropov's cold on the table? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, romad1 said: I’ve got reasons to believe this Hmmm. not bad news but the story this links to appears to be a month old. Quote Russian commander ‘killed himself after learning 90% of his tanks were useless’ Comment author image Metro Web Reporter Monday 28 Mar 2022 9:43 am Edited April 30, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: you think Putin may catch Andropov's cold on the table? “They keep dying on me” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 49 minutes ago, ewsieg said: Another one of those 'big if true' things. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10770541/Putin-cancer-operation-near-future-hand-power-hardline-ex-KGB-chief.html If there has been talks about going against Putin, they might see this as an oppurtunity. Well, under normal circumstances, if Putin assumes room temperature, you would assume Patrushev would not have enough of a consolidated power base of his own and the whole thing would quickly collapse. But sometimes not -- Can you imagine if you end up with another Chavez/Maduro outcome and the new guy actually is worlds worse than the guy you didn't think it could be any worse than? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewsieg Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Can you imagine if you end up with another Chavez/Maduro outcome and the new guy actually is worlds worse than the guy you didn't think it could be any worse than? Yes, I remember Arab Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 32 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Hmmm. not bad news but the story this links to appears to be a month old. The story is that we know that Russian logistics are bad...but the full extent is bizonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, romad1 said: The story is that we know that Russian logistics are bad...but the full extent is bizonkers. I've read and watched so many good pieces on Russia recently I've lost track but one description really sticks in my head - which was of Russia as a multi-tiered kleptocracy, where power was all about who you were allowed/expected to steal from, the limit on your power being basically the limit to the geography of where you could steal, and the quickest way to get in trouble is to accidentally steal from someone more privileged than yourself. Putin sits at the the top demanding his cut from everybody. Sort of a mafia'd up version of an ancient tribute system but all done via the normalization of theft/diversion rather than sending wagons of gold and virgins to the proconsul. And the result of course, is that everything ends up hollow, everywhere. Eaten up from the inside out. Edited April 30, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1520469409944551427?s=20&t=JiX8jOnqCmBLPCFK24_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: I've read and watched so many good pieces on Russia recently I've lost track but one description really sticks in my head - which was of Russia as a multi-tiered kleptocracy, where power was all about who you were allowed/expected to steal from, the limit on your power being basically the limit to the geography of where you could steal, and the quickest way to get in trouble is to accidentally steal from someone more privileged than yourself. Putin sits at the the top demanding his cut from everybody. Sort of a mafia'd up version of an ancient tribute system but all done via the normalization of theft/diversion rather than sending wagons of gold and virgins to the proconsul. And the result of course, is that everything ends up hollow, everywhere. Eaten up from the inside out. The Economist editorial from the Crimean war of the 1850s is as true today as it was then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 minute ago, romad1 said: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1520469409944551427?s=20&t=JiX8jOnqCmBLPCFK24_M So true story. Was joking with a colleague about this. He says...I guess he's going to take a little longer getting to 50 kills. I say: "how hard could it be if he was already a ghost?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Putin needs to respect celebrity privacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Do those nuclear missiles even work anymore, or has all of the maintenance budget been stolen every year for the past 30 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Jim Cowan said: Do those nuclear missiles even work anymore, or has all of the maintenance budget been stolen every year for the past 30 years? during the late 1990s and early 2000s we were very worried that their early warning satellite network was broken so much that they wouldn't be able to discern civilian launches (which we provide ample warning of) and potential other launches of new-fangled weapons we were testing. We decided to warn, warn, warn because we didn't want to risk their broken crap causing a nuclear war. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) I hadn't seen the Putin video with the hand tremors. That did not look good. If he has Parkinson's, and he is so vain he wants to appear in public with zero tremor to deny it, then he may be overdosing, which from close family experience I can tell you will absolutely cause mental impairment, daylight hallucination, fear and confusion episodes, etc. The rest of the gripping and twitching looks as much to me like episodes of intense pain, which if it's his back isn't necessarily anything immediately threatening, other than maybe to opiate addiction. But certainly a tumor/growth anywhere along the spine would be an equivalent to prolapsed discs or spinal stenosis as a source of that kind of pain. Another scenario that sort of fits is some kind of intestinal condition. Maybe COVID wasn't the only reason he was keeping strangers far away from him. You wouldn't want reports running through the grapevine that dear leader stank. Edited May 1, 2022 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romad1 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Someone had a better use of their time than the WHCD! Good on you Nancy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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