Russia

[badgerx16]

Top trolling from the Prime Ministers of Poland and Italy;

[badgerx16]

Of course Vlad has no expansionist intentions:

 

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-strategy-document-230035184.html?guccounter=1

[Colinjb]

20 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Of course Vlad has no expansionist intentions:

 

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-strategy-document-230035184.html?guccounter=1

Thought they had always been reasonably open about this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State

[badgerx16]

15 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Thought they had always been reasonably open about this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State

But that infers that Belarus would be a willing partner, and other countries could be "invited" to join.

The reality would be far more in the style of Ukraine's "invitation", especially as Russia has today been shelling Kherson - legally, ( under Russian law ), sovereign Russian territory.

[Colinjb]

2 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

But that infers that Belarus would be a willing partner, and other countries could be "invited" to join.

The reality would be far more in the style of Ukraine's "invitation", especially as Russia has today been shelling Kherson - legally, ( under Russian law ), sovereign Russian territory.

Yeah, wouldn't want to accept any of their invitations.

[Weston Super Saint]

Apparently Russia had a 'test firing' of one of their ICBMs yesterday - just before Putin announced he was taking his ball and going home and not playing with the nuclear treaties anymore. 

Would you believe that the rocket failed to launch.

All fear the mighty Russian bear 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Every time Russia mention nukes BBC radio 4 spend at least the next day obsessing about it, asking everyone on any programme breathlessly about escalation. Utterly tiresome lot.

[badgerx16]

2 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Apparently Russia had a 'test firing' of one of their ICBMs yesterday - just before Putin announced he was taking his ball and going home and not playing with the nuclear treaties anymore. 

Would you believe that the rocket failed to launch.

All fear the mighty Russian bear 

Russia launched a whole salvo of S400 missiles from just outside Belgorod, only a few miles from the Ukrainian border. At least 3 exploded just after launch, the rest didn't reach Ukrainian territory.

[whelk]

4 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Every time Russia mention nukes BBC radio 4 spend at least the next day obsessing about it, asking everyone on any programme breathlessly about escalation. Utterly tiresome lot.

Problem generally with media at times of war. Love to hype from any angle. As you say, tiresome.

[Jimmy_D]

One year on.

Ukraine still stands.

[whelk]

29 minutes ago, Jimmy_D said:

One year on.

Ukraine still stands.

And Norfolk not yet taken

[badgerx16]

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Germany have all placed wrecked Russian tanks in front of the Russian embassies in their capitals. The embassy compound in Warsaw was awoken at 6a.m. by the sounds of air raid warnings and bombs exploding. The embassy in the Netherlands has had the Ukrainian National Anthem played outside it all day.

Yesterday, Lions Led By Donkeys poured yellow and blue paint on the road outside the London embassy, such that the traffic turned the road into a giant Ukrainian flag.

 

I wonder if the people working in these buildings, who are all directly exposed to Western media reports, continue to think that the SMO is justified, and working.

[Lighthouse]

2 hours ago, Jimmy_D said:

One year on.

Ukraine still stands.

They’re a lost cause, they will be finished in a couple of weeks (copyright April 2022).

9 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I wonder if the people working in these buildings, who are all directly exposed to Western media reports, continue to think that the SMO is justified, and working.

I’m willing to bet the majority of them don’t, even those in Russia, but they continue to toe the line out of fear, lining their own pockets or a combination thereof.

[skintsaint]

Crazy that its been a year since this started, the Hostomel airport being taken by Russian paratroopers etc, before going spectacularly wrong after that.

[skintsaint]

 

[whelk]

Wonder if this will give Batman the same hard on he gets from news about Ukraine running low on arms?

 

[buctootim]

14 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Crazy that its been a year since this started, the Hostomel airport being taken by Russian paratroopers etc, before going spectacularly wrong after that.

Even Hostonel was a sign though of things to come. The elite paratroopers were destroyed within 12 hours by a part time unit that is the equiavsmt of Britain’s territorial army. 

[revolution saint]

It was my Uncle Derek's birthday yesterday and having the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine on the same day was a helpful memory jog.  So from a purely selfish point of view yesterday was actually quite handy but other than that I think, like many others, that the war has been a bit shit.

On a similar note I've got a friend who has her birthday on 9/11 and that's been a real lifesaver - never used to remember her birthday before the twin towers crashed down.

Does anyone else know anyone with birthdays on major disasters or wars?

[Weston Super Saint]

My parents got married on the 4th of July - means I'm always off the hook as the 'Mericans always do the firework thing for them.

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, revolution saint said:

It was my Uncle Derek's birthday yesterday and having the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine on the same day was a helpful memory jog.  So from a purely selfish point of view yesterday was actually quite handy but other than that I think, like many others, that the war has been a bit shit.

On a similar note I've got a friend who has her birthday on 9/11 and that's been a real lifesaver - never used to remember her birthday before the twin towers crashed down.

Does anyone else know anyone with birthdays on major disasters or wars?

My father's birthday was Trafalger Day.

Also, as I wrote in my farewell letter to the people I worked with, ( on being made redundant ), my last day in the office was the anniversary of both the Battle of Waterloo and Churchill's "This was their finest hour" speech.

[Lighthouse]

10 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

It was my Uncle Derek's birthday yesterday and having the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine on the same day was a helpful memory jog.  So from a purely selfish point of view yesterday was actually quite handy but other than that I think, like many others, that the war has been a bit shit.

On a similar note I've got a friend who has her birthday on 9/11 and that's been a real lifesaver - never used to remember her birthday before the twin towers crashed down.

Does anyone else know anyone with birthdays on major disasters or wars?

My anniversary with an ex. Was 9/11 and she was 3 minutes away from being a leap year baby, which made her birthday easy to remember too. Another ex. Had the same birthday as Hitler, she didn’t appreciate me singing, "happy birthday dear Adolf…" to her.

[Whitey Grandad]

Mine is Bastille Day. It’s wonderful when I’m on holiday in France they put on a fireworks display, hold marches, put flags out everywhere…

[buctootim]

 

 

[badgerx16]

Donny at the CPAC conference; "I can stop the war in one day, I know exactly what to say to both of them".

 

And we can all guess what he would be saying.

[Jonnyboy]

On 24/02/2023 at 19:13, badgerx16 said:

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Germany have all placed wrecked Russian tanks in front of the Russian embassies in their capitals. The embassy compound in Warsaw was awoken at 6a.m. by the sounds of air raid warnings and bombs exploding. The embassy in the Netherlands has had the Ukrainian National Anthem played outside it all day.

Yesterday, Lions Led By Donkeys poured yellow and blue paint on the road outside the London embassy, such that the traffic turned the road into a giant Ukrainian flag.

 

I wonder if the people working in these buildings, who are all directly exposed to Western media reports, continue to think that the SMO is justified, and working.

I wonder if the many countries opposed "Desert Storm 2" (lol) had done that outside the US and UK embassies, would those staff have seen the light and staged a coup back home? 

[Jonnyboy]

On 26/02/2023 at 14:17, buctootim said:

 

 

Ukraine still stands though 🤦‍♂️

[badgerx16]

3 minutes ago, Jonnyboy said:

I wonder if the many countries opposed "Desert Storm 2" (lol) had done that outside the US and UK embassies, would those staff have seen the light and staged a coup back home? 

Whataboutery is alive and well. Congratulations.

[Jonnyboy]

Just now, badgerx16 said:

Whataboutery is alive and well. Congratulations.

The hypocrisy of the West (TM) 😅

[badgerx16]

11 minutes ago, Jonnyboy said:

The hypocrisy of the West (TM) 😅

Was Desert Storm initiated as a genocide ? Was it a war to occupy and assimilate Iraq, and erase it from history ?

Edited 6 March, 2023 by badgerx16

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Was Desert Storm initiated as a genocide ? Was it a war to occupy and assimilate Iraq, and erase it from history ?

One thing is for certain.  The West and more so, the USA, are the worlds leading leading light and moral compass for all to follow.

[badgerx16]

16 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

One thing is for certain.  The West and more so, the USA, are the worlds leading leading light and moral compass for all to follow.

They might be if it weren't for Politics, ( or Religion ). To quote Winston Spencer Churchill, "...democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all the others that have been tried....".

[badgerx16]

Jonnyboy - please explain the laughing emoji. Did I write something amusing ? Or inaccurate ?

Edited 6 March, 2023 by badgerx16

[sadoldgit]

18 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

One thing is for certain.  The West and more so, the USA, are the worlds leading leading light and moral compass for all to follow.

I didn’t think that you were capable of irony Batman, but fair play here. 

[Jimmy_D]

1 hour ago, Jonnyboy said:

Ukraine still stands though 🤦‍♂️

You’ve consistently shown just how daft you are are, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but are you really trying to imply that damage in a warzone means that Ukraine has fallen?

[Lighthouse]

49 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Jonnyboy - please explain the laughing emoji. Did I write something amusing ? Or inaccurate ?

He’s just bored because the Three Billygoats Gruff don’t come by much these days.

[whelk]

Anyone got any good recipes?

 

[Lighthouse]

You misunderstand, when she says ‘serving squirrels’ she means the clientele.

[Weston Super Saint]

13 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

You misunderstand, when she says ‘serving squirrels’ she means the clientele.

Surely she means the squirrels bring the food and drink to the tables?

[trousers]

[skintsaint]

[Kingsland Codger]

4 hours ago, whelk said:

Anyone got any good recipes?

 

Brunswick stew?

https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/brunswick-stew-with-squirrel/186704

[cloggy saint]

There is a grain of truth to this story. Last week I heard, possibly on the Jeremy Vine show that grey squirrels were to be culled to try and encourage the red squirrel population and it was suggested that the greys could be cooked and eaten.

[AlexLaw76]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/us/politics/pentagon-war-crimes-hague.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

 

 

[cloggy saint]

On 07/03/2023 at 19:11, whelk said:

Anyone got any good recipes?

 

Disappointingly, what she actually says is that the British would be prepared to eat squirrels if it meant we kept supplying Ukraine with weapons. I prefer the original version.

[Dark Munster]

On 08/03/2023 at 03:59, cloggy saint said:

There is a grain of truth to this story. Last week I heard, possibly on the Jeremy Vine show that grey squirrels were to be culled to try and encourage the red squirrel population and it was suggested that the greys could be cooked and eaten.

Do they taste like chicken?

[Whitey Grandad]

3 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

Do they taste like chicken?

A bit nutty.

[badgerx16]

In a row over money owed, Kazakhstan has taken control of the Russian Space Centre at Baikonor.

[Lighthouse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64957792
 

Oops.

[skintsaint]

On 14/03/2023 at 17:19, Lighthouse said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64957792
 

Oops.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11spmoq/video_from_the_americans_russian_su27_and/

[Jimmy_D]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-64994087

Likely doesn’t make much real difference, maybe makes it less likely for some countries to overtly support Russia I guess.

Really would be something to see if something unexpected happened in Russia itself and the **** actually ends up having to answer for the devastation he’s caused.