CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Fuck Pelosi and the rest of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Russia attacked a civilian train station being used to evacuate people 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Fuck Pelosi and the rest of them Fantastic political system. Truly the envy of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Mariupol fights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Mariupol fights on. I don't want anything related to the Azov Regiment posted here. It wouldn't be any significant loss to the world if they were wiped out while fighting the Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Mariupol fights on. It also seems that the city isn't nearly as encircled as reported as they reportedly received armaments a few days ago from outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: It also seems that the city isn't nearly as encircled as reported as they reportedly received armaments a few days ago from outside. Yeah that's more of why I posted it (I too hope that Azov Regiment is wiped out), the Russian claims of almost taking the city keep being stretched out every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Yeah that's more of why I posted it (I too hope that Azov Regiment is wiped out), the Russian claims of almost taking the city keep being stretched out every week. The funny thing is Russia failing all around and allowing Azov to do a like Spartan defense is only going to make them way stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Why Ukraine Is Winning - The Atlantic WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM Ukraine’s success illuminates a strategy that has allowed a smaller state to—so far—outlast a larger and much more powerful one. Quote Battles reveal more than they decide. Battles in which the outcome is truly up for grabs are rare, and battles that prove decisive in achieving a political goal are rarer still. Instead, battles demonstrate how effectively combatants planned, prepared, and executed before the fighting began. The result of a battle exposes not only how well matched the sides are but also how the war might unfold in the future. In that sense, the outcome of the Battle of Kyiv was never in doubt. Russia’s and Ukraine’s preparations for the fight essentially preordained the result. But the Battle of Kyiv has revealed a great deal about why Ukraine has done so much better in the war than many analysts predicted. How and why Ukrainian forces outperformed expectations is perhaps the most important story of this war. A close look at Ukraine’s successes illuminates a strategy that has allowed a smaller state to—so far—outlast a larger and much more powerful one. Call it the “Ukrainian way of war.” The Ukrainian way of war is a coherent, intelligent, and well-conceived strategy to fight the Russians, one well calibrated to take advantage of specific Russian weaknesses. It has allowed the Ukrainians to maintain mobility, helped force the Russians into static positions for long periods by fouling up their logistics, opened up the Russians to high losses from attrition, and, in the Battle of Kyiv, led to a victory that has completely recast the political endgame of the Russian invasion. The original maximalist Russian attempt to seize all of Ukraine has been drastically scaled back to a far more limited effort aimed at seizing territory in the east and south of the country. Of course, the war has entered into a new, highly attritional phase with the shift towards the Donbass, one where the Ukrainian way of war might not be nearly as effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CayceG Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 While bad, adoptions of Ukrainian and Russian children by parents in the West has always felt really pernicious to me. I can't put it into words. But it just does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Unless the adopting parents are abusive or the child is in danger, then I believe that adoption is almost always a net benefit for the child, and world. Even if the child is removed from their birth culture/nation. Though hopefully in that case their adoptive family keeps them informed/in touch with their origins as best they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Unless the adopting parents are abusive or the child is in danger, then I believe that adoption is almost always a net benefit for the child, and world. Even if the child is removed from their birth culture/nation. Though hopefully in that case their adoptive family keeps them informed/in touch with their origins as best they can. Yeah. That's likely correct. The context I've seen it in is Evangelical Christian organizations adopting and fully assimilating the children into Evangelical American culture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, CayceG said: While bad, adoptions of Ukrainian and Russian children by parents in the West has always felt really pernicious to me. I can't put it into words. But it just does. Just now, CayceG said: Yeah. That's likely correct. The context I've seen it in is Evangelical Christian organizations adopting and fully assimilating the children into Evangelical American culture. Canadian Indian residential school system - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 But on a happy note, I've found a wonderful Ukrainian folk quartet that's way out there. They're called DakhaBrakha. I listen to this and just get teary-eyed. The rhythms and sound and harmonies are just so evocative of the undercurrents in Ukrainian culture to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, CayceG said: But on a happy note, I've found a wonderful Ukrainian folk quartet that's way out there. They're called DakhaBrakha. I listen to this and just get teary-eyed. The rhythms and sound and harmonies are just so evocative of the undercurrents in Ukrainian culture to me. I've performed on the same stage as them, they are fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: I've performed on the same stage as them, they are fantastic! No Wai! They seem super cool. I'm simping hard rn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 My favourite Ukrainian folk band of all time is Darmohrai. Here is a video of them performing my favourite Ukrainian folk song, Marusya (Maria). I am actually in the audience for this, and was just on stage as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Ah fuck, I found a picture with me with them backstage! Here's a shot I took of them on stage: And here's another great song: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I don't want anything related to the Azov Regiment posted here. It wouldn't be any significant loss to the world if they were wiped out while fighting the Russians. The Azov regiment is the Nazi element that Putin points to right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Russia going for the long war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: The Azov regiment is the Nazi element that Putin points to right? That's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 29 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: That's the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Fantastic political system. Truly the envy of the world. I find it fascinating that like essential workers basically have to be on call, meanwhile Congress can be like "dude, it's Sunday, the crisis can wait until after my vacation." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I don't want anything related to the Azov Regiment posted here. It wouldn't be any significant loss to the world if they were wiped out while fighting the Russians. Say what you will about them but they are some tough MFers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 UA has begun its liberation of Kherson apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 A photo from the ballistic missile strike on the Kramatorsk refugee evacuation point: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 These tanks are extremely poorly designed, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Great timing for this to erupt: Macron calls Polish PM 'a far-right anti-Semite' in row over Putin talks WWW.BBC.CO.UK The French president made the comments following criticism over his talks with Vladimir Putin. Quote French President Emmanuel Macron has called Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki "a far-right anti-Semite who bans LGBT people", after being criticised for his talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Mr Morawiecki compared Mr Macron's efforts to negotiating with Hitler. The French president has held regular conversations with Mr Putin since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. On Friday, Poland summoned the French ambassador over Mr Macron's comments, made to a French newspaper. "How many times have you negotiated with Putin and what have you achieved?" Mr Morawiecki said on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said: Say what you will about them but they are some tough MFers okay but they're literally Nazis Nazis don't get a pass for being the broken clock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Great timing for this to erupt: Macron calls Polish PM 'a far-right anti-Semite' in row over Putin talks WWW.BBC.CO.UK The French president made the comments following criticism over his talks with Vladimir Putin. My choices for where to seek asylum in a second Trump administration: 1. The Netherlands 2. Germany ... [-1]. Not France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 36 minutes ago, Jason said: okay but they're literally Nazis Nazis don't get a pass for being the broken clock. Eh they are more ultra nationalists with a nazi element. Not that they are choir boys but I think "how bad" they are is overstated. Either way admiring how tough and commited they are to defending Mariupol isn't a moral judgement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Existence is horrible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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