Fullerene Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Left Back said: Haven’t read it but what makes a former Newcastle player an expert about the situation? I don’t think it’s black and white. "My great great great grandpa was head of the Confederate army long long ago. I was named after him. Don't you know, boy." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 23 hours ago, virginton said: You seem to be confusing 'specialism' with 'applying critical thinking at an advanced level'. A skill that can indeed be used to expose obvious logical flaws in experts' arguments across just about any discipline. It's probably for the best that you've accepted a stupid wee pigeonhole instead. Contrarian =/= critical thinker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Whenever the Ukrainians take back territory, they find evidence of atrocities. When they take Kherson back, it will be no different - Quote At some point, we will de-occupy Kherson. And we will get a completely plundered city. It will not be destroyed, but plundered, with an impoverished and psychologically broken population. When mass graves are found, when the conflagrations where the bodies of the tortured were burned in the basements are dismantled, when all this is found and identified, Bucha will seem not so terrible. https://then24.com/2022/09/02/local-authorities-abandoned-the-townspeople-the-deputies-and-officials-quickly-disappeared-kherson-journalist-konstantin-ryzhenko-told-what-happened-in-the-occupied-city-he-liv/ f**k Russia and f**k Putin's apologists here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Could be complete bollocks but have seen quite a few mentions of this today. The Germans probably didn't take the news about Nord Stream 1 being out of commission too well so might now become more active in this sort of way. If true, the Kerch Bridge would finally be in range: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Could be complete bollocks but have seen quite a few mentions of this today. The Germans probably didn't take the news about Nord Stream 1 being out of commission too well so might now become more active in this sort of way. If true, the Kerch Bridge would finally be in range: I suspect the usual apologists on here will tell us that the indefinite closing of Nord Stream 1 has been “planned for weeks”. Russia is really hurting now - hopefully we are moving towards the end game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/02/chinas-visa-alternative-cuts-off-russian-banks-over-sanctions-rbc-a78704 Quote China’s UnionPay payment system has stopped accepting cards issued by Russian banks under Western sanctions over fears of penalties, the RBC news website reported Friday, citing financial industry sources. Demand for UnionPay cards in Russia surged following Visa and Mastercard’s exit in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 ...so much for BRICS. Think that's a sign that China sees which way the wind is blowing now because Unionpay is linked to their central bank rather than a private company and was being actively promoted six months ago as the alternative Russians could use after visa and mastercard pulled out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Could be complete bollocks but have seen quite a few mentions of this today. The Germans probably didn't take the news about Nord Stream 1 being out of commission too well so might now become more active in this sort of way. If true, the Kerch Bridge would finally be in range: Interesting…seems they would evade most missile defenses… https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/jfs_m_cruise_missile_for_himars_an_interesting_idea_from_mbda_that_demonstrates_the_trend_of_weapons_development-3885.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Might explain some of the strikes in Crimea and southern mainland Ukraine that were beyond what had been assumed to be HIMARS range if a few of those were supplied along with the M270 MLRS vehicles that Germany gave the Ukrainians. There appears to be plenty of skepticism though that Germany would ever do something more radical than the Americans and that development is far enough along for there to be something to send in the first place. Ukraine appears to have captured a small town they have been after for months at the northern end of Kherson oblast: Have seen it claimed that it was difficult to take because it was on relatively high ground compared to the surrounding countryside. Was viewed as the logistical launching pad for any future Russian attack on the large steel producing city of Kryvyi Rih further to the north, which is Zelensky's hometown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Ukrainians also advance in Donetsk oblast and gain a bridgehead over the Northern Donetsk river: and an issue with ball bearings for rail freight carraiges that was predicted months ago is really starting to bite apparently: Big problem for Vlad when about 50% of all freight in Russia moves by rail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Ukrainians also advance in Donetsk oblast and gain a bridgehead over the Northern Donetsk river: and an issue with ball bearings for rail freight carraiges that was predicted months ago is really starting to bite apparently: Big problem for Vlad when about 50% of all freight in Russia moves by rail. It's all lies...VT has told us so because he has some attended some lectures and uses terms like "champ" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Which one's HB? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Here is Soloviev presenting the New Years Eve show on Russian state TV in 2013. The other presenter has, I think, left Russia due to opposing the war but check out who is dancing on stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 NewBornBairn going into bat for Auschwitz and Treblinka. I am shocked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Here is Soloviev presenting the New Years Eve show on Russian state TV in 2013. The other presenter has, I think, left Russia due to opposing the war but check out who is dancing on stage. Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) Just hearing twas dick pic's that won the war. Ukrainian intelligence have been setting up accounts using smoking hot model profiles to get the Russian troops to engage with and send pictures so they can geolocate their positions. Getting a good bang on the first date. Edited September 5, 2022 by dirty dingus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner? Sure I saw Kevin Bridges. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Shockingly, the "oil leak" was bollocks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62789675 Nordstream 1 off until sanctions are lifted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 This guy was President of Estonia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, Michael W said: Shockingly, the "oil leak" was bollocks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62789675 Nordstream 1 off until sanctions are lifted. Paint me shocked. As i said before, Russia is really suffering now and hopefully the endgame is a little bit closer than it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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