Phil1111

I wonder if they introduced a new class at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. In kleptocracy 101.

Perhaps NATO should offer free VPN service to all Russian draftees?

I wonder what component of that over-estimation was from the military industrial complex. How much from politicians. How much from analysts that were just incompetent. The current spending spree by western countries to rearm. To build up their military power. All due to this invasion Involves spending in the 2-3 trillion dollar range. Worldwide $2.24 trillion up 34% last year alone. No word yet if Putin has asked for his weapons back from Assad. You know barrel bombs, etc.

mmmm....NATO membership sooner rather than later. So no Storm Shadows to the Kremlin.

Yeah thats the first thing I checked out. They can now take it out from Ukrainian airspace. They can also finish off the Russian fleet in Sevastopol.The Novorossiysk sub base. Together with the two sub bases in the Sea of Azov. All without leaving Ukrainian airspace. Technically the subs would have to leave the Russian bases in Russia proper. Since Ukraine isn't supposed to use the missiles to attack Russia directly. There were reports among the Russian positions that the Ukrainian offensive had started. Russian troops dropped AKs and beat feet for up to 3km over a 6km front. I wonder if Slim's troops will collapse as fast as Saddam's.

tsk,tsk,tsk. Obviously whiskey is not your forte. "Crown Royal, the whisky-maker from the small Manitoba community of Gimli, has won a world title and been labeled a "masterpiece." Its Northern Harvest Rye has been named the 2016 World Whisky of the Year, marking the first time a Canadian whisky has received the honour."

The largest tank battle of WW2, Kursk. Cost the Soviet army about 1500 tanks. Putin has now lost more tanks in Ukraine.

The good rum has run out again. This is what Costco rum does to his otherwise stellar thought processing.

As developed, advertised, promoted by the NRA and the gun industry. A home invader is right around the corner. You can be carjacked in the Costco parking lot. You need more guns to protect your family. Keep that gun by the front door. Anyone driving up your driveway can be a home invader. Children today can rob and kill you as fast as an adult. Look what happened with that six year old and his teacher.in Virginia. Not necessarily. Fear has been the selling feature in America for more guns in every corner of the debate.Where else in the world do food delivery drivers get shot for knocking on the door? This month more immigrants will pour into the US Even though immigrants have proven to be more law abiding than average Americans.They will be used to sell more guns. Even though the NRA now has a minuscule role in the debate. Fear and the resultant paranoia of personal safety continues to sell, sell, sell. “A lot of people who shouldn’t have guns, who don’t need them, who don’t know how to use them safely … are fearful and trigger happy,” said the president of Global Action on Gun Violence, Jonathan Lowy. “And it’s inevitable that that will lead to tragedies like we’re seeing.” It goes without saying that as other G-7 countries remove guns from the equation. Nobody in those countries feels any less secure.

"In the hours that followed, Mr. Trump continued to criticize the case. “This is another scam,” Mr. Trump said in a video posted on his Truth Social platform, one of a series of posts that continued into Wednesday morning. “It’s a political witch hunt.” Mr. Trump said in the video that Ms. Carroll had been financed “by Democrat operatives,” and that “she totally lied about it.” So the judge warned trump about his social media statements regarding this matter. Now trump wants to appeal. I can see the defense motion now. We want the damages expanded because clearly trump doesn't seem to appreciate the consequences about defamatory statements.

I stand corrected.

This may help the uninitiated. Lindsey Graham keeps begging for campaign money on Fox News They have all learnt from the best, trump.

Surely you know a felony is a vote getter for a GOP candidate?

Sex sells on FOX. Every old white male viewer vicariously does some pussy grabbing though trump.

Meanwhile in Florida. A state not unfamiliar with school shootings. Attacks on bars frequented by LGBTQ people. Cleansing schoolbooks is on the agenda. "An elementary school textbook no longer includes “home support” guidance on how to talk about the national anthem, which had included advice that parents could “use this as an opportunity to talk about why some citizens are choosing to “take a knee” to protest police brutality and racism.” Florida officials said that content was not age-appropriate. A text on different types of economies was edited to take out a description of socialism as keeping things “nice and even” and potentially promoting greater equality. The description was flagged as inaccurate, and mention of the term “socialism” was removed entirely." "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday backed an effort to lower the statewide age requirement to purchase a rifle, calling a current law that bars 18-year-olds from buying firearms "unconstitutional."

Nailed it.

Credit to the UK for such thinking. President Biden is wrong in being so timid in the types of weapons to supply Ukraine.

Crimea is Ukraine. i was thinking that you'd give active FSB employees an appropriate welcome at 14k. Perhaps a refreshing water jump in the Black sea!

So Washington state has become the 10th state to ban the sale of assault weapons. Obviously its going to the USSC. Where its most likely to be struck down. Gun restriction after restriction are likely to be struck down by the USSC. Then what? Given the difficulty of making small changes to gun laws. The chances of constitutional amendments are almost zero.

Evidently there is a new undiscovered mental health crisis in Texas. Governor Abbott is going all out to find out WTF is going on. Is it the water, the air, the lack of church attendance? A year ago after the Uvalde shooting "Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" and the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" — yet in April he slashed $211 million from the department that oversees mental health programs." No word yet on how the "challenge" became a "crisis". Perhaps bigger cuts to mental health spending will crush the crisis.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

Nah just restating the obvious.Wacked out right wing ideas are not new. Just the new fanboys who adopt them.

Is it time to end the free mouthpiece for Putin propaganda. Where an indicted war criminal has paid propagandists spreading misinformation.Lies. Is it time for SC to send Slim packing? To the DZ in the Crimea.

Russians have started to flee Crimea 500k to 800k Russians are living in occupied Crimea. They have now realized that squatting in Ukraine may not be safe. So back home they go. No buyers have been found for the Russian owned properties. Hey Slim. When its cold in St. Petersburg you could spend some time in Crimea instead. Cheap sea-side villas. Does the FSB- Internet Research Agency allow work from home?