RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country
03-19-2022, 03:09 PM (This post was last modified: 03-19-2022, 03:39 PM by Dartz.)
03-19-2022, 03:09 PM (This post was last modified: 03-19-2022, 03:39 PM by Dartz.)
Day 24 - again
--Russia now saying it'll react if Bosnia moves towards NATO - same as it reacted against Ukraine
--The one-note tune continues to play
--Ukraine seems to be having success on counter-attacks
--Belarus may finally be about to join the match. They got people in red armbands
--And their ambassador left Ukraine
--They'll be like that person on a group project who actively makes things worse -- worse than the person who does nothing.
--German has supposedly been delinquent on sending the ,military aid it promised Ukraine
--Well Actually - they've only failed to send one particular kind of launcher that's been in the arsenal since the DDR was a thing
--Japan is pressuring India to take a side. Prefereably the right one
--China is - still making up it's mind. Condemining the US with one hand, saying the situation can't go on with the other, and leaving it's arse-cheeks fairly on either side of the fence.
--Some madlad supposedly shot down a Tochka missile with a Stinger. Internet: 'WTF?'
--If you don't know it's not supposed to do that, you're doing to try and see what it does, I guess.
--Putin is pulling troops from the far east to Belarus. Some are going by boat - the long way
--Trustworthy source -- Russia has lost over 1600 vehicles. >200 tanks
--Potentially untrustworthy source -- Russian casualties may be over 13,000
--Is it normal for this many generals to get killed, as well?
--Russia is using long range guided missiles to hit static Ukrainian targets. They cannot hit mobile items
--Have hit a maintenance hanger, and a barracks - killing at least a hundred soldiers
--Multiple NATO nations - including sensible Denmark - now in favour of Peacekeeping in Ukraine
--Someone called Hannity is quoting Kremlin sources to attack President Biden.
--And Russian Foreign Minister speaking Highley of Fox News in the States
--I thought they banned all the Russian-supported networks?
--An maintainer for an Open Source project slips a little code into the project to put a file on the user's desktop if they're in Belarus or Russia
--Is criticised by the FOSS community for it and may have caused on hell of an unintentional blowback
--Western thermal imaging is making it to Ukraine. Even publically sold items are better than Russian military equipment
--Random anecdote about using the FLIR in my work van. Customer: 'What's that hot thing?' Me: 'Probably a rat'
--Old historical photos - Putin looks like a fascist - while Zalensky looks fabulous
--Russia's trolls are more focused on the BRICS countries - as they may sit on the fence.
--BoJo says West Must not normalise relations with Russia. Stopped clock being right twice a day and all that
--Then goes on to liken Ukraine to Brexit. Over the integral of the entire fucking day, it's still a broken fucking clock.
--Britain has donated a convoy of fire engines to Ukraine
--Lukashenko reassures world Putin in better shape than ever
--Lukashenko probably keenly aware he's likely to be dancing Danny Deevers jig underneath a lampost five minutes after Putin regime ends
--Meanwhile, in Russia, panic-buying has lead to the return of nostalgia for Perestroika and it's long cues
--Old Soviet joke. A man walks into a shop and asks, do you have any meat? No, this is a Fishmongers, we don't have any fish. The butcher down the street doesn't have any meat
--This time, it's over sugar
--Putin wears a E13,000 jacket that looks like something I could get in Pennys for 0.1% of the price
--There's evidence that video of Putin's appearrance in a stadium yesterday copied from en event 2 years ago
--Anti-Russian sentiment now reaching Freedom Fries level of stupidity when Yuri Gagarin gets cancelled
--Russian forces are still grinding forward in Mariupol, to complete the Crimea/East Ukrain link.
--Ukraine is counter-attacking nearly everywhere else
--Russian military pockets run around like headless chickens in response, with no coordination
--Russia is pressing any man of military age in the Donbass into the fight.
--Russia's sole remaining strategic capability seems to be the ability to keep feeding meat into the machinery in the hopes it finally gums up and runs out of ammunition.
--I can't tell if 10% casualties is a lot, or just 'damaged' or what have you. I don't know enough about war. I suppose if you knew any in the 10% you'd consider it a lot.
--Is it just me, or are modern tanks just expensive 3-man coffins? They do nothing but explode
----EDIT - and a post that appearred while I was doing this. Residents of Mariupol being shipped to camps, and then deported to distant parts of Russia
--Did I just read about Concentration Camps?
----
--Russia now saying it'll react if Bosnia moves towards NATO - same as it reacted against Ukraine
--The one-note tune continues to play
--Ukraine seems to be having success on counter-attacks
--Belarus may finally be about to join the match. They got people in red armbands
--And their ambassador left Ukraine
--They'll be like that person on a group project who actively makes things worse -- worse than the person who does nothing.
--German has supposedly been delinquent on sending the ,military aid it promised Ukraine
--Well Actually - they've only failed to send one particular kind of launcher that's been in the arsenal since the DDR was a thing
--Japan is pressuring India to take a side. Prefereably the right one
--China is - still making up it's mind. Condemining the US with one hand, saying the situation can't go on with the other, and leaving it's arse-cheeks fairly on either side of the fence.
--Some madlad supposedly shot down a Tochka missile with a Stinger. Internet: 'WTF?'
--If you don't know it's not supposed to do that, you're doing to try and see what it does, I guess.
--Putin is pulling troops from the far east to Belarus. Some are going by boat - the long way
--Trustworthy source -- Russia has lost over 1600 vehicles. >200 tanks
--Potentially untrustworthy source -- Russian casualties may be over 13,000
--Is it normal for this many generals to get killed, as well?
--Russia is using long range guided missiles to hit static Ukrainian targets. They cannot hit mobile items
--Have hit a maintenance hanger, and a barracks - killing at least a hundred soldiers
--Multiple NATO nations - including sensible Denmark - now in favour of Peacekeeping in Ukraine
--Someone called Hannity is quoting Kremlin sources to attack President Biden.
--And Russian Foreign Minister speaking Highley of Fox News in the States
--I thought they banned all the Russian-supported networks?
--An maintainer for an Open Source project slips a little code into the project to put a file on the user's desktop if they're in Belarus or Russia
--Is criticised by the FOSS community for it and may have caused on hell of an unintentional blowback
--Western thermal imaging is making it to Ukraine. Even publically sold items are better than Russian military equipment
--Random anecdote about using the FLIR in my work van. Customer: 'What's that hot thing?' Me: 'Probably a rat'
--Old historical photos - Putin looks like a fascist - while Zalensky looks fabulous
--Russia's trolls are more focused on the BRICS countries - as they may sit on the fence.
--BoJo says West Must not normalise relations with Russia. Stopped clock being right twice a day and all that
--Then goes on to liken Ukraine to Brexit. Over the integral of the entire fucking day, it's still a broken fucking clock.
--Britain has donated a convoy of fire engines to Ukraine
--Lukashenko reassures world Putin in better shape than ever
--Lukashenko probably keenly aware he's likely to be dancing Danny Deevers jig underneath a lampost five minutes after Putin regime ends
--Meanwhile, in Russia, panic-buying has lead to the return of nostalgia for Perestroika and it's long cues
--Old Soviet joke. A man walks into a shop and asks, do you have any meat? No, this is a Fishmongers, we don't have any fish. The butcher down the street doesn't have any meat
--This time, it's over sugar
--Putin wears a E13,000 jacket that looks like something I could get in Pennys for 0.1% of the price
--There's evidence that video of Putin's appearrance in a stadium yesterday copied from en event 2 years ago
--Anti-Russian sentiment now reaching Freedom Fries level of stupidity when Yuri Gagarin gets cancelled
--Russian forces are still grinding forward in Mariupol, to complete the Crimea/East Ukrain link.
--Ukraine is counter-attacking nearly everywhere else
--Russian military pockets run around like headless chickens in response, with no coordination
--Russia is pressing any man of military age in the Donbass into the fight.
--Russia's sole remaining strategic capability seems to be the ability to keep feeding meat into the machinery in the hopes it finally gums up and runs out of ammunition.
--I can't tell if 10% casualties is a lot, or just 'damaged' or what have you. I don't know enough about war. I suppose if you knew any in the 10% you'd consider it a lot.
--Is it just me, or are modern tanks just expensive 3-man coffins? They do nothing but explode
----EDIT - and a post that appearred while I was doing this. Residents of Mariupol being shipped to camps, and then deported to distant parts of Russia
--Did I just read about Concentration Camps?
----
I love the smell of rotaries in the morning. You know one time, I got to work early, before the rush hour. I walked through the empty carpark, I didn't see one bloody Prius or Golf. And that smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole carpark, smelled like.... ....speed.
One day they're going to ban them.