"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

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    He didn’t actually get to how the war is going but it is still a good thread on nukes and game theory.

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    Ummm….

    This seems not good (for the Russians)…



    A short guy from Corsica once said ‘An Army marches on it’s stomach’. I’m not sure how much more marching their Army will do.
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    The Beeb stops reporting from Russia.
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    It's also true of traitors in general. The amount of money Ronald Pelton demanded from the USSR to betray the Ivy Bells operation was so small (about $65,000 at the time) when you consider how valuable that information would have been it beggars belief. I suppose you could argue that we all have our price, but it would take an awful lot more than that to get me turn traitor. Of course, I don't believe I would do that under any circumstances, but then that's pretty easy to say when you don't have any secrets anyone would pay for anyway. :clyde:
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    Elsewhere I've posted about someone proposing by offering their significant other a sword, instead of the more traditional diamond ring. Pretty fucking cool, right? Now, imagine concluding your wedding vows with "Let's go kill some motherfuckers!"
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    "If Ukraine continues to insist that it is a state, that will call into question its future as a state."

    Nice.
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    Honestly? These past two weeks have made me rethink everything boomers taught me about the Cold War. I would not be surprised if Russia never had nukes to begin with and just had really good propaganda.

    Boomers have been wrong about so much, why trust them about a cold war specifically concocted to boost military spending for several decades?
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    How wild would it be if their nuke missiles just have increasingly small dolls inside?
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    "Dmitri, look! Inside warhead is...smaller warhead!"

    "Amazing, Pasha! What is inside smaller warhead?"

    "Surprise! Is even smaller warhead!"

    "F**k me in mouth!!! What is inside this?!?"

    "Is tinier warheads all way down!"
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    This might top injecting bleach for dumbest thing Trump has mused about.
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    https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/general/807897.html

    A shame few in Russia will actually see it.
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    Again necessary to guard against over-optimism and obviously the civilian population is suffering terribly in any event, but if this is true, the Russians may be on the verge of having their asses kicked. I also note Zelensky talking in terms of a fight-back. And those fighters are hopefully coming from Poland soon.
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    Tsar Bomba has entered the chat.
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    Ooh, that sounds familiar. Remember the chain from FOX to Trump to the MAGAts?
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    I've been out of it for the past ten days or so because of some sort of infection making me extremely fatigued, and haven't been paying attention to news in the few hours per day I've managed to be awake. You guys started World War 3 without me?

    Antifa is posing as Russian soldiers and invaded Ukraine? Those people need to be stopped!

    I mean, a bunch of Russian tourists decided to vacation in Ukraine, and the lamestream libtard media is lying and calling it an invasion?

    Anyway, Ukrainians are bad asses.
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    Twitter comment on that:

    “All of Trump’s “big ideas” involve a big, dumb fraud and the expectation of getting away with it.

    The dude is Oceans 11 for morons.”
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    If anyone has any routes to Russian contacts - the following was on FB:

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    Trump and Putin, lying turds of a feather.
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