Mastercard have gone too. Struggling to understand if they have gone even further?
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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Hardly news. We have discussed this here and I'm pretty sure plenty of other places have mentioned this.
People saying Putin would have invaded Ukraine under Trump are correct. He wouldn't have to because it would have been annexed with Trump's blessing, the solestain that he is.
The FT is well worth using the £1 trial on this month
OK, will do
Let's all remember that it's at least plausible that Trump will get his second term in 2024. All this 'NATO coming together' stuff is great, but Europe needs to prepare for the possibility that the defensive future doesn't include the US.
Sorry, I had missed that before. Delete my post, if needed.
By suspended operations do they mean all cards can’t be used? Or just new cards won’t be issued?
And how many sons, husbands, wives, mothers and fathers would they have killed if they weren’t shot down? Sorry, but I have no sympathy for anyone who is part of an army invading a foreign country. It’s not like these pilots are the conscripts that are being forced out into the front lines either. They chose this career and trained in it, knowing what it might entail.
There are no two sides here. If every pilot chose to not be part of this invasion then will Putin order them all to be jailed and executed and then magically make more pilots appear out of nowhere? They are complicit in invading an innocent neighboring country who did nothing. At some point you have to be held accountable for your own actions and not just say you were just following orders.
Nothing bad in pointing out a new 'source', I was just saying Trump being an idiot is not news
Yeah, I have some sympathy for the 18 year old Russian lads who are probably regretting the decision to sign up….if they had any choice in it in the first place. But the fighter pilots are seasoned killers, they’re definitely masters of their own destiny
Is there a source for this story? Not the first time I get the feeling they just make captions up for pictures
One of the pilots captured today also operated in Syria where he bombed hospitals and civilian targets for Putin/Assad, like he was doing in Ukraine. Like in Mauripol, he probably participated in attacking humanitarian corridors after the Russians promised to let civilians pass. Accidents happen in war, but it's a long-term Russian tactic to ruthlessly bomb civilians, whether it's in Grozny, Syria, or Ukraine. I have very little sympathy for them.
Well...no. They'd have to organise a mutiny all together or it wouldn't work. And they'd also have to be aware that the propaganda they were being fed was completely wrong. I'm not saying they're entirely innocent, nor that I'm not glad the pilots are getting shot down and captured, but I certainly don't think they're all evil. One bad act can be better than another bad act, and furthermore both bad actors can be victims of their bosses / circumstances.
Zelensky trolling https://v.redd.it/ui5n64czjml81
In addition:
- He thinks that a limited tactical nuke strike is possible.
- But VV Putin won't press the red button to destroy the world, including for selfish reasons (he is scared to stay near his inner circle, be it cause of covid or assassination, so he won't sacrifice himself).
- And even if he wants, there are other people who needs to agree for such a decision.
All cards. If your card was issued in Russia it can't be used for international transactions, but you can still use it internally. If your card was issued outside of Russia, your card can no longer be used to buy goods and services inside Russia.
So Mr average Joe Russians card will still work when he picks up his groceries
Pretty sure, yes.
A few of tomorrows papers are mentioning that Putin is terminally ill with bowel cancer.
Which papers?
If you were flying over a capital city dropping bombs you’d have to be pretty naive not to think there’s a realistic chance you could be blowing up innocents. It’s a (relatively) indiscriminate way of fighting, there’s no way to be sure of what you’re hitting
Pure scaremongering.
All to sell papers, Trump was suffering from dementia according to all and sundry and turned out to be bollocks.
Id rather he not be terminally ill as that gives him more of "fack this" mentality and go Nukey
Non that are reliable unfortunately.
Did it? He inadvertently admitted he undertook a dementia examination.
I've read the report in the daily star. He's got a puffy face and has been looking angry recently. Death is imminent.
I don't know. The Daily Star could have pulled off the scoop of the century.
This story has been floating around this evening on twitter.
What I saw, was it was someone's opinion from looking at him on TV and blaming his steroid usage for his ill health, so I wouldn't trust this.
They have form. I mean, they've already found out he's the reason Aliens won't make contact with Earth yet.
Well he will probably be on the Republican ticket so guessing he is far from ‘curtains’ can’t stand the fecker but sick of these clickbait headlines for clicks and likes.
I follow but try to avoid speaking in politics threads but remember seeing plenty of posts (here included) saying Trump is toast and feck all happens.
Pure scaremongering and playing on peoples fears
No amount of propaganda should override your basic human insight that bombing apartment buildings full of civilians is okay.
"Person man woman camera tv" really sold me on his mental health. Even if he doesn't have dementia, he has multiple mental illnesses that are plain to see.
Was it though?
Just because we don’t have proof it’s true doesn’t mean it isn’t ……
Mastercard also suspending usage in Russia