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I expect they weren't paying any attention and assumed all the liberals were anti-war. It's a move that usually looks good to their constituents.

The letter calls for continued millitary assistance and an Ukrainian victory. Hardly anti war.
 
The letter calls for continued millitary assistance and an Ukrainian victory. Hardly anti war.
Yes, but you understand what I mean, right? Liberals tend to be anti-war, suggesting a cease fire will appeal to liberals in 19/20 cases. I suspect they didn't realize how it would land, or they wouldn't have said it, considering they immediately changed their minds.
 
Could have been for the other thread in general forum but anyway Tik Tok is not good for your health:
 
What do they have against the mustache part of the beard?

Edit: I’m glad they’re dead
 
Could have been for the other thread in general forum but anyway Tik Tok is not good for your health:


How stupid are they to reveal their position like that? Do they think partisans they dont know their public buildings and report them?
 


Its a good point that often gets glossed over when assessing Russia's chances of actually winning the war. They can't win it on conventional terms because they no longer have the troops or logistics to do so. This is why we're seeing the drum beat about the possibility of a WMD or dirty bomb.
 
I expect they weren't paying any attention and assumed all the liberals were anti-war. It's a move that usually looks good to their constituents.

Jayapal and Khana have just about destroyed their credibility by this stunt.

 
Jayapal and Khana have just about destroyed their credibility by this stunt.



They should feel lucky that the ballot can't be changed now because they both deserve to be primaried and booted out of office in the next election cycle after such silly stunt.

Its a good point that often gets glossed over when assessing Russia's chances of actually winning the war. They can't win it on conventional terms because they no longer have the troops or logistics to do so. This is why we're seeing the drum beat about the possibility of a WMD or dirty bomb.

Yet I still see a number of people losing their shit over the threat or still siding with Russia like the gullible fools they (99% hard "conservatives") are. Russia just can't afford to walk into that territory now matter how much drum beat they make because 1) we already mentioned how little tactical value there is in using anything nuclear and 2) any use of a dirty bomb would trigger unprecedented actions from other nations to punish Russia even harder.
 
Let's be friends,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their drones,
they are not fighting ...
 
Western commentators furiously rushing to repeat the latest Putin nonsense. Does my nut in.
 


Who was trying to destroy Russia and have it wiped off the "geopolitical map"? How?

It is back to the Soviet era. The USSR was also full of such extreme lies that you really can't respond to, because they are completely incoherent. How can you respond to something that has no basis in reality?

In the West, the problem today is the same problem we faced in the Soviet era. There are many "useful idiots" that parrot these Russian lies. Some of them are just misguided. Others might not be misguided only. For example, we know that in the Soviet era many European communist parties were receiving money from the USSR. I don't know what is happening today, but I would not be surprised if Putin is paying some journalists or commentators in the West, in order to spread lies and discord. And then there is a third group that hates the West, no matter what.

The question is: what can we do about it? Can we do anything without causing harm to freedom of speech or to our other freedoms?
 
There's been some talk in here about alleged spying in Norway, with some arrests made. Drones and the like. I don't think much is known about those cases yet, but one person arrested in Svalbard is Andrey Yakunin, son of Vladimir Yakunin who has pretty close ties to Putin (Wiki link). https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/...-er-en-del-av-putins-absolutt-naermeste-krets

What the cases involving drones mean is hard to say, because with the sanctions it's illegal no matter how benign the filming is so it can be anything. In this specific instance it's also a bit more unclear about the legalities with Svalbard having some laws about discrimination based on nationality that may or may not be relevant here. More on that: https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/angriper-droneforbudet_-_-bryter-mot-svalbardtraktaten-1.16145691

Both articles in Norwegian, so you'll have to use a translator if you're interested in details.

Yakunin released, decision appealed. Court says drones aren't covered by the sanctions.

https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/q1PprE/lagmannsretten-vil-loeslate-dronesiktede-andrej-jakunin