War in Ukraine

[Devo182]

This ain't political, but

BELARUS IS A *****

 

[ButchPlz]

In the US?

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Rookie numbers.

 

[Paper_Towel]

 

[Gandalf]

In the US?

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Seems low - maybe those are just the ones they know about.

 

[85SugarVol]

In the US?

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That’s an estimate of how many rifles there are. I was wondering how many us citizens could bring to bear?

Most people own multiple firearms. So those 76m rifles will be possessed by considerably fewer Americans.

You can’t deploy all 4 of your rifles simultaneously- but if your wife and sons take up arms too…

 

[RDU VOL#14]

They enjoy getting kicked in the balls?

The Germans are into weird stuff.

 

[ButchPlz]

Things that make you think-

 

[Burhead]

Reports of a Russian air strike against a convoy of Israelis leaving Ukraine. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved.

 

[allvol123]

Reports of a Russian air strike against a convoy of Israelis leaving Ukraine. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved.

Denazification.

 

[05_never_again]

Things that make you think-

It's just nowhere near as significant as that poster thinks it is. Also, and I think this fact is lost on most people (even Americans) - the US is a net energy exporter. Especially when crude gets expensive and we fire up the shale production.

This is a chart of the US Dollar Index since the financial crisis. QE in the United States began in November 2008. Approximately $25T has been printed since then, but the index is up 13% over that time. It has even surprised me how much the rest of the world cannot get enough of the USD. It is because there is no viable alternative, and no viable alternative on the horizon. There will be one day, but not anytime soon.

 

[Weezer]

We have too many pro Islam and China people in our fed gov, controlling policy

When you say "pro Islam", do you mean people who actually believe in the First Amendment that guarantees freedom of religion?

 

[Vol737]

That’s an estimate of how many rifles there are. I was wondering how many us citizens could bring to bear?

Most people own multiple firearms. So those 76m rifles will be possessed by considerably fewer Americans.

You can’t deploy all 4 of your rifles simultaneously- but if your wife and sons take up arms too…

True, but I was just researching based on the general question of what this country might show up with. No way to know for sure, but if someone tried, they’d get an answer I’m not sure they’d like.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Have you ever heard the expression, "This isn't worth the paper it's printed on," ?

That now applies literally to the ruble.

Russian Ruble Is Now Worth Less Than 1 U.S. Cent After SWIFT Bank Sanctions

 

[85SugarVol]

True, but I was just researching based on the general question of what this country might show up with. No way to know for sure, but if someone tried, they’d get an answer I’m not sure they’d like.

I have no doubt the response from the citizenry would be overwhelming

 

[Gandalf]

Just so everyone knows it's official.

Uh No. The primary job of an alliance is to protect the people INSIDE of the alliance not those outside of it. Ukraine (or Finland or anyone else) needs to show that current NATO member nations are safer if they were to join.

 

[apevol]

Ukraines UN rep suggests Putin kill himself and Canada's UN rep quoting stevie wonder. What a ****in life we lead!

 

[DC_Vol]

“If you come across a free or abandoned tank, here’s a life hack on how to start it.”

 

[MontyPython]

Uh No. The primary job of an alliance is to protect the people INSIDE of the alliance not those outside of it. Ukraine (or Finland or anyone else) needs to show that current NATO member nations are safer if they were to join.

Dude. Ukraine applied to be part of the European Union (EU) not NATO. Not the same animal.

EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK (for now).

NATO: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom,United States

Members of NATO but not EU: Albania, Canada, Iceland (that may change if they join the EU), Norway, Turkey, the US.

Members of EU but not NATO: Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta and Sweden.

BONUS! EEA: EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Switzerland is technically neither, but it is a part of the single market.

 

[MontyPython]

That is Fing awesome.

 

[Velo Vol]

It has even surprised me how much the rest of the world cannot get enough of the USD. It is because there is no viable alternative, and no viable alternative on the horizon. There will be one day, but not anytime soon.

Note the mini-rally when this blew up last week.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

facebook has been a cess pool for almost 20 years. It's what messed you guys ip in the first place. At least we know when we are being attacked by propaganda on other socials. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology...ssialinked_hacking_group_broke_into_facebook/

 

[Hunerwadel]

Things that make you think-

Any transaction China conducts in rubles is going to cost them a ****load of money.

 

[Velo Vol]

Very normal stuff.

 

[Matt2496]

This is a pretty big deal considering their past

Neutral Swiss adopt EU sanctions against Russia in break with past

 

[Septic]

Just talked with someone who is a fighter pilot and tied into the USAF rumor mill. Word going around USAF is there is some truth to the Ghost of Kyiv story. It is unclear if all the kills are from the ghost himself or from his squadron as a whole. But it is known that he was a retired fighter pilot that came out of retirement to help in the defense efforts. His call sign loosely translates to “Greywolf”. There is some thought that he was shot down and killed in the last day or so.

I don’t know, TIFWIW but that seems believable to me. I think there really was some badass up there and the stories might have been embellished but it doesn’t take away from what he probably did accomplish.

Based on this rock solid evidence, Imma order one of those cool t-shirts.


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