Instead of banning certain members...

[DaveMatthews]

ya after starting the How's Stefan thread with the best of intentions, slowly backing away from EBR.

I missed that. Probably a good thing.
Sometimes a reboot is good.

 

[scrambler]

Am I the Troll some of you want to ban?

No, you can relax

 

[e-boy]

You can't invade a country on a one-on-one ratio" of troops, Boulegue told Reuters. "Nobody has done it, which means that either something was wrong or they had very wrong assumptions."

 

[e-boy]

The Weakness of the Despot
An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/stephen-kotkin-putin-russia-ukraine-stalin

... Moreover, the largest and most important consideration is that Russia cannot successfully occupy Ukraine. They do not have the scale of forces. They do not have the number of administrators they’d need or the coöperation of the population.

 

[ChezCheese:)]

Here is an article in an independent Russian newspaper about the forced conscription of men in the Donetsk region: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/20...stvo-v-xxi-veke-i-delaiut-s-nami-chto-khotiat. It is in Russian, but just highlight the text and use Google translate. If this is how they are getting their "cannon fodder", it is certainly no wonder that the Russian invasion is not going well. Forced labor is not happy labor.

 

[theemartymac]

This one made me smile this morning - Daily Mail: Putin Arrests FSB Chiefs

Not surprising that he is looking for scapegoats. Also suggests the party men he has surrounded himself with are more concerned with telling him what he wants to hear, instead of the actual truth on the ground. Scary time to be a Russian Spy!

 

[ChezCheese:)]

But can you trust the Daily Mail

 

[ChezCheese:)]

Meanwhile, home sweet home:
New nuclear warheads deployed on Washington State - based submarines are suddenly at the apex of relevance because of Russia's attack on Ukraine.

What Russia's nuclear escalation means for Washington state, with world's third-largest atomic arsenal

New nuclear warheads deployed on Washington-based submarines are suddenly at the apex of relevance because of Russia's attack on Ukraine.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[ChezCheese:)]

This is both hilarious and painfully excoriating:

 

[Gionnirocket]

This is both hilarious and painfully excoriating:

As you can see... The moral high ground is overrated and absolutely useless when dealing with the morally corrupt.
But you did get to use a $5 word in your description

 

[theemartymac]

But can you trust the Daily Mail

That was just the first link in the google search, but it seems widely reported. No idea which outlet broke the source story?

 

[ChezCheese:)]

As you can see... The moral high ground is overrated and absolutely useless when dealing with the morally corrupt.
But you did get to use a $5 word in your description

My mama was an English professor. $5 words are two a penny in our house

 

[DaveMatthews]

This is both hilarious and painfully excoriating:

Love this guy.

 

[tomjasz]

That was just the first link

Google links you based on previous searches and readings. First means little. IME

 

[Gionnirocket]

My mama was an English professor. $5 words are two a penny in our house

Yet worthless to the rest of us, especially when a F*** *** is in order.
Tell me... How many TRUMPians have you been able to sway with your morality and superfluousness?

 

[RandallS]

Love this guy.

Yeah - been watching him for years.
Great schtick - nails it as he usually does.

I also love his take on Boris Johnson.
Very political of course (UK) - and the usual spicy language.

 

[tomjasz]

That was just the first link in the google search, but it seems widely reported. No idea which outlet broke the source story?

Daily Mail “has also been noted for its unreliability and widely criticised for its printing of sensationalist and inaccurate scare stories of science and medical research,[17][18][19][20]and for instances of plagiarismand copyright”

 

[PatriciaK]

Yet worthless to the rest of us, especially when a F*** *** is in order.
Tell me... How many TRUMPians have you been able to sway with your morality and superfluousness?

Ok time to dial it back, Gionni... These kinds of personal insults are what Angela was talking about when she said these threads always deteriorate and that's why they get deleted.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Ok time to dial it back, Gionni... These kinds of personal insults are what Angela was talking about when she said these threads always deteriorate and that's why they get deleted.

Well then maybe one shouldn't throw them and think hiding behind a vocabulary makes it somehow less insulting.
If you haven't picked up on it... I shan't mince words.

 

[ChezCheese:)]

My deepest apologies, gionnirocket, if my vocabulary intimidates you. I don't run around looking for big words to force people who don't normally use them to cower in awe. They aren't big words to me. They're just part of my vocabulary. I wasn't hiding behind anything or trying to insult anyone. Honestly.

As for swearing at people who don't agree with me, I can slice and dice a dunce in very graphic Punjabi* cusswords, but it would be pearls before swine. Have you ever found cussing out a Trumper to change their mind either? I doubt it. But that's another discussion.

(I don't actually speak Punjabi, but we don't have swearwords in Urdu - - we borrow them from Punjabi. Fact.)