@zim2918 Those lenses are gone, Karen. Get up, we'll get you new ones.
@Rickbflony What makes them salivate so much
Nevermind, I'm just being silly
@Rickbflony What a Salivation Army
A record number of fires is reported throughout Russia. And these aren't military bases or fuel storages burning - or rather not just them - the reports talk of business and shopping centers aflame as well as well known marketplaces in different towns and cities.
They weren't shelled by AFU or set ablaze by Ukrainian insurgents. There are being burnt by their owners in hopes of collecting insurance money and fleeing Russia.
The rats aren't just jumping ship, they are burning it behind them.
Two of Russian propagandists' favorite phrases are "Everything is according to plan" and "We haven't even started yet!" (implying invincibility and explaining away failures).
However, talk shows hosts and guests alike are often seen whining about strikes deep inside Russian territories against which they have no defense, because "NATO weapons are obviously far superior to ours."
@Bliss He looks like a toilet brush
Just so you understand how far gone Russia is here’s a “holiday wreath” in Saint Petersburg today, in which the second heart is dedicated to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Mariupol was almost completely razed by Russian forces. At least 20 000 civilians are considered dead in air strikes, artillery bombardments and outright executions.
Russia calls it “liberation”, “salvation” etc.
Russia's ex 'mock president" (read: benchwarmer for Putin) Medvedev writes something absolutely atrocious in a new Telegram post, calling Europeans a "live shield" and Zelenskyy a "drugged up clown" for his appeals for help to the EU.
Meanwhile the Kremlin press-sec Peskov says that pulling troops out of Ukraine is "out of the question"
Now is your chance to live like a hobbit.
There may be a prerequisite of having hairy feet, but that's all.
More reports of large convoys on the move in Belarus heading towards Ukrainian border
@peeppeepcircus @Mandypar
What he's long overdue isn't some questions but a smack across his smirking face
Arguing in good fath:
There's a threshold of evidence which, when reached, will convince you to change your mind.
Arguing in bad faith:
No amount of evidence will every change your mind, but you say it will, you just need a little more evidence, and a little more, and a little more, and a little more...
Putin has put himself inside of a vicious cycle of his own accord.
He stole so much that the only way to escape prosecution is to ensure limitless power, which is only attainable by paying an army of personal guards, into which the whole country's police force is transformed, but who's loyalty is based solely on their paychecks funds for which are shrinking thanks to Western sanctions.
It's an endurance race. We must endure.
I was born in the USSR and grew up in an ex-soviet "republic". Want an honest opinion on communism from someone who's experienced it firsthand? Ask me.