@th3j35t3r
"Is real cow. Eat!"

@AkomoCombine
Her tomb is in the Parthenon. Been there.
And, yes, the pizza is named after her.

@th3j35t3r
That state was designed for riot control.
If his demise doesn't come from within, it will take a very long time.

@WeThePeople
Diamonds? The Russians have a lot stored away. The question is if Putin controls it.

Footage of a Ukrainian BTR-4 in use in the vicinity of #Mariupol against Russian armour.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1503357465701855235

@ChippySuave
"Paint my house!"

@mcfate
I'm willing (trying) to stop if you will.
I'd like to maintain a civil community here.
I'm only trying to learn.
@th3j35t3r

@mcfate
Fine. This isn't going well at all.

If anyone else wishes to engage, I'm interested in discussing the OP.

@mcfate
Putin will always be able to find funds to protect himself. Tyrants rarely go personally broke. Putin will always have funding at the scale to pay for security.

How else does he go down?

@mcfate
So, the public riots....
The riot police stand down....
The Kremlin is stormed...
Putin is hung in Red Square....

I don't think the last three steps are going to happen.

@mcfate
Sounds like Zimbabwe.
Mugabe held on for >20 years.
How does Putin go down?

@mcfate
So what does Putin do after this news gets back to him?

@mcfate
So, if he doesn't get financially and strategically stabilized in time to hold Ukraine, he fails and is deposed?

@mcfate
They will already be starving and ready to revolt.
But they will still fight out of fear of death. I think the Nazis did a similar tactic to keep moving forward.

@mcfate
He's going to unload every weapon available.
He will starve his troops and make them attack by threatening death.
It will not be pretty.

@mcfate
If you have thoughts on alternative outcomes than #1, I'd be really interested. I don't think Putin is ever going to back down.

Possible roadmap with a positive outcome:
1) Russia takes Ukraine and is sealed off from the rest of the world
2) Countries fund the insurgency that picks apart all logistics within Russia
3) Russians are starving by the millions
4) The US negotiates relaxation of the restrictions in exchange for nuclear weapons
5) Russia is de-nuclearized
6) Russia is broken up into many smaller states
7) A program is implemented in each state to create a local identity so they never re-group

A powerful story showing the destruction the Russians are inflicting as well as the successful resolve of the Ukrainian soldiers.
https://twitter.com/sommervilletv/status/1502000265490227206

@Render @th3j35t3r
To see this level of foolishness at this scale will stick to the Russian cultural reputation like a warm mixture of tar and shit. It will take generations to get rid of the stink.

@catlynne333
Guess we'll have to ask SpaceX, the US Broomstick maker, to take him home.