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Post by rubl on Apr 4, 2022 11:51:10 GMT 7
I have difficulty believing that the crafty git (the Russian one) would invade somewhere in such a totally inept and incompetent manner. How could he not know the state of his army.? How could he so badly underestimate the Ukraine response.? A catastrophic intelligence failure. Like asking an intelligent question of one on here. I'm sure there's a Plan B somewhere. Having ruined Ukraine may be all that is wanted and keeping the right most oblasts who voluntary vote for integration into Mother Russia may be a bonus (or the other way round). Hardship due to sanctions? Some have it suffering is good for the Russian soul
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Post by me on Apr 4, 2022 13:13:16 GMT 7
Its time to take Moscow....who's in? Last time I went to Moscow with a Frenchie and I got burned. Will it be better following a Scotsman wearing a skirt? I hope you took more than one or I will wonder about your virility.
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Post by rubl on Apr 4, 2022 13:34:54 GMT 7
Last time I went to Moscow with a Frenchie and I got burned. Will it be better following a Scotsman wearing a skirt? I hope you took more than one or I will wonder about your virility. 1812 when I was a wee bit younger or was it a previous life?
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Post by me on Apr 4, 2022 14:07:49 GMT 7
I hope you took more than one or I will wonder about your virility. 1812 when I was a wee bit younger or was it a previous life? So that was the Overture
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 4, 2022 17:22:19 GMT 7
I have difficulty believing that the crafty git (the Russian one) would invade somewhere in such a totally inept and incompetent manner. How could he not know the state of his army.? How could he so badly underestimate the Ukraine response.? A catastrophic intelligence failure. Like asking an intelligent question of one on here. I'm sure there's a Plan B somewhere. By all accounts he surrounded himself with yes men who would never give him bad news and he was too dumb to double check for himself. Plan B you ask.....well yes, actually. Plan B involved a large red button, on which is inscribed, after pressing once, withdraw quickly, preferably to another planet.
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Post by rubl on Apr 4, 2022 19:35:20 GMT 7
History repeats itself. Poles will still remember this. "Russia says footage in Ukraine's Bucha was 'ordered' to blame Russia Russia's foreign ministry said that footage of dead civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha had been "ordered" by the United States as part of a plot to blame Russia. "Who are the masters of provocation? Of course the United States and NATO," ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview on state television late on Sunday." www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-footage-ukraines-bucha-060556971.html"Katyn Massacre The Katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD ("People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs", the Soviet secret police) in April and May 1940. ... The government of Nazi Germany announced the discovery of mass graves in the Katyn Forest in April 1943.[4] Stalin severed diplomatic relations with the London-based Polish government-in-exile when it asked for an investigation by the International Committee of the Red Cross.[5] The USSR claimed the Nazis had killed the victims, and it continued to deny responsibility for the massacres until 1990, when it officially acknowledged and condemned the killings by the NKVD, as well as the subsequent cover-up by the Soviet government. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
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Post by rott on Apr 5, 2022 10:32:12 GMT 7
I have difficulty believing that the crafty git (the Russian one) would invade somewhere in such a totally inept and incompetent manner. How could he not know the state of his army.? How could he so badly underestimate the Ukraine response.? A catastrophic intelligence failure. Like asking an intelligent question of one on here. I'm sure there's a Plan B somewhere. By all accounts he surrounded himself with yes men who would never give him bad news and he was too dumb to double check for himself. Plan B you ask.....well yes, actually. Plan B involved a large red button, on which is inscribed, after pressing once, withdraw quickly, preferably to another planet. All seems too good to be true, The a-hole shooting himself in the foot. I am definitely a glass half-full type and believe that for every positive there will be at least one negative, but this time....... Then again I tend to be surprised when governments renege on promises.
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 5, 2022 11:43:00 GMT 7
By all accounts he surrounded himself with yes men who would never give him bad news and he was too dumb to double check for himself. Plan B you ask.....well yes, actually. Plan B involved a large red button, on which is inscribed, after pressing once, withdraw quickly, preferably to another planet. All seems too good to be true, The a-hole shooting himself in the foot. I am definitely a glass half-full type and believe that for every positive there will be at least one negative, but this time....... Then again I tend to be surprised when governments renege on promises. How true. Positive - Putins forces are seen to be withdrawing. Negative - hundreds of massacred civilian bodies are being found in their wake. Positive - Catastrophic global warming was narrowly averted. Negative - Sadly it took a nuclear holocaust to achieve that.....which brings its own set of problems.
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Post by rubl on Apr 5, 2022 14:03:31 GMT 7
All seems too good to be true, The a-hole shooting himself in the foot. I am definitely a glass half-full type and believe that for every positive there will be at least one negative, but this time....... Then again I tend to be surprised when governments renege on promises. How true. Positive - Putins forces are seen to be withdrawing. Negative - hundreds of massacred civilian bodies are being found in their wake. Positive - Catastrophic global warming was narrowly averted. Negative - Sadly it took a nuclear holocaust to achieve that.....which brings its own set of problems. Positive - The "Martin Currie Global Portfolio" and "Tesla" threads will come to an end. Negative - The "Martin Currie Global Portfolio" and "Tesla" threads will come to an end.
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Post by AyG on Apr 5, 2022 16:41:04 GMT 7
Positive ... "Tesla" threads will come to an end. That won't happen until Musk stops being a total, utter prat, or finds himself behind bars and silenced. And I suspect that could be a very long wait, as his latest Twitter share purchase stunt has confirmed.
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Post by rott on Apr 5, 2022 16:50:24 GMT 7
Time to broaden your horizons rubes, is there nothing from Lloyd's on fixed deposits.
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Post by rubl on Apr 5, 2022 16:53:55 GMT 7
Time to broaden your horizons rubes, is there nothing from Lloyd's on fixed deposits. Lloyd's fixed deposits, Names screwed?
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Post by chiangmai on Apr 5, 2022 17:27:53 GMT 7
Positive ... "Tesla" threads will come to an end. That won't happen until Musk stops being a total, utter prat, or finds himself behind bars and silenced. And I suspect that could be a very long wait, as his latest Twitter share purchase stunt has confirmed. If you could be the worlds richest person but it meant you were seen as a prat by some, would you........of course you would, otherwise you might only be a prat.
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Post by rott on Apr 5, 2022 18:32:10 GMT 7
Time to broaden your horizons rubes, is there nothing from Lloyd's on fixed deposits. Lloyd's fixed deposits, Names screwed? I was thinking of the bank but not much of a post anyway.
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Post by rubl on Apr 7, 2022 10:40:20 GMT 7
and for some light amusement in these worrisome days
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