Posts by Dana Robinson4

Nathan Thomas12 said:Crude oil prices are lower now than when the war started. They dropped 30% in just two months.
How does that work? The Kremlin types were calling for $200 a barrel, but turns out they're just full of it.

But wouldn't it make perfect sense for prices to slide back down to pre-war levels, considering Russian production has only dipped by a mere 3%?

It’s an absolute disaster, isn't it?

Things seem to be spiraling even faster than when the old union fell apart after the Great Leader passed away.

Arthur Watson4 said:If you have to go scavenging for drones from Iran, you clearly aren't the global superpower you claim to be.😁

But I wonder, couldn't we apply that same logic to those who might be purchasing howitzers from Mexico?

coastalbison6 said:Those 130mm shells are incredibly hard to find, and nobody’s actually confirmed if those were shipped out yet.
The artillery is mostly from the 70s... I honestly don't know how much that's going to help the guys on the ground.

It isn't that they're rare; it's just that someone has to foot the massive bill for them...

I don't think Lockheed Martin is going to hand those over just because someone asked nicely, right?

Besides, isn't that exactly how things go—one single shell causes enough devastation to turn an entire town dark?

gentleviper62 said:Who could actually manufacture equipment worth that much on such a short timeline?

We sent over the heavy artillery, but there's no way we just finished building it all yesterday or the day before, right?

And besides, we weren't even the ones manufacturing them in the first place.

crimsoncyclist71 said:I just Googled "Russia's brain drain" and the results don't match your little fantasy. Of course, you won't drop any links here because they don't fit your narrative about a powerful Russia and a weak West.

The Russian Army is generally garbage, much like their economy. Just a bunch of colorful lies with zero results. If Russia weren't a nuclear power, NATO would turn them into a parking lot. By Wednesday.

If a woman were a man...

I wonder, what comes next after the small festival ends?

hollowdriver13 said:Just the absolute cutting edge in Russia



R-123 radio station, 1960s

I mean, who's actually out there using encrypted Motorolas (or those exclusive military PIH units—but hey, those are just for the softies) on the front lines when you can just grab one of these Russian beauties for comms? ☕

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/st...68174659784710

Motorola really lost its way, didn't it?

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Nathan Thomas12 said:From what I know, the Russians produce chips for cards (like credit cards), and that’s pretty much the extent of it.
And yeah, the Chinese have money, but they still struggle to build a decent car.

They certainly seem aware of their limitations, given that they manage to churn out 18 million subpar units every single year, don't they?

Anthony Hill5 said:Does anyone truly believe Azerbaijan needs to be demilitarized and denazified?

Absolutely,

how can we expect anything else to change while they continue to hand out pensions and benefits to those who are busy decapitating people all over the world?

Anthony Hill5 said:I mean, honestly, who wouldn't be willing to lay down their life for their country just so their parents could pull up to a graveside in a brand new Lada in style?

It certainly makes things feel a little more manageable when you realize your wife will be spending the next forty years traveling the world thanks to a truly heavenly pension, don't you think?

gentlestag15 said:They aren't crazy, they just never had any grip on reality to begin with 😁
kind of like how I bought a brand new car a few years back just as a way to remember my late great-grandmother 🤦

Honestly, folks like that are exactly how people build massive fortunes in the automotive industry...

gentlestag15 said:So, a court over in Russia just slapped Google with a $382 million fine, mostly because
they wouldn't block certain YouTube channels that

"YouTube deliberately promotes The dissemination of misleading Information about The progress of The special military operation in Ukraine , discrediting The armed forces of The Russian Federation," the regulators claimed.

https://businessplus.ie/news/google-fines-russia/

Also, one of the top WNBA players, an American named Griner, has been stuck in a Russian prison for about six months now. She’s looking at a potential 10-year sentence because, get this, they found a tiny bottle of cannabis oil in her bag at the airport.
https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/...ter-witnesses/

Just imagine,

she would have faced that exact same sentence if she had been caught in Texas.

Pure shock and awe... isn't it just breathtaking?

Donna Wells2 said:I was reading an article about how Germans are buying wood-burning stoves in massive quantities, with waiting lists for a new stove stretching up to a year.
People aren't going to freeze to death; they'll make it through this winter by using coal, thermal power plants, and whatever else is available.
There's this constant mantra being pushed that Russians can survive anything because that's how they're built... but what, are the rest of the nations in Europe just supposed to surrender and die because of it?
And since Russia has been cast out of the Western circle... I truly hope those who support them find themselves right where they belong.

I actually came across a report stating that countries like Mexico and Canada have banned the export of timber and pellets because Westerners were snapping them up like crazy.

It’s true, isn't it? For someone living in Russia, wouldn't you say the climate control system is easily one of the most vital components in any vehicle?

Melissa Rivera5 said:It’s kinda funny to me how the people here pushing the Russian agenda love using phrases like "she decided," "they're bombing," or "exactly" and stuff like that 🙂

It’s almost funny to remember how even someone like Franjo was practically beaming after getting just five minutes of face time with Clinton...

gentlestag15 said:For now, those $300 billion in frozen Russian foreign exchange reserves should do the trick.
Once this war is over, we can use that money to kick the thief out of the house for good.

If you take three hundred billion and divide it by three hundred, you end up with a billion months...

I suspect Putin can sleep quite soundly at night, don't you think?

gentlestag15 said:Russia basically squatting in an entire house—take Crimea, for instance—and they aren't paying a dime for their fleet to stay in San Diego.

Would a little something like $200 or $300 a month actually solve the issue?

hollowdriver13 said:Wat aboot US…..

You set the stage by framing this as some kind of lease agreement, but all I did was point out that this is standard international practice. If the deal works for everyone involved, why not? Even Russia didn't seem to have an issue with that logic all those years after the USSR collapsed, especially while they were busy running proxy drama out in Kyiv.

And then, of course, when there isn't actually a solid answer to the question, people just fall back on that classic, old-school Soviet-style whataboutism, always using the US as their favorite target.

Since when did it become standard practice for a tenant to decide how much rent they pay and how much stays in the landlord's pocket?