Offside (General Discussion)

driftingranger9 said:High-quality reading material. ☕

If anyone doubts the accuracy of this analysis, I invite them to present evidence to the contrary...☕

In that video, Nancy looks even more out of it than Joe... though maybe she just woke up at the wrong time.

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/sta...q1C61OdsQ&s=19

Honestly, this is just devastating. 😢

Someone inquired about our guys stationed over in Mariupol.

It appears they have already arrived on the ground and are enduring this insane bombardment right alongside the local troops. The enemy knows exactly what kind of fight is coming for them from both the Azov unit and the Americans. They are leveling everything in sight because they’re hoping to soften up the defenses. Once the armored divisions begin their push, things are going to get even uglier than they did in Kharkiv. Sadly, we already lost some of our guys—passionate Mentalist fans—during the fighting in Kharkiv.

I’m honestly getting worried about all these high-profile figures—both the Ukrainian ones and our own... It’s going to be an absolute disaster if any of them get caught by the Russians... I mean, people like Klitschko, Usyk, President Zelensky, or Ambassador Lubkivskiy...

Jesse Wells8 said:I’m honestly getting worried about all these high-profile figures—both the Ukrainian ones and our own... It’s going to be an absolute disaster if any of them get caught by the Russians... I mean, people like Klitschko, Usyk, President Zelensky, or Ambassador Lubkivskiy...

Yet, one has to wonder how much of a thorn in their side Pena truly is. I can only imagine the chaos if they were to apprehend him. Even in the Kremlin, they know exactly who he is. Pro-Russian intelligence agencies are monitoring everything across Europe, just as they monitor everything here in the States.

Kyle Campbell4 said:Yet, one has to wonder how much of a thorn in their side Pena truly is. I can only imagine the chaos if they were to apprehend him. Even in the Kremlin, they know exactly who he is. Pro-Russian intelligence agencies are monitoring everything across Europe, just as they monitor everything here in the States.

Who on earth is this Pena character? I assume it’s some sort of nickname, because I haven't heard that name mentioned once on any major news network. 😬

I’m worried about him... I always got the impression he was a genuinely good guy, just fair and decent.

bluebison47 said:Who on earth is this Pena character? I assume it’s some sort of nickname, because I haven't heard that name mentioned once on any major news network. 😬

Hey BBB Suburban, what's your take on why the Kremlin is shaking?😁

Jesse Wells8 said:https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/sta...q1C61OdsQ&s=19

Honestly, this is just devastating. 😢

I've been watching Fox News lately, and they keep running these short interviews with people all over Ukraine—like this one with Usyk—where you get a raw look at the fears, the loss, and the sheer tragedy facing ordinary Americans... It honestly hit me harder than I expected. I actually had to take a break from following politics the other day because I can't stomach the pundits anymore. They treat this whole conflict like it's nothing more than a geopolitical chess match, offering excuses for the invasion and acting as if everyone in the West is more to blame than the ones who actually decided to start a full-scale war...

Jonathan Barnes5 said:Hey BBB Suburban, what's your take on why the Kremlin is shaking?😁

The neighborhood of Silver Spring. 😉

Those are merely their local boundary disputes. 😁 Nathan Murphy could provide an explanation.

Kyle Campbell4 said:The neighborhood of Silver Spring. 😉

Those are merely their local boundary disputes. 😁 Nathan Murphy could provide an explanation.

I couldn't help but crack a smile, mostly because he had been running along with that crowd all this time.🙂

Jesse Wells8 said:I’m worried about him... I always got the impression he was a genuinely good guy, just fair and decent.

A man in the right 🙂

I find myself compelled to push back against his narrative, particularly regarding this local agency that clearly operates on Moscow's payroll. They are nothing more than a domestic fifth column, reaping every benefit of Western democracy while actively serving an Eastern dictator. From what I can gather, he hasn't even left the country yet. Just two days ago he was at CNN, and yesterday he was socializing with veterans from the Gulf War over in Arlington. For now, the logistics are set, and our people are heading north to assist. I can only hope that Almighty God grants him mercy and protects him, just as He protects all our fellow Americans who are working so brotherly to help the Ukrainians defend their freedom.

Joseph Clark37 said:I've been watching Fox News lately, and they keep running these short interviews with people all over Ukraine—like this one with Usyk—where you get a raw look at the fears, the loss, and the sheer tragedy facing ordinary Americans... It honestly hit me harder than I expected. I actually had to take a break from following politics the other day because I can't stomach the pundits anymore. They treat this whole conflict like it's nothing more than a geopolitical chess match, offering excuses for the invasion and acting as if everyone in the West is more to blame than the ones who actually decided to start a full-scale war...

I’m surrounded by those kinds of thinkers too... it’s nauseating. Since the first day of the aggression, I've been following Oleksandr Shcherba on Twitter—he’s a former Ukrainian ambassador to Austria. I don't even know where he is physically right now, but you don't need anything else to understand what's happening. He's a great guy, covers everything, and I appreciate his perspective since I know exactly whose side he's on.

Kyle Campbell4 said:A man in the right 🙂

I find myself compelled to push back against his narrative, particularly regarding this local agency that clearly operates on Moscow's payroll. They are nothing more than a domestic fifth column, reaping every benefit of Western democracy while actively serving an Eastern dictator. From what I can gather, he hasn't even left the country yet. Just two days ago he was at CNN, and yesterday he was socializing with veterans from the Gulf War over in Arlington. For now, the logistics are set, and our people are heading north to assist. I can only hope that Almighty God grants him mercy and protects him, just as He protects all our fellow Americans who are working so brotherly to help the Ukrainians defend their freedom.

I thought he left with that last group... don't use Facebook, but I did read that long post of his right before the attack.

Gentlemen, what you will find in your own neighborhoods are individuals peddling bizarre narratives or, more frequently, reading comments from everyday citizens who have sided with the aggressor. This phenomenon is the direct consequence of a fifth column embedded within our public life, essentially paid to disseminate Russian propaganda and expand their influence. It is a global issue. Most people don't follow politics or global geopolitics closely; they merely skim the surface of current events. Consequently, they are the perfect targets for an aggressor’s psychological warfare. We saw this exact pattern during the American Civil War era as well. There were outsiders who succumbed to biased propaganda, viewing us as the villains when, in reality, we were simply fighting for our fundamental freedom.

It feels like basically every major media outlet is totally siding with Ukraine right now. I mean, look at the facts: Russian athletes have been completely scrubbed from everything from FIFA and UEFA matches down to local dog shows. You’ve got people all over the country canceling Tchaikovsky concerts or lectures on Dostoevsky. So, how is some random fifth column group mentioned on a single TV segment supposed to be the "big threat" here?

Steven Fox37 said:It feels like basically every major media outlet is totally siding with Ukraine right now. I mean, look at the facts: Russian athletes have been completely scrubbed from everything from FIFA and UEFA matches down to local dog shows. You’ve got people all over the country canceling Tchaikovsky concerts or lectures on Dostoevsky. So, how is some random fifth column group mentioned on a single TV segment supposed to be the "big threat" here?

It isn't just limited to television broadcasts. We are talking about social media platforms, online forums, and everything in between. There are even documentaries dedicated entirely to Putin's disinformation machine, featuring former trolls who describe exactly how the operation functions. They take these old, defunct factories and repurpose them into hubs where dozens of bots work in shifts, utilizing mountains of fake profiles to flood the American internet with Russian propaganda twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Kyle Campbell4 said:It isn't just limited to television broadcasts. We are talking about social media platforms, online forums, and everything in between. There are even documentaries dedicated entirely to Putin's disinformation machine, featuring former trolls who describe exactly how the operation functions. They take these old, defunct factories and repurpose them into hubs where dozens of bots work in shifts, utilizing mountains of fake profiles to flood the American internet with Russian propaganda twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

I think I mentioned something similar back when Amy Bennett was posting that kind of stuff here. It seems like foreign interests have been investing in the American internet for years now. I suppose that’s just how things work these days. Even here in the States, people push their own narratives, like with the whole cancel culture phenomenon. I guess it's just not right to ignore it and pretend everything is fine.

The Russians aren't even the main issue here since they don't speak a word of English anyway. The real headache comes from those foreign bot farms that have completely flooded our news sites and forums.
Just look at Twitter—they actually nuked 8,500 fake accounts coming out of Eastern Europe just last year, which accounted for about 43 million tweets.

They called it "coordinated inauthentic behavior intended to promote" certain agendas.
https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/st...82441865646080

And honestly, Facebook is even worse. If you combine those bots with the sheer stubbornness of people overseas who refuse to see past their own narrow ideologies, you get a media landscape that feels totally overwhelmed...