Weekend Plans
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Everyone is going to feel the effects of this conflict. It looks like the wheels are in motion to completely isolate Russia, hopefully Ukraine holds and the West gets their shit together and helps out quick.
f*** Putin.
BareBen91
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Perfect! Haha
The Sun God
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Saw that. The Nato alliance met this morning and included both if them in the meeting which is really rare. Finland does a good job dealing with Russia's bullshit but imo they'd be nuts not to sign some kind of mutual defense pact with nato.wondering if Putin has actually gone mad? Now threatening the Finns/Swedes too
Sweden doesn't share a border with Russia...yet. so they're probably less inclined, but they may have some kind of mutual agreement with Finland. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
claretclubber
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Hope the board's American in Moscow is OK 
AntonioGeordio
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The Finns are a pretty hardcore bunch and already have a good history of dealing with the Ruskies.
And there are already plenty of Russians in Finland….
…..they are all along the eastern border, about 6 foot deep.
#teamukraine
AntonioGeordio
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wondering if Putin has actually gone mad? Now threatening the Finns/Swedes too
Indeed. Im actually starting to believe that he has actually lost the plot.
Absolutely nothing he has done has made any sense at all so far, from a military point of view. (and a political one too).
I won’t reel off bullet points as I don’t want to bore everyone to death, but poor decisions are ensuring the only real gains he is making is a high body count for his own boys.
Very out of character for him, he is usually very calculated.
Beyond the obvious economic pain that is going to follow, I hope his ego doesn’t force him into pressing the button on some instant sunshine for western cities.
I’d like to believe he has at least got some level headed people around him that will not allow this
The Sun God
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Indeed. Im actually starting to believe that he has actually lost the plot.
Absolutely nothing he has done has made any sense at all so far, from a military point of view. (and a political one too).
I won’t reel off bullet points as I don’t want to bore everyone to death, but poor decisions are ensuring the only real gains he is making is a high body count for his own boys.
Very out of character for him, he is usually very calculated.
Beyond the obvious economic pain that is going to follow, I hope his ego doesn’t force him into pressing the button on some instant sunshine for western cities.
I’d like to believe he has at least got some level headed people around him that will not allow this
Not boring at all. Interested in your perspective.
Also, anyone that understands Swift, am i right in thinking that if shut out of that, entire Russian economy would collapse overnight? I could imagine the Spanish for instance seizing a whole load of yachts, bars and other assets
This is where i think things could get quite scary if a cornered Putin starts lashing out. I also saw that Anonymous said they had intercepted Russian intel and hacked tv but they're anarchists so i dunno if they can be trusted?
MrHullMysterious
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Once cut off from SWIFT the banks targeted will not be able to do business outside of Russia. Not every bank is targeted (i.e. the Russian central. Bank is off the list for now) as it allows for escalation of sanctions.
Putin has been bringing in cash reserves for a while now, 640 billion was the last # I saw, but that's a drop in the bucket. This will cripple their economy.
A bigger issue is Russian debt has been downgraded to junk, which will make it nearly impossible to borrow money (think 100+% interest rates). China is their most likely ally and they have to be careful, doubtful they'll be leading any funds.
France has been kicking ass the past couple of days too. Macron is passed as putin lied to him so they are confiscating anything with Russian ties right now.
As always, f*** putin
mashednlovingit
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He certainly made him look like an idiot.
If you want real insight into why Putin is doing all of this watch this subtitled speech from Feb 24th. There are at least 15 statements here I would dispute. He and those serving him have a very warped World view.
soulcompromise
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YouTube - Scared Straight
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The Sun God
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All that social media reach 1.8 MILLION followers and this is the best Nina Kraviz could do. What a cowardly c*** she is.
www.instagram.com
Nina Kraviz on Instagram: "i am praying for peace! #мир"
28K likes, 9,324 comments - ninakraviz on February 26, 2022: "i am praying for peace! #мир".
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mashednlovingit
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What do you want her to do exactly? If you have a platform and speak out you get accused virtue signalling. Say nothing and you can berated.All that social media reach 1.8 MILLION followers and this is the best Nina Kraviz could do. What a cowardly c*** she is.
Nina Kraviz on Instagram: "i am praying for peace! #мир"
28K likes, 9,324 comments - ninakraviz on February 26, 2022: "i am praying for peace! #мир".
The only thing that matters is an end to this whole situation.
claretclubber
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Aside from keeping up with the latest developments in Ukraine.
Eeking out the last few hours of sun in Mexico after a month away. Got lots to look forward to at work next week....
Eeking out the last few hours of sun in Mexico after a month away. Got lots to look forward to at work next week....
The Sun God
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They should all be getting the message out to as mamy people as they can. Social media is vital in getting thiings going viral and that means telling the truth to Russians on VPNS about mass murder by their government. The Russian govt are desperate not to let this get out.
Life of Rye
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Indeed. Im actually starting to believe that he has actually lost the plot.
Absolutely nothing he has done has made any sense at all so far, from a military point of view. (and a political one too).
I won’t reel off bullet points as I don’t want to bore everyone to death, but poor decisions are ensuring the only real gains he is making is a high body count for his own boys.
Very out of character for him, he is usually very calculated.
Beyond the obvious economic pain that is going to follow, I hope his ego doesn’t force him into pressing the button on some instant sunshine for western cities.
I’d like to believe he has at least got some level headed people around him that will not allow this
The level headed people around him would be frightened of Putin.
In a business if there was someone like Putin running the show the share holders would have that person out sharpish regardless if that person is right or wrong. However in Russia's case no one can get Putin out.
I worry that the more you push someone like Putin into a corner and squeeze him he will just bite back. Ultimately this is happening with Ukraine right now. I fear if the world continues to bully Putin he will continue his crusade and take extreme measures.
The art of war states "Never put your enemy into a corner".
Buckley
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Had my best weekend for ages.
My boy was player of the day at his footy session on Friday evening and then aced his guitar lesson on Saturday. I enjoyed football more than ever on Saturday afternoon and we beat our top-of-the league local rivals. Proper ding-dong, 2-0 up at half time, went in 3-2 down. I, better known for crunching tackles and winning headers, scored an ablsolute worldy (c) @grego, on the volley from outside the corner of the box to make it 3-3. We went 4-3 down, then to 4-4 and then 5-4 up and with ten minutes left the opp ran out of legs, we scored 4 more to make it a playground score of 9-4. Oppositon were fuming and didn't follow the tradition of inviting back to their clubhouse for a drink - so I took us there anyway and took up the main table in the middle of the place
Sunday - kids had a lovely time at my folks and then I took the family for a nice walk around some woods and then a Sunday roast. Home in time to see most of the genuinely action packed Liverpool Chelsea 0-0 draw and the probably the first time a keeper has been brought on for pens, conceded 10 out of 10 before missing his team's 11th to lose the draw!
Aching today from Saturday's battle, but worth every twinge.
(Been keeping an eye on Ukraine situation, all the above is a welcome distraction. Selfishly thinking about Mutually Assured Distruction and whether it actually exists if the world allows madmen the codes for perosnal profit. That's how we got here, I think)
My boy was player of the day at his footy session on Friday evening and then aced his guitar lesson on Saturday. I enjoyed football more than ever on Saturday afternoon and we beat our top-of-the league local rivals. Proper ding-dong, 2-0 up at half time, went in 3-2 down. I, better known for crunching tackles and winning headers, scored an ablsolute worldy (c) @grego, on the volley from outside the corner of the box to make it 3-3. We went 4-3 down, then to 4-4 and then 5-4 up and with ten minutes left the opp ran out of legs, we scored 4 more to make it a playground score of 9-4. Oppositon were fuming and didn't follow the tradition of inviting back to their clubhouse for a drink - so I took us there anyway and took up the main table in the middle of the place
Sunday - kids had a lovely time at my folks and then I took the family for a nice walk around some woods and then a Sunday roast. Home in time to see most of the genuinely action packed Liverpool Chelsea 0-0 draw and the probably the first time a keeper has been brought on for pens, conceded 10 out of 10 before missing his team's 11th to lose the draw!
Aching today from Saturday's battle, but worth every twinge.
(Been keeping an eye on Ukraine situation, all the above is a welcome distraction. Selfishly thinking about Mutually Assured Distruction and whether it actually exists if the world allows madmen the codes for perosnal profit. That's how we got here, I think)