Well, he could take his shirt off and go horse-riding in the wide open Ukrainian plains.
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Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan!
O sultan, Turkish devil and damned devil’s kith and kin, secretary to Lucifer himself. What the devil kind of knight are thou, that canst not slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil shits, and your army eats. Thou shalt not, thou son of a whore, make subjects of Christian sons. We have no fear of your army; by land and by sea we will battle with thee. Fuck thy mother.
Thou Babylonian scullion, Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem, goat-fucker of Alexandria, swineherd of Greater and Lesser Egypt, pig of Armenia, Podolian thief, catamite of Tartary, hangman of Kamyanets, and fool of all the world and underworld, an idiot before God, grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig’s snout, mare’s arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow. Screw thine own mother!
So the Zaporozhians declare, you lowlife. You won’t even be herding pigs for the Christians. Now we’ll conclude, for we don’t know the date and don’t own a calendar; the moon’s in the sky, the year with the Lord. The day’s the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!
— Koshovyi otaman Ivan Sirko, with the whole Zaporozhian Host
Ummm, wow, if this is anything like accurate, “Nuts” and “Russian ship, go fuck yourself” are weak sauce by comparison!
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That’s just rude.
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Obviously, it was their fault that the Ottomans invaded. If they had been nicer, it would not have happened! (/s)
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I mean are Fox viewers agreeing with this crap? She doesn’t think there should be sanctions on Russia or the oligarchs.
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“Don’t criticize the abuser, it will only make things worse!” Yup, on par.
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Oh, I was tracking that one. Was wondering what was going on.
For all those interested: the two airports to watch, based on what I have seen, are Rzeszow in Poland and Konstanta in Rumania. Rzeszow appears to be a staging area for mostly cargo, probably for transshipment to Ukraine. Lots of C130s from Greece and other places and C17s from the UK, as well as unmarked private jets from all over Europe.
Konstanta hosts SIGINT flights. Among others I have seen an RC12 Guardrail patrolling the Rumanian border with Ukraine. The larger RC135 Rivet Join, as well as the tankers constantly circling the same borders come directly from AFBs in the UK and Germany. I have also seen a Global Hawk patrolling the Polish border with Belarus.
ETA: there’s a Global Hawk patrolling north of Rzeszow right now. There’s also a Ukrainian AN12 parked there.
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One of the things I find so amazing about Ukraine is that they’ve mostly had more success keeping their power grid functioning during a military invasion that is directly targeting their nuclear power plants than Texas had keeping their power grid functioning during a winter storm.
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FFS, now Papadopoulos is saying Zelensky should immediately tweet some video of himself in a recognizable location to again prove he hasn’t fled. As if the burden of proof is on Zelensky and as if enemy forces weren’t actively targeting him for assassination.
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China’s censorship tools allowed Xi to play both sides in a way while their banks did a big Nope and walk backwards slowly away (NYT reprint)
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Not my keenest media insight, but this motherfucker can go fuck herself.
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Also: keeping the trains running. Here’s an up-to-date map of railway stations showing which ones are working:
Icon on the left shows whether the station is open, icon on the right shows whether trains are running through it. This is mostly redundant except for Mariupol in the south east, where the station is open but without train service, because neighboring stations are occupied.
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And if Zelensky were dumb enough to do so, Popaluffagus would just call it fake. Zelensky should invite him to Kyiv to confirm it for himself.
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“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill introducing a prison sentence of up to 15 years for those spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war in Ukraine.”
One can see why Turmp is such an admirer of Putin.
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