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You can now write your own name in the style of The Batman's logo -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 11:39 2
- Budice wins ST. -- (pic) - Spawn Feb 27, 11:46 [Attachment] 1
  - nmbZork -- (pic) - zork Feb 27, 12:33 [Attachment]
EU shuts down Russia's two main propaganda stations -- (link) - Reagen Feb 27, 11:35 2
- C'mon NATO, do the same! We can shut down FoxNews. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:37
- Fox News? OH darn -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:37
My hot take on the Ukraine invasion based on largely uninformed speculation. Please correct me. - Mop Feb 27, 11:30 1
- Don't forget, Ukraine has been fighting the separatists ( Russian special forces without uniforms) for 8 years now -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:41
Russian Oligarch Flight Activity Involving French Alsace / Seychelles (SYC)/Maldives (MAL) -- (link*) - budice Feb 27, 11:28
Meet little Rambo -- (link) - Jovian Feb 27, 11:23 2
- It's a bit dusty in here -- nm - eag Feb 27, 11:27
- awww -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:27
Russian airline Aeroflot AFL124 from Moscow to JFK - midway over the Norwegian Sea apparently returning to Moscow. -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 11:12 5
- "They're going home! They're going home!" -- nm - Bob Cole Feb 27, 11:24
- "Captain Ramius scared them out of the sky!" *cheering* -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:16 1
  - Ha! -- nm - David Feb 27, 11:24
- Hopefully they have enough fuel - eag Feb 27, 11:14
- they discovered Putin's family on it? -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:13
Russia finally acknowledge "some" casualties -- nm - eag Feb 27, 11:07
If anyone wants to know how our military operates....my brother got a Supply Chain degree from Oklahoma State U to serve as a warehouser in the Army - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:55 5
- I'm scared to ask, but current rank? -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 11:04 4
  - I'm not sure -- he left in 2020 after he realized I think he'd topped out. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:19 3
    - I'd forgotten how good your brother stories were. -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 11:22 2
      - The fucking thief story is one that even my redneck buddy was like, "YOU DID WHAT?!" - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:36 1
        
        You know how air force requires flight time to get flight pay? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:46
I guess on the plus side, how is Trump going to fund a 2024 campaign when the assets of his backers are frozen. -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 10:51 3
- MAGA hats will now require an initial donation of $50 with an ongoing bi-weekly additional license to wear it of another $50. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 11:24 1
  - I thought they already did? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 27, 11:25
- We're gonna find out pretty fast who's invested alot in Russian assets it may not be a good look for a lot of people -- nm* - eag Feb 27, 10:53
One week into cookie booth sales, and today is my daughter’s last day. She’s sold her (record) 1,000 boxes. No restocks. No more cookies. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 10:49 2
- Clearly you need to bake some cookies ,box them as Scout Girls (brand) and rake in the big bucks, see you on shark tank -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:48
- I told you crack mints were a good idea! Seriously, congrats to her 😺 -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:51
"I asked my Russian friend what she thought..." (snl spoiler) - Michael Che Feb 27, 10:47 2
- If you watched his serious it is also a bit funnier. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:22
- brutally funny -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:49
“Mom, get me out of here! We're killing civilians here." -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 10:33 11
- Who's his mom? What's she gonna do about it? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 27, 11:24
- not to be a buzzkill, but you're not supposed to do this under the Geneva Conventions. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:42 9
  - maybe theyre asking to do it? -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:03 2
    - Not supposed to even if they ask. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:23 1
      - ah, ok. You're right, not cool! -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:24
  - 100% -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:52
  - Yeah. Extremely bad form. The phone calls home, I don't think violate anything, at least on their face, but might if statements are coerced. -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 10:45 1
    - contact home is required. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:01
  - Looking at it objectively, it's pretty cruel unless there's a 100% guarantee of the captured soldier being refined home promptly and unharmed. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 10:44 2
    - Well, maybe not returned home (as that could invite punishment from their own side). But unharmed, at least. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 10:46
    - Returned. wtf autocorrect. 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 10:45
One of the lessons Russia will probably learn is not to rely on conscripted, poorly trained forces. - TWuG Feb 27, 10:33 1
- Maybe, maybe not. It has been their brand since Peter the Great -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:37
A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 10:28 8
- Someone stop Dan Bilzerian before he points his yacht in that direction. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 11:04
- Ugh....they're going to make this a world war. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:51 2
  - Do we seriously believe it was not going to be? -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:21 1
    - An actual shooting war ... I hold out significant hope it won't be. A collection of retired operators tagging along only makes Putin's job easier - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:32
- So… mercenaries? -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 10:47
- This seems destined to backfire. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:47
- "Team America" -- nm - budice Feb 27, 10:30 1
  - F*ck yeah -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 10:44
Saw this place on the news last night. Right up ST’s alley. Combo comic shop and bar. - Volnelk Feb 27, 10:27 6
- My checking the details self absolutely can’t unsee the Tues Closed directly underneath: Shop with us 7 days a week! -- nm - JD Feb 27, 10:59 1
  - Haha. Yeah they’ve got some details to iron out. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 27, 11:16
- *stubbornly looks at the party in the Marvel section and refuses to join, just glowers over his DC cocktail* -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:31 3
  - *looks down from the 17th floor Richie Rich gold plated section* -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 10:45
  - The DC section is much darker lit. Very difficult to tell what’s going on. The Marvel section is much better organized. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 27, 10:35 1
    - 1) "much darker lit" works two ways :) 2) I just need a butler to serve me a drink and a woman who moves like a cat, and I'm good. -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:41
CNN Anchor whose parents fled The Soviet Union says that it wasn't as bad back then as it is now -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 10:25 5
- Watchmen Ukraine: Zelenskyy as The Comedian -- nm - budice Feb 27, 10:27 1
  - Some streaming service should jump on adding his movies. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:38
- she is a great follow. -- nm - mud Feb 27, 10:26 2
  - I'd follow her, but I don't want the cops to arrest me for stalking -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:28
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:27
European Union, Canada close airspace to Russia in response to Ukraine war -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 10:21 4
- "Canada keeps its airspace open to Russian airlines" is ... not a good look right now. Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Feb 26 '22, 16:16 -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:19 1
  - "Canada has now closed its airspace to all Russian aircraft operators." -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 06:37 [tweet] 1 -- nm - mud Feb 27, 11:22
- “Breaking News: The E.U. said it would finance the purchase and delivery of weapons to Ukraine and close E.U. airspace to Russian aircraft.” - The Allfather Feb 27, 10:25
- This made me think of the time when I lived in Seattle and Aeroflot couldn't find Sea-Tac. So they landed on I-5 -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:24
Ukraine's government raises crypto worth $8 million in crowdfunding appeal -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 10:18 12
- Conversely, analysts project a potential run for Russian banks on Monday. -- (edited) - The Allfather Feb 27, 10:22 10
  - Biden looking pretty good in his reaction to this. Didn't overreact, hit the most painful targets - TWuG Feb 27, 10:28 8
    - Let’s hope. Some of the early polling has been galactically stupid. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 27, 10:39 7
      - Oh, I'm not speaking to polling, just that his actions, whether popular or not, have been effective. -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 10:46
      - "Putin is so awesome to do this, and why didn't Biden do anything to stop him?" -- nm* - znufrii Feb 27, 10:45
      - "Why didn't we stop this thing from happening that would have taken doing things I absolutely wouldn't have supported?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:44 4
        
        The funniest one is that Putin wouldn't have invaded if Trump were POTUS. - David Feb 27, 10:46 3
        
        Honestly, they may be right on that. Trump and Putin would have worked in concert to destabilize Ukraine and install a leader to Putin’s liking -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 27, 11:43
        
        Jill Stein is also having a normal one. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:40
        
        "Just a second, googling 'Russia conflicts 21st century' and ... oh. Ohhhhh" -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:40
  - yup. It's going to be ugly. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:25
- and it's worth what now? ..how about now? ................. and now? -- nm - mud Feb 27, 10:20
B2 - Azerbaijan convincingly won its war against Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh last year - Roger More Feb 27, 10:03 2
- yeah, if I cared that much I'd come up with a long list for him - but these days I'm trying to be about kittens, rainbows, and ice cream - crash davis Feb 27, 10:19 1
  - pfft -- nm - puppies & dark chocolate Feb 27, 10:21
Value of the US$ doubles verses the rouble overnight. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 27, 10:02 1
- More like the Ruble is now rubble -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:55
the species mentioned in yesterday's QotD is pretty fantastic -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 27, 09:56
Bryson DeChambeau's yardages this year. -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 09:49 4
- I think I might have similar 2022 yardages here, since the ground is frozen as hard as asphalt -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:34 3
  - He basically doesn't have these yardages either. His clubs are noticably delofted. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:50 2
    - Interesting. Does he renumber his clubs just so he can brag about how far he can hit? -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:55 1
      - My guess is the length of the club and the angle of the hozzle / club face determine what club he's hitting...but - Will Hunting Feb 27, 10:57
Ummm, NCAAW score -- these are top 15 teams --- Louisville 48, Notre Dame 10 with 3 minutes left in the 1st half. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:41 3
- Same thing can happen in an NCAAM game -- nm - prayformojo Feb 27, 09:45
- It was 48-6 but Notre Dame's gone on a run! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:42 1
  - 4-0 run, don't call it a comeback -- nm - budice Feb 27, 09:45
Blacks need to wait? -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 09:40
So here are my thoughts on this "meeting" supposedly tomorrow especially since there are no preconditions - eag Feb 27, 09:39
translator bursts into tears -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 09:38
I have no direct knowledge so I can't prove this. But what you are seeing is, in my supposition, the effects of a totally corrupt government - crash davis Feb 27, 09:33 10
- I think that's part of it. I think the Russian economy is so much worse that we thought it was (and is even worse now) that they are operating forces - Remlik Feb 27, 09:35 9
  - I've seen several national security people over the past couple years say Russia has slipped to third world status *(I know it is not PC) - crash davis Feb 27, 09:40 8
    - Oh no question they've been on a downhill slide the past few years... - Remlik Feb 27, 09:55 4
      - This stuff isn't honey, it doesn't stay good forever. You have to spend a lot on maintenance. They didn't -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:59 3
        
        They showed one captured Russian tank - it looked moth eaten. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:03 1
        
        I swear it seems like half the guys/girls I meet from the base work in maintenance -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 10:21
        
        it's showing. But they have so much of it. I'm really shocked they don't have the planes in the air. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:02
    - (first/second/third world was a political designation, not an economic category) -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 09:51 1
      - as conceived by Mao, but it rapidly progressed to economic designation as it was always used to discuss developing countries not Sweden, Switzerland -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:57
    - The ruble is basicly valuless right now and that was before the sanctions -- nm - eag Feb 27, 09:41
sitwap: Putin puts Nuclear forces on alert, Ukraine -- (link) - Remlik Feb 27, 09:33 1
- when it's definitely running to plan -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 05:43 -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:34
So what are sports fan to do? Not asking for a friend but as an Everton fan. The Blues aren’t Chelsea but the team definitely has Russian money - JD Feb 27, 09:29
Callisto, from B2, that is really cool. I may pester you for some free advice as I go along 😺 -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:25
The Ukrainians are so winning this PR battle. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:15 36
- "Mom, Dad, uhm.... Can you come get me? Yeah, me and my buds tried to invad... Yes, I *know* it was stupid *now*!" -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 10:19 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Feb 27, 10:24
- they are but once the Bear wakes up fully. It's going to be ugly -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:30 14
  - dude, the Bear is awake -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:35 13
    - I don't think so at all. I think Putin was hoping for a Blitzkrieg strike with the material at hand wherever he pulled that from... - Remlik Feb 27, 09:39 12
      - I believe this is a full Scott Stapp all in -- (link) - crash davis Feb 27, 09:42 [Backboard] 9
        
        well now. that's interesting. that's damn interesting. thank you -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:52
        
        And ive heard alot of it is support only 65-70,000 battle troops -- (edited) - eag Feb 27, 09:45 7
        
        (that's a normal ratio) -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 09:54
        
        ....Did they forget to fill up before leaving on the trip? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:48 5
        
        I mean if you have twice as much support then you do actual battle troops and your vehicles keep running out of gas - eag Feb 27, 09:52 2
        
        Its like having a great Offense but your O-Line cant protect your QB -- nm* - eag Feb 27, 09:55 1
        
        AKA The Colts Luck O-line -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:03
        
        On paper, the tanks were full. In reality, the money is in the Caymans, or Panama, or Lichtenstein, or Switzerland or something -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:52 1
        
        Not for long it is. -- nm - eag Feb 27, 09:53
      - gawd I hope youre wrong -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:41 1
        
        me to. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:52
- Everything points to some peon-style rush on the Ukranians. Conscripts put together with older hardware and little supplies -- nm* - budice Feb 27, 09:25 8
  - I think that's rapidly changing. I'm waiting for Russia to start the bombing campaign. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:34
  - They sent the Chechans in as shock troops and they got destroyed. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 09:33
  - A first wave, in other words? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 09:26 5
    - I get the concerns about a second wave, but time's running out for it to materialize. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 09:34 3
      - I think if we see a bombing campaign Monday night/Tuesday Morning that 2nd wave is coming. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 09:37 2
        
        I feel the Russians have failed to gain air superiority and cannot launch a bombing campaign. - Mop Feb 27, 09:48 1
        
        Their Air Force must be in worse shape than the Army -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 10:03
    - .. :-( -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:28
- yes they are. I left a response to you back on B2 btw. Nothing major to worry about though so don't feel the need to get back to me. -- nm - crash davis Feb 27, 09:24 2
  - I saw it, and I don't quite agree with some of it. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 09:32 1
    - [snork] - teacup poodle -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:33
- yep -- (link) - mud Feb 27, 09:18 6
  - I love the cigarette dangling from his mouth. -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 09:26
  - Man, that's gonna kill a farmer some day. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 09:20 4
    - nah, he'll mark it and someone will take care of it within a day or two. -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:23 3
      - Just so long as he doesn't lose his cigarette. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 09:25 1
        
        40+ yrs smoking, I could never do that. The smoke goes directly into your eyes! -- nm - mud Feb 27, 09:26
      - With a sign that says "MINE". Then a Russian soldier walks past and says, "well it's mine now!" *boom* -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 09:24

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