Россия invades Україна | UPDATE (14 May 2024) - Russia launches new invasion from the north into Kharkiv, soon to launch second corridor into Sumy. Situation is dire

[SuperSpreader]

Ppl in Moscow arrested live on CNN

[SuperSpreader]

Just now, DarkStar189 said:

As a noob to this, why did Russia want to take Chernobyl? 

 

What are you gonna do? Bomb it? It's a pathway that can't be attacked. 

[Kal-El814]

8 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Liberals are stupid. 

 

I think this has way less to do with liberals being stupid insomuch as it is inertia combined with the desire to squeeze every last drop from the lemon. I don't think stupidity has NOTHING to do with it, just that it's not the main driving force.

[Chris-]

2 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said:

As a noob to this, why did Russia want to take Chernobyl? 

 

Quick path to Kyiv. 

[CayceG]

Chernobyl is in between Belarus and Kyiv. It's the most direct route. 

 

It isn't that they want it for any reason other than it's in the way and they need to move the Ukrainian forces out of it. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

6 minutes ago, DarkStar189 said:

As a noob to this, why did Russia want to take Chernobyl? 

 

The shortest route to Kyiv from Belarus runs right through the Exclusion Zone.

 

Also, there's a very large airfield in the vicinity.

[Brian]

 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

 

[Zaku3]

13 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

It's doubly baffling considering the military definitely views it that way. 

 

Oil companies are really powerful and use that power to keep their gravy train flowing consequences to the planet be damned.

[CitizenVectron]

 

I mean, "wow" I guess in that you wouldn't expect much of a protest when you know you'll be arrested. But certainly not large enough to put any pressure on Putin. The only way these protests make any difference is if the police crack down so hard that more of the public gets mad over the reaction to the protests.

 

EDIT - Still, these people have 1000x more guts than anyone in North America complaining about tyranny or restrictions or whatever.

[Chollowa]

32 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Not to shrug this off, but Chinese intrusions into the Taiwanese ADZ are effectively a weekly affair

 

Also, the ADZ isn't considered to be Taiwanese air space.

I'm quite glad this can be shrugged off. 

[mclumber1]

 

[SaysWho?]

 

 

[finaljedi]

3 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

 

I guess when Mexico decides to retake Texas we'll be glad we have it.

[mclumber1]

Just now, finaljedi said:

 

I guess when Mexico decides to retake Texas we'll be glad we have it.

 

[Comet]

2 minutes ago, finaljedi said:

 

I guess when Mexico decides to retake Texas we'll be glad we have it.

Has Putin written up a new Zimmerman Note to Mexico? 

[Kal-El814]

3 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

 

OLO

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

1 minute ago, Comet said:

Has Putin written up a new Zimmerman Note to Mexico? 

AMLO hasn’t really criticized Russia in all this

[mclumber1]

1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

AMLO hasn’t really criticized Russia in all this

 

Sus

[CitizenVectron]

 

 

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[Comet]

2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

AMLO hasn’t really criticized Russia in all this

I don’t think Putin could ever work with AMLO 😂

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

Biden is live:

 

 

[Jason]

5 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

AMLO hasn’t really criticized Russia in all this

 

3 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

Sus

 

No Mexican carivans to Russia either.

[Ominous]

12 minutes ago, finaljedi said:

 

I guess when Mexico decides to retake Texas we'll be glad we have it.

I mean can we just let Mexico have Texas?

[SuperSpreader]

6 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

AMLO hasn’t really criticized Russia in all this

 

That's because they're the ones providing the COVID vaccines there not us. 

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, Ominous said:

I mean can we just let Mexico have Texas?

 

Oklahoma was originally part of Texas when the US gained possession of it right from Mexico, right? Let's make it a BOGO! 

[SuperSpreader]

7 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

Manchin and Sinema

[Jason]

IIRC it was something about no new slave states above a certain parallel so Texas gave up Oklahoma so they could keep slavery? 

[Comet]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

Oklahoma was originally part of Texas when the US gained possession of it right from Mexico, right? Let's make it a BOGO! 

As a Mexican-American living in Texas I have a lot of confusing feelings about this 

[CitizenVectron]

US sanctions predicted to cut off over half of Russia's tech imports.

[CitizenVectron]

 

[Joe]

4 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

 

That's because they're the ones providing the COVID vaccines there not us. 

Huh? The US has donated nearly 10 million vaccines to Mexico this year.

[CitizenVectron]

US sending troops to the eastern NATO nations.