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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:15:29 PM EDT
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Oopski..
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:16:26 PM EDT
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blyat
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:17:34 PM EDT
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Cool
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:17:52 PM EDT
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Major oppski. Somebody is going to get a cut in vodka ration.
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:18:02 PM EDT
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Fuckupski!!
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:19:06 PM EDT
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not sure what you can really expect them to do.. looks like temporary shelters.
Article also mentions the drones as having increased their range.. Ruskies probably thought they were safe |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:20:12 PM EDT
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Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:21:27 PM EDT
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The answer is obvious. The United States was the main supplier of Ukraine's heavy munitions, and Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are running out of their heaviest weapons |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:22:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:22:45 PM EDT
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"But if the Ukrainians could locate a warehouse complex full of tanks 10 miles behind the front line, why not strike it with much heavier weapons than drones—artillery, rockets, even glide-bombs—and guarantee the instantaneous destruction of the entire complex?
The answer is obvious. The United States was the main supplier of Ukraine’s heavy munitions, and Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are running out of their heaviest weapons." 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:23:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. No shit, David Axe from Forbes is fucking AIDS!!! In other news, I dont want to post the videos but Russian Commanders had two open ranks troop inspections within range of HIMARS...twice. 65+ dead in the open, it's fucking brutal. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:24:01 PM EDT
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Who is in charge of security there? Col. Klinkski & Sgt. Shultzov?
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:25:25 PM EDT
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Oooof... Someone is heading to the gulag
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:25:42 PM EDT
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I really hope our military is paying attention.
Supply lines will get wrecked in the next go round. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:29:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "But if the Ukrainians could locate a warehouse complex full of tanks 10 miles behind the front line, why not strike it with much heavier weapons than drones—artillery, rockets, even glide-bombs—and guarantee the instantaneous destruction of the entire complex? The answer is obvious. The United States was the main supplier of Ukraine’s heavy munitions, and Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are running out of their heaviest weapons." Yeah, that doesn’t follow at all to me. Maybe they were using this as a testbed for new range capabilities. Maybe they wanted the PR value of destroying that target with a glorified toy. Maybe they were flying a random sortie looking for targets and came across this. … or maybe they’d just rather use cheap and plentiful weapons wherever possible. If that attack had failed, it’s not like they couldn’t follow it up with artillery if necessary. Of course, none of those reasons would give that journalist the opportunity to call Republicans “Russia-aligned” and insinuate that Ukraine is on the brink of collapse due to lack of munitions and funding. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:34:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Major oppski. Somebody is going to get a cut in vodka ration. And by that you mean executed, right? |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:35:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So NOT supporting giving insane amounts of money to Ukraine is now Russian alignment? 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:36:25 PM EDT
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Garand Thumb had some guys on recently who have spent time fighting in Ukraine and they had some interesting observations about drone usage. The racing FPV drones are super fast and maneuverable to the point they can fly them in open tank hatches and through windows.
They will use larger Mavic-style drones with good cameras to hover and observe then direct the racer drones where to attack. These are small super fast drones with attached payload capable of destroying pretty much anything if they get inside it. Leaving the door open for one (or more) of these to get in is a pretty big oops. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:47:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And by that you mean executed, right? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Major oppski. Somebody is going to get a cut in vodka ration. And by that you mean executed, right? A bullet is probably better than the gulags... |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:55:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Garand Thumb had some guys on recently who have spent time fighting in Ukraine and they had some interesting observations about drone usage. The racing FPV drones are super fast and maneuverable to the point they can fly them in open tank hatches and through windows. They will use larger Mavic-style drones with good cameras to hover and observe then direct the racer drones where to attack. These are small super fast drones with attached payload capable of destroying pretty much anything if they get inside it. Leaving the door open for one (or more) of these to get in is a pretty big oops. Yep. I (and several others here) fly FPV. The hobby is basically broken up into two parallel pursuits: racing and freestyle. Racing is all about controlled movements and maintaining speed. It’s really crazy to watch, as the racers have had a chance to see the track and sometimes pre-run it - they’ve pre-planned every movement in their heads, and do everything they can to keep their speed up. Because batteries are a significant portion of the gross weight, they run the smallest batteries they can and still finish the course. A good race is one where you can’t take off again after crossing the finish line. Freestyle is almost the opposite - big, chunky drones with big, chunky batteries. This is what I fly. I top-mount my batteries so I can slam the bottom of the quad against metal roofs, and the frames I use are probably 3x thicker than what I’d use if I were racing. They can take one hell of a beating, too. The fastest I’ve clocked my favorite 5” is 99MPH. On an unrelated note, the FAA limits drone speed to 99MPH. I will say that I can sustain that 99MPH at much less than 50% throttle, though. Theoretical maximum speed in the configuration I fly (with a chunky battery) is around 150-175 MPH. Bear in mind, to this point we’re talking about quadcopters, which are well-suited to agility over speed or endurance. In the context of what’s happening in Ukraine, I’d want a mix of short-range FPV quadcopters and long-range fixed-wings. It’s trivial to set up a fixed wing to loiter for hours, with zero dependency on radio communications to receive instructions from the ground. That requires large, straight wings. If you instead used shorter, swept wings, you can get them up to some truly insane speeds - to the point that your limiting factor is going to be the rigidity of your airframe and deflection torque of your control surfaces to allow you to pull out of a dive. While I’ve not personally seen or flown a supersonic fixed-wing, I’m not aware of anything that would prevent such a beast from being built if that were your goal. For ~$2.5k, you can get a jet engine on AliExpress that will run on kerosene. It weights 1.5kg and can provide 19kg of thrust… |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 9:58:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:02:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: not sure what you can really expect them to do.. looks like temporary shelters. Article also mentions the drones as having increased their range.. Ruskies probably thought they were safe Hard to tell with the res of the video. Not sure there are doors on those doorways. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:06:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:10:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:45:47 PM EDT
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Nice Zombie cover song!
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:47:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Forbes |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:49:23 PM EDT
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And Republicans in congress swear Russia is an immediate threat to the US.
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:51:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No shit, David Axe from Forbes is fucking AIDS!!! In other news, I dont want to post the videos but Russian Commanders had two open ranks troop inspections within range of HIMARS...twice. 65+ dead in the open, it's fucking brutal. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. No shit, David Axe from Forbes is fucking AIDS!!! In other news, I dont want to post the videos but Russian Commanders had two open ranks troop inspections within range of HIMARS...twice. 65+ dead in the open, it's fucking brutal. but you believe what you want.  
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:55:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Speaker of the house Johnson accepted donations from a company owned in majority by Russians. Kind of hard to dispute that. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:56:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: With no blood. No bodies in pieces. but you believe what you want. Ummmm About that…. Note: this is a drone video of the strikes done via m31a1 rounds. Barely missed the general too |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 10:58:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Little bit of bias in that article. Also crazy that a small drone can take out a tank. Quote HistoryQuoted: The answer is obvious. The United States was the main supplier of Ukraine's heavy munitions, and Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are running out of their heaviest weapons Does this mean that the ARFCOMMERs who label everyone who is against further Ukrainian aid "Putin cocksuckers" is being influenced by the MSM propaganda such as this article? |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:01:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought we should get the hell out of Afghanistan. Does that make me "Taliban-aligned"? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I guess we are whatever kind of "cocksucking traitor" the Left and their ARFCOM friends want to label us........all we are guilty of is opposing THEM. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:01:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Holy propaganda article! Not surprising from Forbes. They are a Democrat and left leaning source, and more aid for Ukraine is predominantly a Democrat supported position. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:02:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:07:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Holy propaganda article! Not surprising from Forbes. They are a Democrat and left leaning source, and more aid for Ukraine is predominantly a Democrat supported position. I know it’s rough but about 30 million dollars (somewhere around a trillion rubles, you know) in Russian armor assets went up in smoke due to a handful of FPV drones. T80BVM, brem1, and several other vehicles. Gone. And entire repair base geolocated here:  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:13:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hard to tell with the res of the video. Not sure there are doors on those doorways. And the walls didn't go down to the floor, either. So I'm guessing those were shelters, not barns/warehouses. The drones could have flown under the walls, it looks like there was about 4 ft to get through. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:14:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: With no blood. No bodies in pieces. but you believe what you want. When you see the video of those rounds detonating 50 feet above their heads and knocking them flat...I find it believable. How about we wait and see who's right? |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:17:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ummmm About that…. Note: this is a drone video of the strikes done via m31a1 rounds. Barely missed the general too *crickets* |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:19:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know it’s rough but about 30 million dollars (somewhere around a trillion rubles, you know) in Russian armor assets went up in smoke due to a handful of FPV drones. T80BVM, brem1, and several other vehicles. Gone. And entire repair base geolocated here: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/51435/IMG_1090_jpeg-3137069.JPG You post like I care. Orcs fighting orcs, not my countrymen You seem to care a lot, though. I wonder why that is. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:19:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: *crickets*  There were 3-4 such sites hit in the last 72 hours. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:21:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Russia-aligned Republicans in the U.S. Congress since October have refused to vote on fresh aid to Ukraine. Fucking “journalists” |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:32:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Holy propaganda article! Not surprising from Forbes. They are a Democrat and left leaning source, and more aid for Ukraine is predominantly a Democrat supported position. They are and it is. But, this war has been a very valuable lesson to the world that Russia isn't shit, it's weapons are garbage, it's not a super power and except for Iran and NK, Russia has no real allies, and only Africa will be it's future customers. The world order has rearranged itself and Russia has fallen from #2 to battling Ukraine for whatever it's place is, in the world, like #25? As a Right leaning person this is a position I am good with, that puts us way ahead of where we thought we were and NATO has at least one new major addition with one on the way. This is good for us, at the moment. ETA: I think China is also questioning its ability to be able to invade Taiwan. A huge portion of China's military is directly copied from Russian designs as well as shared industrial secrets. I would venture to guess 90%+ of China's Air Force and Naval aircraft are Russian bootleg designs. If Russia's AF is performing this poorly against Patriots, Stingers and other Western SAMs, how is China's going to perform? |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:32:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You post like I care. Orcs fighting orcs, not my countrymen You seem to care a lot, though. I wonder why that is. You care enough to get involved in every single Ukraine thread so I have my own thoughts. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:33:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice Zombie cover song! Yea, much better than I would have expected. I assume it's in Ukranian. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:38:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought we should get the hell out of Afghanistan. Does that make me "Taliban-aligned"? Excellent point. Our soldiers should get out of both Ukraine and Russia. Oh, wait... |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:39:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You care enough to get involved in every single Ukraine thread so I have my own thoughts. fadedsun throws a haymaker off the ropes, the crowd goes wild! I don't know Dan, this fight is anything but over, I expect the fans are gonna get a real show tonight! |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:40:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They are and it is. But, this war has been a very valuable lesson to the world that Russia isn't shit, it's weapons are garbage, it's not a super power and except for Iran and NK, Russia has no real allies, and only Africa will be it's future customers. The world order has rearranged itself and Russia has fallen from #2 to battling Ukraine for whatever it's place is, in the world, like #25? As a Right leaning person this is a position I am good with, that puts us way ahead of where we thought we were and NATO has at least one new major addition with one on the way. This is good for us, at the moment. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Holy propaganda article! Not surprising from Forbes. They are a Democrat and left leaning source, and more aid for Ukraine is predominantly a Democrat supported position. They are and it is. But, this war has been a very valuable lesson to the world that Russia isn't shit, it's weapons are garbage, it's not a super power and except for Iran and NK, Russia has no real allies, and only Africa will be it's future customers. The world order has rearranged itself and Russia has fallen from #2 to battling Ukraine for whatever it's place is, in the world, like #25? As a Right leaning person this is a position I am good with, that puts us way ahead of where we thought we were and NATO has at least one new major addition with one on the way. This is good for us, at the moment. We lost to Afghanistan, so where does that rank us? US military will be just as blinded by the toy drones with bombs strapped to them lickitey quick. How long before the cartel starts doing this shit in CONUS? |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:41:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: fadedsun throws a haymaker off the ropes, the crowd goes wild! I don't know Dan, this fight is anything but over. Nothing is over  Rambo First Blood - NOTHING IS OVER!! Side note: I suck at boxing. That’s why I always took folks to the ground and went from there. It’s not that I’m better, I just suck less 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:41:57 PM EDT
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Russia so stupid.
Ukraine so smart. Our leaders are sound of mind. |
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Posted: 2/21/2024 11:44:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You care enough to get involved in every single Ukraine thread so I have my own thoughts. No, that’s just not true and appears to be a figment of your imagination. Plenty of Ukrainista articles that I pass on that aren’t worth my time. This comment appears to be projection, because you do post in every Ukraine thread or Russia thread, so I have my suspicions. Have a lovely evening! 
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