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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by PITBOSS, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. ValdostaGatorFan

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    Bro.. no lie, I just read this and thought, "I know someone that follows Q, I wonder of they're talking about it." I open my Facebook, and this is the very first post. You can't make this ish up..

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  2. VAg8r1

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    Originally posted three days ago, apparently there is at least one member of Congress who has completely bought into the Russian propaganda.
    Madison Cawthorn: GOP lawmaker calls Zelensky a 'thug' - CNNPolitics
     
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  3. PITBOSS

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  4. slightlyskeptic

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    When I go to the polls the people I vote for will have never kissed Putin’s ring but rather called him out for the thug he is, will have rightly called out the the complete malfeasance by the current administration in handling the multi million influx of illegals at the border, will have consistently pointed out the threat of China as they have been doing for decades with no mention of any of the other countries you mentioned and will have given no more credibility to bio weapons conspiracies in Ukraine than you have. And they will all be Republican.
     
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  5. gogator7444

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    From CNN live

    "American journalist Juan Arredondo in hospital after being wounded by Russian forces, Kyiv police say

    From CNN's Lauren Kent in London and Clarissa Ward in Kyiv

    Kyiv region police said on Sunday that two other journalists were wounded by Russian troops. One of the wounded journalists is believed to be Colombian-American photographer Juan Arredondo, who is now in the hospital, according to social media video and international media reports.

    In a Facebook post, head of the Kyiv region police Andriy Nebitov said that Russian forces killed American journalist Brent Renaud and that "two more journalists were injured, adding that "the injured have been already saved and moved to a hospital in the capital. What condition they are in is unknown at the moment."

    Social media footage has emerged of a journalist identified as Juan Arredondo at Okhmatdyt hospital in Kyiv, in which he describes being shot at by Russian forces while driving through a checkpoint in Irpin, Ukraine, while on the way to film refugees leaving the city. "
     
  6. gogator7444

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    Latvia asking for a permanent NATO base/US presence

    "Latvian president says permanent NATO base in country needed to protect against Russian aggression

    From CNN's Devan Cole

    Latvian President Egils Levits stressed Sunday that a permanent NATO military base in Latvia is “absolutely” needed in order to protect the country against any potential Russian aggression there.

    “Absolutely. NATO should strengthen the NATO eastern flank. That’s the Baltics, Poland, Romania, so that this would be a strong signal to Moscow that NATO is ready to defend the member states,” Levits told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked whether US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s announcement that NATO is establishing a permanent base in Latvia would help protect the country against Russia.

    “I welcome also the American troops in Poland and Baltics, and we need a permanent presence of American troops in this area. I think it is a response to Russian ideas on aggression beyond Ukraine,” he added."
     
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  7. WarDamnGator

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    I was talking to a client at work, we started taking about GPS, but he transitioned to talk of the war, then told me he thinks Putin is “the good guy”… his reason was the media lies about everything so Putin must be a good guy…this guy served, too… it’s hard to imagine what has broken in people’s brains.
     
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  8. OklahomaGator

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    I don't understand how anyone can defend Putin here. He is a war criminal. I have been against any US military involvement in Ukraine but watching these people get slaughtered at what point do we say enough is enough?
     
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  9. ncargat1

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    An ally
     
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  10. sierragator

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    Despicable and disturbing that people with that mindset are among us. They need to be called out for the Putin sympathizers they are.
     
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  11. chemgator

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    Of course, if you really wanted to play Putin's propaganda game, you would call the organization of Eastern European countries the Russian Defense Treaty Organization (RDTO), and then exclude Russia from joining (because they obviously can't be trusted). Then declare that any attack on Ukraine is an attack on Russia. And Russia must be defended at all costs, by all Eastern European countries. Even if you have to take the fight all the way to the Kremlin. Putin would have a very difficult time responding to that.
     
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  12. chemgator

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    In Poland, troop enlistments are spiking.

    Nerves on edge in Poland as war next door in Ukraine revives fears of Russia

     
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  13. sierragator

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    Wondering when we will get news about a "stray Russian" rocket landing in a NATO country. One of their drones made it all the way to Croatia.
     
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  14. apkgator

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    Depending on where you live, the only option to meet all those criteria might mean writing in a candidate
     
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  15. gogator7444

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    Democrats & Republicans united on something...

    "Senate Armed Forces Committee member: US should supply Ukraine with military planes

    From CNN's Devan Cole

    US Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said Sunday that the US should supply Ukraine with military equipment, including planes, as it defends itself against Russia.

    “Means of air defense, such as planes, drones, anti-aircraft, batteries and missiles, all means of air defense, should be considered. And my personal feeling is we should provide those planes because they are potentially very important to the Ukrainian defense,” Blumenthal, who sits on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield on “Newsroom.”

    He continued: “Not with American pilots, but with the training that Ukrainians need to fly those planes and make them effective as a deterrent as well as a force to protect the Ukrainian people against the air superiority of the Russian jet fighters.”"
     
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    "Ukraine denies Russia's claims it has killed up to 180 foreign mercenaries during strike on Yavoriv military base"

    From CNN’s Mick Krever in Lviv

    Ukraine responded to Russia’s claims it has killed up to 180 foreign mercenaries during a strike on Yavoriv military base, calling it “pure Russian propaganda,” Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesperson Markiyan Lubkivsky told CNN.

    “This is not the truth. Pure Russian propaganda,” Lubkivsky said in a message to CNN, further saying there are still no foreigners confirmed among the dead in Yavoriv military base.
    Earlier on Sunday, Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing, "On the morning of March 13, high-precision long-range weapons attacked the training centers of the Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Starichi and at the Yavoriv military base. At these facilities, the Kyiv regime deployed a point for the training and combat coordination of foreign mercenaries before being sent to the areas of hostilities against Russian military personnel, as well as a storage base for weapons and military equipment coming from foreign countries. As a result of the strike, up to 180 foreign mercenaries and a large consignment of foreign weapons were destroyed. The destruction of foreign mercenaries who arrived on the territory of Ukraine will continue.""
     
  17. gogator7444

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    Good news!

    "Ukraine says it resumed power supply to Chernobyl nuclear plant

    Ukraine’s National Energy Company (NEC) Ukrenergo completed repair work and resumed power supply to the Chernobyl NPP, the company announced on Sunday.

    “Ukrainian specialists of NEC “Ukrenergo” completed repair works on the 330 kV line… and resumed power supply to the Chernobyl NPP and town of Slavutych,” Ukrenergo posted on its Telegram channel.

    Some more context: The Chernobyl nuclear power plant's electrical system was damaged during a Russian attack on March 9. Following the attack, the plant was dependent on external diesel generators to keep its reactors operating, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. Russian officials have also arrived to Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant, demanding to take control of the facility, according to a statement from Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-operated nuclear energy company."
     
  18. chemgator

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    Why China is against the Russian invasion of Ukraine: it destroys their Belt and Road initiative into Eastern Europe.

    Russia's Ukraine Invasion Is Bad News For China’s Belt And Road Ambitions

     
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  19. sierragator

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    Russians taking duly elected officials off the street and replacing them with handpicked stooges. At least two mayors in Ukraine have been abducted by Russian agents. How very January 6th (or Michigan militia) of them. Don't kid yourselves for a minute that they would not do the same to us given the chance. There are some in our midst who would be ok with it.
     
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  20. l_boy

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    While I am conceptually for it I am not sure it is practical in short order to train pilots who have never flown American fighter jets to be able to do so in short order. That was the purpose of providing MIGS which they do have experience flying.
     
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