What a piece of journalism this is.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
I don't know if I'd agree with that. She definitely seems like a true believer. Remember that before she was a politician she was chasing school shooting survivors down the street demanding to know why they were lying about there being a school shooting. She's the real deal.
That's great news.
Me. I always thought he wasnt as mad as people were making out. Now Im terrified he's fkn nuts. This is sounding like Hitlers purification programs.
I’m surprised it’s not got more traction.
It’s the most worrying thing I think I’ve heard from Putin since the war if I’m honest and if now makes me think that he won’t stop.
Anyone know anything about the azov bridge? Thought Russia mentioning it was just propaganda, but then recently on bbc it said that azov killed a general so must be a decently sized group.
I never expected him to stop. Even if somehow the peace talks were successful he will still have it in his head to return and he will. He’s an individual that needs to be stopped either through overthrowing him from within, someone putting a bullet in him or complete military defeat (including taking his nukes out of action).
for me this is about the rest of the world standing together and saying this type of action that Putin took isn’t acceptable anymore, whether you are Russia, China, Korea, or whoever
There's no way to take their nukes out of action, they're everywhere : in hidden bunkers, on mobile vehicules, in submarines, and even if he was to agree (he won't) to denuclearization, we'd have no way of knowing if the dismantled all of them, there's just too many.
Then he has to be taken out of a position where he has access to them
While completely expected, surely we can use this to kick Russia out of the UN security council as a permanent member? Then I don't have to listen to that bald guy spout nonsense on the international diplomatic stage anymore.
They don’t want to remove him as it’s a useful channel of communication - a way to get him and other leaders around a table.
They should definitely use it to limit Russia’s power or even limit his powers personally in the organisation while maintaining Russia’s position. Make it clear to the Russian people that Putin is the issue, not Russia.
Even if I believed in God that's deluded as feck.
Oh she’d happily do that.
The New Statesman published an article answering that very question yesterday. It does a better job than I ever could.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/.../03/why-parts-of-the-us-right-cant-quit-putin
Old Testament god would be down with it.
He's lost his mind. Imagine scripting, editing and deciding to go with that speech. How do these pathetic man babies get in power?
That's the funniest bit about that lot. Quoting the old testament as if Jesus never happened.
Well, yes, but also, they’re allegedly the same guy, so you gotta take the wrath with the chill.
Either way, point from earlier being: even some snipers who fully believe in the rightness of what they’re doing get ptsd.
So great progress?
Oh, they exist. And, obviously, groups like that thrive in this environment, especially with the understandable rise of nationalistic sentiment in Ukraine. But they don’t have much political influence (while Putin tries to paint it like they are the ones that are in power in Ukraine if not holding the entire country hostage).
Yeah you'll get no argument from me on that front. It absolutely takes a toll on you.
Thanks. Thats a good read.
They may or may not watch their targets for a long time, but what you describe - watching them with their families, daily routines, other civilian activities are completely unrelated to the actual battlefield where a combat sniper operates.
I went down the rabbit hole of that article, and I ended up at a Michigan Republican saying this when talking about his daughter's viral tweet begging people not to vote for him:
“I don’t buy into this whole systemic racism thing at all,” he later said.
“I’m not saying there’s not hurdles to overcome. We all have hurdles to overcome. You know, as a quote-unquote rich, white, Christian male, people look at me a certain way. And it’s not always good."
Here's a first hand account of it. As the guy says, they get to know the daily routines of their targets through watching them for days on end. Families and other activities are often part of that as he says. It used to happen a lot in Northern Ireland where the targets were living a 'normal' civilian life until the balaclava went on and guys would be hiding in hedges for days on end watching them play happy families.
What you're thinking of is probably the overwatch job where they do pick people off without much forward planning.
That just about sums it up.
This is all internal theatre. It sounds nuts to anyone from the free world but this is all for internal consumption by a population well versed in it and having had it for years and years from state controlled media. It's just noise and it's desperate.
In my opinion he's scared. He's dug a hole he can't dig himself out of because he's surrounded himself with yes men who tell him everything is fine and seemingly, that the Ukraine "military operation" would be a walk in the park. He's completely miscalculated the West's response, he was not prepared for the sanctions and the fact that theft of state resources under his rule has, on the back of it left the country in tatters. He has no end game because he can't occupy Ukraine. Russia is huge and he'll have to quell insurgencies all over the place, from potential breakaway states who now know the Army is useless.
Almost all Dictators in history go the same way - ultimately ending up in a position where keeping power is the only option, by whatever means and they get more and more desperate.
Fortunately, they usually end up on fire in a ditch when those around them realise they need to do what they have to in the interests of self-preservation. I think it's significant the Oligarchs are speaking out. That suggests they're not scared. Abramovich even flew into Moscow earlier this week.
A message from Arnie to Russia
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Re. Odessa and those parts of the southern coastline still controlled by Ukraine but being attacked by Russian navy ....
Has there been any news re. the supply of land-based anti-ship missiles to Ukraine? Or are the Ukrainians not trained to sufficiently to be able to use these? Or maybe the systems involved are too bulky for easy transportation and supply? Does a anyone on RedCafe know about such things?
Has there been any news re. the supply of land-based anti-ship missiles to Ukraine? Or are the Ukrainians not trained to sufficiently to be able to use these? Or maybe the systems involved are too bulky for easy transportation and supply? Does a anyone on RedCafe know about such things?
If he's turned into a recluse since Covid and is still largely as such now that suggests to me he's terrified of losing his own life.
In Putin's televised warning - what did he mean by people "who cannot live without...gender freedom"?
Isn't there gender freedom in Russia?
Isn't there gender freedom in Russia?
Just a little dig at the ‘woke’ and decadent West.
I remember seeing a documentary about some of the covert ops in Northern Ireland and one of the army/sniper guys was saying cows were a pain cos they're curious beasts and would come over and start smelling them. They were worried it would give them away. Rumbled by an inquisitive cow
I remember seeing a documentary about some of the covert ops in Northern Ireland and one of the army/sniper guys was saying cows were a pain cos they're curious beasts and would come over and start smelling them. They were worried it would give them away. Rumbled by an inquisitive cow
Cows are bored feckless in fields. As soon as they see something strange or new off they march to investigate and have a bit of fun. Doesn't surprise me in the least and sounds like an episode of Dads Army.
Read this in news. Absolutely delighted.
Powerful video that will make Putin apoplectic, especially given that its subtitled and will get shared quite a bit across Russian social media and telegram channels