23 hours ago, nic said:

If google is right,   3.21 million average. Not sure if this is just US.

US population: 332 million. It’s not going to keep me up at night.
BTW, I heard a few people say that FOX is too moderate.

Now that might keep you up at night.

Tucker called out Frank Gehry for designing ugly buildings that depress anyone who has to see them.  No one else in the infotainment nursery can think like Tucker.

10 minutes ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

Wouldn't his spectacular failure as well as the unprecedented unified response of Western Liberal Democracies suggest his thinking that the leadership was weak was incorrect? In what way is Putin succeeding and exploiting this perceived weakness? 

 

Not to mention he used Trump to do his job for him: make the NATO weaker and divide the United States on culture war issues Republicans are all to eager to use. Let's not forget which President actively withheld delivering weapons to Ukraine and which President has delivered weapons that have led to staggering losses on the part of the Russians.

Let's not forget that Obama-Biden sent blankets and food. Trump sent javelin missiles. 

Now did Biden eventually come around to the Trump policy of arming Ukraine?  Yes, after the invasion had already started, and it was too late to cut off access routes to Ukranian soil.  So Biden gets reduced credit for late homework.  Totally expected from the man who is slow to get  every major policy issue.

So for all the gas-lighters posting pictures of Trump next to dead bodies, you got what you voted for. 

4 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

We're 22 years into the 21st century. Republicans have been in charge of the White House for 12 of those years. Republicans controlled the House 15 of those years and the Senate 12 of those years, and held the White House and Congress 10 of those years.

 

 

And you notice Putin made his big invasions during the Obama-Biden and Harris-Biden administrations.  He didn't become dictator of Russia without knowing how to sense weakness. That's why it is intellectually offensive to see his lackeys blaming the party of out of power who can no longer create deterrence. 

13 minutes ago, ZRod said:

I mean judging by their military capabilities so far their ICBMs either a) don't work at all or b) are more like a water bottle rocket.

In the nuclear field Russia is ahead of the US. Left wing activists raised such a fuss that America effectively stopped developing our nuclear arsenal in the late 20th Century, along with missile defense in the 2st. Our enemies did not have such noble pretensions and can do much more than they have shown. 

8 hours ago, Scarlet said:

 

The not so "savvy", "genius", "wonderful" atrocities committed by Trump's friend... you know the guy he just asked to get dirt on a political opponent while all of this was happening.  

Yes there was one party in charge of POTUS, and both Houses of Congress when Putin believed there was no deterrence.  So your mind runs with the big lie that its really the former President's fault an in incendiary fashion blames the current mess on the party out of power.  Well it's tough for you.  Leaders are called upon to address the world as it is, not how they want.  If Biden and the Ds cannot handle this crises then they should never have been put in position.  

An explanation of how/why Russia is shifting to the eastern UKR. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60938544

Russian forces are trying to encircle Ukraine's army in the east. They have taken control of Izyum - a strategic town on the road between Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and the separatist areas - and have bombarded a succession of Luhansk towns, including Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Popasna and Severodonetsk, destroying blocks of flats and killing civilians in their homes.

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

It wasn't a bad "wow".  I was just surprised they attacked Russia on their side of the border like this where it was clear they were the ones that did it.  Like I said before, I think they were who blew up the ammunition depot earlier.  If so, that was more covert and Russia hasn't even come out claiming they did it.

 

It's just showing how much more bold Ukraine is getting and I don't think that's a bad thing.

It shows Ukranian generals are reading Huskerboard.

9 hours ago, Danny Bateman said:

 

 

 

But JFC this is a bad false equivalence. What you showed is called a "peaceful protest." Sit-ins, die-ins and the like are a proud component of America's protest movement historically.

The important part here is where they're not ACTIVELY ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS.

Like 95% of the non-insurrectionists from Jan 6th?  Except instead of a $150 fine they have served a jail sentence for over a year awaiting trial on trespassing and disrupting and official proceeding, which was what the Kavanaugh stormers were doing. 

7 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

Open question. Ive been wondering why Ukraine doesn’t lob some missiles into some heavily populated areas of Russia. Is it because they don’t have the weapons or capability or are they trying to not antagonize Putin? Or do they want the Russian people to remain somewhat sympathetic?

 

If I was UKR I think I’d fire a few at Moscow if possible or closer targets including Belarus. What do they have to lose?

I'm guessing they don't have much and/or need it to hit the invaders.  If UKR had that capability they should hit a few Russian refineries.

you mean Zelensky didn't redeploy his defenders out of Kiev because the Russians said it was no longer a priority?   There was an interview on Sky this week with two British volunteers back from UKR.  They said even more than weapons UKR needs strategic planning.  And they want to return to provide it. 

8 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

And 51 “intelligence experts” actually believed that to be true.  

They never believed it, they said it for political motive.  you notice they remain silent and anonymous after the NYT 'confirmed' what they already figured.

15 hours ago, funhusker said:

 

Just a bunch of conservatives defending our government....

Some insurrectionists are more equal than others. 

7 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Wouldn’t it be funny if Putin would release the pee tapes instead?

Putin's bogged down in New Jersey, planting fake laptops in sole proprietorship computer repair shops.  

8 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

Not to back of most of what he said, but the bolded was from a poll released in early March.  It was seeing how Americans would react if invaded.  It is discussed here:

 

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-poll-democrats-fight-us-invaded-1691492

 

I did hear it on the news somewhere?  I think local.

 

edit:  I actually read the rest of the article.  So, I would back up it was said, but as usually it was badly interpreted to fit an agenda.

It's kind of worrisome.  This was reported a couple weeks back in both Fox and the liberal mainstream.  It wasn't really contested.  And political junkies all saw it.  And here people accuse me of making it up out of thin air. WTF is going on in their brains?  

By all means, blame the war on Tucker Carlson and Trump.  We have a one party state as Russia attacks.  So obviously you should focus your time on the powerless.

6 hours ago, funhusker said:

If Russia attacked the USA right now and Putin went on FoxNews and said he was saving "true American patriots" from the Biden regime, I have zero doubts that many Americans would join the Russian troops.  Ironically, many of them will have Nazi flags in their homes...

I'll take that bet.  Ds are uncomfortable around the American flag.  And 2/3 of Ds said they would flee the country instead of defending it against an invader.  If there was ever good grounds for collusion...

4 hours ago, nic said:

So Ukraine has whack a doodles too? 

I dunno, I don't watch the Ukranian Oscars either. 

I finally found a media outlet reporting on all those Nazis in Ukraine. 

8 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

This is big news if true.  Hopefully it is an not this one

Russia begins to mobilize military reinforcements for Ukraine as casualties mount, Pentagon says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-begins-to-mobilize-military-reinforcements-for-ukraine-as-casualties-mount-pentagon-says/ar-AAVuX6a?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2f1875e43620445b9ddbca1308c3b036
 

9 hours ago, teachercd said:

I think for the next month or so...you are not allowed to joke about Ukraine. 

By May you can make all the jokes you want and there will be a new "sensitive" topic.

I am eager to get back to the regular outrage over a rock star I barely remember pulling out of a music market I don't use to protest a podcaster I'd never heard of.

16 hours ago, VectorVictor said:

Thought you'd like to see good news in the fight for the Ukraine:

 

The farming town of Voznesensk, a town not unlike one you'd see in central Nebraska, banded together to repel a Russian convoy of tanks, heavy armor, and supply trucks, blowing them *all* up in the process after trapping them and blowing up the bridge to the nuclear facility outside town. 

 

I mean, it sucks they're having to rally around each other among such dire circumstances, but it does warm the heart that it's happening and a group of farmers and townsfolk were able to repel the Russian Army. 

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ukrainians-repel-russia-in-battle-for-voznesensk/#x

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60840081

 

NOTE: I'm trying to find the BBC video, because it had footage from security cameras and the citizens of Voznesensk they took during the actual fight blowing up armor and touring homes where the Russians hid/regrouped in. Wouldn't be shocked if Ukraine asked for it to be pulled because it showed the citizens' faces...

I was wondering if average farmers with tractors could destroy the supply roads.  Maybe it's so flat that the invaders could loop around any depression or obstruction.

17 hours ago, Scarlet said:

How long can Putin just keep throwing his troops into the fire?  

7 hours ago, nic said:

Russia didn’t do so well in Finland during WWII.

I was going to say the Soviets took a million casualties in WWII and still outnumbered the Nazis 3:1.   But I was off by a factor of 8. 

Historically the Russians don't do well fighting outside of Russia.  They won against Finland but performed so poorly that Hitler thought they would be easy pickings.  And of course they won their one front war against a German army split among 3 fronts.  Before that we have WWI, Russo-Japan War, the Crimean War.  

Invading army taking up defensive positions?

Protective berms are seen around Russian military equipment near Ozera on March 17. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies)

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-19-22/h_155e2997f0e4db71afe85a410ce456ad

A discussion of the Chechens in the Russian army.  

 Experts even estimate that non-ethnic Russians (i.e., Russian citizens, but of non-Russian origin) constitute a majority in the army. Coming from less socio-economically well-off federated entities, these members could account for a significant proportion of deaths.

https://theconversation.com/chechens-fighting-in-ukraine-putins-psychological-weapon-could-backfire-179447

10 hours ago, funhusker said:

Why do you choose to share the opinion of this “expert”?

I just told you he publicly predicted this in 2015.  That was when everyone knew we were approaching President Hilary.  

Here is a contemporary take.

Reassuring an enemy what one will not do ensures that the enemy will do just that and more. Unpredictability and occasional enigmatic silence bolster deterrence. But Joe Biden’s predictable reassurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will show restraint means Putin likely will not. 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/16/10-realities-of-ukraine/

This tweet claims to record a lecture from 2015 where a U Chicago Prof says that US is going to ruin Ukraine.

Wow this is tone deaf, even for the Ds.

1 hour ago, Scarlet said:

 

 

Pretty bold compliment for a professional columnist at The Atlantic.  Why would I trust this guy's take on anything?

Blast from the past year.  Russia was lying about her troup movements and Biden was worried that military aid would be a provocation The White House statement also acknowledged that additional security assistance had been made ready, but would be contingent upon Russia crossing territorial red lines:  https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine-military-lethal-weapons-495169

7 hours ago, funhusker said:

No, They would look like murderous thugs that the world let get away.  
 

f#&% anyone than thinks Putin is in any sort of way a “genius”. 

6 hours ago, TGHusker said:

No I think the word for the Trumpist would be “savvy “

Trump as always did an exxagerated dysphemism.  A foreign dictator doesn't have to be a genius to know that you strike when your rival is slow and indecisive.  By that a fox is a genius.

btw, the USSR was not shy about sending airplanes to countries like Vietnam and Korea.  https://www.rbth.com/history/332396-how-soviets-fought-against-americans

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

BTW...this bill is for 800 million.

 

Wasn't it 24 planes we were just going to give in the deal to give MiGs to Ukraine?  Just looked it up, an F-16 costs 35 million.  So, 24 of those would be $840 million.

 

So.....I don't want to hear any of these people who previously criticized Biden that we aren't just giving planes....turn around and claim the reason they voted against it was because it's too expensive.

Because planes were the only thing in the bill?  

Russia would look like a genius of they signed a paper treaty that recognizes territorial gains and removes the teeth of the sanctions.  Keeping UKR out of NATO would be gravy.

9 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I've wondered why can't the farmers drive these tanks instead of towing them?  Maybe the Russians took the keys?

I suspect they towed an empty shell without fuel or munitions.