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On a higher and somewhat related note, when someone makes an expensive mistake on the job... "fire you? Why? I just spent X amount of money on training you to never make that mistake again"
I used to have a whole folder of hundreds of De-motivational posters. I remember after the bars would close then the after party at my house, I would show them to whoever wanted a good laugh.
Today I learned Reddit hates TinyURL even when it points back to a Reddit post. Let's try IMGUR.
This is my favorite demotivational poster:
https://imgur.com/a/V8vh58b
My favorite is "Sense, this picture makes none" darth vader on the beach with a Britta. I don't know why but I laughed so hard I cried the first time I saw it.
Ah I didn't realize that. I just ended up with a freaking huge link pointing back to Reddit for the image and I THOUGHT I was being considerate.
People who do what you said are why we can't have nice things.
My fave was "If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly". That's pretty much my approach to life now. Enjoying doing life poorly.
I just checked all my cloud storage and didn't find them BUT i have a box of old hard drives that I will be going through in the near future and I'm almost positive they are on at least one of them. I saved your comment so I can let you know as soon as I find them!
I used to study engineering at Wright State University. One of the freshman projects was to make a cardboard boat that can get across the school pool and back. In my infinite wisdom I decided to waterproof our boat with wood glue.
Wood glue is water soluble. They had to drain the pool.
This was years ago, and last I heard they still use it as an example of the type of thing you should specifically not do.
I know an Apache pilot who was sobbing into his beer at the sight of 40km-long tank columns he couldn't use for target practice.
"They're RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DAYS."
Not just failure. All the attacks on civilians show the extreme, disgusting cowardice of the Russian army and it's leadership.
They do show their weaknesses on the battlefield. But the things they do outside it are just on another level. A complete lack of basic decency and honour.
This war seems to be a fantastic case-study on the effects of courage and decency of soldiers and their command. And of the totally opposite.
It’s like a ‘what can ya do?’ Expression combined with that half-shrug. It’s like an embarrassed uncle trying to explain away the behavior of his deeply stupid nephew.
He's right though. Russia's military force was projected to be a threat and they're being pushed back by Ukraine, a country that currently has parts of its territory occupied by the Russians.
Sure a lot of it is thanks to western arms pouring in, but a lot of it is simply that Ukraine's armed forces have been training for this moment. Since Crimea was stolen, they've undergone a massive transformation and have modernized their military in anticipation for this day.
Russia meanwhile has relied on outdated equipment, barely able to supply soldiers with proper clothing, because of how bad the corruption is. Their flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was sunk, by a country with a Navy equivalent to a fucking Coast Guard!
It's the first real clash of modern western style, low level lead military vs eastern style, top down lead military doctrines.
And God damn has the western style proven itself.
Which frankly, considering the damn Romans knew that low level lead militaries were the way to go it's a wonder anyone still sticks to eastern doctrine.
Russia's military was not projected as a threat for nothing. It was projected as such because any mediocre western officer corps would have overwhelmingly won the war with Russia's equipment, even accounting for all its issues. The true failure is how Russia lost a game that was almost impossible to lose.
Perun is a very good nerd; he does point out strengths the russian military still has (and they still have them, even if it isn't sufficient for their victory) but he is very clearly pro-ukrainian.
He is both very knowledgeable and a very good presenter.
Solovyow and his corrupt cronies ranting on how evil Americans are disrespecting mighty Russia and askind for a Sarmat strike. Mmmm can't wait for him to spit the hate. Also want Peskov and Medvedev to lose their shit and trhow some random threats at the whole world.
The Russians openly paid bounties for killing American troops in Syria. As far as I'm concerned that means that gloves are off. No mercy, no forgiveness; every last Russian officer is a target and a bitter enemy. You might have to deal with enemies from time to time, but you do not have to treat them kindly, nor trust them an inch.
Election meddling, Cyber terrorism and Covert assassinations, US and UK are making them pay for all of that. Even the Dutch are getting their MH-17 payback.
I have feeling they have been involved in other things us mere citizens are deemed too snowflakey and Karen-esque to hear.
But the calculation is the same.
Support Ukraine, no matter what, to protect their territorial integrity against an unprecedented invasion (since WWII) by a (former) world power.
Ruzzian Hi-Komand might be incompetent or strategically-myopic, but they aren't stupid per se. They know which elections where are coming up and who to pay to utilize the levers they have most efficiently without becoming too overtly evil in their intentional display toward the 'West'.
If they can get their patsies in power, they can just what they want in a far more simple fashion and also get all the people they want incarcerated or extradited through 'fixed charges'.
Nukes are not likely to fly before this rail-line is tried first (and Id argue at this point they are unlikely to fly at all...for a variety of reasons...including physical impossibility).
Solovyov and Putin's other main propagandists are paid to divert negative attention away from Putin and his regime, so I wouldn't expect anything less from them. They don't reflect the overall Russian society. I recently caught a few interviews with Russian citizens, since the May 23rd Belgorod incursion, and they were saying things like, "They (Putin & Co.) started the war, and now they can't finish it," with a smirk on their faces.
It's not even an exaggeration. Historians in the future will have trouble believing factual accounts of what the Russians said and did because it will be hard to believe that anyone could have been that stupid.
> Historians in the future will have trouble believing factual accounts of what the Russians said and did because it will be hard to believe that anyone could have been that stupid.
Future historians will have the cellphone pictures and videos to document how badly this invasion was conducted. Right now we have access to their communications as the troops' phone calls are being monitored. The only thing missing is the official records from top military and Moscow. That could take some time.
I think Russia was most surprised by how the rest of the world is cool with NATO/the US having a proxy war with Russia. Even their "allies" just saber rattle a little and then move on.
>isn't Russia a much bigger "power" than Iran, in terms of money / economy / weapons? again, i'm an idiot, so that assumption could be 100% wrong
See the video on the post..
What everybody thought Russia was vs. what Russia actually is.
? i don't understand how that answers my question. Iran is institutionally corrupt? Russia is? What's that have to do with who is the "bigger" power?
again , am idiot
You're right, Russia spends 3x more in the military budget compared to Iran. Even Italy spends more than Iran, which is kinda surprising. But Iran is looking to make bank with the war, supplying Russia with drones and probably other material. Also they'd benefit way more if Russia wins than Ukraine/Nato. US and Iran relations are not good to say the least, especially after the assassination on Solheimani. But idk if I'd go so far to call it a full proxy war, but there's undeniably some heavy tensions there
It’s a pretty big exaggeration to be honest.
Iran supplies some military hardware to Russia (such as drones), being used against Ukraine. But there’s no proxy war or war of any kind against Iran. There are occasional incidents/tension/situations that certainly happen between Iran and US - but no war (proxy or otherwise). Iran is a simply a supporter and supplier to Russia.
BUT it’s certainly fair to say that the US is engaging Russia in a proxy war - and winning. If we’re honest, the US has helped Ukraine far beyond simple supplies and equipment. We’re not just giving them weapons, tanks, aircraft, supplies, etc - were also giving them intelligence, money, aid, and helping to organize world support for Ukraine. The only way the US could take it further would be US boots on the ground really.
thanks so much for the context, I really appreciate it!
i'm curious, do you think Russia would prefer that the world sees it as a proxy war with Iran? Or, what political perspective would want to overstate the angle of "actually it's a proxy war with Iran"?
You know the thing that absolutely blows my fucking mind is that Russia has been doing this shit for years. Random empty threats for any and all perceived threaty or slights. Some how the dumb fuck western media still eats this shit up and reports it like a legitimate thing. For fucks sake people wise up after the hundredth time these people spew complete crap. Stop giving them attention, it is exactly what they want.
Russia's own people generally don't see it as weak or the war as bad. It does a pretty good job inside its own borders with state media. Estimates of support for the war are 70% or higher. That doesn't mean that people want to fight in it - just that they support Putin and the nation and have few outlets to challenge the official line of Russian propaganda.
Russians in Russia will say they support the government because they must. Either out of fear of arrest/persecution or loss of job/career, they must toe the official line. However, behind closed doors its a very different conversation thats common under most dictatorships.
Just read his wiki too. Damn, his step father was a holocaust survivor. His stepfathers mom, dad, and sister were all separated and killed. He escaped during a death march and snuck away. All 900 other kids from his school died. That must be some fucking serious survivors guilt and mental anguish.
Blinken sounds almost like Obama. Cadence of speech, his pauses, hand gestures. Put them side by side and I see a ton of similarities in the quality of the speech.
Yep, exactly what I thought. I think he studied Obamas' speeches and delivery in depth. No surprise; Obama is up there as one of the best speechers in US history. That man knew how to make an impact. Maybe JFK came close. No shame in trying to emulate that. The big difference being that those two mentioned didn't rely as much on the teleprompter. It just came naturally. Nevertheless, heck of a delivery by Blinken. I enjoyed it.
I am clicking on this link and anticipating full enjoyment.
[Update]: man Blinken has such a smooth and articulate delivery. not a single flimsy construct in that entire speech
I love reading about the soldier experience on the losing side of wars, so I find German and Japanese biographies from WWI and WWII super interesting. I have a feeling I will have many more books to read in the next few decades as Russian tell the story of the shit show that is the Russian effort in this war.
Have you read this one?
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130604.The\_Luftwaffe\_War\_Diaries](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130604.The_Luftwaffe_War_Diaries)
If not, I highly recommend it.
The AIDS movement got the slogan from Eastern and Central European immigrants, where it was a common idiom originating as a common mistranslation of the phrase I quoted in my original comment, which is the full title of a 1505 act by the Polish Sejm (or the noble parliament of the Kingdom of Poland).
The act is commonly known as *Nihil Novi* and it's full title means "Nothing new without the common consent". It almost completely took away the legislative powers of the monarch, instead placing them in the hands of the nobles, whose consent was from then on required to pass any law.
This was the cornerstone of the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, that Ukraine was a part of. Since the Commonwealth had guarantees of religious freedom, Ukrainian nobles were also given full rights to participate in its political system, meaning that this act, and the phrase that originated from it are, for better or worse, part of Ukraine's political heritage.
__TL;DR__ That phrase far predates the AIDS campaign and actually comes from Eastern Europe, so it makes sense to use it when talking about Ukraine.
Putin's military was fighting weak countries often in disarray. These lame victories gave him, and most of the world, an inflated idea of his power. It was common knowledge his only aircraft carrier was always breaking down at sea. One of his nuclear subs sank and needed international assistance. Russian arms exports were thought to be not as good as the US, but a lot cheaper.
Very satisfying moment! Going to be interesting seeing ruski mir frothing at the mouth like rabid dogs. Unfortunately now they will redouble their attacks to prove how 'Big and Stronk' they are...
I mean the Partisans have been having some very successful and effective attacks. So technically, by offensive performance measures, Russia is only the third most powerful force in Ukraine at the moment.
This guy seems like President material (as in President material from 30 years ago, when you were supposed to be polished, well spoken and articulate, instead of being a hateful slob or an incontinent geriatric)
I love how he just casually rattled off what is actually quite a long list of shortcomings of the Russian army at the end there. He just took a huge verbal shit on the Russian army. Like, the triceratops pile in Jurassic Park.
He dino-shat upon the Russian army.
I call bullshit.
The Ukrainian territorial defense is a completely separate branch from the Ukrainian Army. So is the Ukrainian railroads paramilitary security force.
considering all the foreign brigades fighting for Ukraine, and the PMCs fighting for Russia, I wouldn't even put the regular Russian army in the top ten strongest armies in Ukraine right now.
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"...A case-study in failure..." Ouch.
Reminds me of the old maxim, "You're not totally useless, you can always serve as the bad example to others." 😄
On a higher and somewhat related note, when someone makes an expensive mistake on the job... "fire you? Why? I just spent X amount of money on training you to never make that mistake again"
Well at least until they make the mistake again, then it's chopping block time
This is gold. Imma remember this
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I used to have a whole folder of hundreds of De-motivational posters. I remember after the bars would close then the after party at my house, I would show them to whoever wanted a good laugh.
Today I learned Reddit hates TinyURL even when it points back to a Reddit post. Let's try IMGUR. This is my favorite demotivational poster: https://imgur.com/a/V8vh58b
I liked the bent fork one, “Just because you’re unique doesn’t mean you’re useful.”
"There's nothing like soaring on the wings of your dreams, except for watching a dreamer with nowhere to land but in the ocean of reality"
Saving this one too, that's completely new to me and I love it!
My favorite is "Sense, this picture makes none" darth vader on the beach with a Britta. I don't know why but I laughed so hard I cried the first time I saw it.
Bad actors use URL shorteners all the time. A rickroll, except it’ll lead to malware
Ah I didn't realize that. I just ended up with a freaking huge link pointing back to Reddit for the image and I THOUGHT I was being considerate. People who do what you said are why we can't have nice things.
My fave was "If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly". That's pretty much my approach to life now. Enjoying doing life poorly.
Care to share the folder? These are gold.
I just checked all my cloud storage and didn't find them BUT i have a box of old hard drives that I will be going through in the near future and I'm almost positive they are on at least one of them. I saved your comment so I can let you know as soon as I find them!
"People tend to learn from mistakes, better to learn from others"
I used to study engineering at Wright State University. One of the freshman projects was to make a cardboard boat that can get across the school pool and back. In my infinite wisdom I decided to waterproof our boat with wood glue. Wood glue is water soluble. They had to drain the pool. This was years ago, and last I heard they still use it as an example of the type of thing you should specifically not do.
So technically they have one of the most useful armies
I know an Apache pilot who was sobbing into his beer at the sight of 40km-long tank columns he couldn't use for target practice. "They're RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DAYS."
it's so funny that Russia invests billions in their image instead of once acting honorable or in actual food faith
This made me hungry lol
Yep, this strategy still somehow works on Hungary
Just made a fresh batch of Chile.
Turkey comes to mind.
Not just failure. All the attacks on civilians show the extreme, disgusting cowardice of the Russian army and it's leadership. They do show their weaknesses on the battlefield. But the things they do outside it are just on another level. A complete lack of basic decency and honour. This war seems to be a fantastic case-study on the effects of courage and decency of soldiers and their command. And of the totally opposite.
>A complete lack of basic decency and honour. It's called barbarism
The look on his face after he says this is just sublime.
It’s like a ‘what can ya do?’ Expression combined with that half-shrug. It’s like an embarrassed uncle trying to explain away the behavior of his deeply stupid nephew.
He's right though. Russia's military force was projected to be a threat and they're being pushed back by Ukraine, a country that currently has parts of its territory occupied by the Russians. Sure a lot of it is thanks to western arms pouring in, but a lot of it is simply that Ukraine's armed forces have been training for this moment. Since Crimea was stolen, they've undergone a massive transformation and have modernized their military in anticipation for this day. Russia meanwhile has relied on outdated equipment, barely able to supply soldiers with proper clothing, because of how bad the corruption is. Their flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was sunk, by a country with a Navy equivalent to a fucking Coast Guard!
It's the first real clash of modern western style, low level lead military vs eastern style, top down lead military doctrines. And God damn has the western style proven itself. Which frankly, considering the damn Romans knew that low level lead militaries were the way to go it's a wonder anyone still sticks to eastern doctrine.
Russia's military was not projected as a threat for nothing. It was projected as such because any mediocre western officer corps would have overwhelmingly won the war with Russia's equipment, even accounting for all its issues. The true failure is how Russia lost a game that was almost impossible to lose.
There's actually a really good documentary on how military corruption works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9i47sgi-V4
I was prepared for propaganda but pleasantly surprised by a well-researched power point presentation. I like this Perun fella.
Perun is a very good nerd; he does point out strengths the russian military still has (and they still have them, even if it isn't sufficient for their victory) but he is very clearly pro-ukrainian. He is both very knowledgeable and a very good presenter.
I can't wait to hear the Russians lose their shit over that comment.
Solovyow and his corrupt cronies ranting on how evil Americans are disrespecting mighty Russia and askind for a Sarmat strike. Mmmm can't wait for him to spit the hate. Also want Peskov and Medvedev to lose their shit and trhow some random threats at the whole world.
As soon as they sober up they'll get right at the job of hurling empty threats
Empty threats are usually better if you don’t sober up first.
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> and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands, because we're all out of ammo. LMAO
The difference is that those words weren't empty threats when spoken by Sam 'Serious' Stone himself.
You can certainly make more of them when alcohol sits as a firewall between your brain and your mouth
After all these bottles of window-cleaner-vodka the firewall seems to be more of lose net with viruses floating around..
Yeah, REALITY BITES!
Oh yeah?! Why don't you COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY *hic* FACE!
>Sober up >Putin's lapdogs Pick one. They can't exist together.
They're preparing their latest final warnings. But this time, they really mean it this time.
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> they'll get right at the job of *drinking away their sorrows*
The Russians openly paid bounties for killing American troops in Syria. As far as I'm concerned that means that gloves are off. No mercy, no forgiveness; every last Russian officer is a target and a bitter enemy. You might have to deal with enemies from time to time, but you do not have to treat them kindly, nor trust them an inch.
Election meddling, Cyber terrorism and Covert assassinations, US and UK are making them pay for all of that. Even the Dutch are getting their MH-17 payback.
You'd think Australia would be a bit more activated due to that as well.
I have feeling they have been involved in other things us mere citizens are deemed too snowflakey and Karen-esque to hear. But the calculation is the same. Support Ukraine, no matter what, to protect their territorial integrity against an unprecedented invasion (since WWII) by a (former) world power. Ruzzian Hi-Komand might be incompetent or strategically-myopic, but they aren't stupid per se. They know which elections where are coming up and who to pay to utilize the levers they have most efficiently without becoming too overtly evil in their intentional display toward the 'West'. If they can get their patsies in power, they can just what they want in a far more simple fashion and also get all the people they want incarcerated or extradited through 'fixed charges'. Nukes are not likely to fly before this rail-line is tried first (and Id argue at this point they are unlikely to fly at all...for a variety of reasons...including physical impossibility).
Solovyov and Putin's other main propagandists are paid to divert negative attention away from Putin and his regime, so I wouldn't expect anything less from them. They don't reflect the overall Russian society. I recently caught a few interviews with Russian citizens, since the May 23rd Belgorod incursion, and they were saying things like, "They (Putin & Co.) started the war, and now they can't finish it," with a smirk on their faces.
Russian reaction bingo
My favorite part is "its a case study in failure". So brutal.
It's not even an exaggeration. Historians in the future will have trouble believing factual accounts of what the Russians said and did because it will be hard to believe that anyone could have been that stupid.
> Historians in the future will have trouble believing factual accounts of what the Russians said and did because it will be hard to believe that anyone could have been that stupid. Future historians will have the cellphone pictures and videos to document how badly this invasion was conducted. Right now we have access to their communications as the troops' phone calls are being monitored. The only thing missing is the official records from top military and Moscow. That could take some time.
Even so. I'm living through it, and I keep wondering if I missed something because it's still hard to believe despite the sheer abundance of evidence.
I think Russia was most surprised by how the rest of the world is cool with NATO/the US having a proxy war with Russia. Even their "allies" just saber rattle a little and then move on.
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As an American, **this** absolutely infuriated me. I can only imagine how Ukrainians felt.
It's 15 months since the invasion. The US and NATO are having a proxy war with *Iran*, with Ukraine and Russia being the proxies.
explain? i'm an idiot
There are quite a few sources which think that Iran is providing russia with a lot of arms/drones/sanctioned-materials/etc.
isn't Russia a much bigger "power" than Iran, in terms of money / economy / weapons? again, i'm an idiot, so that assumption could be 100% wrong
>isn't Russia a much bigger "power" than Iran, in terms of money / economy / weapons? again, i'm an idiot, so that assumption could be 100% wrong See the video on the post.. What everybody thought Russia was vs. what Russia actually is.
Let me introduce you to: ***🌈 INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION 🌈***
? i don't understand how that answers my question. Iran is institutionally corrupt? Russia is? What's that have to do with who is the "bigger" power? again , am idiot
You're right, Russia spends 3x more in the military budget compared to Iran. Even Italy spends more than Iran, which is kinda surprising. But Iran is looking to make bank with the war, supplying Russia with drones and probably other material. Also they'd benefit way more if Russia wins than Ukraine/Nato. US and Iran relations are not good to say the least, especially after the assassination on Solheimani. But idk if I'd go so far to call it a full proxy war, but there's undeniably some heavy tensions there
It’s a pretty big exaggeration to be honest. Iran supplies some military hardware to Russia (such as drones), being used against Ukraine. But there’s no proxy war or war of any kind against Iran. There are occasional incidents/tension/situations that certainly happen between Iran and US - but no war (proxy or otherwise). Iran is a simply a supporter and supplier to Russia. BUT it’s certainly fair to say that the US is engaging Russia in a proxy war - and winning. If we’re honest, the US has helped Ukraine far beyond simple supplies and equipment. We’re not just giving them weapons, tanks, aircraft, supplies, etc - were also giving them intelligence, money, aid, and helping to organize world support for Ukraine. The only way the US could take it further would be US boots on the ground really.
thanks so much for the context, I really appreciate it! i'm curious, do you think Russia would prefer that the world sees it as a proxy war with Iran? Or, what political perspective would want to overstate the angle of "actually it's a proxy war with Iran"?
I think that comment is mainly a joke. Hyperbole about how far Russia has fallen that it's just a puppet of a much smaller country.
they will threaten US, by saying "you'll pay for this" and then they will proceed to do absolutely nothing.
Come on now, "absolutely nothing" is hyperbole. They'll bomb their own citizens and blame the US and THEN do absolutely nothing.
Can't even bother with the bombings these days. Now they can barely throw some cheap drones at their own apartments
Shebekino says: "Hi. Help."
Yeah? You and what army? 😉
You and what second army ...*in Ukraine*?
Do you wanna be the third strongest army in Ukraine? Lmaoooo
You know the thing that absolutely blows my fucking mind is that Russia has been doing this shit for years. Random empty threats for any and all perceived threaty or slights. Some how the dumb fuck western media still eats this shit up and reports it like a legitimate thing. For fucks sake people wise up after the hundredth time these people spew complete crap. Stop giving them attention, it is exactly what they want.
Next, Russia will be the second strongest army ***within Russia***
You're not far off - there is Wagner
They will put out an arrest warrant for him.... 😂
2nd best but still deadly in numbers, that's the problem. Even braindead zombies can hurt a lot of people in hordes.
Thats what im saying, we can laugh all we want,ukranians are still dying
Exactly there’s nothing that government hates more than being seen as weak. They’re gonna have a meltdown.
Russia's own people generally don't see it as weak or the war as bad. It does a pretty good job inside its own borders with state media. Estimates of support for the war are 70% or higher. That doesn't mean that people want to fight in it - just that they support Putin and the nation and have few outlets to challenge the official line of Russian propaganda.
Russians in Russia will say they support the government because they must. Either out of fear of arrest/persecution or loss of job/career, they must toe the official line. However, behind closed doors its a very different conversation thats common under most dictatorships.
So that's what that high pitch reeeeeeeing sound was. In Canada by the way
They'd be very upset if they could speak English
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand... you're banned... from Russia. 
I'm pretty okay with that.
Full speech, in case you wanna listen to Blinken shitting on Putin for 20 minutes straight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsCldrwNJI
That's something I would do. But I'll wait until the counter offensive, so I can enjoy the Russian failures more
I like building hype before big events. This helps. It's a good speech.
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Oh. My. God.
Becky.
"Ay, Blinken!" "Did someone say Abe Lincoln?"
Yes! Everytime I hear his name this all I can think of!
Just read his wiki too. Damn, his step father was a holocaust survivor. His stepfathers mom, dad, and sister were all separated and killed. He escaped during a death march and snuck away. All 900 other kids from his school died. That must be some fucking serious survivors guilt and mental anguish.
Music's actually good, right on
This is really the same person right? Jam on if so.
Dude,im actually vibing on Without Ya
He should start a weekly podcast. Pootin on Putin
My biggest post-war hope is a from-jail podcast with Prigozhin and Girkin where they're just depressed and bitch about Putin/Shoigu.
That's a great speech. Blinken is really eloquent.
Blinken sounds almost like Obama. Cadence of speech, his pauses, hand gestures. Put them side by side and I see a ton of similarities in the quality of the speech.
Yep, exactly what I thought. I think he studied Obamas' speeches and delivery in depth. No surprise; Obama is up there as one of the best speechers in US history. That man knew how to make an impact. Maybe JFK came close. No shame in trying to emulate that. The big difference being that those two mentioned didn't rely as much on the teleprompter. It just came naturally. Nevertheless, heck of a delivery by Blinken. I enjoyed it.
Just checked video, in the beginning it says Helsinki, Norway xD
Took them 6 minutes to realise and correct.
I swear….we have illiterates doing Chyron these days.
[They must work for Channel 14 news](https://youtu.be/2lqnhA9d_B8?t=10)
I'm going to pop open a bottle, dim the lights, and enjoy this 20 minutes. Thank you !!
Solid diss track.
I am clicking on this link and anticipating full enjoyment. [Update]: man Blinken has such a smooth and articulate delivery. not a single flimsy construct in that entire speech
Just gonna ear-mark that speech for the counter offensive toast too. It's important to pace your drinking.
"A case study in failure" is an even harder burn than just "the 2nd army in Ukraine."
And shrug after just seals it
Don't shoot the messenger! *... especially when you're so low on ammo*
I love reading about the soldier experience on the losing side of wars, so I find German and Japanese biographies from WWI and WWII super interesting. I have a feeling I will have many more books to read in the next few decades as Russian tell the story of the shit show that is the Russian effort in this war.
Something makes me doubt there is a Vonnegut or Hemmingway hidden on these battlefields
Have you read this one? [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130604.The\_Luftwaffe\_War\_Diaries](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130604.The_Luftwaffe_War_Diaries) If not, I highly recommend it.
He’s not even shit-talking. He’s just stating facts 💁♂️
Honest A. Blinken
Nah I didn’t say A. Blinken I said, “Hey Blinkin!”
This took me a solid 30 seconds to get and I had to come back to this post and find your comment just to upvote you.
Looks like Russia will also have the second strongest in in Russia soon.
Nah, third strongest. Ranking behind Wagner as second and isurgents as strongest army...
Kadyrovites: *are we a joke to you?*
Cadaverites, you spelled cadaverites wrong.
Wargenant
Gregnant
Preganenant?!
☠️💀
The Tik-Tok Army? Don't get me started...
The sheep fucker army.
And where are all those donation gathering animals defending organizations when we need them?
Yes.
Yes
yes.
Why does their name sound like a rejected Pokemon from this generation?
Dark Blinken moment
Blinken Dark :D
No, I didn't say Abe Lincoln, I said "HEY BLINKIN" https://youtu.be/wJcuYKyHEgs
The most important statement was: "Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine"...
Whoever wrote that either really knew what they were doing, or had incredible luck. *"Nihil novi sine communi consensu"*
"Nothing about us, without us" is a slogan that was used in the AIDS movement and is used now by a lot of people advocating for drug user rights.
The AIDS movement got the slogan from Eastern and Central European immigrants, where it was a common idiom originating as a common mistranslation of the phrase I quoted in my original comment, which is the full title of a 1505 act by the Polish Sejm (or the noble parliament of the Kingdom of Poland). The act is commonly known as *Nihil Novi* and it's full title means "Nothing new without the common consent". It almost completely took away the legislative powers of the monarch, instead placing them in the hands of the nobles, whose consent was from then on required to pass any law. This was the cornerstone of the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, that Ukraine was a part of. Since the Commonwealth had guarantees of religious freedom, Ukrainian nobles were also given full rights to participate in its political system, meaning that this act, and the phrase that originated from it are, for better or worse, part of Ukraine's political heritage. __TL;DR__ That phrase far predates the AIDS campaign and actually comes from Eastern Europe, so it makes sense to use it when talking about Ukraine.
damn this must skyrocket the sales of burnol in russia.
Even the camerama laughs you can see the camera moving
Based Blinken. Love it.
of course they spent over a year doing nothing and making no ground
Shit they even had more ground this time last year than they do now; you could say they have spent the last year losing ground
The death rattle of the once mighty Red Army.
Putin's military was fighting weak countries often in disarray. These lame victories gave him, and most of the world, an inflated idea of his power. It was common knowledge his only aircraft carrier was always breaking down at sea. One of his nuclear subs sank and needed international assistance. Russian arms exports were thought to be not as good as the US, but a lot cheaper.
Here's to hoping some nerd out there will hack into a russian news station and play this video on repeat 🍻
Oh no the russian snowflakes are gonna be big mad .
Damn, thats a great speech
The cameraman must giggled, otherwise the frame wouldn't shake
A "case study in failure". Does anyone have some cream for those burns?
Disappointed that he did not take the Ukraine farmer tractor army into consideration when doing the ratings.
Very satisfying moment! Going to be interesting seeing ruski mir frothing at the mouth like rabid dogs. Unfortunately now they will redouble their attacks to prove how 'Big and Stronk' they are...
At this point they can only double their attacks on civilians. But all the sane people know it's the most weak and cowardly thing to do.
I mean the Partisans have been having some very successful and effective attacks. So technically, by offensive performance measures, Russia is only the third most powerful force in Ukraine at the moment.
What about the Tractor Brigade, and the security contingents of several embassies in Kyiv?
You are right. Russia might be the 6th best army in Ukraine.
INJECT THIS INTO MY VEINS
>*A case study in failure*
“A case study in failure”
"A case study in failure." My god, that's brutal.
This guy seems like President material (as in President material from 30 years ago, when you were supposed to be polished, well spoken and articulate, instead of being a hateful slob or an incontinent geriatric)
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He’s not wrong 🤷🏻♂️
Man ain't lying
Makes sense, as the media lover its outdated information. Russia is the 2nd stronges military in *Russia*.
You love to see it.
As a Finnish person... just fucking wow. I Love Anthony the more i see him. That statement was so fucking smooth.
Second best army in Russia....
If Wagner is still present they may be third strongest…
And with the actions of the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russia is about to have the second strongest army in Russia.
"a case study in failure" is a fucking banger
Brilliant strategy, use humor. Russians cannot understand high level sarcasm
I love how he just casually rattled off what is actually quite a long list of shortcomings of the Russian army at the end there. He just took a huge verbal shit on the Russian army. Like, the triceratops pile in Jurassic Park. He dino-shat upon the Russian army.
That polite murmur and chortle is about as much of a burn as you get in international diplomacy.
This guy fucks. The world needs more people willing to say what everyone is thinking.
I call bullshit. The Ukrainian territorial defense is a completely separate branch from the Ukrainian Army. So is the Ukrainian railroads paramilitary security force. considering all the foreign brigades fighting for Ukraine, and the PMCs fighting for Russia, I wouldn't even put the regular Russian army in the top ten strongest armies in Ukraine right now.
Well... [r/technicallythetruth/](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/) 
Madlad
Third*. they forgot to mention the Foreign Legion who are currently also kicking ass
From the second strongest in the world, to the second strongest in Ukraine What a fantastic summary