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I'd completely agree with you, had Putin not stated plainly that his goal is to reunite the Russian Empire, including the NATO countries. That moment was when he stopped be a cool customer and turned into Tsar Vladimir the Insane. You don't tell your enemies your plans if you think there's a chance they can stop you, or you're nuts.

Hi-Larious. So now that that the Russian offensive to seize Mikolayiv/Odessa has failed, and Ukrainian counter attacks are rolling it, back. And now that the Russian offensive to seize Kyiv has failed, and Ukrainian counter attacks are rolling it back (and threatening to ***** ENCIRCLE Russian troops in a pocket around Bucha and Hostomel)... Tsar Vladimir the Insane has decided all this was just about "liberating" the Donbass, and Russia's going to focus on "liberating" the Donbass. When in doubt, move the goal posts. In other news, Ukraine's stated that the reason why they didn't believe our intelligence that an invasion was imminent, was because they had penetrated the Russian army and saw 0 evidence of preparation on the tactical level. So because Russian units were utterly unprepared for offensive operations, the Ukrainians thought we were overhyping a Russian bluff. That's why they didn't start mobilizing until 24 hours prior to the offensive starting.

Sure the killing should stop as soon as possible, and both sides should return to status quo ante bellum. A permanent reduction in Ukraine's ability to defend itself or any additional compromises to it's sovereignty should be off the table. Russia should be allowed to pack up it's ball and go home. ...unless they think they're going to win, then all of this is just bull#### to score political points while they try to un***** their own mess.

Unfortunately for New England, Tyreek Hill is less than 30 years old and weighs less than 250 lbs. Those are red flags for Belichick.

It takes a lot of work to stop seeing the world through Red or Blue glasses, once you get started.

Ha, something I didn't know. Ukraine has legally been under China's nuclear umbrella since 2013. I guess China never envisioned Ukraine being anything other than Russia-aligned. Last I read, Ukraine's position was now 1991 Borders or no deal. So basically telling Russia "You have to nuke us, conquer us completely, or admit defeat. The Salami Tactics aren't working anymore".

One more thing. The Ukrainian constitution forbids the government from ceding any Ukrainian territory to another country without a national referendum in favor. So even if he wanted to, which he doesn't, Zelensky couldn't simply John Hancock a treaty giving Donbas and Crimea to Russia. Which is problem for the Russians, mainly because they assume all elections are always a sham where you count the votes until Tsar Vladimir the Insane's side wins.

Michael Flynn is pretty much in "Who the ***** is Michael Flynn and why should anybody care?" territory. His takes are all the same. Putin is invincible, Russian catastrophes are really 5D chess, Ukraine is collapsing and final victory is only a matter of time yadda yadda yadda. If he were paid by Custer, he'd be saying Sitting Bull is a coward, Crazy Horse is a pedophile, and being shot once in the chest and once in the head were part of Custer's 1000 IQ plan to win the Little Bighorn.

So 1/8 of the initial invasion force is in hospitals or pushing up daisies. Guess that explains why the Russians are pulling in troops from the far east and mobilizing 17 year old cadets.

Turkey said yesterday that their might be an agreement soon. That seems to have gone the way of the Do Do. Video out today of Russia troops breaking up anti-occupation protests in Kherson with live ammo. Yeah. Russia's going to turn this from a left vs right, East vs west thing, into a good vs evil thing. Simply by being brutal and stupid.

DL passed. The Ukrainians refused, saying surrender wasn't an option. The Russians said they will cleanse the city.

I can't like this post enough.

Well, yeah Dr. Caroline. Anyone that looks into Jack Posobiec for 10 minutes will find out he's a dime-a-dozen alt-right stooge whose opinion on basically anything is safely ignored. There are far more rational commentators on the conservative side of the political spectrum. Posobiec is a hack among hacks who is only able to exist because Social Media is a cancer.

It took the NFL a year or two to figure out how well the Bills travel, and how much audiences love Josh Allen. We *might* get as many prime time games as the Cowboys. It's gonna be close. Jerrah is gonna have to pull out all the stops.

Plenty there I agree with, or wouldn't bother arguing against because it's more right than wrong.

How did they not have any money? Who manages their cap? They found the cash to re-sign every last 30+ hasbeen from the Brady Years. They found a quarter BILLION dollars to try and rebuild their their team from the 2000s, because it was 5D chess, 1000 IQ roster construction. But they can't find Alpha WR money to bail out poor McCorkle or keep his O-line whole? It's like the Pats can't sign a player who weighs less than 250 lbs, or is younger than 29.

Nope, that pretty much explains why the Browns are a laughingstock.

Legalize drugs and the cartels go out of business overnight, AND we don't have pour more money down the black hole that is the forever war on drugs! I've got my D.A.R.E t-shirt somewhere, let's dust that thing off.

Well, it's pretty obvious who's reading the thread, and who's posting sticker shock hot takes

Something's going on in Belarus. Some opposition leader called Lukashenko a Russian puppet (he is), said his country is occupied, and called for western aid. There's also sounds like explosions across the country, though some folks are saying it's sonic booms from Russian and Belarusian fighters heading to Ukraine. Maybe it something, maybe it's not, but its supposedly happening right now.

Well, at least he didn't go to New England. And he gets to beat up on Russel Wilson, Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert for the rest of his career.

What a dumbass.

Wow. So he passed up money and the chance for rings to get the same amount of money. Beginning to think we don't need somebody that...dumb...on the team anyway.

Hillary tried to reform healthcare in the 90s and killed the issue for 20 years. When she got her butt kicked in the primaries by Obama, she commissioned an incredibly detailed analysis of her defeat, read it...then repeated all the same mistakes against Trump. Sorta weird that she's married to one of the most effective politicians since Regan, and didn't seem to learn much.

From your lips to Congress' ears. Doing more might feel good, but it also feels like interrupting your enemy while he's making a mistake. Then again, Putin could go completely insane.