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Things are getting grim when you have to use video from a Trump rally to back up your case.... I suspect the Russkies have no clue how most Americans view Trump's spewage. These Russkie talk shows are both terrifying and humorous. fdr, do Russians really believe this stuff?
I have no idea, however, they are heading towards the following symptoms across the whole Gulag Archepelago
Have you suffered from:
- Feeling uncomfortable before doing something or making a decision?
- Trying to justify or rationalize a decision you've made or action you have taken?
- Feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something you've done and trying to hide your actions from other people?
- Experiencing guilt or regret about something you've done in the past?
- Doing things because of social pressure or a fear of missing out (FOMO), even if it wasn't something you wanted to do?
- Are there new Lada's lining the street of your village?
- Is your undertaker driving a late model Range Rover?
- Are the contents of your toilet looking better than the offerings at the supermarket?
- Are there any 18-65 year old males in your Oblast?
- Is the Mighty Russian Army absent from your state?
IMHO
The Russians I worked with were very happy to relocate their family and themselves to locations outside of Russia. One or two remained in Russia, and I hope their sons did not stay. One's daughter spoke 10 different languages, and was delightful. I hope she is in any other country that she could talk their language. She could go anywhere though, and speak like a native in a day or two. My Russian friends are very quiet now, and that is the way it has to be, they have a vindictive pathological government, and have had for centuries. They do have vodka though.
P.S.: While it is easy to demonise Russia, there are some true, visionary, patriots who understand the damage that the junta of Putin is imposing on Russia. The history of totalitarianism with the attendant violence towards it's own people have subjugated much of Russia and the client states to cattle, as the former Colonel in this video said to the police when they were picking up protesters against the incarceration of Alexi Navalny once again on 2nd February 2021. At least 100 Protesters were carted off for an intimate education of the benevolence of the Putin regime.
Navalny had more than 30% of the population in Moscow vote for him, in spite of Putin and his repugnant fascho-criminal regime. There are heroes within Russia, but they have to act in unison to bring down the man who has single handedly brought Russia to this time and place in their current condition.
Last edited by fdr; 10th Oct 2022 at 00:04. Reason: PS Russians aren't all the same
Looks like it is the Oktod Tower, not the Shukhov Tower. That is deffo an own goal, there is just no way the Ukrainians got a semi truck up there by themselves. It may be the antenna coupler couldn't stand the BS any more and committed electrical seppuku. Hopefully it took Vladimir Solovyov off air... The tortology that he employs suggests that he never had a cat called Schrodinger!
Lightning strike? §25. 581, §25.1316? [barely aviation content]
IMHO
Lightning strike? §25. 581, §25.1316? [barely aviation content]
IMHO
Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metres (846 ft) tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section, it is one of the tallest Hyperboloid structures in the world. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the broadcasting company "Octod". The company and tower are situated on the territory of the former "October radio center." The address is "Demyana Bednogo str. 24, Khoroshevo-Mnyovniki district," in the western part of Moscow. Components were made completely of steel at a machine-building plant in Syzran. The lower sections of the Moscow Octod Tower were assembled using a crane; the top was lowered by helicopter Mil Mi-26TM.
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I have no idea, however, they are heading towards the following symptoms across the whole Gulag Archepelago
Have you suffered from:
- Feeling uncomfortable before doing something or making a decision?
- Trying to justify or rationalize a decision you've made or action you have taken?
- Feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something you've done and trying to hide your actions from other people?
- Experiencing guilt or regret about something you've done in the past?
- Doing things because of social pressure or a fear of missing out (FOMO), even if it wasn't something you wanted to do?
- Are there new Lada's lining the street of your village?
- Is your undertaker driving a late model Range Rover?
- Are the contents of your toilet looking better than the offerings at the supermarket?
- Are there any 18-65 year old males in your Oblast?
- Is the Mighty Russian Army absent from your state?
IMHO
The Russians I worked with were very happy to relocate their family and themselves to locations outside of Russia. One or two remained in Russia, and I hope their sons did not stay.
Looks like it is the Oktod Tower, not the Shukhov Tower. That is deffo an own goal, there is just no way the Ukrainians got a semi truck up there by themselves. It may be the antenna coupler couldn't stand the BS any more and committed electrical seppuku. Hopefully it took Vladimir Solovyov off air... The tortology that he employs suggests that he never had a cat called Schrodinger!
Lightning strike? §25. 581, §25.1316? [barely aviation content]
IMHO
Lightning strike? §25. 581, §25.1316? [barely aviation content]
IMHO
I have no idea, however, they are heading towards the following symptoms across the whole Gulag Archepelago
Have you suffered from:
- Feeling uncomfortable before doing something or making a decision?
- Trying to justify or rationalize a decision you've made or action you have taken?
- Feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something you've done and trying to hide your actions from other people?
- Experiencing guilt or regret about something you've done in the past?
- Doing things because of social pressure or a fear of missing out (FOMO), even if it wasn't something you wanted to do?
- Are there new Lada's lining the street of your village?
- Is your undertaker driving a late model Range Rover?
- Are the contents of your toilet looking better than the offerings at the supermarket?
- Are there any 18-65 year old males in your Oblast?
- Is the Mighty Russian Army absent from your state?
IMHO
The Russians I worked with were very happy to relocate their family and themselves to locations outside of Russia. One or two remained in Russia, and I hope their sons did not stay. One's daughter spoke 10 different languages, and was delightful. I hope she is in any other country that she could talk their language. She could go anywhere though, and speak like a native in a day or two. My Russian friends are very quiet now, and that is the way it has to be, they have a vindictive pathological government, and have had for centuries. They do have vodka though.
P.S.: While it is easy to demonise Russia, there are some true, visionary, patriots who understand the damage that the junta of Putin is imposing on Russia. The history of totalitarianism with the attendant violence towards it's own people have subjugated much of Russia and the client states to cattle, as the former Colonel in this video said to the police when they were picking up protesters against the incarceration of Alexi Navalny once again on 2nd February 2021. At least 100 Protesters were carted off for an intimate education of the benevolence of the Putin regime.
Navalny had more than 30% of the population in Moscow vote for him, in spite of Putin and his repugnant fascho-criminal regime. There are heroes within Russia, but they have to act in unison to bring down the man who has single handedly brought Russia to this time and place in their current condition.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1578893319119450112
Last edited by Winemaker; 10th Oct 2022 at 03:21. Reason: spellling
There aren't that many hyperboloid lattice towers in Moscow. Most were done by the same architect. They all need their fuses replaced I guess.
The Moscow Octod Tower got it's name from the octogon shape ring frames... count them on Vlads birthday candle, One for each of his IQ points, 1,2,3,.... N=8
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/he...af-stroemsvigt (in Danish):
The power supply, via sub-sea cable from Sweden to the Danish island of Bornholm was ruptured this morning. Sabotage ? If so, guess by whom...
The power supply, via sub-sea cable from Sweden to the Danish island of Bornholm was ruptured this morning. Sabotage ? If so, guess by whom...
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/he...af-stroemsvigt (in Danish):
The power supply, via sub-sea cable from Sweden to the Danish island of Bornholm was ruptured this morning. Sabotage ? If so, guess by whom...
The power supply, via sub-sea cable from Sweden to the Danish island of Bornholm was ruptured this morning. Sabotage ? If so, guess by whom...
Google translation:
There is a power outage on the whole of Bornholm this Monday morning, and department manager Ole Westh from Trefor El-net Øst states that there is a break in the submarine cable to Sweden.
Bornholm's Energi og Forsyning, BEOF, is about to start electricity production at the power plant at Rønne Havn.
The power outage occurred approximately ten minutes after eight, and the entire island is covered, says Trefor, which is responsible for distributing electricity on Bornholm. "We are currently waiting for BEOF to start up the plant so that we can start supplying the island with electricity", says Ole Westh to DR Nyheder. According to Ole Westh, it is not yet known whether the break in the submarine cable is on land or in the sea between Sweden and Bornholm.
The message at 8.35 CET is that Trefor expects to have the power back around 9.50. Parts of Rønne have received power again.
Bornholm's Energi og Forsyning, BEOF, is about to start electricity production at the power plant at Rønne Havn.
The power outage occurred approximately ten minutes after eight, and the entire island is covered, says Trefor, which is responsible for distributing electricity on Bornholm. "We are currently waiting for BEOF to start up the plant so that we can start supplying the island with electricity", says Ole Westh to DR Nyheder. According to Ole Westh, it is not yet known whether the break in the submarine cable is on land or in the sea between Sweden and Bornholm.
The message at 8.35 CET is that Trefor expects to have the power back around 9.50. Parts of Rønne have received power again.
Next level: ATACMS.
It is not yet made clear who is sabotaging whom; we are still kicking each other under the table.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
This has major implications, I would suggest Poland and the Baltic states may well take some sort of action - closing their borders being the least.
BREAKING: Russia and Belarus agreed to deploy a joint "regional group of troops"
BREAKING: Russia and Belarus agreed to deploy a joint "regional group of troops"
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Never rains but it pours…
#BREAKING German cyber security chief to be sacked after alleged Russia ties
Germany is planning to fire Arne Schoenbohm, the head of its national cyber security agency, after reports he had contacts with Russian intelligence services, government sources told @AFP on Monday.
#BREAKING German cyber security chief to be sacked after alleged Russia ties
Germany is planning to fire Arne Schoenbohm, the head of its national cyber security agency, after reports he had contacts with Russian intelligence services, government sources told @AFP on Monday.