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[Val Keating]

The f***er has big steel baws, that's for sure.

100%. I’ll be honest I didn’t know much about him before but the general feeling seems to be one of surprise at how brave he is.

He does look a little bit like Matthew Guy though which is not great.

 

[Del191229]

And it begins, noting Australia is a "Quad Partner" with India.

 

[Del191229]

100%. I’ll be honest I didn’t know much about him before but the general feeling seems to be one of surprise at how brave he is.

He does look a little bit like Matthew Guy though which is not great.

Isn't Jeremy Renner in the running to play him in the movie?

 

[Makeshift Park]

Isn't Jeremy Renner in the running to play him in the movie?

The opening scene has to be Trump on the phone, trying to do the bribe.

 

[Makeshift Park]

record scratch
Renner as Zelensky turns to camera:
"You're probably wondering how I found myself here."

 

[Val Keating]

Isn't Jeremy Renner in the running to play him in the movie?

To play Guy?

 

[Val Keating]

 

[Del191229]

To play Guy?

Heh.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Just had the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia in at work for a meeting. He was very surprised by the largely unified western response and the sheer degree of support. Very appreciative beyond words. Looked very dejected and exhausted still. Said he’s constantly in meetings.

 

[Hojuman]

100%. I’ll be honest I didn’t know much about him before but the general feeling seems to be one of surprise at how brave he is.

He does look a little bit like Matthew Guy though which is not great.

Mrs.H.made that comparison the other day too Val.

 

[Del191229]

 

[Del191229]

What happened to the first lot? And why won't the re-supply just get demolished like the first lot?

 

[the big lebowski]

Putin’s take on invading Iraq

President Vladimir Putin today called for a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis and said a U.S. military attack would have the "gravest consequences."

"We stand for resolving the problem exclusively through peaceful means," Putin said at a meeting with Muslim religious leaders at the Kremlin. "Any other option would be a mistake. It would be fraught with the gravest consequences. It will result in casualties and destabilize the international situation in general."

 

[Del191229]

Putin’s take on invading Iraq

President Vladimir Putin today called for a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis and said a U.S. military attack would have the "gravest consequences."

"We stand for resolving the problem exclusively through peaceful means," Putin said at a meeting with Muslim religious leaders at the Kremlin. "Any other option would be a mistake. It would be fraught with the gravest consequences. It will result in casualties and destabilize the international situation in general."

He was right wasn't he, but the US went ahead and set the ground rules for dealing with sovereign states doing stuff you don't like.

Cheers for proving my point across this thread today.

 

[the big lebowski]

He was right wasn't he, but the US went ahead and set the ground rules for dealing with sovereign states doing stuff you don't like.

Cheers for proving my point across this thread today.

It was more about hypocrisy, but that is apparently how you and Putin operate

 

[Del191229]

It was more about hypocrisy, but that is apparently how you and Putin operate

Heh, if me and Putin operated the same way you'd be hearing a buzzing sound that's rapidly getting louder and louder.

Also, you don't really understand what hypocrisy means.

 

[Makeshift Park]

 

[the big lebowski]

Heh, if me and Putin operated the same way you'd be hearing a buzzing sound that's rapidly getting louder and louder.

Also, you don't really understand what hypocrisy means.

Actually, putin warning the only way to handle a conflict is diplomatically, and that war will destabilise the world, and then proceeding to invade a country and indiscriminately leveling the cities killing people is hypocritical.

Get a dictionary commrade

China saying sanctions can’t solve problems after they’ve sanctioned Australia for asking for an investigation of covid is hypocritical.

China saying sovereignty must be respected but then turning a blind eye/ encouraging a full scale invasion ignore a sovereign state is hypocritical.

Maybe you are from Russia. I can teach you a whole bunch of “western” words you don’t know the meaning of.

Glory be to Ukraine

 

[Del191229]

Actually, putin warning the only way to handle a conflict is diplomatically, and that war will destabilise the world, and then proceeding to invade a country and indiscriminately leveling the cities killing people is hypocritical.

He made that warning in 2003.

He gave a speech in 2007 again warning the West that this kind of behaviour is out of order and that if the West kept doing it, then they should accept he would too.

The West then attacked Libya and Syria.

Then 19 years later he attacked Ukraine.

If you can't follow that, then, well, hmmmm.

Also, your username is that of a movie that continually promotes white RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You monster.

 

[the big lebowski]

He made that warning in 2003.

He gave a speech in 2007 again warning the West that this kind of behaviour is out of order and that if the West kept doing it, then they should accept he would too.

The West then attacked Libya and Syria.

Then 19 years later he attacked Ukraine.

If you can't follow that, then, well, hmmmm.

Also, your username is that of a movie that continually promotes white RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You monster.

We get it comrade

You hate Australia, you hate the US. You hate democracy.

It’s cool. You live in a country where you can express that and not go to jail.

You’ll fit right in when you return to the Russia.

Won’t be able to post on bigfooty though.

 

[Val Keating]

Man.

 

[Val Keating]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Val Keating]

A lot of Indians are getting the IstandwithPutin hashtag trending on Twitter. They did similar last year when Israeli forces were bombing Palestine. What’s up with that?

 

[Makeshift Park]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

Interesting. I didn't realise that Carlsberg owns Baltika.

 

[Sopwiths North]

Statement from Alexey Navalny, from his prison cell in Siberia.






"We, Russia, want to be a nation of peace. Alas, few people would call us that now.

But let's at least not become a nation of frightened silent people. Cowards who pretend not to notice the aggressive war unleashed by our obviously insane tsar against Ukraine.

I cannot, do not wish and will not remain silent, watching how pseudo-historical nonsense about the events of 100 years ago became an excuse for Russians to kill Ukrainians, and they, defending themselves, kill Russians.

The twenties of the 21st century, and we watch the news about people burning in tanks and bombed houses. We watch on TV the real threats to start a nuclear war.

I am from the USSR. I was born there. And the main phrase from there — from my childhood — is "the struggle for peace." I call on everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace.

Putin is not Russia. And if there is one thing in Russia now that can be most proud of, it is those 6835 people who were detained because – without any appeal – they took to the streets with posters saying "no to war".

They say that someone who does not go to it and does not risk being arrested cannot call to a rally. I'm already in prison, so I think I can.
You can't wait a day. Wherever you are. In Russia, Belarus or on the other side of the planet. Go to the main square of your city every weekday at 19:00 and at 14:00 on weekends and holidays.

If you can do a procession, do it on the weekend. Yes, few people may come out on the first day. And in the second, even less. But we must grit our teeth and overcome fear and go out and demand an end to the war.

Each arrested person should be replaced by two who came.

If, to end the war, we must fill up the prisons and paddy wagons, we will clog up the prisons and paddy wagons.

Everything has a price, and now, in the spring of 2022, we have to pay this price. There's no one else. Let's not "be against war." Let us fight against war."

Обращение Алексея Навального: выходите на улицы против войны

Мы — Россия — хотим быть нацией мира. Увы, мало кто назовет нас такими сейчас. Но давайте хотя бы не станем нацией испуганных молчунов. Трусов, которые делают вид, что не замечают агрессивной войны, развязанной нашим явно безумным царьком против Украины.

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