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Can’t find a link for this yet (have a link to a Dutch newspaper, but I’m guessing that’s pretty useless), but apparently today, in his meeting with mothers of Russian soldiers, Putin said: “don’t believe everything you see on tv, a lot of it is fake. The internet is full of lies, don’t trust it”. He’s not wrong there, but I’m pretty sure he forgot to add that pretty much all of the information coming from the Kremlin or Russian media is utter BS, nothing but lies, misinformation, fake news and hysterical warmongering rubbish.

Chinese media are state controlled, so they will publish any tripe the authorities tell them to. And China is not exactly very popular with their neighbors anyway, after claiming almost the entire South China Sea as Chinese territorial waters. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and The Philippines are certainly no friends of China.

But that’s the trouble with extremists: they can see the evil in others, but not in themselves or others just like them.

What was your comment about then?

Maybe next time they can reserve one of those glass cages for Putin, like they have in Italian courts when a mafia capo stands trial. I’m sure the other heads of state would feel a lot better/safer.

So the facts you mention automatically disqualify Reed from commenting on anything related to these matters?

One would hope that some day soon Russia will themselves get the same treatment like they are inflicting upon Ukraine now. Let’s see how the average Russian likes to spend a winter without heat, water or other amenities, and if they still support Putin and his evil regime. It is utterly cowardly what Russia is doing now, evil and barbarian, and beyond contempt. May all those responsible for these atrocities die a quick and horrible death and then spend eternity being spit roasted over a nice hot fire in hell.

Just one more of the many heinous war crimes committed by the Russian Orcs.

At fairs and live shows outdoors I have quite often seen people put their little (grand)children right in front of the huge speakers, probably so they can ‘hear better’. They have absolutely no idea that they are damaging their children’s hearing beyond repair.

You mean prior to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, with a view to ‘denazify’ the country and kill as many Ukrainians as possible, since they had no right to have their own country anyway? You mean prior to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, which was the start of the war and also the start of an endless and ongoing string of war crimes committed by the Russians? Was that what you meant?

You know he hires only the best people, he said so himself. And then fires them a day/week/month later for disagreeing with him, and stiffs them with the bill.

I’m not disagreeing with you that the man is hilariously dumb, but think the blame here lies with his lawyers, who are obviously not particularly bright either, to say the least. Last week they were even sanctioned for filing a frivolous lawsuit, they’re going to have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

The first train in nine months leaves Kyiv for Kherson. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/world/europe/train-kyiv-kherson-ukraine.html

Russia Saturday blasted Warsaw’s refusal to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to attend a meeting next month of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as “unprecedented and provocative.” Obviously they still don’t understand what a pariah they have become by starting a war against Ukraine. The one that Putin claims he was forced to start. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/19/poland-barring-russias-lavrov-from-regional-security-talks-provocative-ministry-a79433

She knowingly and willingly conned a lot of people out of billions of dollars, so I’d say she’s getting what she deserves. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime, it’s as simple as that.

There are literally thousands of witnesses, all telling the same gruesome stories of torture, rape and murder. Kherson was liberated just a couple of days ago, but already the Ukrainian army found several Russian torture chambers/dungeons, and dozens of bodies. Expect news of more torture chambers and dead bodies found soon. The Putin fan boys here can deny it all they want, but as far as I’m concerned these are FACTS. And facts don’t lie.

So you would have been okay with Russia taking all of Ukraine and establishing a reign of terror there? And then move on to the Baltic states to take those as well, or whatever else they fancied?

Let me expalin it to you in small words. If there wasn’t the kind of widespread corruption and incompetence that there is, the Russian army could have won this war months ago. But there is widespread corruption and incompetence, hence the war is still going on, and it’s not going well for Russia, by the looks of it. What’s so hard to understand about fhat?

Of course the world is not black and white. But in this case it pretty much is: Russia started this war, totally unprovoked, and is committing war crimes on a daily basis, some even more gruesome than others. I’m sure the Ukrainian army are no angels, but they are the ones being attacked, their people are being bombed and shelled, raped and tortured and killed by the Russian army and their hired help (like Wagner and Kadyrov’s private army), and they have every right to defend themselves.

I read a report that Russians are busy reinforcing their defensive lines, but this happens 60 kilometers behind the actual front line. So they are obviously counting on losing more ground to the Ukrainian offensive. Hope that pisses Vlad off a bit more.

The only thing that keeps the Russian army from being wiped out by a conventional attack by NATO is the fact that they have nukes. If they didn’t have nukes, this war would be long over, Ukraine would be liberated and Russia would be licking its wounds for decades to come. ‘Close run thing’, my @ss.

Maybe the Trump fan boys here can learn a thing or two from this video: “Donald Trump failed America!”

When hell freezes over comes to mind.

I agree with Bild766 above: either put up or shut up. And how do you know I would dismiss all the evidence you have? Just because I don’t like Trump? Real men (and women, for that matter) are not afraid to admit it when they were wrong about something and review their point of view. It’s called increased or advancing insight. That’s the difference with all those extremists who keep screaming at the top of their lungs that they are right, even though facts and evidence would suggest they are very wrong. But I’m guessing that you and I have quite different interpretations of what facts and evidence really are.