Ukraine's European Revolution?

[derspiess]

I'd like to take a nap.  Seriously thinking about bringing a cot into my office some day.

[derspiess]

So how long until we stop saying "former" Soviet Union?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-13/putin-deports-executives-for-speeding-as-sanctions-loom.html

[grumbler]

I took that to mean if Russia does not retreat at once Kerry will personally lay waste to the Volga aboard his swift boat.

He ought to threaten Russia with all the stuff he accused US soldiers of doing in Vietnam in his 1971 Senate testimony.  The Genghis Khan part ought to resonate with them.

Actually, he should threaten to sic the Swift Swifties for Swiftness (or whatever they called themselves) on Putin.  Those guys could fabricate and spread a hatchet story about Putin in much less time than it would take to do anything that involved the truth.

[derspiess]

Okay.

[Queequeg]

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-25-russia-preparing-to-invade-ukraine/#1606



Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

[Tamas]

80k sounds like very little.

[grumbler]

Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck 

If slides on the internet are now replacing news, we are in trouble.

[Valmy]

80k sounds like very little.

270 tanks sounds like a lot though.  That is almost two Panzer Divisions.

I presume the Ukes are dug in Kursk like on the border?

[Barrister]

Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck 

If slides on the internet are now replacing news, we are in trouble.

If you follow the link there is some actual news, though most of it is social media pictures of tanks being moved around Russia.

[grumbler]

If you follow the link there is some actual news, though most of it is social media pictures of tanks being moved around Russia.

Correct.  However, the proper response to tanks being moved around in Russia isn't "Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck ."  Tanks were being moved around in Russia yesterday, and last week, and last month, and last year, and for many years before that.  Spellus needs to save "Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck " for actual bad news, else he will get a rep as "the Boy who Cried Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck."

[derspiess]

80k sounds like very little.

270 tanks sounds like a lot though.  That is almost two Panzer Divisions.

I presume the Ukes are dug in Kursk like on the border?

That's a long border to have to fortify.  Maybe they have a more defensible Klitschko Line or Tymoshenko Line set up somewhere.

[The Brain]

Aircrafts?

[derspiess]

Grumbler is in a mood today.

[Ed Anger]

Grumbler is in a mood today.

Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

[Neil]

If you follow the link there is some actual news, though most of it is social media pictures of tanks being moved around Russia.

Correct.  However, the proper response to tanks being moved around in Russia isn't "Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck ."  Tanks were being moved around in Russia yesterday, and last week, and last month, and last year, and for many years before that.  Spellus needs to save "Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck " for actual bad news, else he will get a rep as "the Boy who Cried Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck."

I think he has a bit of a reputation for overreaction, but that's part and parcel with his desire to live through great events.  I think katmai referred to him as 'a spaz', and that's a fair criticism.