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Pink Floyd: Fletcher Memorial Home - RL - 4/8/2022 6:30:21 PM
- The album 'The Final Cut'... - RL - 4/8/2022 6:55:44 PM

Looks like the russian officials know that there will be more atrocities like Bucha to be discovered... - RL - 4/6/2022 3:07:48 AM
- Withdrawing troops from Kiev is exactly what you would do if your plan was to nuke it... - RL - 4/7/2022 7:27:38 PM
  - Maybe not. - ER - 4/7/2022 11:29:57 PM
  - I hadn't thought of that - podrock - 4/7/2022 8:02:32 PM
- I'm going to stick my neck out - ER - 4/6/2022 5:08:11 AM
  - Audio intercepts indicate war crimes are russian policy - RL - 4/8/2022 1:54:27 AM
  - It's both - podrock - 4/7/2022 1:19:36 AM
  - Yeah, I wouldn't risk your neck... - RL - 4/7/2022 1:06:55 AM

Long read about Russia from A Finnish Expert - podrock - 4/5/2022 5:58:53 PM
- Isn't it wonderful... - ER - 4/6/2022 4:19:56 AM
  - They know us better than we know them. - podrock - 4/6/2022 5:04:37 AM
- Thank you, I’ve recommend it to others - Pebble - 4/5/2022 7:35:45 PM

Lies are the only truth they know... - RL - 4/5/2022 2:59:46 AM
- That's up there with the single handed achievements of Kim Jong Un... - Pebble - 4/5/2022 8:22:15 PM

In a related case... - ER - 4/4/2022 6:15:25 PM
- Maybe civilians poisoning them like that is a 'crime'.... - RL - 4/4/2022 10:47:59 PM
- There's a distinction between combatants and non-combatants - BuckGalaxy - 4/4/2022 7:31:43 PM
  - Combatants wear uniforms. - ER - 4/4/2022 8:59:41 PM
- it's totally unacceptable - Pebble - 4/4/2022 6:56:31 PM
  - Everybody in battle dies a slow and agonizing death. - ER - 4/4/2022 9:02:22 PM
    - and those who survive do too - Pebble - 4/4/2022 9:42:15 PM
  - Aleppo? - podrock - 4/4/2022 7:14:50 PM
    - I've heard it recently and maybe even here... - RobVG - 4/4/2022 9:55:59 PM
      - There's that, yup. - podrock - 4/5/2022 1:15:37 AM
        
        One of us instead of the ‘other’ - Pebble - 4/5/2022 4:52:52 AM
        
        The source of most of the evils in this world. - RL - 4/5/2022 3:09:31 PM
    - Then I hope your home stays as a safe place for you. - Pebble - 4/4/2022 7:18:29 PM
      - I hope so too. - podrock - 4/4/2022 7:37:37 PM
- Mad honey - podrock - 4/4/2022 6:39:56 PM
  - you may have the legal right to kill them but.... - Pebble - 4/4/2022 7:15:03 PM
    - Yes - podrock - 4/4/2022 7:46:24 PM
      - yes, I remember you mentioning it. - Pebble - 4/4/2022 9:15:25 PM

Russians claims the bodies in Bucha were placed there after the Russians left... - RL - 4/4/2022 11:09:46 PM
- No amount of evidence will dissuade them. - ER - 4/5/2022 2:44:24 AM

Its not all that cut and dry, is it? - ER - 4/4/2022 9:08:41 PM
- I have heard the Ukrainians refer to the Russians as "orcs" - podrock - 4/4/2022 10:50:03 PM
- no it's not - Pebble - 4/4/2022 10:04:47 PM
  - It's a thankless task. - ER - 4/5/2022 2:41:58 AM

Losses of equipment in Ukraine - RL - 4/5/2022 12:38:15 AM

My Lai memories - ER - 4/4/2022 12:17:24 PM
- Mass murders vs Genocide - BuckGalaxy - 4/4/2022 5:38:20 PM
  - Well said. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:39:45 PM
    - Yup - RobVG - 4/4/2022 7:01:04 PM
- I've heard another assessment. - RobVG - 4/4/2022 5:21:40 PM
  - True, but where does it originate.? - ER - 4/4/2022 5:38:43 PM
    - Good points. - RobVG - 4/4/2022 6:58:40 PM
    - Hiroshima - BuckGalaxy - 4/4/2022 5:50:01 PM
      - I remember talking to an Italian who had survived WWII. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:58:22 PM
- how is not genocide? - Pebble - 4/4/2022 1:06:53 PM
  - A case can be made for the indiscriminate Russian bombardment of Ukranian cities. - ER - 4/4/2022 5:51:16 PM
    - think about your word - Pebble - 4/4/2022 7:00:45 PM
    - I never fired a shot during the Viet Nam conflict. - ER - 4/4/2022 6:22:32 PM

CNN reported tonight over 400,000 refugees have return to Ukraine - RobVG - 4/4/2022 4:06:45 AM
- Chișinău - Pebble - 4/4/2022 10:10:46 AM

EVIL - podrock - 4/3/2022 5:24:39 PM
- It goes beyond evil. - Pebble - 4/4/2022 12:52:35 AM
- 100% agreed - Pebble - 4/3/2022 6:35:53 PM

Well, That is ... interesting... - RL - 3/29/2022 11:58:50 PM
- And again? - RL - 4/1/2022 12:42:21 PM
  - A daring raid - podrock - 4/1/2022 3:00:19 PM
    - Those cheeky Ukes! - ER - 4/1/2022 8:59:35 PM
      - The russians had the GALL to call it an escalation and claimed it harmed the trust required for negotiations…. - RL - 4/1/2022 10:10:34 PM
      - Why no air defense? - podrock - 4/1/2022 9:14:03 PM
        
        You can drink vodka, or you can look in the sky for helicopters... you can't do both... - RL - 4/2/2022 1:56:36 AM
        
        And a Glomar response is brilliant - podrock - 4/2/2022 4:40:54 AM
        
        Mathias Rust - podrock - 4/2/2022 5:45:11 AM
        
        Can we start a 'GoFundMe' to buy Rust a bomber? - RL - 4/2/2022 2:52:45 PM
- "Three times is enemy action..." - ER - 3/30/2022 12:52:08 PM
  - In the shadows - podrock - 3/30/2022 2:20:19 PM
- Aw, too bad - podrock - 3/30/2022 12:20:14 AM
  - Cue violins. - Pebble - 3/30/2022 3:42:44 AM

This is beyond just 'incompetence'.... Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches - RL - 4/1/2022 7:54:48 PM
- Poor sods - Pebble - 4/1/2022 9:57:00 PM
- The soldiers probably had no idea - podrock - 4/1/2022 8:21:24 PM
  - I could certainly believe that some of the grunts might not understand the dangers... - RL - 4/1/2022 10:07:46 PM
    - It’s neither, they just don’t care - Pebble - 4/2/2022 4:58:05 AM
- Russian soldier dies from radiation poisoning in Chernobyl - RL - 4/1/2022 8:07:53 PM

I think Biden's blown this one. - ER - 4/1/2022 12:02:42 AM
- Not mentioned: Storage capacity. - podrock - 4/1/2022 12:48:07 AM
  - I think I heard somewhere... - ER - 4/1/2022 2:10:09 AM
    - So many thoughts that dwell on the edge of rants. - podrock - 4/1/2022 3:35:44 AM
  - Capacity is 714 million barrels - RL - 4/1/2022 1:09:37 AM

So, anyone watch the Oscars last night? - podrock - 3/28/2022 7:34:30 PM
- I share your feelings about it but the Academy was stuck between a rock and a hard place. - RobVG - 3/31/2022 2:24:03 AM
  - Where there's a Will... - podrock - 3/31/2022 10:33:38 PM
  - This is never going away. - podrock - 3/31/2022 2:59:41 AM
- I saw these oscars - Pebble - 3/29/2022 10:37:39 AM
- The slap heard 'round the world - BuckGalaxy - 3/28/2022 9:16:20 PM
- I agree - Pebble - 3/28/2022 7:55:49 PM
  - I understand - podrock - 3/28/2022 8:19:43 PM
    - I'm sure she does - Pebble - 3/28/2022 9:18:33 PM

Trump asking Putin for dirt on Biden family... - RL - 3/29/2022 10:15:44 PM
- My gawd! Utterly brazen and shameless - BuckGalaxy - 3/31/2022 2:55:54 AM
  - And yet totally not surprising... - RL - 3/31/2022 3:24:52 AM
    - The people that voted for Trump in 2016 were traitors... but - RL - 3/31/2022 3:41:41 PM
      - Sympathy for the Devil - ER - 3/31/2022 8:00:22 PM

Fort Worth Texas: If we kill women, that will reduce abortions - RL - 3/26/2022 11:54:47 AM
- i don't know where to even start with this. - Pebble - 3/29/2022 4:14:24 AM
  - This sort of crap is pretty much restricted to the Republican dominated states... - RL - 3/29/2022 1:12:57 PM
  - But wait, there's more... - RL - 3/29/2022 12:25:30 PM
    - Another reason not to visit the USA - Pebble - 3/29/2022 6:19:18 PM
    - And more... - RL - 3/29/2022 2:07:12 PM
      - Somebody should tell him that they’ve taken gullible out of the dictionary - Pebble - 3/29/2022 6:18:05 PM
        
        No, they haven't... I just checked! - RL - 3/29/2022 8:32:13 PM
        
        thnaks for the laugh :-) - Pebble - 3/30/2022 2:33:37 PM
        
        They really should make a novelty dictionary with 'Gullible' removed... - RL - 3/30/2022 4:31:01 PM
        
        they should...and also.. - Pebble - 3/30/2022 6:53:25 PM
        
        That's funny! - podrock - 3/30/2022 7:56:56 PM
        
        As George Carlin said: - podrock - 3/30/2022 7:51:18 PM
        
        He should have said median, but half of America wouldn't get it. - RobVG - 3/31/2022 2:11:22 AM
        
        LOL - podrock - 3/31/2022 2:37:41 AM
        
        in the UK too. - Pebble - 3/30/2022 9:20:03 PM
        
        do read some of the reviews too - Pebble - 3/30/2022 6:55:38 PM

What Johnson thinks poor people are worrying about - Pebble - 3/30/2022 3:23:27 PM

I see on the news that Covid is currently infected with Piers Corbyn. Sending covid my best wishes for a speedy recovery. - Pebble - 3/30/2022 2:28:28 PM

Perhaps this explains why the Ukrainians have been doing so well - RL - 3/30/2022 1:52:56 AM
- Video embed - RL - 3/30/2022 1:53:11 AM
  - I like to listen to experts in their field. Thanks. - podrock - 3/30/2022 2:26:58 AM
    - Ditto. Thanks. - Pebble - 3/30/2022 3:42:15 AM

Seriously, WHAT is wrong with these 'people'? - RL - 3/29/2022 10:09:13 PM
- The R's are very good - podrock - 3/29/2022 11:11:21 PM
  - 100% well said - Pebble - 3/30/2022 3:39:44 AM
- Uncivilised. Crude. Controlling. Abusive. - Pebble - 3/29/2022 10:23:29 PM
  - Funny enough, you just summarized the Republican party platform... - RL - 3/29/2022 10:38:40 PM
    - There's a reason for that. - Pebble - 3/29/2022 10:58:06 PM
      - Indeed. - podrock - 3/29/2022 11:32:32 PM

Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls - RL - 3/29/2022 1:19:00 PM

A proposal for a negotiated peace in the Russo-Ukraine war. - ER - 3/27/2022 10:50:47 PM
- Russia will never give up Crimea - BuckGalaxy - 3/28/2022 9:13:46 PM
- Yeah. No. Maybe? - podrock - 3/28/2022 2:52:56 AM
  - You're right. - ER - 3/28/2022 3:49:52 AM
    - So are you. - podrock - 3/28/2022 6:51:08 PM

Watch the speech yesterday? - RobVG - 3/27/2022 8:33:26 PM
- I thought it was excellent - podrock - 3/27/2022 10:02:49 PM
  - He dealt with it well just now in the briefing after laying out the budget. - RobVG - 3/28/2022 7:32:16 PM
    - The media is doing their best to sensationalize his remarks. - RobVG - 3/28/2022 8:55:56 PM
  - Really doesn't help that Trump gutted the State Department - RL - 3/27/2022 10:34:39 PM

Russia reframes its goals for Ukraine invasion - RL - 3/26/2022 1:44:36 AM
- People are capable of fooling themselves. - ER - 3/26/2022 1:03:13 PM
  - Battle of Midway - BuckGalaxy - 3/26/2022 5:04:38 PM
    - It wasn't quite a draw. - ER - 3/26/2022 6:20:48 PM
- A big factor the Ruskies failed to consider before launching this war... - BuckGalaxy - 3/26/2022 3:15:51 AM
  - Good analysis - ER - 3/26/2022 11:57:41 AM
- I certainly hope its not the latter. - ER - 3/26/2022 2:54:14 AM

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