NFR Ukraine...Little Did I Know

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Brute said:
Actually there are thousands of hackers attacking Russian networks right now…
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and what a job they've been doing...from minor annoyances like fixing digital Moscow digital road signs to read 'Putin is a Dick', to major moves shutting down Kremlin networks, likely courtesy of Anonymous.

And now the spotlight moves to China, who initially supported Putins move into Ukraine, having discussed it with Xi weeks in advance...like Putin, Xi completely underestimated NATO's reactoin...and with Russia now urgently requesting China to provide ground to air rockets, munitions and drones, and the US having said absolutely not unless China wants to face the same sanctions, and at a time it's own economy is having a major slowdown...everyone is shoving their chips into the middle of the table, all in....next two weeks will tell us much
 
Russia has sanctioned Joe Biden and a range of other top US officials. The main impact of this is they can now make corny jokes on cable news about how they won't be able to access their Russian bank accounts or go on vacation in Siberia, I guess.
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Brute said:
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I serve with a US govt agency supporting emergency communications. I recently received an email spoofing the govt email address with an attachment from another server the Russians hacked and used as a bot.

Be careful out there.
 
DimeBrite said:
The Russians have already infiltrated this thread. Click with caution folks.
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Yup. I'm not clicking on unscanned links and am keeping the AV up to date.

I have noticed that my internet provider has stepped up its SPAM blocking.
Several legit emails with links have been quarantined.
 
#Russia has turned to #NorthKorea for help - Mirror, and Express. According to the media, Kim Jong Un refused and called Russia "too crazy." Hohoho, what's wrong? It turns out that no one wants to work with Russia? What a pity (NO).

Now the Mirror and Express is somewhere between @lezluthor and the National Enquirer if I remember right, but if Kim Jung Un says you're too crazy and Khadaffi and Idi Amin are dead, who's left ?
 
Mossback said:
#Russia has turned to #NorthKorea for help - Mirror, and Express. According to the media, Kim Jong Un refused and called Russia "too crazy." Hohoho, what's wrong? It turns out that no one wants to work with Russia? What a pity (NO).

Now the Mirror and Express is somewhere between @lezluthor and the National Enquirer if I remember right, but if Kim Jung Un says you're too crazy and Khadaffi and Idi Amin are dead, who's left ?
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Kim, a paragon of perfectly common down to earth sense.

He just doesn't want his ass kicked and it's a smart call. He's already on the out. No sense in exacerbating his hermit status.
 
This week's acclaimed author and historian Timothy Snyder recommended a thoughtful article from Meduza, a Latvian independent news site that publishes in Russian and English. Titled “Putin’s Last Stand, How to Lose a War Simply by Starting One,” and authored by Meduza’s ideas editor, Maxim Trudolyubov, it makes a persuasive case that Putin is failing because he is irrevocably committed to his own fantasy-based worldview, one which crumbles and dissolves with the slightest degree of examination, and one which is failing now, in full view of the rest of the world.

This is not an original premise, but what stands out from an American perspective are the parallels between Putin’s efforts in Russia to surround himself with yes-men at all public and private levels—specifically the negative consequences of that arrangement—and what this country recently experienced
 
Mossback said:
This week's acclaimed author and historian Timothy Snyder recommended a thoughtful article from Meduza, a Latvian independent news site that publishes in Russian and English. Titled “Putin’s Last Stand, How to Lose a War Simply by Starting One,” and authored by Meduza’s ideas editor, Maxim Trudolyubov, it makes a persuasive case that Putin is failing because he is irrevocably committed to his own fantasy-based worldview, one which crumbles and dissolves with the slightest degree of examination, and one which is failing now, in full view of the rest of the world.

This is not an original premise, but what stands out from an American perspective are the parallels between Putin’s efforts in Russia to surround himself with yes-men at all public and private levels—specifically the negative consequences of that arrangement—and what this country recently experienced
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Many have thought it. Only time before somebody had to say it.
 
The Unravelling podcast #32 that came out yesterday was super interesting. It was Jocko Wilink, Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton. Cooper and Horton are big anti-war guys and Jocko, of course, is a pretty famous warrior. I don’t know history nearly as well as those 3 so some of it went over my head. My takeaway was that this shit has been in the making for a long long time and it’s incredibly complicated. It’s a pretty deep dive but it was well worth the 3 hours.
 
Coach Potter said:
The Unravelling podcast #32 that came out yesterday was super interesting. It was Jocko Wilink, Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton. Cooper and Horton are big anti-war guys and Jocko, of course, is a pretty famous warrior. I don’t know history nearly as well as those 3 so some of it went over my head. My takeaway was that this shit has been in the making for a long long time and it’s incredibly complicated. It’s a pretty deep dive but it was well worth the 3 hours.
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Jocko is awesome. So intense.
 
Mossback said:
This week's acclaimed author and historian Timothy Snyder recommended a thoughtful article from Meduza, a Latvian independent news site that publishes in Russian and English. Titled “Putin’s Last Stand, How to Lose a War Simply by Starting One,” and authored by Meduza’s ideas editor, Maxim Trudolyubov, it makes a persuasive case that Putin is failing because he is irrevocably committed to his own fantasy-based worldview, one which crumbles and dissolves with the slightest degree of examination, and one which is failing now, in full view of the rest of the world.

This is not an original premise, but what stands out from an American perspective are the parallels between Putin’s efforts in Russia to surround himself with yes-men at all public and private levels—specifically the negative consequences of that arrangement—and what this country recently experienced
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Leaders that surround themselves with yes men are ultimately doomed to fail because there is no second guessing or any free thought about much of anything. A leader should welcome advisors to weigh in with an unbiased view. Without that objectivity you are imprisoned to your own worldview with no contrary ideas to test, validate, or rationalise against. Leaders who want only yes men around them are in the end ineffective leaders.

They fail to understand the true nature of a softer persuasive power. They only understand hard power and seldom lead by example. Hard power has it's limits and when things don't go well those limits are exceeded quickly. True lasting loyalty isn't achieved with hard power. You can rule by fear for a time. But if you don't foster more than that and dare I say love or a minimum respect you won't achieve any measure of true loyalty. Loyalty throughout history is achieved through respect and just actions. It's most effectively garnered when a king is benevolent and also on the front lines with his knights. Kings in a gallery are betrayed or tossed aside at the next contender if they offer something more or more to the point say they offer more. Leaders that achieve the illusive status of respect and true loyalty have the ability to be followed even into hardship.
 
Dustin Chromers said:
Leaders that surround themselves with yes men are ultimately doomed to fail because there is no second guessing or any free thought about much of anything. A leader should welcome advisors to weigh in with an unbiased view. Without that objectivity you are imprisoned to your own worldview with no contrary ideas to test, validate, or rationalise against. Leaders who want only yes men around them are in the end ineffective leaders.

They fail to understand the true nature of a softer persuasive power. They only understand hard power and seldom lead by example. Hard power has it's limits and when things don't go well those limits are exceeded quickly. True lasting loyalty isn't achieved with hard power. You can rule by fear for a time. But if you don't foster more than that and dare I say love or a minimum respect you won't achieve any measure of true loyalty. Loyalty throughout history is achieved through respect and just actions. It's most effectively garnered when a king is benevolent and also on the front lines with his knights. Kings in a gallery are betrayed or tossed aside at the next contender if they offer something more or more to the point say they offer more. Leaders that achieve the illusive status of respect and true loyalty have the ability to be followed even into hardship.
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It looks like we now have a true leader to follow into hardships with, Awesome ! what a babbling bunch of bullshit this tread has become . try to mention Ukraine ( the people who are being killed while sleeping in their beds) while you philosophy about current politics.
 
Today Biden approved another $800 million in military aide for Ukraine on top of the $200 million allocated a couple days ago. Hopefully he has started seeking counsel from a few hawks. The Russians are attempting to cut-off eastern Ukraine from resupply. New weapons will have to arrive soon in places like Kharkiv. At some point the Ukrainians will need to push the Russians back militarily so they have strong leverage in peace negotiations. Better weapons from NATO would help.
 
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