Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Fullerene]

29 minutes ago, 101 said:

Didn't know that about him.

What is it with Tories also being "pull the ladder up behind you" types.

Him, Patel and Javid's parents all arrived in the UK when we were "global Britain" and the three of them have played a huge part in turning us into an insular hell hole. You would think they would have more compassion but it seems the opposite it true.

They are all big supporters of Brexit and they know Brexit relied heavily on people who hate foreigners and the idea of any of them coming here.

What is the point booting out the Romanians and Bulgarians if you are simply going to let in the Ukrainians because of some silly war.

It should be pointed out that Putin was a big fan of Brexit too.

[ICTChris]

Is Pie and Bovril accessible in Russia now? Do we have anyone behind the new Iron curtain?

[DiegoDiego]

Interesting story about one of the films pulled from the Glasgow Film Festival.

The director is half Ukrainian, his grandmother is in a Kiev bomb shelter and he has signed two petitions to stop the war.

This is the New York Times calling us out. The home of cancel culture thinks the GFF are idiots.

[LongTimeLurker]

6 minutes ago, bendan said:

Yeah, an interesting read, but it's a bit too much like what we'd want to hear to be plausible.

The bit about global famine and the use of a localised nuclear strike in Ukraine to scare the West doesn't fall into that category for me. Having said that though I'm also highly dubious about its authenticity but either way it's probably not too far off reflecting a lot of what is currently unfolding. What happens in Syria (and Nagorno-Karabakh) over the next few months is definitely something to watch and what their end game is on replacing Zelenskyy is probably as murky to Russian strategists at this point as described.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

30 minutes ago, Suspect Device said:

Anybody else access RT.com today and get a wee message "checking your browser before connecting"?

Looks like I'm flagged up as a Russian spy now. I expect MI6 to be at my door any minute. Just wait until the see that I'm a member of the Red Army. I'm fucked.

Are you suggesting Davie MacKormark is behind this whole sordid affair in a frozen wasteland full of toothless locals addicted to alcohol?

Spoiler

I’ll set them up..

 

[Fullerene]

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union imported wheat from the USA because it was unable to produce enough on its own.

[LongTimeLurker]

3 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union imported wheat from the USA because it was unable to produce enough on its own.

Think the notion of global famine is over the top but lower income countries that rely heavily on imports of Russian and Ukrainian wheat are going to have a problem. Think that's likely to mainly be in the Middle East and North Africa (e.g. Syria, Egypt, Yemen) plus Afghanistan.

[Fullerene]

47 minutes ago, Suspect Device said:

Anybody else access RT.com today and get a wee message "checking your browser before connecting"?

Looks like I'm flagged up as a Russian spy now. I expect MI6 to be at my door any minute. Just wait until the see that I'm a member of the Red Army. I'm fucked.

Don't be silly.

It will be MI5 that will be dragging you away.

[coprolite]

49 minutes ago, Suspect Device said:

Anybody else access RT.com today and get a wee message "checking your browser before connecting"?

Looks like I'm flagged up as a Russian spy now. I expect MI6 to be at my door any minute. Just wait until the see that I'm a member of the Red Army. I'm fucked.

Save time by wearing an orange boiler suit around the house. 

[101]

This is a good piece. Very enjoyable all things considered.

[DiegoDiego]

Think the notion of global famine is over the top but lower income countries that rely heavily on imports of Russian and Ukrainian wheat are going to have a problem. Think that's likely to mainly be in the Middle East and North Africa (e.g. Syria, Egypt, Yemen) plus Afghanistan.

Although a global famine, as in one experienced throughout the world, seems far fetched, it wouldn't surprise me if a good few countries experience it. We've learnt through covid how fragile some of our systems are. Ethiopia is a net exporter of food and they're the famine poster child.

Ireland are close to the top of the table for food import dependency. We're not too bad.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

9 minutes ago, coprolite said:

Save time by wearing an orange boiler suit around the house. 

Like Granny Danger the DAB.

[Clown Job]

3 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

Been a lot of speculation why the Russian air force is mostly missing. One theory is all the NATO surveillance planes that have been constantly flying along the borders are monitoring Russian movements and passing the data straight to the Ukrainians. In an all-out war, first thing to do is get rid of the surveillance planes but the Russians can't in this case. There's therefore no need to enforce a no-fly zone, the West is giving Ukraine hand-held missiles and telling them exactly where to point them. 

This must be great for NATO gathering intelligence about Russian tactics and capabilities

[steve55]

This is quite telling.

 

 

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, 101 said:

Didn't know that about him.

What is it with Tories also being "pull the ladder up behind you" types.

Him, Patel and Javid's parents all arrived in the UK when we were "global Britain" and the three of them have played a huge part in turning us into an insular hell hole. You would think they would have more compassion but it seems the opposite it true.

Gina Yashere (aye, I know, bear with me) had a bit about immigrants being incredibly hostile to immigration. Supposedly her Nigerian mother was a Brexiteer because it would stop all the foreigners coming in  

1 hour ago, Lurkst said:

It was pointed out to me yesterday that this was the first scene in Threads 

You'd think they'd have set it somewhere that would've looked worse after the bombs dropped.

[steve55]

59 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union imported wheat from the USA because it was unable to produce enough on its own.

Thats when it was communist, seems to be a common theme when the state takes over farming=food shortages.

[BFTD]

3 minutes ago, steve55 said:

This is quite telling.

 

 

I used to believe that the US bombed the shit out of other countries but, going by the accuracy of everything else you copypaste, I'm now wondering if they've been the good guys all along.

[DiegoDiego]

This is quite telling.

Is it?

[Hillonearth]

23 minutes ago, BFTD said:

Gina Yashere (aye, I know, bear with me) had a bit about immigrants being incredibly hostile to immigration. Supposedly her Nigerian mother was a Brexiteer because it would stop all the foreigners coming in  

You'd think they'd have set it somewhere that would've looked worse after the bombs dropped.

I've been to Sheffield. The wifie pishing herself in the street was just a normal Saturday afternoon.

[Fullerene]

20 minutes ago, steve55 said:

Thats when it was communist, seems to be a common theme when the state takes over farming=food shortages.

Especially with the communists.  I read about this happening in North Korea.  Traditional farming indicated how many plants should be planted per square metre (or acres or whatever). 

Communist ideology was that plants should "learn" to get along and if you plant a lot more in the same area, the plant will adapt and you will get a greater yield.  Instead, the crop had insufficient nutrients and the whole crop failed.  Stupid crops - have only themselves to blame!