Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

[steveseagull]

This is all over Twitter but looks like an excellent deal for Ukraine. What use is Medvedchuk to Russia though?

 

[Ax^]

Didnt know that KFC were still going in Russia ?

how would kfc sue a Russia business for still using it

Didnt know that KFC were still going in Russia ?

you heard of franchise ownership right also a building that is kfc branded can still sell chicken wtf is the Cornell gonna do sue em

 

[not-bono-ever]

Vic Medvedchuck isnt going to be much of an asset for Ivan now I would have thought

 

[Cid]

how would kfc sue a Russia business for still using it

you heard of franchise ownership right also a building that is kfc branded can still sell chicken wtf is the Cornell gonna do sue em

The other fast food companies (not to laud them or anything) seem to have effectively backed out. McDonalds is now famously Tasty Period.

 

[two sheds]

how would kfc sue a Russia business for still using it

you heard of franchise ownership right also a building that is kfc branded can still sell chicken wtf is the Cornell gonna do sue em

I'm still boycotting kfc

 

[frogwoman]

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[petee]

thread from a guy who's been quoted alot lately but does seem to be qualified

 

[Nylock]

This is going to descend into an even more horrifying shitshow than it already is, isn't it? He's going to get increasingly more unhinged as the fuckups and corpses pile ever higher....

 

[Raheem]

anyone else irritated by the use of the term de-fang?

One of the downsides of the whole situation.

Past tense: de-funged, as in de-funged da polisse.

 

[tim]

IMO, it's a perfect description. Russia must be rendered unable to go in for this sort of adventurism again.

Yes, we must sail our gunboats up the Volga.

Vic Medvedchuck isnt going to be much of an asset for Ivan now I would have thought

Exit pursued by window cleaner.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Yes, we must sail our gunboats up the Volga.


Exit pursued by window cleaner.

"Confessions of a window cleaner" is a very different series in Russia

 

[maomao]

I assume the most likely reason for these fellas falling out of windows is that they've opposed Putin. So while it's funny that nasty oligarchs are getting their just desserts I'm not sure it bodes well.

 

[tim]

"Confessions of a window cleaner" is a very different series in Russia

I've been defenestrating oligarchs for a living wage,
For a psychopathic person it's an interesting job.

 

[two sheds]

I assume the most likely reason for these fellas falling out of windows is that they've opposed Putin. So while it's funny that nasty oligarchs are getting their just desserts I'm not sure it bodes well.

I thought a few of them were described as "allies of Putin"?

 

[maomao]

I thought a few of them were described as "allies of Putin"?

Yes, that's how you get to be an oligarch.

 

[teqniq]

The two Brits who were sentenced to death in DNR have been released after Saudi Arabia acted as a go between to negotiate their release.

It's great that the prisoners have been released, but:

Not just Saudi Arabia but MBS himself.

Crown prince mediates in Russia-Ukraine prisoner release

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday held successful mediation sessions to release ten prisoners from various countries as part of a prisoner exchange process between Russia and Ukraine. The Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement the move was...

www.arabnews.com

The only reason i can think of that he would become personally involved in this is in an attempt to rehabilitate himself after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi which he is widely believed to be responsible for. That and to generally portray the kingdom in a good light; never mind the wholesale human rights abuses going on in their own back yard. Great PR exercise for them

 

[The39thStep]

It's great that the prisoners have been released, but:

Not just Saudi Arabia but MBS himself.

Crown prince mediates in Russia-Ukraine prisoner release

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday held successful mediation sessions to release ten prisoners from various countries as part of a prisoner exchange process between Russia and Ukraine. The Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement the move was...

www.arabnews.com

The only reason i can think of that he would become personally involved in this is in an attempt to rehabilitate himself after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi for which he is widely believed to be responsible for. That and to generally portray the kingdom in a good light; never mind the wholesale human rights abuses going on in their own back yard. Great PR exercise for them

Yup this war has flushed up America's rehabilitation, Saudi Arabia's concern for human life, and Turkey's concern with peace among other remarkable roles.

 

[two sheds]

Bit of an aside, but not just concern for human life - concern for the whole planet

From waste to resource: Can recycling CO2 help Saudi Arabia go green?

Several companies in Saudi Arabia are now recycling carbon dioxide to reduce emissions. But what does the future look like?

www.independent.co.uk

Sponsored link

 

[The39thStep]

 

[The39thStep]

This is all over Twitter but looks like an excellent deal for Ukraine. What use is Medvedchuk to Russia though?

This is the total Saudi Arabia/Turkey package isn't it?

 

[Tanya1982]

Didnt know that KFC were still going in Russia ?

Kremlin Fried Chicken - there's one on every corner over there, but international expansion hasn't gone well.

 

[teqniq]

This is the total Saudi Arabia/Turkey package isn't it?

Most probably. The whole thing with Turkey would be laughable were it not, you know, war. Flogging drones to Ukraine whilst brokering grain shipments from Odessa and now this. Never mind their ongoing persecution of the Kurds and sponsorship of islamic extremists in Syria

 

[Artaxerxes]

Yes, that's how you get to be an oligarch.

Not great job security, very much gripping a wolf by the tail.


The moment you say “Vlad maybe this is a bad” you lose your purpose, especially now the oligarchs have no cash or assets outside Russia available

 

[existentialist]

Well just say that then , then everyone in real life will know what you are on about.

It wasn't me who said it in the first place.

 

[two sheds]

It wasn't me who said it in the first place.

That's no excuse, you will henceforth each time be required to replace "defang" with "must be rendered unable to go in for this sort of adventurism again"

 

[Karl Masks]

I know what you mean.

I remember a speculative science book my parents got me for Christmas in the 70’s (I’m in my 50’s). In one bit it had two visions of the future.

Left hand page was an environmental paradise with people wondering around in white robes with glass pyramids.

The other page had basically Bladerunner. Rain, gas masks, neon, concrete, etc.

And as a naive young human i thought ‘well obviously the people in charge are going to go for the optimistic left hand page version of the future, right?’.

How wrong i was. I’ve worked in psychiatry for 15 years and what i now know of the human condition has changed my outlook somewhat.

The books I read had is living in lunar colonies, travelling to work on moving pavements or transport tubes like Futurama and using such wonders as videophones. Eventually we would send a colony to St Baranard's Star.

Well we have smartphones and social media, small victories...

 

[Cid]

The books I read had is living in lunar colonies, travelling to work on moving pavements or transport tubes like Futurama and using such wonders as videophones. Eventually we would send a colony to St Baranard's Star.

Well we have smartphones and social media, small victories...

I had no idea they'd canonized astronomer EE Barnard. Mind you, if we're talking sci-fi, that could be a plot point.

 

[andysays]

I thought a few of them were described as "allies of Putin"?

Looks like they're "ex allies" now, in both senses...

 

[Karl Masks]

I had no idea they'd canonized astronomer EE Barnard. Mind you, if we're talking sci-fi, that could be a plot point.

It's more amusing not to correct the mistake I think, plus I can't be arsed

 

[Pickman's model]

Can everyone please stop posting crap tweets thanks

You're years too late for that to take effect