Malcador

https://www-spiegel-de.translate.goog/politik/deutschland/boris-pistorius-spd-panzerkoalition-fuer-ukraine-laeuft-nicht-ganz-so-berauschend-a-34da9cf5-c947-43dc-afb3-fb79995fe4d4?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp "According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, plans for the rapid delivery of dozens of European Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine are progressing slowly. It doesn't look "quite so exciting - to put it mildly," said the SPD politician on Tuesday at the sidelines of a meeting of the international contact group for arms deliveries to Ukraine. In addition to the German commitment to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6s, there has only been an announcement from Portugal that three such tanks will be made available. More A6 are currently not in discussion, said Pistorius. Leopard 2 A4 tanks from Poland may have problems in terms of tank condition and serviceability."

Was briefly on the news here. https://globalnews.ca/news/9482709/ohio-train-chemical-explosion-east-palestine/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/13/us-ukraine-war-critical-moment/ "“It feels like we are playing for a long war,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. “I think it’s at odds with what so many people would hope for, that we’re actually trying to help Ukraine win militarily.” She added, “It feels like a moment of really high uncertainty.” Biden and his top aides say they are determined to back Ukraine as long and as fully as possible. But they warn that the political path will get tougher once Ukraine has exhausted the current congressional package, which could happen as early as this summer. Some Western leaders have harbored reservations about sending certain types of heavy weaponry to Ukraine, worried about a direct confrontation with Russia, especially after Putin signaled a willingness to use nuclear weapons."

Is how I get through the work day

Ukraine shot one down as well

Yes, in honor of

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/2/13/russia-ukraine-live-kyiv-says-energy-system-withstanding-attacks NATO head Shang Tsung Jens Stoltenberg proclaims "It has begun"

Just don't pick one from a currently popular TV show. Choose one from a 70's popular TV show.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-10/russian-missiles-aimed-at-ukraine-crossed-romania-kyiv-says Ukrainians sure jump the gun a lot.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/what-russia-got-wrong-moscow-failures-in-ukraine-dara-massicot Interesting read on what the Russians screwed up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/ukraine-himars-rocket-artillery-russia/ Was wondering what gain is there in advertising the US' role being hands on to that degree with their long rang weapons, but was reminded that this is marketing for ATACMS.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-curbed-ukraines-use-starlink-internet-drones-company-president-2023-02-09/ "SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C. "However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said."

Seems making grinding progress near Bahkmut. Getting mauled in Vuhledar, guess that goes to show how hard assaults are going to be in either direction. This was amusing fear mongering too

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream Skeptical, but will be amusing to see what abuse Hersh cops from this

US politics is going to end up like chat in Counterstrike

https://www.pcgamer.com/shadows-of-doubt-is-deus-ex-for-incorrigible-snoops-and-you-should-drop-what-youre-doing-and-play-the-demo-right-now/ Played the demo a bit, seems interesting if a bit janky

Thought he died or something when I got a BBC alert, was just some generic propaganda speech

Girkin was Oby.

Apparently they sent a Tu-141 drone into Russia, instead of trying to hit a Croatian student residence

Well wasn't intended as a dodge, just disagreed there was an implication. But, now for an actual dodge, I should have said here as in majestic's words rather then generally - certainly can be situations where the equality is implied. Derailing is good, beats the usual crap in the Ukraine threads.

Well A and B overlapping doesn't mean A means B, is sort of grouping them together but I'm not in Austria so it may be the case there. But just is a bit much when I see either group complain that the other demonizes them and demands the other group come to them, is how people work I guess. I'm sure that assclown Melnyk is raging because they're not getting 2A7s for free, heh.

Eh, most of the time these people are catching what they're throwing too. But I forget, in these instances the mountain has to come to Mohammed But majestic did just say there was overlap, not that anti-vaxx means pro-Russian

Found the Dragon Book. Tried reading it and understood nothing, thus confirming I am dumber than I was in 2005.