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Cris would want to use that with Pink Camo in CA. It's 'cute'...

Yep. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-appears-in-public-for-first-time-in-days/article23468184/ The media changes etc.still have me wonder if there was some behind closed door ass chewing going on. Or this could have jsut been an 'Off to Camp David', Russia style...

I find it works when I don't type anything before you paste the youtube link in. At least that's how it worked for me the past few times..

Ferrets are awesome, but if you get one, get them de-scented because otherwise they fucking stink.

A Daily Fail article, but still, MSM coverage of it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2995335/Vladimir-Putin-neutralised-stealthy-coup-rumours-health-continue-flourish.html

This is from Reddit. Unfortunately, retrieved from the AH forums, but I get info from wherever I can find it. :"I posted this comment in an earlier thread, but the mods removed that thread. I think it's worth repeating here... A Russian blogger has speculated that a coup may have been launched by a faction of Russia's intelligence community that dissaproves of Putin's handling of the Ukraine crisis. One Russia analyst sums up what he thinks a variety of stories in the last few weeks amount to - a slow-motion coup in which some security officials in the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Protective Service (FSO) with Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, former KGB, team up against Putin, whose allies are Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov and the Interior Ministry or police, which also commands thousands of internal troops. Two blog posts from the LiveJournal blogger v_n_zb known as KatrinSha on Twitter provide some insights. This blogger is saying what others including independent newspapers and analysts are saying, but she's putting it together more coherently than most. Some of her insights match those of Andrei Illarionov, former advisor to Putin now at the Cato Institute, who says "the generals are taking over." The first post concerns Yevgeny Primakov, one of the veteran political "clan" leaders of Moscow, who as a former foreign minister, intelligence chief and prime minister has a lot of influence. (See Lithuanian expert Marius Laurinavičius's piece Primakov Clan’s Trap for the West or a Little about Putin’s Peace Roadmap). Primakov, who was born in Kiev advocates keeping the Crimea but not annexing the Donbass, so he is something of a "moderate" compared to others although non-Russians disagree with his plan for "centralization" which contains within it Russian homogenization, and Westerners would find his diatribes against "neo-liberalism" quite Soviet. ... In his speech at the prestigious Mercury Club, where he serves as president, on January 13, 2015 Primakov basically "tore Putin's policy to bits." He said Donbass should remain in Ukraine He opposed Russia's self-isolation He advocated a move away from Russia's role as "the world's gas station" and diversification of the economy He acknowledged anti-semitism, chauvinism and neo-Nazis as big problems in Russia Primakov's starkest comment in this speech was: "There are no grounds to believe the readiness of the executive government to propose a justified plan based on concretely specified actions to turn the country toward diversification of its economy and its growth on this basis." tl;dr: Certain high ranking officials in the Russian government, particularly Yevgeny Primakov, sincerely doubt that Putin can resolve the Ukrainan and economic crises. They fear that Putin may throw Russia into chaos, so Primakov and his allies could be motivated to depose him http://www.interpretermag.com/russia...-14-2015/#7468 Russia's media has also suddenly adopted a new tone towards the Ukrainian conflict since Putin went missing: KatrinSha focuses on events of the last week that she believes will tell us who is really in charge in Russia: 1. The term "Novorossiya" and "DNR and LNR" disappeared from state television channels and the terms "Lugansk and Donetsk Regions" replace them. 2. The "purging" of the "implacable" field commanders among the Russian-backed separatists has begun -- we could note there was an assassination attempt on Mozgovoy and Motorola (Pavlov) is also believed to be targeted. 3. Separatist units have begun to be called "bandit formations" in Russian media 4. Two additional humanitarian convoys have been sent immediately to the Donbass. "This time the quotation marks can be removed from the word humanitarian," says KatrinSha." I also had a Daily KOS link, (Yes I know they are as slanted as fuck, but it was an interesting rundown) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/14/1371003/-Looks-like-Obama-may-have-outplayed-Putin

Pak Fa Doc. The prettiest Fighter that the Ruskies have built yet.

I know right? That makes me sad to see books abandoned like that.

I know I'm a terrible person to give in to the meme, but this got a chuckle.

Yep. sounds like an epic win for the world.

I sort of collect authors as friends on FB, with far left and far right both being pretty well represented. The one very telling thing about the literary impact that Pratchett has was every single person from every end of the political spectrum pretty much has nothing but awesome stuff to say about the guy. Says alot.

Yeah, even John liked that blog post. There's a t-shirt with Oh John Ringo No! for sale out there with the proceeds going to a charity...

I'm given to understand that they have warehouses full of the damned things.

John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows series? I mean for the first two books you really have to work on suspending your disbelief, but they are fun in an updated sort of Mack Bolan kind of way.

I'd prolly pay for that too. Eugen is evil in that they want to take all my $ and find interesting and fun ways to do so. Heck, in just time messing around with Decks, for value for amount of time spent on a game the 3 Wargame titles I've bought are more than worth the $ I've spent.

Agreed. International even.

Terry Pratchett, Author of the amazing Discworld Series has died. https://www.facebook.com/pratchett?fref=photo

Stolen from Foxtrot Alpha. Some neat footage in this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWqexq4td28#t=86

On the dude who was arrested and 'confessed'... oddly enough his body displays marks from possible torture. Anyone unsurprised that they coerced a confession?

On a purely random interest level, I've seen this numerology obsession from white power nuts before, both here in Canada and in the US, so I find this to be unsurprising at best. Tho at least with their numerology, they present a closer to fact basis for their reality than the current US Republican party mouthpieces.

http://www.frfrogspad.com/jmb.htm I'm sure y'all have seen this before, but yeah, I thought it was amusing.

I wonder what effect combining forward swept wings and thrust vectoring would have?

Ok, so I'm a little drunk and a little tired. But I still think this is a coherent thread of thought. One of the most overlooked areas of railguns being introduced is in the air defense area. With the practical velocities being acheived by railguns, LOS means dead... People smarter than me, please discuss.