Grifman
21528
This is almost a companion piece to the article you posted, this one looking at the entire Russian war effort:
Despite the disaster, this is chilling, if it’s not bluster:
KevinC
21529
Let’s hope the Russian people decide they have a say in the matter.
“You cannot stop me. I spend 30,000 men a month.”
Napoleon, to Austrian ambassador, probably
A song of praise to an ICBM.
Um, look, I have to be honest. Whatever the lyrics are about, that’s a pretty rousing chorus.
Oh, Russian composers for a long time now have been very good at rousing choruses, and a lot of other stuff too. Music isn’t one of their weak points.
spiffy
21534
I mean, it’s what you’d say, up until you were ready to concede. No one ever said before a fight, “you know, club me in the left ear enough times, I go down like a wet sack.”
schurem
21535
One of the reasons I so dearly long for Russia to get significantly less evil. At least half my favourite composers are Russsian. Their literature is great as well, as are their achievements in physics, aeronautics, etc. These people deserve a government that lets them take their rightful place of honor among the great cultures of earth.
It’s no Hymn to Red October.
Very long piece, but excellently reported.
Stairs are almost as deadly as windows
RichVR
21539
Stairs? Have they no windows in France?
No, they have windows. And very unsafe windows you could easily fall out of if you’re drunk. Our hotel room had them.
With stairs, seems like you’re taking a chance they could survive the fall.
Alistair
21541
Everyone wanted de-escalation…
abrandt
21542
Whose to say his neck wasn’t broken before he tumbled down those stairs.
It’s more believable when you fall out a window, tho. Unless that window is on the ground floor.
Timex
21544
UPS driver went over to Ukraine to save random civilians.
Thank God he’s not a former DHL driver or they’d never get out.
I never know why, but these “Let’s interview random Russians on the street” videos popped on YouTube for me, and I find them pretty interesting to watch.
It’s fascinating to me when people are willing to go off and fight, even though they have absolutely no clue what’s going on.
I met a kid in Mississippi once who was about to ship out to Afghanistan with the National Guard. He didn’t even know where Kandahar was. It was just something to do.
He sounded exactly like the second guy in this video.
