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@pony There are some, as of yet unconfirmed, news that Igor Osipov, the Black Sea Fleet commander in chief was already arrested. So no tea, so far...

@jordan

Look. It's odd to express who I am "cheering" for. The problem is the "cheering" part.

But I guess your question was simple a straightforward and deserves a simple straightforward response. I personally wish Ukraine will be able to protect its territorial integrity and its people in the face of this senseless and brutal Russian aggression. And since this assault, in effect, is also a direct assault on the security structures we built for ourselves in Europe, yes, I hope Russia will be forced to back off and stop threatening me and my society with their military actions apparently backed by very paranoid and, to me, absolutely incomprehensible imperialistic rhetoric.

So much to my hopes. I also realise that reality will play out in a much more complicated ways.

@piggo

@piggo https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/04/answering-call-heavy-weaponry-supplied.html

@z428 Very 80s newspaper style.

@piggo What a lonely world.

@piggo LinkedIn displayed this this morning. I almost spat my coffee on the display. The guy is having a day...

@jordan

This is not a football match. Nobody wins in such a war. But since one party decided that it wants to have a conflict and named my society as their enemy, the choice of the side was made and is obvious, isn't it?

@piggo

@piggo In all honesty, those Slovak MIGs are a PITA. I don't know how many there are (11?), but actually only like 2 or 4 are operable at any time and even that only with Russian technicians stationed in the country all the time. I.e., those are rather spare parts in a form of a fighter jet packaging than operable aircraft anyway. The sooner they get rid of them, the better.

@piggo thanks, I am trawling the comments. Let's hope it's something. Thanks for good news. I never thought I would be cheering for war, but if we all manage this right, we can live several decades more calmly. Methinks...

https://archive.ph/4l2Am

@piggo I seriously wish the story with polish MIGs will play out similarly as it did with the Slovak S-300:
1. how about S-300?
2. mhhhmmm...
3. OK
4. Cheers
5. or not?
6. mhhhmhmmhmh...
7. ....
8. delivered!
9. cheers

But it's been now several weeks since the MIG gaffe, so I am not sure...

@piggo cause this is what we should be sending: https://buymeafighterjet.com/

@piggo where do you take that news from? cause a couple of T-72s and an S-300 does not a summer make...

@piggo man, there's a whole 10min movie from which that pic is taken.

@pony Apparently you are right. There's a link at CZ wikipedia page to here: https://www.econlib.cz/zlatyfond/html/zf0054.htm

I learn something unimportant, or silly every day. Today it's this... 😄

@pony that could be. Never though about history of this specific oddity.

@pony 😄 Welcome to remnants of socialism 🙂

@pony Hm. Didn't know nothing moved in CZ since 10+ years I checked the last time... I recall paying this in SK via Internet Even the payment kiosks at police stations are just front-ends to the E-kolok system. E-govt. upgrade moves slow apparently...

@pony Interesting. Isn't there an e-version of that?