Brad Pitt in Se7en pronounces Marquis de Sade's name as "Shah-day". I used to pronounce the name of the artist Sade as "Sayd". So many ways to get it wrong.

speedie wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:21 am

losthighway wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:11 am

jfv wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:46 am Did the Wagner Group just declare war on the Russian Military??

Sure did. What a fantastic shit show. Putin isn't likely getting much sleep these days.

Well fuck. If this is legit, old mate Wagner guy has nothing to lose, and doesn't care about Ukraine anymore.

He's claimed two military facilities without conflict. This is like a gift to Ukraine.

losthighway wrote:This is like a gift to Ukraine.

It's incredible, Wagner's forces apparently tried to capture Russia's defense minister and now currently a large convoy is heading towards Moscow. It's beyond me as to what they're hoping/aiming and how things might develop, but I can't see this being good for Russia's military force on the whole. There's a fair chance we'll see pictures of tanks in front of Kremlin for the first time since 1991 in the upcoming hours and back then it was a sing of Soviet Union collapsing. Bonkers, bonkers, bonkers.

I had the most astonishing dream.

So it looks like this was all hotdogging on Prigozhin's part.

jimmy spako wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:21 pm So it looks like this was all hotdogging on Prigozhin's part.

Yeah, I just disembarked from a long flight expecting to see something more substantial. Guessing he didn’t want to die quite yet.

jfv wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:02 pm

jimmy spako wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 4:21 pm So it looks like this was all hotdogging on Prigozhin's part.

Yeah, I just disembarked from a long flight expecting to see something more substantial. Guessing he didn’t want to die quite yet.

Yeah it looked like an immediate existential threat to Putin's Russia, now it's just another bruise showing their chaotic mismanagement. I don't fully understand the deal with Belarus, but it seems Prigohzin can point his gun at the dictator and live to tell the tale.

kokorodoko wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:47 am Brad Pitt in Se7en pronounces Marquis de Sade's name as "Shah-day". I used to pronounce the name of the artist Sade as "Sayd". So many ways to get it wrong.

i know what all boys like....

ed harris, 12 monkeyss, jim caveziel

losthighway wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:38 pm [...] it seems Prigohzin can point his gun at the dictator and live to tell the tale.

I'm sure he will enjoy a long and relaxing retirement, happily eating and drinking without a care in the world.