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Ukraine conflict
| June 20th, 2025 at 11:09:10 AM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 181 Posts: 5926 | Gotta wonder if most of the young Russian men are a bunch of drunken louts as are their parents and grand parents? |
| June 21st, 2025 at 12:37:53 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 218 Posts: 23244 | Clickbait or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr0w5690-5I "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| June 21st, 2025 at 12:47:45 PM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 181 Posts: 5926 | They're eating the dogs...they're eating the cats... |
| July 23rd, 2025 at 6:21:20 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 218 Posts: 23244 | More recent "accidents".
If I were a high ranking official, I would assume my dwelling was bugged. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| July 23rd, 2025 at 11:36:42 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5924 |
I just learned recently that when they say fell from a window it is not literal. It is just a euphemism for a suspicious death. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| July 25th, 2025 at 9:27:25 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 218 Posts: 23244 | Just dropping this as a general military observation
How is anything unsinkable? How would they stop a torpedo capable of coming straight up from hundreds of feet under a ship which seems technically possible these days? I don't know, maybe it's not that hard to do. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| July 25th, 2025 at 2:23:49 PM permalink | |
| OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 16 Posts: 1904 |
Who told you that? Was the 160 feet a euphemism too? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11758535/Top-Putin-defence-official-58-plunges-160ft-death-16th-floor-tower-block-window.html |
| July 25th, 2025 at 4:22:05 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5924 |
You seem to be forgetting about the Titanic. It was also unsinkable. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| July 25th, 2025 at 4:23:48 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5924 |
Obviously, I don't know about all of them, but that phrase is used generically now. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| July 25th, 2025 at 11:16:30 PM permalink | |
| OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 16 Posts: 1904 | Did you know there is a verb to describe the action of tossing something/someone out of a window? To 'defenestrate' Multiple powerful russians have been literally defenestrated. Known high‑profile “defenestration” cases Key documented incidents (2007–2025) Ivan Safronov, investigative journalist (2007) — fell to his death from a fifth-floor window; officially ruled a suicide, though colleagues disputed the narrative Nikolai Gorokhov, Magnitsky lawyer (survived fall, 2017) — fell from a fourth-floor balcony while installing a bathtub, later called it no accident Post‑Ukraine war cluster (2022–2025) A surge of suspicious falls involving prominent figures: Dan Rapoport — found dead in Washington, D.C., after falling from a building (Aug 2022) Ravil Maganov, Lukoil chairman (Sept 1, 2022) — hospital window fall after criticizing war efforts Grigory Kochenov, IT executive (Dec 2022, Nizhny Novgorod) — fell from balcony during police search Pavel Antov, banker and politician (Dec 2022, India) — fell from hotel window abroad Marina Yankina, Defence Ministry finance head (Feb 2023) — fell 16 floors in St. Petersburg Kristina Baikova, Loko‑bank vice president (June 2023) — fell from 11th floor after argument in Moscow Artem Bartenev, federal judge in Kazan (June 2023) — fell from 12th floor early in morning, circumstances unclear Vladimir Shklyarov, ballet dancer (Nov 2024) — fell from fifth-floor balcony while on painkillers; authorities called it accident Buvaisar Saitiev, former MP and wrestling champion (Feb 2025) — found after fall from apartment window (later died in hospital) Artur Priakhin, antimonopoly chief (Feb 2025) — discovered outside his office following fall; reported as apparent suicide Andrei Badalov, Transneft VP (July 2025) — fell from high‑rise in Moscow suburb; reported suicide, but part of broader pattern 📊 Summary of reported incidents Period Approx. Number of High‑Profile Falls 2007 to 2021 ~2–3 major cases 2022 to mid‑2025 ~8–10 documented high‑profile falls Total (2007–2025) ~10–13 notable defenestration events (most suspicious) |