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  • Uncle Ted
    The Big 12 money shot.
    • Apr 2010
    • 28853
    #1561
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

    Kasparov is exactly right. And him donating the Starlink doesn't change any of that.
    The best way to topple a repressive regime, IMHO, is with direct information between as many people as possible... Starlink's connectivity to the internet provides the fabric for this information transfer.

    Do you think the riots in Iran just started spontaneously?

    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
    "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
    "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69833
        #1562
        Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

        The best way to topple a repressive regime, IMHO, is with direct information between as many people as possible... Starlink's connectivity to the internet provides the fabric for this information transfer.

        Do you think the riots in Iran just started spontaneously?
        All the more baffling that he then stabs Ukraine in the back.
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • Uncle Ted
            The Big 12 money shot.
            • Apr 2010
            • 28853
            #1563
            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

            All the more baffling that he then stabs Ukraine in the back.
            Elon stabbed Ukraine in the back by giving his opinion?


            We'll see if that opinion could have stopped a nuclear war, I guess.
            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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              • Jeff Lebowski
                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                • Nov 2008
                • 69833
                #1564
                Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

                Elon stabbed Ukraine in the back by giving his opinion?
                Yes, comrade.

                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • myboynoah
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 21719
                    #1565
                    Interesting suggestion of infighting between two of Putin's underlings. All of the open criticism of Russian battlefield performance makes more sense now.

                    Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                    For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                    Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                      • myboynoah
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 21719
                        #1566
                        lol, go get 'em, Ivan!

                        Assuming this is legit (no reason to believe otherwise), I don't understand why this and other similar on-the-ground reports from these mobilized troops are being allowed on the air. Russia must be a very different place. Do people just go, "Well, that's how it is." and go back to life?

                        Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                        For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                        Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                          • Jeff Lebowski
                            Corporate lackey for Jesus
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 69833
                            #1567
                            Well, he certainly earned it.

                            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                              • Pelado
                                Bald not naked
                                • Sep 2010
                                • 21215
                                #1568
                                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                                Well, he certainly earned it.

                                And he's been called up for mobilization.
                                "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                                - Goatnapper'96

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                                  • Jeff Lebowski
                                    Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                    • Nov 2008
                                    • 69833
                                    #1569
                                    Originally posted by Pelado View Post

                                    And he's been called up for mobilization.
                                    Well, he certainly deserves it.
                                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                                      • Moliere
                                        One man.....one pie
                                        • Oct 2009
                                        • 27927
                                        #1570
                                        Musk is an idiot and his theoretical scenario is equivalent to a high school debate argument. Like Putin would ever agree to a vote over seen by the UN. I’m his mind, they just held a vote and Russia won. Why would he then admit the vote was a sham by agreeing to a revote? Playing stupid hypotheticals on Twitter is what people like me do, not highly influential rich people like Musk.

                                        Maybe we can next vote as to whether the drinking fountains in Ukraine should have Mountain Dew in them.
                                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                                          • Jeff Lebowski
                                            Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                            • Nov 2008
                                            • 69833
                                            #1571
                                            Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                                            Musk is an idiot and his theoretical scenario is equivalent to a high school debate argument. Like Putin would ever agree to a vote over seen by the UN. I’m his mind, they just held a vote and Russia won. Why would he then admit the vote was a sham by agreeing to a revote? Playing stupid hypotheticals on Twitter is what people like me do, not highly influential rich people like Musk.

                                            Maybe we can next vote as to whether the drinking fountains in Ukraine should have Mountain Dew in them.
                                            It is embarrassing how ignorant he is and how little effort he makes to figure out what is happening. Yeah, let's put this idiot in charge of twitter.
                                            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                                              • Jeff Lebowski
                                                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                                • Nov 2008
                                                • 69833
                                                #1572


                                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                                                  • Maximus
                                                    Senior Member
                                                    • Sep 2009
                                                    • 6045
                                                    #1573
                                                    So you all worried putin is crazy enough for nukes or not

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                                                      • Moliere
                                                        One man.....one pie
                                                        • Oct 2009
                                                        • 27927
                                                        #1574
                                                        Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                                                        So you all worried putin is crazy enough for nukes or not
                                                        Not worried because I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nukes or no nukes, I'm good.
                                                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                                                          • Jeff Lebowski
                                                            Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                                            • Nov 2008
                                                            • 69833
                                                            #1575
                                                            Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                                                            So you all worried putin is crazy enough for nukes or not
                                                            Excellent podcast today on this topic on NYT The Daily.
                                                            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                                            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                                            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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