- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Leopold
| Favorite team: | South Carolina  |
| Location: | Columbia |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | Army officer |
| Number of Posts: | 2262 |
| Registered on: | 9/16/2013 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
Recent Posts
Message
Anywho, back to our regularly scheduled programing....
Putin Freaks Out Over Russia's $hitty Economy
aaaand this...
Hungary Withdraws Troops From Stupid Assignment of 'Protecting' Energy Infrastructure from Attacks That Were Never Going To Happen
Putin Freaks Out Over Russia's $hitty Economy
aaaand this...
Hungary Withdraws Troops From Stupid Assignment of 'Protecting' Energy Infrastructure from Attacks That Were Never Going To Happen
0
re: This CentCom Commander Has The Most Medals Of Anyone I’ve Seen
Posted by Leopold on 4/16/26 at 11:58 am to coolpapaboze
20th Century:
"Nimitz, go kick the Japanese teeth in and go home."
"Roger, sir."
21st century:
"Hey killer, go kick Sadam Hussein's teeth in."
"Now go to Haiti."
"No go patrol the oceans."
"Now go train every other country's navy in the world."
' I'm going to create a medal to look like I support you not getting into a bar fight in a third world country, put it on"
"Now go fight the Global War on Terror."
"Now go kick Sadam's teeth in, again."
"Now go to Afghanistan."
"Now go back to Haiti."
"Now go back to Iraq, again."
"I created a medal so I can look like I support the troops, put it on."
"Nimitz, go kick the Japanese teeth in and go home."
"Roger, sir."
21st century:
"Hey killer, go kick Sadam Hussein's teeth in."
"Now go to Haiti."
"No go patrol the oceans."
"Now go train every other country's navy in the world."
' I'm going to create a medal to look like I support you not getting into a bar fight in a third world country, put it on"
"Now go fight the Global War on Terror."
"Now go kick Sadam's teeth in, again."
"Now go to Afghanistan."
"Now go back to Haiti."
"Now go back to Iraq, again."
"I created a medal so I can look like I support the troops, put it on."
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/16/26 at 11:51 am to Coeur du Tigre
quote:
In regards to his political future, Vance has two big problems: Trump and Rubio.
You're not wrong, but in true lackey fashion Vance found his way to make himself useful. Vance is Trump's attack dog and the most skilled at it. Granted, Hedspeth and Bondi are happy to play that role but they were always too blunt of an instrument and now Bondi is out. And Trump is goign to need this now more than ever. Jesus, he's got Vance slagging the Pope, the American Pope, for god's sake - "opine on mattters of theology" - WHY DID YOU BECOME A CATHOLIC THEN, JD?????
Vance has used that role as a way to ingratiate himself to MAGA and now a 'never Trump' guy is many of their favorite to follow him - again, just look at this board.
But Vance has an ace up his sleeve, impeachment. Trump isn't going to change, and his numbers are going to continue to go down, and more and more people are going to turn on him. A year from now it's entirely possible the House and Senate are in a position to impeach him and when this happens JD is going to stroll in and try to play adult in the room. That's a card Rubio has no chance of playing.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/16/26 at 11:39 am to VolSquatch
quote:
His Ukraine stance will cause 0 issues for him in a US election
Ehhhh....not so sure about that. Simply saying 'it's not our problem' is fine on a debate stage but it may or may not stick with people. Time will tell, for sure, but there's a worsening foreign policy situation for this country and Ukraine was one of the first issues that problem reared it's head at.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/15/26 at 12:03 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
It's not immigration itself, it's the consequences of it.
The consequences of immigration is that you get the children of immigrants, the absolute backbone of western countries - especially America - and the key to having any country in the future. Old School Republicans understood this, that on top of cheap labor you got a new crop of citizens, hungry for success and to build upon their parents gamble. The payoff of immigration takes a generation or two, but is absolute and overwhelming, but the Union Democrats and other blue collar workers who have to compete for the immediate influx of labor in order to survive don't see this.
Boys. Listen.
Historically? America's real addiction is cheap labor. You find this in debates over immigration, slavery, union battles, and now with the dropping birthrates - even billionaire businessmen are starting to ask, "who's going to work for us?" Immigration is a necessary answer to this.
Keep in mind, other countries, such as Russia, China, and others have attempted to bring in immigrants, especially racially akin immigrants, but they haven't been successful at all, especially when it comes to finding STEM workers and intellectuals needed not only to keep the population up but also the economy thriving. Open, "big-L" Liberal countries like Canada have, and while it's obviously had some issues, and they always have, it's keep them from having the same demographic collapse numbers than China, Russia, North Korea, etc have.
Sooooo, yeah, in the future, as birth numbers continue to shrink and there becomes a larger and larger competition for even just bodies, large scale immigration is going to become another version of corporations stealing talent - any talent - to stay in the fight.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/15/26 at 11:47 am to Coeur du Tigre
quote:
He's just given up on his political future. No other explanation is possible.
HIs thrown his political hat entirely in with Trump, that's why, and if you don't understand just look at this board.
His plan is based on Nixon, whom he's quoted in the past. Vance's plan is to get a hard corps group of supporters who will follow him no matter what and then grow from there. Think of the "Only Nixon could go to China" strategy.
The fact that not supporting Ukraine is, from the US standpoint, incredibly stupid (and Vance probably knows it but won't admit it) is beside the point because he's busy building his base.
So basically we have Great Value Nixon here.
Oh Joy.
quote:
Here’s the harsh reality.
Ukraine is cooked. Population has totally collapsed. Not counting refugees there are likely fewer than 30 million people left inside Ukraine.
Refugees are never coming back considering they are living much better lives and their homes destroyed or are now located inside New Russia.
Jesus.
I already knew you were an angry man and possibly hated life, but I didn't realize just how bad it was.
Good luck, Ag.
You're going to need it in this world.
quote:
His dad paid to stay in that nursing home... and if the cost exceeded his retirement/social security payments or the savings account he gave them access to take it from every month (which they do usually exceed, as the costs continuously rise and people live in the homes for 5 or more years on average, at an average cost these days of $100,000 a year), he then had it covered by Medicaid... and unless he was completely penniless, Medicaid does something called the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, "a mandatory program that requires states to seek reimbursement from the estates of deceased Medicaid beneficiaries for certain long-term care costs, primarily for individuals aged 55 and older. This includes costs for nursing home care, home and community-based services, and related medical expenses."
One way or another, they got paid. It works no differently than what he pointed to in the UK. My brother-in-law has seen it happen to just about every person in the nursing homes he managed, because $100,000 a year is a lot and that burns through what most people have within 5 years... so, if you're going into one of those, best to go in aware of that...
How to Avoid a Nursing Home Taking Your House: 7 Proven Strategies
Not to be a dick, but keep we keep it on the topic of Ukraine embarrassing Russia? I know we drift away on the topic sometimes, but this doesn't like anything related.
quote:
Ukraine wasn’t getting help from Hungary previously.
I love this
I don't doubt it.
So how do you feel knowing that the $90,000,000,000 loan that the EU has planned for the Ukraine that Orban was backing at the behest of his sugar daddy, Putin, now is more than likely going to go through?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/13/26 at 1:51 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
Once again, there is no such narrative, or at least not on this thread
quote:
given the narratives on the PT that the new government is going to be some kind of satanic leftist cult or something.
Once again, I ask that you actually read the things you reply to.
Looks to me like we are in agreement that it's not on this board, and that little qualifier I put in acknowledged that - 'cause, ya know, I read it.
But hey, keep buttin' mashin'! It's working out great for ya!
re: Catholic California univ to host Pelosi as commencement speaker despite abortion stance
Posted by Leopold on 4/13/26 at 1:34 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:
Any denomination that would give Biden and Pelosi communion is contemptible.
Or maybe
just maybe
we accept the fact that a religion of over a billion people is going to have a few people who don't agree with the church's teachings and treat them not as heretics but as children of God to be listened to and debated with and not ostracized like lepars?
Crazy, right?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/13/26 at 1:27 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
Best I can do? The rest of us aren't on here at 2am posting because we get a salary from it.
Well, the powers-that-be on this site blocked JB's azz so that person's gone, thank god.
quote:
I posted it because I thought it was interesting given the narratives on the PT that the new government is going to be some kind of satanic leftist cult or something.
Once again, there is no such narrative, or at least not on this thread. He's center right, doesn't like immigrants or completely trust the EU, and even came from Orban's own party before he got sick and fed up with all of the lying and stealing Orban has done to his country.
All that anybody outside of Hungary asks is that he not openly fellate Putin for the enrichment of his Baby-Boomer butt. Sounds like a great guy to me!
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/13/26 at 1:21 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
Womp womp
Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here.
Great!!
Just tell him not to spy on the EU for Russia, 'mmmkay?
(Sung to America F*CK YEaH)
HUNGARY F@CK YEAH
HUNGARY F@CK YEAH
Damn, they released another one and it's harder than the first.
Sooooooo, Iran just released a propaganda video written by AI......
Posted by Leopold on 4/12/26 at 1:34 am
and it's actually hard AF......
(Apologies if this has already been posted)
(Apologies if this has already been posted)
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/11/26 at 6:57 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
Orban has done what Trump did in Texas: give his party and advantage by how districts are drawn.
That's within the law and not rigging elections
It can be both. That's the whole point of the 'illiberal democracy' idea.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/11/26 at 6:56 pm to VolSquatch
quote:
ike I said, self-serving.
Don't just start saying shite you don't understand like Leopold, I actually like you
Awwww
Don't get upset, Vol. I actually like you too, and one day - when you're old enough - I'd like to buy you a beer, or maybe that White Claw you kids seem to like so much.
Friends?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 4/10/26 at 11:26 am to Coeur du Tigre
quote:
Ex-CIA Director, Petraeus: Ukraine will be the most important military industrial complex in the free world.
This has a real chance of supplanting the US as the foremost military power in the world in the long term, and possibly faster.
With the Ukrainians racing ahead with these technological capabilities, and the US telling everyone else "All the old deals are off, you're on your own" this opens the door for the Ukrainians to move to the center of the military world and they will have the full backing of the EU and it's financial, political, geographic, and, yes, military capabilities.
Drone technology has the chance to completely replace all those huge stockpiles of Tanks, Bradleys, planes, etc. we are sitting on for nothing, and since Europe is looking for options the Ukrainians, the sons and the daughters of Soviet rocket scientists, are in the position to become the next Israel, a major military player surrounded by countries they will never trust again.
All of this while we are dicking around in Iran. We are flat out blowing it.
This is the closest to having actual peace talks since the war began but it's still sus. With the Ukrainians lead in drone technology now openly dominating the battlefield - even the Russians state they are destroying their logistics and can't even get their soldiers to the front lines - and the threat of his allies in Hungary and the US threatening to lose power, Putin has got to be looking for options.
I'll be honest - it's hard to see this as real peace talks, at least in the long term. But Putin's got to stop the hemorrhaging somehow.
I'll be honest - it's hard to see this as real peace talks, at least in the long term. But Putin's got to stop the hemorrhaging somehow.
Popular
27
