Music Lovers! Unite in helping Ukraine!
We are fortunate to live in countries that allow us to pursue financial success. I believe most of us on here has attained that to a degree that we are living relatively comfortably.
The Russian military is beginning to utilize all the massive firepower at its disposal. Since their offensive has bogged down, they are changing tactics. Their new tactic is to surround a city and shell it indiscriminately, inflicting as much human misery as possible. A rocket, missile and artillery shell doesn’t care if you are a soldier, old woman, or an infant. Neither does Putin.
When they unleash it like they did in Syria, it will be a humanitarian catastrophe not seen since the Second World War. Death and destruction on a massive scale.
Please, consider giving to a charitable organization to help.
We have so much. Give some of it to whom it will literally make a difference between living and dying. You will be saving a life. A life of someone loved. Just as you love.
unitedhelpukraine.org
This is the charity I used, but there are several more of your choice. International Red Cross, Save the Children, CARE, to name a few.
Please, let’s all do what we can to help.
@larsman , You're welcome. I missed your post from watching way too much news. Here's something that would look great on a t-shirt:
Looks like something Banksy would do but I believe it's a Ukrainian artist. All the best, |
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@nonoise you responded to the cd318 nonsense much more eloquently than me so I will delete my ill-worded post. |
On a happier note, there’s this: It appears the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) tipped off Ukraine of some Chechen Kadyrovites (Putin’s most loyal assassins) who went in to kill Zelensky. Both groups were caught and killed. Some 56 Chechen tanks were destroyed just outside of Kyiv, along with top Chechen general Magomed Tushayev. The FSB is not behind Putin’s war, which is an indication that not all is well in Moscow. And, Oleg Depripaska anchored his yacht, the Clio, in the Maldives where there is no US extradition. A few other Russian oligarchs super yachts are on their way as well. The rats are fleeing. All the best,
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A weak president? Did you work to get Brexit done like a good and useful idiot for Putin? Did you notice that despite the bombing and violence, everything still works in Ukraine that's hooked to the grid? Back in November, Biden tasked his team for this eventuality. They partnered with many nations and Microsoft to come up with a "vaccine" to combat Russian cyber tactics (trying to shut down the grids) and guess what? It worked. What it does is recognize the cyber virus and isolates it as quickly as possible. In the meantime, you really need to clean up your act and stop posting for Russia and the alt right. You conflate facts with propaganda and we get to read your babbling, which is a serious waste of time. By the way, where are all the usual suspects screaming for the above post to be taken down, along with the admonishments. Funny, that. All the best, |
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@nonoise - thanks for the tip on World Central Kitchen. Putin has obviously mis-read a lot of things; nobody needs a 21st century Hitler. Dictators have been known to have been overthrown by their own militaries if things get too bad.... |
Former ambassador McFall knows Putin as well as anyone out there. What he has to say is scary. Putin listens to no one. His cabinet is all for show. He lives in his dacha outside of Moscow and rarely comes into the city. He doesn't read newspapers or keeps up on world news. He's surrounded by military yes men and oligarchs. He made a major blunder misreading the tea leaves and sent in a show of force without proper planning and looks like a fool to military experts. Lots of Russian kids were told this was an exercise. They've left their tanks full of gas for Ukrainians to drive away. There's two videos of a Ukrainian solder just climbing in one and driving away to use later. Another shows a young girl in a troop carrier giving instructions on how to start it and drives away in it. Farmers are towing them away for future use. That 40 mile long convoy is barely moving. While listening into the coms, we realized there's no digital signature. They're using common radios and the Ukrainians are listening in, knowing where they're going. Russian commanders have taken to keeping a great distance from their troops as a result. Even the Spetsnaz have been hindered by it. They're stealing Ukrainian radios whenever they can. Putin will react like the madman he is. I think war is unavoidable as Putin wants all of it's former nation states back. He's living in the 19th century. With the Ides of March upon us, I pray he'll have his Julius Caesar moment and we can fix this. All the best, |
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@ghasley I'm all for making it expensive for Putin financially but less so with lives when the outcome seems pretty inevitable. Can't see Putin rethinking his actions but hope the West will increase sanctions etc and if there's an unsatisfactory outcome for the Ukraine, then be sure to continue with them until Putin eventually comes to his senses, that's if he has any. The only other way is if the Russian people really feel the pressure of sanctions and act against him, but if that ever happens it will be a long way off and I'm not confident the West will continue with sanctions for that length of time. All in my personal opinion of course.
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Another channel as the Moderators did not care for my position on making donations through your local Ukrainian church or Synagogue. I ordered 24 of these for our hockey team. If you can pull off wearing one of these all proceeds go to: All proceeds from our t-shirt will be donated to Save Our Allies who send special operation veterans and medical teams overseas. They help set up field hospitals and bring medical supplies to Ukraine, aiding in medical support, the evacuation of citizens, children, and the elderly or disabled.
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@ghasley , sorry about that and thanks for clearing it up. I was more than a bit miffed at the bile and hate that so easily comes out of some peoples mouths. Caught up in the moment, as they say. To the others who made sure to censor, take a good long look at what you're leaving up in this thread and have a moment or two of introspection. For those who are still undecided on where to donate, there's Chef Jose Andres World Central Kitchen. All the best, |
@s1nn3r It’s the same thing..... I think Millercarbon Junior posted the same trash and it was deleted. P.P.P. |
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@sgreg1 which post? |
@nonoise absolutely not directed at you. I was merely supporting the message that we shouldnt be snarking at one another. Ukraine deserves our support without the general catfighting usually reserved for cables and fuses. You and I tend to come down on the same side of issues….you were not the intended recipient of my support of builder’s generic call to stop the snark.
@moffer its always right to support right and truth, regardless of the adversary or the predictable outcome. Russia can certainly defeat Ukraine on the battlefield but the international community can make it so expensive for Russia that they might rethink the action.
@jond +1
@fertguy -1. |
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@builder3 +1 FFS guys keep on thread, the people of Ukraine are facing a nightmare, so please think about them and put things into perspective before you resort to petty squabbling. |
Too little too late supplying weapons I'm afraid and not sure it was ever the right thing to do. Ukraine has no chance against overwhelming military might of Russia and a tyrant who seems quite prepared to use it regardless of civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. Sure, supply arms to a side that has a reasonable chance of winning otherwise you are only prolonging the inevitable here and greatly increasing the death toll of women and children. Take a look at that ?? mile long convoy approaching Kiev and ask why Ukraine hasn't attacked what appears to be an obvious target? The only reason I can think of is they simply don't have the capability to do so. The worrying thing is that Russia is only beginning to take the gloves off!....... |
This thread started out on a high note, let's get it back there. @thecarpathian, thank you for your call to action. For those of us out there who feel the call to support through a faith-based vehicle, I just donated to the Dominican Brothers via a donation to The Province of the Holy Name, asking for the donation to go to Brothers who are supporting folks in Ukraine and Poland (which is now receiving / caring for many refugees). It's a 501(c)3 organization. My 2 cents... let's support our brothers in Ukraine. |
I donated thanks @thecarpathian and to all the hate and antisemitism in here you all should be ashamed of yourselves. And this is a time for national and international unity NOT politics. |
Sure thin @miiler or @nonoise your just a a bag of gas. |
@jerryg123 , that's some pretty weak tea dude, but you were never that good at it. In fact, you're consistently as crude and rudimentary as you've always been, no matter what name you've gone by. All the best, |
I made my financial contributions through Noel’s Synagogue long before this thread started. She is also in Poland brining her sisters aunts and their children home to Chicago. As fare as @nonoise is concerned I will close with this. He truly is the new Millercarbon. He has the three P’s. He is Polarizing, Political, and a Prick, and a bit of a narcissistic baboon. Out. |
@thecarpathian thanks for sharing. Hope the brave people of Ukraine continue to find strength and resolve to push back on the oppressors! |
@builder3 well said |
What ever @nonoise surprised your not spanking your ham to Biden and Pelosi on the TV that's like liberal porn no. Oh that right you like them older.
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