Not enough Whisky for this Tango Foxtrot

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Same energy (also not a parody)



Is it just me, or are their karate moves about yellow belt level?
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Alatar wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 5:36 pm :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

... [video of U.S. Space Force song "Sempra Supra"] ...

Not. A. Parody.
My primary objection is that it's a rather uninteresting march, like the U.S. Coast Guard song:

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That sounds like a parody too. Seriously. These are sooooooo shit!
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Saying the quiet part out loud again

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Wow...just WOW!! :O
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Came here to post the same thing.

GOP Unveils 'Commitment To America' Plan With Stock Videos Of Russia, Ukraine

And it true commitment to entrepreneurship and private property, they did not credit the Russian and Ukrainian filmmakers whose footage they used.
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With all the WTF of the last years I thought I've lost the ability to be shocked, and yet.

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The were certainly singing a different tune back in the 1960's when the Surgeon General's report came out! :roll:
That's some smart marketing, though, pushing their smoke-free products.
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Smoke-free but not tobacco free, that's what this is getting at, right?
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No, not nicotine free. They are pushing their vaping products, which still contain nicotine. My nephew uses them. Nicotine is a very heavily addicting substance. Its addiction profile is similar to hard drugs like heroin.

My sister-in-law also used to smoke. She now takes nicotine pills to satisfy her craving.
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Frelga wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:49 pmSame energy (also not a parody)
This is actually the first time I've seen the original version of this song and not the one with lyrics updated for 2022.

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Apparently quite a few of them have been taken out by faulty parachutes.

In case it's not obvious, only the English subtitles have been updated.
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Frelga wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:49 amIn case it's not obvious, only the English subtitles have been updated.
What's more, I have a sneaking suspicion those updated subtitles were not authorized by the VDV! :shock:
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Hang on, that's Buynov singing. Back in the 90s he looked like that and performed silly dancing tunes.
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Well, that was a private WTF moment. This is like 10x funnier now.
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I suppose this means Snowden can be drafted now.

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Ukraine Twitter is being pretty salty about it (and pretty salty in general, which I would be too in their boots)



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Kansas: we go in the toilets!

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Despite its supposed relationship to the Ukraine thread, this can go in no other thread this one.

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I will head up group?
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It's interesting (and very scary) to speculate what might have happened if Donald were still president when Russia invaded Ukraine. I know one thing for sure - Zelensky would have been very upset if he tried to interfere, and broker a deal with Putin.
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Well, for one, if Trump had been reelected he had considered pulling the US out of NATO. In fact, congress was so concerned about it they passed a bipartisan bill in Dec. 2019 which would require the the president to have the Senate's consent to withdraw. US withdrawal from NATO would have been a huge gift to Putin.

Trump mediating anything.. let along peace talks, is a joke.
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