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Hagbard Celine

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  1. steelers are coming up and they have to take a qb it's really not optional
  2. kiper talked sanders over 6 picks
  3. SHUT THE FUCK UP KIPER
  4. just revisited the history of the crimea what a mess skipping 1000 years of byzantine/rump successors and 300 years under the mongol horde and the ottomans...... the relevant history starts in 1774 when her hotness CTG took it..... +++ In 1774, the Ottoman Empire was defeated by Catherine the Great. After two centuries of conflict, the Russian fleet had destroyed the Ottoman navy and the Russian army had inflicted heavy defeats on the Ottoman land forces. The ensuing Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca forced the Sublime Porte to recognize the Tatars of the Crimea as politically independent. Catherine the Great's incorporation of the Crimea in 1783 from the defeated Ottoman Empire into the Russian Empire increased Russia's power in the Black Sea area. The Crimea was the first Muslim territory to slip from the sultan's suzerainty. The Ottoman Empire's frontiers would gradually shrink, and Russia would proceed to push her frontier westwards to the Dniester. From 1853 to 1856, the strategic position of the peninsula in controlling the Black Sea meant that it was the site of the principal engagements of the Crimean War, where Russia lost to a French-led alliance. During the Russian Civil War, Crimea changed hands many times and was where Wrangel's anti-Bolshevik White Army made their last stand in 1920, with tens of thousands of those who remained being murdered as part of the Red Terror. In 1921, the Crimean ASSR was created as an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. During World War II, Crimea was occupied by Germany until 1944. The ASSR was downgraded to an oblast within the Russian SFSR in 1945 following the ethnic cleansing of the Crimean Tatars by the Soviet regime, and in 1954, Crimea was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR as part of celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav, called the "reunification of Ukraine with Russia" in the USSR. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Crimea was formed in 1992, although the republic was abolished in 1995, with the Autonomous Republic of Crimea established firmly under Ukrainian authority and Sevastopol being administered as a city with special status. A 1997 treaty partitioned the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, ending the protracted Black Sea Fleet dispute and allowing Russia to continue basing its Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol with the lease extended in 2010. Crimea's status is disputed. In 2014, Crimea saw intense demonstrations against the removal of the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych culminating in pro-Russian forces occupying strategic points in Crimea and the Republic of Crimea declared independence from Ukraine following a disputed referendum supporting reunification. Russia then formally annexed Crimea, although most countries recognise Crimea as part of Ukraine. +++ tl/dr + the admiral's geopolitik: 1 the russians/soviets held it for 225 years then created this problem for themselves; the ukranians should never have surrendered their nukes in the 1994 budapest memorandum (NOT mentioned in the crimea history wiki) but at the time with the NPT it made sense - it was not just ukraine that disowned nukes - belarus and kazakhstan did as well 2 the west didn't pitch a fit in '15 when vlad took it back - so use this as the pivot - it's obama's and europe's fault - we should have bitched - we didn't - and it led to this - give z an out 3 give vlad an exit - he gets to "win" the war and keep what he had already stolen but has to gtfo of everything not the crimea 4 europe takes over half the defense 5 europe also has to get their ass in gear and get to zero reliance on vlad's pipelines - some big names rely on vlad for 100% of their natural gas - fix your own geopolitical problem - it's the only way to have any leverage with him until he expires - the pipelines are the reason europe has been kicking the can down the road - dem or pub we can't fix that for them 6 cheeto has already lost his "instant win" and with the rest of his global/domestic bitchassedness and palestine going nowhere a nobel medal is not in the cards - he should walk away and let the adults (macron) handle this
  5. i would absolutely call 911 when the gestapo refuse to identify they are impersonating law enforcement
  6. now for your regularly scheduled dose of the admiral bitches about stars getting fucked by the league: TODAY 250425 TNT @ 1800 caps habs TNT @ 2100 kings oilers TOMORROW 250426 TBS @ 1800 leafs senators TBS @ 2030 stars avalanche it's fucking amazing how the league, disney and warner KNOW IN ADVANCE that the game before the stars game regardless of network ALWAYS requires 17% less time to complete it's almost like they know they will lose viewers if they were truthful about the schedule for the game..... like, if you knew you would be up past midnight to watch the game, even without overtime, you might decide to just say "fuck it" i'll just watch the highlights in in the morning..... what about parents who try to keep their kids on a schedule? good fucking luck if your kid is a stars fan
  7. how long have you been on the surl and shags before it?
  8. that alabama school board needs to convene a virtual presser by zoom and invite fox and newsmax with the invitation headline: "CANADA AND CHINA ARE REFUSING TO PAY THE TARIFFS ON OUR BUSES"
  9. and maga are owed their stimulus checks for maga just for them
  10. ai sez: total starvation is fatal in 8ish weeks regardless of initial starting body weight
  11. they don't get a paycheck but it certainly looks like they are getting high on their own supply
  12. request: a quick search before posting this incident happened a week ago tonight and he was released saturday morning it's still a story but when it's already resolved it should be posted as such imho
  13. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/peter-bogdanovichs-whats-up-doc-brought-screwball-back-to-life/
  14. given the fully operational force field in front of their net, it's officially time to worry
  15. https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/video/the-lead-tariffs-donald-trump-china-farm-livestock-small-business-economyjake-tapper
  16. and here we go again puck drop at 8:52 YOU GODDAMN BASTARDS STOP SCHEDULING THE GAME TO START AT 830 WHEN YOU KNOW THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY THE PUCK IS GOING TO DROP AT 830 stop pretending! drop the puck at 8pm on espnU or espnN and let us watch on victory with our own announcers fuck!
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  18. we're first, because we're last
  19. there has to be a play to grift on this
  20. there's a funny accent... and there's english as a second language jedi: the former dooley: the latter so to continue the disco, why is playing in mls, a downgrade in one's pay and prestige, a pre-requisite for nats captaincy? now that beerholder has been sunset, an mls player in the pool would be a bug, not a feature
  21. can someone ask for a deepfake video of tess riding a sybian machine? or at a minimum just her O-face
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