Ukraine invasion

[Eltab]

The mental image of how many trucks it would take makes this very amusing Russia threatens to pay foreign debts in rubles following sanctions

A freighter sets sail from St. Petersburg heading to London (closest international finance center).
The cargo manifest reads
Cargo: Currency - Rubles.
Owner: Swiss Bank Accounts #########, ######## ...

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Elon Musk challenged Vladir Putin to single combat.

Putin would destroy him in single combat unless he built himself an electric exoskeleton.

 

[Aeson]

A freighter sets sail from St. Petersburg heading to London (closest international finance center).
The cargo manifest reads
Cargo: Currency - Rubles.
Owner: Swiss Bank Accounts #########, ######## ...

A new Ocean's heist movie? Danny Ocean and his team steal a ship on the ocean. How meta.

 

[Ryujin]

A new Ocean's heist movie? Danny Ocean and his team steal a ship on the ocean. How meta.

And then go for a swim in a hold full of notes that are worth less than the paper they're printed on.

 

[Nikosandros]

With all the carnage and destruction that we're seeing, I wanted to share this video of two Ukrainian refugees kids (age 10 and 8) being welcomed at a school in Pomigliano D'arco (southern Italy, close to Naples).

If you can read Italian, this is the source of the video.

 

[Aeson]

And then go for a swim in a hold full of notes that are worth less than the paper they're printed on.

In the movie universe where their schemes actually work, the money isn't worthless, or they're hoping it's like bitcoin, and will go up in value again. They just have to hodl.

 

[Zardnaar]

Anti-War Protester Storms Russian State-Run TV During Evening Broadcast

"Go protest. Don’t be afraid of anything," news editor Marina Ovsyannikova said in a prerecorded video that circulated online. "They can’t lock us all away.”

www.huffpost.com

That's brave.

 

[Rabulias]

Putin would destroy him in single combat unless he built himself an electric exoskeleton.

I dunno. Putin is 71 years old, and Musk is 50. Musk claims to have some martial arts training (as does Putin). A judo match might be a thing. (Relative) youth vs experience.

Edited to add: More than likely this is just a way for Musk to get PR and keep his name in the news. :-/

Second edit: Correction: Putin is 69 years old.

 

[Ryujin]

In the movie universe where their schemes actually work, the money isn't worthless, or they're hoping it's like bitcoin, and will go up in value again. They just have to hodl.

In that same movie universe they thing that they're hijacking a shipload of Euros, only to find out that it's a bunch of worthless Rubles.

 

[Ryujin]

I dunno. Putin is 71 years old, and Musk is 50. Musk claims to have some martial arts training (as does Putin). A judo match might be a thing. (Relative) youth vs experience.

Never bet against the guy who cut his chops working, and commanding a spy organization.