The headline is mistaken. I checked out an article with photos from the scene.
The limousine was authentic. The place was nice, a few blocks from the FSB headquarters.
But there was no “tremendous explosion” - the car just burnt. Every house had its windows intact, the car itself had its windows intact while burning, etc.
Explanations: technical malfunction, passer-by with fire cubes and a lighter.
What’s a fire cube? I’m guessing you’re not referring to the Amazon Fire cube…
Ew what is that
Maybe something like the solid fuel cubes used for camping. https://www.rei.com/product/653344/esbit-solid-fuel-tablets
I probably don’t know the correct term in English. It’s a product for starting a fire in a wood-fired stove or campfire. A rectanglular block of wood fiber soaked in oil.
Your English was on point, and any outdoorsie types understood you. This is just one of those things that is called different names in different regions.
is Putin dead yet? dude’s old. somebody oughta smack him with a skateboard,
edit; comments suggesting some sort of violence against Putin tend to elicit a positive reaction.
curious!? fuckin “change my mind” meme guy has notes, but he might busy abusing his partner
Much like Sadam before him, he has a number of body doubles so even if it did appear he was assassinated in public, probably get some story about a miraculous rescue and recovery if acknowledged ‘Putin’ was in the area at all.
it’s so tedious. Putin, Orban, Trump, Bolsonaro, just an endless stream of vacuous cartoon characters
For me the tedious part is not the vacuous character but the people who vote for them.
easy problem to fix, just dismantle all the education
Dismantling education is exactly how we got here.
man i love voucher-fed education so much. i rented a house that was owned by an obscure religious group with ties to some old-school women’s suffragist AND super gross racism. they had their little private elementary school right next door and me? wouldn’t a hurt a fly, well, might hurt a fly - all these fucks obsessed with biblical morality checked me out via google, and there’s not much to learn that way
Need more Luigi’s
Tesla makes limos now?
Yes, it’s the new tesler, it’s the greatest car in the world according to this note I got, I love tesler by the way.
This is gold, Jerry. GOLD!
My first thought. Maybe the Russian equivalent: president’s billionaire buddy has a Russian luxury car factory propped up by government money, riddled with problems.
Don’t get my hopes up
Is it … the … beginning?
I thought the same when the funny hot dog man turned war-criminal marched a surprising distance into Russia.
Nothing ever happens. :(
It was r/NonCredibleDefense’s finest hour. A golden age. The promised Thunder Run to Moscow
The usual thing happened…and then things got worse. Russian history 101 and NOW American history 101.
Nothing good you mean
I think it’s a nothingburger.
This was a false flag he planned to build up support for his failing ‘military exercise’
Damn so close. I’m sure there’s plenty of Russian civilians who have lost their sons who want to see that man dead
Godamnit, swing and a miss. Second time’s the charm.
There’s a high chance that the car is just shit… would be nice if it was an actual assassination attempt but honestly who knows.
It’s an Aurus, a Russian luxury brand. Knowing Russian automotive engineering, I’m sure the only part that works properly is the engine, which was developed with help from Porsche.
Putin the fire out
“However, media reports have confirmed that no one was injured.”
Try harder.
Finger crossed
Better luck next time.
Man, when (when, not if) Putin dies eastern Europe is going to have a weeeeird power vacuum
Pretty sure it’s “when” for everyone.
Sooner better than later for this guy though
power vacuum
That’s a strange way to spell “block party.”
It’s still not on the BBC 12 hours on, and I don’t know the website, so this is fake, unfortunately.
Lol. It’s not on my local government rhetoric machine and therefore I do not implicitly believe this
Lol, it’s on my socials so it’s real.
Two can play that game. Not to mention I’m not even British.
“The attack on my life has left me scarred” 🤣
“I’m not a fan of his politics or anything, but there’s no excuse for attacking other people’s property.” - US conservative “opinion”
That’s the Mantra of a liberal I’ve ever heard one
once again, i am at odds with lemmy’s definition of “liberal”.
No that’s the actual definition of the word liberal. We got 300 plus years of liberal history to point to. It’s always the same song and dance. Nothing matters more than private property and Law and Order to a liberal. Everything else will be thrown away in favor of those two things. Every. Single. Time.
Hell it’s the original sin of our nation. The great liberal thinkers of the American Revolution. Jefferson and Madison and all the rest. What happened when it came time to fulfill their ideals? What happened when it came time to treat all men equal? Oh we can’t have that if we free the slaves we would be upsetting the order of things and depriving men of their private property. Once you understand that complete and utter Ironclad rule of liberal ideology you’ll understand how the last 300 plus years of human history have played out.
Personal liberty seems like a minimum standard. I should be able to do anything so long as my actions have no impact on anyone or anything else.
The problems start when these liberties overlap so conplex rules of law are required.
Actual =/= original.
Linguistic prescriptiveness is completely useless in terms of what those terms mean in politics now.
No that’s just a lie you’ve been sold. The behavior still matches. That’s what the last 40 years have been. The neoliberal Takeover of the Democratic Party. I mean you really look at Chuck Schumer and think that labels no longer accurate? Really?
No that’s just a lie you’ve been sold.
No it’s a fact I know because I understand linguistics. Pick up a book sometime.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description#Descriptive_versus_prescriptive_linguistics
Sounds more like a centrist to me.
A centrist is just a conservative who knows that “conservative” is a bad word.
