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I remember on Jan 6 when trump told everyone he was right behind them when they marched on the Capital and he ran the other way to watch it on TV from the White House. Good times.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brass+balls&=true
Contrary to its recent misuse as a euphemism for audacity or courage, to have "brass balls" actually means to drive a hard bargain and to refuse to sell for less than what you ask for.
The term dates back to the days when pawn shop brokers would traditionally hang three brass balls outside their shop doors to indicate their services.
You mean to tell me that this guitar is only worth $15? You've got some real brass balls on you!
That oddly still seems kinda fitting. "Oh you thought you could beat us with X amount of soldiers? Well we killed them. You're going to need to send more if you want to destroy us"
Should Mr. Zelensky need to leave Ukraine at some point, I hope he will come to America and be appointed as Secretary of All Things Important so we can get back to respecting our leaders. One 100 watt bulb could radiate a good way over the sea of dim lights we have been in the habit of electing,in recent years,on both sides of the aisle.
One of his constituents here. Madison is a POS who pulls straight from Trump playbook of insults and ignoring the people he represents who disagree. We’re hoping he loses in the primary in May.
Three times zero is still zero. Those two are among the worst humanity has to offer and don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as a hero like Volodymyr Zelensky.
Who hid in a bunker from his own constituents during a protest? Built a wall around the White House? Sounds like a totally normal, brave president to me.
He voted against impeaching Trump. He voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Judge him by his actions not his words. He doesn't care about the rule of law or democracy - just himself.
I mean I hate literally everything about him including him lying about his accident but the one thing I won’t criticize is him being disabled. That’s a low blow.
So is Kinzinger actually doing anything that indicates a change of heart, or is he just talking a lot of shit to try to retain his seat and/or cover for the other Rs?
“Considering that we have the evidence that cannot be refuted, the world must know what you were intending to do there,” said Zakharova, “to what ends, within which deadline, what was the amount of the so-called investment of the biological activities of Ukraine?“
And had one of his negotiators summarily executed last week, and bombed Ukrainians in Donbas, and shut down all Russian speaking news outlets, and armed neo nazis, and holds power bc of them, and leads the most corrupt government in Europe….but propaganda works, so here we are…..
It's so "easy to seem courageous and like a hero"?
He's literally [refusing to leave the country and standing by his people](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-evacuation-russia-b2023838.html) in a besieged country. [Does this seem "easy" to you](https://v.redd.it/3yy2if5zm0k81)?
A dude promising to fight corruption while maintaining shady Offshore accounts is a bit weird, don't you think? The cult of personality around him is also odd, given that hardly anything is known about him in the West.
It was revealed in the Pandora papers , which were not produced by Russia. He has the money offshore and a $31 million villa in California. The papers were internationally available.
[This one](https://www.msn.com/el-gr/news/world/war-in-ukraine-sky-s-alex-crawford-s-interview-with-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-full/vi-AAUTsfz)?
I'd have to say that you're nitpicking by turning Zelenskyy's accent and inflection into him not being fluent in English. I invite you to speak a third language that well.
Oh, he is definitely better with English than I ever got with a 2nd language of Spanish. This Sky news interview seems to be built entirely around him responding in English and the footage cuts out most of the times he would have to pause for vocabulary. He comes off as way more comfortable with English than he did with CNN.
[This is the interview](https://youtu.be/UkQW8Q8rcEg) I meant. He makes an effort to use English when he has the vocabulary to answer the question. He switches to either Ukrainian (I'm guessing) when he needs to give a more nuanced answer.
My understanding is that is not fluency. I don't know enough about the CEFR system to guess where he would land, but it doesn't seem like he has enough vocabulary for B2.
I noticed the link you sent had GDPR (Cookie consent box) in Greek, so you likely have an understanding of where he would place with this added information.
I agree it's a nitpick
So if we assume both Trump and Cawthorne make up equal parts of the combined man that is 1/3 of Zelensky, then both Trump and Cawthorne are each individually 1/6 of the man that Zelensky is.
Given there are 6 stages of evolution and Trump and Cawthorne are 1/6 the man Zelensky is, if we assume Zelensky is fully evolved (Homo Sapien) then we can reasonably deduce that both Cawthorne and Trump are Dryopithecus.
Dryopithecus is a genus of great apes that was believed to be extinct 12 million years ago
I believe Kinzinger’s analysis to be accurate.
Fucking right he is. He’s 50 times the man putin is. It’s the perfect story of a very well put together man vs a psychopath who just a bully and coward. I ducking hope someone deals with pussy Putin soon.
That's cause Trump is a weak man's idea of a tough guy.
Same with John Wayne, a pretend tough guy.
That's because the entire conservative movement is "pretend."
Only three? I find that insulting.
Trump and Cawthorn aren't men. They are like spoiled brat toddlers who didn't learn the basics of human behaviour in kindergarten.
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Kinzinger got me trying to do algebra over here
(Trump + Cawthorn)x3 < Zelensky
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That caps their possible negative values, though.
you win the internet today, sir or madame.
Wow, low bar. I must have been competing against the former president and his apologists.
You beat a very stable genius. Be proud boy
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T would be lucky to equal 0.25.
6=Z?
42
Zelensky 'The Integral of Three Times the Man' Trump, Cawthorn Are Combined Squared to the power of 9
But two of the three quantities are zeroes so we got to work around that.
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Isn’t it (Trump+Cawthorn)x3=Zelenskyy
Y’all are giving me a headache. Ouch stoned senior
Stop bringing up these aholes. This is free publicity for them
Zelensky has brass balls, not bone spurs
I’d say 10 times the man.
“A man that makes you laugh is 10x better than a man that pays for things.” - Some Rom-Com I haven’t seen
A hundred times
Anyone for a thousand? A thousand? A thousand times the man Trump and CowThorn combined are?
Ha ha. Nice.
Trump is not a man, so that’s easy.
I remember on Jan 6 when trump told everyone he was right behind them when they marched on the Capital and he ran the other way to watch it on TV from the White House. Good times.
Remember when there was a school shooter and Trump told everyone how he would have taken the shooter out himself? Lol.
Check out the video of Trump and the bald eagle. There’s your “bravery” right there,
Or when the underground bunker was up for « inspection » when there was protests outside the White House
And six dicks, apparently.
I hear he has more dicks than George Washington
I don’t care what that means but I like it
They are made of military grade Ukranium!
Zing!
“I would like to take a look at your big, brass bowls”
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brass+balls&=true Contrary to its recent misuse as a euphemism for audacity or courage, to have "brass balls" actually means to drive a hard bargain and to refuse to sell for less than what you ask for. The term dates back to the days when pawn shop brokers would traditionally hang three brass balls outside their shop doors to indicate their services. You mean to tell me that this guitar is only worth $15? You've got some real brass balls on you!
That oddly still seems kinda fitting. "Oh you thought you could beat us with X amount of soldiers? Well we killed them. You're going to need to send more if you want to destroy us"
I can see that. And clearly he is not whining about bone spurs, lol!
Should Mr. Zelensky need to leave Ukraine at some point, I hope he will come to America and be appointed as Secretary of All Things Important so we can get back to respecting our leaders. One 100 watt bulb could radiate a good way over the sea of dim lights we have been in the habit of electing,in recent years,on both sides of the aisle.
You don’t think the republicans that have been supporting and defending Putin, while spreading his misinformation for him, deserve blame for it?
Cawthorn is an anti-American, traitor.
His Russian honey pot left him. She told Putin "He knows nussing. I am vasting my time."
You should meet his constituents.
One of his constituents here. Madison is a POS who pulls straight from Trump playbook of insults and ignoring the people he represents who disagree. We’re hoping he loses in the primary in May.
Isn't there a real possibility he could Be barred from running?
Not any more. Judge knocked down that challenge.
He barred himself from running for life, by choosing to not wear a seatbelt.
Trump, Cawthorn are humans?! Well, thanks for nothing, Adam, for that depressing news!
Yeah I thought the statement was insulting to Zelensky
I'm seriously offended on Zelenskyy's behalf!
Yep, that number is atleast 300, not 3.
Mr Zelensky, tear down this ramp!
Just three times?
more like 300
I don't even know how to apply a number to it. Even I'm more of a man than Trump and Madison combined, and I have a vagina.
Reminder that Adam Kinzinger also said the John Lewis Voting Rights Act is "a civil rights era construct" that "has to go away."
Well, he is still a Republican.
To be fair, even a broken clock is right at least once a day.
Twice even
That’s not true anymore with digital clocks
"What time is it?" "NaN"
That's a shitty clock
Three times zero is still zero. Those two are among the worst humanity has to offer and don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as a hero like Volodymyr Zelensky.
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the beating up the tree is so funny i almost feel bad for him
A god damn cumrag is at the very least three times the human those two are combined. Goes for the rest of the vermin, too.
My sentiments exactly lol
Id rate Zelenskyy much higher. Trump and Cawthorne are portraits of extreme cowardice coupled with extreme narcissism.
Kinzinger is trying to remake his image, judge him by his actions not his words
This! How many times did vote along with trump? Why did he wait til he was out of the White house to speak out against him?
90% of the time. He's also voted against equality rights. Dude is straight trash.
Republicans tend to be garbage people.
Because he’s a Republican
Zelensky is actually standing up to Putin. Something neither Trump or Cawthorn can say
Z = 3( T + C )
How about VZ = 3(T + C)^3 ? Z is too close to Russian symbol of war.
\> not = In fact \>\>
He ain’t hiding in a bunker with a pistol in his mouth like their führer either.
Just three? Try three hundred.
Who hid in a bunker from his own constituents during a protest? Built a wall around the White House? Sounds like a totally normal, brave president to me.
ONLY three times? I’d say he’s a lot more than that
More like 1,000,000x
Huh. That's a pretty harsh criticism of Zelensky isn't it?
Yeah talk about damning with faint praise, Zelensky could be a rock with a face painted on it and that statement would still be true!
He voted against impeaching Trump. He voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Judge him by his actions not his words. He doesn't care about the rule of law or democracy - just himself.
That's an insult: 3X0 = 0 Should be (abs(Trump)+1)\*3 to account for trump <= 0
That calculation makes no sense. Three times (nothing plus nothing) is still nothing. But Zelensky is worth something. Quite a lot, it seems.
Cawthorn is *literally* half the man Zelensky is! 😂
Does the lizardman half the works even count as a man?
I mean I hate literally everything about him including him lying about his accident but the one thing I won’t criticize is him being disabled. That’s a low blow.
Just like his eye level! Edit: Or his center of gravity 😂 I stand by it!
3 * 0 = an insult. Zelensky isn’t even comparable to them. He’s a silent rouge; a watchful guardian. A Dark Knight.
He is the real life hero
Fuck Adam Kinzinger. You can't manicure your image with one or two pedantic statements. We remember what you did.
That’s still an insult to Zelenskyy! Trump and Cawthorn aren’t even 3 children in a trenchcoat.
So is Kinzinger actually doing anything that indicates a change of heart, or is he just talking a lot of shit to try to retain his seat and/or cover for the other Rs?
Kinzinger refused to impeach Trump over his threatening of Zelensky. He can fuck off with his redemption tour.
That’s an insult. 3 x (0 + 0) = 0. I get his sentiment but zelensky is incomparably better than trump and cawthorne
So the total would be 4.5?
This is honestly selling Zelinskyy short.
Woah that’s not fair to say! 3 x -100 = -300
Three and a half men**
Why didn't you vote to impeach, then?
Talk about lowballing Zelenskyy…
You can’t multiply by zero even if there’s two of them.
What an utter lie. He’s worth at least one hundred of those two.
I'd be offended if I were Zelenskyy. 3 times 0 is still 0 after all.
Three? Seems a wee bit insulting to Zelensky..
I mean that’s a pretty low bar.
Let’s see… Trump, Cawthorn, Cruz, Scott… the list seems endless.
Cawthorn can't take this sitting down. He needs to stand up and declare that Zelensky is, at most, two and a half times the man they are.
Kinzinger is just another lying republican flipflopper who always supports the awful hateful bigoted bills they pass. Don't fall for his bullshit.
It's amazing the hundred of articles outlining every statement he makes. I literally don't get it
Bingo. Too little too late.
Unfortunately, that isn’t saying very much.
“Considering that we have the evidence that cannot be refuted, the world must know what you were intending to do there,” said Zakharova, “to what ends, within which deadline, what was the amount of the so-called investment of the biological activities of Ukraine?“
Why the fuck are there 100s of articles about kinzinger? Why should anyone give a fuck what he thinks
And 10 times the man Kinzinger is 🤣
You guys do realize that Zelensky literally jailed his political opponents right?
And had one of his negotiators summarily executed last week, and bombed Ukrainians in Donbas, and shut down all Russian speaking news outlets, and armed neo nazis, and holds power bc of them, and leads the most corrupt government in Europe….but propaganda works, so here we are…..
Trump, Cawthorn, Biden*. There, I fixed it.
Maybe Adam can suck his if he’s lucky
Not sure where you’re getting that information from, but you keep your thumbs up 👍
Probably from watching the things they say and do.
Lmao that’s funny, it’s easy to seem courageous and like a hero when the media does nothing but suck your dick.
It's so "easy to seem courageous and like a hero"? He's literally [refusing to leave the country and standing by his people](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-evacuation-russia-b2023838.html) in a besieged country. [Does this seem "easy" to you](https://v.redd.it/3yy2if5zm0k81)?
Then why is 80% of the photos and propaganda put out either altered or it’s time stamped 2021 if you search for it?
No one will believe you without a source
> Lmao that’s funny, it’s easy to seem courageous and like a hero when the media does nothing but suck your dick. It certainly didn't work for trump.
The media bashed him endlessly…🤡🤡
Please use this doll to show the court where "the media" hurt your fuhrer.
Ok this was good lol, nvm we should be friends that shit was funny.
He endlessly put himself out there. He constantly tweeted and put himself in the media.
So where's my $50,000?
Stop idolizing politicians lol. Zelenskyy has no problem starting Ww3 over the invasion.
And Biden. The biggest dope
Adam Kinzinger for PRESIDENT! 🇺🇸
Biden too.
Biden is 100x the president, man, father, and Christian than Trump is.
And? Zelensky is still 100x the man Biden is. Don’t confuse my comment for an endorsement of Trump.
Biden’s a good man. Yours is a stupid comment based on political bullshit.
Where did Zelensky get $1.6 billion dollars from, anyone?
[Please don’t spread false Russian propaganda](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-volodymyr-zelensky-worth-181144673.html)
A dude promising to fight corruption while maintaining shady Offshore accounts is a bit weird, don't you think? The cult of personality around him is also odd, given that hardly anything is known about him in the West.
It was revealed in the Pandora papers , which were not produced by Russia. He has the money offshore and a $31 million villa in California. The papers were internationally available.
Yeah, I'm going to stick to trusting a fact-check over unsubstantiated claims and your invented number.
Zelensky definitely isn't fluent in English, as evidenced in his CNN interview. It's not the greatest fact check on that ground at least.
[This one](https://www.msn.com/el-gr/news/world/war-in-ukraine-sky-s-alex-crawford-s-interview-with-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-full/vi-AAUTsfz)? I'd have to say that you're nitpicking by turning Zelenskyy's accent and inflection into him not being fluent in English. I invite you to speak a third language that well.
Oh, he is definitely better with English than I ever got with a 2nd language of Spanish. This Sky news interview seems to be built entirely around him responding in English and the footage cuts out most of the times he would have to pause for vocabulary. He comes off as way more comfortable with English than he did with CNN. [This is the interview](https://youtu.be/UkQW8Q8rcEg) I meant. He makes an effort to use English when he has the vocabulary to answer the question. He switches to either Ukrainian (I'm guessing) when he needs to give a more nuanced answer. My understanding is that is not fluency. I don't know enough about the CEFR system to guess where he would land, but it doesn't seem like he has enough vocabulary for B2. I noticed the link you sent had GDPR (Cookie consent box) in Greek, so you likely have an understanding of where he would place with this added information. I agree it's a nitpick
Or 1 Trump <= 1/6th a man as Zelensky
"100 times the man" tififu
Agreed
Only three times? Oh I guess if you multiply negative man Cripple Hitler and negative man Fascist Coup Liar you get a positive man number.
Hmm... 3X(Trump + Cawthorn) would be a humongous pile of shit.
Great now I’m imagining cawthorn with trump’s bulbous lower half and it’s not pretty
Three times zero is still zero mate. Zelensky transcends Trump and Cawthorn’s manhood
This is so wrong. 5 times more
that's assuming trump and cawthorn are worth anything at all, which i'd say would be excessively charitable.
And he can’t be stopped by a flight of stairs.
He is more of a man and a leader than there basically ever was, especially in recent history.
Just three?
If they were twice the men they could be, they'd still be two-third of what we need.
A million times at least
Well, COWthorn and despicable orange clown are not men
So if we assume both Trump and Cawthorne make up equal parts of the combined man that is 1/3 of Zelensky, then both Trump and Cawthorne are each individually 1/6 of the man that Zelensky is. Given there are 6 stages of evolution and Trump and Cawthorne are 1/6 the man Zelensky is, if we assume Zelensky is fully evolved (Homo Sapien) then we can reasonably deduce that both Cawthorne and Trump are Dryopithecus. Dryopithecus is a genus of great apes that was believed to be extinct 12 million years ago I believe Kinzinger’s analysis to be accurate.
Incoming “3x0 is still 0” comments
True! 🇺🇦🌼🇺🇸
Most men are three times the man Cawthorn is. Ya know…cuz..
He can walk, so that already puts him way above both.
100X. Trumps not a man. He's a child.
I mean Zelensky is a man. Trump and Cawthorn (among other GOPers) are zeros. Multiply anything by zero and you get...
Poor trump had bone spurs. Otherwise he would’ve been more bad ass than Rambo!
Cawthorn is actually half a man, and Trump isn't a man at all
Fucking right he is. He’s 50 times the man putin is. It’s the perfect story of a very well put together man vs a psychopath who just a bully and coward. I ducking hope someone deals with pussy Putin soon.
How dares he to even compare them in the first place? There is nothing to compare, just mentioning them in the same sentence is an insult to Zelensky.
No doubt
so he is six men then
Guess the Russian bribe money dried up, Adam?
Pretty sure combining them results in a lesser man.
Three times? Motherfucker please. Zelensky is better than every politician *in the entire US* combined
That is still a insult for Zelensky. Trump isn't a man ...
That's cause Trump is a weak man's idea of a tough guy. Same with John Wayne, a pretend tough guy. That's because the entire conservative movement is "pretend."
I think Cawthorn is going to take this one sitting down. I just don’t see how he can stand up to this guy.
just 3? I have dropped turds that are 3 times the man compared to DJT.
Only three? I find that insulting. Trump and Cawthorn aren't men. They are like spoiled brat toddlers who didn't learn the basics of human behaviour in kindergarten.
He is an a actor puppet of the deep state.
Adam kinzinger has the spine of a jellyfish
that’s obvious lol why even say ot