It means those are new from the last time you viewed the thread. So if you see a thread that says (3 new) the new ones will have that greyed background

I wonder the same thing. No shot he gets a free pass to march on Moscow and call for the execution of military leadership. If I had to guess I’d say they’re taking this as an opportunity to rest their troops, but who knows. This whole thing has been nuts

I’ll add that he didn’t comment on whether the march would be resumed later or not. They could be resting their troops, or they could be turning around completely. I don’t think we have more information than that at this point

It’s one of those things that will pop into my mind every once in a while, only to be forgotten for months after. Same as ol Clippy

They’re communists, but not your every day “people should hold the power” communists. More like “tianenmen never happened, and if it did it wasn’t that bad” type