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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
Thursday, November 16, 2023 7:38 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: This report fails on thoroughness, transparency, and logic. Or maybe its a language problem. In any case, clear as mud. Very poorly written. Oy!!
Thursday, November 16, 2023 11:33 AM
Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:27 PM
Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:35 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote:Originally posted by second: Recent Russian opinion polls indicate that roughly half of Russians maintain support for the war in Ukraine and for Russia to engage in peace negotiations.
Quote: The Levada Center – an independent Russian polling organization
Quote:– reported on October 31 that 55 percent of respondents to a recent poll believe that Russia should begin peace negotiations while 38 percent favor continuing to conduct the war.
Quote: The Levada Center observed that while these numbers
Quote: slightly increased between September and October by four percent, they have largely remained consistent since July 2023.[14] The Levada Center added that support for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine remained high with 76 percent of respondents stating that they support Russian military operations in Ukraine. The Levada Center reported that 62 percent of surveyed Russians believe that the full-scale invasion is progressing well, while 21 percent of respondents believe that the war is going reasonably or very poorly for Russia.[15]
Quote: The Levada Center reported on November 14 that two-thirds of respondents believe that Russia is headged in the right direction and of those who believe the opposite,
Quote: 45 percent (of... 10%?) cited the war in Ukraine.[16] Opposition-leaning Russian research organization Russian Field reported similar numbers supporting negotiations on November 15, noting that 48 percent of respondents said that Russia should engage in peace negotiations and that 74 percent would support Russian President Vladimir Putin if he signed a peace agreement “tomorrow.”[17] Russian Field stated that 36 percent of respondents believe that the war is going well for Russia whereas 25 percent believe that the war is going poorly for Russia and that respondents who trust Telegram channels are twice as likely to believe that the war is going poorly for Russia as those who rely on Russian television.[18] https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-15-2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:43 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:51 PM
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Friday, November 17, 2023 6:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Decision to supply cluster munition was dictated by lack of 155 mm unitary munitions.
Friday, November 17, 2023 6:53 AM
Friday, November 17, 2023 7:23 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Those wacky anonymous milblogers. What will they say next?
Friday, November 17, 2023 8:50 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Those wacky anonymous milblogers. What will they say next?That Trump will be the next President.
Friday, November 17, 2023 12:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Decision to supply cluster munition was dictated by lack of 155 mm unitary munitions.Decision to supply tactical nukes to destroy the Crimean Bridge would be dictated by Ukraine's lack of tactical nukes. Nuking Russia is wrong but nuking the bridge Russia built in Ukraine is right. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Friday, November 17, 2023 5:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: When you get caught in one stupid statement you make an even more abysmally stupid one, hoping that people will get distracted, argue you on it and forget your first stoopidity. Cue TRUMP! TRUMPTARDS! HOLDOMOR! in 3.... 2.... You're funny!!!
Friday, November 17, 2023 5:23 PM
Friday, November 17, 2023 5:26 PM
Quote: MSM Admits "Magical Thinking" Guided Its Reporting On Ukraine... Many [hundreds of -SIGNY] Thousands Of Deaths Later Friday, Nov 17, 2023 - 11:40 AM A very short while ago, any US politician or media pundit publicly calling for peace negotiations in Ukraine with Russia's Putin was branded 'pro-Kremlin' and somehow compromised. For example, mainstream media has sought to isolate and cancel thinkers like John Mearsheimer for his realism toward Moscow and the conflict, and urging immediate ceasefire which would require territorial concessions from Kiev. It was only in September that one prominent publication branded him "the world's most hated thinker." But now, at a moment Ukraine's leadership itself has become more desperate while admitting its forces are facing almost insurmountable odds, the D.C. beltway consensus has clearly and drastically changed, and now it's apparently okay to admit the following... "It's Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia's Defeat. Putin has withstood the West's best efforts..." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_EqdLUaMAAMbKK The WSJ piece actually calls for a longer-term strategy of confronting Russia, while also admitting that Washington's approach thus far has been based on "magical thinking".
Friday, November 17, 2023 5:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: It's called deterrence, SECOND.
Friday, November 17, 2023 6:50 PM
Friday, November 17, 2023 10:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Uh huh. Last I checked, it wasn't Russia parking missiles on our border. It's the other way around. Cue TRUMP!! TRUMPTARDS! HOLDOMOR!
Friday, November 17, 2023 11:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Uh huh. Last I checked, it wasn't Russia parking missiles on our border. It's the other way around. Cue TRUMP!! TRUMPTARDS! HOLDOMOR! For the sake of their mental health, Russians are allowed to believe they can destroy the USA. The old M.A.D. doctrine, Mutually Assured Destruction, makes it easier for Russians to sleep at night. But it could be that Russia only survives because the USA is magnanimous. For example: On August 30, 1945, Major General Lauris Norstad dispatched a document to his superior, General Leslie Groves, outlining a total of 15 “key Soviet cities” to be struck with U.S. atomic weapons, headed by the capital Moscow. This was followed by another 25 “leading Soviet cities” listed for annihilation, topping this latter group was Leningrad, almost destroyed during the Nazi siege finally lifted in late January 1944. The above nuclear plans were being composed three days before the Second World War had even officially concluded (on September 2, 1945), and a mere two weeks following Japan’s surrender. These initiatives, targeting the USSR for destruction, were actually developing at least as early as March 1944, at a time when Moscow was a vital wartime ally. Due to ongoing Soviet intelligence reports, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was privy to America’s nuclear project most certainly by April 1942, but quite likely earlier. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/declassified-cold-war-nuclear-plans-u-s-would-have-blown-up-half-the-world/ The USA has had plenty of time, talent, and money to complete a weapon far nastier, more aggressive, and tightly targeted at Russia than mere H-bombs, some weapon that doesn't kick up clouds of radioactive dust. The Russians might not be as magnanimously allowed to continue as they were after WWII. But Russians aren't going to get any warning from the USA ahead of time. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Saturday, November 18, 2023 6:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Except at that point, we had used up our only two nuclear weapons. We didn't even have one left, let alone 40.
Saturday, November 18, 2023 6:10 AM
Saturday, November 18, 2023 6:17 AM
THG
Saturday, November 18, 2023 7:29 AM
Sunday, November 19, 2023 8:36 AM
Quote: Imagine there may be no help
Sunday, November 19, 2023 10:25 AM
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 9:09 PM
Quote: Records from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service indicate that Russian prisons contained a total of almost 349,000 people at the start of August. By September, that number had decreased by about 1,000 — a change consistent with a years-long trend of the number of prisoners gradually decreasing. Over the two months that followed, however, the prison population declined by more than 23,000, reaching 338,000 by early October and 325,000 by early November.
Sunday, November 19, 2023 10:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: According to Meduza Quote: Records from Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service indicate that Russian prisons contained a total of almost 349,000 people at the start of August. By September, that number had decreased by about 1,000 — a change consistent with a years-long trend of the number of prisoners gradually decreasing. Over the two months that followed, however, the prison population declined by more than 23,000, reaching 338,000 by early October and 325,000 by early November. So that "up to 100,000" is probably a lot like Russian KIA figures: exaggerated to absurdity. I don't have a problem with prisoners serving their sentences in the military. (Think French Foreign Legion, or any number of Hollywood movies ) I DO have a problem with releasing them into society where they might commit crimes again. It's hard enough returning normal people to society. So unless military service is some sort of reform process, I think this might ultimately be dangerous to society. Another question is whether they will show the necessary discipline, or will they use their newfound freedom to commit crimes. And finally, I'd be worried about their level of training. The Kremlin didn't have problems with Prighozin recruiting from prison, and, frankly, neither did I. But where they put their foot down... and there were many places where they could have .. was the number of casualties that those men suffered taking a city that Russia had no intention of taking. ----------- "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM
Quote:We estimate that a total of 80,658 people were released from prisons in 35 jurisdictions (34 states and the federal prison system) due to COVID-related policies, which was equivalent to about 5-1/2% of the total state and federal prison population in 2019
Monday, November 20, 2023 6:32 AM
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Monday, November 20, 2023 11:36 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: The Case for Supporting Ukraine Is Crystal Clear Note to Congress: Ukraine aid is not charity but serves critical U.S. interests. By Michael McFaul, the director of Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. | November 16, 2023, 4:39 AM https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/ukraine-russia-war-us-congress-aid-weapons/ Last year, the Ukrainians defeated Russia’s invading army on the battlefield, denying Russian President Vladimir Putin all of his core objectives for the war. He failed to de-militarize Ukraine, install a puppet government in Kyiv, bring Ukraine back into Russia’s fold, and stop NATO expansion. Today, Ukrainians are more committed to their nationhood than ever, and their democratically elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, remains in power. Ukraine now has a stronger military and closer ties to NATO than ever before; Finland has joined the alliance, and Sweden is set to follow. In 2022, Ukraine’s armed forces won the Battle of Kyiv, the Battle of Kharkiv, and the Battle of Kherson, liberating more than 50 percent of the territory that Russia had occupied since launching its full-scale invasion.
Monday, November 20, 2023 11:41 AM
Monday, November 20, 2023 12:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Demographics of the EU: Birth rate 9.5 births per 1,000 (2020 est.)[2] Death rate 10.7 deaths per 1,000 (2021 est.)[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_Union
Monday, November 20, 2023 10:26 PM
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 7:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: lol. Looks like Second is posting full novels here instead of pirated links today, huh? Fuck Ukraine. -------------------------------------------------- Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 6:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: lol. Looks like Second is posting full novels here instead of pirated links today, huh? Fuck Ukraine. I usually quit reading his bullshit after I stumble on some ridiculous lie, but this time I gritted my teeth and plowed thru a whole two paras. I gave up after wading thru that much crap.
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: lol. Looks like Second is posting full novels here instead of pirated links today, huh? Fuck Ukraine.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 7:46 AM
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 8:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: -------------------------------------------------- Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 10:36 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: -------------------------------------------------- Political correctness is just tyranny, with a smiley face.I was thinking of a mechanical analogy to 6ix, Signym and the Russians. This is from real life: an axial compressor that is out of balance. It is moving gas but the noise and vibration is worrisome. If the compressor is not shutdown very soon, it will throw a blade, which will cause a cascading failure that destroys everything, including the compressor building. Where is the shutdown button for the Russians? Where is a skilled maintenance crew to disassemble the Russians and fix what is wrong?
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 12:18 PM
Thursday, November 23, 2023 8:18 AM
Thursday, November 23, 2023 1:43 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: US National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby reported on November 21 that Iran is supplying Russia with glide bombs and that Iran may be preparing to transfer short-range ballistic missiles to Russia....
Thursday, November 23, 2023 5:47 PM
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