I believe the basic reason is "we want to pretend that we're better than them", deep down, every time. Sure, there are practical difficulties depending on the exact punishment, but travel bans, for...
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I believe the basic reason is "we want to pretend that we're better than them", deep down, every time. Sure, there are practical difficulties depending on the exact punishment, but travel bans, for...
I think that has been so for quite a while now.
I mean, there's a list in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2023
That thing is massive....
Wait, where's the racism here?
On a slightly related note, we still don't know anything about the fate of Surovikin.
Wearing masks has not been mandatory for quite a while over here. The last version of masking regulations required mask wearing in medical institutions, and that one was cancelled back in May. I have...
Did he, though? As I understood from Peskov, those Wagnerites who will participate in the Ukraine war will have to sign a contract with MoD, just as Shoigu had demanded earlier this month.
Maybe. I just find it incredibly weird that what started as a full-blown mutiny by a well-armed military group met absolutely no resistance (the few roadblocks don't count; these guys have taken over...
People are trying to find some sort of "4D chess" explanation to make sense of what happened. I guess it's too early to tell, but the whole thing does look strange as hell.
New player has entered the arena:
https://twitter.com/the_ins_ru/status/1672530517890154496?
In order:
- I don't think so; my money's on a drone strike, and I don't think the Russians will develop a drone named "toxic masculinity" anytime soon.
- I sure hope so.
- Some, maybe, but I...
The video of the "base destroyed by Russian army rocket strike" looks kinda staged. The only other claim I've heard is one of a downed army helicopter, and that one comes from Prigozhin, too. Nothing...
I sincerely hope that this actually happens, but no actual shots fired as of yet.
The sad part is that people apparently thought "hey, the CEO of the company apparently trusts this thing with his life - that must mean that it is reasonably safe", instead of "hey, the CEO of the...
The cost is for pretty much the whole world paying attention to your demise. I'm quite certain that one can pull this off much cheaper if the entire thing is supposed to be more discreet.
Debris found, consistent with implosion:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/missing-titan-sub-likely-imploded-in-catastrophic-loss
I don't care much for the almost certainly dead by now folks in the submersible, but I must admit I was somewhat surprised about the magnitude and amount of cheering for their deaths online. It's as...
No one (except child rapists) deserves to be victim of violent crime.
Yeesh, honestly if someone has to be a victim of crime its better that it be those that enable criminals and criminal...
Welcome back, and Happy New Year!
Yeah, that appears to be the most likely version as of this morning.
I'd be really surprised if they turn out not to be; the Polish/Ukrainian border regions are relatively peaceful, so there are no targets for the Ukrainians to fire missiles at. I believe the real...
The scary part is, I doubt the response will be powerful enough.
Having evaded it for two and a half years, and the case numbers here being rather low and on the decline, I somehow managed to catch covid. I now have to self-isolate until the end of the next week,...
Also, Kirill Stremousov, the Moscow-appointed head of the Kherson region, has died in a car crash. He had previously commented on chance of Kherson returning under Ukrainian control using the phrase...
The Russian-built Crimea bridge has been damaged by a slightly belated fireworks show in honor of Putin's 70th birthday.
Reportedly, they were instructed to claim that in case of capture, in hopes of better treatment by the Ukrainians, but they were actually fully aware of their location. Not that it had any effect;...