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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
Total: | 404 votes |
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So is Bakhmut falling or not It's all gone a bit quiet on that front again, so I'm going to assume not
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Cerebral Bore posted:schrödinger's strategic city I wish I thought of this phrase first! I really like it.
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Al-Saqr posted:why am i not surprised that its the SPD who would be americas biggest bitch who couldve seen that happen the social democrats woild never be fascisms friend nooo waaayyyyy Always remember the SPD murdered Liebknecht and Luxemburg.
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Pistol_Pete posted:So is Bakhmut falling or not ![]()
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Pistol_Pete posted:So is Bakhmut falling or not putin is such a tease
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I don't think Bakhmut is on the verge of falling btw even if it gets cut off. The troops held up there will just drag it out like Azov.
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Pistol_Pete posted:So is Bakhmut falling or not there's been small advances by the russians on the western side of the river, and they seem to have consolidated the eastern side either the ukrainians counter-attack and dislodge the russians from their positions overlooking the remaining roads, or the city falls. the current positions are untenable for the ukrainians. this could take a good while, though
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Pistol_Pete posted:So is Bakhmut falling or not the vibe is that ukraine is going to go all in and counter attack and take out wagner and save the city, which is or isn't a strategic location honestly wouldn't surprise me if that is what happens
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Pistol_Pete posted:So is Bakhmut falling or not It looks like the plan was to retreat but either they got told to fight on or they were taking too many casualties trying to get out. It is falling but Russia is going to have to grind it out.
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CODChimera posted:the vibe is that ukraine is going to go all in and counter attack and take out wagner and save the city, which is or isn't a strategic location Just as soon as all 24 (?) challengers and all 88 (?) of the leopard 1s are ready to form up and charge. No need for backup. They'll be fine, after all they only face feral werewolf Russian convicts with shovels. It'll be just like one of those War Thunder matches where you rush into point A then get sniped by some jerk who was two pixels on your screen. Then you watch the kill cam and go "oh wow, I was retarded to park there". Every. Time.
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dk2m posted:there is absolutely 0 plan on contingencies here. what is fascinating is how the business class is going along with this - initially, when trump started the trade war, there was a lot of admonishment because this is the logical endgame. instead, they are quietly allowing biden to double down and ramp up military rhetoric as well. we live in demo cracies right. how do i vote for someone that wants to shut down escalation with china before i start running out of treats.
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Unless they got silver bullets a werewolf army is a real danger
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mila kunis posted:we live in demo cracies right. how do i vote for someone that wants to shut down escalation with china before i start running out of treats. A key part of democracy is not having a choice and starving
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DancingShade posted:I wish I thought of this phrase first! I really like it. after all we're not gonna know which one it is until the wave function defenses collapse
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mila kunis posted:we live in demo cracies right. how do i vote for someone that wants to shut down escalation with china before i start running out of treats. Start voting in what are clearly Chinese agents into local political positions (town councils etc) and go up from there. Grass roots baby. Or 草根寶寶 (thanks Google translate! I have no idea how mangled this is)
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DancingShade posted:Start voting in what are clearly Chinese agents into local political positions (town councils etc) and go up from there. "草根" is more appropriate for literal roots of literal grass which grow in the literal ground. For the kind of metaphorical grassroots you are referring to, "基层" would be closer to your intended meaning.
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fizzy posted:"草根" is more appropriate for literal roots of literal grass which grow in the literal ground. I appreciate your clarity. Thanks!
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another tankie success story
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Al-Saqr posted:This is such an incredibly good and well thought out post. totally agree.
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Delta-Wye posted:and to think, of what could have been ![]()
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dk2m posted:When China was first admitted to the WTO in 2001, the ruling class thought that China would become like Japan - we would benefit from cheap labor and cheap goods, but just like the Plaza Accords has kept Japan in stagflation since the 90s after their exports became too competitive with our industry, we would eventually be able to influence a newly liberalized China into a similarly weak position. I'm sorry I missed your post. It's excellent. Thanks to Frosted Flakes for quoting Al-Saqr or I'd have completely overlooked it.
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dk2m posted:https://thehill.com/policy/international/3887479-graham-says-he-will-introduce-bill-to-set-the-stage-for-us-to-use-military-force-in-mexico/ lmao https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1633176277275275266?t=2zyQFKOFKt_gaZjOPpWsHA&s=19
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Ardennes posted:A key part of democracy is not having a choice and starving Our Perikles died of covid.
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crepeface posted:lmao ohhhh yeahhhh ghost recon plots keep coming true
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Al-queda, drug cartels, whatever magic words you need for a forever war. There is terror in every corner and because the world keeps turning night keeps on coming. All those scary shadows. I don't know why they even bother with the charade, just print infinity money. Who cares if there isn't food on the shelves to buy with it. A landed lord / serf system solves that problem. Neo feudalism baby. Very sexy.
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lol maybe this would better fit the covid thread, but on the Peloponnesian War this year, RMC students asked questions about the siege of Athens being “like covid lockdowns”, the plague “like covid” and the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, of course, as either US-Russia or US-China. I never met a historical comparison I didn’t like, I get it, but also lol those two weeks in 2020 were not like a years long siege.
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Frosted Flake posted:lol maybe this would better fit the covid thread, but on the Peloponnesian War this year, RMC students asked questions about the siege of Athens being “like covid lockdowns”, the plague “like covid” and the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, of course, as either US-Russia or US-China. You're dealing with a new generation who grew up in such a bountiful age of plenty and excess that not being able to get their starbucks or chicken parmagana served with a craft brew IPA for a few weeks is akin to apocalyptic conditions. They literally do not know any better.
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New weapons system for Ukraine - Australian paper airplanes!![]() https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...sh=379704b9b8a2 https://archive.ph/nxavu
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Frosted Flake posted:lol maybe this would better fit the covid thread, but on the Peloponnesian War this year, RMC students asked questions about the siege of Athens being “like covid lockdowns”, the plague “like covid” and the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, of course, as either US-Russia or US-China. wonder what a similar paper from some cadet at some chinese military academy looks like lol
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Weka posted:New weapons system for Ukraine - Australian paper airplanes! Sounds about right for Australian build quality. Man I love buying stuff made in China, the USA or EU. There is maybe one Australian company I still trust to make what they sell as a quality product but RM Williams isn't exactly a defence contractor. Enjoy your loving cardboard paper planes lmao
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Frosted Flake posted:lol maybe this would better fit the covid thread, but on the Peloponnesian War this year, RMC students asked questions about the siege of Athens being “like covid lockdowns”, the plague “like covid” and the rivalry between Athens and Sparta, of course, as either US-Russia or US-China. call them idiots and say that during the Peloponnesian War, neither COVID or the USA or Russia or even a unified China existed
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DancingShade posted:You're dealing with a new generation who grew up in such a bountiful age of plenty and excess that not being able to get their starbucks or chicken parmagana served with a craft brew IPA for a few weeks is akin to apocalyptic conditions. I know you're right but, quote:And the great licentiousness, which also in other kinds was used in the city, began at first from this disease. For that which a man before would dissemble and not acknowledge to be done for voluptuousness, he durst now do freely, seeing before his eyes such quick revolution, of the rich dying and men worth nothing inheriting their estates. Insomuch as they justified a speedy fruition of their goods even for their pleasure, as men that thought they held their lives but by the day. As for pains, no man was forward in any action of honour to take any because they thought it uncertain whether they should die or not before they achieved it. But what any man knew to be delightful and to be profitable to pleasure, that was made both profitable and honourable. Neither the fear of the gods nor laws of men awed any man, not the former because they concluded it was alike to worship or not worship from seeing that alike they all perished, nor the latter because no man expected that lives would last till he received punishment of his crimes by judgment. But they thought there was now over their heads some far greater judgment decreed against them before which fell, they thought to enjoy some little part of their lives. quote:The nationwide school closures in Canada caused disruptions to students’ education, and alternative methods for curriculum delivery, such as online learning, were introduced. These changes can negatively impact students’ learning outcomes and pose greater harms to their overall mental health during periods of extended isolation and loneliness. Many youths reported school-related concerns such as having limited engagement with their classmates when asking for help or when raising questions about course content. Some youth reported challenges regarding managing both their mental health and school workload, while living with their family members and having limited space in their home to study without disruptions. Students expressed concerns about homeschooling, specifically about learning course content on their own or being assisted by family members with limited subject knowledge. ![]()
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Frosted Flake posted:I know you're right but, I've got no answers for this sorry. I can identify the issues, causes, same as anyone else such as yourself. But solutions are more of a "good luck, every man for himself" variety. You can't repair rot only rebuild after. Ideally good planning would prevent this but we're led by the failsons of failsons. Or faildaughters if anyone cares for the distinction (probably not).
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the Siege of Sarajevo is still in living memory
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It is the biggest thing to happen in their lives, the freshmen class were all born after 9/11, but broadly speaking the consent manufacturing, loss of state capacity and political unwillingness to exercise it, prioritization of capital above all else, over even the shortest term, these do not bode well for the Neoliberal state going to war either. I just think it's funny that the response to The End of History ending because Neoliberalism couldn't manage a disease is not one but apparently two massive military confrontations. When the ruling class were all ritually abused Etonians and Skull & Bones guys I'm assuming they had at least a passing familiarity with why this is a bad idea.
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gradenko_2000 posted:the Siege of Sarajevo is still in living memory I remember watching stuff about that live and going "what the gently caress" even back then.
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Endman posted:Mike Duncan sucks and his podcasts should be avoided. At best they're a pretty pedestrian narrative of events without any actual analysis, at worst they're his takes on the Bolshevik Revolution being an organised crime outfit that stole Russia from the monarchy. Hah, never made it that far. I heard people talking about how reading about the Haitian Revolution made him a leftist, but that might just have been because he was reading a Marxist historian. Just reflecting whoever he last read? Tankbuster posted:I remember war grogs hating fury too. Also shia lebouf looked really bad. CGI LaBeouf
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https://twitter.com/DerekJGrossman/status/1630462939890319361?t=1nnuUbbm1LlTsDkViwnytw&s=19![]() I'm in danger!
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gradenko_2000 posted:
I mean you guys Voted for a new Marcos so you're definitely gonna get what you voted for.
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# ? Jun 24, 2024 15:39 |
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/DerekJGrossman/status/1630462939890319361?t=1nnuUbbm1LlTsDkViwnytw&s=19 Kiss of death sighted.
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