Everything posted by BruceVC
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Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
There are different types of people who support Putins War and why they say what they say on the Internet. Some of them are paid trolls and this is a well known media strategy of the Russian state as Monty mentioned but others are " pro-Russian" for other reasons like they more anti-US, anti-Capitalism or they angry about Western influence and ostensible imperialism. Some of them normally wouldnt support Russia, they just support anyone who is opposed the West for a variety of reasons IMO the Russian trolls like Comrade and Vals arent paid trolls, they more anti-US\West so they just repeat certain narratives and have certain views that align with supporting Putins War
- Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
- Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
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Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
It was a good link you posted and objective But as far as getting support from the world thats complicated and what do we mean by that? Its not going to change the support for the resources for Ukraine or for the open support for Russia from the likes of Belarus or Syria. Its well known who is committed to what side and I cant see that changing because unless you involved in providing resources to either side what difference does a particular countries opinion make around who provoked who? Most countries seem to want UN endorsement which always surprises me because its symbolic. But the votes and resolutions have never gone Russia's way And as far as broader global support or criticism of the West thats nothing new. I live in a country where at least 2-3 times a month a political analyst or commentator in our media will blame " colonialism\Western influence " for civil wars or leaderships failures in Africa that have nothing to do with either. Its less and less as the years have gone on and more commentators will explain the issues in Africa are about reasons like bad leadership, corruption or rejection of governance and accountability But a certain small group still blame the West even when its not involved. I think this comes from reality of the history of Colonialism and some people are still fixated on that time period and ignore how things have changed and most of the problems in Africa are not because of Colonialism
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The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
So the US midterms are almost upon us. I predict sweeping Republican victories in the Senate and possibly the House These are the main issues for most voting US citizens in these elections inflation economy crime border control R vs W matters but not as much as these salient issues. I think the Dems has miscalculated how much the other issues will influence voting patterns. But we will have to wait and see
- Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
- Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
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Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
Who has been impacted by the EU being responsible for " breaking" current contracts? Which countries and do you have links And why do you sound so mad, we dont hear from you for ages and then when the EU has avoided its " Western sanctions are going to mean the EU will freeze to death " Russian prediction you start posting again but you seem really mad ? You even playing the "Europeans pat themselves on the back and pontificate on their moral superiority over the rules based order " card Russia threw the rules based order out the window, now the West is forced to respond. I am glad you angry but your anger and criticism needs to be directed towards the right target, Putins War
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
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Food Thread - Obsidian Gormand's Edition
Good on you, less bread is less carbs. Its healthier 🥂
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
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Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
Thats such a good read and excellent news for the EU , here is the same link outside the FT https://internationalaffairs.co/the-end-of-europes-energy-crisis-is-in-sight/ Best part of the article " It goes without saying that the tumbling cost of gas was neither Putin’s intention nor the consensus expectation when the Russian president weaponised European gas supplies during the summer. At the time, sector specialists expected wholesale prices to shoot higher and industry was worried. The voice of German industry, the BDI, warned of a “massive recession”. It was economists who came closest to understanding the likely effect of Putin’s energy aggression; people and industries tend to respond to price incentives so they predicted that consumption was likely to fall " Putin must be seething, his gas blackmail has really failed and created new avenues for the EU to find new markets
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What are you Playing Now? Whatever happens, at least we're out of that mudhole, Gilded Vale.
Im about 15 hours into Exanima and 13 hours of that was learning how combat works in the arena. I moved onto the main game when I defeated all the enemies in the arena under Novice First impressions, its by far the most realistic and exciting combat I have ever encountered in any game. Learning the physics of movement and combat swings and watching enemies groan and die has been very rewarding Its a hard game, I am only on level 1 of the dungeon and Im still learning new things around effective combat movement now that I face enemies outside of humans. I dont like how your red health doesnt restore itself but from what I read thats part of what makes it a hard game and challenging? But so far so good, I will give further updates once I have progressed further in the main game
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What You've Done Today - Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Raithe are people still wearing masks in these types of indoors events?
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What You've Done Today - Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Photos of hot booth babes and Cosplay people?
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
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The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/south-african-arrested-in-usa-for-his-role-in-a-bizarre-murder-plot/ar-AAWSk7V One of my SA cousins married a Greek lady, this is her brother involved in this bizarre murder in Ohio. I never met him because I never went to the wedding He is going to charged with murder and the wife and the gran is involved
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The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
Im sorry I dont get it and I dont know either of those people. I looked them up and I still dont a get it, a producer and a game designer? And Im not a banker, much of my family are. I studied finance but I work in software that is used primarily in the financial sector. We consult and sell this software but we also have customers outside of finance like lawyers and government institutions so I dont just work in one sector
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The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/companies/musk-finally-reveals-why-he-wants-to-acquire-twitter/ar-AA13s5Sd Musk gave an important update to his advertisers about his plans for Twitter, to quote " “The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” writes the world’s richest man " @Lexx and @ShadySands This makes sense as Im sure you will agree?
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Ukraine Conflict - "An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war"
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-suspends-participation-deal-ukraine-grain-exports-tass-2022-10-29/#:~:text=Oct 29 (Reuters) - Russia on Saturday suspended,"purely outrageous" and said it would increase starvation Yes the Ruskies are weaponizing famine again and like before the most impoverished countries in Africa and the ME will suffer
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Food Thread - Obsidian Gormand's Edition
http://www.izakayamatsuri.com/ We went to this brilliant, authentic Japanese sushi restaurant last night called Izakaya Matsuri , do you know it takes 10-30 years in Japan to master the techniques of sushi making!!! Imagine spending 30 years learning how to perfect something, that takes serious commitment and belief in what you doing https://chefzoeescher.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-become-a-sushi-chef-in-japan/ I love Sushi, its always so different and I love the variety of different tastes. And its lower in fat than meat and good for you when you dieting, I had deep fried pork dumplings for a starter and Rainbow roll for my main and my sister and stepmom gave me several pieces of there sushi and crab starters. I love eating with women, they seem to feel guilty about eating there whole meal and I always seem to score
- The All Things Political Topic - Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation