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This is an important story and a good news story despite all the suffering the Ukrainian people have endured Thanks for posting

Good news, Russia said it will " drastically reduce military activity " in Kiev Hopefully this bodes well for the end of Putins War

This type of false narrative from Putin is so clearly spurious it almost makes you think " its an insult to the intelligence of anyone with an interest and access to free information that Putin could expect anyone to believe that " But this propaganda is aimed at those Russian people who can only watch the state controlled media so it doesnt need to be believable because it wont be heavily scrutinized by the intended audience . Its similar to that video you posted about the Russian solider getting lambasted for just wanting to recognize Russian military deaths. But many Russians dont believe a word from Putin but they still live in Russia so what can anyone really do when it comes to a autocratic state happy to use the full might of its security forces on its own citizens who disagree with the state? The CCP are worse though with their public statements like " only 4.5 k people died in Wuhan from the virus in the beginning " ...like anyone would believe that the first variant , where we had no knowledge of how it spreads, would only kill less than 5000 people. Tell that to the people of NYC, Spain and Italy who went through that initial terrible carnage of Corona deaths due to the world not understanding much of Corona

But once again if Putin wasnt obsessed with trying to recreate the Soviet borders and hadnt invaded Ukraine we wouldnt be in this mess So Im not convinced by the argument " shame, Putin is a victim of the evil Capitalist, West and he had no choice but to invade a sovereign country "

The economic consequences and real sanctions that are going to be with Russia for years is what will prevent them from doing it again I know some people see this invasion in a military sense and " how many civilians the Ruskies can kill...man they winning " but wars and the sustainability of any government are about the economic reality and the funding of those wars And the long term economic consequences to this war havent even been felt yet by Russia. That will be the main reason for Putin pausing the next time he decides on an invasion of a sovereign country to recreate the Soviet borders as an unnecessary buffer to " NATO expansion "

Interesting update, I removed some duplicate mod versions and confirmed all rules were consistent and now its stable so it looks like Im good to go

The most accurate test of " is this the real Hurlshot " is simple. If he uses corporal punishment in the game its not Hurlshot

Why you using such big words, dont you mean links ?

I can believe Zoras post is a concern to the CCP, the risk to large numbers of elderly people Im sure is real But I think your post is the main reason. They dont like the idea of not having control over an aspect of their society and its causing this complete overreaction which is going to fail as most of the rest of the world has learnt about Corona

Yes, good point. The US used nukes to defeat the Japanese in WW2. Russia hasnt used nukes in war

QFT, Putins autocracy and policies are worse than the US on almost every level. In fact I cant think of a single " bad thing " demonstrated by the US in the last 100 years that Russia doesnt do worse or hasnt done worse? Seriously not one

Besides you would never block my posts and wise words Sarex, think of how much we have learnt from each other since we started meaningfully engaging over a decade ago Think of all the good times

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/28/china/shanghai-lockdown-china-covid-19-outbreak-intl-hnk/index.html The CCP really demonstrate inexplicable behavior around Corona Firstly you would think a virus spreading is "normal " to them considering many viruses have their origin from China but they really seem obsessed and neurotic with Corona and this ridiculous " zero-Covid " policy I wonder what they think they trying to prove or achieve?

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Yes, this is no surprise Putin cant trade effectively in $ so he wants to trade in worthless Rubles

Malc their is a huge difference between RT, and other Russian similar media houses, and BBC which is funded by tax payers in the public sector space. But its not the same as being the mouthpiece of the state which is what RT is

Yes I mean Origins : Wolverine And I have seen X-Men: United and X-Men: Last Stand. First Class isnt available on our DSTV Where does New Mutants and Deadpool fit in to correct viewing order?

I have decided to watch all the X-men movies I havent seen before in the correct order which should be X-Men Origins X-Men Days of Future Past X-Men Apocalypse X-Men Dark Phoenix Im excited

@melkathi and @Wormerine I wasnt going to make this post because I hate being wrong about mods and Elder Scroll games but I have hit a problem with my Mods....I havent started playing Oblivion yet because I have spent the last 5 hours or so troubleshooting an issue with the Better Cities mod...anyway I believe I may resolve the issue soon https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/16513/

Also this has been raised on CNN, sorry Zora I guess the Western media is more transparent than you think. Back to the drawing board https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-27-22/h_6e158d3fc5bc5efe7fc3f10b69b7aeee

Oh your obvious anti-Western\anti-Americanism is very relevant. Its the reason your rely on whataboutism to handwave the constant failures and criticisms of Putins War on a sovereign country

" the triumph of the Russian army " ...I was going to make a joke but its too tragic to laugh

Yes its the same as the reality of life living in Russia, Putin maintains its a proud and free society yet anyone who doesnt agree with the invasion of Ukraine is scum and a traitor So its to be expected that Russia will lie about anything negative around their military campaign in Ukraine But the lies do make me laugh still with how absurd they become, its not an invasion " its a special military operation " and how they get repeated by the Russian apologists

Comrade dont believe everything people tell you, people lie and love to exaggerate

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/russia-launching-instagram-clone-called-053316738.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Putin has banned Instagram but their alternative is a home grown version called Rossgram It makes sense especially when you try to control the media narrative except it will lack the global coverage and usage and ultimately defeats the point of SM tools like Instagram because who is going use Rossgram....except for some people within Russia. Its the antithesis of the word social This is a interesting litmus test and similar debate when we talk about " the $ being replaced as the worlds reserve currency " because what you can never censor and influence is peoples personal choices outside of being forced within countries like Russia in China