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Yes, obviously I watched it. Putins War is one of my interests at the moment You cant comment on something like a speech if you dont watch it But I was surprised you were suggesting that CNN may not broadcast it? All mainstream international news channels broadcast the speech.

I see their are R vs W protests outside Kavanaugh and Roberts houses....in the streets outside their houses On CNN commentators were handwaving this with comments like "yes people are angry " I think this is unacceptable and creates an appalling precedent. So what would those same commentators be saying when right-wing groups or Conservative protestors decide to start protesting outside Democrat's houses or left leaning judges or any politicians that they dont agree with ? Would the response really be " yes they angry, its okay to have January 6 people protesting outside your house ". Somehow I dont think so This is not how you should protest and it goes too far

I agree, their was no doomsday plane

So I watched Putins Victory Day speech and the parade and it was everything I expected The parade was a vainglorious, false and grotesque display of Russian military efficiency and well disciplined Russian troops But the speech was classic Putin propaganda 101. It had everything you knew would be in it. Nazis, nukes, NATO wanting to invade Russia through Ukraine, defense of motherland and of course unconvincing comparisons that the invasion of Ukraine is the same as the threat faced towards the USSR in WW2. But he didnt mention the word war and it doesnt seem to be any additional mobilization? The one thing I did like about it was Putin recognized that the families of killed Russian soldiers would be compensated and wounded soldiers would be looked after. That does matter because you would expect any country to respect its soldiers killed in any war

Why? Malc I thought you were opposed to fake news and propaganda? What have the Russians got to celebrate ? Yes it will be covered, despite the shutting down of all independent Russian media houses CNN and other international news channels do still broadcast within Russia so we will get to see the theater of well disciplined Russian troops and well maintained tanks and other military hardware on parade with everything looking good as usual....nothing like the reality of the Russian army but we will get to see it

Thanks for the detailed response, I dont know much about the Canadian political system and your post has raised some questions I would like to get your feedback on about the reality of Canadian politics and how it all works and also some of the issues that Canada has gone through recently. Like that Truckers protest But I will go through your post in detail and get back to you later

Yeah, its called political survival and expediency. Most politicians globally dont want to lose their jobs within their own parties. Welcome to the real world I can understand GOP politicians flipflopping on supporting Trump, I would have done the same if I was Ted Cruz...its just politics But when he fled like a coward to Mexico during the Texas electricity crisis in 2021 that was unforgivable and irrefutably demonstrates his lack of integrity

Witcher 3 is my second favorite RPG of all time. I spent 300 hours playing it and back then I didnt use to use mods, imagine how much time I would have spent if I had mods The only thing I didnt like was my battle with Dettlaff in the Blood and Wine expansion, I couldnt defeat him and stopped trying after 5 hours or so Wormie dont you hate it when the AI in a game cheats and you CANNOT win an end boss fight? I cannot wait for the release of W4

Wow, what a good read that 1945 link Particularly interesting what it means for the Ruskies military campaign and the blowing up of bridges and also the high numbers of casualties amongst their special forces I wonder how this happened? Was it due to hand to hand fighting with Ukrainian soldiers or artillery or something else ?

If you dont mind sharing, why dont you respect the current UK government. Is it because of Partygate ?

Sure but thats why I said predictions, its just a guess

https://news.yahoo.com/russias-victory-day-may-9-190200441.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Tomorrow is a big day for Russia, May 9 and Victory Day Their is a view that Putin will officially declare " war " on Ukraine due to the numerous problems with the overall Russian military strategy So predictions? Will Putin announce changes to Putins War and troop deployment For me it doesnt really matter what he announces, either way the invasion will continue one way or another until Russia retreats or they are defeated militarily

I was joking, thats why I used the

Interesting but not surprising that Ukraine wasnt prepared because their was a well meaning, albeit pointless, attempt by the West to avoid a confrontation with Putin and they influenced Ukraine in certain ways to also not be confrontational. But as we now know Putin a warmonger and a liar and that mistake the West wont make again Im must say Im very disappointed with Spains lack of help towards Ukraine but its not a complete surprise

At least Codex is still going strong, lots of good RPG news and discussions on RPG their

Are you sure you dont hate W3 because its Polish? You mustnt be like that Lexx ....Poland is part of the EU Play W3 again with Mods for a better overall experience, Mods can fix those issues you mentioned

Absolutely, I agree except its not better than W3 ...but apart from that yes

Thats interesting you not completely ideologically behind the Dems anymore If I had to explain my own political views based on the US definition of their politics I agree with things that both the left and right generally stand for at the moment. For example in summary The Democrats : I support LGBT rights, pro-choice and Obamacare but it must be optional for the states to sign-up. It cant be forced The Republicans : I support border and immigration control, I dont support things like defunding the police, I dont support "CRT " and other similar revisionist or selective history that I consider is " anti-white " and I dont support most socialist policies. But most important I dont support any attempt to make the US more isolationist or to end its important role in the funding of institutions like NATO and its historical and important friendship with the EU. What are your political views nowadays and how have they changed?

@Gorth if you have an interest please post that article for Gromnir to read, he blocks my posts so he wouldnt have seen it

So you suggesting until the US addresses inequality and poverty then the rising crime cant be meaningfully dealt with? Please dont take this the wrong way but if you make a career move dont become a politician or mayor in the US

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/04/san-francisco-los-angeles-da-recalls/629701/ Sadly not an expected outcome from how some of the Democratic controlled states have handled the outcomes of BLM and how they have pushed through " reforms " that have just increased crime rates in many places in the US To quote from the article " “It’s almost as if the summer of reckoning in 2020 has never happened,” says Lara Bazelon, a University of San Francisco law professor who serves on a commission Boudin established to review possibly wrongful earlier convictions by his office. “People are happy to be progressive and happy to be anti-racist as long as their bike doesn’t get stolen, or they don’t watch a viral video of a theft at Walgreens. Once that happens, or they feel vulnerable in some way, they throw out the high-minded ideals that made them vote for a reformer.” This type of comment is exactly the problem from this type of liberal perspective, they not interested in understanding the actual problem on the ground and are more about defunding the police and fixing " structural racism " irrespective if crime gets worse No one has ever suggested their shouldn't be accountability or consequence for any policeman that break the law or do what happened to George Floyd. But many people in states like California dont feel safe and I am not surprised if you consider the far left views of district attorneys that are supposed to address crime first and foremost @Gfted1 and @Guard Dog This was a concern we have discussed, now citizens have to deal with the outcomes and you will find most people just wont accept it. I expect to see more of these types of recalls in Democratic states where crime is on the increase ?

I can see from both yours and Gothfuscious posts how nuanced and complicated the question of " support for the EU " is What do you personally think about the EU, would you prefer it to dissolve ?

Okay, time will tell. I stand by the view that the EU is not going collapse and end up as separate countries and it less likely after the invasion of Ukraine But nothing is certain, the greatest risk to the EU is from right-wing and " anti-EU " parties like Le Penn However then its the will of the majority of people and if countries want to leave the EU then thats Democracy and I will accept it But you raise a good question, do people like the EU and want it to continue ? I wonder what our EU forum friends think about that @Elerond, @Azdeus @Pidesco @xzar_monty @Mamoulian War @bugarup@Chilloutman@213374U@Lexx@pmp10and others I may have forgotten What do you guys think, do you believe in the EU or would you prefer it to dissolve ?

https://news.yahoo.com/second-russian-warship-struck-ukraine-203251876.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall I have just seen this story again on Al-Jazeera this time, do we have any confirmation?

Yes it does but then the next stage is for Malc to into more detail by saying something like ..."these tasks include xxxx "