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I agree about the reality and strength of the Cuban health system, people believe they have this strong health system? Maybe in the 1960's-1980's but not anymore. South Africa has this misplaced view we " owe " Cuba for their ideological support of Socialism and the ANC during the Cold War but the Soviets and Cubans only supported liberation movements like the ANC because it was a the Cold War. The Cold War ended 30 years and countries like Cuba and Russia pulled out of Africa decades ago Anyway we have been sending small amounts of students to Cuba to get " medical training" as doctors and we have to pay for it. But when they come back to SA its been found they have to be recertified on several things. So sending people to Cuba when we have our own effective universities that educates students around medicine has been a huge waste of time because the Cuban education system is outdated and under resourced https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2020-04-29-where-are-all-the-south-africans-trained-as-doctors-in-cuba/ Also the virus is running rampant in Cuba, one of the reasons for the current protests, so to look at Cuba as a success of dealing with the virus is a false narrative and inaccurate

My age group 35-49 is allowed to register for vaccines so I have done that, hopefully I get my date for the actual vaccine soon

No I didnt or cant recall, I looked it up and it doesnt ring any bells But I played F3 about 10-12 years ago. What is significant about it ?

Are you one of those gamers who loads the " killing children allowed " mod in RPG 🚸 I generally never kill children unless they possessed or evil, I dont mind annoying game children running around repeating things like in Fable Anniversary ...I just ignore them

So Germany doesnt play a critical and stabilizing role in the continued sustainability of the EU? Are their recent acts all terrible ? And the EU is a huge success and the worlds most successful economic trading block and is a primary destination for millions of people who immigrate from their home countries and want a new life in the EU...so we know the EU is a nice place and if Germany is an important part of that they cant be that bad ....surly ? What am I missing

I know I keep saying this but this game looks excellent...but I am not crazy about the voice overs in the game so far. A game like this must have someone speaking English who is Russian or East European and has an accent like in Metro It makes it realistic and believable, I use to love Artyom's ( metro protagonist ) reflections on his life and journey I am not trying to sound petty and captious but I really dont want to play a game set in Russia with American or UK English accents

Thats not really a reason, why didnt you like it

13th century !!!! Thats amazing, what a long time. Do you know what your family use to do through the years, were they soldiers, blacksmiths , Vikings, reindeer hunters ? I am always interested when people can see what their ancestors did Its easy for people with an ancestry to England to trace their family trees if you want to because the English keep excellent records and preserve family trees. But I have only really been concerned when my family arrived in SA and most of them came with the British army in 1899 to fight the Boers. My great grandfather had 4 brothers and after the Second Boer War (1899-1902 ) 2 brothers stayed and lived in SA and 3 went back to England. So you can see how my family was split from that day on with a UK side and a SA side

Germany was also one of the first countries in the EU to not want harsher sanctions against Russia generally for the last several years of Russia's controversial geopolitics interventions ( assassinations in foreign countries and state sponsored hacking, not REvil which is not state sponsored ) and has pushed back on more punitive measures on Russia on the new US\EU alliance so you can see that they also play the role of moderation But I dont want to make this about Germany, they need to take accountability for this infraction I agree. I also admit I am a huge supporter of the important, positive role that Germany has played in the world since the end of WW2 and the Cold War so I genuinely admire how they have been able to recreate themselves and their influence after the dark days of the Nazis but its not through military hegemony....its economic strength through sustainable and successful polices and work ethos So the most important question which has been unanswered so far is " why does Kosovo want these weapons" ....nothing encourages additional conflicts in parts of the world with a history of conflict than an arms race or similar development

But Elerond their is a history to the region with conflicts and countries like Serbia and Croatia are stable and have sustainable economies and that is important to overall peace in the region Why does Kosovo want these weapons in the first place? How do we know its not with the intention of starting some sort of ethnic conflict and dont you think its provocative for Germany to send weapons to Kosovo ?

I use to think it was time for the US to bury the hatchet with Cuba which is why I supported the initial Obama peace efforts But the people of Cuba didnt benefit from it and still are denied basic human rights. I wish it was over as well but unfortunately its not

This is an incredible breakthrough in the fight against viruses and most importantly Corona What a great link, nice one

Why, they protesting for basic human rights and freedoms that we all enjoy in our Constitutional Democracies Do you not want other countries citizens to be part of the Democratic system? They not burning malls and shops and trying to kill the security forces so I see no need for harsh steps like rubber bullets or water cannons but you never know with failed Socialist autocratic states ....they may just do that, I hope not

The US tried the carrot approach with Cuba with Obama in 2015 and it was predicted by several Republicans that giving the Castros recognition, and lessoning of some sanctions, without seeing concessions and Democratic changes would not make a difference to the oppressive regime It didnt make a difference so the Trump sanctions must stand until their are Democratic changes Biden should be supporting the protestors as they want to see changes and more rights within Cuba. He needs to ignore the socialist element in his party if he wants to be consistent now with the view " Democrats care about freedoms of Democracy and human rights " Its not an unreasonable expectation

You make me laugh, I admire your laconic, truthful and appropriate comments Its an incredible RPG, it was one of the first RPG where I used both realistic and lore friendly adult and non-adult mods I remember in the beginning you can follow a certain path to get to NV town and it was a harrowing and difficult journey where I was chased at the end by a pack of Deathclaws....I let my follower die so I could escape Their are so many exciting quests and areas to explore outside the main quest and so many interesting factions to meet and interact with. And my Mods added some brilliant new creatures and mutants But I can understand why you wouldnt enjoy it if you suffer from any nausea, makes sense and I also would avoid it

What again !!! Gfted1 I cannot belive how you have disappointed twice in 24 hours.....the first time was where you didnt confirm you can create some sort of DIY " spirit trapping " box....now this But its not your fault because Gorthfuscious started this ...this... RPG heresy when he openly admitted " I havent finished F:NV "., remember he did say that. But then he gave a valid reason which normally is very hard to do with this type of behavior. I went back to reread his reason just to be sure and its rock solid....he was moving between countries and I know he really has moved internationally more than most and it can very disruptive and hard to stick to your normal routine when you move. So he gets a pass But what are your reasons for not finishing this game and not getting very far and please go into as much detail as possible ?

Thanks for sharing, Germany needs to explain this and not sell any arms to Kosovo because the question has to be " why does Kosovo require weapons " ?

Was this done illegally or through the normal legitimate buying of weapons that countries are allowed to do? And is your concern with this that this could encourage violence with Serbia? If so I share that concern

Touche, they are human. Thank you for correcting me Gorthfuscious

Again that is not what the article explains, their is no credible evidence because the Congo is a vast, unmapped jungle that is only sparsely populated by remote tribes. Its not like the Loch Ness which has been mapped and is tiny compared to the Congo. Its like the Amazon Jungle where their were tribes discovered that had never interacted with humans before So you cant use an argument we would need to confirm hundreds of them to keep a population alive because we dont have resources to have confirmed this because man has not mapped the entire Congo accurately like the Loch Ness . Its the same as the Coelacanth, it exists and its real but we dont know the exact number because of how rare it it, that doesnt mean it doesnt exist

No need for sarcasm when these things can exist based on science and the evolution of different forms of life in the world , read my link on the Congo

Yes I agree about the specific example of Loch Ness, their arent the resources in the Loch to realistically sustain such a creature. Which is why I framed the point as " like Loch Ness " because this is not the only example of similar sightings throughout the world. For example in the DRC in Africa in the jungles of the Congo people have been talking about a dinosaur like creature sighted for hundreds of years by different people. And this remote area can easily sustain such a beast unlike Loch Ness. Read the link below that discusses this, its very interesting https://www.icr.org/article/search-congo-dinosaur/

I agree that all examples of supernatural phenomena can often be explained and dismissed due to different forms of psychosis or other scientific explanations but this doesnt apply to all examples of this type of phenomena So for example lets take the sightings of Bigfoot and the Yeti. If you follow the science of paleontology and similar sciences you will see that man as we know evolved from a certain subset of a primate like creature ( we didnt technically evolve from monkeys we see nowadays but their are similarities ) Also their were other similar evolutionary tracks throughout the world from primates that died out but we survived to eventually become the humans we are today. Neanderthals for example didnt survive but lived amongst side our ancient ancestors https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/neanderthals-vs-homo-sapiens-different-species-or-subspecies.html But their were several subgroups of potential humans so the reality of Big Foot could be from one of these groups that survived but didnt evolve in the same way. They survive and live in remote areas like the Himalayas and remote places in the USA And why cant that apply to creatures like Loch Ness? We still discover prehistoric creatures that existed 60 million years ago like the Coelacanth that we thought was extinct ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth So I tend to separate Ghost sightings and hauntings which lack any scientific evidence or proven historical existence from the possibility that Big Foot could be real 🐲

What !!!! I thought it was mandatory for all Obsidian forum Moderators to have completed F:NV !!! You cant earn such a high paying salary as a Moderator and not have completed this game, quickly edit your post and delete my post because we dont want you to get fired...we like you

You make me laugh " It was cringe worthy. People running around with shaky-cams trying to recreate the Blair Witch Project atmosphere " Yes I have gathered you are generally an agnostic, basically my entire SA family are agnostic. I am the only Christian\religious person but I believe in evolution as well. I know this sounds like a contraction but its not for me. For example I know the earth is older than 6000 years old and I believe that man originally came from Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago so I dont get into arguments around the facts with people around these topics. But I do believe in most of the New Testament and that Jesus died and was resurrected. I also believe our sins can be forgiven if we work towards real absolution and I definitely believe that we are more than a physical body and a soul or similar thing exists even though I cant prove it ...and I do believe we will get judged when we die and our choices in life will have consequence I know it sounds strange but I am comfortable with this ⛪ Do you believe in things like the Loch Ness and sightings of Big Foot?