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https://apnews.com/article/moldova-elections-eu-referendum-russia-325cb2c13beb1d76565a6e2aadef971a It looks like Moldova is on track to join the EU despite Russian interference in the referendum " With 99.41% of votes counted in the EU referendum held Sunday, the “Yes” vote stood at 50.39% and the “No” vote at 49.61%, according to the Central Electoral Commission. " Very close result but definitely the best outcome for the future of the country

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-north-korea-deserters-meat-assault-1972200 NK soldiers in Kursk are already deserting and they not even in the Russian meatgrinder yet

Im not with you, why would NK soldiers being deployed to Ukraine be about the US response after the election irrespective of who wins ? If Harris wins US aid will continue in the same way, if Trump wins he will try to create a peace deal by offering a carrot or stick for both countries Im not getting how NK soldiers fit into this?

Yes that part I understood but this debate was about NK soldiers being deployed to the current arena in Ukraine and why would Russia need NK soldiers if they had no manpower shortages? We will never know the truth because we will never get confirmation about real Russian losses and its impact on the battlefield

I completed TW2 after about 50 hours As I mentioned previously its a fun RPG and it has some worthwhile mechanics like crafting, skills advancement and a myriad of quests and an open-world to explore with no level scaling . Im not going to mention what I didnt like about it I enjoyed and was surprised how the narrative ended ...I was hoping to Romance the prophetess I spent about 2-3 hours on the final battle, I dont like those kind of end boss battles where you have to adopt a different strategy to normal combat But its a good Eurojank RPG and definitely worth playing It gets a well deserved 65\100 on the globally respected " BruceVC game rating system " I then played another Fighting Fantasy PC game, The Citadel of Chaos and it was another fantastic nostalgic sojourn back into the world of " choose your own adventure ". It was just quick, I finished it in 4 hours I decided to play a DLC for TW2,Call of the Tenebrae. It has similar mechanics to the OC but it improves on some things and is higher level

Im not sure what your point is? Are you saying that Russia doesnt have military resource and manpower shortages and they not getting these resources from the likes of Iran and NK? Or are you saying they are accepting NK boots on the ground but its not because of manpower shortages? Or are you saying something else ?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote Some early voting in around mail-in and early voting Dems are ahead overall but the swing states that matter are mixed with GOP ahead in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada and the Dems ahead in Wisconsin , North Carolina (barely )Michigan and Pennsylvania And this will change but its an interesting first glance

Its not really a surprise, with the massive amount of troops and resources that Russia has lost in Ukraine it was almost inevitable We already know about the military aid countries like Iran and NK are providing Russia for the same reason but Russia has a serious manpower issue. The Russian casualties are clearly much higher than we have been told and Russian\Vatnik propaganda reports on Surly Western\NATO can send troops for the same reasons but I doubt they will because troops on the ground are different to military advisors and you wont find NATO consensus for that?

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-leader-yahya-sinwar-killed-2024-10-18/ Hamas has admitted he is dead and was killed in combat No need for the jokes around " him being killed ages ago and kept frozen" This is a depressing thread and the injection of humour is appreciated but lets focus on the reality of the war

You think he was killed ages ago and he has been kept in a freezer so the Israelis at some stage could declare him killed and that would somehow make any difference to global sentiment about this war I assume you joking , good one. You made me laugh

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-824901 @Gfted1 Here are some details around how Mossad was able to implement the pager attack on Hezbollah Very interesting

Your cat sounds cute, can you post some photos? I love cats with real personalities

Sure but I was pointing out the obvious failures of the UN resolution that both UNIFIL and the Lebanese military failed spectacularly to do over the last 18 years If the UN resolution had been implemented Hezbollah would just be a political party and they wouldnt be able to fire rockets into Israel And Israel wouldnt have launched another military campaign into Lebanon. A UN agreement was reached in 2006 to end that war and that agreement should have been acted on to avoid future wars There is no point having UN resolutions like this if you ignore something as fundamental as " that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of 27 July 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State "

Im not sure why the UN hasnt withdrawn this military mission from Lebanon, the UN has examples of failed military missions but 1701 must be there greatest failure One of the agreed on mandates was disarming Hezbollah but I dont think they have ever made any attempt to enforce this? http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/1701 "Calls for Israel and Lebanon to support a permanent ceasefire and a longterm solution based on the following principles and elements: – full respect for the Blue Line by both parties; - security arrangements to prevent the resumption of hostilities, including the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL as authorized in paragraph 11, deployed in this area; – full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of 27 July 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State " Not only was this never done by UNIFIL but Hezbollah was allowed to restock and build up its military resources

I played two PC Fighting Fantasy books, House of Hell and Forest of Doom Very nostalgic and worthwhile experience and reminded me of the incredible time when I was kid and we didnt have a PC so books and Tabletop games was how we played fantasy games I bought 3 more to play later I decided to play Two Worlds 2, its fun. It has some unusual designs and mechanics but its a cheesy and entertaining RPG, its not complex but its fun

Its an usual mechanic that true, Im not sure how practical it is I like the concept of a UI so you can see stats and information easily

https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/pc/elder-scrolls-6-rival-bigger-skyrim-free-248247-20241007 This games map is 5 x bigger than Skyrim and was created by a former Bethesda developer It seems to have some interesting mechanics, @Wormerine wormie what do you think? Day 1 purchase? " Hunt nightmarish monsters from ancient folklore in a mysterious open world, collecting their enhanced sense powers and discovering elemental arrows. Beware, the hunter is also the hunted,” teases the synopsis. It’s essentially a first-person open world action-adventure with a good dashing of horror thrown in there for good measure too. Rather uniquely, the UI exists within the game world so, for example, you’ll actually need to glance down at your quiver to see how many arrows you have left. Tattoos on your hand reveal your health and active powers, while symbols on your bow reveal your noise levels which are important to keep an eye on if you don’t want to alert nearby predators as to your whereabouts. "

Wow that looks excellent, you talk about an interesting moral and legal conundrum The right thing to do is remove himself from jury duty and admit he could have accidently killed her?

That is interesting and it makes it more realistic but realism for the reasons you mention wasnt why the cast was so young https://movieweb.com/the-dark-reason-why-the-cast-of-alien-romulus-is-so-young/#:~:text=Speaking with Variety ahead of,with audiences when they die. " Speaking with Variety ahead of Romulus’ premiere on August 16, Álvarez revealed that the reason he chose such a young cast for the movie was because it would resonate more with audiences when they die. He says it’s much harder to stomach watching someone who is in their prime get ripped to pieces, compared to someone who has already lived a full life." Previous Alien movies didnt intentionally have a young cast for this reason It was a realistic mix of ages that made sense around there roles and lived experience and what they knew

I started watching Romulus but I stopped after 20 minutes I couldnt watch a movie where the entire crew are so young and they suppose to represent colonists, you have to some level of institutional experience to be a colonist or scavenger which requires lived experience. They should have included some older crew with the younger crew to make it believable I was reading the reason the crew were so young was because the director felt it would make there deaths more emotional and jarring, it has more impact in a horror to see young people getting killed than older people. Apparently its quite good but I couldnt watch it I also watched the new Salems Lot Its worthwhile, its not excellent but it has some good parts to it even though it feels rushed It changes the narrative in several ways compared to the 2 other Salems Lot movies and the movies are always different to the book which is the best way to understand the story. But books are generally always better

I played Kenshi for 100 hours but then I decided to stop. The reason for this is I am not really into building cities and simulation games And a huge part of the point and design of Kenshi is building a city and all the mechanics around this I really enjoyed what I played, I explored large parts of the game and completed several bounties and I raised my melee skills to 55-65 for most of my party But end of the day if you not going to build a city then the exploring becomes monotonous and so does the scavenging for items because the ruins are all more or less the same . I ended up with 500K Cats but nothing to really spend it on because I had already bought or found most of the best equipment Its not fair for me to give this game the very popular and globally influential " BruceVC game score " because if you not going to embrace and participate in the core design of the game then you cant objectively rate the game. It would be like playing a Fallout or Elder Scrolls game and saying " I dont play games where you have to explore " In summary, great game for what its designed to be but end of the day its not for me. But I dont regret playing it at all

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base There are several sources about the "real damage " done for those interested, the IDF cannot control or censor this type of analysis especially when its gained through satellite images What Im disputing is the suggestion that something like a whole building or apartment was destroyed in Tel Aviv or another town and somehow the IDF could keep that secret

" a killer pumpkin " It looks very entertaining but its my type of series, horror and supernatural must be scary

So Turkmenistan is a real country, I always thought it was made up by Borat like Kazakhstan? This is another example of how you can learn new things on forums

Okay but we werent talking about if Trump is a liar This debate is about Project 2025 and does it align with Trumps policies that he wants to implement Are you saying you believe Trump will in fact implement a Federal ban on abortion if he wins the election? Im not sure if you aware but his wife, Melania, is openly pro-choice but respects pro-life views https://www.axios.com/2024/10/02/melania-trump-abortion-rights-memoir " What she's saying: In her first memoir, set to be released Tuesday, Melania Trump wrote that it's "imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children, based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government," per The Guardian. "Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?" she questioned. "A woman's fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes." "Restricting a woman's right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life," the former first lady continued. "The slogan 'My Body, My Choice' is typically associated with women activists and those who align with the pro-choice side of the debate," she added. "But if you really think about it, 'My Body, My Choice' applies to both sides — a woman's right to make an independent decision involving her own body, including the right to choose life. Personal freedom."