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That was sarcasm, right? (if not, look up the honest government ads for timor leste or west papua on youtube) As for the Solomon Islands, nothing a special military operation couldn't fix. Like putting a western friendly government in power (supported by Australian troops peacekeepers). It's not like corruption would be a novelty for the politicians in Honiara

Based on precedent, the latter is the most likely outcome. Using Ukraine as a proxy to whittle down Russia's military strength while being busy taking notes from the first non-asymmetrical war in a life time (and check how well their expensive hardware and works in a real war situation). Then drop it faster than the Kurds, when the war is over and of no practical use. Edit: Talking about government, not the people of those countries...

True... I do tend to think of anyone younger than mid thirties as "girls". Not sure I thought in those terms when I met them back in time (and there was less or no age gap). I probably just thought of them as xyz (insert name here)

To be fair, it wasn't the anchor who thought that (I watched the video), but whatever producer was responsible for what gets shown on the screen in the background behind her. True, the location is sort of in the name

Which is weird really. But those are very male dominated professions. It used to be the same with software developers. When I did Computer Science at university, there were like 5% female participation (like 7 out of a class of 140, I know, my math sucks, but a decent approximation). Which is quite depressing considering that 2 out of the 3 best, sharpest and most competent developers I've ever worked together with were girls.

It’s Florida… those math books probably contained commie blasphemy. Statements like x=y implying equality or similar socialist propaganda

Can I indict Ukraine for crimes against humanity?... at least crimes against good taste!!!

So much potential for Zombie memes though

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Right now the conservatives are coming for the LGBT community...

Going to watch A Silent Voice next...

I sense a market opportunity for jars of leeches...

It's probably safer for those people to burn those books on large pyres... you know, just to be sure?

In the twenty first century, there is only special military operations... continued from previous thread

In the twenty first century, there is only war...

Those Saab NLAW's works differently from traditional armour piercing ammunition as far as I understand it. It's not the missile that hits the armour, it flies above the tank and explodes in the air above the tank. There's less reactive armour on top of the tank compared to the front and sides (and probably even less so on top of the turret). Not sure how effective reactive armour is anyway when it's the air burst explosion hitting the armour, rather then a projectile/missile?

I don't think it's fair to compare anything to Kurosawa

"Glass Cannon"? Mind you, I don't know much about Soviet ship design other than their subs tend to either implode and sink without outside interference or get stuck on Swedish coastal reefs (Whisky on the Rocks) or that aircraft carrier that got sold to China as "floating casino"

To open or not to open?...

Tangentially related, but I saw an interesting video a couple of days ago explaining why the Russian tanks seems to blow up with the same eagerness as English WWI battlecruisers at Jutland... All the ammo is stored in the same compartment as the crew, whereas western tanks (he used the Abrams as an example) has an armoured separation between crew and ammo, and the ammo room is designed to allow explosions to be dissipated away from the crew. The tank may still be a total loss, but the crew survival rates are just a lot higher. If a T72 takes a hit, the explosion is contained within the crew compartment, no survival chance for the crew. Edit: Notice in one of the early videos shown, how the crews are willing to run through and get gunned down by machine gun fire, rather than stay inside their tanks.

The Vatican is surprisingly young... (founded 1929). It's predecessor, The Papal State was dissolved in 1870 (founded in 700 something, not that long before Charlamagne ruled the Franks and became best buddies with the Pope)

OMG... I've been there too Send in the search and rescue team indeed!

For all his other failings, Putin is a devout Orthodox Christian, bowing to the Patriarch. Even if he had deposed of the Patriarch and declared himself the head of the Orthodox Church (at least inside Russia), Henry VIII has him beat by almost 500 years.... when he declared himself head of the Church of England.

I suppose people call the US a republic because the people are not actually electing their leaders, but their representatives (and the representatives then appoint leaders for the people)? A question better asked of US citizens I guess, they would know better than I.

How about giving England credit where credit is due? While Magna Carta (1215) wasn't democracy in the 21'st century meaning of the word (that's another debate, what people think it means), it was one of the first steps towards forcing a delegation of power from a single individual to a group of people in the western world (not that any of those barons were elected by their serfs mind you).

I'll probably watch Ergo Proxy again first, but I bookmarked the links, so they are on my "check them out" list