Mamoulian War Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 Analysis of Russian fortifications around Tokmak, one of the directions, where people are predicting the UA offensive might unfold. 2 Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) Reveal hidden contents 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours
Gfted1 Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 Not even any SS-25's? I has a sad. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
BruceVC Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/9/pentagon-ukraine-used-us-made-patriot-down-russian/ Further confirmation of the US Patriot system shooting down the Ruskie hypersonic missile 1 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
xzar_monty Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) On 5/9/2023 at 8:34 PM, Zoraptor said: Not really much of a Goldilocks zone for the Russians, they're either militaristic goons thumping their chests and threatening the peaceful west by displaying too much hardware in a parade, or, they're pathetic wieners who can't put a decent parade together to save themselves. Expand While I agree there's plenty of exaggeration and poor discussion around, I would argue that that kind of hyperbole doesn't really improve the quality, either: you're just sinking into the same morass yourself. I haven't seen anyone put forth either the first or the second part of what you describe. Edited May 10, 2023 by xzar_monty 1
Zoraptor Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 Yeah, nah. If you'd said it was ironic me snarking at Oryx for snarking at the parade it would have been fair enough as there's a fair bit of irony there. Not really so for that part though since the reactions actually are that binary. It's not even that much of an exaggeration in terms of language used.
bugarup Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 8:34 PM, Zoraptor said: Not really much of a Goldilocks zone for the Russians, they're either militaristic goons thumping their chests and threatening the peaceful west by displaying too much hardware in a parade, or, they're pathetic wieners who can't put a decent parade together to save themselves. Expand That's because both are true. This year's ghoulfest might've been subdued and half-arsed, while previous ones were overly pompous and blowhardy, with slogans "We can do it again!" and such. Mind you, did anyone spot "We can do it again!" this year? Would've been particularly funny. Anyway, fingers crossed that everyone and their dog keeps mocking russia for anything and everything, because if there's one thing tyrannies hate with a passion, it's being laughed at. 4
xzar_monty Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 Speaking of possible health concerns: (unlike others), Lukasenka was in civilian clothes in Russia, was not able to walk 300 meters, had some kind of bandage on his arm, skipped the bosses' lunch and did not deliver his own usual speech after returning to Belarus. Whether this truly signals something, I don't know. The future of Belarus is interesting nevertheless, with Lukasenka aging and the country falling even more clearly under Russian rule, what with the new deal with nukes and all that.
xzar_monty Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 10:45 AM, bugarup said: Anyway, fingers crossed that everyone and their dog keeps mocking russia for anything and everything, because if there's one thing tyrannies hate with a passion, it's being laughed at. Expand Ancient political wisdom will tell you, though, that for a ruler, it's actually rather safe to be laughed at by the people. This way, the people are much less likely to revolt, as they will regard themselves as being somehow above the ruler who is a fool. (I don't remember what Machiavelli said about laughter, if anything. I do know what he said about fear and love.) But yes, the reaction of tyrannies to laugher is a different matter.
Malcador Posted May 10, 2023 Author Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 9:26 PM, Mamoulian War said: If you are wondering, why Khabarovsk and Vladivostok might get the best of the best parades, maybe we should look how far it is from Ukraine, and how close it is to China, who definitely would like to resolve its claims on Manchuria Expand Yes, that must be it. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1656256203432013824?t=m1g0FlfbIOn1UPBRppQMsQ&s=19 Guess MoD and Wagner are feuding. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
kanisatha Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 10:52 AM, xzar_monty said: The future of Belarus is interesting nevertheless Expand It has no future. It will be fully absorbed into Russia before the end of this decade. 2
Gorth Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 10:52 AM, xzar_monty said: Speaking of possible health concerns: (unlike others), Lukasenka was in civilian clothes in Russia, was not able to walk 300 meters, had some kind of bandage on his arm, skipped the bosses' lunch and did not deliver his own usual speech after returning to Belarus. Whether this truly signals something, I don't know. The future of Belarus is interesting nevertheless, with Lukasenka aging and the country falling even more clearly under Russian rule, what with the new deal with nukes and all that. Expand That sounds like a bad case of polonium poisoning... time to stay away from windows (and upper floors in general)? Last step before Belarus "comes home"? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
HoonDing Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 Why is that Nazi scumbag Biletsky still alive? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
BruceVC Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 2:10 PM, kanisatha said: It has no future. It will be fully absorbed into Russia before the end of this decade. Expand Geez thats a depressing thought for the people of Belarus "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Mamoulian War Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 12:28 PM, Malcador said: Yes, that must be it. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1656256203432013824?t=m1g0FlfbIOn1UPBRppQMsQ&s=19 Guess MoD and Wagner are feuding. Expand This one is pretty interesting watch, which tries to shed more light into the competition between various military factions. 1 Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) Reveal hidden contents 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours
BruceVC Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-closer-nato-ukraine-war-another-putin-own-goal-2023-5 Even Japan now wants to join NATO, another example of Putin's failure with the invasion to "prevent " NATO expansion "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Gorth Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 For added excitement, why doesn't Nato offer Taiwan membership of the club? I know it's slightly tangential, but one of the Youtube channels I watch regularly (they usually did history/historic battles like War of the Roses, WWI, The Punic Wars etc.) has been making a series of videos where the Ukraine war gets covered in the same style as the historical documentaries. If curious, check out Kings and Generals on Youtube. 2 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
xzar_monty Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) On 5/10/2023 at 2:10 PM, kanisatha said: It has no future. It will be fully absorbed into Russia before the end of this decade. Expand There's no question that that is one possible scenario, but with the current Russia, I wouldn't make any predictions that go that far. EDIT: Sheesh, Gerhard Schröder was celebrating Victory Day in the Russian embassy in Berlin. Oh dear. Edited May 11, 2023 by xzar_monty
Gorth Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 7:03 AM, xzar_monty said: There's no question that that is one possible scenario, but with the current Russia, I wouldn't make any predictions that go that far. EDIT: Sheesh, Gerhard Schröder was celebrating Victory Day in the Russian embassy in Berlin. Oh dear. Expand Wouldn't it be a weird world if Moscow ended up with German peacekeeper forces patrolling the streets in a collapsed Russian Federation? 1 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
BruceVC Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65550427 A really informative interview about the Ukrainian planned offensive from Zelensky 1 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Malcador Posted May 11, 2023 Author Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 8:20 AM, BruceVC said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65550427 A really informative interview about the Ukrainian planned offensive from Zelensky Expand Seems like the usual. At least no whining for more free stuff. UK is sending Storm Shadows, guess that meets their long distance needs. Maybe this is a trial before the US sends the ATACMS ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
HoonDing Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 Ukraine will attack only in Season 4. 1 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Mamoulian War Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 12:37 PM, Malcador said: Seems like the usual. At least no whining for more free stuff. UK is sending Storm Shadows, guess that meets their long distance needs. Maybe this is a trial before the US sends the ATACMS ? Expand 2 Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) Reveal hidden contents 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours
Malcador Posted May 11, 2023 Author Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 2:44 PM, HoonDing said: Ukraine will attack only in Season 4. Expand Looks it started early, maybe ? Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
kanisatha Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 7:03 AM, xzar_monty said: There's no question that that is one possible scenario, but with the current Russia, I wouldn't make any predictions that go that far. Expand https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-strategy-document-230035184.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAxet4LIxuvF8daGVL25xrQOh2eFTNvz2adU9oXvrFkPomK_-H4MMvPP0Ia82xWTmOFWNR3n0Yl3GS7cI2XKBLTvhxbj5C62vPfyDbsxUpBexBZL0SegWMfIacowyisjecDImBjaQUNqTERlclGar_-KSs5dF61L2xl83sq-pEJq
BruceVC Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/south-africa-rand-dollar-arm-sales-russia-ukraine-sanctions-brics-2023-5 Another SA potential inconsistency around our foreign policy statements and actions. Last year December a Russian ship was seen docking at night and certain goods were seen being loaded into the ship SA civilians filmed this and at the time many questions were asked about what was the ship doing at night and what was being loaded on the ship The US made a convincing allegation yesterday that weapons were being loaded and SA is implicated in selling weapons to Russia Several points from my side but this event is very concerning government started an investigation apparently but that was 6 months ago, whats taking so long SA has claimed since the war started that SA is " neutral and non-aligned " and believes in peace. If this allegation is true then government has been lying to South Africans and we are definitely not neutral We dont know who from government was involved and who authorised it, it could just be a few people in our military institutions and not necessarily the president The president has authorised an independent inquiry with a retired judge so that should get to bottom of this ostensibly disgraceful behavior If it is true its a serious indictment on the Russian capacity around ammunitions and weapons if they need military aid from the likes of SA "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
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