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1041  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 19, 2023, 01:16:55 AM
^^^ Powell is an attorney. She knows the law attorney-style, because that was the way she was trained. But attorney-ism is only one slice of the pie, and he judges understand this.

CORPUS JURIS SECUNDUM (CJS) is the second major law encyclopedia in the US. It is rather public, and can be found in all law libraries of significance, and many regular libraries. Take a look at what you do when you hire an attorney to fight for you in a legal case - https://www.youarelaw.org/Download/CorpusJurisSecundum-AttorneyClient.pdf.

The essence of the several CJS court and legal sites shown at the above website is, when you become the client of an attorney, you become a ward of the court. This means that you don't have any standing to do or say anything that the court doesn't want you to say... your attorneys are under the jurisdiction of the judge, who can disbar them if they don't obey his orders.. So, since Powell hired attorneys to represent her, she doesn't have the right to do anything other than what the court tells her to do.

It's as simple as that. And it is the same for Trump except for one thing. The judges and courts don't have any authority to interfere with a person running for the office of the Presidency. In Trump's case, the trial is a sham until after the 2024 elections, or after the end of his term if he wins. He knows it and they know it.

Cool

False, being a ward of the court does not mean anything like that. You are way out of your understanding of legal maters. You do have the right to say whatever you want when asked.

Judges are not interfering with Trump running for candidate, they are judging him for more than 50 felonies. It is such an stupid argument -  all any criminal would need to do is run for office and be free of being processed.
1042  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 18, 2023, 04:32:55 PM
Unfortunately, it seems that Ruzzia is massing troops to attack in Vulhedar direction. Last time they tried, the loss of tanks and mechanised means was above anything seen to that date, so there may be two cases: they will try to meat-wave it or they will try to do the same thing with likely the same results. We will see how this turns out in a few weeks.
1043  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 18, 2023, 01:39:55 PM
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Only 41% support sending weapons to Ukraine (you can imagine the spread between democrats and republicans).
Reuters/Ipsos poll November 15, 2023:
41% of people answering the poll said they backed sending weapons to Ukraine in its fight against a nearly 21-month-old Russian invasion, compared to 32% who were opposed and the rest unsure. When it came to Ukraine, support for sending weapons was stronger among Democrats.

Even if US politicians approve more funding to Ukraine for another month or two (as i fully expect) what will happen after that when population just doesn't support it? Any example in history you can think of where with time support for funding war in US grew? But even if we assume the current president and his party just decides to totally ignore the will of the people, what do you think will happen on the election day in 12months?

Well then I guess you have to put your hopes in a Republican win, because if let's say - just as approximation exercise - all Republicans are against sending support then around 80% of democrats are in favour to get to around a 40% total... Looks to me like a democrat government would continue sending aid. To be honest, a Republican government may easily find a excuse to keep up the support to some extent.

About the republican win, Trump is a possible winner, however there is an Elephant in the room - he is undergoing several trials (more info below, there is a thread in the forum for this, so I am only mentioning the basics to avoid off-topic walltexts by you-know-who.

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2 felony counts (including one conspiracy count) of obstructing an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512 | 1 felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371 | 1 felony count of conspiracy against rights under 18 U.S.C. § 241

Many of Trump supporters and donors are really trying very hard to ignore this - even on the grounds that Trump can "pardon himself". This is far from being a certainty, it is more in the area of wishful thinking.

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list/#:~:text=Former%20President%20Donald%20Trump%20has,impeding%20efforts%20to%20retrieve%20them.

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... In New York, he faces 34 felony counts in connection with hush money payments to a porn star. In Florida, he faces 40 felony counts for hoarding classified documents and impeding efforts to retrieve them. In Washington, D.C., he faces four felony counts for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And in Georgia, he faces 13 felony counts for his election interference in that state.

Now the Republicans, could present another candidate last minute or try another coup-d'etat, but again, this is all but unclear. Since you like the polls, you may also like this one:

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This mixed bag is hardly catastrophic for Trump. But if he is convicted of a felony, the polling suggests it would be very bad for him. A Quinnipiac poll back in August found that 68 percent of people think someone convicted of a felony shouldn’t be eligible to be president. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that that 45 percent of Republicans say they wouldn’t vote for him if he were convicted of a felony by a jury.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/09/trump-legal-troubles-2024-campaign-column-00126180

With the country so divided, a felony conviction may be all it is needed. And looks likely.



1044  Economy / Gambling / Re: what are the best crypto casinos! on: November 17, 2023, 07:03:35 PM
There is much discussion about BC.GAME scam cases like this one beside the team is not answering yet, and numerous users who have topics lists, and discussions about casinos have recently removed this casino from their lists. Beside the new negative and neutral tags that the casino's main Bitcointalk profile received about the scam thing. If the casino is confirmed to be a scam then logically it would be restricted to promote anything about the casino.

So I think it is advisable to remove it from this list of best crypto casinos, as mentioned by the OP of this topic.
I think the person that is in charge of the thread can remove BC.Game from the list since we are nit still sure if the casino would come back live again just like the way it was operating before. It is very surprising to see a casino that is known to have a good reputation and being reliable for a long time and suddenly customers are not getting reply from the team because of their quietness and the halt in there operation. I just hope everything will come back to normal and every other issues that is making the team not respond to customers would be solved as soon as possible.

I reminds me of the crypto exchanges back when the shitcoins were all over the place and all ICOs were kind of succesfull no mater how crappy the team and even sometimes with full sets of fake members like the famous "penis" exit scam of the Symmetry fund and others like that. I do not see why casinos cannot be different you know, it is just human stuff.
1045  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 17, 2023, 11:02:10 AM

I have seen it and I agree. We should end up magical thinking a be much more practical about putting the right tools in Ukrainian hands, not for a "defeat" whatever that means to you, but for a durable peace - which is a win in fact.  

I hope the US understands well that the cost of containment is higher that providing what is needed here and now: The more you remove the high-tech difficult to replace equipment, have the black sea fleet reduced and in clear understanding of the vulnerabilities, Polish and Ukrainian shipyards closed and hopefully next year some kills of difficult to replace Ruzzi-Air assets, the cheaper will the "containment" stage be... who know, maybe the containment will eventually become the "disintegration" and "de-Putinification" phase.

A durable peace requires that the price to pay to attack Ukraine is well understood and exceeds any possible gain or strategic benefit. That requires an Ukraine with sharp teeth and pointy spikes. I am ok with the current self-demilitarisation of Ruzzia. I wish I could be done without de-populating also, but it seems that the pyschos in the army insist in putting the Ruzzi soldiers in front of the tank, to protect it.

For the next year, Ukraine will be testing the F-16, which in itself is not much of a novelty, but it is perfect for carrying air-to-airs. Even a limited supply of Meteor missiles would cause irreplaceable loses to the Ruzzi "Aerospatial" forces. Step by step if need be.

Have you seen the fireworks at Volgograd?

https://t.me/in_factum/19616
1046  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 17, 2023, 01:42:37 AM
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Enough of the fakes   Angry https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine/location?secret=unhcrrestricted as of 31 December 2022 1.275.315 refugees from Ukraine went to Russia. We've already been through this, so you're well aware and can't claim ignorance, yet you continue to post fakes and pictures with some pretty colors. Stop it already Angry



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Really? You speaking of fakes??? The king of the walltexting and irrelevance? Please enlighten us, where did Ukrainians fled?

Because your map shows how Ruzzia says that lots of Ukrainian fled there, it is there in your own source when you bother to read (what international observation do you think that has? do you think that Ruzzia may... you know... have some incentives to "record in an imaginative way" the number of Ukrainians in Ruzzia and Beloruzzia?

This is what your own source says about the information provided:

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Statistics are compiled mainly from data provided by authorities. For statistical purposes, UNHCR uses the term refugees generically, referring to all individuals having left Ukraine due to the war. UNHCR’s means of verification and level of access to refugees from Ukraine varies by country.
- TRANSLATION: do not believe shit of what comes from Ruzzia, but we cannot say that openly.
[...]


Look up which country has the largest Ukrainian diaspora, with which country Ukrainians had the most transnational marriages, look at the dates on your picture (only one week! Feb. 24 - Mar. 3), finally look at the following
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312584/ukrainian-refugees-by-country/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60555472
So stop spreading fakes!

Saying fake does not make it fake. You stated that I gave wrong information on the destination of Ukrainian refugees, you based you accusation on a report that clearly states that the data is given by the countries - Ruzzia giving data about Ukrainians in Ruzzia. Hail to the king of oversized pictures, meaningless walltext and random accusations - and it is not the first time.. more like it is everytime you write

And now you move the goalposts to say something completely different - that there are many Ukrainians living in Ruzzia. Sorry you cannot escape your own shit this time: you are a declared troll and a shame for your handlers in the trollfarm.

Seriously, try Tweeter (now X) they are super happy to have people like you.



https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-60652914&psig=AOvVaw2kwa2SWzxRpWsyBaf_Ow3o&ust=1700271783887000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjhxqFwoTCPDjyY_0yYIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

Even the sources that give some credit to Ruzzia's data still declare more refugees going elsewhere:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-ukrainian-refugee-destinations/




1047  Other / Politics & Society / Xi Jinping & Biden meetup on: November 17, 2023, 01:32:05 AM
It seems that they have at least been able to send out reasonably pacific communicates, but nothing like a major line of common progress other than we understand each other and we agree we should not try to kill each other... just yet.

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China severed military-to-military contacts with the U.S. after then-House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited democratically governed but Chinese-claimed Taiwan in August 2022. Restoring the contacts is a top U.S. goal to avoid miscalculations between the two militaries.

I wonder what has happened in the backroom. Biden came out very serious and Xi did not ask for an Uber to the nearest brothel, so none of them seemed happy about the conversations held. Perhaps Xi is thinking on where will he now export the Fentanil precursors... (pleeease let it be Ruzziaaaa, the troops could benefit from it and the people would believe the propaganda much better).

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The two sides also agreed to set up a counter-narcotics working group. Beijing has said it will curb the export of chemicals used to make fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has sparked a deadly drug epidemic in the US.

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“Planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed,” Xi said.

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Asked by reporters how the talks went, Biden responded “well”
And now we know you are lying...
 Roll Eyes

Jokes apart, there have been several cases along history in which a powerful nation is no longer the most powerful nation. It tends to end in a massive conflict, but lets hope this time is different given the stakes.


https://www.ft.com/content/580731f6-8500-4a94-b49c-217a1c95da4c
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/veiled-swipe-china-blinken-tells-apec-us-believes-free-region-2023-11-14/
1048  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 17, 2023, 12:16:33 AM
There is definitely something happening neat the dnipro. I mean something that is not Ruzzis shelling a hospital and randomly killing civilians.


Yes...Ukraine is bringing light infantry over, without artillery and tank support, and Russians are massacring them
Gallipoli style

Quote of the day:

John Kirby: “You can't start planning for long-term support if you're at the end of your rope.  And in financing Ukraine we are coming to the end of the rope.  
Today we announced $200 million and we will continue to help Ukraine as much as we can, but it won’t be indefinitely.”

Sure... that must be it. Nothing to worry about then.

Oh... yes please, just place your hopes in the rope not being long enough and on Kirby saying the truth instead of something politically convenient. This is a list of people that were also counting on the US an NATO running out of rope. Somehow it turned out that the rope was long long long... and enough to hang them all.

Are you implying that Kirby lied? Grin

These are damn hard times for Ukraine, Congress voted for a temporary budget to avoid a shutdown, the Senate supported it, which means Biden will sign it too. Now the next moment when it will be possible to even simply raise the issue of allocating US money to Ukraine will come no earlier than in two months. Meanwhile, Russia entered Avdeevka from the north and south simultaneously. Are you still concerned about the situation near the Dnieper?

Are you implying that I am implying?

Look, we agree on this one, these are very hard times for Ukraine an this is the moment that will define if the US is a trustable ally that can hold their ground on foreign politics at least for once. The US walked on many in the past, but there's no way the US reputation as a nation of power is undone if they decide to back-off.  The US choice, but choices have long term consequences and costs.

I am not concerned about the situation in the dnieper, why should I?

Ruzzia has not entered Avdiivka yet, however the most interesting spot of Avdiivka is not in the ruins, but in the heights and in fortifications. I wonder how many Ruzzian soldiers and equipment may die to get a foothold in Zenit.

Avdiivka is not under Ruzzian control, but it is obvious that if the psychos decide to "spend" 50.000 soldiers lives and another 300 tanks there, they might take it.
1049  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 16, 2023, 04:12:56 PM
There is definitely something happening neat the dnipro. I mean something that is not Ruzzis shelling a hospital and randomly killing civilians.


Yes...Ukraine is bringing light infantry over, without artillery and tank support, and Russians are massacring them
Gallipoli style

Quote of the day:

John Kirby: “You can't start planning for long-term support if you're at the end of your rope.  And in financing Ukraine we are coming to the end of the rope.  
Today we announced $200 million and we will continue to help Ukraine as much as we can, but it won’t be indefinitely.”

Sure... that must be it. Nothing to worry about then.

Oh... yes please, just place your hopes in the rope not being long enough and on Kirby saying the truth instead of something politically convenient. This is a list of people that were also counting on the US an NATO running out of rope. Somehow it turned out that the rope was long long long... and enough to hang them all.

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   Georgy Malenkov, Nikolay Shvernik, Kliment Voroshilov, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Kliment Voroshilov, Leonid Brezhnev, Anastas Mikoyan   Khrushchev   Alexei Kosygin, .... Nikolai Tikhonov   Anastas Mikoyan,...

BTW, have you got any serious link that or is one of those, you know,... those things you sometimes say here and there...
For BA, who does not get it, these are the Premiers of the USSR. There was rope a plenty an propaganda eventually catches up with reality.
1050  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 16, 2023, 01:18:49 AM
There is definitely something happening neat the dnipro. I mean something that is not Ruzzis shelling a hospital and randomly killing civilians.
1051  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can a gambler be a good bitcoin trader? on: November 15, 2023, 11:45:59 PM
To trade successfully you need to have a very cool head and it is not an enjoyable activity like gambling because it may lead to much self-confidence which is not advisable.  I am not sure all gamblers fit into the definition of a good trader in that sense, but some of them, those who play poker or games of less chance may have the right attitude to learn and be successful in trading.
1052  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What percentage of bitcoin investors are gamblers ? on: November 15, 2023, 11:32:51 PM
I think that people in crypto are in general people who are able to take risks which is one of the characteristics of gambling people. Those that joined crypto very early are particularly good at judging risk, but at the same time good at creating gambling opportunities. But then there is all that people that use crypto for illegal purposes and launder it gambling.
1053  Economy / Gambling / Re: The most liquid companies in the gambling industry on: November 15, 2023, 11:26:32 PM

We use casinos based on trust and not by rating from diverse bodies or websites. Even some of these reports might also be faulty because the process of gathering these data might not be reliable or valid. We shouldn't also forget that these casinos can also give researchers fake data just to deceive customers. Gamblers should always stake only what they can afford to lose and should always use casinos in the forum. This is because you will have genuine feedback about casinos that is present here.
The issue of trust in sources of information regarding the reliability of any casino unfaamiliar to you is naturally one of the most important issues when a player decides that he wants to play in this particular casino.  In this process, players can easily rely on the information that is provided in the topics of the corresponding casinos on our forum.  I would even put the objectivity of player reviews in the relevant topics of a particular casino on the forum in first place compared to other information platforms.

 Another important question, naturally, is the question of how exactly a player makes the final decision to trust a particular casino and confidently deposits a lot of money in such a casino.  In this matter, every player, I think, has some kind of boundary that he crosses and no longer even thinks about the fact that the reliability of the casino may not be as high as it seemed to him.  All this also depends on what psychotype this player has and how prone he is to risky behavior.

Liquidity is important to be honest because it is not to be liked when you have made honest earnings - sometimes happens you know - and you really need to have it back for any imperious need. It can be really annoying to have to wait, and that can very well be caused because a site is not liquid enough so they will just put excuses to not allowing the withdrawal right that moment.
1054  Other / Politics & Society / Re: [POLL] Do you eat tacos on Taco Tuesday? on: November 15, 2023, 11:17:47 PM
Taco tuesday... I guess just another "San Valentine", "Xtmas", "Birthay", "Black Friday", like if people needed any more reasons to consume in excess and waste their money and their health. But, now that you say it, I think I actually did eat a crappy Chipotle Mexican Grill taco on Tuesday! But I promise I did not enjoy it and that it was a mere coincidence.
1055  Other / Politics & Society / Re: In Panama 77y Old Man Schoots 2 Protesters Blocking The Street! on: November 14, 2023, 11:28:21 PM
It does not require much for people to shoot in Panama. It is probably the fourth or fifth country in which that is most likely to occur in latin America, only after Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua... maybe I am forgeting some others perhaps. The fact is that in most of Latin America the law is corrupt and thin in their presence so things tend to short themselves.
1056  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The common saying Health is wealth on: November 14, 2023, 05:28:51 PM
The cure for most illness and condition is said to be sleeping well. I mean, to sleep in satin sheets, in a mattress full of 1000 dollar bills in a little mansion in a country with good private medical practice. Warren Buffet, the Queen of England, ... you know, people who always slept very well and have the right mattress full of the right materials and live in countries with excellent (private) care.
1057  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 14, 2023, 05:20:47 PM
Feels like there will be some official release soon, so to minimize it's impact they decided to front run it by leaking some story and pinning September 2022 sabotage attack on a scapegoat who conveniently has already been arrested since April 2023 for acting without permission in another operation. Also, as an added benefit, the story throws Zaluzhnyy under the bus while protecting Zelensky (makes it sound he doesn't control what's going on in his own country). More ammo to dismiss Ukraine's top general Zaluzhnyy for saying that Ukraine is in a stalemate now.

Or maybe the reporting is accurate and a small group of Ukrainians went rogue and blew up the pipeline without zelenskys approval or knowledge.



Anything is possible. Cover ops are... cover.

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Enough of the fakes   Angry https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine/location?secret=unhcrrestricted as of 31 December 2022 1.275.315 refugees from Ukraine went to Russia. We've already been through this, so you're well aware and can't claim ignorance, yet you continue to post fakes and pictures with some pretty colors. Stop it already Angry



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Really? You speaking of fakes??? The king of the walltexting and irrelevance? Please enlighten us, where did Ukrainians fled?

Because your map shows how Ruzzia says that lots of Ukrainian fled there, it is there in your own source when you bother to read (what international observation do you think that has? do you think that Ruzzia may... you know... have some incentives to "record in an imaginative way" the number of Ukrainians in Ruzzia and Beloruzzia?

This is what your own source says about the information provided:

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Statistics are compiled mainly from data provided by authorities. For statistical purposes, UNHCR uses the term refugees generically, referring to all individuals having left Ukraine due to the war. UNHCR’s means of verification and level of access to refugees from Ukraine varies by country.
- TRANSLATION: do not believe shit of what comes from Ruzzia, but we cannot say that openly.

In your considered opinion, what kind of access do you think Ruzzia gives to the people preparing these reports? You cannot even read your own sources and interpret or be critic about an information as simple as this, yet is enough for you to call "fake" of course ,but your credibility on that is down the drain anyway - just your other major in Troll School along oversized pictures, wall-texting and missing the point - you have shown mastery on the skills here, your handlers must be proud.

Furthermore Have you also noticed where it says that Ruzzia gives their number of total Ukrainian living in Ruzzia under ANY status? Have you noticed that they have no data on border crossings? Have you noticed that even Ruzzia says only 65400 (curiously round number uh??) are refugees? The figure could include almost anything! Even people in the fake-publics of donbas, people living in there since 40 years ago, people who have a granma in Ukraine... .

You should try tweeter... it is much easy to smear in short sentences.
















1058  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why do you want to play on casinos without KYC requirements? on: November 14, 2023, 04:57:45 PM
I was thinking about this question over the weekend and I cannot seem to find legitimate reasons why people would want to play at casinos that do not require KYC verification.

1. KYC requirements reduce money laundering.
2. KYC requirements reduce under age gambling.
3. KYC requirements increase the possibility to hold people to account for their actions. (Exploiting casino systems)
4. KYC requirement reduce scamming
5. KYC requirements can be used to restore accounts after it has been hacked. (Using the documents that were used by the original owner)
6. KYC requirements adhere to government regulations and legitimize a casino.
7. KYC requirements can be used to reduce gambling addiction. (Identifying people that self-excluded or people trying to create new accounts)
8. KYC requirements can be used to enforce regional gambling restrictions.  

Why would you want to avoid being identified, if you gamble legally and if you are not a criminal? Let's discuss the reasons why KYC are not advantageous for the gamblers and casinos?

Ps. I am playing Devil's advocate... if you did not notice it.  Grin

I am not concerned with money laundering in this context. Held people accountable is a problem of the casino as business, not really mine as such. Accounts can be restored by other systems. They do not reduce addiction, just send it somewhere else. Enforcement of local rules is not really my problem, it is the law enforcing authority.

Overall, the only good reason is to reduce tax evasion, which I am not sure is "good" in all cases.
1059  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 13, 2023, 10:32:37 PM
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-troops-extremely-nervous-that-us-is-now-focused-on-gaza

"When asked about his biggest concern, a soldier named Spenser wrote on a messaging app,
“Without the support of the United States and others, we will be forced to retreat if the enemy troops advance on all fronts.
We have partners, and we will receive help from them, but it will be much less, or the war will (reach) Lviv.”"

If the biggest concern of a soldier is that the US is forgetting about them, it does not say much about the Ruzzian army. If I were at the front, my main worry would be to get my arse blown up by a FPV drone.

But, well, the soldier will soon read the latest I guess...

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3578754/biden-administration-announces-new-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

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Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This includes the drawdown of security assistance from DoD inventories valued at up to $125 million to meet Ukraine's immediate battlefield needs, as well as $300 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses over the long term.

I think this is just to get by, the real aid will come later. There is enough for Israel and Ukraine and both are strategic for the US. Meanwhile, they are testing the latest stuff on Ruzzian's buts.

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Additional laser-guided munitions to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems.

Now, it seems that the aid is reaching its destination. It is going to be a costly war for Ruzzia....

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/russia-news-newest-ship-destroyed-ukraine-strike



If you want to see the precise moment ...

https://packaged-media.redd.it/859a3tospryb1/pb/m2-res_262p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1699930800&s=44fe3e4c2cf68b6783884907f425e1d4092d307a#t=0

1060  Economy / Gambling / Re: QuitGamble.com - Free Help for Problem Gamblers on: November 13, 2023, 05:09:59 PM
It's so annoying when one is left helpless in using a casino when the contact system aren't giving the necessary attention to guide through.

It is mostly because agencies which are supposed to help people with problems like alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide ideation and gambling addiction are commonly unfunded, since most of them are non-profit organizations. That kind of entities mostly rely on donations and rarely get active funding from the government. So for example, of there are 100 people who are addicted to gambling and need counseling, the organization (in order to manage their limited services in a wise way) only hire 4 operators to take care of the questions and problems of those 100 gamblers who are seeking help.
The result is obvious, many (if not all) of those gambler will feel neglected by the system they attend to for help.
That is why I personally believe the most important thing to have when facing these problems is a good relationship with family and friends, to supplement the counseling one could get, public or private.

I think government has left much of the role of rehabitating addicts to NGOS. Government is said to be corrupt and can not freely handle organizations like that because money meant for such agencies end up in private accounts while affected persons languish in their own helplessness. Lately, it is the NGOs that have taken up such duties to cater for people who need such help. One thing about NGOs that is better than government in such case is that they have close contacts with the those affected unlike the government that seem far and ineffective because of corruption.

However funding is still the challenge of NGOs except those own by philanthropist and wealthy people then they can comfortably finance and take care of persons of such challenge.

One also needs to point out that the relationship governments have with NGOs can vary, depending on the political standing and the personal interest of those who are in power within the country. Perhaps, there must be some cases where people working as member of the congress get directly benefited from casinos and gambling activity in the country, so they do not care to fund organizations or hospitals which would help people in need because their addiction. Even if a NGO is well funded and willing to help in a specific country, some leaders do not think of their presence kindly, since it can imply the administration in such country is a failure when comes to social problems. That was the case in my country: the central government campaigned on being highly sensitive towards social problems and promised to take care of those how needed assistance, when they failed to make their promises a reality, those with addictions to substances and gambling had to seek for help in NGOs headquarters, there is when the friction between them and the government started. Specially because those NGOs openly speak of the atrocities the government allow to happen by not providing money to their own hospitals and psychiatric facilities.

There are too many NGO that are simple money grabbing groups that serve just to place the goverment list of people "owed a favour". However there are many legit ONGs in which they help people with strong social issues and integration problems, so I am sure there are many legit opportunities for those who are seeking to control their response to gambling and getting it under control.
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