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1241  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 01, 2022, 09:38:23 PM
What you are doing is

He's defending Russia and blaming Ukraine and US.
1242  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Americans, do you regret voting for Biden? on: April 01, 2022, 11:17:02 AM
The Biden administration labeled parents who disagree with the Left's supporters (teachers unions), and with their radical ideology as domestic terrorists.
But he didn't label them that because they disagreed, which is what you seem to be trying to imply in your misleading statement.  

The Obama administration helped push a false narrative that Trump was colluding with Russia, preventing his successor from being able to pursue his agenda.
Obama went out of his way to not be involved in the investigation.  That would be an authoritarian move if he did.  Ironically, the reason so many Trump supporters consider the FBIs investigation "Obamas", is because they think that since Trump weaponized and got his hands on all sorts of DOJ/FBI cases, that means it's ok and normal.  It's not.  The president should go out of his way to avoid providing input on any case that he has any personal or political conflict with.  And they do, for the most part.  Except for Trump.

Also, Trumps campaign was colluding with Russia.  The chair of the campaign had recently made over $50 million for helping a pro-russia putin puppet become president of Ukraine.  He was meeting with Russian intelligence officers, providing them with polling data, taking pitches about how Trump could help Putin get Ukraine.

That's just one tiny bit of the bigger picture.  There's a whole report on it, you should read it if you ever figure out a way to see past the "witch hunt, fake news, hoax" chants.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/download

^^Seriously, read it.  I dare you.

Trump did not go far enough in calling out the press. He called much of the press "fake news", while in reality, it would be more appropriate to call it "propaganda".
Misleading.  You're implying he didn't do more than call them fake news, which I'm sure you know is not the truth.  He called them the "enemy of the people".  He attacked them daily.  He threatened to have them shut down, licenses revoked.  

And guess what, he calls things fake news that are actually very true.  And he definitely knows they're true while he's calling them fake.  Once he's convinced you the media is fake news, then you're going to believe everything else he says. It's working.


State election laws/procedures were unilaterally changed without the ascent of the legislature of the various states, which is unconstitutional. It is part of Biden's agenda to prevent states from making their own election laws, as required by the constitution, and to prevent states from verifying voter eligibility via voter ID laws.
Another misleading statement.  Here's what you're referring to:

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Article I, Section 4, Clause 1: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.


From a common interpretation of the clause:

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Although the Elections Clause makes states primarily responsible for regulating congressional elections, it vests ultimate power in Congress. Congress may pass federal laws regulating congressional elections that automatically displace (“preempt”) any contrary state statutes, or enact its own regulations concerning those aspects of elections that states may not have addressed. The Framers of the Constitution were concerned that states might establish unfair election procedures or attempt to undermine the national government by refusing to hold elections for Congress. They empowered Congress to step in and regulate such elections as a self-defense mechanism.
source
1243  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 01, 2022, 04:13:54 AM
During the conflict the military of Ukraine has received and keeps on receiving billions in weapons aid which is making it stronger than ever. At this point something should be clear even for Putin: US and Europe are not going to let Ukraine fall. If planes are needed, there will be planes, if tanks are needed, there will be tanks, if more intelligence is needed it will be provided.

I don't think this is true at all. The virtue signaling from the US and Europe can only go so far.

The West's response can be perfectly encapsulated here. Ukraine needs jets, and Poland was ready to send them if the U.S. was ready to provide military equipment to Poland in return; they chose not to. They instead got a kind poem from Nancy Pelosi, with solidarity of course. I'm sure Putin is trembling in fear.

If the West cared about Ukraine, they would not wait for innocent civilians to perish, with dead bodies laying amongst the rubble of imploded buildings. What ever spare change the U.S. and Europe can put together isn't anything meaningful. Ukraine needs military equipment. They've been provided minimal amounts from some European countries and it isn't enough.

Did you know so far, just from the US Ukraine has received:

Five Mi-17 helicopters;
1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
4,600 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems;
100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
300 grenade launchers, 5,000 rifles, 1,000 pistols, 600 machine guns, and 600 shotguns;
Over 60 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launcher and mortar rounds;
25,000 sets of body armor;
Four counter-artillery and counter-unmanned aerial system tracking radars;

And that list is 2 weeks out of date.  They've sent lots more since.  In total over $2 billion.

But Pelosi read a poem, and Biden said no to the fighter jets (and provided a rational explanation why).  So you're take away is "Biden won't send anything but pocket change and Pelosi read a poem instead".

You've got Biden Derangement Syndrome.
1244  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: LTC CASINO NOT paying winnings . 1496 Ltc to be paid on: March 29, 2022, 08:20:09 PM
the provider insists that there was no malfunction during the specified rounds

This is when you should have payed the player.  You asked the provider to investigate, they investigated.  It's been over a month now.  If wazden hasn't found anything, you need to pay the player.  It's impossible to prove the player did not cheat, but if they did, I would expect that your casino wouldn't be the only site they decided to cheat on, and Wazden would have reports from other casinos if they didn't notice themselves.  The fact that most of your points and 'questions' for the provider are irrelevant make me think you're just looking for any excuse not to pay.
1245  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Americans, do you regret voting for Biden? on: March 28, 2022, 08:37:24 PM
In the US, the authoritarian left

No objective, rational person can support Trump while claiming the left is "Authoritarian".  It's not "the left" that's launched an attack on the free press, or undermining the election process.  You don't have to worry about Biden trying to get the DOJ or the Pentagon to help him stay in power if he loses the next election or fail to respect the peaceful transition of power.  

The Office of President comes with Authority.  Just because you don't agree with the party that currently has that Authority, doesn't make them "Authoritarian".

1246  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 28, 2022, 08:35:23 AM
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In the world today, that right belongs only to the people who actually live in there.

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And the people in Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic have voted to break away, and have the own country.
Zelenskyy, Putin, you, I or anyone else has no say in the matter.
Let me remind you coercion is not legal.

Putin fabricated the referendum. What are you talking about?

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And the over 16000 deaths in the last 8 years?

How the Nazis defend



Tash,

We've been over this.  

If you're so concerned about Nazis, then it should be the ones running the Donetsk People's Republic, not the ones in Ukraine that have no political power.  

From your own link:

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Russian ethnic and imperialist nationalism has shaped the official ideology of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.[172] Far-right nationalist groups have played a greater role on the pro-Russian side of the conflict than on the Ukrainian side, especially at the beginning. Leaders of the Donetsk People's Militia are closely linked to the neo-Nazi party Russian National Unity (RNU) led by Alexander Barkashov, which has recruited many fighters.[172][173][174] A former member of RNU, Pavel Gubarev, was founder of the Donbas People's Militia and first "governor" of the Donetsk People's Republic.[172][175] RNU is particularly linked to the Russian Orthodox Army, a religious ultranationalist unit which is part of the Donetsk People's Militia.[174][176] Other neo-Nazi units include the 'Rusich', 'Svarozhich' and 'Ratibor' battalions, which have Slavic swastikas on their badges.
1247  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 27, 2022, 12:27:51 AM
And this is where hypocrisy lies, people complain how the other side calls it "special operation" yet are so eager to say NATO "intervenes" or sets up no-fly zone. You can't complain about BS from one side only to spit out your own BS. Both of these mean the same thing, attacking and thus starting a war with Russia.

The complaints are Russia making it a crime to call the war a war.  Look at all those media outlets that had to close up shop and leave the country because they were afraid if they reported on the war truthfully they would be arrested or worse.
 Don't you think that's fucked up?  Wouldn't it be nice if Russian news was independent of the government and the people were free to disagree with Putin?
1248  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Badger (a Super Mod of casino) and Bitvest.io scammed me 100 LTC on: March 26, 2022, 11:43:49 AM
just want to pump this up to warning someone that are still believing in Badger

Is she still active at bitvest with mod flag?
1249  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Americans, do you regret voting for Biden? on: March 26, 2022, 11:21:49 AM
What was wrong with Trump

Well he didn't give a shit about anyone that criticized him, which was most of the country.

He lied constantly.  Not "oh politicians all lie" lie, he would lie about the dumbest shit, almost every single day.  From his inauguration lies, to the lies about the election he lost, and every day in between.  It never stopped.  Remember the time he took a sharpie and changed the projection of a hurricane because he told a state to prepare that wasn't in the path of the storm?

Over the 4 years his authoritarian tendencies became more and more obvious.  His treated Western allies like shit while heaping praise on guys like Putin, Kim Jong and  Duterte.  He tried to use the Military to cease voting machines after it became clear he lost.  He got a bunch of state level politicians to submit fraudulent electoral votes in the states he lost, and then there was the attack on the capital.  The guys isn't compatible with democracy.

There are plenty of candidates I'd prefer over Biden, but Biden is a hell of an upgrade from Trump.

1250  Economy / Gambling / Re: Stake.com - 🦉 DRAKE x STAKE 🥩 - Watford FC & UFC Partner ⚽ 🥊 on: March 26, 2022, 09:43:42 AM

This is why it was a mistake for Stake to pay you the first couple nonsense scam accusations you made.  Obviously you will just keep doing it over and over again.  At this point they should really just ban you or at least disable your ability to cash out bets early permanently. 
1251  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 25, 2022, 05:30:10 AM
the Russians are trying to minimize civilian casualties

Except for the whole decision to bomb cities while cutting off their food, gas and electrify for weeks now.  These aren't things a military that's trying to minimize civilian casualties does.  Remember, they're in Ukraine.  The Russians are the ones invading Ukraine.  You realize that right?
1252  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Stake.com adjusting my win bet to 1.0x on: March 24, 2022, 03:51:51 PM
Opening a scam accusation without bothering to wait for support to respond is messed up.

Taking away my winnings on a totally legit bet is messed up. You got it wrong pal.
There could never be a justifiable reason to take winnings from a player on a totally legit bet. This isn't how gambling works.
It totally made sense to start a scam accusation, when I did.

No.  Someone could have made a mistake, it could've been a bug, or some other issue that was easily resolved.  What happened after you started the thread is not relevant to my point: creating a scam accusation without giving support a reasonable amount of time to respond is not justified.  Imagine if everyone else did that - legitimate scam accusations would get buried and it would be easier for actual scam casinos to get away with scamming players.
1253  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Stake.com adjusting my win bet to 1.0x on: March 24, 2022, 05:16:13 AM
Still waiting for support's reply on my first contact



Opening a scam accusation without bothering to wait for support to respond is messed up.  When players abuse the process like this it makes other legitimate scam accusations less likely to be taken seriously.  

If they're blowing you off or giving you the run around, fine.  The way you handled it was ridiculous.


1254  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 23, 2022, 04:19:18 PM

My point wasn't that there are zero Nazis defending Ukraine right now.  Obviously there are Nazis on both sides of the battle.  In Ukraine, they basically have no political power and are really only relevant because they are pretty good at fighting and have been recruiting others to join (like any 'good' Nazi anywhere in the world).  

Then there's the Nazis on the other side:

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Russian ethnic and imperialist nationalism has shaped the official ideology of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.[172] Far-right nationalist groups have played a greater role on the pro-Russian side of the conflict than on the Ukrainian side, especially at the beginning.[123][172] Leaders of the Donetsk People's Militia are closely linked to the neo-Nazi party Russian National Unity (RNU) led by Alexander Barkashov, which has recruited many fighters.[172][173][174] A former member of RNU, Pavel Gubarev, was founder of the Donbas People's Militia and first "governor" of the Donetsk People's Republic.[172][175] RNU is particularly linked to the Russian Orthodox Army, a religious ultranationalist unit which is part of the Donetsk People's Militia.[174][176] Other neo-Nazi units include the 'Rusich', 'Svarozhich' and 'Ratibor' battalions, which have Slavic swastikas on their badges.[172]

Here's a pretty detailed paper, I've only gotten through part of it so far https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/rnv95_uk_likhachev_far-right_radicals_final.pdf


(It won't let me copy paste the text)




1255  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 23, 2022, 12:52:48 AM
17th century LOL

RT doesn't want you to know this, but...

Ancient Kievan lands... 1000 years ago, since before Moscow even existed.



Thank you for confirming that the two countries at the center of the dispute Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic never ever have been part of Ukraine other than in Soviet times when Vladimir Lenin  gave it to them.

Interesting links Tash, good to see you aren't only relying on unsourced youtube videos and images of words on twitter anymore:

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Russian ethnic and imperialist nationalism has shaped the official ideology of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.[172] Far-right nationalist groups have played a greater role on the pro-Russian side of the conflict than on the Ukrainian side, especially at the beginning.[123][172] Leaders of the Donetsk People's Militia are closely linked to the neo-Nazi party Russian National Unity (RNU) led by Alexander Barkashov, which has recruited many fighters.[172][173][174] A former member of RNU, Pavel Gubarev, was founder of the Donbas People's Militia and first "governor" of the Donetsk People's Republic.[172][175] RNU is particularly linked to the Russian Orthodox Army, a religious ultranationalist unit which is part of the Donetsk People's Militia.[174][176] Other neo-Nazi units include the 'Rusich', 'Svarozhich' and 'Ratibor' battalions, which have Slavic swastikas on their badges.[172]

So basically, Putin is trying to do the opposite of de-nazification.  

Some other fun facts:

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The Republic's economy is frequently described as dependent on contraband and gunrunning,[180] with some labelling it a mafia state. Joining DPR military formations or its civil services has become one of the few guarantees for a stable income in the DPR.[126]

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The new ruling elites of the DPR have displaced the previous oligarchic structures in the region.[185] The new powerholders expropriated profitable businesses. For instance, Rinat Akhmetov has lost control over his assets in the region after they were nationalised. Under Russia's guidance, the republic set up trade and production monopolies through which the trade in coal and steel is organised. Lacking private banks, its own currency, and direct access to the Black Sea, DPR's survival depends exclusively on Russia's economic support and trade via the common border.[186]

1256  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 20, 2022, 05:38:11 AM
IMO, in this case, seizing Russian properites isn't something wrong,

If you agree with this then you shouldn't say a word when some other country seizes the western properties. Shit like this cuts both ways. I hate this hypocrisy. The west is free do kill and steal but when some other country does it, it is the worst thing ever happened.

Unless "some other country" is invading an Ally that the US agreed to defend it wouldn't really be the same thing, would it?
1257  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 20, 2022, 05:20:40 AM
Is this a country where people can be themselves and have the right to freedom of speech?

...see Trump's latest podcast with Joe Rogan... if you can find it, since it and its reuploads getting removed in a few hours after they get uploaded.
Luckily commy youtube isn't the only game in town:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/WdzbBWQbKhzd/

Freedom of speech like this?

The west banned their own president from every social media there is.

Freedom of Speech doesn't mean a private company can't ban someone from using their platform.  The whole point is to protect the people from being silenced by the government.  Think about how silly you look crying about the head of the government getting banned by private American businesses.  Dry your tears, Trump started his own platform and it's going as expected.


Seized the Russian properties regardless of whom the owner is supporting (seriously why haven't the UK questioned the source of Abramovitz's wealth before?), kicking people out of colleges, not letting Russian people into the restaurants (wtf?)

I haven't been to Russia so I can't say anything about the country but the west's mask has slipped, they are also not what they claim to be.
Jesus, right wing media really going heavy on the "Russia is the victim, lets go Brandon" kool aid. 

If they didn't support Putin, they wouldn't be Oligarchs today.  That's literally the deal they made.
1258  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 19, 2022, 03:06:47 AM
media outlets take reasonable steps? Grin Are we talking about the same conflict in this fog of war? surely not Russian media and the other side is not much better.

I'm very impressed with the journalists that are on the ground reporting from media outlets like BBC and NYTimes.

I also read RT.com regularly, and it's pretty clear that the narrative being pushed by Russia is pretty in line with what you're pushing in this thread.  

Hopefully it stops being cool to shit all over independent journalism some day soon.  
1259  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 10, 2022, 08:04:08 AM
- Putin is shelling civil targets. Please, someone out there deny this, I am eager for an excuse to post 50 photos here.
Technically true, but misleading at best. Deception comes from engaging opposing forces located inside of civilian buildings, vs just blindly carpet bombing whole cities, which is clearly not the case here. There are plenty of video proofs of Ukrainian soldiers engaging from top/inside of buildings. These are fare game under the law of war. Can you come up with ANY previous "operation"/war by any nation where civilian targets weren't targeted?

Please don't contribute to disseminating fakes

Wait so this is your proof that all the reports from independent journalists on the ground, global intelligence officials, and actual civilians that were shelled are lying?

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There are plenty of video proofs of Ukrainian soldiers engaging from top/inside of buildings.

Have you considered that Putin could be targeting civilians in one area, and also, at the same time, but in a totally different area, Ukrainians could be fighting from top/inside buildings?  And when Russian state media says Ukraine is using civilians as human shields, they're just putin lies in your head?

Sure, i consider that all the time, I don't trust Putin's claims any more than you do, and no one should, but the thing is I don't trust the other side's claims either. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that civilians are not being shelled. In fact, we know for a fact that they are, and innocent people ARE dying every single day. War is hell, its never good. I'm just underlining the hypocrisy in coverage, pointing out how everyone is being activated under a hive mind, mass hysteria is being triggered to a point where people are ready to risk all human life on this blue marble. But facts just don't support the narrative of Putin as a blood thirsty monster trying to kill as many Ukrainians as possible. Every war is bad and has collateral damage, when we compare the numbers to other operations/wars there is nothing special about this one, if anything so far civilian casualties are lower when compared to other similar conflicts.

Food for thought,

The largest Ukrainian diaspora is in Russia.
Since 2014, beginning of the conflict, number of Ukrainians in Russia only increased
Since the start of this "operation"/war 24 February 2022, despite checkpoints and Martial Law, 99,300 Ukrainian refugees somehow managed to flee to the aggressor Russia
48,000 Ukrainians had been evacuated from cities (but not from Mariupol)

With that in mind, ask yourself why innocent civilians are not being evacuated from Mariupol, the only besieged city with starving people. I could only come up with two options (do correct me if you can think of more)

Option 1 - Putin and his army generals have gone mad, going against all commons sense and military strategies, they fake 5 cease fires and delay the siege all just to continue keeping 400.000 innocent civilians inside the city before attacking it.
Option 2 - Army does what armies have done numerous times throughout the history when defending against a much larger force, they just don't want to die.


Yeah, but in response to "Putin is shelling civil targets."  you said "Technically true, but misleading at best."

It's not misleading.  Either Russian forces are intentionally shelling civilian targets or there's a very big conspiracy among all the sources I mentioned.


With that in mind, ask yourself why innocent civilians are not being evacuated from Mariupol, the only besieged city with starving people. I could only come up with two options (do correct me if you can think of more)

Option 1 - Putin and his army generals have gone mad, going against all commons sense and military strategies, they fake 5 cease fires and delay the siege all just to continue keeping 400.000 innocent civilians inside the city before attacking it.
Option 2 - Army does what armies have done numerous times throughout the history when defending against a much larger force, they just don't want to die.

I think Putin is using a very evil, but not crazy strategy of simply trying to scare the shit out of everyone.  Like you and everyone else that has to give the disclaimer "I'm not pro war" or "I'm not pro Putin" before defending Russias actions, Putin doesn't want a war.  He just want's Ukraine to surrender so he can claim victory, like he did in Crimea. 
1260  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Saudi Arabia and UAE leaders decline calls with Biden on: March 10, 2022, 06:55:40 AM
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The de-facto leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have declined to arrange calls with US president Joe Biden in recent weeks as the US and it allies have sought to contain a surge in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing Middle East and US officials, both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan have been unavailable to Biden after US requests were made for discussions.


Here are some of the reasons:

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Relations between the US and Saudi Arabia have chilled during the Biden administration over American policy in the Gulf region.

Issues include the revival of the Iran nuclear deal; lack of US support for Saudi intervention in Yemen’s civil war and its refusal to add Houthis to its list of terrorist groups; US help with a Saudi civilian nuclear program; and legal immunity for Prince Mohammed, who is facing lawsuits over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit-team in its Istanbul consulate four years ago.

Too bad for the prince the new president is so against chopping up journalists into little pieces.

This wouldn't have happened if Trump was still the president.

This is all about Ukraine.

Trump tried to get the President of Ukraine to claim there was an investigation into his political appointment.  That was what he wanted in exchange for an invitation to the White House that Ukraine wanted to show Russia that the US supported them against Russia.  (And they say Ukraine is corrupt, lol)

Trump pushed a phony conspiracy theory accusing Ukraine of interfering in the 2016 election to help Clinton, despite all his own intelligence agencies finding that it was Russia interfering to help him.

Trump stood next to Putin and said he believed him over his own intelligence agencies.

Most likely, if Trump were president, Putin would be done with Ukraine and onto the next invasion.


Its because Biden is a puppet of the elite and he is just the fall guy who gets blamed for doing a terrible job and eventually collapsing the US economy into a depression much like Venezuela.

Hey check out US Unemployment, GDP growth, the stock market, wages, pretty much every economic indicator other than inflation  Now go back to the place we were in when Trump left office and a recession was all but inevitable.  
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