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2261  Economy / Gambling / Re: Sign Up Bonuses on: April 21, 2022, 08:52:25 PM
I discovered that must of the gambling sites, mostly the ones I signed up have no sign up bonus but others gave as I was told.

Because  sign up bonus is very much important to a beginner and also attract More customers to the site.

I know that, there are a lot of gambling sites that gives sign up bonuses but I have not come encounter with them.  If I told someone about a Gambling site. Some of them asked the sign up bonus.

In my location most companies give $10 + while some give $5. Just that most of the bonuses can not be used to play games until you deposit a specific amount of money to add up with the bonus, at that stage, I look at it as a discount.

What could be the possible caused of the companies that are not giving the sign up Bonuses?

It's quite possible to make $500-$1000 with zero risk if you've never been on an online casino before and live in North America or Europe as there are so many of these welcome offers. However it's more likely with normal fiat currency casinos and will take some strategic timing, plus you need to fully understand all of the terms before unlocking the bonus - as there many be restrictions like it only applies to the first bet, use within 3 days, etc. When you have a plan, you can find two way bets and use your free welcome bets to make sure you will win either way, basically guaranteeing you'll walk away with $50 profit out of every $100 in free bets. See if it's possible in your country.

I like sign-up bonuses and have seen other players that also are very keen on signing up for bonuses, but what they say is that usually you would need to play at least a number of times or deposit a significant amount to get a good sign-up bonus. And that makes sense to me, the bonus is to allow the player to experience the site for longer when he first joins until used to the site.
2262  Economy / Gambling / Re: Do you prefer lots of promotions over better RTP? on: April 21, 2022, 08:49:26 PM
But there may be some gamblers who are looking for both, RTP and promotion but they are not active gamblers because by getting a good promotion and being supported by a gambling game that has a high RTP, maybe it can provide a meaningful win for them. I also agree that it's up to us to treat the gambling itself and I think if we don't want to see a lot of losses, we need to be able to figure out what to do during gambling. No matter if it is an RTP or a promotion, gambling still has two options, win and lose.
I think that only a professional gambler with a huge quantity of games can understand difference between 94 and 95 percent RTP. For gambler is better high RTP and promotion the same time, of course, and if promotion are the same, i will choose the casino with the highest RTP, but it willn`t be the main reason of the choice for me.

There are a lot of factors not only on RTP and promotion that will want you to stay and be part of a casino's features like responsiveness to complaints and fairness of the game, RTP and promotions are good between the two RTP are far better because it will motivate gamblers to play deposit more and play and it's a win-win for both parties.
Of course it is so and the main reason to choose casino for me not the promotion or high RTP. But when i made a list of casinos that are good for me with the main requirements - i begin compare their opportunities. And here i choose options that can increase my profit - the promotions and high RTP are in this list.


I think that knowing the RTP from a casino is usually difficult and takes time and by the time a player finds out, he may already like the games and has gotten used to the style and dynamics of the site. Promotions however and one-off bonuses are quite efficient at giving that initial push to the player to enter and try the site. So despite many people actually liking RTP, they end up following promotions.
2263  Economy / Gambling / Re: How do you advertise your casino? on: April 21, 2022, 08:46:37 PM
Though I do not participate (own) in casino but your question is not on casino but a marketing strategy. You just need a marketing strategy for your project. If I will advise. The first thing you have to do is your casino gambling platform. The location, and address. Then the features of the game. When everything has set. Then the website for gambling platform must be created, and make your project must be licensed and registered with the appropriate authorities. Then you launch the site with the attractive features.

Ways of advertising or marketing strategies.
You can advertise it by yourself by post the images , logo and other features of the project and also sending the website link to group and Boards. But if it is here, Bitcointalk forum, you hire users and instruct them to use your company avatar and signature to advertise it for you. To make people visit and play your games more, you have to do bonus giveaway.

It may seem biased, but seems that the campaigns in this forum really work. Those casinos that accept crypto seem to be doing quite well, they maintain the campaigns for a long time and that leads me to think that it is a good investment. The one I am currently supporting has been there for quite a while, and it even opened to 10 new participants not long ago.
2264  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 21, 2022, 05:17:34 PM
... getting cute modern NATO weaponry. ...

This thread is not about your purchases from Amazon, unless you are forecasting Putin's future with that?

I didn't know you could get them on Amazon, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.  I just did an image search for 'rainbow dildo' and that was the least NSFW one which came up on the first page.  Did you already get one, or just signed in to your Amazon account to look?



Just a lucky guess.
Are you not forgetting someone in that "benefits report"? You know... like the several thousand Russian soldiers dead and those that will die in vain for a septuagenarian fool? And their children and widows?

I was not sure your scriptwriters were psychos until now. Hold on... that's it... there is another benefit: reducing the personnel costs of Putin's army.

Oh, oh.. another benefit: less cost in test dummies for Javelins (they are now being tested on Putin's soldiers) and another Poland and Czech Republic can swap their old Russian equipment for NATO one by sending the old stuff to Ukraine (Migs, S-300,...) Boy, one for me personally... I am getting a few tanks at 100 USD, and also Putin got rid of a few generals that surely were expensive to maintain.
One death is an irreparable loss. Thousands of deaths is a reasonable measured risk in this context. Putin today gave the order not to storm the bunker near Azovstal in order to save the lives of special forces soldiers. He ordered Shoigu to simply block it so that the fly would not fly by.

I hope you understand that all Western military assistance to Ukraine is a loan that will have to be repaid in the future. Including those weapons that the Russians are blowing up with Calibers in Lviv.

Sure, Putin is in Mariupol for humanitarian reasons  Grin Grin You are the best!

Ukraine can grow as a country with the West, debt is not an issue, existential threats are. Besides, there are a few yachts confiscated that may cover for it.

Sure, keep on thinking that Putin can destroy the weapons sent with throwing missiles - seems to me as effective as the idea of taking Kyiv. You remember?
2265  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 21, 2022, 03:15:11 PM
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It is true, some countries in Europe are passing their old Soviet tanks, SAMs and jets and getting cute modern NATO weaponry. It is like when the government gives you a bonus for changing your car to a better one.





This thread is not about your purchases from Amazon, unless you are forecasting Putin's future with that?
2266  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 21, 2022, 01:43:27 PM
To which the United States is actively supplying weapons, getting rid of old trash at a market price and loading its military-industrial complex with orders - and this is a powerful incentive for the entire economy. Europe also profitably got rid of its old weapons, which are expensive to store and dispose of, but cannot load their military-industrial complex due to a shortage of energy in Europe, because the military industry is very energy-intensive.

Are you saying Ukraine (which isn't a real country according to Putin) used trash weapons that nobody else even wanted to stop the mighty Russian army (and friends) from taking Kiev and forced them to abandon their primary mission and retreat?

How embarrassing.

A shortage of energy in Europe impeding the manufacturing of weapons you say? Is that what Putin's media says? I am amazed at their creativity... perhaps decades ago they collected something from the fields of poppies in Afghanistan and their are still smoking it.

The calculation is simple, if Germany, France and perhaps some of the minors effectively rise the military spending to 2%, it would already surpass Russia (which spends already 11% of their GDP on weapons). Putin's Tzardom is simply outclassed.

It is true, some countries in Europe are passing their old Soviet tanks, SAMs and jets and getting cute modern NATO weaponry. It is like when the government gives you a bonus for changing your car to a better one.
2267  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 21, 2022, 08:12:55 AM
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It is also beneficial for Russia - to dispose of artillery shells with an expiration date during the operation, to test new types of weapons in combat conditions, to load their military industry with work and orders. In general, this operation seems to be beneficial to everyone, except for Ukraine itself.

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Are you not forgetting someone in that "benefits report"? You know... like the several thousand Russian soldiers dead and those that will die in vain for a septuagenarian fool? And their children and widows?

I was not sure your scriptwriters were psychos until now. Hold on... that's it... there is another benefit: reducing the personnel costs of Putin's army.

Oh, oh.. another benefit: less cost in test dummies for Javelins (they are now being tested on Putin's soldiers) and another Poland and Czech Republic can swap their old Russian equipment for NATO one by sending the old stuff to Ukraine (Migs, S-300,...) Boy, one for me personally... I am getting a few tanks at 100 USD, and also Putin got rid of a few generals that surely were expensive to maintain.


It´s not hard to control peoples minds when 6 corporations own 90% of the media.

https://techstartups.com/2020/09/18/6-corporations-control-90-media-america-illusion-choice-objectivity-2020/

"These 6 corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America. The illusion of choice and objectivity"

- The world is not just America. There are news outlets everywhere.
- Anyone in the West can create an outlet or provide news and opinion. For example, Joe Rogan was no-one a few years ago and now reaches millions. For example "techstartups" can freely speak about how they are not free to speak and you can speak in the forum about how you cannot speak freely.

And in math terms 6 is six times more than one - being that one Putin.

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You say you are a crypto-anarchist, but your posting shows something very different - just for short, supporting a despot.
You are confusing an crypto-anarchist with a protesting punk. I support Putin because I can, his actions seem to me quite reasonable and in the interests of Russia. My anarchy is that I make decisions on my own who I support, regardless of the pressure of public opinion - based on my own analysis of data and internal motives.

I see, is like having a secret girlfriend. You are an anarchist at heart, but you are fine with a despot. Either you have a really poor script writer or you need to try a different medication for each of your personalities.

In any case, it is great that you are happy with Putin, you have no other choice.

My question remains, what's so important to the US about this Russia and Ukraine fight that they can't use their veto power to settle them amicably but rather they seem to take side with the Ukrainian president??

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So, in your world it works like this: Joe waves his Magic Vetowand of Power and all the sudden the war stops? Sorry to break the news to you, the world does not work like that.

Now, back to reality, I have already stated that the US is not necessarily uncomfortable with wars in Europe. In the last 3, the strategy has been to let Russia and Europe bleed and get into debt to then stop the war by sending the massive military means they posses. I guess that is just one more of the things Putin did not get right and did not learn from History.  

2268  Economy / Economics / Re: Russia announced a default on foreign obligations!!! on: April 20, 2022, 10:43:26 PM
No problem, just send me over those discredited currencies and I will send you back the strong roubles you like so much.
Currency markets are prone to panic attacks amid sharp geopolitical changes. Right now, the exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar and the euro has returned to the price levels "before the operation", but even more indicators are not the exchange rate on the currency exchange, but the exchange rate on Aliexpress - how much the ruble is worth in China's internal opinion. It reached 150 rubles per dollar, and right now the dollar costs 86 rubles.

A 22 year long panic attack?
2269  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 20, 2022, 09:42:26 PM
Russian FSB (Igor Girkin) analysis : Russia won't win

Its on Twitter, so it's real.

https://twitter.com/mdmitri91/status/1516796704816832512

Edit
For the Russians that can't get twitter, he says:

- Your leaders are idiots for doing this
- Your soldiers are unmotivated
- You don't have enough supplies
- You cant get more soldiers
- Ukraine has more soldiers
- Ukraine soldiers are smarter, better, have more weapons, and generally are genetically superior  (I read between the lines for that one)


Last one sucks.

As for the rest, Putin at this point must know most of this. You need a sh*tload of superiority and motivated soldiers to assault a defensive position, not to mention supplies, communications and the ability to use combined arms effectively.

At this point, Putin has understood he cannot operate further than 150 km from Russian bases. He must also be well aware of the real performance of the Tactical Cannon Fodder Battalions and even the Airforce and he must know the number of casualties (some mention 20% of troops and means). He must hold little faith on the ability of his army to "blitzkrieg".

So, what is the strategy now? My two cents:
- Consolidate, make modest gains if possible and let the other side be the one that has to assault fortified positions.
- Sell the territorial gains in the south and east as the Victory.
- Negotiate minor concessions in exchange for the lift of sanctions (maybe).
- Make the scale of the war and the costs more manageable and sustainable with a depressed economy.

An for Ukraine:
- Stop any salient attack in the East and prevent encirclement.
- Push back where possible  (this would require a significant western support, that seems to be happening at some degree).
- Unfortunately, cause as many casualties as possible to the invader.
- Keep promoting isolation and economic damages for Russia. Ensure time plays on their side.

2270  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 20, 2022, 09:08:28 PM
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There are many reports from Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv, and not just the handpicked few that you tried to refute. Even a drone video of Russian forces killing a bicyclist. Mass graves
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According to the Kremlin Designated Posters here, the cyclist was about to attack a tank column.
2271  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 20, 2022, 08:25:48 PM

Could you pass me her cell phone number? I have a few things to discuss with her.

It may seem like something completely new and astonishing for you, but there are places where you cannot only criticise your leaders while drinking, you - prepare to be mind-blown - can actually oppose their politics in public without being poisoned, killed or sent to prison. You may not even believe this, but there is even a chance that you can ... sit down, get ready for this... vote to change them if you think they got it wrong! No, I am not kidding you, those places exist!
Yeah, I know. I live in the city where I was born and I like everything here in general. The Russian people in general are usually completely apolitical and well decentralized, Putin does not tell me how to live directly, and his policies generally suit me well. It is always possible to do something better, but it is not necessary for this to gather in a crowd and arrange a rally about it. Here Ukraine jumped on the Maidan, and it brought a lot of happiness to it? I am a crypto-anarchist and I try not to get into politics without a good reason, so there are more important things.

Ukrainians are speaking of this as their (second) war of independence. Putin has managed to create a national unity spirit on a country that is varied and socially a bit chaotic (in the best sense).
I am glad that Ukraine felt its national spirit during the operation - this means that it will remain an independent sovereign state. You just have to change the national idea from "kill the Russians" to something more appropriate in a decent European civilized society, where Ukraine itself is so eager. It seems Ukrainian refugees in Europe are no longer very welcome.

Russians are being kept apolitical by disallowing people to speak politics in public (other than repeating the official mantra). By not doing politics, they actually support Putin's politics, which is a crime by omission. And despite the dire consequences of protesting, there are protesters arrested. I can only admire the people who were actually saying no to war across Russia - they are the true descendants of the Menshevik and the people who decided that they would not die for the Tzars of this world.

You say you are a crypto-anarchist, but your posting shows something very different - just for short, supporting a despot.

There are quite a few countries in Europe that do need to progress culturally and ethically, but that requires peace, education and a solid economy. None of that is built in 5 years, even not in 20. The fact that Putin's psychos are destroying schools, hospitals, infrastructures does not help to create peace and prosperity but it does contribute to generational hate.

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 Just that i know Bidens handlers want this war.
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On that, I could even agree. If you think of the results of this war of aggression for the US:

- Putin's Russia bleeding young soldiers, taking a serious impact to the economy and being isolated diplomatically.
- Ukraine more interested than ever to join the Western economy and benefit from it.
- Europe taking a hit on the economy and more inclined than ever to spend money in weapons.
- Ukraine and Europe getting into debt. Russia on default. The rouble down the drain.

So, Putin, I know you are reading this, Did the US actually paid you to start the war? If not, you are playing the fool in this poker game.

  

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 According to The Economist the Wagner Group is called "Putin's private army", because the head of Ukraine’s security services called it that. But in addition to the words of a Ukrainian official, are there any evidence?

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Sure, have a look at these few hundred. I won't include all of them because posts are limited to 64000 chars. The rest are here, where it says "references".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group

Now, if you want to question something or try to make people doubt the facts, choose something easier.

Oh by the way, do not bother to question Western media in the same post you publish snapshot of Western media to "proof" your points.

Code:

 Parfitt, Tom (31 March 2016). "Russian-led private army sent to Syria". The Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
 Tomson, Chris (21 September 2017). "VIDEO: Russian Army intervenes in northern Hama, drives back Al-Qaeda militants". al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
Roth, Andrew (5 October 2017). "The Russian captives who may link Syria, Ukraine and the Kremlin's fight against the opposition". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
 "Vladimir Putin posed for a banquet photo with a mercenary previously convicted of kidnapping and robbery". Fontanka.ru. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via Meduza.
 "SBU exposes involvement of Russian 'Wagner PMC' headed by Utkin in destroying Il-76 in Donbas, Debaltseve events – Hrytsak". Interfax-Ukraine. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
 Leviev, Ruslan (22 March 2017). "They fought for Palmyra… again: Russian mercenaries killed in battle with ISIS". Conflict Intelligence Team. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
 Desk, News (1 May 2019). "In pictures: Russian snipers deployed near Idlib front as offensive approaches". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
 Moscow, Julian Borger Marc Bennetts in (13 February 2018). "Scores of Russian mercenaries reportedly killed by US airstrikes in Syria". The Guardian.
 "Two Russian firms join Wagner Group in supplying Haftar with mercenaries". The Libya Observer.
2272  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 20, 2022, 03:24:54 PM
              I have been reading the responses of the people here and I have gained better insight about the situation in Ukraine and Russia, how people are coping or reacting to these incidents. But the conversation is somehow progressing in an ugly manner. It is slowly becoming personal attacks now instead of being informative. It would be nice if we keep on the topic itself for the sake of spreading authentic and good information which is pretty rare to find on local news nowadays. Thanks and have a great day everyone.

That would be ideal yes. The problem is war. War is very personal, it cannot be treated with any objectivity because it consists of people trying to kill others for their gain. When, on top of that, quite a few of the people here are throwing paragraph after paragraph of official propaganda and trying to make facts doubtful or subject to opinion, they certainly deserve some personalised attention.
2273  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Meet Some War Heroes of Ukraine (In progress) on: April 20, 2022, 03:19:50 PM
be.interested to know your theories since you seem to be one of the very rare people here who have the analytical abilities to know and/or deduce anything about the goings-on on the ground.
Thanks, although I don't think this is the right topic for an exchange of pleasantries. Despite the abundance of fakes in propaganda messages (or maybe even thanks to them - because they affect the morale of soldiers), Ukraine deserves to have its own wall of fame in this story. I respect military prowess, even if it is the prowess of the enemy. If a soldier fights bravely and remains faithful to his oath even in the face of an obviously stronger enemy, this is worthy of a man, regardless of the outcome of the battle.

You two, get a room!

Not really worth mentioning until you brought it up, but 'pleasantries' was not really an applicable word here.  I happen to be a native English speaker though.  I made a statement of fact that I find the guy to be among the relatively few here who's stuff is worth reading to find out things I didn't know, see what someone who can and has studied certain things with some rigor is saying, and is able to make original inferences some of what seem likely to be valid.  Most people here are extremely predictable because the regurgitate the same standard mainstream party line which everyone is already familiar with.  And are utterly convince that what they heard is 'fact'.  You are a very good example of the phenomenon.  Mildly amusing initially, but it gets boring pretty quickly.




If you be.open and the official telegram channels you will see that is nearly copy-paste.

About myself, yes: I am not here to amuse you. I repeat facts as much as needed - e.g. every time someone is trying to falsify reality or makes absurd claims trying to make them look factual. You see, the problem with facts is that they do not change and they are boring.

RE your language, I think most people here use English as second or even third language. I personally do not write or speak any language correctly, but I do understand what is before my eyes.
2274  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 20, 2022, 03:11:52 PM
It's good that Lyusya Arestovich, the mouthpiece of Ukrainian propaganda, is a crystal-clearly honest person. Grin
I'm not really sure what you're trying to show with this video.

Projecting their totalitarian mindset on the rest of the world. They can't imagine that someone criticizing the president is not in prison.
You are mistaken by projecting your complexes on me, and I will explain why. In Russia, one can criticize Putin quite freely if it is essential and desirable when drinking vodka with friends in one's kitchen, not in a public space. For example, Putin promised not to raise the retirement age, and then the retirement age in Russia nevertheless increased - this is a good reason for criticizing Putin among the people.
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It may seem like something completely new and astonishing for you, but there are places where you cannot only criticise your leaders while drinking, you - prepare to be mind-blown - can actually oppose their politics in public without being poisoned, killed or sent to prison. You may not even believe this, but there is even a chance that you can ... sit down, get ready for this... vote to change them if you think they got it wrong! No, I am not kidding you, those places exist!

It's good that Lyusya Arestovich, the mouthpiece of Ukrainian propaganda, is a crystal-clearly honest person. Grin
I'm not really sure what you're trying to show with this video.

Projecting their totalitarian mindset on the rest of the world. They can't imagine that someone criticizing the president is not in prison.
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From 2014 to 2021, the status of the Russian language in Ukraine has degraded from regional to actually banned in the public space. Actually, this was one of the main reasons for the armed separatist conflict in Ukraine, it is strange that you do not know this. It is interesting that Russian-speaking residents of Donbass often speak Ukrainian language better, because they study the literary version at school than residents of Western Ukraine with their native surzhik.
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Is not an operation, but I know you are not allowed to say so. It is a war of aggression - an invasion of a free country by a despot.

In the latest language map I got, Russian is majoritarian in most of the east and I am yet to see a source (other than the Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales) effectively banning any language in any territory of Ukraine - which is quite multicultural and multilingual.

Ukrainians are speaking of this as their (second) war of independence. Putin has managed to create a national unity spirit on a country that is varied and socially a bit chaotic (in the best sense).

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Sweety, you have no idea what your countrymen did in Ukraine. Ukrainians will hate Russians for generations. If you think otherwise, you are delusional.
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Whoever prepares the scripts of be.open is speaking to people who have not ever experienced a war or even a post-war. Anyone that has some contact with a war, even if it is a generation after, clearly understands your point: hate may last many decades, sometimes centuries. Putin does not care to send their young to die, nor cares about the future because he is nearly 70 and is just looking for a page in the Russian history books as "the rebuilder of the Russian empire". Tough luck, his legacy will only be of hatred, death and poverty for his serfs and for his neighbourgs.

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Similarly, now Turkey is conducting a special operation in Northern Iraq against the PKK.

Similar? Then you are admitting Putin's war is genocide?


This is not true. Don't listen to Putin's propaganda. They brainwash you and people like you. I'm living in Kiev right now, and I never heard or saw a negative reaction to Russian speech during the war, let alone before it.

Of course I understand that in a big country like Ukraine anything can happen, but those are rare cases and propaganda is feeding you with them.


So how come POLICE is harassing an American wearing t-shirt with "Russia" written on it?
Not some hooligans, but police

Perhaps you can explain why the Russian police arrests a guy with a BLANK sheet of paper in the Red Square and then make questions yourself?



 








2275  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Fluid gender garbage. on: April 19, 2022, 11:09:09 PM
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I see no problem in people feeling whatever they decide and I think is pretty much their own thing. I think that, in the name of tolerance, there is too much public attention to gender and gender identities, but I guess the reason is that it has been something hidden and secret in most societies and still considered criminal behaviour in many places and something rejected by society in others.

I am all right with whoever speaking about it, I have enough critical thinking and experience of life to decide what I believe or not but, to start with, if we are not talking physical gender, then what is exactly "gender"? Is it, for example, violence exclusive of the "male" gender? Is it caring only for the female?

Now if we are we simply talking about sexual preferences....

No, we are not talking about sexual preferences. Gender may or may not be linked to sexual preference. You can feel non-binary today and like women, tomorrow you can feel male and like men, and the day after you can feel female and only like male-female transsexuals. That's the theory, and I'm giving you simple examples, it can get much more complicated.

I think it's fine for you to have the sexual preferences you want as long as what you do is between consenting adults, but the issue of gender, especially in the case of fluid, is a mental masturbation .

If we were to apply it to other areas, we would think that the person is not right in the head. If I tell you that today I feel 70% vegan and 30% carnivore, it is normal that you would think that I am an idiot and if you see me the next day and I tell you I'm doing the keto diet, you see me again the day afer and I tell you I'm only eating fast food that day, etc. you'd think I was crazy.

If gender is an abstract feeling of who you are...

I do not agree with this. When I say that someone is a man or a woman, I am referring to objective parameters. Maybe you were biologically born a man and you feel like a woman. I can understand that. You may be born a man and like men. It is normal, there have always been, even in the animal kingdom and there will always be. But come on, the 86 genres and changing them as I feel like it is a joke that passes for cool nowadays.



Anyway, I do get it, you think that gender is something quite static and if someone says that they do not feel the same every day is just silly. However, I do not think there are objective parameters regarding how people have to feel a gender. That would read something like, there is a right and objective way of feeling a man and that seems like there is only one model of "man" or "man feeling" (same for the girls) and you have to "feel like a man" similarly everyday.



2276  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Meet Some War Heroes of Ukraine (In progress) on: April 19, 2022, 11:01:47 PM
be.interested to know your theories since you seem to be one of the very rare people here who have the analytical abilities to know and/or deduce anything about the goings-on on the ground.
Thanks, although I don't think this is the right topic for an exchange of pleasantries. Despite the abundance of fakes in propaganda messages (or maybe even thanks to them - because they affect the morale of soldiers), Ukraine deserves to have its own wall of fame in this story. I respect military prowess, even if it is the prowess of the enemy. If a soldier fights bravely and remains faithful to his oath even in the face of an obviously stronger enemy, this is worthy of a man, regardless of the outcome of the battle.

You two, get a room!
2277  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 19, 2022, 10:53:44 PM

That is, it doesn’t bother you that the president of Ukraine is a drug addict and an actor from the series about the president, doing some kind of game and all that? Grin
If this video is proof that Zelensky is drug addict, then it's very weak proof. And after all, what's wrong to be an actor? I think it's way better thing than former KGB agent.

I did some digging to figure out where these claims that Zelinsky is a drug addict were coming from.  Since he was in the entertainment industry I figured at least i'd find some pictures of him and some cocaine 15 years ago or something.  But no.  Apparently before the election he won both him and the incumbent president agreed to take drug tests before a debate (both passed), so I assume accusations were made.  But other than that, really nothing. 

be.open, you really are a puppet.

I am surprised! If he does not use drugs it must be probably the only president in the world that does not. I would not be more surprised if they tell me that an Olympic gymnast  actually won without "help".
2278  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 19, 2022, 10:11:02 PM
I am against this war, you are in favour of it and constantly trying to justify it. I think you need to stop sending others to die in Putin's name and in your own. If you think this aggression is justified go to the front and learn a bit about the reality of war coward. be a Russian Hero.
I am a Russian Hero, my war is here. And I need your microwave and Nutella.  Grin


That's an insult to the soldiers that are risking their lives in the front. I can see you do not care any more than Putin does about them.

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Must be a tough day today at the troll farm if they had to dial the absurdity up all the way to 11.
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I can only thank them for their posting. It is helping the world (well... whoever is still reading this thread) understand how unbelievable is the daily information Russians get from official sources and helps the Ukrainian cause greatly.

Russia has no chance against the free and motivated people of Ukraine.

be.open this is a coward and a fascist spreading Kremlin narratives about Bandera and NATO.
The fact that he spends all his free time on the forum justifying Russia's aggression against Ukraine with false statements, we can conclude that he is disabled person , not only mentally, but also physically.

He is a Chairborne Soldier. In his own words, "a Russian Hero". We need more like him (or her), that is, avoiding conscription at all costs and staying well away from the places they mention in their posts.

Russia has no chance against the free and motivated people of Ukraine.

be.open this is a coward and a fascist spreading Kremlin narratives about Bandera and NATO.
The fact that he spends all his free time on the forum justifying Russia's aggression against Ukraine with false statements, we can conclude that he is disabled person , not only mentally, but also physically.

You can't write history before it happens. Guy in circle was proclaimed mentally ill, for example

Do you consider yourself a fascist and think that propaganda of fascism and genocide is good?
Didn't you think that after the inevitable defeat of Russia, such scoundrels and scum will be deanonymized and tried for spreading fascism propaganda on the Internet?
Not?
Think at your leisure before posting nonsense here.

Branko does not like questions. Do you Branko?  Grin

I don't know if this is some next-level trollfuckery - even though it's on an official government site - but I guess it's been nice knowing you all.

https://www.mchsmedia.ru/news/item/6660556/

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Пo oпepaтивным дaнным вo вpeмя мaccoвыx тopжecтв пo пoвoдy пpaзднoвaния Пacxи 24.04.2022 вoзмoжнa yгpoзa oтвeтнoгo ядepнoгo yдapa co cтopoны cтpaн HATO.

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According to operational data, during the mass celebrations of Easter on April 24, 2022, a threat of a retaliatory nuclear strike from NATO countries is possible.

(emphasis mine)

Edit - site seems to be down. Not sure what this means. No retaliatory strike? No initial strike?

This the same day that the Minister of Bullying and Harassing (know in Russia as Foreign Affairs) just said that only conventional weapons will be used. Scary.

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That is, it doesn’t bother you that the president of Ukraine is a drug addict and an actor from the series about the president, doing some kind of game and all that? Grin
If this video is proof that Zelensky is drug addict, then it's very weak proof. And after all, what's wrong to be an actor? I think it's way better thing than former KGB agent.

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His usual punchline. See, loosing against someone that you describe as a drug addict must be hard to bear.







2279  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 19, 2022, 09:45:57 AM
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In your opinion, today's appeal of the commander of Azov about the presence of civilians near Azovstal is a confession to a war crime - given the humanitarian corridor opened by Russia yesterday and the ceasefire regime? If the civilians did not come out yesterday, then Azov is holding them hostage like a human shield? Doesn't that make the Nazis of Azov just a gang of terrorists?

I couldn't understand some of what they guy was saying, and my Pavlovian response from the first second of footage was that it was more professionally designed than one would expect from a spontaneous quicky vid.  But it certainly could be.  Anyway...

Asking if Azov in Mariupol committed war crimes is absurd to me, but not fully though because there is an element of personal ethics which can vary from person to person, philosophical framework to philosophical framework, etc.  Although not religious, I grew up in a Christian country with 'Christian ethics' so the use of human shields is about as bad as it gets irrespective of what one law or convention may or may not say.  Were I of the 'means justify the ends' philosophy, I might be of a different opinion generally although I think that most things construed as 'Nazi ideology' have pretty bad 'ends' as well.

There seems to be a religious ideology which may be more common than most people think.  It is to actively make the world so filled with such vile behavior that God(s) will be compelled come back to straighten things out.  I suspect that it appeals to people who have a propensity for degeneracy of one form or another anyway.  Like Nazis, Bolsheviks, Maoist, some groups of doctors and scientists, etc.  This seems to be the attitude promoted by many Kabbalists (especially the ethnic supremacist ones), and at least tolerated by garden variety Luciferians.  It seems to me the best match for what we see going on in Ukraine these days, and yes, driven mostly by the Ukrainian (sponsor's) side.

Yes, I certainly consider the Azov guys to be 'just a gang of terrorists' from all that I can see when I try to be objective, but the people who built and control them (at least partially) are even worse.  Unfortunately that is in large part my own government since I still hold a U.S. passport and pay taxes through that entity.



First of all, I do understand that there are fighting elements in Ukrainian army that have their own agenda and ideologies. Needless to say I do not agree with their ideology, while I do understand that they are fighting because they do not want to be ruled by a foreign power with a despot as president. These, in my mind are two different things that need to be dealt with separately.

Now, in your view, can a full state be a terrorist institution? Please, for a moment, do not think of Putin's Russia, but rather... North Korea for example.
If so, what would be the acts of such a government?

- Threatening pacific and non-nuclearized neighbours with nuclear weapons?
- Having an army that is disproportionate to their GDP to impose their rules?
- Killing dissidents by, let's say, poisoning them?
- Killing civilians cold blood?
- Having the same leader for decades with no chance to renew or alternate?
- Having laws preventing free press?

Would any of those be a sign of an institutionalisation of terror?



2280  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 19, 2022, 08:43:18 AM
Putin is using the young soldiers of Russia, sending them to die with the only intention of further stealing the resources and freedom of others. I encourage you to leave the keyboard and take part in the fight, you can see for yourself all the "greatness" of your country at the moment.
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want me to do. Russia is conducting this operation with a peacetime army, without general mobilization, and even rotates, as I have already mentioned a little higher.

Why are you yourself with a keyboard, and not with an AK-47 in defense of Ukraine? A deserter?  Grin
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I am against this war, you are in favour of it and constantly trying to justify it. I think you need to stop sending others to die in Putin's name and in your own. If you think this aggression is justified go to the front and learn a bit about the reality of war coward. be a Russian Hero.

If not, I have just the right uniform for you, it comes in yellow.




In case you do not know Latin: "Bella gerant alli" -> " 'Let others wage war.'

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Russia could as well condemn officially orange juice and still drink it everyday. While Putin's Russia "condemns" Nazis is actually acting as such and generating hate against Wester Europe, the US and many of the minorities living on Russia while threatening the world with a nuclear attack. Facts are facts and words are wind.
Nazism is not orange juice. If the West is ready to quarrel with Russia over a gang of terrorists in the center of Europe, this is more of a problem for the West. Russia does not cultivate hatred towards other nationalities, I think now several million citizens of Ukraine live and work in Russia. And I did not notice that they somehow actively protested against the operation in Ukraine, arranging protest rallies in Russian cities or something like that.

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Oh, and I forgot homophobia and the "Gayrope" thing. The classics signs of the far right: xenophobia, homophobia, disrespect for artists and intellectuals,... It is obviously Nazism coming from Putin's Russia. Seriously, there must be someone better fitted to rule that large country of yours.

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