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461  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Are the Western people very apolitical? on: January 04, 2024, 10:25:27 PM
Okay, I'll spell it out for you. Money and control.

The Republican Party and the Democratic Party are two sides of the same coin. And neither side is focused on getting rid of the corrupt banking system. Both parties want to enhance and use the banking system more than they are using it already.

Where is money located? In the banking system. Big money people LOVE money and never have enough money. Money buys them control and everything else they want in life. So, they will support the Parties that focus on anything other than the corruption in the banking system and the money... so they get to keep more money and more control.

Sure, but why, if there is a conspiracy of billionaires, would they work against each other like that?

Doesn't sound like a very efficient conspiracy theory to me...


What does a conspiracy of billionaires have to do with the trillionaires? Nobody was talking about billionaires or conspiracies. Besides, Jesus said in Luke 11:18:
If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
So, why would there even be a conspiracy? It's all a show to take in the suckers among the people.

For example. Everybody thinks that Russia is against the US. Everybody thinks that the sanctions were done to weaken Russia. In fact, those sanctions have strengthened Russia and the BRICS nations. So it backfired - at least it looks that way. But they knew that the sanctions would strengthen Russia. That's why they did them. It's all part of the unification of the one-world-government. Trick the people into thinking that there is a major fight going on, when it is all designed for further unification... behind the backs of the people.

Cool

It does not look that way in any way. You are parroting the Ruzzian propaganda that is trying desperately to show Putin as an international leader. He is not, the only nations that support him are Iran, North Korea and similar regimes, any other nation is just trying to keep Putin away from their soil, to avoid having to arrest him and cause an international incident.

- The US has not invaded Ukraine, Putin did. He is a threat.
- The investment in BRICS has not changes, the economic ties between countries do not change just because Putin makes a discourse in the local Ruzzian TV.

All noise, no substance as usual, only for people like you dumBAss.
462  Economy / Gambling / Re: What do you want to see in casino reviews? on: January 04, 2024, 10:20:22 PM
I never read casino reviews. I think all these reviews are biased because they are paid. But maybe I'm wrong. And if I want to play in a casino, I just go to the site and try everything I like, I do not need to read the review. I can only give one piece of advice to those who write casino reviews, make them as short as possible. I like short reviews.

Not all of them are biased or paid for, but I reckon that there is a point on the issue of of who evaluates the evaluator on this. It is a question of having some of the users sign off a review, so the rest may know who is behind the result of backing the review. Older users, well known in the forum or with good reputation are a sign for those looking for a solid review, non-paid.
463  Economy / Gambling / Re: Finding a Bug on: January 04, 2024, 10:17:26 PM
If it is a user interface bug, expect no more than a pat in the back. If it is a non-exploitable/non-vital platform bug, don't expect a reward but it should be more likely to get one as it may help patch a hole in leaking/lost business as a result of the bug. If it is an exploitable bug, it should definitely be rewarded.

That's my 2 cents generally...however...

In my opinion it's a substantial bug but again I'm not qualified or educated enough on it. But if I can exploit it then others would have fun. Very reputable casino with a large reach. I've contacted support and waiting. No bounty page on their site but for sure reputable so I hope they would compensate given the bug.
looking forward to what they have to say when you show them what bug you found, I am also curious about which casino you found this bug on and what issue/exploit the bug is causing(would you mind sharing what casino it is? you don't have to if you don't want to share the name of the casino).

BC Game. I messaged them on here yesterday but no response

...I wouldn't count it from this casino. They've been known to hold balanced and freeze funds for extended periods of time, until they suddenly had someone come and solve all problems months later. If you didn't message that account handling their "PR 2.0" (so to speak) then you can do so here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3592321 - This profile is the support account. The OP of their thread is (apparently) for some other purpose.

Yes that seems like a very long shot to get anything from them since it seems they are not even treating some of their customers like they are supposed to. Try anyway to send a letter about the bug, but it may only be interesting to them if it is something that can actually be exploited and cause serious problems. Service problems or user experience bugs... do not bother.
464  Economy / Gambling / Re: Slot Educational on: January 04, 2024, 12:33:34 AM
I agree with you on that,  our inability to control the desire to gamble more is the core addictions that we are talking about,  some time it good to check yourself and see if you are actually gambling right because once there is the inability to control your gambling excesses it becomes bad for the whole community since gambling addictions and it impacts rob on all and not just one person.  That is why is better to have an established pattern of play while gambling so as not over-dependent on it to the point that it could become an addiction.

To be honest, I personally still don't know the clear boundaries between ordinary gamblers and addicted gamblers. Can those who come every day to gamble even if it is a small amount also be called addicted?
Or is the limit the effect of gambling itself which results in the gambler's financial loss and can also involve other people?
whatever the gambling game, whether it is a slot game or sports betting, all types of gambling games provide a special enjoyable effect on gamblers. That often makes gamblers forget the boundaries of what gamblers don't want to do.

That is not good news for you my friend. If you do not see a difference, you may actually be an addict! There are some tell-tale signs that will tell you if you are gambling addictively: first, it will be creating problems in other aspects of your life, such as not spending time with people you love. Also, you will likely overspend money. Also, it is likely you will be obsessing about it, playing even when it is no longer fun.
465  Economy / Gambling / Re: Finding a Bug on: January 04, 2024, 12:30:58 AM
usually you may report a bug and hope to get some short of reward for your white hat action on the matter. However that is strictly voluntary for the site, so no guarantee. Another way to go about it is try to reach a deal with the site, still risky unless you get a third party escrow into the matter. Ideally casinos should have a permanent bug-hunting programme altogether, but... no easy way for this despite looking quite obvious they should.
466  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Saudi Arabia and Iran joining BRICS - has NATO infiltrated the BRICS? on: January 03, 2024, 10:28:28 PM
^^^ Exactly the point! Many people and nations are becoming sick and tired of a fiat currency that inflates, thereby devaluing the value of the currency that they own. Tiny amounts of inflation are built into any currency. But the inflation of the USD is almost double the value of all the USD, even though nobody sees it, to speak of, and even though it isn't spoken about formally.

The devaluation comes through the loans made in the USD. How? The loans are really creations of new money... not loans at all. More cash? That's inflation.

Nobody wants a currency the valuation of which is reduced by loans being made that they have no control over. If they had understood how this worked right from the time that they started using the USD, they would never have used it at all. Now that they are losing value through the lost inflationary value, they are wanting to change to a solid currency.

Certainly the conversion to a BRICS currency will come about gradually. But when it does, it will be strong. Why? They don't want to have to go through the same thing all over a second time. So, they will do it well the first time.

Cool

don't be such a dumBAss, if there is something that is clear to absolutely everyone but you is that BRICS economies and currencies are much more unstable than those of more developed economies such as the US, UK, EU,... do you think the dollar in inflationary? Try any currency called "peso XYZ", try Turkey's currency, brazils,...

The BRICS block is still a high risk / high yield pair block, nothing at all related with a "good currency" that you wish for. For that use bitcoin.
467  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Are the Western people very apolitical? on: January 03, 2024, 09:50:52 PM
A direct democracy  of "high frequency consulting" regime in my view may work in Switzerland, but it also creates too much overhead (people voting takes time, reading the proposals takes time, understanding what you are actually voting may take a lifetime of study). It also requires a population that is quite well educated and very aware of the effects of populism and manipulation.

The population in the US has been specifically kept ignorant. Their secondary programme is a joke.

Hi there. American here. Do you have an example of a "smart" country that demonstrates how "ignorant" the US is in comparison?



Yes, but not of "smart country", rather and educated society as I said. Now if you are a college student in US that may be completely different depending on your Uni.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/well-developed-public-education-system

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Sweden
#1 in Well-developed public education system
#3 in Best Countries Overall


Finland
#2 in Well-developed public education system
#14 in Best Countries Overall


Denmark
#3 in Well-developed public education system
#13 in Best Countries Overall


Germany
#4 in Well-developed public education system
#7 in Best Countries Overall


Canada
#5 in Well-developed public education system
#2 in Best Countries Overall

United Kingdom
#6 in Well-developed public education system
#9 in Best Countries Overall

Norway
#7 in Well-developed public education system
#11 in Best Countries Overall

Japan
#8 in Well-developed public education system
#6 in Best Countries Overall

Switzerland
#9 in Well-developed public education system
#1 in Best Countries Overall

Netherlands
#10 in Well-developed public education system
#10 in Best Countries Overall
[...]

US ranks 16 on this one - it is a proxy for the information, as it would be impossible to give a perfect answer. US as a whole country has a dominant position in the world, but internally poverty, analphabetism and lack of education are a problem for ample layers of society.

If you need other examples of how the population of the US are kept ignorant of many aspects that would be detrimental for the elites, I would need to show you the programme in some counties / states. Too much work.

You could contact the CIA in Langley, VA. The specifics of what they do and why are only known to them, and the wealthy who pull their strings.
Cool

You never answered the question. If the CIA controls everything on behalf of the super-wealthy, then why do you care about electoral politics? Why do you advocate people vote for one party or another if it doesn't matter?

Also, who are these "wealthy" who control the CIA? It seems to be that there are very VERY wealthy people like Michael Bloomberg on the side of the Democrats and Rupert Murdoch on the side of the Republicans and they seem to want opposite parties to win the election. How do you explain that?



do not expect an "answer" as you or I would commonly understand from "dumBAss".

468  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Are the Western people very apolitical? on: January 02, 2024, 11:42:00 PM
If you think Western democracies are not "true" democracies, you would need to say where you can actually find one that is. This is not black an white, there is grayscale from North Korea to Norway and at least the EU and for now US, Canada and a few others are "white enough".

Well, for me the best society is Switzerland, where a referendum is performed each 3 months. I think that if a similar model had been adopted in the United States, the current problems of the United States most likely would not exist.

A direct democracy  of "high frequency consulting" regime in my view may work in Switzerland, but it also creates too much overhead (people voting takes time, reading the proposals takes time, understanding what you are actually voting may take a lifetime of study). It also requires a population that is quite well educated and very aware of the effects of populism and manipulation.

The population in the US has been specifically kept ignorant. Their secondary programme is a joke.

469  Economy / Gambling / Re: IsItProvablyFair.org - Instantly verify if the game you just played was fair! on: January 02, 2024, 11:28:30 PM
Great tool! I have played Crash on bustabit for the first time and that has been a few years LOL.
I just have checked a few games from bustabit and it works fine. It takes a little time to get the result. Can you make it a bit faster?

If this website gains traction and if there's interest for it, I'll be extending support for other casinos too. Do not hesitate to give feedback and let me know what you all think!  Grin
I guess there aren't a lot of players who usually verify the game; I haven't seen many bothering on this LOL. Nevertheless, feel free to add support for moneypot as well. I played there last month.

Thank you for testing it out!

Yeah, when you run through 8 million games, it can take up to 10+ seconds to get a result.  I'll try to make it faster by upgrading the server,  if there's enough interest for the site.
It will be useful for many users that like the provably fair feature in the sites they are going to use, even more if this is going to be their reference site for gambling. I think is not a bad to use this tool an publish results from it for the sites in a general list, it is quite useful so that you do not have to run the script over and over or even a monitoring service would be useful?
470  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Are the Western people very apolitical? on: January 01, 2024, 01:30:01 PM
@GrLinkey These two statements "Western democracies are mostly not democracies indeed" and "the ruling elites make the people stupid and apolitical, because overwise the people can think about a revolt." is pure nonsense. They are completely inappropriate statements.

Note that OP is from Russia and dares to criticize how little democracy we have in our countries. I'd like to remind OP that "democratically" elected president Putin "democratically" changed the constitution to become the president for the third time.
I bet that his democratic government asked the people if they want to invade a neighboring country and the majority said yes, so they did. (sarcasm).
We have more democracy in Europe than you do in Russia, prove me wrong OP. At least I'm not being chased around town by police for wearing a blue jacket over a yellow shirt.

I didn't say that Russia has democracy. My views are very anti-Putins.
I would be glad if the replies here about the Western world are right, and it is difficult for me to prove my point of view, since this conclusion is rather intuitive than based on concerete facts. I suggest you to watch 3 videos which support this point of view, can you please comment them:

"The illusion of democracy":

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"How Money Became Worthless":

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"Money as debt":

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Look, you should try all this somewhere else. If there is a forum that is well past the manipulation, fomo, fud and propaganda is this one. You can say "I am anti-putin" but then provide all the propaganda that pretty much proves the contrary.

This is the usual technique of casting shadows of doubt with half-truth and "reasonable doubts" adding up the argument of "it is not perfect, so it is not good". For example: "corporations have a lot of influence in the US elections, so US and Ruzzia are both the same". "US tortured in Guantanamo, so US an Ruzzia are the same". Another thing you will find in the "the West" is people who are well aware of this type of discourse.

If you think Western democracies are not "true" democracies, you would need to say where you can actually find one that is. This is not black an white, there is grayscale from North Korea to Norway and at least the EU and for now US, Canada and a few others are "white enough".

471  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: January 01, 2024, 01:02:41 PM
My new years resolution is to keep track of all the times BADecker ignores a direct question in response to one of his ridiculous claims and shifts the topic to something equally ridiculous but different.


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Wow! Thanks, TS. I never realized how much I meant to you, before. Keep up the good work. And while you're at it, try to understand what is going on a little. True, you're not as bad as some, who quote the answer to their question right above the question. Rather, you do it below. Lol!

That's a funny way of saying "I can't give you an example of an actual criminal trial in the real world where a jury 'struck down a law', because that's not what juries do.  I guess you were right, sorry for making all that stuff up!"

The problem that dumBAss has is that his youtube mentors from China only provide a basic disinformation service. Him being either Chinese or maybe Texan (they are not that different really), is probably not willing to pay the extra for the "enhanced disinformation service" which includes receiving some short of answer to questions.

No, juries do not strike down no shit. dumBAss is simply banking on having a jury trial and the coercing the jury by threats and organised violence to exonerate Trump no matter the evidence. Anyone wonders why Trump is judged under the RICO act?

Two states have already excluded Trump from the primaries ballot, Colorado an Maine. In some others the plaintiffs have renounced to carry on with the process and many are pending decisions. One the supreme court decides on the Colorado ruling, the US will have some certainty on how the campaign is going to look like.

It may happen that if Trump does not run, Biden would not either.

472  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: January 01, 2024, 12:46:18 PM
And the fireworks today have been in Belgorod. Unfortunately this time there is no specific military objective hit publicly, but rather several impacts in the city that have hit buildings and streets - my guess this is partially due to interceptions and the like since some s-300 have been seen flying at night - perhaps the strike was trying to reach a military target.
If you're talking about attack on Saturday, I'm sure that Ukraine's target wasn't centre of Belgorod - it just doesn't makes sense. Most likely these rockets were moving towards military object but were shot down by Russian air defense. From Russian side they're saying that it Vampire - basically same old Grad, too short distance to reach Belgorod and Vilkha (up to 130, some versions up to 200 km)
About tonight, there was air raid alert in Belgorod, but seems that nothing serious didn't happened.

Well, the ZioNazis used NATO cluster munitions in busy shopping hours over a market because, well, they are ZioNazis and that's what ZioNazis do.  At this point I cannot think of an evil action that I would rule out for these demons.  Jesus nailed it when he called these people children of Satan.  Slight consultation for the Russian civilians, but it's worse in the ZioNazi playground of Gaza than in Belograd for sure.
Are your referring to attack on Belgorod? Well, Russia is doing it on daily basis for almost 2 years, but you remain sildent about it and it's ok for you death of innocent civilians. But when same thing happened in Russia - oh no, it's Ukraine making terrorist attack against innocent civilians. I just can rephrase Russian UN ambassador for you :
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Russia's UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said Moscow Kyiv had attacked only military infrastructure and that Ukraine's Russia's air defense systems were responsible for civilian casualties.
Source of original unedited quote
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-massive-air-attack-ukraine-least-10-dead-kyiv-2023-12-29/


Of course there is a double standard in every communication. Somehow Ruzzia still thinks of Ukraine as "a province" and Ukrainians as "lesser beings with lesser rights". No wonder they are getting stiff opposition. It will take them some time to realize their own change in status.

The next day fireworks have been in donetsk. Ruzzian claims of no casualties, which is really good... I mean, it is good that they are so bad at lying. Ukraine claims to have hit a hotel that was being used to host Ruzzian troops and some commercial premises that were marked by informants as meeting places for the Ruzzian army.

Given the very limited resources of Ukraine, I would very much doubt if they had randomly shoot in such places. Let's see if anything comes out later.
473  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 31, 2023, 05:50:49 PM
And the fireworks today have been in Belgorod. Unfortunately this time there is no specific military objective hit publicly, but rather several impacts in the city that have hit buildings and streets - my guess this is partially due to interceptions and the like since some s-300 have been seen flying at night - perhaps the strike was trying to reach a military target.

474  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Are the Western people very apolitical? on: December 30, 2023, 04:45:36 PM
...

 I think that the reason is the fact that the Western democracies are mostly not democracies indeed; the ruling elites make the people stupid and apolitical, because overwise the people can think about a revolt.

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I am not sure what is your idea of a "real democracy" Please notice that you will never find in any definition of democracy that "money does not matter".

There is never ever a perfect form of anything except in our ideas (Plato said). However, most of these regimes do have voting, free press, individual rights, independent judiciary and a system of balances. So yes, they are actually democracies. You can get as much information as you want in "the West" - note that Ruzzia is partially "the West" of the Urals. You will find little difference in the art, writings and architecture of Moscow related to central Europe capitals.

You can also choose your sources of information or create your own. There are some limitation on supporting Nazi groups, organisations marked as terrorists and some other extremisms.

All democracies are strongly influenced by money. Private property is consistent with the individual rights that are part of any participative regime and those with money do whatever they can to avoid giving it to others and getting more for themselves. However, the education is mandatory till at leas 16, usually 18 years. People can read history, philosophy or anything they want if they feel like it. Most do understand political tendencies and are aware of massive manipulation techniques.

However, people are not "apolitical" even if they tend not to discuss about it. I am sure you can find forums to discuss your ideas such as this one. What people tend to do is to judge how things are going for them, what the government is doing and what is likely the path forward.



475  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Javier Milei wins presidency in Argentina on: December 30, 2023, 04:15:43 PM
https://twitter.com/Milei_Explains/status/1728619598159749148

Milei explains basic economic literacy -- why tariffs are anti-capitalistic and inherently against the consumer.

Isolationists over recent years think using tariffs as leverage to force concessions out of adversaries is a dangerous thought process. It will always negatively impact the local economy.

Milei's a textbook conservative -- some of these phony conservative politicians could learn a thing or two from him.


I disagree. He is a text-book ultra-liberal. Many times these horses drink on the same bucket, because they both despise socialism and social democracy, but their agendas are different. Conservatism is absolutely ok with protectionism and tariffs, while ultra-liberals leave all to market and natural price formation.

In practice the alternance between the systems tends to do quite well for wealth creation / wealth distribution. In Argentina it is clearly time for wealth creation - not much left to distribute.
476  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Saudi Arabia and Iran joining BRICS - has NATO infiltrated the BRICS? on: December 30, 2023, 04:05:55 PM
Even the question is stupid - NATO is not an opponent of BRICS, BRICS is not a military block nor a defensive alliance, just a disorderly bunch of countries with economies that are supposed to present potential for high-growth.

The question on this post is just the narrative from Putin about BRICS being an counterbalance to NATO is pure non-sense. Most of the investment in the B, I, S of BRICS is from countries that are in NATO - as it used to be in Ruzzia before Putin decided (tried to) to go imperial.

Who the f**k do you think India has strongest ties to? Who do you think is the largest investor in Brazil? do you really think that China will ever ally with anyone without getting x 3 from them?

What investment is Milei looking forward to? Ruzzia, whose economy is not even able to solve the war Putin started??

BTW, to dumBAss, there is already a world currency. Guess to which currencies is pegged to? Hint: It is not Rubles.

https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2023/special-drawing-rights-sdr#:~:text=The%20SDR%20is%20an%20international,and%20the%20British%20pound%20sterling.


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What is the SDR?
The SDR is an international reserve asset. The SDR is not a currency, but its value is based on a basket of five currencies—the US dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling.

This is what Milei wants.

My guess about S.Arabia, Houtis have managed to stop half of trade in the Red sea. I think they are going to call the "cops" - hint: It is not Ruzzia, nor China.


477  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: December 30, 2023, 12:43:45 PM
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The good thing is that Trump may soon get to know that convict population first hand.  Grin

If this happens, Trump will become a far greater martyr for the people than he has become already. It might get the people to finally act instead of relying on elected officials. I don't know if the Dems are willing to go that far.

Cool

Finally, we have an agreement!! I am absolutely Ok with Trump being a martyr. The more martyr the better. Look, I can help you with a few suggestions of what you can do with him, if it works as an inspiration for you guys. Allow me to suggest he follows other famous martyr´s examples for your dumBAsstic benefit:

- Mandela: 27 (twenty seven) years in prison.
- Saint Peter: Crucified upside'down.



- Father Luis Jaime, killed by the Americans. The original ones, not the invasive white people.



And the last suggestion - but feel free to ask for more



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Artemios was called to a military meeting with Julian where he witnessed and objected to abuse of Christians. He was tortured with red hot irons, and miraculously cured. Then he was taken to the Amphitheatre where there was a big stone broken in half, and was put on half stone and the other half was raised above him and released crushing Artemios. He was presumed dead, and left for a day. But he was still alive, broken boned, disembowelled, eyeless and remained unwilling to renounce his religion and Julian ordered his beheading.





478  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A case to exclude Hungary from the EU on: December 30, 2023, 12:23:40 PM
It's a smear campaign to start targeting whoever has been either neutral or with Russia, there should be proper discussions held in regards and to ensure how Hungary can fix things instead of burning the bridges. France and Germany cannot bully Hungary and it should be a collective call because two nations cannot patronize the decisions like who should be in and who should be out of the EU.

This should be sorted out in the tables instead of dirty politics because everyone is entitled to share their thoughts but not to force their thoughts on others.

That's a great post because that's exactly what is happening. Like in Orwell's book there are some who despite propagating equality are better than the rest and are bullying other countries. A great example of that is that Germany and France are imposing their own eco rules on other countries, making them pay higher taxes if they can't stay below certain limits, which in itself is ridiculous. It's like if you had a house with a coal furnace and your friend had an electric one and he told you to meet him in the middle. Since you're producing 100 units of emissions and he's producing 0, you have to lower yours by 50%, or you'll pay a fine. Cheesy

France was selling rifle optics to Russia despite the sanctions in 2022 and it was fine, all according to the rules. Hungary doesn't want to support Ukraine financially, it's against the rules.

Look, Hungary is absolutely free to follow their own path or Hugxit themselves out of the EU. UK did it, anyone can. And they are free to decide on different sets of environmental rules, finances, ... They are a free sovereign country. Nobody is telling them what they can and cannot do.

Now, a different thing is that you want to be in to get the European funding - which comes in great part from Germany and France - but do not accept to negotiate on a common diplomatic approach or follow the essential rules. Hungary wants to get paid while boycotting the EU common interests. It just cannot be.

It is like if you want to join a club in which you know you have to wear a suit to enter and then complaint because they are not letting you through the door on your Iron Maiden sweatshirt and pink shorts.
479  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 30, 2023, 12:13:14 PM
The fact that there are no signs of a settlement or ceasefire in sight will make it difficult for Ukraine to launch a counter offensive in the future. At the same time it will create the risk of a new attack from Russia. Now from the Kremlin's side too their attack has stalled. There is no sign of any big success coming soon. Russia can now use this status quo to inflate their war economy. It could also import more weapons from allies like North Korea. If the war does not more problems may arise worldwide.

The war now depends on a few things:
- Mobillisation by Ruzzia and Ukraine. Zelensky is thinking half a million soldiers, Putin probably around same figure.
- Economic resources: Putin has approved the highest ever military expending ever in military (detracting it from health, education, helps,...) while the US an mainly the EU are preparing economic packages of similar size (comparatively, it is a mosquito bite in their budgets).

Overall, both sides are strongly preparing for a really hot 2024. I have seen videos of some of the Ruzzian attacks and it seems that they are trying to diminish the weapons stock of Ukraine by stopping bullets with bodies. Seriously, sending three or four waves through the same path, two tanks, three BMPs each and getting everyone killed over and over... it is crazy. There are fields with 15 to 20 units destroyed in several locations across the front.

I think that Putin and the Ruzzian Army are going beyond what any healthy society would accept in losses... but it is Ruzzia so lives mean little for the plutocrats.
480  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 29, 2023, 10:11:34 PM
Today Ruzzia decided that it was "missile day". In an attempt to overload the air defences of Ukraine, Ruzzia send several months worth of missiles of all types across many targets in Ukraine. Unfortunately, and given that the accuracy of these is still "within a couple of km", many civilians were killed while the possible military targets stay where they were.

A sad day of useless killing.

There seems to be some fireworks in Berdiansk and even Sebastopol. We will see tomorrow what is being fireworked.
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