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621  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The common saying Health is wealth on: November 14, 2023, 05:28:51 PM
The cure for most illness and condition is said to be sleeping well. I mean, to sleep in satin sheets, in a mattress full of 1000 dollar bills in a little mansion in a country with good private medical practice. Warren Buffet, the Queen of England, ... you know, people who always slept very well and have the right mattress full of the right materials and live in countries with excellent (private) care.
622  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 14, 2023, 05:20:47 PM
Feels like there will be some official release soon, so to minimize it's impact they decided to front run it by leaking some story and pinning September 2022 sabotage attack on a scapegoat who conveniently has already been arrested since April 2023 for acting without permission in another operation. Also, as an added benefit, the story throws Zaluzhnyy under the bus while protecting Zelensky (makes it sound he doesn't control what's going on in his own country). More ammo to dismiss Ukraine's top general Zaluzhnyy for saying that Ukraine is in a stalemate now.

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



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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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
















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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Additional laser-guided munitions to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems.

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

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



If you want to see the precise moment ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are too many NGO that are simple money grabbing groups that serve just to place the goverment list of people "owed a favour". However there are many legit ONGs in which they help people with strong social issues and integration problems, so I am sure there are many legit opportunities for those who are seeking to control their response to gambling and getting it under control.
626  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 12, 2023, 11:38:25 PM

 And to the scale of this war, it does not look too much to ask: electronic warfare means, means to counter drones, mine clearing, improved air defence,... perhaps the most expensive elements are the airframes required to balance the sky. It is clear that the best way to clear a trench is not a shell, is not a scattered munition projectile, but simply sending a 2000 pound bomb that kills anything trenched or not in 50 meters around. That type of bombardment would give Ukraine a good chance of achieving a breakthrough.

If anyone is trying to make this sound like disagreements, critics to the government,... well, they are factually wrong. The only criticism is to the allies that should provide the right means to end this quickly and create the conditions for a lasting peace.


You mean one that Russia already have and uses daily?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/07/russias-got-a-giant-new-glide-bomb/

https://bloknot.ru/v-mire/desyatki-ubity-h-ofitserov-vsu-i-nato-pryamoe-popadanie-fab-1500-unichtozhilo-shtab-pod-soledarom-1177818.html

Yes, similar to those - but just ones that can hit the target instead of anything in a 500 meter radius from the target like the Ruzzi Random-Gliders. Also, preferable if they detonate 20 meters above ground instead of randomly detonating or not depending on the dachas that were bought with the budget for bombs.

It seems that Ruzzia is set on Avdiivka at no matter the cost. I guess they believe that if they ignore the dnipro problem hard enough it may go away?

627  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 12, 2023, 05:35:41 PM
Zelensky sending Ukrainian men and women into the MEAT GRINDER with lunatic orders



Cool


[...] OVERSIZE CLICKBAIT[...]


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Continued Russian milblogger discussion of widespread Russian infantry-led frontal assaults highlights the challenges Russia will face in using massed infantry assaults to offset the problems contributing to the current positional warfare identified by Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi. One milblogger emphasized on November 11 that the Russian practice of conducting tactical assaults intended to storm Ukrainian fortified positions in forest areas of Donbas will not translate into a wider operational breakthrough anywhere on the front.[18] The milblogger noted that there is no way to train enough Russian personnel for the intensive frontal assaults required for significant advances in Ukraine.[19] Another milblogger claimed that the Russian military is about to experience a "real renaissance of infantry combat" because there are fewer tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and armored personnel carriers (APCs) close to the frontline.[20] A critical milblogger responded to the "infantry renaissance" comment and remarked that the comment is a negative reflection of Russian equipment losses and poor frontline coordination that has created a reliance on assault tactics.[21] A Russian Spetsnaz-affiliated Telegram channel additionally complained that the reliance on infantry-led frontal assaults is heavily attriting all Spetsnaz elements that have deployed to Ukraine because the Russian command has reportedly been using Spetsnaz forces for frontal assaults since the beginning of the war.[22] Spetsnaz forces are not meant to conduct such infantry-led assaults like standard Russian motorized rifle infantry, and some Russian sources are clearly frustrated with the ramifications of the misapplication of such Spetsnaz elements.

ISW has previously observed that Russian forces are increasingly relying on such infantry-led frontal assaults, likely to compensate for a lack of adequately trained personnel and due to widespread equipment losses.[23] The Russian General Staff appears to be relying heavily on frontal assaults as the predominant tactic in Ukraine as an important part of the Russian solution to the problems of "military parity" laid out by Zaluzhnyi's essay on the issue of "positional warfare."[24]

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I went through the interview with Zaluzhnyi, it is very clear that he is requesting the means required to break a stalemate. He speaks of a stalemate that if maintained for a long time might benefit Ruzzia.

 And to the scale of this war, it does not look too much to ask: electronic warfare means, means to counter drones, mine clearing, improved air defence,... perhaps the most expensive elements are the airframes required to balance the sky. It is clear that the best way to clear a trench is not a shell, is not a scattered munition projectile, but simply sending a 2000 pound bomb that kills anything trenched or not in 50 meters around. That type of bombardment would give Ukraine a good chance of achieving a breakthrough.

If anyone is trying to make this sound like disagreements, critics to the government,... well, they are factually wrong. The only criticism is to the allies that should provide the right means to end this quickly and create the conditions for a lasting peace.
628  Other / Politics & Society / Comedian in cargo pants, says the hustler in a suit on: November 12, 2023, 01:09:06 AM
I have heard someone (Vivek Ramaswamy) calling Zelensky a "comedian on cargo pants". There was a moment in which Zelensky said "I want weapons no at ride", while he was in Kyiv when the Ruzzis were at the gates and missiles were landing in the middle of the city. Vivek has never seen war, nor even anything close to serving in the military. He is a hustler in a suit that has built his "career" fooling others into giving him money.

What would have Vivek said if he had been in Zelensky's shoes? Weapons or ride? I think we all know the answer, don't we.

Yet there he is, insulting and following the Kremlin line. Who is paying this guy? I think we all know that answer too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qliw4lIzi_M

1- Ukraine is not a paradise of democracy - true, nor the US.
2- Parties have been banned and elections may not be held - true, Kremlin financed parties were banned. Elections during war may be impossible. However there is opposition in Ukraine and there are radio and TV channels that openly criticize the government.
3 - Zelensky is a Nazi (Warning - Kremlin line red flag) - unlike, since Zelensky is Jew.
4 - Zelensky is a comedian in cargo pants - False, Zelensky is a commedian in military clothes. Ronald Reagan (ex-US president) was an actor in cowboy boots, Swarzenegger (ex-California governor) was an actor on steroids.

5 - Luhansk and donesk are of majority Russian speaking - True, and Russian is an official language there since 1994 without any problem whatsoever.Oh, BTW, US is mainly English speaking, so... should the UK take over?
6 - These were not Ukraine before 2014 - False. Just false.
7 - "I am saying something that is not in the mainstream media" - False, it has been commented a million times.
8 - This is not a battle "good" vs "evil" - It is democracy and Western values vs Putin dictatorship. It depend if that is not "evil enough" for you.
9 - The are "banning Christians" - False. Ukraine is a Christian country, mostly. Some of the Orthodox priests that were doing politics pro-Ruzzia (instead of actually doing religion) have been banned but you can practice Christian rituals in Ukraine as much as you want - but risking getting Ruzzian missile while doing so.

Overall - Repeating directly Kremlin falsehoods and then going for the half-truth, half-exaggerated and a third half of plain lies. (yes three halfs, it is ok for the Republicans as long as you speak in the name of God).

But to understand the guy, is better to know him

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy

He is a hustler, has lived his whole life taking an loosing others money. Perhaps is ok loosing the Kremlin's money too?

629  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 12, 2023, 01:07:55 AM

Lol. You jokers simply aren't following reality. Of course, since you follow your comedian hero, Zelensky, it's understandable.
...

First of all, I am not joking, I think you really need to go back to secondary school, unless you are there already, which would explain lots of things.

Now to real people doing real things: The west bank of the dnipro river is starting to be a serious issue for Ruzzia. The Ukrainians are making gains in what looks as a nearly unopposed landing, as the Ruzzian orcs in the area seem not to have those vehicles and means that have been sent to Avdiivka - the price to pay for doing WW I meat attacks I guess.


630  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 10, 2023, 11:59:48 PM

That's way out of his league. This comes first.
631  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 10, 2023, 08:24:04 PM
exiled opposition leader

LOL no he's not. He's a Kremlin plant who got arrested trying to flee and then was traded to Russia in exchange for prisoners of war. I think he was supposed to organize pro-Russian support in Ukraine but just took Putin's money and didn't do much... probably didn't think that Putin would be dumb enough to invade. Putin is his daughter's godfather. Those family dinners are a bit awkward now I suppose.

I wonder if he accepts the tea later in the afternoon.
632  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have your own casino. on: November 10, 2023, 12:21:51 AM
I think that having your own casino would be a Spectacular Business , but I think that I wouldn't mess with having a business like that if I didn't have the necessary capital for them, because we must remember that things when it comes to how Players who are Whales play , They will Want to enter by making big bets, and if we do not have the capacity to pay in case they win, then we will look very bad and it will be something disastrous, then we can have the best structure to do it, the best of all the friends once it is see nice, eye-catching , the best games with their suppliers, the best staff, but the question here is money, if there is not enough how can you maintain a casino? Taking into consideration that if players like those who enter stake.com arrive who are very good , they are whales , because it is Something that is quite strong , then we can say that when things are treated like this, it is very different.

Now for me that is the main way that I don't set up a casino, secondly I don't know or have any idea how much the minimum capital is that you can set up a casino, I think it would have to be a lot of bitcoins, it's the only way I can say that things worked really well, because if you start playing slot machines, which are quite nice and there is a bet of 700-1000usd and you win the biggest prize, the money is an exorbitant amount that must be paid, and You must pay so as not to look bad, because otherwise it would be a scam, and so in the forum there have been many cases where the casino cannot pay and then they try to get ahead with the payments that some players make with their deposits, that is, the casino tries to capitalize with the players' money , that is something that is not viable and is a very reckless strategy, because basically money is something that the casino is always protecting at all times, it is its way of surviving, I don't see any other way .

Capital is essential to your business's success. Whales are the huge fish every casino wants, but they're also risky because they have a lot of money and gamble a lot. So the house needs to have enough money saved up in case they win big. The balance of spending and return is tough.

The staff and decorations are great, but without money, its a paper house. Yes, using player money as a stopgap is like entering financial muck. Its reckless and can harm your reputation. Opening a casino is enticing, but the money is too much to pass up.

Unbelievable quantities of money are needed. The risks are great physically and symbolically. Not only do you need to have enough money to cover the bets, but you also need to pay for things like rent, software, and more. You need cash to create a wall to defend your business in a high-risk market where "whales" play.

It is quite difficult to create anything from scratch but in my view is even more difficult to enter a market where there are already quite a few incumbents that are well positioned and have a client base that they care for and grow by investing. If you are going to create a new casino, you better have a very good idea on how you intend to disrupt a very stable market - hint, get money ready.
633  Economy / Gambling / Re: - UGA - a Gamblers Union on: November 10, 2023, 12:18:00 AM
You have good intentions I hope you will not follow it up with asking for funds from those who are interested, why the need to create, and why you, gamblers choose to be independent I have not heard of a gamblers association online if it is about complaint there are already platforms for that and this includes this forum.

There's also a possibility of deceit because players will come to you with bad intentions to just use your platform to demand or extort casinos, I don't think it's a good idea better just launch a review site it's not complicated and it will save you from the many headaches.


I also think the OP's intention is good. He wants the gamblers not to be disrespected in any way. If there is any such behavior then everyone can prevent it by forming a unity. But it is not possible to implement such initiatives in online casinos. Everyone is different  and it is difficult to organize any action against them. However, if we can solve those issues through the forum without taking action in this way, then the matter will not be able to take a complicated shape. I think that is the best solution if we can get a better resolution of those issues through forum discussion through information and data.

I think it would be much better to create some short of self-regulation body that could actually certify the sites and give a rating for the practices from a neutral perspective. That is how it is done in many other business areas and industries - by having a third party auditing and checking the legal practices, how they manage their clients and the reputation in general.
634  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 09, 2023, 08:19:30 PM
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The flaw in your thinking is that if Russia/Putin has enough strength to do what you say, they certainly have enough strength to win the war... easily win the war.

Then why don't they win it? They are simply not of the mindset to destroy their Ukrainian 'relatives'. After all, the reason they entered Ukraine in the first place was to save their brothers and sisters in Donetsk and the Donbas.

The war isn't against Ukraine. It's against the everlasting encroachment of the US, Nato, and the Federal Reserve banking system.

Cool

No this is a war in which Ruzzia has tried to topple a democracy and then invaded Ukraines sovereign borders - and before that they had been financing terror in the donbas. There is no liberation of any kind.

The narrative about brotherhood and liberation is false. Putin's money created a proxy war / frozen conflict where there was nothing but people living peacefully. How does a dictator free you for anything other than becoming his slave? Putin cannot finish the war, he can simply cause as much destruction and innocent deaths as possible, that is what is left for him to avoid an internal coup (another?). The narrative about "goodwill" gestures is another sack of shit.

It is just impossible to believe any of those arguments by simply looking at the basic facts, this is just for Republicans that are trying to justify another Trump term.

Sure hey, I agree, he does not have enough strength to invade Poland and not even enough strength to win over Ukraine - but that is as long as the US, EU an Ukraine actually do something to stop him. Bullies that get their nose punched do not come back for more. You let them their way, they come back again and again.



I truly suspect that not all of what Putin and his cronies are doing is honorable. But it is far more honorable than Zelensky and HIS cronies. After all, the whole voting scheme in the Ukraine was manipulated by the US. You can tell by the millions of Ukrainians who fled to Russia for salvation from the Zelensky group.

Democracy is simply a more complex, group Dictatorship. In this case, it is being used by the US to attempt to bring Russia down through Ukraine. All of what Russia is doing is simply self-protection.

You are entirely missing what is going on... or you are a US/Nato/Ukraine propagandist. And the big thing you are trying to hide is your contradiction regarding the war. If Russia has enough strength to do the things that you accuse them of, they certainly have enough strength to win the war by force, easily... if their goal was to simply destroy Ukraine.

Cool

You suspect that Putin & Co are not honorable? Well, I can confirm. https://www.osce.org/odihr/548662

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arbitrary imprisonment and enforced disappearances of civilians living in areas under occupation are occurring with alarming frequency, with widespread reports of the use of torture and ill-treatment, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

So, you have read or heard somewhere that Ukrainians mostly went to Ruzzia. I can rebate that:https://geopoliticalfutures.com/ukrainians-take-flight/



So... most of them to Poland, final destination.

About the dictatorship of a group, I cannot comment. The allegations of fraud in US have not ever been supported nor any proof has been made available to the justice. So... I somehow have the feeling that you are ok with dictators, like Putin, as long as they are your dictators.

I think that what you feel about the fed & the US federal government is pretty much one tenth of what Ukrainians and many Russians have to endure everyday of their lives. But you somehow are absolutely ok with THEM suffering it.



635  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 09, 2023, 03:45:54 PM
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The closest thing of an actual "justification" I have heard concerning this war from some proRussian people on the internet, is the argument that people from the eastern regions of Ukraine wanted to belong to the Russian federation, because alledgely they felt more identified as Russian than Ukraine. So Russia pushed some bogus separatist Referendum and probably financed separatist armed group in the east of Ukraine.
Assuming all of it has some factuality, it only would give any legitimate and sovereign country (like Ukraine) more reasons to defend themselves from an agressive neighbor like Russia.
Imagine what would happen if Mexico did something like that to the United States, for example: financing separatist combatants in California, in order to try annexing that state. It would be foolish to assume USA would do nothing about it.

The claim of having an "oppresed minority" that want to "join Ruzzia" is as bogus as all the rest. People were leaving in peace and many Ukranians speak Russian, Polish and Lithuanian and nobody cares. Ruzzia just pours money to make it look like there is an issue where there is not one and then sends the troops. It is not that they were likely financing, it is that there is clear evidence of military, financial and intelligence support of Ruzzia to create a problem in the fake-publics of the donbas.

And the problem is that this hybrid / frozen conflict way of working can be repeated eg. in Poland. Ruzzia could claim they are not attacking NATO, that is oppressed Polish who have called Putin and Ruzzia just has to deny everything. If you allow him to take, he will take, and then take more, and then another bit here... That's how bullies work. First they insult, if you do nothing, they hit you, if you do nothing they beat you bad. You just have to punch their noses hard once and they go look for easier targets.


The flaw in your thinking is that if Russia/Putin has enough strength to do what you say, they certainly have enough strength to win the war... easily win the war.

Then why don't they win it? They are simply not of the mindset to destroy their Ukrainian 'relatives'. After all, the reason they entered Ukraine in the first place was to save their brothers and sisters in Donetsk and the Donbas.

The war isn't against Ukraine. It's against the everlasting encroachment of the US, Nato, and the Federal Reserve banking system.

Cool

No this is a war in which Ruzzia has tried to topple a democracy and then invaded Ukraines sovereign borders - and before that they had been financing terror in the donbas. There is no liberation of any kind.

The narrative about brotherhood and liberation is false. Putin's money created a proxy war / frozen conflict where there was nothing but people living peacefully. How does a dictator free you for anything other than becoming his slave? Putin cannot finish the war, he can simply cause as much destruction and innocent deaths as possible, that is what is left for him to avoid an internal coup (another?). The narrative about "goodwill" gestures is another sack of shit.

It is just impossible to believe any of those arguments by simply looking at the basic facts, this is just for Republicans that are trying to justify another Trump term.

Sure hey, I agree, he does not have enough strength to invade Poland and not even enough strength to win over Ukraine - but that is as long as the US, EU an Ukraine actually do something to stop him. Bullies that get their nose punched do not come back for more. You let them their way, they come back again and again.

636  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 09, 2023, 11:56:50 AM
So at the very least, US meddled in the Ukrainian 2014 coup, and secretary general of NATO is on record saying that war started in 2014 and NATO has been arming Ukraine since then, even pope said that Ukraine war was ‘perhaps somehow provoked’ but if we close our eyes, ignore everything that doesn't line up with our agenda, start looking at the conflict in vacuum starting from 2022, endlessly repeat that Putin is the aggressor perhaps with enough iterations someone will start to actually believe this, or at the very least we further convince ourselves of this.

Actually none of what you said justifies the invasion. If Ukrainians had attacked Kursk region in February 2022 and killed 1000+ Russian civilians in farms and concerts then I could at least see how one could come up with some sort of comparison between Gaza and Ukraine... except in your parallel universe both Gaza AND Russia are the good guys LOL. Looks like you're... what's the Russian saying, stretching an owl over a globe?

Indeed, only those zombified by Russian propaganda can justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There was no reason to start this war. Ukraine did not threaten russia in any way. They invented a story about the nazis in Ukraine, but in reality the nazis are the Russian leadership that kills peaceful people and the russians themselves who support this war, and every time they rejoice when they hear about another victim among the civilian population of Ukraine

The closest thing of an actual "justification" I have heard concerning this war from some proRussian people on the internet, is the argument that people from the eastern regions of Ukraine wanted to belong to the Russian federation, because alledgely they felt more identified as Russian than Ukraine. So Russia pushed some bogus separatist Referendum and probably financed separatist armed group in the east of Ukraine.
Assuming all of it has some factuality, it only would give any legitimate and sovereign country (like Ukraine) more reasons to defend themselves from an agressive neighbor like Russia.
Imagine what would happen if Mexico did something like that to the United States, for example: financing separatist combatants in California, in order to try annexing that state. It would be foolish to assume USA would do nothing about it.

The claim of having an "oppresed minority" that want to "join Ruzzia" is as bogus as all the rest. People were leaving in peace and many Ukranians speak Russian, Polish and Lithuanian and nobody cares. Ruzzia just pours money to make it look like there is an issue where there is not one and then sends the troops. It is not that they were likely financing, it is that there is clear evidence of military, financial and intelligence support of Ruzzia to create a problem in the fake-publics of the donbas.

And the problem is that this hybrid / frozen conflict way of working can be repeated eg. in Poland. Ruzzia could claim they are not attacking NATO, that is oppressed Polish who have called Putin and Ruzzia just has to deny everything.
637  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 09, 2023, 09:54:28 AM
So at the very least, US meddled in the Ukrainian 2014 coup, and secretary general of NATO is on record saying that war started in 2014 and NATO has been arming Ukraine since then, even pope said that Ukraine war was ‘perhaps somehow provoked’ but if we close our eyes, ignore everything that doesn't line up with our agenda, start looking at the conflict in vacuum starting from 2022, endlessly repeat that Putin is the aggressor perhaps with enough iterations someone will start to actually believe this, or at the very least we further convince ourselves of this.

Actually none of what you said justifies the invasion. If Ukrainians had attacked Kursk region in February 2022 and killed 1000+ Russian civilians in farms and concerts then I could at least see how one could come up with some sort of comparison between Gaza and Ukraine... except in your parallel universe both Gaza AND Russia are the good guys LOL. Looks like you're... what's the Russian saying, stretching an owl over a globe?



Even Americans say if China did in Mexico what USA did in Ukraine, USA would immediately attack Mexico


https://www.newsweek.com/why-its-us-interest-support-israel-not-ukraine-opinion-1841573

"Just for a minute imagine if an elected Mexican president was replaced in an anti-American coup supported by China,
and then the new regime sought a military alliance with China. Washington would react in very much the same way Moscow did."

Really?

https://static.poder360.com.br/2022/02/2014-Coup-1.pdf
https://bitterwinter.org/myth-of-american-coups-in-ukraine-3-euromaidan/


Branko & da here are very selective on what they focus their attention. I am not sure that is any better than what BA does, which is not focusing his attention much in anything being discussed.

In the end this is about Ruzzia deciding that it is ok to impose their geostrategic interest by force, nothing more, nothing really new. My take is that they have misjudged the will of the Ukrainians and the will of the allies. I recall that at the beginning of this conflict Putin sent different letters

What Ruzzia has proven for now is that their army can cause a large economic and infrastructure damage on adjacent countries, but also that Ruzzia goes into a recession when doing so. Ukraine has shown that they effective can apply a porcupine defence - yes you will hurt me, but you are going home with a bruised eye and not much gain.

Speaking of porcupines, have you all seen the fireworks in Moscow?

638  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can Chat GTP destroy poker on-line gambling??? on: November 08, 2023, 11:49:12 PM
I'm late to respond this but even tho AI is good when play a certain game but they didn't know card from the dealer card right?

Is stil 50.50 or I am Missing something here?
It's fairly easy even the AI doesn't know the card, you don't even have to use an AI as traditional programming might be able to help you with this one, if you can find a programmer that can create a card counting scheme that keeps track of the cards that's been used in the deck by the dealer and by the player, you can just deduce the possible cards that the other players are holding depending on the card count but that's not a guaranteed win as there's always that possibility that the other players will win plus in poker, you can bluff your way to intimidate your opponents and the AI can't keep track of the players' cards that have folded pre-flop so it's still not that good but if you really want to cheat in poker, why not just coerce the dealer?

Poker is not a 50-50 game at all, you have to know the chances of winning very well to be a pro player. They train many hours a day if they want to keep on top of the game. An AI does not get tired, does not forget, can learn without any sleep and can play over and over millions of games until it learns. It can even learn about the habits of player better than the player itself.
639  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 08, 2023, 11:40:05 PM
Urozayna is about to be liberated.

So at the very least, US meddled in the Ukrainian 2014 coup, and secretary general of NATO is on record saying that war started in 2014 and NATO has been arming Ukraine since then, even pope said that Ukraine war was ‘perhaps somehow provoked’ but if we close our eyes, ignore everything that doesn't line up with our agenda, start looking at the conflict in vacuum starting from 2022, endlessly repeat that Putin is the aggressor perhaps with enough iterations someone will start to actually believe this, or at the very least we further convince ourselves of this.

Actually none of what you said justifies the invasion. If Ukrainians had attacked Kursk region in February 2022 and killed 1000+ Russian civilians in farms and concerts then I could at least see how one could come up with some sort of comparison between Gaza and Ukraine... except in your parallel universe both Gaza AND Russia are the good guys LOL. Looks like you're... what's the Russian saying, stretching an owl over a globe?



Even Americans say if China did in Mexico what USA did in Ukraine, USA would immediately attack Mexico


https://www.newsweek.com/why-its-us-interest-support-israel-not-ukraine-opinion-1841573

"Just for a minute imagine if an elected Mexican president was replaced in an anti-American coup supported by China,
and then the new regime sought a military alliance with China. Washington would react in very much the same way Moscow did."


Who in the US says that? There are millions of people in the US, you probably can find one that fully supports your bullshit.

 For example, this article simply states many of the (wrong) points of the Trumpists, not a problem of "the US", like "it is ok to let Ruzzia grab as much as they want", "Ukraine is to blame because they choose to make Ruzzia angry", "this war has no consequence for the US".... all false arguments:

Ukraine is a free and recognised country, no, it is not ok to land-grab from internationally recognised nations, the US has a stake on Ukraine, because letting Ukraine fail will bring more wars in the future and possible a return to the cold war. And Ruzzia has already interfered in the elections in the US and UK and other countries and nobody has invaded  them.

On top of that, it is interesting to see that whoever said that considers that the US can choose the government of Mexico.

However this is interesting...
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The effort to untie the two wars will likely not survive in the Senate;

It is interesting that even this journalist has the clarity to at least see that.

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No doubt, President Biden will get the funds he has requested for both Ukraine and Israel; there is no safer bet in Washington than that requests for increased military funding will be honored.
640  Economy / Economics / Re: Is academic pursues enough to get incomes? on: November 07, 2023, 11:58:23 PM
I really want know if getting more degrees can make life financially better because I come from a country where their are no job and I have seen people that the only thing they can do in life is to read books, getting more degrees attaining all these degrees yet no still go job for them with good pay. Do think people who read in a region with slim job opportunities are doing the right thing?

Most people who go for more degrees believe they can get better job at the end of the day. People that only go for more degrees in a stare with high unemployment rate are they doing right thing by putting all their focus on academic because this is the only thing they can do best.

The answer is it depend. What degree, what university, what cost... Certain countries have reached a point in which Uni no longer makes sense, it is much better to get a basic degree and join a company that develops the people or get directly into business and learn as you need. Some countries however offer cheaper education and then is fine to have a degree - you can then go to another country and make more money.
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