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741  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Slow T-mobile and maybe others on: September 23, 2022, 07:29:54 PM
T-mobile and others are hooked up to Musk's satellites.

No, they're not.
742  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 23, 2022, 11:58:12 AM
Neo-Nazoid freaks are potentially useful tools, and I expect (higher functioning thinkers in) Russia to use them as well when it makes sense to do so.

They already are, try to keep up.

Instructions for the disposal of [Ukrainian] prisoners of war.

1. If possible, do not report to the higher command about the presence of captured enemy soldiers and officers. If the report was carried out (to improve reporting), then report that the enemy is wounded and may die (even if this is not the case).

2. If there is time and opportunity - interrogate the captured enemy soldiers. First, without physical pressure, then again, with elements of impact such as chopping off fingers, cutting off an ear, blows to the groin and joints, driving needles under the nails.
The main thing is that the enemy could consciously answer questions.

Questions to ask the enemy
- What military unit
- Title, position
- Where are known command posts, positions, supply routes (can show on offline maps)
- Number of vehicles
- Number of heavy weapons
- How is the delivery
- What communication frequencies are used.
- Morale within the unit.

Answers can be videotaped.

3. After interrogation - either shoot the prisoners (do this without attracting attention and so that the fighters who do not participate in this do not see it, in order to avoid draining), or slaughter. It is desirable that everyone take part in this, so that in the future they would keep the secret of what happened.
The second option is to wound the prisoners and send them to the hospital. It is necessary to inflict a wound in the area of ​​the liver (in order to exclude the chance of survival) and groin. It is recommended to shoot from a short distance through an aramid package (in order to avoid burns on the body that can show the intentional nature of the injury).

Don't be afraid to kill the prisoners!
Specialists and those to whom they are important for accountability do not appear on the front line.
There will be no punishment for this.

By the way, if you can identify the bodies of those killed, don't give them away like that either.
Take the coordinates of the exact burial place, take a photo so that the face can be seen and offer relatives to buy data on the place of burial of their son, husband and other things for an amount of 2 to 5 thousand dollars.
Money can be transferred to a bitcoin wallet (and you spent it on equipment, drones, etc.)
743  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 23, 2022, 03:27:34 AM
Blah blah, and we're back to defining what a win and a loss means for both sides. Already 20% of Ukraine are set not to just go under RU's sphere of influence but will become RU!

There is nothing to define, at least for Ukraine - they have a very clear goal. If you're referring to Putin's constantly changing goals of the "special operation" - that's what you get for believing kremlin.

And no, it doesn't "become RU". That's not how it works.

RU can justify their losses by gained territory, but i still don't think if it's a victory unless they get Odessa. But I'm perplexed by UA, what do you say when someone asks how we went from being mostly under RU's sphere in 2013 with some exposure to EU, and now after colossal looses, to completely loosing at least 20% of our land, potentially becoming a landlocked country, and now being fully reliant on RU/EU?

That may have made some sort of sense before February 24 but no one really takes this seriously in Ukraine anymore. There is no 20% with Putin, there is no treaty he won't break, there is no peaceful coexistence, so it's not really a choice most Ukrainians waste time concerning themselves with. Either beat Putin and his mobilized cannon fodder or suffer another 70 years of holodomor/genocide/rusification/deportations/I'm sure I'm forgetting some other imperial "benefits".
744  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 22, 2022, 11:53:15 AM
Russia's existence depends on it's resources and few allies it has left

Then maybe Putin shouldn't be invading (Ukraine) and refusing obligations towards (Armenia) potential allies, and fucking his resource export by walling the country off the rest of the world.

everyone in EU is dumbfounded about this great American plan, tons of dead people, EU in recession, UA will be back under RU sphere of influence

Ukraine will not "be back under RU sphere of influence". The cost of that remains to be seen but your assessment of what EU "thinks" is absurd. Aside from Orban, the rest of Eastern Europe knows very well what Russia's sphere of influence means and that giving Putin (part of) Ukraine won't stop him from wanting part of Poland, Germany, or Portugal. That's an existential threat.

Edit: Markets opened higher on a day Russia announced mobilization. If market is of any indication (as it has always historically been), no one is pricing in any serious escalation or mobilization of "western" economies to war footing.

Don't quit your troll farm to become a market analyst just yet.
745  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 22, 2022, 12:26:11 AM
Interesting news, significant part of Azovstal defenders, including main personalities returned to Ukraine after exchange of POV's with Russia
https://t.me/KremlCirk/2206?single
It's also reported that Russian puppet Viktor Medvechuk was given to Russia after exchange.
Also, remember 3 foreign troops which had to get death penalty in DPR? Now they also got liberated:
https://t.me/redakciya_channel/11252

Nice publicity gift to Ukraine here... no one knows the names of Russians being exchanged (except Medvedchuk), whereas Azov people are heroes Ukraine and famous for slightly different reasons in Russia too.

Russian telegram is in meltdown LOL

Am I the only one who gets the impression that the information policy of [Russia] is controlled by the CIA? Because it is clearly destructive both for the state itself and for society. Could it be that they shot themselves in the foot? Maybe. Easily. That is the way.
746  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 21, 2022, 08:01:32 PM
  • 1000+ people arrested in various anti-mobilization protests in Russia. Could this finally turn into real mass protests? Nah, doubtful. But getting arrested at a protest might be a way to avoid dying in Ukraine (probably need to kick a few police officers to make sure to get real criminal charges).
  • Long lines reported at border crossings from Russia to Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan. Some other countries like Estonia and Latvia already closed their borders.
  • Flight tickets sold out to the few countries that still accept airplanes from Russia.
  • In some regions mobilization will take place at police checkpoints on roads and other public places. Not clear if they'll come breaking doors to people's homes but this is Putin's Russia so why not.
747  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 21, 2022, 07:03:54 PM
Is that a process where you elect your representatives

Exactly.

toppled in colored coup if not favored by USA?

Unlike dictators, elected officials are supposed to have accountability, and may even be forced to resign if they try sketchy shit like passing authoritarian laws. If USA doesn't favor authoritarians that's probably a good thing but to each their own.
748  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: September 21, 2022, 06:48:07 PM
Going to have to disagree with this.  Jimmy G is not a long term option.  They drafted Lance for a reason and they have not seen what they have in him yet.  The Falcons are in desperate need for a QB and the upcoming draft has a decent crop of them, so as long as the Falcons suck like most expect them to, they will be drafting one.

Lance got hurt just like a lot of other players have throughout time, it really doesn't say anything about his toughness, injuries happen to even the most fit and durable players.

The problem is, that also doesn't say anything about the team's loyalty to the unproven QB. Granted Lance doesn't have a huge contract impacting the cap, so they'll probably keep him unless they have a very compelling offer, but I'm thinking that if a good opportunity comes up (draft or trade) they'd dump him in a heartbeat.

Atlanta was just the first horrible QB-less team that came to my mind, I'm sure there are other options, maybe Panthers or Texans Smiley

But TBH I was just making fun of niners "blockbuster" trade to get Lance, and the QB-heavy 2021 draft in general. None of them set the NFL on fire, albeit most ended in shitty teams by design and it's still early.
749  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 21, 2022, 06:27:06 PM
Do they have the right to have pro-Russian president?

Yes. Have you heard of elections?
750  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 21, 2022, 11:58:56 AM
Blah blah blah Russia wasn't perfect, here i found some issues that will convince everyone that Russia wasn't moving towards democracy and freedom in 2013 fast enough. Russia - EU summits were held up to 2014 and this guy just ended his presidency in 2012. Surely the military generals that everyone calls to replace Putin would somehow be much better for everyone Huh

Medvedev's "presidency" LOL. BTW have you read his latest drunken ramblings?

Not sure what you're still babbling about but you're scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

US using their soft power "freedom cookies" to pry Ukraine from Russia is all conspiracy theories because US assistant secretary and ambassadors give out cookies at every coup/revolution Huh

Ukraine hadn't been part of Russia for 20+ years at that point. They can do as they please, up to and including not having a pro-Russian president. Try to keep up.

But to your point, if there's a will there's a way. Look I can even help you out and find justification to bring "freedom cookies" to Kazakhstan
[...]
Does anyone even need reasons to justify bringing freedom cookies to Belarus??

Again, relevance? Kazakhstan clearly doesn't want to be friends with Russia anymore (wonder why), and the dicktater of Belarus doesn't need any cookies to be deposed as soon as he loses Putin's support. None of that has much to do with justifying invasion into Ukraine.


Ah, Brezhnev propaganda making a comeback. That explains it. Makes totally justifiable for Putin to annex half of Europe because the US is... uhm... what is the point here exactly?

or US can go into deescalation stage

What is that magic "deescalation" that would somehow make all Ukrainians love Russia and stop fighting?
751  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 21, 2022, 03:19:06 AM
But fact that referendums is announced just few days before it will happen, it shows how desperate these occupants is. They don't even try to make things look like in legitimate referendum.  They think that if they will be part of Russia, it will stop counteroffensive of Ukraine.

No worries, police will be coming to people's homes to remind them how legitimate it is LOL

In Zaporizhia, during the referendum, citizens will be polled by address - local residents will be visited by employees of the Central Election Commission and the police, who will invite them to vote

With such compelling campaigning even dogs and goats will vote for annexation.
752  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: September 21, 2022, 01:31:55 AM
In any case, when do we know if the players we picked from the waiver wire are approved or disapproved? Does the commissioner have control on who gets the player if more than one fantasy player picked the same player?

Waiver order defines who gets it first - see Waiver column below. For example I could get any player I want because I have waiver #1 now. Except there is nothing to pick but I digress. Waiver order resets after you get your pick - you drop to the end of the line.

I think it gets resolved after midnight Wednesday morning, not sure which time zone.

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753  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: September 20, 2022, 09:32:53 PM
Lance and Shanahan want to play a very physical form of football and the fact he got injured so soon after a play which looks like the hundreds we see every week should be a cause of concern, maybe the kid was unlucky but I do not like what it could mean for the long term prospects of Lance's carrer.

Niners will trade Lance to Atlanta for a high draft pick, and draft a new QB.

Just throwing it out there for a chance to say "I told you so" if any of this happens.
754  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 20, 2022, 07:49:45 PM
So the "people's republics" all announced referendums (on the subject of joining Russian Federation) to take place within the next few days, and Putin was supposed to make a TV appearance, presumably to speak on the subject. The expectation is that of course these territories will be formally annexed by Russia and this will open a legal pathway for military draft/mobilization/special slaughter operation or whatever they will call it. Putin's speech has been postponed though, likely until tomorrow.



Some people won't understand why Putin invaded Ukraine until it's in a coloring book and even then unless it's a woke coloring book it would be ignored.  It's really not hard to understand, but you must first come to grips with the idea that the USA doesn't always do everything fairly and we take actions on others we wouldn't tolerate in return.  Those blindly stuck in the brainwashed state that Joe Biden isn't running our country off a cliff will never understand.  They're too busy in defense mode and brainwashed to believe whatever lies they're told.  

Putin's best investment right there. Doesn't even need to pay 15 rubles to each individual, just feed some bullshit to right wing nutjob media and they all parrot it as if they're in on some great secret. Pathetic.
755  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 20, 2022, 04:23:55 PM
They just didn't give it enough time for freedom loving generation to blossom naturally, instead cornering people into a false choice with expected results that we're observing now. Like i previously stated, in 2013 everything was going great, Russia was part of European court of human rights, visa facilitation agreement with EU was in force and there were discussions about visa free entries between EU and RU, plans for Nord Stream2 were being approved etc etc etc. Then somebody felt very uncomfortable with such arrangements and under the pretense of not enough democracy fast enough

Nice attempt at revisionist history... except it's bullshit. Russia wasn't moving towards democracy and freedom in 2013. With a KGB nutjob in power it had bombed Chechnia into submission, had a war with Georgia, and was supporting conflicts and dictatorships elsewhere (Moldova, Belarus, etc). Intervention in Ukraine fits that pattern. Conspiratardery about "somebody feeling uncomfortable" and orchestrating a bizarre sequence of events that manipulated Putin into invading Ukraine makes no sense to anyone except deluded kremlinists.
756  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: September 19, 2022, 09:54:06 PM
Bombay Bengals vs. Eli-2 Brady-0 looks to be the one to watch today, projections are close. J. Jefferson vs. half of the Bills roster.

Gabe Davis seems to be out.
757  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 19, 2022, 01:58:08 AM
Edit: with a 100m kill radius of a 155mm, 1mil of them should cover 31.415km^2 that puts 59% of all of Donbas (53.201km^2) in a kill area, now imagine Russian coverage Shocked 

That's not how "kill radius" works. Or math. Or logic.
758  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: September 19, 2022, 01:44:41 AM
I'm getting spanked bigly. I mean WTF, 26 points for defense, who does that LOL. And then this Green Bay guy running and catching and running. Oh well. Congrats DireWolfM14.
759  Other / Politics & Society / Re: War in Ukraine - between NATO and Russia on: September 17, 2022, 03:41:39 PM
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Nothing's changed since then... except Russian loses increased 3-4-fold. NATO is still nowhere to be seen except in conspiratard delusions. "2nd army in the world Ukraine" is getting spanked and is running out of excuses.
760  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: September 15, 2022, 11:15:29 PM
Russia has the Bible. That includes the commandments. That's why they are trying to do free trade rather than forced trade.

Ok then. Have you applied for Russian citizenship yet? I would recommend Yakutsk as your new home in the freedomest country of all.
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