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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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NATO refusing to cough up like 80B/year across the entire alliance for ukraine is ridiculous lol. Thats not a lot of money to "Save Europe" or w.e considering that this is the war the alliance was designed to fight
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Dec 15, 2022 18:50
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Orange Devil posted:I would like it to be known that I also would win the war if I had an army. ok that didn't go so well, but give me another one...
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Dec 15, 2022 19:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpV16BQfbrQ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary/commentary-ukraines-neo-nazi-problem-idUSKBN1GV2TY I wonder why nobody talks about this on the news anymore?
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Dec 15, 2022 19:13
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https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1603411814745722880?t=opVE7qxjZFGoTGLKGXiedw&s=19 https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1603368677130346496?t=8l-r6FlksmxT8b53qNIqRA&s=19 Lol Poland
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Dec 15, 2022 19:15
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American cop: accidentally shoots foot with pistol Polish cop: accidentally blows up HQ with a grenade launcher I approve.
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Dec 15, 2022 19:19
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so lemme get this straight, did the ukrainians gift that polish guy a loaded grenade launcher?
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Dec 15, 2022 19:22
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lol. is that real? it was reported a package exploded - did he give him a grenade launcher as a gift?
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Dec 15, 2022 19:23
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Cerebral Bore posted:so lemme get this straight, did the ukrainians gift that polish guy a loaded grenade launcher? they got away with blowing up that grain silo why not try some more
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Dec 15, 2022 19:24
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Polish official, go gently caress yourself
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Dec 15, 2022 19:26
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With friends like these... 
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Dec 15, 2022 19:26
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WRT:Women’s boots Did I tell the story of how Canada spent over a decade trying to develop a standard issue bra?
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Dec 15, 2022 19:26
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Zelenskyy lazily scanning a catalogue of government options after he’s elected, suddenly excited when he reads “reality is what you define” under neoliberal
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Dec 15, 2022 19:27
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There was more reporting that Orban’s objections are in part because the Hungarian minority is being abused, so in response Ukrainian mistreatment of them (their own citizens) has increased. You know to punish them for Hungary not supporting Ukraine. It’s such a self defeating ideology lol
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Dec 15, 2022 19:30
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Frosted Flake posted:WRT:Women’s boots If you did I missed it and would love a repost
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Dec 15, 2022 19:33
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All our deaths are your fault if you don't give us another fresh start to gently caress up
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Dec 15, 2022 19:34
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Morbus posted:ok that didn't go so well, but give me another one... Did I say an army? I meant a sufficiently large and equipped army.
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Dec 15, 2022 19:35
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Frosted Flake posted:WRT:Women’s boots This story ends with the Russians just using some linen wraps doesn't it?
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Dec 15, 2022 19:37
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Frosted Flake posted:There was more reporting that Orban’s objections are in part because the Hungarian minority is being abused, so in response Ukrainian mistreatment of them (their own citizens) has increased. You know to punish them for Hungary not supporting Ukraine. zelensky will simply call orban the biggest hitler since putin and invade with the full support of the west
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Dec 15, 2022 19:39
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Tankbuster posted:hey put a translation ffs. here, this should clear things up https://twitter.com/Gernot_Koepke/status/1602342620692467712/photo/1
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Dec 15, 2022 19:43
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OctaMurk posted:NATO refusing to cough up like 80B/year across the entire alliance for ukraine is ridiculous lol. Thats not a lot of money to "Save Europe" or w.e considering that this is the war the alliance was designed to fight $2 billion in "military aid" to Ukraine usually means shipping off $1 billion of materiel sitting in army stockpiles and then paying Raytheon or BAE or whoever $1 billion to replace the things you just sent. So really the "expense" is either writing off crap you already made or recirculating cash through your own domestic MIC. Meanwhile $2 billion in cash aid to Ukraine means redistributing $2 billion in cash from the metropole to pay off to nobodies in the periphery. No one gets rich off that (at least no one in the west), and in fact it's flowing money through the system in exactly the opposite way that it's designed to. So there's a lot more resistance to it.
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Dec 15, 2022 19:50
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Orange Devil posted:This story ends with the Russians just using some linen wraps doesn't it? I have seen enough works of art about female orcs to tell you that despite their massive breasts (needed to sustain all their little orclings, of course) they rarely feel a need to wear support. Something about their skin being tougher and less likely to sag? Truly a fascinating species imho
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Dec 15, 2022 19:56
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Atrocious Joe posted:https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1603411814745722880?t=opVE7qxjZFGoTGLKGXiedw&s=19 You dont just give a grenade launcher to a Pole, that is unbelievably irresponsible. Shame on Zelensky, someone could have died.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:10
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Ardennes posted:You dont just give a grenade launcher to a Pole, that is unbelievably irresponsible. Shame on Zelensky, someone could have died. 
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Dec 15, 2022 20:15
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Frosted Flake posted:“Looking back at history, however, it is in fact safe to say that ‘U.S. paranoia about the border’ has always kept Canadian elites awake at night, thus influencing every Canadian policy ever made.” Have you read this guy? His Anglosphere book looks like it might have interesting bits. Frosted Flake posted:There was more reporting that Orban’s objections are in part because the Hungarian minority is being abused, so in response Ukrainian mistreatment of them (their own citizens) has increased. You know to punish them for Hungary not supporting Ukraine. The article linked earlier talked about increased legal rights, like being able to speak Hungarian in public. Of course this is a fraction of the picture but it's about all Zelenskiy can do.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:20
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smug jeebus posted:If you did I missed it and would love a repost So first women in the army is somewhat new. At first, when they were working as clerks or whatever they were expected to wear bras for what I’m sure were gross 1960’s reasons. In 1995, combat jobs opened up to them, and the initial response was to issue them the same undershirts as everyone else. That was uncomfortable and didn’t work, but it took a while for “women are uncomfortable” to be phrased as “reduced combat effectiveness” for someone to care. So began the search for the standard issue bra. Under the rationale that shirts and underwear are government issued, it was put up as a Soldier System. As a result it would start as internal R&D through Defence Research and Development Canada. At the time, military procurement was directed by Public Works and Government Services, because Canada has the best procurement system in the world. They’d evaluate the R&D and then turn that into specifications and a contract. Essential equipment including uniform items must be made in Canada by Canadian firms with Canadian supply chains. This makes sense, for reasons we’ve all seen with Ukraine, but universally becomes a matter of which companies in which part of Canada. It would then be sent to CAF research establishments for inspection, training establishments for initial user trials, operational units for wider trials and so on, kicked back up to PWGSC, possibly to DRDC again to make changes. They don’t gently caress around, so “a bra” became the perfect “Carrier, Chest, Female” (not really, but you get the idea) lol. This involved at various times dozens to hundreds of government scientists, researchers and civil servants, plus the DND and military end. Then you have the political end which is always meddling, trying to steer production to a supplier or at least a province or region, loving with requirements so that happens, cutting funding or authorizing a higher cost per unit, God knows what else. The program outline was along the lines of the Canadian Forces Sock System, which I’ve discussed. The program office for all clothing items is DRDC, Toronto Research Centre, at Downsview and I recommend you check it out if you ever get the chance. They’re really smart cookies, developed the world’s first digital camouflage, but the bra proved to be a different matter entirely. Uniform items need are usually organized as follows (not a bin rat so might be missing things): Environment: Temperate Woodland (TW), Arid (AR), Cold Weather Operational Environment: Army, Navy, Air Force, Canadian Rangers Order of Dress: Service, Distinctive Environment Uniform (Office wear, dress uniform), PT It’s part of the Canadian Forces Identity System, which is a whole thing  Size: XS-XL, Maternity, One Size Sex: Male, Female, Unisex So, for example there are Black (RCN), Green (TW), Brown (TW), Tan (AR), Dark Blue (RCAF), Grey (PT) and Red (CR) undershirts in sizes XS-XL + Mat. iirc there may now be Female shirts, as a result of the bra debacle, but idk I think mine were unisex. That sounds like a lot, but it fits into the stock system and it’s pretty easy to find any uniform item in any size and have it delivered anywhere in the world. With bras, well, this is where I feel less qualified to speak. Apparently with bras there’s more sizing than XS-XL. Many uniform items are just S, M, L, or use a range of metric measurements, for example the packs and body armour had a range of chest diameters. I guess none of these solutions worked for both trunk and cup size? Anyways it turned into a thing where the users in testing did not like any of the types of standard sizing, but it would create a logistical nightmare to stock all of the sizes they wanted. Is every base Clothing Store (warehouse) going to have a bin of 32-D for Army, Navy, Air Force? Not likely. Also the idea that soldiers wanted bespoke sizing was extremely unpopular and led to lots of “back in my day”. Which does sort of make sense because it’s a logistical system, you wear what you’re issued. Alongside that there were issues with cut and material. I know even less about this. I guess there’s not really a “universal” bra that works for PT, operations, an office environment, formal dress uniforms? Issues like the band being uncomfortable for one task but essential for another, that sort of thing. It had to be rugged, not melt to the skin if exposed to heat, washable by hand in a metal bowl or machine washable in a clothing bag, fold up neatly for barracks drawer inspections or kit layouts that sort of thing. Also, for the Navy, not be visible in the white summer/tropical service uniform. So, anyways, this went on for at least 10 years, I believe more, until eventually they just created a thing where when you get your clothing allowance and annual supply of socks (6 pairs of each) and everything else, women get reimbursed for either X pairs or a dollar amount. I’m not sure. Other than that, the lack of uniformity is sort of a problem at the working level. First, it’s an issue because senior NCOs are required to make sure their people are squared away and correct dress but either male SNCOs don’t feel comfortable correcting when a bra is visible or disrupts the outline of the uniform or they are - which is worse. Additionally, ensuring uniformity of colour and stuff, well you can only tell people what colours to buy really. Second, because it’s not in the supply system, if your bra is damaged or fails to operate, you’re SOL. It’s your responsibility to provide it and ensure it’s in working order. Unlike other clothing items, it’s on you to make sure it can be worn for extended periods, washed, doesn’t cause rash or chafing, does not stick to your skin if exposed to flash or heat. Every once and a while it’s proposed to try again but DRDC is busy working on the new uniforms now so I don’t know if they have availability for another go. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 20:37 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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Dec 15, 2022 20:28
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Weka posted:Have you read this guy? His Anglosphere book looks like it might have interesting bits. Yep, his defence policy book is required reading. I’ve heard he’s done good work on Canada’s relationship to the British Empire and how it mirrors the present one with the US, and iirc wrote about the Canadian pivot from UK to US in the 60’s as well.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:31
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I watched that video about Azov summer camps and even 5 years ago the British film maker is pondering whether indoctrinating children into Azov's ideology and giving them combat training is necessary. Pure sicko poo poo.
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Dec 15, 2022 20:55
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https://twitter.com/witte_sergei/status/1603418857833902080 my "this city is unimportant so i'm funneling entire brigades into it" shirt already has a lot of people asking questions answered by the shirt
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Dec 15, 2022 21:00
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Ha once again the west creates a complicated boondoggle while Russia finds a cheap and simple solution with everyday materials for bras in servicewomen Slightly NSFW due to superior Russian ingenuity
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Dec 15, 2022 21:04
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/witte_sergei/status/1603418857833902080 This coming from radio free europe is icing
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Dec 15, 2022 21:05
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Atrocious Joe posted:Lol Poland
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Dec 15, 2022 21:06
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OctaMurk posted:NATO refusing to cough up like 80B/year across the entire alliance for ukraine is ridiculous lol. Thats not a lot of money to "Save Europe" or w.e considering that this is the war the alliance was designed to fight Asking modern Europe to go war is like asking an elderly museum security guard to go into the secured vaults, don antique medieval plate armor and carry an early surviving black powder musket into battle. It's technically possible. They have some weapons. Some soldiers. However outcome dubious.
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Dec 15, 2022 21:24
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Donbass Devushka posted:
wikipedia is going to end up stating entire russian armies destroyed only for them to be resurrected by juche necromancy when they show up again later
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Dec 15, 2022 22:11
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Those vog grenade launchers fire for.like no reason at all
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Dec 15, 2022 22:13
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A Bakers Cousin posted:Those vog grenade launchers fire for.like no reason at all This accident never would have happened if agent archer wasn't showing off his cowboy draw with that polish police chief's grenade launcher
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Dec 15, 2022 22:48
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Danann posted:(from t.me/DonbassDevushka/37057, via tgsa) The wikipedia articles for this war are already absurd. Every city the Russians have captured have apparently cost them 200% casualties. Crazy how they can capture urban strongholds with less than 0 soldiers!
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Dec 15, 2022 23:29
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:The wikipedia articles for this war are already absurd. Every city the Russians have captured have apparently cost them 200% casualties. Until the Ukrainian soldiers are properly trained to drive a wooden stake through the chest and detach the head from the body prior to burial this is going to keep happening
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Dec 15, 2022 23:34
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One hundred thousand. I can't believe it. They really must not be human 
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Dec 15, 2022 23:34
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I'm so upset by this loss of life, it's so senseless etc. etc. anyways whoever hasn't whacked off to the latest atrocity yet DM me and I'll hook you up
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