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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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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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paul_soccer12 posted:Wtf is "kosovo" Some drat fool thing in the Balkans.
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May 30, 2023 00:04
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more USA students died from guns than USA troops last year
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May 30, 2023 00:07
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School children, braver than a troop.
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May 30, 2023 00:13
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euphronius posted:more USA students died from guns than USA troops last year those troops fought bravely for our right to let those children die
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May 30, 2023 00:14
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paul_soccer12 posted:taliban is aids they should have bene crushed by the saurites
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May 30, 2023 00:18
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euphronius posted:more USA students died from guns than USA troops last year and people make fun of soldiers for being drop outs, now who's stupid?
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May 30, 2023 00:19
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Masno posted:
one day artyomovsky's sparking wine factory will be restored to its proper glory
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May 30, 2023 00:49
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Absurd shootdown claims aside, Russia has been intensifying air attacks on Ukraine in the last 48 hours. Practically all the effects are secret of course but Budanov and Zelensky have made unusual statements obliquely acknowledging the damage. https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1662685349045256193 https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1663061256310337536 https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1663143095871983616
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May 30, 2023 00:49
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I'm torn on whether Ukraine's level of bullshitting is "because they're really stupid" or "because they're savvy and realize the dumb Americans will believe it." Probably varies based on the person.
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May 30, 2023 01:00
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Ytlaya posted:I'm torn on whether Ukraine's level of bullshitting is "because they're really stupid" or "because they're savvy and realize the dumb Americans will believe it." absolute baloney soviet style propaganda meets absolutely credulous guileless american audience
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May 30, 2023 01:09
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Ytlaya posted:I'm torn on whether Ukraine's level of bullshitting is "because they're really stupid" or "because they're savvy and realize the dumb Americans will believe it." well it is a reddit rear end war so mostly the latter, you need to keep doling out regular doses of catnip to american liberals so they don't lose faith in patriot freedom wunderwaffens. if you stop giving the liberals copium catnip, they might remove their flag emoji
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May 30, 2023 01:10
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Iron Dome wins again
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May 30, 2023 01:10
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Xaris posted:flag emoji crucial to the narrative war
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May 30, 2023 01:11
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Ytlaya posted:I'm torn on whether Ukraine's level of bullshitting is "because they're really stupid" or "because they're savvy and realize the dumb Americans will believe it." All the serious troop journals are inevitably going to incorporate Ukrainian statements at face value and never look at the Russian/Chinese/Iranian journals for second opinions.
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May 30, 2023 01:14
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Danann posted:All the serious troop journals are inevitably going to incorporate Ukrainian statements at face value and never look at the Russian/Chinese/Iranian journals for second opinions. Why would you read those? It's proven that western weapons are superior and the enemies of democracy are laughably behind. You'd gain the same amount of knowledge from readings the mad scrawls of cavemen
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May 30, 2023 01:18
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Yeah, they've been saying things like Russia is going to pay for all the recent bombings also we knocked all but one of the missiles/flying lawn mowers. And even going so far to threaten Iran, which seems stupid to do if the weapons arent effective against your mighty air defense systems that you keep begging more of.
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May 30, 2023 01:19
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Delta-Wye posted:absolute baloney soviet style propaganda meets absolutely credulous guileless american audience
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May 30, 2023 01:28
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Delta-Wye posted:absolute baloney soviet style propaganda meets absolutely credulous guileless american audience
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May 30, 2023 01:31
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Those dumb Russian attacks are dashed over and over by our mighty defences. We are an impenetrable untouched iron fortress of patriot missiles and tattoo parlours. Also oh god I'm on fire help I'm on fiiiire. Ah. Aaaahhhh. Help. The Cheshire cats grinning iron dome.
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May 30, 2023 01:31
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Danann posted:(from t.me/NovichokRossiya/32019, via tgsa) Where the hell is ol' Prigozhin in that thumbnail? A Quake map?
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May 30, 2023 01:39
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she slava on my ukraini till i bandera
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May 30, 2023 01:45
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Love that a somber remembrance is now nothing but jingoist hootin' and hollerin'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N61aKhCh258
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May 30, 2023 01:45
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Tom Guycot posted:Where the hell is ol' Prigozhin in that thumbnail? A Quake map? 
Cuttlefush has issued a correction as of 02:04 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 01:56
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lmfao
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May 30, 2023 02:01
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i forgot the gun!
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May 30, 2023 02:05
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May 30, 2023 02:05
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Ytlaya posted:I'm torn on whether Ukraine's level of bullshitting is "because they're really stupid" or "because they're savvy and realize the dumb Americans will believe it." well they can't really say they're getting owned because american/western material and political support predicates that ukraine is still capable of fighting and winning and the west has made big hints to ukraine that if they don't start turning things around, they're getting cut loose so what's left for ukraine to do? say you're winning and winning bigly
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May 30, 2023 02:07
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speng31b posted:Lol. Absolutely unbelievable that Roger Waters is now a nazi after a life of anti fascism. How could this have happened ! https://twitter.com/PhilMcDuff/status/1663146319731408896
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May 30, 2023 02:08
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wtf they remade the producers in 2005?!
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May 30, 2023 02:11
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yellowcar posted:well they can't really say they're getting owned because american/western material and political support predicates that ukraine is still capable of fighting and winning This is a bigger problem than people realize as, for example, I had a recent presentation on International Relations that was premised on Russia being defeated, American hegemony maintained and “so-called ‘multipolarity’” being a Chinese fantasy that may lead them to making the same strategic mistake and being defeated in Taiwan. The conclusion being that both countries need to be reintegrated into the Rules Based International Order graciously. Now I’m not at the heights of policy or anything lol but you can see how Ukraine being defeated is unacceptable - beyond you know, being embarrassed. How many other things are premised on the narrative that’s not only been built up but officially absorbed? How many organizations have built that into their planning? Probably at least some important ones. Probably some decisions vis a vis Taiwan have been made under the belief that Russia has been set back to 2007, if not 1991-89, by Ukraine. e: For example, whatever version of F-16 Taiwan wants to buy was mentioned as likely being decisive to deterring or defeating a Chinese PRC cross strait invasion because of the expectation of how much damage Ukraine will do when they get their F-16s. Again, this is people loving around in out little bubble away from the levers of power, but you can see how each one of those conjectures are spoken of as fact pretty much anywhere a reasonable person would go to be informed. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 03:06 on May 30, 2023 |
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May 30, 2023 03:00
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Frosted Flake posted:This is a bigger problem than people realize as, for example, I had a recent presentation on International Relations that was premised on Russia being defeated, American hegemony maintained and “so-called ‘multipolarity’” being a Chinese fantasy lmfao... how is it having to sit through those and hold it all in?
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May 30, 2023 03:03
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Frosted Flake posted:This is a bigger problem than people realize as, for example, I had a recent presentation on International Relations that was premised on Russia being defeated, American hegemony maintained and “so-called ‘multipolarity’” being a Chinese fantasy that may lead them to making the same strategic mistake and being defeated in Taiwan. The conclusion being that both countries need to be reintegrated into the Rules Based International Order graciously. there's this level of double-think going on here where China is supposed to collapse any day now, whether because of shadow banking, or Evergrande, or "a demographic time bomb set off by the One-Child Policy", or even just the broad-spectrum assumption that Communism Doesn't Work and so the PRC couldn't possibly hold together but if that were the case, why are we spending so many billions of dollars on putting up this gigantic war machine to fight a nation that's fated to fail anyway? quote:Idea is that as they get closer to their deadlines, they are going to feel cornered, get desperate and do something stupid like what russia did. Used to be impossible to think about but we see in Ukraine with russia getting it's rear end kicked. ... but if these countries are going to get their asses kicked even by a country a mere fraction of its size, plus some marginal investments by the West, again, why is there a need for such a gigantic investment in warmaking to fight an enemy that is apparently so easy to defeat?
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May 30, 2023 03:15
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Cuttlefush posted:lmfao... how is it having to sit through those and hold it all in? I mean, it’s fine because it was all lessons learned from success in Yugoslavia back in the day, then lessons learned from success in Afghanistan, and anytime I put a deck together it’s about the triumph of Canadian guns in Normandy and the Hundred Days, so probably it’s just a good rule of thumb to premise your discussion of a concept by stating that you rock. There’s likely a better social science explanation, but I would guess that talking about a military confrontation with China or whatever is more worrying if we don’t start by thinking we have the situation under control and will win. It’s at the heart of that Clash of Civilizations narrative and the Thucydides Trap as well - we’re winners, but wow look at that close shave. I have never been to a presentation about the Thucydides Trap that stopped with the Peloponnesian War. Partly because mixed messaging - I assume we are supposed to identify with Athens but they were A) the rising power not the hegemony, and B), lost. It has always included Imperial Germany daring to challenge the British Empire and being destroyed. So, idk Russias imminent defeat had very little to do with Op Reassurance anyway, and they’re deploying Reservists with 2 weeks notice and without Green passports and proper SCs just to keep it going. e: I have seen a slow creep of sinology or whatever, discussion of China “not as a state, but as a civilization” so if you drill down, probably people are relying on Max Webber to believe that victory over the Chinese is anointed by God. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 03:17 on May 30, 2023 |
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Cuttlefush posted:wtf they remade the producers in 2005?! mel brooks is still alive holy poo poo
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May 30, 2023 03:17
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sum posted:Absurd shootdown claims aside, Russia has been intensifying air attacks on Ukraine in the last 48 hours. Practically all the effects are secret of course but Budanov and Zelensky have made unusual statements obliquely acknowledging the damage. do we know what russia is actually targeting currently? i know the official story is that its apartment buildings, schools, playgrounds etc but yeah
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May 30, 2023 03:19
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gradenko_2000 posted:but if that were the case, why are we spending so many billions of dollars on putting up this gigantic war machine to fight a nation that's fated to fail anyway? Funneling money to the MIC, of course.
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May 30, 2023 03:20
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CODChimera posted:do we know what russia is actually targeting currently? i know the official story is that its apartment buildings, schools, playgrounds etc but yeah Although there have been some strikes on infrastructure again like rail hubs or something.
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May 30, 2023 03:32
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lol Reminds me a bit of this old gem as well: 
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May 30, 2023 03:36
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Frosted Flake posted:I mean, it’s fine because it was all lessons learned from success in Yugoslavia back in the day, then lessons learned from success in Afghanistan, and anytime I put a deck together it’s about the triumph of Canadian guns in Normandy and the Hundred Days, so probably it’s just a good rule of thumb to premise your discussion of a concept by stating that you rock. fuckin allison... there needs to be some ancient greek name for the trap of identifying patterns and then making up explanations for them with names that catch on but have no actual explanatory power. and then another one for applying it to materially different scenarios. although i think allison meant it as more of an off hand quip kind of thing and not serious analysis? oh, no nevermind he wrote book on it and us/china in 2017? wtf. i thought he ended up disliking the term. kissinger taught this guy wrong as a joke
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May 30, 2023 03:38
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CODChimera posted:do we know what russia is actually targeting currently? i know the official story is that its apartment buildings, schools, playgrounds etc but yeah they're destroying the reason i don't have single payer healthcare
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