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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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Starsfan posted:had not considered this angle previously but some insane Ukraine gambit to try and wrest back the spotlight from Israel could very well materialize in the near future: That would one hundred percent be in character and the fact that they've lost the media spotlight would push whatever they were already working on into overdrive. It was bad enough that they were taking L's and losing public support, they've lost the news cycle now too. They need a victory and they need one now.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:30
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Frosted Flake posted:That would one hundred percent be in character and the fact that they've lost the media spotlight would push whatever they were already working on into overdrive. It was bad enough that they were taking L's and losing public support, they've lost the news cycle now too. Nothing would help now, but a week down the line it's do or die
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Oct 11, 2023 21:35
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Putin is advancing across all lines. Ukraines attempts to be in the news will just be brushed aside.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:37
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Throwing reserves into a PR stunt instead of blunting the Russian offensive is some kind of a strategy for sure.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:37
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genericnick posted:Nothing would help now, but a week down the line it's do or die Yeah they could make that nuclear power plant go boom this week and it wouldn't make the front page.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:40
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Lostconfused posted:Throwing reserves into a PR stunt instead of blunting the Russian offensive is some kind of a strategy for sure. Throwing reserves into a PR stunt is Ukraine's entire military strategy
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Oct 11, 2023 21:40
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If Ukraine really is getting chum change for aids then Russia doesn't even push that hard, just coast along until Ukraine implodes financially.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:47
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Phigs posted:The Ukraine-Russia + Israel-Palestine hypocrisy is just more evidence that it's straight up not worth debating liberals because they clearly have no morals or logic. There's nothing in there. You might as well argue with the TV or phone screen where they got "their" opinion from. liberals will tell you that this is evidence of their maturity and nuance Egg Moron has issued a correction as of 21:58 on Oct 11, 2023 |
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Oct 11, 2023 21:48
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The Ukrainians HAVE been trying all types of stunts across the Black Sea and around Kherson, it is just they usually just get well...slaughtered. It isn't like they haven't been trying, it is just they have made zero headway despite throwing resources into it. I don't see how any sort of large landing is going to work out considering how many different systems the Russians have in the region. They don't need a fleet to there, they have plenty of planes, missiles, and artillery batteries that could slam any force. It would explain why they are so passive in the east at this point at least. ----------- Also, it really sounds like the F-16s will have minimal if any impact in this conflict. The US very well may just let the contracts and funding already allocated just run themselves out and that will be end of it. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 21:55 on Oct 11, 2023 |
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Oct 11, 2023 21:52
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:I'm sure it has to do with whatever tendency or quality makes them so focused on aesthetic above all The last part of Adorno's "work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" draws the line clearly and succinctly between Futurism (a strand of the Modern Art movement) and mussolini. If you want to break with the old and bring in the new, and the new to you is "industrial violence is actually Beautiful", then you just are a fascist. Which is the entire point of the essay - aesthetics are fascist, and to be focused on the former is to basically be the latter.
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Oct 11, 2023 22:02
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aw that’s sad about Al Saqr. I hope they come back in a month
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Oct 11, 2023 22:38
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euphronius posted:aw that’s sad about Al Saqr. I hope they come back in a month got reduced to a week
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Oct 11, 2023 22:42
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Sherbert Hoover posted:https://twitter.com/NationalIndNews/status/1712175241835745323?s=20 Lol christ I didn't think they would just literally say it
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Oct 11, 2023 23:01
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gradenko_2000 posted:Lol christ I didn't think they would just literally say it Why, what's Ukraine gonna do about it?
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Oct 11, 2023 23:05
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Sherbert Hoover posted:https://twitter.com/NationalIndNews/status/1712175241835745323?s=20 lmfao
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Oct 11, 2023 23:13
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Tsitsikovas posted:The last part of Adorno's "work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" draws the line clearly and succinctly between Futurism (a strand of the Modern Art movement) and mussolini. If you want to break with the old and bring in the new, and the new to you is "industrial violence is actually Beautiful", then you just are a fascist. Which is the entire point of the essay - aesthetics are fascist, and to be focused on the former is to basically be the latter. I thought that was Walter Benjamin
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Oct 11, 2023 23:19
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In Training posted:I thought that was Walter Benjamin it was. this is obvious antisemitism.
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Oct 11, 2023 23:21
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walter benjamin was a beautiful soul and you will not ascribe one iota of credit due him to another. it is sacrielege
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Oct 11, 2023 23:23
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speng31b posted:got reduced to a week He's going to miss a full decade.
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Oct 11, 2023 23:32
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Lostconfused posted:Rybar arrows aside Avdiivka is supposedly very heavily fortified. Here's a quote from a resident. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230320-ukraine-s-other-frontline-fortress-resisting-russian-capture posted:The town has been on the front line for more than eight years. It's a very serious line of fortification, all concrete, with bunkers," said Ruslan Surnov. Here is one such bunker. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/internati..._5982448_4.html
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Oct 11, 2023 23:44
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The Russians have lost thousands of vehicles in a day of combat for that town.
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Oct 11, 2023 23:47
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Frosted Flake posted:
The Biden admin went from 10 billion to 200 million in 72 hours in order to shovel money at Isreal. Even if they pull out a victory, they're hosed
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Oct 12, 2023 00:09
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Regarding Avdiivka, as usual the Ukraine and Russian information spaces are living in completely different worlds and I dunno which one's correct lol.
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Oct 12, 2023 00:10
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Nonsense posted:The Russians have lost thousands of vehicles in a day of combat for that town. spooky, the avdiivka triangle
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Oct 12, 2023 00:10
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Oct 12, 2023 00:19
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Nonsense posted:The Russians have lost thousands of vehicles in a day of combat for that town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZmafy_v8g8
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Oct 12, 2023 00:30
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Cheatum the Evil Midget posted:Good news for Ukraine, the Luftwaffe was able to prevent the Russians encircling the brave defenders of the fortress city! Ah man touching grass (reading P/I instead) has really allowed me to see the humor in things again. gently caress me lol
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Oct 12, 2023 00:34
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"The Russians have been bombarding our positions for 20 hours non-stop. But that hasn't stopped us from posting!"
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Oct 12, 2023 00:53
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how likely is Ukraine to collapse?
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Oct 12, 2023 01:01
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PawParole posted:how likely is Ukraine to collapse? I do not expect Ukraine to collapse anytime soon unless the situation is much worse than what we are told even if you only take Russia's side of news.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:10
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I assume the war ended cuz nobody cares. Has there been any major advances or are the lines still frozen.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:12
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Cpt_Obvious posted:I assume the war ended cuz nobody cares. Both sides are agreeing there's heavy fighting at Avdiivka. The Russians are claiming they've made a breakthrough north of the town and a partial encirclement while the Ukranians are saying they repelled everything and inflicted heavy losses. Standard stuff, we won't know what's actually happening for a couple days.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:16
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PawParole posted:how likely is Ukraine to collapse? right now, the world bank, with the US bring its biggest contributor, is quite literally keeping the lights on for their civil society by paying for pensions and even teacher’s salaries. they recently said they need to start exploring restructuring their debt of 20billion usd. that’s concerning because even though much of their interest on debt payments have been deferred until 2027, bondholders might start taking their money out of the country, or cashing in, which would severely depress their currency - this is known as capital flight and crashes foreign economies because they lose USD reserves, which they have to somehow keep get other ways or else their currency drops. they could also risk high inflation if they have to start dumping their currency in markets to convert it to USD to pay back the debts, or more likely, take on the bill for civil society again. a bunch of angry teachers that haven’t been paid isn’t great for morale, so ukraine probably will be forced to make really tough choices due to the massive amount of loans they have taken on. Zelensky knows this, and not being the top priority for American lawmakers will have huge domino effects for his country
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Oct 12, 2023 01:17
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He should have pressed Boris Johnson for some sort of written guarantee before throwing his country on the pyre.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:18
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Nothus posted:The Biden admin went from 10 billion to 200 million in 72 hours in order to shovel money at Isreal. Even if they pull out a victory, they're hosed What if they hustle 50x harder?
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Oct 12, 2023 01:26
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dk2m posted:right now, the world bank, with the US bring its biggest contributor, is quite literally keeping the lights on for their civil society by paying for pensions and even teacher’s salaries. oh, is this the doctrine part i've heard so much about?
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Oct 12, 2023 01:29
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Kiev will have to burn down what's left of the country to find enough money for the budget. Things like squeezing whatever they have out of municipal governments, trying to get something out of the national bank. Anyway, US needs to front the 20 billion for next year or things are going to get a lot worse for everyone.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:36
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Lostconfused posted:"The Russians have been bombarding our positions for 20 hours non-stop. But that hasn't stopped us from posting!" very on brand for the luftwaffe being unable to protect their forces
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Oct 12, 2023 01:51
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That 60 minutes interview showed that we are paying for other pillars of Kyiv society, like covering the full salaries of a showroom-only bespoke shawl shop
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Jel Shaker posted:crazy to think that within a century the usa has gone from being able to outbuild everyone and dominate WW2 across two theatres, and now is struggling to maintain two regional wars You gotta admit, it's pretty hilarious that zman is fighting a war against the Russian military, getting 10's of thousands of shells lobbed at his forces every day in just absolutely brutal attritional modern warfare...and apparently the same level of support is needed for the IDF to deal with 1000 dudes with AKs flying lawnmowers. Holy poo poo I'd invade Israel myself if I was him lmao Also I'm sure all the slava boys with ancient hindu symbol patches must be, just, absolutely thrilled at the fact that they are getting rugpulled because a bunch of Jews got completely owned by like one batallion of dudes on motorcycles and paragliders with no heavy weapons and zero artillery or air support. Just lol
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