Posts by Melissa Rivera5

Thomas Nelson25 said:So, starting this fall, there's a ban on Russian citizens entering the European Union.

Looks like Putin is hitting his mark—things are definitely spiraling toward that "empire" implosion.

It feels like this whole thing was planned out for a long time. 🤣🤣🤣 Honestly, it’s just pure amateurism on the level of Alan Ford, if you know what I mean.

dustyowl29 said:China is doing everything in its power to make sure companies like Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Apple, or Tesla don't pack up and leave. And honestly? I’ve only mentioned five—there are probably another hundred just like them.
China would be looking at losing billions of dollars, millions of people would be out of work, and the whole country would basically be stuck in reverse for the next decade.

It’s not just billions, though... they’d be looking at losing literal trillions, and we're talking hundreds of millions of jobs gone. If things ever get to the point where they have to choose between Russia or the West, Russia is gonna get the cold shoulder after all the good times, but yeah, that's just how it goes.

Betty Mitchell said:Russia has plenty of capacity to handle sanctions; this is a long game they've been playing. Their social networks, banking systems, and digitalization are already top-tier. I expect them to start churning out their own computer and mobile tech in a few years. The Russian economy used to be way too monolithic, and that was always a massive weakness.

The real question is what happens to Ukraine. My bet? Nothing. It’ll be a total wreck—demographically, structurally, economically, and morally. They've plummeted below 30 million people, down from 54 million just thirty years ago.

🙏🙏🤣

Betty Mitchell said:Russia has plenty of capacity to handle sanctions; this is a long game they've been playing. Their social networks, banking systems, and digitalization are already top-tier. I expect them to start churning out their own computer and mobile tech in a few years. The Russian economy used to be way too monolithic, and that was always a massive weakness.

The real question is what happens to Ukraine. My bet? Nothing. It’ll be a total wreck—demographically, structurally, economically, and morally. They've plummeted below 30 million people, down from 54 million just thirty years ago.

🙏🙏🤣🤣

Betty Mitchell said:Russia has plenty of capacity to handle sanctions; this is a long game they've been playing. Their social networks, banking systems, and digitalization are already top-tier. I expect them to start churning out their own computer and mobile tech in a few years. The Russian economy used to be way too monolithic, and that was always a massive weakness.

The real question is what happens to Ukraine. My bet? Nothing. It’ll be a total wreck—demographically, structurally, economically, and morally. They've plummeted below 30 million people, down from 54 million just thirty years ago.

Yeah, I guess that was the only real issue. 😁

Betty Mitchell said:Russia has plenty of capacity to handle sanctions; this is a long game they've been playing. Their social networks, banking systems, and digitalization are already top-tier. I expect them to start churning out their own computer and mobile tech in a few years. The Russian economy used to be way too monolithic, and that was always a massive weakness.

The real question is what happens to Ukraine. My bet? Nothing. It’ll be a total wreck—demographically, structurally, economically, and morally. They've plummeted below 30 million people, down from 54 million just thirty years ago.

Honestly, just completely morally bankrupt. 😁 Man, I can't believe some people actually say this stuff. And you’re still out here acting like the Russians are somehow the "good guys," even after they've caused so much devastation and death in Ukraine, not to mention holding the entire world hostage by messing with food supplies. Seriously, man, you're basically cheering for global thugs who are literally starving people just to get their way.

Honestly, I feel like we should just hit Russia and all their little helpers with sanctions so hard they end up stuck in the Stone Age, just starving on nothing but dry bread.

Zachary Jackson4 said:Prosecutor: You stand accused of using hospitals as military installations. We even have an AI-generated report confirming this.
Why did you use them?

Me: And what were we supposed to do? Use a meadow?

Prosecutor: The question remains: why were the hospitals being used?

Me: Are you siding with the aggressors?

Prosecutor: I am not. I have already handed the Russians a thousand-year sentence. Now, tell me, why the hospitals?

Me: Well, let me explain it to you...

Prosecutor: You are acquitted.

Is my roleplay any good?

The one where Russ starts a war with Ukraine but doesn't even call it a war is even better, I guess. Like, they lose tens of thousands of soldiers and billions in military gear during "peacetime," not to mention losing their main battleship in a kitchen accident or an entire squadron of planes in some smoking mishap. And maybe the best part is how the Russian army kills tens of thousands of people from another country while everyone like you claims those people actually brought it on themselves.

Matthew Young35 said:True, but then an attack becomes legitimate too.

I mean, yeah. The only thing is, they'd probably target the military regardless, I suppose.

Matthew Young35 said:What exactly didn't they say?
I was under the impression we were discussing the report where Amnesty claims Ukrainians are using civilian infrastructure for military purposes.

Regardless, shouldn't the only thing that truly matters be whether the report is accurate or not?

But I mean, that’s totally fine if there aren't any civilians around there.

Zachary Jackson4 said:What kind of judicial conduct should we expect once this matter actually reaches trial?

You are victims; you can leave immediately.

You are victims, and while we will take that into account, we will proceed with the trial regardless.

I guess it really depends on which state you're in. In some places, you could pretty much lose it and bash an attacker's brains out and the court might just let you walk, assuming it even gets to court—and in some states, it wouldn't even go that far because you have a right to self-defense (which isn't really the case here in America).

nimbleviper3 said:Oh, man, 🙏
this is the most embarrassing part of it all. You aren't even allowed to defend yourself against an aggressor without facing a report.
So what am I supposed to do? Just stand there and let them beat me into the ground, and then call the authorities only once I’ve actually survived?

Yeah. Maybe you have the right to try and run or defend yourself, but only passively, like you're hitting a shield or something. If you somehow trap them in a room using a trick or whatever, you might actually end up in a worse spot because then you've technically committed kidnapping or unlawful imprisonment.

nimbleviper3 said:But it sounds terrible—it makes it seem like Ukrainians are targeting civilians.
It feels like they're trying to equate the aggressor with the victim.
The bottom line should be that Russia has absolutely no business being in Ukraine. However, if the AI tries to play the "politically correct" card, it ends up sounding incredibly twisted to people who are actually out there defending their homes.

It’s honestly pretty much the same everywhere, and it really bugs me. Like, if someone jumps you on a street corner in the US, the Department of Justice might end up penalizing both parties for disturbing the peace. Or if you're dealing with a bully at school, sometimes the administration ends up punishing the kid who was actually being targeted just because they fought back, saying "well, all violence is the same." So, from childhood through school, and even with adults and the DOJ or international politics—there's this systemic way of treating the victim and the aggressor as if they're equals.

Matthew Young35 said:It isn't selective truth, though.
For instance, there were consistent reports that the Russian military used the nuclear power plant as a shield and stationed troops there.
There were also consistent reports regarding the killing of civilians.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...ns-in-ukraine/

" the war rages on following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we have documented a pattern of crimes committed by Russian forces, including unlawful attacks, wilful killings of civilians, torture, and extrajudicial executions. "

The issue here is simply that the truth bothers you.

If a war is underway and you station troops in a school, can you really be surprised when the attacker strikes that military presence within the school?
And yet, your grievance isn't with the tactical decision; it's with the people who reported that Ukrainians placed the military in a school.
The Ukrainians making that choice aren't your problem. The Russian military invading another sovereign nation isn't your problem. Your problem is apparently just the journalists reporting the facts of what is actually happening?
Bravo.

Well, I guess that’s technically fine under international law, assuming the school is empty. The real issue is how it's framed, because it makes it sound like classes are running normally while soldiers are firing howitzers out of the classrooms. Then again, the Russian military has already shown they don't care if they hit that school, whether students are inside or not, or if it's just military gear.

Gerald Torres84 said:Oh yes, I am reading it and I am glad because they are digging themselves deeper and deeper into a hole.
The naughty Ukrainians fighting in urban combat are fighting in neighborhoods, in cities... Shame on them.
Anyway, all those reports from "donor associations" should be read with a massive dose of skepticism; one shouldn't give them the leverage to manufacture public opinion.

The whole time, the pro-Russian crowd keeps hammering on about how Ukrainians are to blame for everything because—get this—people are actually defending themselves instead of just surrendering so the Russians wouldn't have a reason to kill anyone. 😲 😠

George Robinson43 said:The Americans aren't in such a rush. They just successfully connected their pipeline to the North Sea.

They aren't in a mess like those Kremlin lackeys over in Canada. The boss at the White House forgot to pay the oil transit fees through Ukraine lately, so they just shut down the entire society yesterday.

Every single Pole I know hates Russians even more than we hate Mexicans or they hate us. So, I guess it’s no surprise they were planning to distance themselves.

hollowdriver13 said:It isn't just about being able to manufacture a replacement part. To actually use it, the manufacturer has to be on the official Airbus or Boeing approved list. If you can't track the entire history of a component—even something as simple as a nut from start to finish—with every single supplier in the chain being certified, then the plane is basically grounded. Plus, you need certified, highly trained technicians to handle the maintenance. Otherwise, no aviation safety agency is going to allow a plane like that into their airspace. That’s exactly why they’re resorting to cannibalizing old planes.
Just because the Russian authorities might let them fly under pressure from the Kremlin doesn't mean anything; it just means those planes will probably be stuck circling around within Russia soon enough.

Honestly, I guess Boeing certifications or being on some approved list in the US or Europe don't even matter to them right now. They don't care. The only thing that actually matters to them is whether or not they can physically get the job done.

Zachary Jackson4 said:How on earth does this one person know all this?

"Yes, the regular army has been largely eliminated in the US Armed Forces"

Well, mission accomplished on the demilitarization front, I guess. They can all just head home now.

Susan Walker25 said:She'll be waiting a long time before she can travel through Europe. Sure, she can hit Shanghai, Beijing, or any beach she wants once that happens.

I guess Russians won't be able to walk into Europe with just an ID card for at least another century or two unless they conquer it militarily.

Susan Walker25 said:Pusitic is just being played by his own brothers..

Russians actually need *visas* just to get into China, let alone try traveling with nothing but an ID.

rowdyraven112 said:My point is he's way too young to grasp what "we'll let you go home if you confess" actually means☕. I'd bet money he's being subjected to some serious psychological pressure just to squeeze out a confession.
I just watched a documentary about how the Japanese police operate—they condemn basically everyone based on confessions they easily manufacture in their "democratic" prisons☕

Come on, don't be like that. If a 21-year-old can't understand basic speech, then he shouldn't even be in the military. That sounds like actual psych territory to me... someone who wouldn't even be walking free during peacetime, more like tucked away in a mental health facility. Does Putin really send psychopaths like that to war? Like, are they just killing people without even realizing what they're doing because they can't process reality?

rowdyraven112 said:Did the Mexicans bother counting after our storm hit? ☕

Yeah, they did. They're constantly coming out with these numbers that make it seem like Americans were barely even a minority back then.

rowdyraven112 said:Who told you not a single Russian guard died? The Ukrainian side isn't out there blabbing about their losses either. ☕

Found this video:

So, the "fair" American justice system just sentenced a 21-year-old punk for murdering an old man. I guess they learned directly from Putin and the CIA, since we've seen plenty of scenarios like this in Moscow, right? I'm sure there was a promise involved: "confess and you can go home."☕
That's why I said... we'll count up who cut whose head off once the war is over.

What's even the point here? You think being 21 makes him too young for war crimes?

rowdyraven112 said:The Bald Russian was captured within the first month of the Russian invasion. So... ☕

Just checked the facts. Supposedly it’s a 32-year-old Russian facing trial in absentia, but I'd bet anything that kid was tried for something and broadcast on TV. ☕

I mean, what does it matter when he gets captured versus the fact that Putin is just throwing these bald kids into a meat grinder? And apparently, according to him, a fratricidal meat grinder at that. Huh, okay, I get you. You're trying to say it's fine because he got caught after only a month, so he didn't get a chance to go on too many rampages? 😉😉

rowdyraven112 said:The reckoning for who committed atrocities and who didn't will come after the war.

Look at the trial of that 18-year-old Russian rapist—kid looks like he just left his mother's side. He just rolled his eyes before facing an American-style court. Then there are the trials for those so-called "mercenaries" (who were clearly under pressure) sentenced to death by the Luhansk People's Republic. I don't doubt their "justice" either. ☕

I haven't seen this supposedly reliable American court prosecute soldiers who clearly executed Russian soldiers in existing videos, or those who intentionally maimed them so they couldn't return to the front. ☕
Luckily, the Americans don't have anyone like Šeks to point fingers...

Then there's the testimony from that British guy near the start of the Russian invasion. Lost in time and space, he tried to join the Ukrainian forces like it was a game of COD. He testified about Ukrainian soldiers placing two dead Russian soldiers at the entrance of their town as a warning. I haven't seen any proactive effort from the courts to investigate his claims. ☕

I can't wait to hear your excuse that the Russians are worse in this regard. Let me answer that now: of course they are. Any army that held dominance until now committed more crimes than the other side. The weaker side didn't avoid them simply because they are better; they lacked the opportunity. ☕

Also, we can say with certainty that the head in Popasna is definitely a Ukrainian POW, that the footage was filmed right there in Popasna—you were there, weren't you?—and that the Russians are the ones doing the mutilating. ☕

Stop with the hearsay in a conflict this brutal. ☕

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That's just how it goes, I guess.

rowdyraven112 said:The reckoning for who committed atrocities and who didn't will come after the war.

Look at the trial of that 18-year-old Russian rapist—kid looks like he just left his mother's side. He just rolled his eyes before facing an American-style court. Then there are the trials for those so-called "mercenaries" (who were clearly under pressure) sentenced to death by the Luhansk People's Republic. I don't doubt their "justice" either. ☕

I haven't seen this supposedly reliable American court prosecute soldiers who clearly executed Russian soldiers in existing videos, or those who intentionally maimed them so they couldn't return to the front. ☕
Luckily, the Americans don't have anyone like Šeks to point fingers...

Then there's the testimony from that British guy near the start of the Russian invasion. Lost in time and space, he tried to join the Ukrainian forces like it was a game of COD. He testified about Ukrainian soldiers placing two dead Russian soldiers at the entrance of their town as a warning. I haven't seen any proactive effort from the courts to investigate his claims. ☕

I can't wait to hear your excuse that the Russians are worse in this regard. Let me answer that now: of course they are. Any army that held dominance until now committed more crimes than the other side. The weaker side didn't avoid them simply because they are better; they lacked the opportunity. ☕

Also, we can say with certainty that the head in Popasna is definitely a Ukrainian POW, that the footage was filmed right there in Popasna—you were there, weren't you?—and that the Russians are the ones doing the mutilating. ☕

Stop with the hearsay in a conflict this brutal. ☕

I mean, maybe he wouldn't even be in this spot if Putin wasn't out there sending those bald kids off to fight in a fratricidal war. I guess. 😉 Then he could just stay home and harass his own people instead of Putin sending him off to do that in Ukraine. Like I said, and I actually mean this: You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. I guess that's just how it goes..

Nathan Thomas12 said:Your claim doesn't have much ground under it either—I was just reading some Mexican news sites claiming a million innocents were slaughtered in Afghanistan. But hey, people "believe" those outlets more than they believe you.

So, who actually killed a million people? Was it the Soviets or the Russians?

analogbear5 said:Claims the Soviet Union would've won in Afghanistan if it wasn't for the Amer.

So, wait... the USSR was way bigger than Russia today, and they didn't win because the USA backed Afghanistan. Now you're telling me Russia is gonna win against Ukraine even though the USA is backing Ukraine, and Russia is smaller than the USSR while Ukraine is stronger than Afghanistan? I guess that logic doesn't quite track.