Posts by analogbear5

Google's translator is out here turning "Department of Defense" into some weird acronym for the Department of Defense.

Maybe he's thinking about Arabs—they're a bit more peaceful, I guess.

Edward Stewart3 said:Look, let's get one thing straight—it’s not like Ukraine doesn't have its own ways to strike back without needing a full-blown nuclear arsenal. Sure, maybe they don't have the big atomic bombs sitting in silos, but they've got plenty of radioactive waste just waiting to be used. They could easily turn a massive chunk of Russia into a wasteland using "dirty bombs." Honestly? I'm pretty convinced they’ve already worked out how to pull that off... they're just smart enough not to go making those kinds of threats out loud.

And what exactly would they be achieving?

I get the Russians. They fell for their own hype about being global heavyweights who are military decades ahead of the West, and they're terrified of looking weak.

But Ukrainians? They’d just become synonymous with radioactive terrorists for as long as that material stays hot—which is a hell of a long time after everyone else has moved on from this war.

Terry Green3 said:Only one small thing. We in Europe, North America, and Russia aren't the entire world. Those three sides would be completely wiped out.

But Africa, South America, and most of Asia would survive.
The whole world doesn't revolve around us Westerners. The Fallout would be horrific, but groups of people in remote areas would make it through.

Maybe it's finally time, after WWI and WWII, for us to just finish the job and destroy ourselves once and for all, giving the rest of the world a chance to breathe outside the grip of the Indo-European warrior culture.

Sure, Indo-Europeans were the first to really master horse riding (back in what is now Ukraine), but like the name implies, you're looking at everyone from Ireland through the Kurds and Iran all the way to Sri Lanka. The Bronze Age is long gone. Today, the whole world is interconnected like that.

Romanticizing people who have been crushed by imperialism is fine and all, but they still need to eat and have a way to survive.

In Tuapse, you've got an Armenian minority making up about 8.5% of the population. Russians account for 75.2%.

Roughly 90% of those being mobilized are Armenian.

Crimea, Luhansk Oblast, and Donetsk—all under temporary UN administration until things actually settle down. We’d need a massive census to track everyone who fled or was kicked out of those occupied zones and get them back on the voter rolls. Then, after at least a year of campaigning, we run a referendum on the status. Whether it's Ukraine, independence, or Russia. Toss in some amnesty deals and stuff like that once an agreement is reached.

Poland's actually been in NATO since '99.

Kadyrov just gave his two cents regarding what he’s calling "self-mobilization"—or, if you want the American term, a "recruitment drive."

I've been keeping an eye on his Telegram channel, and honestly? His PR crew is playing leagues above whatever they've got running in the Kremlin.

If "calculating" is just a fancy way of saying "shameless," then yeah, I'm with you there.

Terry Green3 said:Fair point. How do you think this conflict ends if they take another two hits of this magnitude?

When it comes to Russia, casualties don't seem to matter to anyone.

At best, Ukraine pulls off a win without Russia losing anything—but how they manage that is the billion-dollar question.

Terry Green3 said:According to both the Ukrainians and the Russians, that number has already been surpassed.

Dead, not just kicked out of the machine.

Yeah. This time, maybe only about a hundred thousand will go down.

darkcyclist92 said:Sweetie 🙂 If you only knew how incredibly easy that would be for me to pull off...

Or, if we were to use the legal jargon... do ut des, we'll just come up with something 👍

It's way past 2000, man. You can just toss some PHP 3.0 at it and call it a day—you don't need anything more.

Kenneth Cruz67 said:Putin has made it incredibly clear that he isn't bluffing. I suppose you have to be pretty relaxed—maybe even a bit reckless—to dismiss his stance as just more šbbkbb, though I’d say it's actually something much more serious than that.😉

Personally, I tend to believe him; I really do feel that he isn't playing games and that he might actually be prepared to pull the trigger on some tactical move, no matter how crazy it seems.

Now, I'm certainly not suggesting that doing something like that would actually help his cause, but still...

You seem to think there's no difference between "Putin said he isn't bluffing" and "Putin has already deployed tactical nukes."

Look, let me break it down for you.

There is a massive difference.

Anyway, putting aside the childish jokes about "tactical" strikes, it's interesting that mobilization happened without any talk of pulling Belarus into the fight. After everything that's gone down, that option looks pretty much off the table.

The election didn't happen, and honestly, all this endless bickering over šbbkbb deserves its own damn thread.

I'm more interested in what's happening right now.

Neither side is really all that stupid.

Since we're already talking nuclear weapons—what do you think the Chinese or Indians are actually thinking when they hear the Russians leaning into that kind of rhetoric?

bluemason3 said:Americans also have an edge when it comes to exporting aircraft (though not ships), which really helps drive down costs by boosting overall production capacity.

Dobojska school of accounting.

Just dump them right at the border with Canada. I hear the folks over there are famous for their hospitality.

bluemason3 said:Filtering local water for biological contaminants is actually easy and cheap. Whether it's the lightweight personal filters hikers carry today or larger systems, they aren't expensive because basic membranes handle biological filtration just fine. It's the soluble chemical pollutants that become a real headache. Even chlorine tablets are simple enough to use in the field. There are other options, too, but you'd need a total logistical meltdown before anyone actually ends up drinking contaminated water.

Then again, nothing really surprises me when it comes to Russian logistics.

You're talking about an army where basic essentials—underwear, soap, boots, bandages, batteries, even hand shovels for digging trenches—are being sourced through private donations. And we’re talking about summer operations.