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Noah Sanchez2 said:This is what a standard daily ration looks like for US soldiers.

An emergency diet kit from Amazon. Is this actually enough to get someone through a crisis?

Contains:

The US Army just beefed up their MREs. You get three full meals—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—each packed with a meat entree, canned veggies, biscuits, something sweet, and a beverage. They also threw in all the gear: cutlery, wet and dry wipes, a portable heater with fuel tablets, and wind/waterproof matches. It all comes in a waterproof bag with a handle and a zip lock seal. At 1700g, it’s a heavy, well-balanced kit designed to last a full day. Is it worth it? Probably. It's a solid, convenient way to stay fed on the move. Expiration date: 06/21 (NEW) Army Crackers 4/50 g The inventory list: Stew Beef (250g), Vegetable Stew (100g), Sausage Stuffing (100g), and Rice Porridge with Beef (250g). Includes a Beverage concentrate, Protein drink, fruit jam, and an Energy fruit bar. For the caffeine fix, there's Black Teo, instant Coffee (with sugar, salt, and pepper), and enough supplies for a portable heater. Toss in some Wind / Waterproof Matches, Wet Wipes, paper Napkins, Plastic Spoons, and a can opener. Seems complete? Expiration date - 06/2021

Here are the highlights:

About 9 ounces of beef.
A hundred grams of sausage. That it.
250 grams of beef stew with rice.
A 9-ounce bowl of Stew Beef.
A small bowl of vegetable stew. That's about it.
200 grams of cookies (I'm assuming that's the substitute for bread?)

A single day's worth of food—three meals total—weighs about 1.7kg. If we assume 300,000 people actually need moving, and they each get one of these packs daily... though it's just as likely they'd only see one every three days... well, let's be optimistic and say they get one per day.

So, let's do the math. 1.7kg times 300,000 equals 510,000kg of food. That’s 510 tons. If one truck carries 10 tons, you're looking at 51 trucks delivering food every single day along the front lines. How does that even work? 622 milesThrough snow, mud, and god-knows-what else. Just trying to handle the daily logistics for food alone is enough to give you a massive headache.

Water is a huge factor too. Just a reminder: 1L weighs roughly 1kg. A soldier in active combat needs way more than 2 liters a day.

Sure, they can try scavenging from natural sources, but good luck dealing with dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and all that fun stuff.

Frank Martin13 said:...look, I value your perspective👍 but 😁 my take is that back during the 101. era, there was actually MORE freedom of speech than we have in the current day—and please, don't ask me to list specific examples, because I'll just get banned from here, or someone will start throwing labels at me like "troll," "shill," or "hater" just for commenting on the truth...🤦 goodness knows you'd probably have to organize a protest down at a local park in a city like Chicago just because of my opinion 🤣 though even then, some "outside agitator" would likely swoop in and turn the whole thing into a fiasco 🤦😁 oh, and let's be real—the old crew at 101. was mostly just clutching their wallets and protecting their profits rather than defending actual free speech 🤦
...anyway, I'm watching the news right now and there's this one Moscowite saying he's proud to go to war, but both his brains are telling him absolutely not—there's no way he's going over there to die. 🤣

Freedom of speech wasn't "greater"—it's just that people today are total snowflakes who start crying the second someone tells them they're wrong.

I’ve been keeping an eye on the subscriber count for the Dmitri_visa.news Telegram channel—the one pushing travel spots across the West, Southern Europe, and two countries in North America. Since yesterday, the numbers jumped from about 38,000 to 50,183.

Latest post:

More flights to Europe, finally.

A few days ago, the Kazan airport welcomed its first flight from Europe after a six-month "break."

Delta Air Lines has resumed regular direct flights from Kazan to Mexico City.

Twice a week, on Thursdays and Mondays, you can catch a flight out of Kazan at 23:55 on an Airbus A319 iron bird.

The first flight has already taken off. ☺️

Tim VisaNews invites travelers from Kazan!

Honestly, you should probably put down your phone, head to your bedroom, and jump on your bed ten times straight just out of pure joy.

When you're losing at chess, just smash the board—scatter the pieces everywhere and blow yourself and everyone else up, partners included.

Makes total sense for the Russians.

bluemason3 said:Maybe it’s just selective reporting, but I haven't really seen much of the Ukrainian flag in the news lately. Instead, it seems to be all icons of Putin, Draz, and some sort of "holy light" on the other side. 🤣

And here I was thinking Kusturica’s stuff and these portrayals were supposed to be this artistic, psychedelic, ironic take on the region—not some straight documentary. 🤣

Magical realism—there's zero irony involved there.

It’s not just China facing a Western recession—it’s everyone. A downturn like that? It means oil prices are going to tank.

Jack Cook7 said:Cute. 👍

Thanks!

Nancy Gomez26 said:This is purely for domestic consumption—an attempt to paint a picture where "the whole world is against them." They know perfectly well that those sanctions aren't going anywhere. Instead, they’re building a classic straw man argument: claiming that a "cruel West" is blocking them from donating fertilizer to developing countries, thereby intentionally triggering global famine. It’s thin. Thinner than thin. But it beats doing nothing; you have to stir the pot if you can't win the fight. This wouldn't even pass muster in an elementary school classroom, but this particular propaganda machine requires some semblance of a "logical" explanation to function. If you broadcast the same lie long enough while choking off all other information channels, eventually, people start believing it.

I'd say it’s more like a diplomatic offensive—or at least an attempt at one—aimed squarely at developing nations. Maybe they're eyeing something at the UN? You can bet the Russians are wondering why their farmers aren't getting free fertilizer.

Anyway, regarding the blockade of those Russian ports:
- Blocking ports is a textbook act of war—something you can only pull off through actual force or the threat of it.
- Ukraine doesn't even have a navy.

General mobilization in Russia boils down to this:

- Any employee drafted has to keep getting paid—which means companies are basically choosing between mass layoffs or just going bankrupt.
- The mobilized troops are missing two huge things: motivation and actual experience.
- Americans who aren't directly feeling the heat from the war right now? They’ll change their tune once they or their families start getting hauled off to the front lines.

Russian TV propaganda is really just a mirror of how the current regime operates. Honestly, I’m pretty sure a large chunk of the Russian public thinks something completely different in private than what they let on under the thumb of the repressive state apparatus.

bluerider63 said:You’re such a shining beacon of Western democracy, aren't you? Say whatever you want, but keep it behind your own front door. 😁

Using Reddit—or anyone else's private property for that matter—isn't exactly a fundamental human right.

Look, you're free to start your own forum if you want—nobody’s gonna stop you from saying whatever you feel like, how you feel like. It's your right.

Maybe that’s the elite tier the Russians were holding back at the start of the war, only deciding to throw them in later on.

You’re out here talking about the USS Enterprise like it’s some kind of fighter jet from '72.

If I remember correctly, the Americans mentioned the possibility of sending some A-10s this past summer, but the Ukrainians shot that idea down—they aren't interested in that plane because it’s way too vulnerable, just like wiredseal7 pointed out.

An F-16 would make a lot more sense.

What he said holds water—if we're just talking about a pure 1v1 dogfight without factoring in how much these two jets have been upgraded lately or what kind of ordnance they're actually packing. And honestly, that’s not even their primary job description anyway.

You also have to look at the actual ground situation regarding air superiority and anti-air defenses.

Yeah, gridlock.

Even China isn't buying the Russian annexation of Crimea.

On the next map, you'll see the countries that actually recognize Crimea as part of Russia shaded in dark pink.

Light blue represents the nations that've stood by Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Dark Green shows the ones that officially condemned the Russian invasion of Crimea.

Yellow indicates countries that expressed concern without actually making a formal recognition.

This map is from 2014. Since then, only Belarus has flipped its stance—and that was only after the protests.

Anthony Hill5 said:Let us be perfectly clear about the reality of this situation: it is the Russians who find themselves in dire straits, not the Ukrainians. While some would have you believe otherwise, the truth remains that Russia is the one burning, while Ukraine stands firm. Is it not obvious to anyone paying attention?

You aren't the only one attempting to mask blatant support for Russia by hiding behind excuses like "these sanctions are hurting us" or playing the victim because "gas prices have gone up."

I just call those first world problems.

If he actually gave a damn about helpless, oppressed Russians, Palestinians, Iranians, or Syrians (specifically the ones backing Assad, obviously!), he’d be doing more than just picking fights on a forum.

Basically, "Just shut up, everything's fine with Putin."

Nope.

Kate Lewis3 said:The second blunder is just flushing taxpayer money down the drain on specialists the country doesn't even need right now—or anytime soon, for that matter. And don't even get me started on those liberal arts degrees that serve absolutely no practical purpose in today's economy.

My point is—looking at how things are in America—electrical engineers and mechanical engineers aren't exactly "unnecessary personnel." They aren't working in hospitality or serving tables.

I could easily drop a few more million on training astrophysicists and nuclear engineers—only for them to end up back in Washington, D.C., signing paperwork because there’s basically zero actual work for them out here.