Part of the problem (in my unqualified opinion) is the leveling effect largely mediated by global corporations. This tends to wipe out regional pockets of vitality that have been the engines of reconstruction after, say, a 1929 to 1945 (honestly 1948; some bad postwar years in central Europe) interval of upheaval. Hard to keep us all treading water if we are chained to a common anchor.
The conservative movement in Canada has taken a hit over Trump and the republicans down south and there are influences here as well, as in the Truckers vaccine protest. Here however the conservatives are shy about embracing racists, fascists and other assorted losers, so they tend to wander the political wilderness with no political home. The closest thing they have here is the conservative party, but they have learned the lessons of the Americans. Such people can poison a political party by driving out the good people and attracting the lunatics, then they run the party into the ground while drawing in con artists and psychos to lead them. Both Trump and Santos knew which party to run for, they knew suckers when they saw them.
it looks like both combatants are able to place shots with quite a small cep.
there are still American citizens in russia? what the hell for?In contrast, this came today, too:
US tells citizens to leave Russia immediately — The Hill
The U.S. on Monday issued a top-level advisory telling American citizens to leave Russia immediately and cease travel to the country as Russia’s war against neighboring Ukraine continues, citing risks of harassment and wrongful detention for Americans specifically.apple.news
The 2nd article makes the point that this is the 3rd mass exodus from Russia in the last ~100 years: during & after the October Revolution & the Bolshevik/Menshevik mess, after the fall of USSR, and now.
The destabilizing effects will be felt for another hundred years, in Russia, in Europe, and wherever those masses of refugees settle.
probably working for those corporations that didn’t join in on sanctions. I’m paywalled, but here’s the general idea.
Isn't Steven Segal still there? Maybe he'll go down with Vlad in the bunker. Then there are the republican senators who will show up in Moscow on July 4th. Maybe they can have a house delegation join them this summer to show solidarity and support for Vlad.
Yep, but are they hitting anything? or just firing on a village, the Ukrainians appear to shoot when they have a target and they have many more drones to spot them, the M777 is purported to be basically a long range sniper rifle, even without guided rounds. Then there are the American supplied counter battery radars the Ukrainians use to kill Russian guns when they fire, while out of range themselves.
seagull might still have American citizenship, but he's no more an American than putin is.
while they do seem to be able to strike the same area repeatedly...we don't know their intended targets, either side could be able to hit a small area repeatedly, but is it the right small area? the anecdotal evidence suggests that Ukraine has quite an advantage in this area, but i'd like to see some unfudged russian data, as well
That is about choice of aimpoint.
i'm not looking to start an arguement, but how do you know what they're aiming at? you can achieve that same pattern by just walking one of the aiming adjustments by one "degree" every time you fire...that doesn't seem like proof that they're actually hitting what they intended to hit to begin with, does it?
the crater clusters coincide with sensible targets in the video.
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Not an American citizen: Russian by personal Putinization
I may not quite agree with your analysis of the data, but i do agree with this, wholeheartedly.
You have to declare that you gave up your citizenship. In America taxation is based on citizenship, in Canada on residency, but we do have a tax treaty with America, so nobody gets away. Non citizens pay taxes in America too apparently, if they live there. Maybe Steve gave up his US citizenship to avoid paying US taxes.
If *we* can look at drone footage of this encounter, the Russians certainly could (have their own spotter drones). As Cannabineer points out, the accuracy suggests that level of reliable positioning.
