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Midlands wrote:

They have only a small number of T-34 for parades. The earliest model they actually have in storage for reserves is T-55.

what about the Terror Bombing and Indiscriminate Shelling of Ukrainian Cities ?

Federation of American States wrote:

what about the Terror Bombing and Indiscriminate Shelling of Ukrainian Cities ?

They've been doing that from the start. Incidentally, here's the evolution of Ukrainians' opinion of Russia: https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1529748507866935296

Federation of American States wrote:

hmm... when do you think the Train Mounted Artillery the Katyusha's and T-34s are Coming out of the Museums ?
I think Russia's Only Chance for "Victory" is to start Terror Bombing of and Indiscriminate Shelling of Ukrainian Cities.

I forgot to comment on the train mounted artillery. They actually rolled out an armored train out of Crimea in the first days of the war. Last week it was derailed by Ukrainian guerillas. I guess, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Midlands wrote:

I forgot to comment on the train mounted artillery. They actually rolled out an armored train out of Crimea in the first days of the war. Last week it was derailed by Ukrainian guerillas. I guess, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Have you ever played hearts of iron ?
Well assuming you have, or are at least aware of it, that sounds like random event. Also assuming this war doesn't esculate into thermal nuclear war, or that we are not all Murderd by a Angry A.I.
In About 80 years their Will be grand Strategy Games set right now, with people wasting countless hours playing as Putin trying to find ways to Win this war.

Federation of American States wrote:

Have you ever played hearts of iron ?
Well assuming you have, or are at least aware of it, that sounds like random event. Also assuming this war doesn't esculate into thermal nuclear war, or that we are not all Murderd by a Angry A.I.
In About 80 years their Will be grand Strategy Games set right now, with people wasting countless hours playing as Putin trying to find ways to Win this war.

Many times. My favorite game along with Civ. I played it more competently than Russian generals fight this war, if I may say so myself. E.g. I always established complete air domination over any area of ground operations (never a single org or strength point lost to enemy air!). Always local superiority with armored/mechanized armies followed by second echelon of motorized infantry for clean up and holding territory. And, of course, logistics above all.

Lutuania wrote:

Wow

I've never really seen a black person, but I've seen Latinos who speak Spanish from Brazil.

Portuguese from Brazil

Informed Consent wrote:

Yep.
Before WWI, the federal government fed its general funds primarily with import tariffs.
Federal excises had to have a specific stated purpose, and be collected from every state at a flat rate.
Fair, transparent, and wholly antithetical to progressive ideology.

Domestic entitlement coupled with a trade dynamic that favored the US less and less as the Cold War unfolded, and the culture flipping over time from production to consumption, made for entrenched national, and global engines of wealth redistribution that cannot be rolled back.
Two thirds of the federal budget is classified by law as mandatory, and it primarily centers around social security followed by medicare, then the rest of the federal social programs.
The next time you hear someone prattle on about US defense spending, kindly remind them that it is allocated out of a discretionary fund that represents only one third of the total federal budget.
Funny. I see more of that in leftwing identity politics.
Anyway, I think Gallagher said it best.
"If pro means for, and con means against, does that mean that Congress is the opposite of Progress?"

i see it in all of them. just about very politician is a liar

Miranorte wrote:

I've never really seen a black person, but I've seen Latinos who speak Spanish from Brazil.

Miranorte wrote:

Portuguese from Brazil

You might find a tour of Central and South America, and especially the Caribbean interesting.
Spain and Portugal were responsible for 95% of the African slave trade in the western hemisphere.
The cultures get more interesting in many locales where governorship continuously shifted back and forth over the centuries between Spanish, French, English, and Dutch.
Florida and Louisiana in the US are very colorful in this respect as their histories track through the conflicts of the native and various colonial powers that have occupied and ruled them over time.

Miranorte wrote:

I've never really seen a black person, but I've seen Latinos who speak Spanish from Brazil.

The only Latinos speaking Spanish I saw when visiting Brazil was when crossing over into Argentina and Paraguay (I was at the junction of the three borders where the Iguaçu River flows into the Parana River).