Following the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, Canada, evidence pointing to Indian agents being involved/responsible ... Ind...
, hmm, what other perspective is there than "from something"...? In absence of anything/everything, speaking of perspectives doesn't make much sense.....
I doubt those among Russian top brass who are against the war can/will do much: Carnegie · Apr 7, 2023 Bloomberg · Jun 8, 2023 If within Putin's reach...
Nuclear posturing of late has been Russian and North Korean. The Kremlin appears to be going for a Cold War II. Incidentally, the kind of environment ...
Mariupol is becoming a military installation. A resort city not so much, at the moment. Russians build rail links to Mariupol, Volnovakha and Donetsk ...
Some nervousness in New York Intel bulletin says terror groups are calling on supporters to target U.S., Israeli interests amid Israel-Hamas conflict ...
(emphasis mine) I'd say belief is part of knowing. As in "seeing is believing"? By the way, you don't get to other people (u, s, i, w), or much of any...
Putin Outlines What Makes a 'True World Leader' — Brendan Cole · Newsweek · Oct 17, 2023 Apart from Gerashchenko's comments, is this ? also a sneaky w...
Unverified as far as I know: From Kyiv in 3 days to a "deficit in body bags in Donetsk": Russian volunteer urgently needs help with purchasing corpse ...
, there's plenty of blame to go around. (By the way, the thread established a while back that "Everyone bad". :grin:) Sometimes the road to hell is pa...
The phrase "absolute nothingness" can't refer to anything (including constraints), right? A contradiction could be ontologizing/reifying "absolute not...
Folks, Frank the Tank on the move. Tortoise, Frank the Tank, found wandering in a B.C. field of bok choy needs home — Nono Shen · CP24 · Oct 17, 2023 ...
, double down on "not be accepted in any possible way" and "didn't do anything", eh? :snicker: But, hey, we'll see, can't predict the future. , oddly ...
2014 EU-Ukraine Association Agreement signed 2017 EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in effect 2022 EU Accession of Ukraine application 2022 EU Accessio...
Also check "demilitarization" (and "deNazification") demands. It's not about NATO specifically, it's about the Kremlin having control (or ownership). ...
I don't think one can uniquely declare one party good and the other evil in this conflict that's been going on for ages. George Bush: 'God told me to ...
At least 51 civilians killed in Russian missile strike on village in eastern Ukraine, officials say — Yulia Drozd, Natalya Kushnir, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy...
Map of the initial attacks: Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach — Michael Biesecker, Sarah El Deeb...
, whatever they can use against the invaders. The Kremlin, on the other hand, has grander plans (against "The West" and whatever it all may be). (FYI,...
According to Ukrainian intelligence... Well, it doesn't seem likely that Ukraine would send weapons away. The Sky Shield move is a (by)product of, or ...
, sure, well, sort of. The scientific methodologies model cumulating evidence. Because we don't start out knowing it all. Hence electricity in your ho...
, just a minor clarification that's come up before in the thread (2023Mar23, 2023Mar3, 2023Feb16, 2022Dec31): ? that's what Putin wants others to hear...
I don't think that's logic, more like metaphysics. I guess causation must have a cause? Notice how neatly ampliative such arguments become. Compositio...
In/compatibility depends entirely on the religion in question. Science rolls on just the same. Religions can sort of say whatever, science can't. So, ...
That could be the Israelis' main fear/driver. The Palestinians want the Israelis gone, the Israelis don't want the Palestinians gone (to put it in sim...
Could be of interest here: Cannabis in Canada: Debunking myths about the real impacts of legalization — Michael J Armstrong · The Conversation · Oct 9...
A bit odd? Some in Congress want to cut Ukraine aid and boost Taiwan’s. But Taiwan sees its fate tied to Kyiv’s — Didi Tang · AP · Oct 9, 2023 ... Wel...
Speculation that's come up more than once out there, that seems unlikely (to me): Are others eyeing Russian territory? After all, there's so much of i...
To what end? Dictatorship, authoritarianism? Sortition? Democracy? For the sake of our children's children, I'll run with the latter. Otherwise ... Yo...
Pavel Gubarev via Anton Gerashchenko on Sep 29, 2023 https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1707669326776410440 I wonder when those guys will decl...
Well, expectations aren't so high I suppose, but at least you did respond to some. Stopping in the middle? Oh well, if you can't/won't. What did you t...
Moscow mulling response to EU ban on Russian cars — Russian Foreign Ministry — TASS · Oct 4, 2023 Kremlin angry at Norway joining EU ban on Russian ca...
FYI, EU and NATO as of 2022 ... /uploads/resized/files/m1/rmxyvgrl05xa26sz.jpg Ukraine is currently seeking membership of both, with encouragement fro...
Well, that's some record :) Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain — Florian Zandt · Statista · Oct 15, 2021 /uploads/resized/files/v2/3...
Except it wouldn't. There'd be no NATO expansion involved for example (as linked), but rather a "defense agreement" involving "whoever" (perhaps inclu...
I don't use RUTUBE myself; these folk have some unflattering comments: Outrage in Russia after Putin's speech. Just look at these comments ? re Valdai...
, it's not difficult to understand. (+ cross-links included, not hard to find) What might we then have expected from the Kremlin? (two cases now) ? fa...
I didn't really see much response to the inquiries posed, , . Reads like responding to something else. :/ As to the former, now suppose that Ukraine h...
By the way, that's not the "US–Ukraine Association Agreement", but the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement. A "coup"? :chin: If so, then it's the right k...
Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club · Oct 5, 2023 Notice the old alternate world type stuff again? Which makes this stuff ironic: Shift the blame, c...
Country borders may be artificial in a sense, like money or whatever conventions. Yet, what side of a border you live on can matter. North and South K...
There seems to be some confusion about trivialities. Sometimes crayons can help with geography, attached. :) /uploads/resized/files/c5/dx8ex2zlb8mf6eh...
After the Serb attack on Kosovo police, Stradner wrote: Putin is opening up a new front against the West — Ivana Stradner · The Telegraph · Sep 30, 20...
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