Thank you. Anything else I can say that would trigger them ?

Russians had a mental health crisis before the invasion began.

Glory to Ukraine.. The response is Hail to the heroes.

They were gonna sell the EF88/F90 rifle in the US civvie market as the "Atrax", which is the genus name for funnelweb spiders.

What does this mean? Ive been going into russian streams on poker when they seat near me and saying this.

Its funny watching them cry. But uh what am i saying?

They'd have to have quarantine camps and say someone's kid was sick, those parents would try to protect them and keep them at home and in the process cause the spread to worsen. Nobody would want to be near anyone sick, not even some doctors, so it would be difficult for the infected to get food and supplies without infecting others.

Nobody could work to earn money. Society would collapse because production of food and other goods would end and desperate people would turn to criminal behavior to survive. Rural areas would be flooded with city dwellers trying to find food and places to hunt/gather etc. leading to more crimes like murder to protect your own food sources, homes, and property.

> more howitzers

sort of , we are providing the powder to make them

I’m referring to OP

As much as Tony Abbott was a complete numpty, he was apparently a very good boxer. That's a fight I wouldn't mind seeing.

The Putinite mining and smelting industry will help Ukraine get back on their feet a bit.

I'm no expert but I think there is a bit of mutual intelligence acceptance, you wouldn't want Russia to start executing random diplomats on false allegations. I think countries are more concerned with domestic spies than their foreign handlers.

Nothing Lula or Zelenskyy say will matter so long as Putin is happy throwing a 1-2,000 Russians to their death every single day. Their losses crossed over 100,000 on Dec 22. They have lost nearly 50,000 more men since that time as they desperately try to take tiny villages in the middle of nowhere. Regardless of good intentions, this war will continue until Russia can no longer field a military. At this rate they are experiencing a Vietnam’s worth of casualties every 5 months or so and picking up speed. How long until it breaks?

No, actually. They made one assumption, and it's confirmed by minimal observation.

Says the guy who can produce lineal art with a polygraph. He will sell his soul(if any) to have attention...

There is a reason they don’t leave a trail for the auditors to find.

I'm about the same, I never talk about it with people who are not living here (apart from reddit obv). They'll never understand and it's hard to explain your state without either sounding like a dick or a whiny bitch.

I think that's part of it, but look at the Pentagon. They can't even pass an audit. So it's not so much a matter of money being spent poorly as much as just a lack of understanding of how the money was actually spent.

There have been a few instances of such things but, they never tell you what happened to cause the craziness.

Such as was the contractor tasked to find a better way of doing this or that? Then, after analysis the old tried and true equipment or method of doing things was the best way causing the research cost being rolled into the cost of the item.

That’s the beauty of politics. When you fund things and there is no oversight it’s hard to point fingers.

Smoke and mirrors. There is already a branch of government that fills that roll. Since 1921, the (General Accountability Office) has been serving the public. In that role. The politicians of both parties hold them on a leash and don’t have them audit all Federal programs as they should. “The work of the GAO is done at the request of congressional committees or subcommittees or is mandated by public laws or committee reports.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office

https://www.gao.gov/

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Yes as someone in the process of overcoming PTSD through psychedelics, it takes years, but it's also much faster than it would otherwise be.

Someone needs to make the call and tell Putin “You have until 4pm, eastern standard time, to get yo shit the fuck out of Ukraine. At 4:01 Anything Russian inside of Ukraine will cease to be!”

Yeah.. if anything, corruption gets worse in crises, not better

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