fireship4
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Al Murray the pub landlord has a history podcast?!
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34 minutes ago, Sojourner said:
... and I suspect some radar technician's wives have some pretty powerful microwave ovens.
Turkey... turkey... ah. 15 minutes on STT.
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6 minutes ago, Astrophel said:
Surely there should be a retirement age for people claiming to be world leaders.
It's the pope... you might as well get rid of the red shoes. Shout out to The Young Pope, great series.
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28 minutes ago, Kinophile said:
Disconnected Old (Whichever Ethnicity) Men.
Ageist & sexist
heheh
17 minutes ago, Fernando said:Pope Francisco is not Italian, but Argentine. He was born and he lived in Argentina until he was elected Pope.
sipo, es verdad pero:
QuotePope Francis granted an interview to Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), a Swiss public station broadcasting in French, a portion of which was released on Saturday afternoon.
The full interview with Lorenzo Buccella of the cultural programme “Cliché” was recorded in early February and will air on the Swiss TV station on March 20.
suggests the interviewer may have been Italian/the interview conducted in Italian.
EDIT: Sorry, somehow I thought you meant about the interview language, yes you are right my comment made it look like I thought the pope was Italian, I just didn't think hard enough about it, it was in my brain somewhere I'm sure. In any case being white only being a recent thing according to some goes for South Americans too.
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16 minutes ago, Kinophile said:
Not apparently, but he did so in a recorded interview.
Since he's speaking in Italian, I was hedging my bets, also world leaders can be somewhat "clarificative" to coin a phrase. What they really mean, their eventual position, is the clarification:
QuoteOn Saturday night, the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, immediately clarified that the pope meant “cease-fire and negotiation,” not surrender, when he said white flag, a universal symbol for giving up.
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16 minutes ago, Kinophile said:Disconnected Old White Man
Italians barely got a generation being white in some people's eyes before succumbing to this racist meme... not that I'm overly sensitive about it here and there but on the whole it gets tiresome.
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Dear oh dear the meme defense network spun up pretty quick regarding some comments the pope apparently made vis a vis Ukraine and negotiation:
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5 hours ago, Kinophile said:
Most BMP-2 are the BMP-2(K)
I thought that was the command version?
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9 hours ago, Harmon Rabb said:
A video and some images near Avdiivka.
Extremely disturbing for those who would like to avoid such things.
With regard to:
8 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:With great regret, I have permanently banned Zeleban from the Forum.
In case misapprehension caused his ban, I should say it's at least possible his post:
13 hours ago, Zeleban said:Your words are similar to the words of a man who spent many hours at the corrupt Ukrainian border in the hope of delivering humanitarian aid to suffering Ukrainians, fighting thousands of corrupt Ukrainian officials who are doing their best to prevent him from carrying out his good mission. I see so much pain and suffering in your posts. I'm truly sorry for you
...was a sincere expression of regret on realising the other poster had tried to help Ukraine and had failed due to problems with corruption/bribery, and was not just an antagonistic internet warrior. Much can get lost between translation and the lack of context. It's right on the edge of plausibility but worth clarifying.
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~Nevermind~
Edit: to clarify, I had a second look and realised I didn't see what I thought I had in a previous image.
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2 hours ago, Kinophile said:
https://twitter.com/anno1540/status/1762413281933709718?t=p1K73kamQpdNPgK7p9QpfQ&s=19
Singing the CV90s praises. The barracuda coating works.
Western tech living up to the promises.
Quote from the translation:
QuoteIn the summer, two gays drove two T-90s at our vehicle and did not spare the gunpowder to destroy our vehicle , but it didn't work.
Lol
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On 2/21/2024 at 9:09 PM, Haiduk said:
UKR reenacting community lost two guys at once, reenactors of WWII Brits
Here they are both during pre-war reenacting event
RIP
Without prejudice, out of academic interest, the flag is not a proper Union Jack, and the rifle is a Mosin.
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4 hours ago, Haiduk said:
dolboyebizm [I can't translate this in Englisg equivalent - it means "enormously fu...g stupid way of decision making or a deed].
Perhaps: "Delboyism"?
Derrick "Del-boy" Trotter, British classic sitcom icon, cockney who sells stolen goods:
EDIT: He even claims to support Chelsea.
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1 hour ago, dan/california said:
or four inches
Uh oh...
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On 2/20/2024 at 4:08 AM, Offshoot said:
Some analysis on the Battle of Irpin River (Feb-March 2022) by the British Army Review (54 page PDF). As well as the historical analysis it looks like it would be valuable for campaign designers.
I found it on Mick Ryan's twitter
Available from https://chacr.org.uk (The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, a think tank established for the British Army) as a .pdf
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6 hours ago, Kinophile said:
European train stations are almost universally dodgy AF.
"I will kill you and your family", Roma Termini, about 7 years ago.
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Happy New Year to you all. Thanks for the interesting discussion, may this thread end as soon as possible: war over, lands restored, the dead risen, bombs unexploded.
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Merry Christmas.
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19 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
The problem with this is if the line charge triggers a mine while being reeled in then the op is fooked. They can cut the deployed part from the spool and detonate what they have, but they'll need to hook up another UV with a cable and try again. On second thought, that might not be so bad as you can have a LOT of drones in reserve for the price of one engineering vehicle.
Perhaps it would be better to have a team of drones lay the entire charge in one go. Or if the risk of severing the line in one spot is too high (remote triggers spaced along the charge might solve this) you might even have a larger team of drones each with something light like det. cord, that fly out a few feet apart and concievably create a path.
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Speaking of Robert Kagan (well I was, a few pages ago), for those worrying about the next US election, this is well worth a read:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/
For those whose article shows up curtailed, turning on 'reader view' in Firefox and refreshing the page should do the trick.
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14 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Here's an example of a heavy lift drone that can lift a Human. Add extra capacity to lift 100# of gear and we have something that could be deployed tomorrow.
Awesome. You could have soldiers stand on top and go into battle hands free and spitting lead. IVAN DON'T SURF!
Almost as cool as my vision of a headless boston dynamics cavalry (with shielding for a sir's legs and torso) being ridden around by deliriously happy dragoon regiments.
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13 hours ago, The_Capt said:
Sorry, you came late.
Don't know about that, I've been reading as much of the thread as I find practical since the war began. Perhaps I missed one or two of his posts, I know I ignored quite a lot, since it all seemed to fit a pattern.
I was in the midst of a childish argument with FlemFire, endeavoring to SpitFlames, and replied to you trying understand what you meant when you said this:
19 hours ago, The_Capt said:This is insane. The far right nutjob wants to be right so badly that he is embracing liberals progressive theory? One cannot cherry pick liberal theory...that is not how it works. If we are going to somehow ascend it all and embrace brother Russia for the good of all mankind, then one has to do the rest as well. Immigration, social programs (universal healthcare), social equity, liberal capitalism and of course, climate change.
Steve, you have the patience of Job.
...Because it made no sense to me: you switched from what I normally see in your long dissertations on military strategy to an incoherent definition of "liberals progressive theory"? Like you had a stroke. I'm not a political scientist by any means but it is does you a disservice. Perhaps things are different in Canada...
13 hours ago, The_Capt said:The weird was when said poster started pulling in liberal theorIes, namely collectivism and global order, as some sort of soft power alternative to opposing what is either a legal war or one we forced Ukraine into (gotta be honest it is really hard to follow).
So my point wasn’t a dissertation on liberalism, it was to point out that someone who is espousing far-right conspiracies trying to employ liberalism was nuts. Particularly when other elements of liberalism - that I recognize from my own nation- would very likely be vehemently opposed by said poster based on his narrative. This has been going on for a couple days now. Sounds like you just walked in and want to compare political systems but that is really off topic and frankly kinda outside the entire discussion. Anyway with luck Steve will ban the guy or he will simply leave.
...but collectivism is normally used to refer to certain communist concepts. If I remember from quite a while back you were quite strong on self-determination of people or peoples - I would say that's a pretty liberal (in the normal sense) view. Perhaps it was collective action between nations that was being referred to.
Anyway I was looking for you clarify as linking global warming with liberal theory was confusing me. Perhaps you were using it how I've heard Americans use the term 'liberal', as things have become polarised in their country and a person's position on one issue has become a good predictor of their position on others, which otherwise would have a weaker link.
13 hours ago, The_Capt said:So anyone who says “it is absolutely this!”
This is indeed a very good indicator someone is wrong. I've been down on Chomsky for quite a while now (I won't say he is not worth listening to) but the criticism of him I remember best was approximately that points he was making he often cast as obvious.
I think arguing with FlemFire's approach is important in as much as I think it's the approach that is problematic. It is easy enough to dismiss specific points, or concede specific points, but there are so many, and so many assertions. We each of have to level up our discourse so that we survive such encounters, and remember we remain even if our bad ideas do not, and we can see where we are learning from each other and what is disingenuous, what is actually a battle of status and soundbite over truth.
If the West has lost the courage of it's convictions like some people say, then perhaps they must be refreshed by giving them a good whack with a spanner like FlemFire. I happen to think that while the masses in the West have vast depths of ignorance in their own way, the deep cultural issues of the modern day exist because we are the only societies in which those things can be reexamined. This is a strength in my book.
Anyway, I am once again putting off my breakfast.
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18 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
Dude, define it with sandwiches however you like. Just don’t try and use principles of collectivism, soft power and international rules based order to justify Russia in Ukraine and we will get along just fine.
What?! I can't make a pithy remark until I know what you're on about.
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13 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
You have clearly never lived in Canada.
Nope, notwithstanding, your definition of liberal is very narrow.
I have known several Canadians, the last one I sat chatting with for a good couple of hours as the sun went down on my weekend on the coast. He was quite loud, but good to talk to. Reminded me of Rich Hall now that I think of it. Was wearing some kind of military surplus (not camoflaged) he bought while here. I remember very little of our conversation. Oh I think he had a sandwich he was eating. Oh wait, I think I might have had one too... in any case no I have never been to Canada.
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3 hours ago, The_Capt said:
This is insane. The far right nutjob wants to be right so badly that he is embracing liberals progressive theory? One cannot cherry pick liberal theory...that is not how it works. If we are going to somehow ascend it all and embrace brother Russia for the good of all mankind, then one has to do the rest as well. Immigration, social programs (universal healthcare), social equity, liberal capitalism and of course, climate change.
Liberalism is so broad, it must be cherry-picked! And I believe only a minority of branches might demand support for your listed positions.
heheh
This podcast is outstanding.
in Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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Not surprised. I listened to the first episode of the podcast today and it's worth a go for anyone who likes WWII history. There's a decent enough chance he's played CM even. He might even be perusing this conversation, as yet unaware he's dunking his tie in his bitter.