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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from quakerparrot67 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    It sounds like ultra Nationalist/right wing scare mongering about a “great replacement” that has been encouraged by state media and absorbed as fact by broader society. Blaming their state for allowing other ethnicities in - even though they depend on them. So it’s kind of backfiring on the Russian state to have pushed this nationalist & racist crap.
    There is a video on bbc (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63237327) of a Russian draft dodger in Istanbul who also talks about it as a current concern - for him more than h the war in Ukraine I think, despite it making him leave his newborn child and cycle to Georgia!
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from MikeyD in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    It sounds like ultra Nationalist/right wing scare mongering about a “great replacement” that has been encouraged by state media and absorbed as fact by broader society. Blaming their state for allowing other ethnicities in - even though they depend on them. So it’s kind of backfiring on the Russian state to have pushed this nationalist & racist crap.
    There is a video on bbc (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63237327) of a Russian draft dodger in Istanbul who also talks about it as a current concern - for him more than h the war in Ukraine I think, despite it making him leave his newborn child and cycle to Georgia!
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from quakerparrot67 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Isn’t it actually a lot simpler and cruder? Whether someone has whiter skin? That’s your common-or-garden racist starting point.
    Each country’s own social & ethnic makeup then results in more elaborate definitions of the “ok” group, but it’s always such a flawed definition- e.g. US, UK etc. fundamentally it’s just about people looking different and then a rationale being made to fit.
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to chrisl in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Don't we all?
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to sross112 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Or all he really wants is sharks with freaking laser beams on their heads....
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from cyrano01 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Given MI6 is running the whole show, he ought to know!
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Butschi in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I seem to remember soldiers in WW2 saying that if you hear the shell incoming you are safe.
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from Harmon Rabb in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Given MI6 is running the whole show, he ought to know!
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from Harmon Rabb in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Pure terrorism.
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from Fernando in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Given MI6 is running the whole show, he ought to know!
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from Elmar Bijlsma in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Given MI6 is running the whole show, he ought to know!
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Taranis in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Stupid... The Russians learned nothing from the bombings of Germany, the Blitz or the Vergeltungswaffen.... It has no impact on the population other than increasing the nation's resolve to go all the way. You could say it's for internal opinion but there would be no need to send such intensive attacks (they waste their weapons).

    Our best thoughts to our Ukrainian friends Haiduk, Kraze, Zeleban and all
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    Maquisard manqué got a reaction from NamEndedAllen in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Given MI6 is running the whole show, he ought to know!
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Butschi in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I am getting increasingly irritated by the way we do discussions here. Shall we, maybe, concentrate on what I actually wrote? I answered to a post, which itself was a reaction to Musks tweet. The post picked the one number (85%) and ignored the rest. I explicitly presented the calculation based on the assumption that "the numbers are correct". If so, focusing on the 85% is a flawed calculation. I said nothing else.
    Btw. If you give someone something you would otherwise charge him for you don't just lose what that product costs you but what you would charge - money you would have otherwise.
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Butschi in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I'm not an Elon Musk Fan myself, but let's do the maths correctly (assuming the numbers are correct). The 85% others paid for the terminals (around 600$ according to a quick search) is roughly 10 million $ vs 1.8 mio $ for SpaceX, true. But the relevant number is that SpaceX pays for 70% of the connectivity costs for 25,000 devices at 4500$ a month each, which is 79 mio $ a month. The devices are peanuts in comparison and focusing on them is a bit... flawed. 😉
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Taranis in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    This year for Valentine's Day, buy her a CAESAR 😁
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to billbindc in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I wish it were but that's not how American politics works these days. Musk is acting as a useful idiot in this case and amplifying a slowly increasing panic about the possibility of a nuclear war in order to force a ceasefire on Ukraine. It's out there on Tucker, Tulsi Gabbard, Tracey, Greenwald, Chomsky, Fox News, etc. You could easily call it a hostile propaganda campaign (nb: you should).
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Taranis in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    France strengthens its defensive capabilities on the eastern flank of Europe
    Some comments from this tweet...  The kind of people who don't understand anything... Who doesn't know what NATO is and who believes Putin's lies... 🤦‍♂️
    "Since we already don't have much in France, at this rate it will soon be nothing on our territory!!! As for the usefulness of your gesticulations could you explain them to me???"

    "and negotiations? rather than weapons and money 😡"

    "There will not be much left in France but fortunately, there is NATO ^^"
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to OldSarge in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    That is an insane level of crazy, but seems to be in step with the online nonsense coming from that side. These idiots don't realize they're making it quite clear there isn't any moral ambiguity in this fight - and they're on the wrong side.
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Zelenskiy: according to UKR intelligence, Russia ordered in Iran 2400 Shakhed drones
    Danilov: Iran couldn't produce own drones itself. We investigate remains of shot-down Shakeds and see, that their manufacturing became possible because Iran could buy electronic components of some leading industrial countries, buypassing sanctions. 
    I think, some companies tensed up...
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to poesel in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    'hundreds' protesting in a democracy of 80 millions is basically nothing. About 10% of the population adhere to far right ideas which, in Germany, include Nazis, Pro-Russians, Anti-Vaxxers, Qanon and the like. That is a potential group of 8 million people.
    It would be a noticeable movement with 5 digit protestors and I would worry with 6 digits.
    TL;DR: there are idiots everywhere
    In a way, yes. 'Unwilling' may be a bit harsh. I'd go for 'has not realized it is war'
    No, sorry, but that is really wrong. Again, speaking for Germany, this is a minority of about 15% (10% extreme right, 5% extreme left).
    Of course, no one is happy about energy cost, but a discussion about stopping help for Ukraine to fix that issue simply does not exist.
    The one and only reason we do not send more weapons, is fear of WWIII (don't discuss that with me...)
    The GDR was occupied by the Russians and every mayor decision had to go through them. But for most of the part, the East-Germans did the occupation unto themselves (and effectively, of course...). I guess, very generally, the Russians were the least hated in the GDR of all East-Block countries.
    A lot more changed in West-Germany after the 3rd Reich than did in the East. That difference is still very visible after 30 years.
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to Taranis in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Personally, I'm not that surprised. They are profound idiots but like everywhere, there are always people who are against aid to Ukraine or who believe Russia's lies (US plot etc...).
    I think the ties between Russia and Germany are stronger than between Russia and FRA-UK-US.

    I guess it's historical first, with the post-WW2 occupation, GDR etc. There are always people (a minority) who regret the GDR. We didn't have any physical contact further west like Germany had with the Russians. Perhaps the presence of a still existing US military base plays into the animosity of some? (simple guess) We haven't had any in France since around 1966. I think there are as many nonconformists, conspirators and opponents of the US as there are pro-Russian radicals.

    Secondly and partly thanks to the historical part, there is the economic link which has developed in recent years (Nordstream etc) and the opposition of some would be mainly for their own comfort.
    Take care mate!
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to sross112 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    A couple more theories to add to your list:

    And of course, the British:

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    Maquisard manqué reacted to sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    "Surovikin was that officer who without hesitation got in his tank and went forward to save his country.”
    here is a thought.  How about he gets back in his tank and heads for Lyman.
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    Maquisard manqué reacted to LongLeftFlank in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Götsill mit uns!
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