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The *OFFICIAL* Russia Is About To Invade Ukraine Thread

There are studies on this, and after a long trend upward, we are definitely trending down. Obesity, social separation, mass shooting among other factors are responsible for part of the trend, and the pandemic pushed it down further. We are still high compared to even 2017, but the trend is headed down (and with globalization and generally, it would be unreasonable to expect a neverending upward trend).
That mass shootings are factored in when they directly affect roughly the same number of people who become millionaires from lottery winnings is suspect.
 
That mass shootings are factored in when they directly affect roughly the same number of people who become millionaires from lottery winnings is suspect.
I don't know much about lottery winning numbers, but I'd gues it's maybe 10 in a year.

Considering the way mass shootings are often covered, it would loom larger in the public mind than the number of auto deaths on highways.

Of course we can all project our values and priorities and select our information from various offerings differing on the scale of orders of magnitud3e, and we can be happy if we want to be.

I think your optimism here reflects the advancement of values and agendas you subscribe to, which many people don't share.

My own value system would be an inverse relationship between government spending and "greatness".
 
Really interesting article by Anne Applebaum

I didn't want to actually subscribe to The Atlantic, so I didn't read this article, which I admit has a very true title.+

I assume that this article defines "true democracy" as the junta comprised by globalist agenda wonks like our mainstream media, the DINO and RINO fake opposition parties the good old USA, and our own..... homegrown and Chinese..... megabuck interests who favor the woke agenda and authoriatative management of the so called "free" public they rule.

Quite a lot of hutspa in all that, I'd say.

Putin might be no better, but for sure Zelensky and NATO are not either.
 
It appears the Ukrainians have "won" back a part of their country apparently without having to fire a shot.


Ukrainian scientists arrived back in the area to evaluate the damage done during the Russian occupation to find the Russians had occupied parts of Chernobyl that shouldn't have been occupied.


...and now it is more clear what caused the Russian army to reconsider the value of having their soldiers control this famous landmark.

 
Russia apparently doesn't even have air superiority in their own country. Or spotters.

They are the most incompetent military of all time, probably.

 
Russia apparently doesn't even have air superiority in their own country. Or spotters.

They are the most incompetent military of all time, probably.

You would think after a bunch of kids kicked your *** in Red Dawn you'd make some adjustments. Still the same old strategy. Putin must have the Quin Snyder playbook.
 
Russia apparently doesn't even have air superiority in their own country. Or spotters.

They are the most incompetent military of all time, probably.

I love how Ukraine striking a legitimate military target during a war for their survival causes awkwardness in talks about a war Russia started in which they have killed thousands of innocent civilians. Yeah, so awkward.
 
Russia apparently doesn't even have air superiority in their own country. Or spotters.

They are the most incompetent military of all time, probably.

Until they decide to let the nukes fly.
 
I love how Ukraine striking a legitimate military target during a war for their survival causes awkwardness in talks about a war Russia started in which they have killed thousands of innocent civilians. Yeah, so awkward.
Yep, social media age, everything gets immediate spin. At least back in the day they would have to drop leaflets to claim foul play and remind everyone that the Ukrainians are really all child molesters and godless heathens.
 


But didn’t they kinda deserve this cuz NATO, the West, Putin isn’t that bad or something?

Just a reminder, Donald still praises this guy and Tucker just two months ago was cheering for him.







Remember who the “real bad guys” are. Did Putin ever let trans kids play sports? So why should we cheer against him?

 
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