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There is really one strange thing about that attack. The attack itself was carried out in a professional way. They got in there, shot the place up, lit it on fire and managed to escape. Their escape though was totally amateur. They did not change cars and all 4 of them were in the same car. In...

If you actually bothered to read the source that I posted, it is CRITICAL of Hough's estimates of tens of thousands of casualties. They label his figures as being ideologically driven. They are also equally critical of Rummell's figures for being drum roll... ideologically driven. Funny both...

Speaking of RJ Rummel, here is what his wiki page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Rummel, says about his work: "His figures for Communist governments have been criticized for the methodology which he used to arrive at them, and they have also been criticized for being higher than the...

I don't think the Covid leak was deliberate. There is significant international co-operation on biological weapons control. The reason for this is that biological weapons are indiscriminate and they affect everyone equally. Once unleashed, regardless of where in the world, they are extremely...

Thanks for pointing that out man! I usually post from my phone and well this happens lol

Regarding Ukraine and Afghanistan, Western leadership and the media have drastically overlooked and ignored the severe shortfalls of the Western-allied Afghans and Ukrainians. Corruption was rampant in Afghanistan, a country largely run by drug dealers and other criminals. Drug abuse was...

I am curious in your estimation how many casualties has Ukraine suffered in this conflict ? Obviously firepower matters but I would imagine that you also need people to use said firepower. Several of these articles talk about critical manpower shortages in the Ukrainian army. There also appears...

Yes and the Soviets had higher casualties than the Nazis did. For every 1 Ukrainian casualty there are 1.5-2 Russian casualties. However for every 1 Ukrainian there are 4 Russians. Russia is a 1.8 trillion dollar economy, Ukraine is a 178 billion dollar economy. In an attritional war a bigger...

Well speaking of casualties we have this article that actually talks about BOTH Russian and Ukrainian casualties...

https://time.com/6329188/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-interview/ This article was published in Time magazine, which is not a Putinist or even MAGA source. A few noteworthy excerpts: "When I raised these claims with a senior military officer, he said that some commanders have little choice in...

Theres 300+ million arabs and not even 10 million Israelis. Most Arabs have a pretty high birthrate, Israelis, with the exception of the ultra-orthodox Hasidics, don't have high birth rates. The numbers game is not on the Israeli's side. This vaguely reminiscent of the fate of the Crusader...

This is hardly surprising. Its pretty obvious that Israel's current course is unsustainable. You have an "island" of a few million Jews who are on pretty bad terms with almost all of their Arabic neighbors, and the wider Islamic world. The only way I see Israel surviving is if they able to...

I agree. And in your opinion, are these war crimes too? : https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/saudi-war-crimes-yemen/ https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/the-civilian-casualty-files-pentagon-reports

I was in downtown Toronto today, and I walked by where the refugees are. I had a very interesting conversation with a Ugandan refugee. He told me he came to Canada because he heard that in Canada you get a free house and a good paying job. I pulled up this article on my phone and asked him to...

Yes, I have heard that Cuban Americans are a more right leaning subset of the Hispanic population, and I think they have historically favored Republican over Democratic candidates. But when looking at Hispanics as a whole, they tend to be quite pro-Democrat. As this article outlines...

One thing that DeSantis managed to do is solidly get the Hispanic vote on his side. If the Republican party in the US wishes to remain relevant in the future, this is something it will need to do nationwide. Although I think the Hispanic population in Florida is more right leaning than the...

I don't know what welfare in the US is like, but in Ontario you recieve $700 and something dollars a month from welfare. That money is split into housing (which is $370 or so a month) and utilities/groceries which is something like $350 per month. I don't know if these numbers are 100% accurate...

Yes it seems in Europe there system for training skilled tradespeople is a bit more straightforward and structured than it is here. In Ontario skilled trades suffer from the following 2 problems: 1) Trades have a somewhat "bad rep" in high school. Teachers and guidance counselors typically...

Finally some common sense: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/frank-stronach-give-young-canadians-and-canada-a-break-teach-them-trades

Yeah Old Hickory F@#ked the Brits up pretty good at New Orleans. The British suffered some pretty staggering losses at that battle. I think it was their worst of the whole war... The Ukrainian war has been a massive strategic blunder for Putin. Apart from the insane losses, he also killed any...

The United States does have one, its called the Monroe Doctrine. Its been in place for over a century. The main difference is that the US, at present, has the military might to enforce it. Russia, at present, lacks the military strength to build itself a security zone in Europe. The US did try...

His boss, Joe Biden, can't even train his own damn dog to not bite people. This is something that every dog owner is expected to do. It bite secret service agents 10x in a 3 month span... Biden really is "special".

Oh the random acts of violence and homicide that is now plaguing Toronto is something else. The city decided to start demolishing the homeless encampments that are found throughout the city- in parks, under bridges etc... Due to the economic crisis and housing unaffordibility there is a huge...

Its refreshing to see the mainstream media talking about this issue : https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/trudeau-immigration-housing-health-breaking-point I've been saying for years that Canada's insane immigration policies have made Toronto and Vancouver completely un-affordable. Yet some...

Yeah those hipster/liberal SJW snobs are something else. They "support" all of these causes because it is the trendy thing to do. Not because they actually practice what they preach. These are the same types who will bleat about helping poor people, how bad/evil the police are etc... Yet if they...

That's horrible. What you have described is an absolute nightmare. I can't believe how unprofessional that lady is. The last time I imported a CITES specimen was a few years back, so I don't know if the situation in Canada is still the same. But my experience here was very smooth. I emailed...

The bolded part is probably what Mark-Hunter is referring to. A Javelin, that is past its use by date, will still probably perform quite well and obviously in a pinch it will work. But that small performance gap is why it has a use by date and gets replaced. I assume a similar rationale applies...

I am not a doctor or pharmacist, but from what I understand expired medicine can lose some of its potency or effectiveness. But for the most part it still works pretty well. And obviously its way better than nothing. But what I have noticed is that people want the best and greatest and nothing...

I don't really see how your personal/anecdotal experience supplants the data. This reminds me of a conversation I had with a BLM activist. He was arguing that murder is a leading cause of death among young black men in America because racist white cops are killing black men. When I told him...

Sure I totally agree that the Canadian healthcare system is far from ideal. And indeed looking at those graphs it seems to be second last next to the US. I merely used Canada as an example because of its similar culture, lifestyle habits, dietary habits etc... to the US. But as that report shows...

Canada is about 30% non-European/visible minority. But that aside the visible minorities in the US that have a lower life expectancy than White Americans are Black Americans and Natives. Canada has its share of Natives and Blacks too... Here is the average life expectancy in America by race...

No doubt that the consumption of processed foods, lack of activity and so forth is to blame for America's poor life expectancy. Those are all issues that should be addressed via preventative care. However, those same criticisms apply to Canada as well. Canadians probably eat just as much...

America is one of the wealthiest G-7 nations. Yet its life expectancy is comparable to that of China and Brazil. You find that funny ??

Would you like to see some pictures of Iraqi kids that were blown to bits by American smart bombs? Or maybe we should also show photos of the hundreds of thousands of civilians that were killed as a result of this war. Some of whom were killed by coalition forces. What made Saddam such an...

If we look at the Vietnam and Iraq war- those wars were sold to Americans based on lies. Top American officials deliberately lied about the circumstances and reasons for going to war. This is a pretty good book about Vietnam...

Quick question- what do you think caused Russia's high armor? Is this a design flaw/ their modern tanks were poorly built or was it more due to poor tactics and training with how to use tanks ??

Utkin has not been seen since 2016- i am not even sure if he's still alive even. Prigozhin is the leader of Wagner. He is an oligarch/kleptocrat. His fighters consist mainly of convicted murderers, rapists and such. There is certainly nothing "rosy" or glamorous about them. However, I see no...

Russian Volunteer Corps https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/belgorod-raid-russian-volunteer-corps-freedom-russia-legion-rcna86168 The flag of this unit consists of a stylized life rune. A life rune is a symbol that is frequently used by neo- nazis...

In what way ? That Putin is like Hitler or that Ukraine is giving American weapons and equipment to Russian neo-nazis who aim to overthrow Putin and launch a European wide "white revolution" ?? I honestly see very little in common with Munich 1938 and the present situation. One of the most...

This report is rather useful when evaluating Denis "Nikitin" Kapustin's political stance: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1185061.pdf "A prominent example of this trans-European radical right movement is the development of the Neo-Nazi combat clothing brand and MMA promotion White Rex.177...

That would be very bad. Having a bunch of neo-nazi nutcases in charge of the world's largest nuclear arsenal would certainly not be a good thing. Another thing to keep in mind is that these people have an internationalist agenda. In that they want "white revolutions" which would result in pure...

Ilya Ponamarev is some blend between an anarcho-communist and a social democrat, here are some of the things his party advocates for: equal access to education, to create equal opportunities for everyone a non-restrictive government which would be gradually replaced by direct democracy...

One of the groups involved in this is the Russian Volunteer Corps.This is a unit of the Ukrainian army made up of Russian citizens,mostly Russian neo nazis. The leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps is a fellow named Denis Kapustin or "Denis Nikitin". You can read more about him here...

I totally agree. Just one thing with the food example at $15 a day that equals 450 (15x30) per month which equals to 45,000 after a decade as opposed to 36,000. Its crazy how much money you can save by not eating out much. I eat out once a week usually on a friday or saturday. All the other...

Russia's power base will be worse of, if they win this conventional war against Ukraine. First of all, Ukraine is a devestated and destroyed country. Of the pre-war population of 40 million something like 12 million have left the country. That number would grow exponentially more if a...

One issue i have with shirts is that, in the regular shirts i need to get like a 3XL to fit my shoulders and upper back and also for the length. I have a long torso and a regular XL or 2XL is like a belly shirt on me. Now the problem with 3XL shirts is that in the mid-section they are literally...

It seems that Al-Qaida and other such groups are already re-establishing themselves in Afghanistan: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/333/77/PDF/N2233377.pdf?OpenElement Afghanistan is still a festering cesspool for islamic extremism. The country is only weakly unified and...

Germany's and Europe's present energy crisis really shows the dangers of green politics. You would thin given Germany's geographic constraints that they would opt for a combination of fossil fuels and nuclear- with the goal of nuclear phasing out fossil fuels. But no the greenies hate both...

I think its very important to look at Afghanistan through the lens of success or failure because this is a conflict that has cost 2.3 TRILLION dollars: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2021/human-and-budgetary-costs-date-us-war-afghanistan-2001-2022 It has resulted in the Taliban...

I did not say the US military lost Afghanistan I said that it failed to defeat the Taliban insurgency, even at the height of the surge. Given that 100,000 NATO soldiers could not defeat the Taliban insurgency, I merely stated that it was absurd to think that the Afghan army could do it on its...