and Israel likes to keep the US in the dark (Six Day War) and not tell us what they are up to because they don't trust us.
Honestly, as friendly as I am toward Israel as a nation and ally? This is probably a wise move.
Which in itself is an inaccurate depiction of what Vietnam was like.
Considering his first video back was further shitting on Black Cleopatra…
He announced it on the community page of his channel yesterday.
I also don’t believe it was a mistake. Just that on this issue the PTB at YouTube decided this was a poor hill to die on since even other Leftist were upset by the raceswapped Cleopatra.
To be fair, as of yesterday it was restored. We will see what he does in the future though now knowing YouTube will be gunning for him.
Is there anywhere to watch it other than Apple TV? Or better yet, a way to own a physical copy?
Disney not opening that new facility would also likely be a result of the fact that their employees were furious about the idea of relocating from California to Florida. The the point they were openly rebelling against the company when they suggested it. In fact, Disney trying to take up the mantel of opposing Florida's laws was pretty much done for no other reason than to soothe said employee's ree's.
I figured. In her case, while she still doesnt dislike LGBT content (she was quite fond of The Owl House, which was heavy on those themes), she does think it gets overused, doesnt like it when them being LGBT is literally the only thing about their character, and she hates it when they retcon characters to be LGBT when they can just be their own thing.
There is a reason that one of her favorite characters in that regard is Veronica from Fallout: New Vegas, where her being a lesbian is brought up, but is a fairly minor part of her character.
if you reduce an online activist down to their core, you find someone who never got over their high school experience.
It is probably more true than not. You can see it with them being all about their cliques, being obsessed with things like prom, and their usage of what is typically high school tier insults. Hell, I would go so far as to argue their hatred of "White Male Nerds" its for that reason. After all, we were the target of all the bullies in high school for not fitting in, but then everyone got interested in nerd hobbies. What better way to continue the bullying into adulthood than by breaking our favorite things?
The problem I have found is those who do want to just be left alone (like my bisexual fiancé) moved on with their lives. It is only the ones with chips on their shoulders and/or radical agendas who keep pushing these things, at the expense of others they supposedly side with (there is a reason my fiancé despise the modern LGBT movement).
Its because a Patriot battery just shot down six of their "unstoppable" missiles, so they are desperate for a win.
This isnt even one of the top line launchers either. These ones are surplus from the 2000's that only had upgrades for targeting ballistic missiles after lessons learned in the Gulf War (involving some incident failing to intercept SCUD missiles). So imagine what it would be like with newer model launchers.
As I have seen it start to be put: Canadians aren’t nice, they are just passive-aggressive.
There was a Canadian YouTuber I was listening to recently that straight up said that while he used to use it as a “we are better than you” point, he is now envious of how actively aggressive most Americans are. Because it means that they will usually fight back against things like MAID, and it’s hard to get stuff like that federally. Meanwhile, Canadians don’t because they don’t want to rock the boat (that is an American trait after all), and their government is set up in such a way that Ontario, Toronto, and Vancouver set the tone for the entire country whether they like it or not.
you get murdered by doctors who are just following the orders of bureaucrats that blow out your fucking lungs with a ventilator at max air pressure.
The worse thing is: They didnt even know. My family is friends with a local doctor who was actually trained by the company on how to use ventilators, and when he realized that there was pretty minor Covid outbreaks in our area, he decided to go to New York City to help out. After all, he is an expert in that field, so his skill would obviously be appreciated.
When he got there, he was horrified to discover they were running the ventilators on entirely the wrong settings and, like they are now admitting, effectively killing the patients who were on them. He tried his best to fix that but ultimately ended up leaving after the bureaucrats running the hospitals refused to believe him when he told them they were cause more suffering than they were preventing.
Kyiv is still Ukrainian and I don't see Russian tanks rolling into Finland. Putin lost!
I mean, yeah?
Is it total victory to lose part of your nation to an invading force? Of course not. But when the enemy is there with the goal of total conquest and they take on a fraction of it, and not even the most important parts of your nation (like Odessa, which will allow Ukraine to remain a viable nation instead of a rump state), then stopping them is a win.
And unlike Finland before them in 1939, Russia will not get a second bite at the apple (well, third bite, but still). Because you know damn well Ukraine is going to become a NATO member or will be in some sort of European defense alliance by another name. Unlike Finland who was left to dangle in the breeze until Germany threw some minor stuff at it when it invaded Russia.
Ukraine is running low on men to keep fighting
So is Russia. And we have started seeing more surrenders and defections in their ranks. As well as more oligarchs back in Russia proper starting to say openly Putin fucked up.
I am not going to pretend like Ukraine has it in the bag. They can still run out of steam here at the end. I just think the odds they win are higher than they dont at this point (especially as they are now getting access to cruise missiles). And even if they lose, they will not be eaten by Russia, Russia gets only Donbass out of it (which is already depopulated as the Russians used them as cannon fodder), and you damn well Ukraine will become a NATO member while Russia is in no position to stop it.
It looks like Ukraine is gearing up for its counter offensive. Depending on how well that goes, we will see which of us is right in the end.
That is very much true. They also fell extremely far behind on the gear side, as is becoming obvious with the lack of optics for rifles, outdated tanks being used, the very sporadic use of missiles, etc. Meanwhile, Ukraine is using stuff that was considered outdated 20 years ago in the West and is actually kicking ass. They have done stuff with Humvee's the original designers didnt think was possible. And this is before they get to commit the new tanks and IFV's they got (which have been photographed running around).
I honestly wouldnt be surprised if this does end much like the war with the Finns did, except this time in a total Russia loss instead of just a pyrrhic victory (since Ukraine is getting support the Finns never got).
Considering how the fighting is going, I am starting to wonder if it isnt all some Sun Tzu esque feint of "Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak."
TFW you can only scrounge up 1 tank to show off at your military parade after having hundreds just the year before.
T-55’s that can be taken out by a stern look and WW2 surplus bazookas don’t count.
It is the meme way of saying seppuku.
You just load it with something other than liquid fuel. A flamethrower loaded with, for instance napalm, can be shot to pieces and never actually detonate.
....of course, you still have range to consider. Which is why almost all modern flame attack based weapons are rocket based (thermobarics).
How GenZ changed its mind about gender.
Strange. Because I saw a separate poll that GenZ and Millenials were the ones turning against LGBT issues the fastest of any generation.
The truth is, most of these people peaked in High School and therefore never want to leave it. And their "Peak" was still pretty low, so they want a do-over.
GW will always GW but they're not stupid enough to chase after those people.
It has actually been kind of shocking to witness. They have been getting hit with all of the usual request for "We want female Space Marines", and they have actually had the stones to tell those people "Just play Sisters of Battle, you dumb nerds! They are literally the same thing stat wise."
And most of their lore has continued to be interesting without even trying to shy away from the grimdark elements of the older lore, except for a handful of situations where they went "Ok, maybe the Daemonculaba was a bit too far."
Certainly believable. My brother got deployed to the border when he was in the Army, and his unit almost got into a gunfight with BP because they though him and his unit were all Cartel (while he thought they were Cartel). It was only after everyone stopped shouting and pointing guns at each other that the situation deescalated....and my brothers unit was not exactly pleased.