There we go

[San Goku]

^^

Zelensky already admitted live that he is not winning the war. Trump said publicly to his face that Ukraine is losing. Zelensky didn't say, no we are winning. Instead he went, Ummm we are standing strong. So if you want to believe that Russia has 2.5x death rate more than Ukraine that is up to you. Russia is unofficially fighting NATO and hired mercenaries. Anyways, I won't go back and forth much. We will interpret the events and facts presented differently.

[killacross]

And reminder... Though you probably know this... We don't send Ukraine checks.

Of course not... Who really uses paper checks anymore?

I agree with a minority of what you've said (Yes that essentially the US is only interested to strip anything of value before Russia takes it over again in 15 years aka this isn't a permanent fix and that Trump essentially wanted his ego stroked. No that Trump is doing it because Putin is his boy and told him to) .... But to nitpick - they've sent money AND military equipment. And I never looked into it, but I remember there were stories of Ukraine selling off some of that equipment because they didn't have the manpower to use it all simultaneously - and it ended up with terrorist groups and the cartels.

[xandorxerxes]

No that Trump is doing it because Putin is his boy and told him to) .... But to nitpick - they've sent money AND military equipment. And I never looked into it, but I remember there were stories of Ukraine selling off some of that equipment because they didn't have the manpower to use it all simultaneously - and it ended up with terrorist groups and the cartels.

Putin might have something compromising on trump, but I'm pretty sure it's just a combination of Trump idolizing Putin and being an old fuck who believes everything he reads on Facebook/sees on the 'news' sources that make him feel the warm fuzzies. If he's actually taking orders we'd be beyond fucked.

The selling of the weapons has been pretty thoroughly debunked, but that didn't stop Tucker from spouting that shit anyways.

^^

Zelensky already admitted live that he is not winning the war. Trump said publicly to his face that Ukraine is losing. Zelensky didn't say, no we are winning. Instead he went, Ummm we are standing strong. So if you want to believe that Russia has 2.5x death rate more than Ukraine that is up to you. Russia is unofficially fighting NATO and hired mercenaries. Anyways, I won't go back and forth much. We will interpret the events and facts presented differently.

If he thought he was winning he wouldn't take a deal to begin with. To clarify the death rate - that's only for soldiers. I can believe that Russia has 2.5x rate there, but I imagine that's probably skewed from the beginning where Russia was basically caught with its pants down. Sieging is also (to my understanding) much costlier than defending.

Russia isn't fighting NATO, though they're fighting NATO technology - and yes, also leveraging mercenaries (and north Koreans). We haven't put boots on the ground and Europe doesn't have the military to do so either.

Now if you want to include the Ukrainian citizens that have been murdered...

[killacross]

How do I get my information off the internet?

I've had the same phone number for 26 years now. I've recently started getting death threats from the mafia and cartel. Pay this fee or there will be problems.

Scared me the first time it happened (they had my name, my wife, and our address) .. Until I thought about it, a Google search of my phone number turns up all of my info

[xandorxerxes]

How do I get my information off the internet?

I've had the same phone number for 26 years now. I've recently started getting death threats from the mafia and cartel. Pay this fee or there will be problems.

Scared me the first time it happened (they had my name, my wife, and our address) .. Until I thought about it, a Google search of my phone number turns up all of my info

Move to Europe. Or China. Or Japan. Or Australia. Any places that have privacy laws. I'm always amused they have privacy laws but you'll have other problems with China though...

The US? Best you can do is California. No real privacy rights in the US. You can request they delete your information but the data brokers have no obligation to do so... If you can even track them all down. There are about 20 states with varying laws, but only Cali is comprehensive enough to actually mean anything.

[San Goku]

No that Trump is doing it because Putin is his boy and told him to) .... But to nitpick - they've sent money AND military equipment. And I never looked into it, but I remember there were stories of Ukraine selling off some of that equipment because they didn't have the manpower to use it all simultaneously - and it ended up with terrorist groups and the cartels.

Putin might have something compromising on trump, but I'm pretty sure it's just a combination of Trump idolizing Putin and being an old fuck who believes everything he reads on Facebook/sees on the 'news' sources that make him feel the warm fuzzies. If he's actually taking orders we'd be beyond fucked.

The selling of the weapons has been pretty thoroughly debunked, but that didn't stop Tucker from spouting that shit anyways.

^^

Zelensky already admitted live that he is not winning the war. Trump said publicly to his face that Ukraine is losing. Zelensky didn't say, no we are winning. Instead he went, Ummm we are standing strong. So if you want to believe that Russia has 2.5x death rate more than Ukraine that is up to you. Russia is unofficially fighting NATO and hired mercenaries. Anyways, I won't go back and forth much. We will interpret the events and facts presented differently.

If he thought he was winning he wouldn't take a deal to begin with. To clarify the death rate - that's only for soldiers. I can believe that Russia has 2.5x rate there, but I imagine that's probably skewed from the beginning where Russia was basically caught with its pants down. Sieging is also (to my understanding) much costlier than defending.

Russia isn't fighting NATO, though they're fighting NATO technology - and yes, also leveraging mercenaries (and north Koreans). We haven't put boots on the ground and Europe doesn't have the military to do so either.

Now if you want to include the Ukrainian citizens that have been murdered...

Some Frontline updates on the Russia/Ukraine war.

Link: https://youtu.be/id6Bamj8Z5Q?si=PNyBY-MP7lUGtuw2

[killacross]

Well, that wasn't particularly interesting

Gene Hackman died from heart failure
His wife died from a hantavirus

But the only weird wrinkle is that he died about a week after her. They said he was in advanced stages of alzheimers though

[superbob]

She was his primary caretaker from what I read, she passed away and he, in those advanced stages of Alzheimer's, wasn't taking his heart medication so...

In other words, Bird Flu is now found in cats on the east coast, 70% fatality rate in cats so if you have a cat you let outdoors, i'd say you should probably keep them inside

[San Goku]

China slapped us Canadians with 100% tariffs. I wonder if we will keep that Sam's energy we have for Trump and say don't buy anything from China in the media.

She was his primary caretaker from what I read, she passed away and he, in those advanced stages of Alzheimer's, wasn't taking his heart medication so...

In other words, Bird Flu is now found in cats on the east coast, 70% fatality rate in cats so if you have a cat you let outdoors, i'd say you should probably keep them inside

How are the cats getting it and at such a high rate?

It would suck seeing your dead wife, freaking out, forgetting about it, then remember and repeating until you die

[killacross]

How are the cats getting it and at such a high rate?

It would suck seeing your dead wife, freaking out, forgetting about it, then remember and repeating until you die

they probably aren't getting it at a high rate. But generally when a virus hops species...it is incredibly more dangerous/deadly to the new species. Evolution makes the virus "specialized" to the original species so that they are just sick enough for the virus to thrive and reproduce. When it kills the new species, the virus generally dies with it.

Think swine flu (pigs), leprosy (armadillos), lyme disease (ticks), plague (rats), mad cow disease/tuberculosis (cows), monkeypox (monkeys), zika/dengue/malaria (monkeys -> mosquitos), etc etc etc.

[xandorxerxes]

China slapped us Canadians with 100% tariffs. I wonder if we will keep that Sam's energy we have for Trump and say don't buy anything from China in the media.

China didn't say they wanted to annex Canada, the tariffs were put on China first, and the 100% is on things most Canadians don't care about. Also China wasn't a close ally then turned dipshit and betrayed you.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products.

The new duties become effective March 20, according to a statement by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. Additional 100% tariffs will be imposed on Canadian rapeseed oil, oil cakes and peas, and additional 25% tariffs will apply to pork and aquatic products.

In other words, Bird Flu is now found in cats on the east coast, 70% fatality rate in cats so if you have a cat you let outdoors, i'd say you should probably keep them inside

Already coyotes up and down the east coast, generally better not to let them out at all.

Think swine flu (pigs), leprosy (armadillos), lyme disease (ticks), plague (rats), mad cow disease/tuberculosis (cows), monkeypox (monkeys), zika/dengue/malaria (monkeys -> mosquitos), etc etc etc.

I realllyyyyy wanted to add covid, but apparently there's still nothing definitive about it's origins so I can't. Lame.

[San Goku]

China slapped us Canadians with 100% tariffs. I wonder if we will keep that Sam's energy we have for Trump and say don't buy anything from China in the media.

China didn't say they wanted to annex Canada, the tariffs were put on China first, and the 100% is on things most Canadians don't care about. Also China wasn't a close ally then turned dipshit and betrayed you.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products.

The new duties become effective March 20, according to a statement by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council. Additional 100% tariffs will be imposed on Canadian rapeseed oil, oil cakes and peas, and additional 25% tariffs will apply to pork and aquatic products.

In other words, Bird Flu is now found in cats on the east coast, 70% fatality rate in cats so if you have a cat you let outdoors, i'd say you should probably keep them inside

Already coyotes up and down the east coast, generally better not to let them out at all.

Think swine flu (pigs), leprosy (armadillos), lyme disease (ticks), plague (rats), mad cow disease/tuberculosis (cows), monkeypox (monkeys), zika/dengue/malaria (monkeys -> mosquitos), etc etc etc.

I realllyyyyy wanted to add covid, but apparently there's still nothing definitive about it's origins so I can't. Lame.

So Canada is the bad guy starting the tariff war first? Why did we just blindly follow the US? How is that working for us now

[xandorxerxes]

So Canada is the bad guy starting the tariff war first? Why did we just blindly follow the US? How is that working for us now

No idea who started it first or why, just that these ones in particular are very targeted and retaliatory.

Stumbled on a guy on YouTube that puts up cooking shorts showing easy ways to make fancy things (or just breaking down fancy things to easy steps). https://m.youtube.com/@SauccEats/shorts

Thought some of y'all might be interested. I watched a few and thought "oh I should save those for later," which means I'm going to have a few tabs open for years and never reference them again.

[killacross]

No idea who started it first or why, just that these ones in particular are very targeted and retaliatory.

Stumbled on a guy on YouTube that puts up cooking shorts showing easy ways to make fancy things (or just breaking down fancy things to easy steps). https://m.youtube.com/@SauccEats/shorts

Thought some of y'all might be interested. I watched a few and thought "oh I should save those for later," which means I'm going to have a few tabs open for years and never reference them again.

I do that with exercise and dieting vidyas

**Edit**
Whatever happened to my Power Puff Girls live action movie?

***EDIT EDIT**

GEEZUS the stock market is kicking my ass. No longer $3MM-aires . Lukily, I get my bonus this week. Gonna dump 90% in.

[killacross]

Guess the site is dead again
...and so much wild shit happening in the world right now to discuss

Oh well - I'll check back in around April. Hopefully, there will be some motion by then

[superbob]

Guess the site is dead again
...and so much wild shit happening in the world right now to discuss

Oh well - I'll check back in around April. Hopefully, there will be some motion by then

I feel like it really ebbs and flows here, but then again, there aren't many people regularly posting on this site.

[San Goku]

We all older now and some of us with either kid(s), wife/common law partner. As always I check in. As for crazy shit, sucks if you drive a Tesla right now lol.

[xandorxerxes]

I just assume y'all are done with my rambling

Let's see - Elon has proved what everybody already knew - that doge is full of shit and only serves to dismantle the organizations that kept his shitty illegal business practices in check or that he has some petty vendetta against.

Trump has alienated all of our allies so badly that they don't share intelligence with us. Or maybe that's also because none of them trust him not to leak it to Putin. Probably both.

We've literally rolled over for Putin to get the ceasefire, and he showed us just how much he respects Trump by immediately ignoring it.

Now that we've given Elon unfettered access to social security information he should never have had, we're stepping it up and giving him access to military secrets for some reason.

We've compromised our security, our integrity, our alliances... With literally nothing to show for it except a few petulant children running a shit show while actual people are dying from the loss of Medicare and social security, going destitute from losing their jobs, and now stuck in a poverty cycle because the one thing that can best break that - education - is being removed. It's ok though, they're lowering child work requirements so that they can fill the labor void. Guess they didn't need that education after all.

[Digital Masta]

George Foreman died.

[San Goku]

George Foreman died.

Fuck, just watched his movie on Netflix the other day. R.I.P. George Foreman grill changed the game.