The truth is not nearly as simple as you think it is. First of all, Russia hasn't invaded Ukraine. If it actually had, the whole Ukraine would have been occupied long ago - you cannot even imagine how badly Ukrainian army is equipped and how many people there try to dodge the draft nowadays. It is telling that two thirds of Ukrainian soldiers stationed on Crimea have joined the Russian army.
What Russia does is supporting the separatists in Donbass with hardware and manpower so they can continue keeping Ukraine destabilised, because NATO treaty basically says that countries with ethnic or territorial disputes cannot join until these issues are resolved.
Second, "stealing" businesses is, in fact, business as usual in Ukraine. Every time a regime change happens there, the oligarchs of the new regime steal from the oligarchs of the old one. That was basically the reason for the latest coup (a.k.a Euromaidan) - Poroshenko has profited quite handsomely from being a president.
And as for the takeover of Crimea being expensive, well, duh. I've been in Ukraine a few times, it is not far away from being sort of European Zimbabwe. For the last 25 years Ukraine has sold basically everything they have inherited from the USSR and never invested in the country's infrastructure. Hence the expenses.
And before you call me a Putin troll - I've been on Slashdot even before Putin became a president of Russia. I just have some perspective by the fact of having actually visited Ukraine and by the fact of speaking several Slavic languages - being originally from the other Germany has its bonuses, you know.
Are you sure you don't have to change the brake fluid every year or so? Because that stuff is hydrophilic and you don't want to have water in your braking fluid. Or does Tesla use mineral oil as brake fluid like the old Citroens?
Corporations do have a representation in the government. Their representatition is called a lobby group. In fact, unfortunately they have more representation than people.
Hm, probably depends on what one used to learn. My first language was Turbo Pascal, so Delphi was quite natural for me, far easier than any Basic dialect.
There was no Russian revolution (1917), there were the February revolution and the October revolution. And at least the first one was absolutely overdue.
And you know why? Because we basically have stopped to collect mushrooms after Chernobyl - nowadays people don't even know anymore what mushrooms are actually edible. We also test every killed wild boar for radiation and if it exceeds allowed radiation levels the meat is disposed. In fact, there are still some wild boars that exceed allowed radiation levels.
And as for effects, you are, again, a liar. My ex gf who was originally from Belarus had to have her thyroid removed because as a kid she went outside in the rain on 27.04.1986.
You are a bloody liar and you really should go drink some polonium tea.
Actually, not quite. It was built, owned and operated by organisations that were as close to private industry, as it was possible in the USSR back then.
The actual government was very unhappy with the things done at that power plant. Let me quote an interesting report by Andropov (head of KGB back then, USSR ruler later):
21 February 1979 #346-A Moscow Shortcomings in the Construction of the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station
According to information available to the USSR KGB cases of deviations from designs and also breaches of the techniques of construction and installation work have occurred at individual parts of the construction of the second unit of the Chernobyl atomic power station, which might lead to failures and accidents. The columns of the framework of the machine shop have been installed with a misalignment from the layout axes of up to 100 mm between the columns and in individual places there are no horizontal connections. The wall panels have been arranged with a misalignment from the axes of up to 150 mm. The roof slabs were arranged with a deviation from the instructions of the design supervision. The crane runways and the stopways have drops in height of up to 100 mm and in places a slope of up to eight degrees. Cde. V. T. Gora, the Deputy Chief of the Construction Directorate, gave orders for the production of a backfill of the foundation in a sector where the vertical waterproofing had been damaged in many places. Such violations with the knowledge of Cde. V. T. Gora and Cde. Yu. L. Matveyev, the chief of the building complex, were also permitted in other construction sectors. The damage of the waterproofing might lead to groundwater getting into the station's premises and to radioactive contamination of the environment. Sufficient attention is not being paid by the management of the Directorate to basic economy on which the operation of which the quality of construction depends in many respects. The concrete plant is operating irregularly and the quality of its output is poor. Cracks were made in the concrete when pouring especially heavy concrete, which led to the formation of pits and stratification of the foundation. The approach routes to the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station are in a disastrous condition. The construction of the third high-power line is being delayed, which might lead to a restriction on the use of the capabilities of the second power unit. One hundred and seventy people received work-related injuries during three quarters of 1978 as a result of insufficient monitoring of the condition of the safety equipment and the loss of working time was 3,366 man-days. The KPU CC has been informed of the substance of these violations by the Committee for State Security. This is reported for purposes of information. Chairman of the Committee [signature] Yu. Andropov
According to a 1993 US Air Defense Artillery publication, the Mujahideen gunners used the supplied Stingers to score approximately 269 total aircraft kills in about 340 engagements, a 79-percent kill ratio.
And this sentence is enough to see that the number is bullshit and pure propaganda. No MANPAD ever had such a high kill ratio. Especially not a MANPAD operated by tribals. German Wikipedia has more realistic numbers: only 18 of 78 destroyed Mi-24 were shot down by the Stinger. It had a slightly better (18%) kill ratio against Mil-8, but still not nearly enough to make a difference. In fact more helicopters were shot down by massive RPG barrages than by Stingers.
You can also watch the Discovery channel documentation "Wings of the Red Star - Mi 24", it is pretty good.
Sorry, but wrong. Makarov pistol is made for opening beer bottles, not AK. In fact I own a Makarov and opening beer bottles was the only use of it for the last 8 years.
Again, stop lying, you bloody atomic playboy. Several workers died during the cleanup, several sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan had to have their thyroids removed, two of them died so far.
Stop lying. TEPCO themselves have confirmed that several fuel rods in the reactor 4 storage pool have been damaged, releasing 134Cs and 137Cs and that there were leakages.
You are the one who should look it up. Stingers weren't that effective - 20% hits at best and soviet helicopters quickly started to fly lower than the minimum target altitude. In fact, if you look up the soviet aircraft losses, they were about the same before and after MANPAD introduction.
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For the past year or so erdogan has sued on average three people a day, every day. Turkey doesn't belong in the EU.
The truth is not nearly as simple as you think it is.
First of all, Russia hasn't invaded Ukraine. If it actually had, the whole Ukraine would have been occupied long ago - you cannot even imagine how badly Ukrainian army is equipped and how many people there try to dodge the draft nowadays. It is telling that two thirds of Ukrainian soldiers stationed on Crimea have joined the Russian army.
What Russia does is supporting the separatists in Donbass with hardware and manpower so they can continue keeping Ukraine destabilised, because NATO treaty basically says that countries with ethnic or territorial disputes cannot join until these issues are resolved.
Second, "stealing" businesses is, in fact, business as usual in Ukraine. Every time a regime change happens there, the oligarchs of the new regime steal from the oligarchs of the old one. That was basically the reason for the latest coup (a.k.a Euromaidan) - Poroshenko has profited quite handsomely from being a president.
And as for the takeover of Crimea being expensive, well, duh. I've been in Ukraine a few times, it is not far away from being sort of European Zimbabwe. For the last 25 years Ukraine has sold basically everything they have inherited from the USSR and never invested in the country's infrastructure. Hence the expenses.
And before you call me a Putin troll - I've been on Slashdot even before Putin became a president of Russia. I just have some perspective by the fact of having actually visited Ukraine and by the fact of speaking several Slavic languages - being originally from the other Germany has its bonuses, you know.
https://www.wired.com/2009/02/...
Even faux news has written about that:
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...
Not a big scale? The Pentagon propaganda budget is a quarter of the NASA budget FFS
What do you mean by "even the USofA does it"?
http://www.foxnews.com/politic...
Dude, you really have a problem with reading comprehension.
From TFS:
Haha yes, Bochum - Nokia. Turnabout is a bitch sometimes.
Are you sure you don't have to change the brake fluid every year or so? Because that stuff is hydrophilic and you don't want to have water in your braking fluid. Or does Tesla use mineral oil as brake fluid like the old Citroens?
Yep. Especially the post-natal ones.
You mean like in Ferguson?
Corporations do have a representation in the government. Their representatition is called a lobby group. In fact, unfortunately they have more representation than people.
Hm, probably depends on what one used to learn. My first language was Turbo Pascal, so Delphi was quite natural for me, far easier than any Basic dialect.
Delphi can do everything VB6 can, but much better.
ORLY? Wasn't the FBI created to hunt communists? Freedom of expression my arse.
There was no Russian revolution (1917), there were the February revolution and the October revolution. And at least the first one was absolutely overdue.
It was a british tea, hence already ruined.
And you know why? Because we basically have stopped to collect mushrooms after Chernobyl - nowadays people don't even know anymore what mushrooms are actually edible. We also test every killed wild boar for radiation and if it exceeds allowed radiation levels the meat is disposed. In fact, there are still some wild boars that exceed allowed radiation levels.
And as for effects, you are, again, a liar. My ex gf who was originally from Belarus had to have her thyroid removed because as a kid she went outside in the rain on 27.04.1986.
You are a bloody liar and you really should go drink some polonium tea.
Actually, not quite. It was built, owned and operated by organisations that were as close to private industry, as it was possible in the USSR back then.
The actual government was very unhappy with the things done at that power plant. Let me quote an interesting report by Andropov (head of KGB back then, USSR ruler later):
https://news.vice.com/article/...
http://www.theguardian.com/wor...
http://www.spiegel.de/internat...
Here you go. There is more if you actually bother to look it up.
For fuck's sake, if you love radiation so much, go drink some polonium tea.
And this sentence is enough to see that the number is bullshit and pure propaganda. No MANPAD ever had such a high kill ratio. Especially not a MANPAD operated by tribals. German Wikipedia has more realistic numbers: only 18 of 78 destroyed Mi-24 were shot down by the Stinger. It had a slightly better (18%) kill ratio against Mil-8, but still not nearly enough to make a difference. In fact more helicopters were shot down by massive RPG barrages than by Stingers.
You can also watch the Discovery channel documentation "Wings of the Red Star - Mi 24", it is pretty good.
Sorry, but wrong. Makarov pistol is made for opening beer bottles, not AK. In fact I own a Makarov and opening beer bottles was the only use of it for the last 8 years.
Again, stop lying, you bloody atomic playboy. Several workers died during the cleanup, several sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan had to have their thyroids removed, two of them died so far.
Stop lying.
TEPCO themselves have confirmed that several fuel rods in the reactor 4 storage pool have been damaged, releasing 134Cs and 137Cs and that there were leakages.
You are the one who should look it up. Stingers weren't that effective - 20% hits at best and soviet helicopters quickly started to fly lower than the minimum target altitude. In fact, if you look up the soviet aircraft losses, they were about the same before and after MANPAD introduction.