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[Dard Ball Get]

hahahaha isnt victoria in a crazy amount of debt too?

I live in WA lmao, I could never be that close to gringo2011

 

[Saint Ray]

If giving up Crimea to end the war isn’t something Ukraine can do, it’s time to stop funding them completely. It’s insane to keep the war going any further

Bull. Are you on Russia's side?

 

[StFly]

I live in WA lmao, I could never be that close to gringo2011

Could join that kingdom of that bloke from the top end of WA, beachfront property, get a mad posse, invade the south all the way back to Perth and then erect a "no gringo" wall ala China's big wall.

 

[jwikked]

Bull. Are you on Russia's side?

I'm not on any side lol, I just want to see the war end. And Russia aren't going to stop if the conditions include giving up Crimea lol.

I'd also like the western world to stop trying to ignite a new Cold War with Russia. Treating them as a perpetual enemy is doing more harm than good,

 

[jwikked]

Hit me up for some Diablo IV, bitches.

I played heavily in some of the prior seasons, season 2, 3 4 and 5 I think. Haven't touched it, since. Great game, if I ever get back into it I'll hit you up

 

[StCicatriz]

I'm not on any side lol, I just want to see the war end. And Russia aren't going to stop if the conditions include giving up Crimea lol.

I'd also like the western world to stop trying to ignite a new Cold War with Russia. Treating them as a perpetual enemy is doing more harm than good,

they kind of keep behaving like one... lets be honest Ukraine wasn't the first country they invaded in europe within the last two decades...

 

[gringo2011]

I live in WA lmao, I could never be that close to gringo2011

You couldn’t afford to sell your bungalow in Northbridge and move to Melbourne. It would buy you a tent on the outskirts of Geelong. Stay where you are the local big rig.

 

[gringo2011]

Could join that kingdom of that bloke from the top end of WA, beachfront property, get a mad posse, invade the south all the way back to Perth and then erect a "no gringo" wall ala China's big wall.

I’d buy it and make him my court jester.

 

[StFly]

I’d buy it and make him my court jester.

Here was me hoping you knew a bloke or had a friend that could electrify it and play the things that Dard hates on repeat 24/7. So all that could happen was either live a life hearing all the worst things imaginable or try and get rid of it and electrocute yourself for an eventual Pavlovian response.

Alas, disappointed.

 

[triggering bro]

Righto boys. Half way through the first season of Dark on Netflix which is a German science fiction / drama / thriller. I took the critics advice and watching it in German with English subtitles. My god this show melts your brain. Every scene is critical to the story line. No fat in this show whatsoever. Absolutely epic and highly recommended by my good self. Give it a run.

 

[bergholt]

I played heavily in some of the prior seasons, season 2, 3 4 and 5 I think. Haven't touched it, since. Great game, if I ever get back into it I'll hit you up

Path of Exile is better I reckon

 

[jwikked]

Righto boys. Half way through the first season of Dark on Netflix which is a German science fiction / drama / thriller. I took the critics advice and watching it in German with English subtitles. My god this show melts your brain. Every scene is critical to the story line. No fat in this show whatsoever. Absolutely epic and highly recommended by my good self. Give it a run.

My favorite show on Netflix. I resubscribed recently to watch it again, it’s seemingly not available on blu ray.

The casting is awesome, the setting is great.
It’s a shame their next TV show project got dumped after one season

 

[StCicatriz]

Righto boys. Half way through the first season of Dark on Netflix which is a German science fiction / drama / thriller. I took the critics advice and watching it in German with English subtitles. My god this show melts your brain. Every scene is critical to the story line. No fat in this show whatsoever. Absolutely epic and highly recommended by my good self. Give it a run.

from 0 being Hunter Clark to 10 being Lenny Hayes. how good is it?

 

[triggering bro]

My favorite show on Netflix. I resubscribed recently to watch it again, it’s seemingly not available on blu ray.

The casting is awesome, the setting is great.
It’s a shame their next TV show project got dumped after one season

Also a fantastic soundtrack

 

[triggering bro]

from 0 being Hunter Clark to 10 being Lenny Hayes. how good is it?

Brendan Goddard circa 2010 - 9.5/10

 

[Saint Ray]

I'm not on any side lol, I just want to see the war end. And Russia aren't going to stop if the conditions include giving up Crimea lol.

I'd also like the western world to stop trying to ignite a new Cold War with Russia. Treating them as a perpetual enemy is doing more harm than good,

However the sad but true fact is that Russia is the enemy and has been for all my life.

 

[jwikked]

However the sad but true fact is that Russia is the enemy and has been for all my life.

They’re not, though. They’re antagonistic now of course, but they’ve spent basically 80 years being portrayed as the devil by the US.

The most exciting thing about Trump in 2016 was the thought that he might normalize relations between the two countries, but of course the deep state didn’t like that and instead spent the next 4 years trying to paint him as a Russian asset. It was a real missed opportunity.

 

[g_TRAIN]

They’re not, though. They’re antagonistic now of course, but they’ve spent basically 80 years being portrayed as the devil by the US.

The most exciting thing about Trump in 2016 was the thought that he might normalize relations between the two countries, but of course the deep state didn’t like that and instead spent the next 4 years trying to paint him as a Russian asset. It was a real missed opportunity.

If I may weigh in, it’s not just a "deep state" thing. Russia has been an adversary for decades, not because of bad PR, but because of real actions: cyberattacks (SolarWinds hack: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-15/solarwinds-hack-explained/13247080), political assassinations (Skripal poisoning: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43315636), and invasions of neighbors Georgia and Ukraine.

Cold War propaganda sometimes painted them worse than reality, but under Putin, Russia has made itself a genuine threat to Western interests. That’s not spin; it’s reality.

Was the idea of easing tensions good? Maybe. But pretending Russia is just a misunderstood victim is pure fantasy imo.

 

[True Believer]

If I may weigh in, it’s not just a "deep state" thing. Russia has been an adversary for decades, not because of bad PR, but because of real actions: cyberattacks (SolarWinds hack: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-15/solarwinds-hack-explained/13247080), political assassinations (Skripal poisoning: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43315636), and invasions of neighbors Georgia and Ukraine.

Cold War propaganda sometimes painted them worse than reality, but under Putin, Russia has made itself a genuine threat to Western interests. That’s not spin; it’s reality.

Was the idea of easing tensions good? Maybe. But pretending Russia is just a misunderstood victim is pure fantasy imo.

Agreed. The problem is Putin and a bunch of old KGB dudes that yearn to bring back the good old days when the USSR was feared, and they could oppress the region and kick heads.

Similarly, the same people that underestimate Russia try and claim that China is our friend!

 

[SaintsSeptember]

If I may weigh in, it’s not just a "deep state" thing. Russia has been an adversary for decades, not because of bad PR, but because of real actions: cyberattacks (SolarWinds hack: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-15/solarwinds-hack-explained/13247080), political assassinations (Skripal poisoning: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43315636), and invasions of neighbors Georgia and Ukraine.

Cold War propaganda sometimes painted them worse than reality, but under Putin, Russia has made itself a genuine threat to Western interests. That’s not spin; it’s reality.

Was the idea of easing tensions good? Maybe. But pretending Russia is just a misunderstood victim is pure fantasy imo.

This kind of showed me how much of the propaganda painted them worse than reality, and how much they've moved on from it.

Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder | Luke Harding

This week, the inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko will deliver its findings. The former Russian spy was poisoned with a cup of tea in a London hotel. Working with Scotland Yard detectives, as he lay dying, he traced the lethal substance to a former comrade in the Russian secret service

www.theguardian.com

 

[g_TRAIN]

This kind of showed me how much of the propaganda painted them worse than reality, and how much they've moved on from it.

Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder | Luke Harding

This week, the inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko will deliver its findings. The former Russian spy was poisoned with a cup of tea in a London hotel. Working with Scotland Yard detectives, as he lay dying, he traced the lethal substance to a former comrade in the Russian secret service

www.theguardian.com

Yep, it really drives home that some serious and dangerous stuff was, and probably still is, happening, way beyond just old Cold War smears. Which I think is the point you are making.

The attack was traced back to agents connected to the Russian government, and a British inquiry even found it was likely approved right at the top, including by Putin himself.

 

[Saint Ray]

They’re not, though. They’re antagonistic now of course, but they’ve spent basically 80 years being portrayed as the devil by the US.

The most exciting thing about Trump in 2016 was the thought that he might normalize relations between the two countries, but of course the deep state didn’t like that and instead spent the next 4 years trying to paint him as a Russian asset. It was a real missed opportunity.

They’re not, though. They’re antagonistic now of course, but they’ve spent basically 80 years being portrayed as the devil by the US.

The most exciting thing about Trump in 2016 was the thought that he might normalize relations between the two countries, but of course the deep state didn’t like that and instead spent the next 4 years trying to paint him as a Russian asset. It was a real missed opportunity.

Trump is a Russian asset for ****'s sake. And I guess you believe Trump when he said that Ukraine started the war.

 

[StFly]

They’re not, though. They’re antagonistic now of course, but they’ve spent basically 80 years being portrayed as the devil by the US.

The most exciting thing about Trump in 2016 was the thought that he might normalize relations between the two countries, but of course the deep state didn’t like that and instead spent the next 4 years trying to paint him as a Russian asset. It was a real missed opportunity.

I'm sorry but no.

SR held most seats, Bolsh did not, they had most guns, Bolsh assumed office, decades passed as they maintained power illegitimately. Hence Russia is under occupation and has been for greater than a century.

They're not the devil, but they are run by an ethos (Kremin) of any anti soviet instance gets removed. Period. This equates to removal of people who act against the Soviet influence.

I'd also argue Trump visiting NK and there being a small window for the Korean Peninsula to reunify is far more existing a thing he tried in 2016.

 

[StFly]

In other news, picked up a package that contained my 9CD set of music from Playasia, went to chuck it in my stereo only to find that the CD player won't open, disc in there already going by transition. Googled the brand and from what I could see the words "plastic piece of crap" were stated.

Akai M53 for those wondering, though mine doesn't look like the images you'll find 100%.

 

[PoppedCorn]

technics baby
still going strong