I don’t know if you grew up during the color coded terror threat level days, but after updating everyone on the days terrorism threat color, the nightly news anchors would share how many terrorists were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Even as a kid, I thought to myself, “how is everyone killed by coalition forces a terrorist?”

Or, “why are car bombs that kill coalition forces in theatre, called terror attacks?”

News flash, governments and media label all sorts of organizations and actions terrorism, 90% of it is propaganda, or bullshit.

Otherwise, I guess that would mean Ukrainian forces fighting Russians are also terrorists, which is how the Russian government and media refers to them.

I was, and you cited something that is not applicable.

At least, not as it was intended and has been applied. Maybe this will be a precedent setting case, but until then…

Maybe you should read it…

Those are rooted in actions like bombardments of civilian areas e.g. Dresden, Gaza, etc.

Just because an action has collateral damage, does not make it indiscriminate.

Again, it’s not like Israel isn’t already committing war crimes every day, I’m just not clear if this is one of them.

For example, when the Ukrainian’s assassinated the propagandist in St Petersburg at the cafe, there was collateral damage. Still doesn’t make it a war crime.

I am not comparing the morality of Ukraine to israel, I’m just giving you relevant example from recent history

Not that Israel needs an excuse to commit a war crimes on any day that ends in Y, but I don’t believe this is a violation of the Geneva convention.

It was a mass targeted assassination campaign against an opposition military force structure. I’m not saying it’s not a crime, just that I don’t believe it’s a war crime.

But I’m open to the very real possibility that I am wrong about that. So if I am, can you point me to the article(s) it’s in violation of?

I genuinely would like to fill that gap in my knowledge, if it exists.

That comes out during trial, unless by whistleblower, you meant that you hope someone inside the investigation leaks details to the press? I’m not judging, just looking for clarification.

Whistleblowers come forward to trigger a response that they feel is lacking or inadequate, typically administrative, legal, or political in nature.

As there are multiple active DOJ investigations, what you have now are cooperating witnesses, and subjects with plea agreements.

Both of which include the “goods”, but neither are allowed to talk to the press.

FWIW I’m also very much looking forward to reading the accounts of the hilariously dumb acts of corruption acts these morons got up to.

What are you talking about? There’s like at least three open FBI investigations into his administration lol.

One of his top legal advisors just resigned because he’s refusing to fire many of the people targeted by the FBI investigations.

I’ve already booked my ticket, because I’ll be damned if I’ll let something as lame as not being a Brazilian citizen, prevent me from casting 1,273 votes for this man, our hero.

Unless it comes out that he was with Bolsanro during his infamous visit to the brothel full of underage Venezuelan girls…

But anything short of that, I stand with him.

No, he’s a cryptocurrency analyst, with a focus on cryptocurrency related hip-hop artists.

Considering India and China are nuclear armed geostrategic rivals, with ongoing territorial disputes, and not too distant history of hot wars, I think this type of cooperation can be a good thing.

But that’s also why I’m skeptical about how much dual use technology they’d be willing to share with each other. And when you’re talking about space travel, or moon bases, practically everything is dual use technology.

If anyone is unclear why Russia would be involved, it’s their rocket and nuclear technology. Or rather, the Soviet legacy of R&D that is still useful.

Probably because people like you make them feel unwelcome.

Did you ever stop and think that if you made them feel comfortable, that they might visit more often?

Here’s a still frame of the otters in question. I’m betting they could quickly surprise and surround anyone they caught alone. And would have no problem giving chase on land.

Wow, talk about some blatant dog whistling here…

Inner-city otters? Why not just call them musteld hoodlums? Or shrimp theiving thugs?

How much you wanna bet that if this was an artic fox, or polar bear attack, the words inner city would never have appeared in this article…

News, tech, left-wing politics, memes, anime, and porn are Lemmy’s biggest community types.

I know a lot of different subtopics fit under each, and I’m sure I left a few top level subjects out, but my point is that there are a lot of mid-sized, and especially smaller (by Reddit standards), subreddits that Lemmy is no where near being remotely useful as a replacement for yet.

I have community subreddit collections that I don’t see Lemmy replacing anytime soon. I mean, I hope they do. I still check every so often, and yes, communities for them exist and they have maybe a few dozen users, but not enough to even try to just suck it up and deal.

If you’re buying off eBay, I would seriously consider looking into a finding an established and equitable extended warranty program and doing the math.

Also, lookup guides on how to properly inspect and receive large fragile items for delivery. Maybe it won’t matter because it didn’t require a signature and you’re not there to receive it personally, but still, worth knowing when it’s possible to refuse delivery of damaged merchandise, and how to CYA if needed.

Pretty sure booting into DOS before loading Windows and playing the Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe both count as command line experience.

I also think that as smug as a lot people feel about this, it doesn’t seem far off to think that physical keyboard typing skills could be substituted with newer technologies, or refined versions of existing tech. At least in terms of performing most office job functions.

I’m not saying it’ll be more efficient, or better, just that it wouldn’t be a surprising next step given the trends being discussed here.

If that happens, I have no doubt that smugness will turn into self-righteous indignation and a stubborn refusal to abandon the tactile keyboard for older generations, myself included.

I just hope that if that transition occurs during my lifetime, it’s an either-or situation, and not a replacement of the keyboard.

Edit: added a fair amount of information to my original response.

Sorry, like I said it’s been a long time since I spent any real amount of time researching/reading about post-Soviet political economies of eastern bloc countries.

I can tell you that most of what I was reading was in peer-reviewed journals, which I’m sure are still available with the right keyword searches on LexusNexis…or Library Genesis.

If you aren’t already, I would recommend checking out Vlad Vexler. Who is a Soviet-born, political philosopher/academic, outspoken Putin critic, and one of the better English language sources for intimate and nuanced explanations and analysis of the Russian political system, including the competing power structures and political dynamics of Putin’s court.

He also provides some of the most thoughtful and considered arguments and analysis in support of Ukraine.

Edit (hope this helps):

Here’s a keyword to jump start your search:

Silovik

That’s the term for an elite within the intelligence community (FSB), or close ties to it (ex-KGB).

I asked Llama for examples of Siloviki who tried to amass power and influence outside their domain, and it provided me with this response:

Examples of siloviki who have tried to amass power in different fields and faced consequences include:

• Mikhail Khodorkovsky: A former FSB officer who became a successful businessman and politician, but was eventually imprisoned and exiled after he began to challenge the Kremlin’s authority.

• Boris Berezovsky: A former KGB officer who became a wealthy businessman and politician, but was eventually forced into exile after he began to challenge the Kremlin’s authority.

• Alexander Lebed: A former KGB officer who became a politician and governor of Krasnoyarsk, but was eventually killed in a helicopter crash under mysterious circumstances.

It’s worth noting that the Kremlin’s tolerance for siloviki accumulating power in different fields can vary depending on the individual and the circumstances. Some siloviki may be allowed to build significant business or political empires, while others may be subject to strict limits or even persecution.

To be fair, I haven’t double checked the veracity for the people cited above, but only because even if their hallucinations, it aligns with how I understand their system of checks and balances to operate.

The system is setup this way, to give Putin the ability to play mediator when disputes arise and be the bridge between rival factions. So, he remains up top, and no one is capable of amassing enough power or influence to seriously challenge him.

It also means that Putin is not the arch-puppet master pulling all the strings as he’s often portrayed in Western media. He sits a top the food chain, but his power over the elite comes from how he can exert, or finesse influence e.g. mediate disputes, not because he can slam a gavel and make everyone ignore their own self interests.

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But the concept isn’t just about fast food, it’s about the system that produces pink slime based chicken nuggets, and the people who sit up top of that system.

So they’ve correctly identified systemic problems that hurt people, and that those actions are done with intent, either maliciously or with indifference.

They’ve just confused capitalism working as intended, as being a Jewish conspiracy.

Also, “white apps” is just really bad racial propaganda. Whoever coined that term needs some new blood in their marketing team.

Regardless of who coined that phrase, I think you’re confused about WASP’s. It means White Anglo-Saxon Protestant i.e. the largest demographic group within America’s version of old money.

This is one of those things where the concept is entirely appropriate and accurate, except for that one teeny tiny minor issue…

It’s not the Jews, it’s the WASPs and whatever weird Catholic sect/cult that Justice Barret was raised in…okay, and yes, there’s probably some Jews in the mix as well.

Because those are the main demographic groups of the .01%

So what’s the WASP equivalent for goy? Heathenslop?

Edit: I’m having a hard time imagining left-wing Jews being upset at this observation. I’m guessing at least some of these down votes are done in solidarity for people of Jewish heritage… like myself.

So…thank you and lol.

My comment was a response to yours and within the context of this article, not about the wider war, or other policy implications.

This article is primarily talking about long range strike capabilities, such as Storm Shadow and ATACMS, the lack of supply currently being provided, and how that is being viewed by Ukraine.

Your top comment only addressed issues relating to approval for strikes, which the article does mention, but it’s primarily focused on the lack of actual long range guided munitions being provided.

If you’re familiar with how Ukraine stores their HIMARS and M270 MLRS platforms between fire missions, then that is why I meant by implying that munitions like Storm, Scalp, and ATACMS, are probably being stored relatively securely.

But that last one is just an assumption of my part, I could be wrong about that.

I am unaware of any artillery being fired into Moscow, are you talking about drones?