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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 19:13:54 GMT
This is the guy you mean?
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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 19:07:57 GMT
I loved Roger Corman's films, they were great. The Pit and the Pendulum, Tomb of Ligeia, Masque of the Red Death, etc etc. Great stuff. All low budget films, but that inspires creativity and innovation. He and Vincent Price made the perfect partnership. I'm sure a young Jack Nicholson was on some of those, Dennis Hopper Without him there probably wouldn't have been other DIY film makers like John Waters or Hal Hartley.
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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 16:08:26 GMT
Certainly pressure in places, but the rate of advance overall is unimpressive. Someone calculated they could reach Lviv in 320 years at this rate. Meanwhile they burn through stockpiles at far greater rate than the Russian economy can replace. Vovchansk certainly could eventually be vulnerable but if you look at the map, it is in the middle of nowhere. Russian munition production has ramped up massively & is set to increase ... far outstripping the ability Ukr has to replenish. Western economies have only just moved towards 'war' production. They don't need to move fast, just sustain pressure on Ukr to grind down their capability. Troops sent to Kharkiv have to be taken from elsewhere, deployment of reserves means less rotation in frontline. There is already evidence of exhaustion in Ukr troops, mistakes happening like the rapid collapse near Avdivka which requiring brigades to be rotated back into line rather than rest to stabilise. Vorkansk might be in the middle of nowhere but it will cost Ukr resources to defend & then don't have much spare. Glide bombs are cheap. The picture is concerning. Problem with predictions is not knowing the state of the Ukrainian army. But defence is always less labour intensive and less costly than attacking. Except, in the case of a place like Vorkansk. If you can get the enemy to defend a symbolic but strategically not necessarily important town, you can waste their army. The Germans found themselves able to do this by accident at Ypres after 1914, where they occupied the high ground around a salient and the British unwisely decided to hold on. At Verdun they deliberately besieged the symbolically important (to the French) City in order to suck in French reserves and then destroy them with artillery.
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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 14:39:03 GMT
The offensive at Chasiv Yar is now stalled for over a week, so the eyes have turned to this border incursion North of Kharkiv. What is important to bear in mind here is that the border zone including the captured five villages was held as a 'grey zone' by the Ukrainians - they didn't dig trenches along the border itself and man them with soldiers. These would have been captured and turned against them. The actual defences are some kilometers further back, and for the first time yesterday fighting near the village Hlyboke was mentioned. It is at this depth that the Russians would meet actual Ukrainian positions. There is an excellent long article about Hlyboke from 2022. This describes the positions there that the Ukrainian defence will be based on. www.spiegel.de/international/world/right-at-home-a-visit-to-an-abandoned-russian-bulwark-near-kharkiv-a-b7b569b2-89f7-4929-b10e-73b8f8e5857cLook at what they are actually doing ... its all shaping & probing attacks ... poke here, prod there, crumble the line ... spread Ukr resources, stretch the manpower to exacerbate the shortages. Much of the Russian advance is reconnaissance in force to fix Ukr positions for bombardment by glide bombs, drone, artillery. Keep an eye on Vovchansk, Russians are isolating it by taking out bridges. While everyone was watching Chasiv, they have made significant gains from Avdivvka, south of Kypiansk, are now in Robotyne, and now Kharkiv area ... its all about pressure Certainly pressure in places, but the rate of advance overall is unimpressive. Someone calculated they could reach Lviv in 320 years at this rate. Meanwhile they burn through stockpiles at far greater rate than the Russian economy can replace. Vovchansk certainly could eventually be vulnerable but if you look at the map, it is in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 11:29:07 GMT
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Post by captainconfident on May 12, 2024 10:45:39 GMT
The offensive at Chasiv Yar is now stalled for over a week, so the eyes have turned to this border incursion North of Kharkiv. What is important to bear in mind here is that the border zone including the captured five villages was held as a 'grey zone' by the Ukrainians - they didn't dig trenches along the border itself and man them with soldiers. These would have been captured and turned against them. The actual defences are some kilometers further back, and for the first time yesterday fighting near the village Hlyboke was mentioned. It is at this depth that the Russians would meet actual Ukrainian positions. There is an excellent long article about Hlyboke from 2022. This describes the positions there that the Ukrainian defence will be based on. www.spiegel.de/international/world/right-at-home-a-visit-to-an-abandoned-russian-bulwark-near-kharkiv-a-b7b569b2-89f7-4929-b10e-73b8f8e5857c
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Post by captainconfident on May 11, 2024 15:15:21 GMT
Putting aside the fact that I am clearly not the target market..... Eurovision song (really not what I call songs) contest. Should this be news at any level? Its quite popular in many other european countries. Not our demographic that is safe to say. Make Music Grate Again!
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Post by captainconfident on May 9, 2024 18:57:42 GMT
Looking at Ukraine and Georgia, and even Belarus, you'd be forgiven for thinking they might have had a point, Exactly, used as Cannon Fodder to try to destabilize one of the main opponents to US Hegemony - Russia. If you think the US is going to risk destruction to save say Estonia from the Russians you are delusional - the US ruling class will act out of self interest/preservation. You have to be pretty gullible to swallow the idea that the US is some benevolent force in the world *. * - "To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal" - Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State Angry, You would love this book. I did. The Brothers by Kinzer www.goodreads.com/book/show/17286725-the-brothersSome of the reviews give a summary of what's in it, the Dulles brothers. These people never saw a nationalist who they didn't think was a communist, and unleashed chaos and mass killing around the world the repercussions of which we live today. In Iran, for one instance. But the culmination of this was the idiot Bush and his neocon advisers. America First isolationism is the reaction to this series of debacles and you are missing this point, Angry. As for the manifest superiority of Russian arms, when are we going to see that? They seem to be reduced to attacking with golf carts and motorcycles at the moment. Its only time until Russia unleashes... The horse!
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Post by captainconfident on May 9, 2024 10:43:09 GMT
Happy Victory Day Russia. Seized Chasiv Yar and assassinated President Zhelenshy, such glorious presents for the Tsar. Oh hold on, ....
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Post by captainconfident on May 9, 2024 9:30:15 GMT
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Post by captainconfident on May 8, 2024 19:15:12 GMT
I agree with you james100, but I don't agree that cyclists should be riding on the pavement. I also do not agree that cyclists should be riding in the car lane. But I live in the EU where cyclists have their own cyclepaths. Its a massive failure of successive Governments that is responsible for these deaths and NUMEROUS deaths of cyclists killed by cars and lorries.
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May 7, 2024 20:52:04 GMT
Post by captainconfident on May 7, 2024 20:52:04 GMT
Just reading some of the text coverage of the Trump case on the BBC website, where Stormy is giving evidence.
In social media posts he called her 'Horseface' and she called him 'that orange turd'. What a wonderful couple they make**.
** Didn't make [Editor: DJT] My review: If the defence hadn't kept interrupting with objections during the good bits, Fifty Shades of Orange might have been quite good. But the bloke was twice her age, ew. I have to give it 0 tissues.
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May 7, 2024 19:04:58 GMT
Post by captainconfident on May 7, 2024 19:04:58 GMT
This Porn Star Livestream on CNN sounds promising.
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Post by captainconfident on May 7, 2024 9:49:55 GMT
Property developer Edinburgh.
G********* E****** Ltd
Loan requirement £71 800
Interest rate 12%
Duration: 36 months
PG and second charge, cross guarantee, debenture Funding open until 24.5.24
Previous borrower from Rebs, Loan paid back without any issues.
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May 5, 2024 19:46:07 GMT
Post by captainconfident on May 5, 2024 19:46:07 GMT
Look I've already made it clear how upset I get about the /s.
You need such an auditor you can rely on not to point to the elephant in the room. Or the possibility of the elephant in the room keeling over. Trump Social only had one significant member. If Trump kicks the bucket, the whole shebang is worthless. That company is reliant on a single 77 year olds heart beating.
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