What took them so fucking long?

for now we can dazzle the most probable adversary with invoices

that’s a lot of shit takes for 10d old account

eight years ago war looked very different

this is already second time this happens

Electoral college is fucking weird

That you disallow prisoners to vote, but a felon can run as a candidate

That you end up in situation where there are hours long lines and you don’t have one station per, say, 1000 people at most

Registering to vote is weird, but that is i understand mostly a consequence of not having countrywide ID standard. In my country you’re automatically registered where you live, and IDs are free of charge and mandatory to have (not driving license or passport. there are fees for these)

Election isn’t on weekend, there’s zero reason why it couldn’t be or it could be made national holiday. There was even free public transit for election day in my city, but that one was paid by the city

That some of people (republicans) seem to be into politics in the same way ultras seem to be into football, it’s still fucked up but i’ve seen it in other places so it’s not that weird by now

this story was out almost a month ago https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/16/russia-suspected-of-planting-device-on-plane-that-caused-uk-warehouse-fire

where are brain worms when you need them to finish the job

societies in turmoil find it easier to acquire both lunatics and explosives

i’d just want to notice it’s much easier when you can just pick them up from field and melt them in a kettle

That’s nine dead by now

better source https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/1/five-children-among-seven-killed-in-attack-on-pakistan-polio-vaccine-drive

you’re overthinking it. yesterday an alleged draft text of ceasefire deal between israel and lebanon was doing rounds on twitter and telegram

they are protected by geography in that sense that any long range attack is a bespoke affair, uses rare and costly weapons and requires coordination of many assets. considering its value it could be expected that there are some GBAD nearby, and long distance makes it more likely for drones to be shot down by russian jets, like it’s done more commonly in western doctrine. i think it’s probable that long range strikes are only conducted when ukrainians have intelligence about weakened air defences

they are protected by geography

iirc somewhere in the city there is a factory that for some time was the only manufacturer of RDX in entire russia, and under direct control of FSB. it could be the same plant, but i’m not sure about it

another juicy target nearby is Motovilikha plant

higher voltage at the same power would actually make it more compact

looks like 9M27K 220mm Uragan (BM27) cluster warhead dispenser

Yeah, and lots of people died because doctors didn’t know about it, and thought it was something else

You can’t have hostage crisis if there are no hostages. See also Beslan school siege, where russian army fired thermocaric rockets and tank shells into that building with hostages inside

this happened once https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

if large amounts of fentanyl are available, who knows, but it seems like a weird choice over, say, extra first aid kits or bulletproof vests