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The Political Correctness Haters' Club
It is likely that Russia has already have well over half a million men that could see service in Ukraine in 2023. Well over 440,000 reservists/volunteers with up to 290,000 recently trained conscripts if the ban on releasing conscripts is lifted like it was in Chechen wars and in Afganistan. In 2021 the Russians created the BAR Special Combat Reserve, creating a new force of 38,000 active reservists. Elements have already been used in the Ukraine. Partial mobilization order of 300,000 already done, with average age of the reservists being 35. After mobilization they are ordered for two months of training. A further 83,000 volunteers collected since the beginning of the SMO. They have two recent conscript classes (2021-2022) with 160,000-142,000 men and 2022-2023 with 130,000 men. The latest conscript classes' earliest deployable date is March/April 2023. Both conscript classes are not serving in Ukraine but this can change, as they are the largest crop of recently trained men. Chechnya raised 20,000 men for combat. Russian PMCs are growing and are composed of many motorized rifle regiments, they are even recruiting from Russian prisons. Occupied Ukraine is being conscripted to reinforce the now sizable separatist army, besides collecting volunteers. Besides this there is covert mobilization that is not being reported with Russian news speculating that much more than 300,000 reservists were mobilized. Some 88,000 reservists have already been sent to Ukraine, with half being allocated to units. The Ukrainian strategic offensive has been bogged down for almost 1 month now, with daily attacks that typically fail. This war is looking like it's going to escalate into a gigantic bloodbath, on both sides as the Russian people expect their side to go on the strategic offensive again.
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The Political Correctness Haters' Club
I would love to see twitter changed into something more like forums (with real discussion and complete thoughts, rather than a venue for buzzwords) but that is a pipe dream.
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The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
I am at the end of Clash of Kings. A terrific, genius story. I rate Game of Thrones a 5 out of 5 and Clash of Kings, also a 5 out of 5. Both books have a lot of 6 out of 5 moments and a lot of the content has become iconic through the show. I also like how a lot of content expands on scenes in the show, revealing new insights to the characters. In particular, the Theon Greyjoy chapters were extremely good. The Arya stuff was great as well, as for Jaime Lannister. In a way Tyrion often comes across as the author's voice.
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BZ'ers talking models at the Bar
Ella Grace Cervetto (reddit.com)
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brandy?- The Political Correctness Haters' Club
He probably has a plan for Twitter but it's also a personal thing for him. The main issue I have with twitter is how it and reddit, and other forms of social media helped kill off forums in the internet. I still think that forums are by far the best discussion method- for real discussion and sharing. Discussions on twitter are poor quality. I also do not like how twitter promotes propaganda and groupthink. It is a toxic communication method. This is heavily used in war and politics.- General Celebrity Gossip
I'm thinking that it's just best to make a Witcher 3 show. Forget about the books. That's the version of the witcher that people are most familiar with anyway and want. CDPR would have to sell the rights for their version of the Witcher, if it is possible.- The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
Maybe one of them did adultery?- General gaming talk
Is it just me or the faces in Unreal 5 don't look so great? (6) The Witcher - Ciri, Regis and Geralt in Unreal Engine 5 - YouTube- General gaming talk
From what I've seen of Unreal Engine 5 so far I am impressed with the fluidity of movement and the environments. However, I am not the biggest fan of their face modeling so far. Something about their faces reminds me of expensive plastic figurines rather than human faces. Uncanny valley. Geralt in witcher 1 has lots of hook-up options. In Witcher 2 and 3 there is actually far less of this. Witcher 1 also has the best brothel in the series and some good side quests involving intrigue there. I would say that most of the hook ups in W1 are relatively short, like this one. The rest are more involved:- General Celebrity Gossip
She was one of my favorite models when she was active, I think she is very beautiful. If she didn't marry I think we would have gotten a lot more content in her thread. I'm sure she's doing just fine now though.- House of the Dragon (2022)
Queen R is mentioned here lol:- The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
The Seoul halloween crush massacre is insane, one of the most bizarre accidents I've ever seen.- General Celebrity Gossip
Yes, this definitely happened. I saw it unfold (I followed the witcher reddits quite often). She routinely did this and even posted screenshots of text and so forth prior to Season 2. I heard about the writer's room, but I am more curious about what exactly were their objections to the Witcher games and books.- General gaming talk
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her instagram/tiktok are also good. She is beautiful.- BZ'ers talking models at the Bar
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Kate Upton's beauty at the start of her modeling career was incredible. This could be her mom?- Interesting Youtube personalities
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I like that Henry C. is a fan of the saga. I think Henry C. shouldn't have tried to copy Doug C's voice. He should have just used his own. Something about it is unnatural and throws me off. Also, I just think his physical appearance is too extreme for Geralt in the books. He looks like a Greek God. In terms of acting and personality what comes to mind is Tom Cruise or Christian Bale in the Last Samurai/Batman begins. Both are troubled young men with a death wish which what Geralt was in "The Last Wish". My ideal book Geralt doesn't need to do Doug C's voice either. In terms of appearance, yes, he should be an athlete but wiry and not large. He should be rugged in appearance and not a beauty queen like Henry C...- General gaming talk
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