November 9, 20231 yr 21 hours ago, Cult Icon said: @Enrico_sw example of an American city: This is terrible... drugs are awful. People who let that happen (big pharma, consultants and mayors of these big cities) have a huge responsibility. Of course, addicts have their own responsibility in this mess, but politicians have allowed such a toxic atmosphere to build up.
November 9, 20231 yr On 11/8/2023 at 8:48 AM, Cult Icon said: US does a good job ruining itself without PRC intervention lol. Just trading and constantly borrowing from China adds to it. The 'multi-polar' world rhetoric by China/Russia and their allies is inherently about how to manage as the US declines on the world stage. Sec of State Blinken has been disrespected in his foreign visits numerous times (including by the Chinese) as a sign of this. The Chinese intend to reduce US influence in the Pacific and it appears that if there is a confrontation it will be in the naval sphere. They have developed anti-ship weapons and are engaging in a historic ship-building program as if they were preparing for WW3. The US military has a recruitment crisis, due to low desire for young people to join a failed military lead by a failed political class combined with the lack of physical fitness of actual recruits. It is currently reorganizing for large scale warfare after two decades of counter-insurgency.. If we see what's going on in Ukraine it is quite bad these days for anyone willing to join the military to fight a potential WW3 and rein-act Call of Duty. Unless you get a support job, if you are a frontline soldier there is little glory to be had. The overwhelming majority of Tanks and IFV are getting destroyed many miles away with artillery and PGM without contacting the enemy... infantry getting harassed by enemy drones all day long. It all comes down to this: If we want things to improve, we better start to allow stronger men to thrive in our countries. Weak men are responsible for this shit
November 10, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said: The CGI of the aerial combat looks shit. Have you seen "Battle of Britain" 1969? I think it is the only great aerial combat film ever made it was made with real WW2 aircraft. Making WW1 and WW2 aircraft look like Star wars Tie-fighters like all the modern works is just wrong!
November 10, 20231 yr Even Memphis Belle which is a lot more recent than Battle of Britain looks quite a bit better than the Masters of the Air trailer. The big problem is that they don't even try any more to capture any of this stuff in camera. Just all CGI, all the time.
November 12, 20231 yr On 11/9/2023 at 3:40 PM, Enrico_sw said: It all comes down to this: If we want things to improve, we better start to allow stronger men to thrive in our countries. Weak men are responsible for this shit US/West is not strong enough to dominate BRICS at this point and make them their coolie-slaves like all those loony 1990s neoliberals believed would be the case. I think too many people in the West- including the MSM do not understand how competitively declined the West is, there is too much residual arrogance & delusion from the cold-war era. Japan is also screwed up Overall I think it is too late to save the West, the pandora's box has been opened for too long. WW2& the US arsenal was built and fought by a predominantly Christian people with traditional values from the farms and the factories. US was an industrialized nation at the time. Those people are no longer what we are today, and I think they actually more similar to the Chinese people today LOL.
November 12, 20231 yr US MIC is so corrupt that it can't even produce basic artillery shells for a large scale war. Last I checked the current target, which is not being reached is something like 38,000 heavy shells produced a month for the USA. So in 1 year the US can make the same number of heavy shells the Russians used in 12 days of serious offensive operations in 2022... At the same time the Pentagon claimed that the North Koreans gave the Russians a 'present' of 1 million heavy shells for their war recently. It should be pretty shocking that in 2023 the US munitions production is so poor. For comparison In WW2 to defeat the Germans in the 3 month Normandy campaign the Allies used millions of artillery rounds. As late as Vietnam the US used more explosives than they did in all of WW2.
November 17, 20231 yr I miss Seattle and can't wait to go home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Europe has been amazing and a great substitute for home, but it'll never be home.
November 21, 20231 yr 8 hours ago, Jade Bahr said: I can't J. Phoenix is so old looking these past few years and is too old looking for the role. It is surprising that he doesn't get botox like other actors.
November 21, 20231 yr ^I don't even know how old (or young) Napoleon was when he became who he is famous for to be honest. But I prefer Phoenix "older" look over botox any day. But since this movie also works as a satire (even better I heard from some critics) I think his washed up look is kinda perfect for the role. Also didn't age people much faster back then than nowadays?
November 22, 20231 yr am I the only one wondering why does the Pentagon have an elementary school division?
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