Important context that is missing from the article: The Maccabi fans were causing havoc in the city since the morning before the match was held. They were going around shouting anti-Palestine chants, climbing buildings to take down Palestinian flags from windows, burned down at least one Palestinian flag, attacked a taxi driver in his taxi with metal chains, and broke store and apartment windows. There’s also numerous reports that they’ve been attacking people in the street who had attempted to stop their vandalism.

Source: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/sports/israeli-fans-vandalize-amsterdam--tear-down-palestinian-flag

In traditional Israeli fashion, these goons are now trying to present themselves as the victims, after pissing off an entire city with their provocations and barbaric behavior.

To me both comments sound ironic, though that may be because I’m still an optimist.

Oh, you are right, I read that wrong. Apparently it started out at 100 000 rubles, and doubles every week. So yeah, we are getting there.

It might get there eventually. The fine increases by 100 000 rubles every day that Google keeps Russian media blocked. So in about 40-50 universe lifetimes, if Google doesn’t reverse its decision, the fine will be approaching a googol dollars. Depending on inflation :P

The reason I liked Andor was that it portrays the revolutionaries (Luthen, his assistant, and later Andor himself) as understanding that they need to do the “bad stuff” to achieve results. They are not burdened by idealistic notions of a utopian and pure fight of good vs evil. There’s a scene where Luthen monologues that he sacrificed his soul to the cause. That he is trying to bring about a sunrise he will never be able to enjoy.

Liberal media usually use the arc of the gruff vengeful revolutionary softening towards the end, as they are faced with fateful choices, and not having the courage to go through with it. Andor reverses this arc and I think it’s better for it.

If you like sci-fi read Red Rising.

Yes, communist movements in Europe and the US are getting suppressed. The violent phase occured 60-70 years ago. Now whatever is left is getting infiltrated and chopped up immediately through psyops. They are allowed to operate “unmolested” because they’ve been suppressed to hell and are now just husks used to sheepdog and manipulate people.

Take a look at Greece. KKE is vehemently anti-government but nobody cares to listen to it or takes it seriously, because there’s constant infighting for nonsensical reasons. That’s the controlled parts of the leadership constantly creating issues to prevent unified action. Any efforts by other communist movements are quickly destroyed by planting provocateurs in their marches and actions. Any spontaneous protest is immediately and violently suppressed by police forces. Similar things are happening in France, Spain and Germany.

Don’t get me started on the state of communist movements in the US and the UK.

I’d suggest you take a look at the history of communism in all these places and understand that what is happening to all the former Soviet countries now, has already happened after 1945 all over the West.

This is just Western exceptionalism talking.

I said I’m not going to pretend Western communist movements are perfect. But you are quick to blame the strawman Western communist for imperialism. That’s nothing more than sectarianism.

Yeah, Western communists ought to take up arms. But what arms? We are talking about extremely diminished movements in a fairly demotivated population, fighting against tanks, jets and drones. In countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, the communists tried to fight in the last century and failed. They are still carrying the stigma to this day. And yeah, a bunch of movements are bought for or otherwise institutionalized. How is that the fault of an everyday communist?

Lastly, you blame Western communists of decrying “all Ukrainians” as Nazis. Yet, you do the same exact thing by lumping all Western communists in the same basket.

And when the country is finally beaten into submission all you armchair communists will start spewing “all Georgians are Nazis” within a week

I’m not gonna sit here and pretend that all is well with communists in the imperial core, but what are they expected to do? If Georgian communists, and Ukrainian communists got beaten down, imagine the situation for communists in Europe, or even worse, the US.

Thanks, I’ll give it a try

I’ve tried it before and it doesn’t work where I am. Thinking about it now, maybe I just didn’t use the right addresses. Do you have any to recommend?

Yes thank you

Any archive links? RT is blocked here.

I hadn’t considered that. Very good point comrade!

Agreed, I’m just saying there’s still a lot of work and research ahead.

Very significant that they’ve actually made one that works. That’s a big leap. But as far as I know, we are still years behind being able to mass produce and implement them. There’s a few reasons:

1. They are far more energy-intensive

2. They generate a lot more heat. If we solve 1. we might be able to solve this to an extent.

3. Theoretical designs are much bigger in size to electronic chips.

4. Due to size constraints they can process less information than electronic chips currently. While light is faster than electrons (and wavelength modulation could be used in the future to convey more complex information than 1s and 0s), photonic chips currently have less pathways than electronic chips, so less information can be processed simultaneously.

5. They require constant callibration to ensure the light source and receiver are perfectly alligned. This makes them very impractical to use for the average user. Even the vibrations inside a desktop computer, due to its fans, can be a problem. They are nigh impossible to use in portable devices, industrial machinery or vehicles.

6. They are currently really expensive to make, but I’m guessing that’s because we are still prototyping. The materials and process can actually turn out to be cheaper than electronic chips.

There’s a more serious threat here.

If Russia takes Pokrovsk, it can use it to expand outwards and encircle Ukrainians fighting in northern Donbass. There’s a reason that area has been stationary for so long, and that’s because Russia hasn’t been doing much to try and advance there. It’s likely they are waiting for the fall of Pokrovsk to start. The Vovchansk attack might have also been a way to not only secure the passage to Belgorod, but also to tie down Ukrainian forces in the general area to be encircled.

Furthermore, beyond Pokrovsk there’s literally no prepared defenses. I believe Russia will push to Pokrovsk before the end of the year and will look to immediately make an advance further west to the Dnieper region, to capitalize on the lack of defenses.

Russia has been shifting from attritionary positional warfare to maneuver warfare over the past month. The Russian generals likely believe that the Ukrainian army has reached its breaking point and can no longer mount effective defense anywhere.

We’ve been seeing more and more large pincer advances using mobile and armored units, unlike the previous offenses with small infantry groups supported by 1 or 2 APCs or tanks. There’s been 4 large encirclements the past 2 weeks alone: 1 in Ugledar, that has been liquidated, 1 in New York (which the Ukrainians managed to break out from), 1 in the northwest Kursk area (created last Friday) and 1 to the north of Kurakhova (almost completed). There’s also an ongoing attempt to create a large encirclement on the east bank of Askol river (north of Karlovka).

To me, that shift in tactics speaks to a larger offensive, that will probably come towards the end of October, all along the frontline. Likely the aim will be to take Pokrovsk, cut off the Ukrainian formations in Kursk, and make advancements towards Zaporozhie city, while trapping Ukrainian formations manning defenses on the front.

I’m guessing harbormaster Nielsen and the Politiken editor have found that gas for heating their homes this coming winter is getting to be a lot more expensive than it used to be.

Why?

And probably another one drowned while vacationing in the Bahamas.

“But I don’t want to!”

“That’s OK son, you can die for Ukraine”