2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 1)

looking season 3 GIF by Black Sails

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Modified that for you. The rural Southern Baptists who I have as students are quite clear that there are Christians, and then other religions like Islam, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Mormonism. Jews are a kind of “pre-Christian”–they believe in all the same things, but just haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as their savior.

Andrew

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I just realized that the whole vacuum tube market outside of the modern Chinese copies (some of which are pretty good to be honest) is going to be upside down for like probably forever since most of the old-new stock of tubes comes from Russia’s Soviet era surplus.

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I guess it’s time to go for transitorized amps. FETs might be close enough for RF work but I have no clue as to their functionality for AF applications.

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I wrote “not Christians” and then wondered if I’d gone too far.

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For those few Ukrainians who don’t speak any English, the first phrase they need to be taught before crossing into Poland is “fuck yourself”.

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Just for the record: apparently this works both ways.
The strike about a week ago (It’s all a blur
 I’d need to look that up
) against the training camp in the western Ukraine which made headlines supposedly was possible due to volunteers from the UK special forces using their own phones, UK numbers and all, on that base. It seems that Russian contractors work in the region undercover and used the data obtained by Russian intelligence in the UK to ID the cell towers the phones are booked in, triangulating their position.

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I think it is fair. There are those who think Catholics are Christians in faith, but follow false doctrine and traditions. And then there are those who think the Pope is the literal anti-Christ. :confused:

Evangelicals generally believe in Sola Scriptura - scripture alone - so I am sure all of the traditions in the Orthodox Churches are no go.

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Presumably they (Ukrainians) are doing it wrong



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Wali was rumoured to be dead


Interesting bits in there and in following. The Norman Brigade, which is under Ukrainian command but has its own internal chain of command, wasn’t happy with the publicity Wali brings (apparently he blogs). The parting of ways appears to have been more or less mutual, depending on who is telling the story. Also, the 3.45km record kill was another Canadian sniper, not Wali. About 25 of the 'Norman Brigade" (actually battalion strength) have been re-assigned. The commander notes that the “Call of Duty” generation aren’t quite as ready to do necessary work, like dig latrines and trenches.

I won’t link to the Norman Brigade’s Facebook page. As one might suppose, the politics of individual members might not be inoffensive to everyone.

:thinking: Maybe Call of Duty needs an expansion pack: “Kitchen, Entrenchment and Latrine Unit”.

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Even back in the analog days, I’d tell people that it’s not a “phone”, it’s a two-way radio with an ID tag and a homing beacon.

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“Wali is a free spirit and I had to send him to another unit of his choice because he was bypassing clear instructions and OPSEC guidelines,” a statement coming from the brigade commander says.

If true - come on man. OPSEC is for everyone, including your own ass? Russians still have air power and a high profile foreign fighter would be quite the coup.

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That article is
 weird, that said, boycotting Nestle is right up my street, those child killing vultures.

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