The War in Ukraine; Short Version
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Posted:Jun 25, 2023 9:36 am
Last Updated:Apr 18, 2024 10:50 am 1660 Views
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What happened initially was, quite simply, a larger country/people perceiving weakness in a smaller one, and therefore deciding to add that territory to it’s own domain. Nothing unusual, historically speaking, and all those countries/people who you hear whining about it right now, or at least their ancestors, have at one point come by the ground which they currently occupy exactly the same way.
What makes the situation unique, of course, is that thus far no nuclear power has ever engaged in such a war of conquest. And the risk of a nuclear war is obviously the reason why the West, as in NATO, has thus far left it with supplying Ukraine with money and weapons, rather than getting actively involved in the conflict. As they did, for example, in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Putting a lid on that conflict was little more than a large scale military exercise for NATO, and, nuclear weapons notwithstanding, putting a lid on Russia, which isn’t even capable of successfully invading little Ukraine, wouldn’t have been much more difficult. The Americans, for example, would have finished a similar invasion of a smaller neighboring country within a couple of weeks.
Now, why did Russia fail so miserably in what, considering the respective size and military power of the two countries, should have been a rout? Well, Czar Vladimir and his commanders made one crucial error. Their assumption had been that Ukranians had already degenerated into what is currently the predominant cultural trend in the West. So the hope was that the invading Russian forces would run into a people uninterested in defending it's own country, who‘d welcome them waving rainbow flags and attempting to discuss "gender issues" with them. And with whom the Russian soldiers could then have had various kinds of fun.
Unfortunately for the Czar and his troops, unlike pampered Westerners, Ukranians (and Eastern Europeans in general) haven’t spent their whole lives being unattackable due to the protection through NATO’s nuclear power. So they couldn’t yet affort the stupidity of a feminized society, but are, out of necessity, still wired far more nationalistic and patriarchical. Which is why, upon being attacked, a much larger number of Ukranians than expected immediately assumed the natural gender roles: Men kill the enemies, women support them and take care of the family. And this is precisely why Ukranians are currently doing such an excellent job proving their right to exist, and why Russians are facing a quagmire, rather than the pushover they had expected.
And now things are apparently getting to the point where the Russians are beginning to jump at each other’s throat; an interesting development indeed...
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Congratulations to Al Pacino!
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Posted:Jun 18, 2023 10:58 pm
Last Updated:Sep 14, 2023 3:03 am 1507 Views
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...who, at the ripe old age of 83, has become a father again. And, better yet, with his 29-year old girlfriend; one Noor Alfallah. Which then makes for an age gap of 54 years! I hereby bow to both of them in deep respect.
Of course now you get all the usual bitching, how she is just after his money, and so on. Well, maybe so, but deciding to have a with someone is a deep commitment well beyond going for a quick cash grab. And the lady grew up in noble Beverly Hills, and works as a television producer, so chances are she had no dire need to escape poverty by way of tying some rich dude to her. She's also very attractive, so I doubt she would have had any trouble attracting a wealthy man closer to her own age; had that been her objective. Her last boyfriend was Mick Jagger, who isn't much younger than Pacino, so maybe she just has a thing for mature dudes.
Now, would I do the same thing at that age, if the opportunity came up? You bet, and fuck the consequences. And, once I've made my exit she could have all my possessions too. I wasn't planning on leaving them to the houseplants anyway.
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And just when I'm fully vaccinated...
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Posted:Sep 26, 2021 3:48 am
Last Updated:Jun 18, 2023 10:55 pm 3796 Views
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...I promptly test positive for Sars-CoV-2. After more than a year of twice-weekly mandary tests that turned out negative. And get put in quarantine for two weeks minimum; aning that I have sit on my ass at ho, while there's a million things that need get done by elsewhere. This marking the first ti that I miss work days due "illness" since sothing like 1986, when the military put in quarantine for "German asles". And - now and back then - I don't even feel remotely ill.
I have no idea how I caught it either. Outside of work - where there are strict hygiene asures - I'm as sociy isolated as they co. By default, not by design. Usuy the only tis when I'm among many people is at tal concerts, and there haven't been any of those in the past 18 months.
Luckily I'm still able train with weights, since that's done in my basent. What I've noticed is that the one thing I miss most while being locked up - other than being able take care of my mother's household - is simply walking. I have a job where I'm walking at least 10-12 kiloters on a regular work day, much of that at a relatively fast pace. Which I love, and which my back loves; so at tis when I'm not working, I compensate for it by doing things like going grocery shopping, or visiting with people in wn, by foot.
And right now I compensate for it by pacing back and forth in my living room and on my balcony. Fuck.
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So I did the vaccination-thing after all
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Posted:Aug 1, 2021 10:36 am
Last Updated:Sep 26, 2021 3:45 am 4157 Views
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Grudgingly and purely for logistical reasons, I may add. I hate putting chemical substances of whatever kind into my body. And I need it like a hole in the head; my immune system would have a field day with some virus that affects only the weakest of the weak anyway. May have had it already, actually. In the days before we started testing. I work in a place where people from a huge diversity of backgrounds come and go, and touch the same things as me.
Since we've tested at work, about half the people who were positive had flu-like symptoms for a few days, and the other half said they wouldn't have noticed anything at all if they hadn't been told. Nobody encountered any serious problems. And none of those has an overall health status that can compare to mine either. So I didn't see the fucking point at all. But since I don't want to have problems getting into metal events, once the global corona-psychosis has died down at least enough to even hold those events at all (if it ever will), I just went along with it.
At least by holding out I succeeded in making the mountain come to the prophet. My employer, apparently tired of the costs of continuing the twice-weekly tests indefinitely, eventually agreed to bring in medical staff and offer vaccination at our workplace. Meaning that I could get it done while on their time, and didn't have to spend my free time chasing after doctor's appointments. Did I mention that I hate going to doctors too?
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Happy Birthday, Clint Eastwood!
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Posted:Jun 1, 2020 12:58 am
Last Updated:Aug 1, 2021 10:37 am 10055 Views
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Not that I find too many men worthy of admiration, but this is definitely one. He is now 90 years old, still walks straight as an arrow, still speaks as coherently as ever, and still works in the both physically and mentally challenging job of a director. And he dates women half his age.
Of course he is also well known to have lifted weights regularly since long before that became the norm for Hollywood stars. Which I'm sure has played a significant role in him having things as well together as he does.
One thing I really wonder is what sexual abilities might be possible at that age. I sure plan on finding out.
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Male Workplace Conversation
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Posted:Apr 19, 2020 9:51 am
Last Updated:Jun 1, 2020 12:58 am 9866 Views
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...with two colleagues, regarding a third one, who had disappeared without a trace this past February, when his bike was found near a river. Sometime later internal gas formation caused him re-emerge from the depths of said river, and he embarked a brief journey down stream, which abruptly ended in a weir. There he was discovered a Sunday morning by an old lady walking her dog.
W. (big, tall, loud dude, who had just returned from holidays): "So did they (the authorities) say how he ended in the Ems (name of the river) yet?"
P. (in his East German slang): "Not so far as I know."
J.: "I wonder if they can still determine how much he had on that day."
W. (making a drinking motion): "No doubt plenty, as usual."
(round of laughter from )
P.: "I've heard he wasn't even recognizable anymore."
J.: "Not surprising, you're not pretty after weeks under water."
P.: "Yeah… ewww!"
(another round of laughter)
W.: "Especially after the pikes and trout get you."
J.: "Those and the muskrats."
W. (rubs his chin contemplating): "Them... not so much…" (contemplates some more) "Not so much. But the pikes and the trout!"
J.: "Them not so much while you're under water. But once you're stuck in the weir…"
P.: "Yeah… ewww!"
(final round of laughter, then back the tasks hand)
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Corona, an Observation
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Posted:Mar 29, 2020 2:23 am
Last Updated:Jun 5, 2021 5:11 am 9793 Views
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Of the twelve countries that are (officially) most affected by the spreading of the virus, we have at this point by far the lowest mortality rate among those who catch it. For example, in Italy, more than ten percent of the people who get infected are dying. Here in Germany, it's far less than one percent. So it appears that our health system is doing something right.
And on a personal level, the fact that my mother nearly got killed a last month by another kind of infection, may in retrospect have been a blessing in disguise. She spent a couple of weeks in a regular hospital, and is now in a psychiatric clinic for old people, help get her back her feet. Totally cut off, no visitors allowed there at all these days. I currently feel safer about having her there than anywhere else.
Aftermath for my previous post: I actually did walk around town with a box of toilet paper last night. My Dad managed to locate a store that carried some. If I had known that I'd need to protect such prescious cargo beforehand, I would have brought my expandable baton. But I nonetheless managed to transport it safely from his place to mine.
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The Currency for the Apocalypse
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Posted:Mar 21, 2020 11:49 pm
Last Updated:Jul 11, 2020 2:13 am 9798 Views
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It is the year of our Lord 2020. Civilization, as we have thus far known it, is coming to an end, and only the strongest shall survive. Or at least only they shall be able to take a worry-free shit.
When I first heard of scavenging hordes grabbing all the toilet paper that they could get their hands on, I must admit that I joked about it. Sure, elsewhere maybe, but I live in a rational town and shop in a place full of rational people, so there shouldn't be any problem, right? Wrong. On saturday morning at eight. my usual time for getting the stuff that I need, it turned out that the joke was on me.
For starters, my supermarket of choice, usually a rather peaceful place at that time, was packed to a degree that you normally don't even see on the morning of Christmas Eve. And of the soft white gold that has apparently become the object of everyone's desire, that they usually keep in amounts which make me wonder who the hell is using all of it, and that - I swear - I wasn't planning on hoarding, but simply on purchasing my needed and usual amount of, there wasn't even a single roll left.
There are even stories of fights breaking out over it in other places. As in FIGHTS, not verbal arguments; fists into faces, that kind of thing. It briefly occurred to me that this might be a fine opportunity to engage in some violence: Just parade around town with a big pack of toilet paper under my arm, until someone comes along who wants it badly enough to try and take it from me.
If only I had that big pack of toilet paper...
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General Observation About Female Submissives
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Posted:Mar 14, 2020 4:10 am
Last Updated:Mar 21, 2020 11:48 pm 10114 Views
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...based on 20+ years of BDSM online dating, meeting about a dozen of them in person, most of those one-on-one, and talking to dozens more extensively via phone and/or cam: They ask way too few questions.
Maybe it's female modesty, not wanting to come across as too pushy or too curious, but whatever it is, it's clearly misplaced. See it that way: You have run into me in a place that attracts people with often rather extreme tastes. I myself have an explicitly stated proclivity for total dominance over - and corporal punishment of - significantly younger females. That should set off a few alarm bells right there. On top of that, I'm stronger than the average male and a trained fighter. Meaning that, once we are together, I could easily impose my will and do whatever I want with you.
Those things in mind, I'd find it appropriate if meeting-minded ladies subject me to a degree of scrutiny that would do a military interrogation in some totalitarian country proud. No subject should be off limits, every other sentence should have a question mark attached to it. In reality I usually get very little.
Examples: Two girls who were, when I first met them in person, so young that I won't mention their age here. One followed me to my relatively isolated home on our very first date, the other jumped right into a car with me for a roadtrip across Canada. Neither had told anybody who they were with. Prior to meeting, the first one, curious as she was, had asked me bunches of questions about this and that, though none of them had much relevance for her safety. The second, generally more the reckless & wild than the inquisitive type, rarely ever asked me anything. When I brought the subject of her safety up, while driving somewhere in the middle of nowhere, her reply was "I figure if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it already". I guess that's one way of building trust…
And for the record, both of them survived. Still, were they my daughters, it's not necessarily an approach that I would recommend.
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