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I have a bunch of passports. But no Russian/Eastern European.

Ukraine wanted to join NATO, remember?

Well, I would not send "aid" to Switzerland too. Does this answer your question?

Here you go: https://archive.ph/RWSG3

Or use pass paywalls clean plug-in.

It is actually a movie quote.

The bottom line is very easy: I am not looking for problems.

Unfortunately I have some insights I can not will not, must not talk about.

But from another perspective, the reviewers: an idiot and google is a very dangerous combination.

My brain only started working after college.

No idea. But I know some people we could ask:

The "Monaco Battalion" (Batysalion Monako) is not an official military unit, but rather an ironic nickname given by Ukrainian media (such as Ukrainska Pravda) to a network of wealthy Ukrainian oligarchs, politicians, and businesspeople. This group relocated to the French Riviera to sit out the war.

Germany had 4000 tanks during the cold war. It has now 350, 200 in working condition. She has ammunition for two days, now down to one because they gave a lot to Ukraine.

Denmark has give all her ammunition to Ukraine.

There is little of equipment left. And nobody willing to fight in the West. For what? For a crumbling economy? Unaffordable house prices? Collapsing social systems because two many immigrants draw from them? (Germany, UK)?

Good luck mate. I am not going to fight.

This Prophetic Academic Now Foresees the West’s Defeat https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/opinion/emmanuel-todd-dec...

Emmanuel Todd: "Russia has won the war, the Ukrainian army is in its death throes" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2zI3vzLKmao

I am sure the US would have been very happy if Mexico would have joined the Soviet Union. Wasn't there something with Cuba?

"The whole thing is a cluster. A ton of Ukrainian people are ethnically Russian, particularly in the east."

Yep. Ukraine is not a Nation state, like Germany, or Finnland, or Sweden. Like Belgium, is is deep divided. The division was reflected in each election. Literally, the east voted for one candidate, the west for the other.

I slept in a Hostel during the war in Kyiv. There ware Ukrainians and Russian Ukrainians. We hung out and had drinks, no problem. And during the night Putin and Klitschko made a pissing contest in the sky...

Ukraine is not winning. This is a distorted view in the west, and I am not Russian. Just a few more billions and Russia will collapse.

Russia is not fighting Ukraine, Russia is fighting NATO. And we are in dangerous territory.

Emmanuell Todd predicted this and this is not a person to be taken lightly (e.g. predicting the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1976 as a 26 years old PhD student): https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/11/how-the-west-was-...

We need just a few more sanctions against Russia and we will have a Regime change. The regime change will come, but likely different than we thought - AfD in Germany, Farange in the UK and LePen in France.

Nope dude. The pictures were taken by me ;-)

Better question would be: What is the REAL cost?

After blowing up the energy supply of Germany....

Not hard, if you pump 600 billion [1] into one of the most corrupt [2] and poorest countries [3]

Google AI:

[1] The European Union and its member states have provided a total of €215.2 billion in overall support to Ukraine and its people since the start of Russia's war of aggression "Since the start of Russia's war of aggression, they have provided €215.2 billion in support for Ukraine and its people.", as reported by the Consilium of the European Union.

As of mid-2026, the United States Congress has made available $195 billion in total spending related to the war in Ukraine.

[2] Ukraine scored 36 out of 100 points in the latest Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), ranking 104th out of 180 countries. While the country’s rating has improved in recent years, ongoing wartime procurement and defense-sector scandals point to continued high-level corruption risks.

Behind most EU candidates: The average score for EU candidate countries is 39. Nations like Montenegro (46), Moldova (42), and Albania (40) are all perceived as cleaner than Ukraine.

[3] Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe by both individual and national wealth standards, largely due to historical factors and the massive economic toll of the full-scale war. Global Standing: On the global stage, Ukraine ranks 94th

Why all the down votes?

Ukraine is rich! https://expatcircle.com/cms/travel-impressions-ukraine-kyiv-...

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the key parameters of this year's pension indexation, with payments set to rise by 12.1%

Nope

The European Union and its member states have provided a total of €215.2 billion in overall support to Ukraine and its people since the start of Russia's war of aggression "Since the start of Russia's war of aggression, they have provided €215.2 billion in support for Ukraine and its people.", as reported by the Consilium of the European Union.

As of mid-2026, the United States Congress has made available $195 billion in total spending related to the war in Ukraine.

Move to Jabber or Matrix. Maybe Signal.

Has anybody used unraid for his Home Server? Is it worth it?

unraid.net

This reminds me of: Ideas are like hemorrhoids, every asshole sooner or later gets some. ;-)

This is not going to happen: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/m...

Abroad? With Google Fi?

Google Fi has become shit anyway. Much too expensive and if you use it too much abroad, they cut you off.

Any recommendations for alternatives?

Try WISE With Google FI

Ugo Bardi has an interesting take on CO2 and intelligence: https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/a-new-interpretation-of-...

play-cs.com

"It's a controversial and complicated idea. "

It is neither controversial nor complicated to detect some cancers by scent.

Taking the "headspace" of something is also not really complicated.

There are people who can reliably smell/detect Parkinson:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/8202745...

Does it work for porn collections too?

I 100% agree. They need to be much harsher and will lead to a regime change soon. But not in Russia, but in Germany (AfD), UK (Farage) and France (LePen), as predicted by Emmanuell Todd. ;-)