10-minute video captured by AJArabic around the time the al-Ahli hospital was hit.
As per @Ted55643099:
Explosions on this video: (0:19) hospital. (0:16, 4:25, 4:49) behind and to the left of the hospital. (5:33, 5:56, 9:26, 10:46) behind hospital, most likely the same place. (9:38, 10:51) to the right of the hospital outside of the frame, likely the same place.
I don’t know. I think he made the right move from a personal life extension standpoint. I wouldn’t kill the head of the world’s 2nd or 3rd biggest mercenary group but I just like hiking and cooking and reading at home. If someone came for me, I’d probably be like, “Ok, well, let’s get better at throwing kitchen knives in case this is serious.”
Putin has a way different life than me but I try to be empathetic. Being in charge of a whole mafia seems tough. Maybe we should cut him a little slack.
Last I read, Ukraine was switching to new and better weapons and Russia was resorting to older tanks and pensioners. I’ve never heard of anyone winning a war with last centuries’ weapons.
I don’t have any insights, but from the artiicles I’ve read earlier I’d guess it’s more about taking him as a hostage to silence his son, a journalist writing about infosec and a person non-grata in Russia.
The SU tld is equal to what other countries know under the CC domain. No legitimate site uses that and I can’t say I’ve seen any SU link in ten+ years browsing ru-net. If that’s what they pinned on him, well, the level of fabrication is laughable. Unlike the fate of an old guy put into a joint over these stupid accusations.
You don’t need to be some geopolitical genius to know that this assessment is correct - Russia simply doesn’t have the economic and logistical power to engage in a wider European conflict with any prospect of success, and this was perfectly clear even before Russia invaded Ukraine and before everyone lost their minds to Putin-hysteria.
Good thing Russia isn’t making friends with China and India,
China has no friends - it’s like the US in that regards. And India even struggles to project power within it’s own borders, never mind outside it.
China could help Russia logistically, but Putin (and all of China’s other “allies” - and I use that term lightly) understand fully well that China’s “loyalty” can switch at any time - just ask Jonas Savimbi if you don’t believe me.
The entirety of Vietnam? Do you mean their entire population? Because I assume they have a range of viewpoints like humans everywhere else on Earth and are not some sort of homogeneous hived-mind entity. Is that what you believe?
Yes, the entirety of Vietnam - unless you think that there are plenty of Vietnamese who don’t know or don’t believe that Vietnam was invaded by China during the Cold War… twice.
And because they were invaded by China during the Cold War, they all agree that China isn’t going to substantially aid Russia in their invasion of Ukraine?
Why yes, I worked professionally in comedy for many years.
your white liberalism-derived hysteria
I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about.
Ask Vietnamese people how quickly China can turn on it’s “allies.” I’m sure they will be glad to tell you.
You once again are telling me that all Vietnamese people think exactly the same thing including the babies. Which is pretty bigoted. Are you sure that is the stance you are taking here?
There is a total of 0 chance that India would actively aid Russia in a war against NATO. Especially if Modi and Trump are the respective heads of state.
The boomers are always on active alert, so would standby be a step down? I didn’t get what this would do. Everything is already ready to launch quickly and has been for decades.
Don’t you think this is an unfair way of framing this? There are plenty of people who may value their relationship who this could help. It’s no different than taking anti-depressants or other meds that can help improve their quality of life.
There’s a lot of potential benefits to psychedelics. But a single study of 300 people showing one effect is hardly cause for celebration.
There is a massive difference in using well studied and understood ways to help couples work through issues VS. Taking something poorly understood that we have close to zero understanding of the long term impact for.
So I’m pretty comfortable saying this is bullshit until proven otherwise, and I think that’s the healthiest way to do it.
Think of it another way - there’s far more research and drugs that are touted as curing cancer that go nowhere than there is support for this. It’s a sexy headline but pretty useless at end of day.
I think they may be enraged because they’re too sheltered, never done psychs and thus do not understand this article or therapy involving psychedelics at all (which they are currently researching because it shows promise, of course.)
Enraged? Because I’m suggesting long term relationship issues are extremely unlikely to be solved by short term solutions?
Yes clearly I’m the crazy one here. Do you honestly believe that serious relationship issues can be solved by a short term acting drug? I’m sure there’s a small chance, but it’s ridiculous to think it’d work for more than a minority.
But feel free to throw some baseless insults instead of providing an actual counter argument! I get it though, if you can’t make an argument, easiest to just attack the person. 😊
Keep proving my point lol. It’s a shame on a science board that people aren’t willing to engage in discussion but just pointless one word responses or personal attacks.
Lol. If your relationship has improved significantly becsuse you’ve taken some short term acting drugs then it either wasn’t a problem in the first place or you’re lying to yourself.
Are people here not in relationships? You must have intense fantasies to think long term issues can be solved by short term solutions.
The anecdote sort of works, but in my version, you’re putting a bandage on a broken bone. I mean, sure, maybe it’ll help but there’s better ways of doing it based on what we know.
That’s the thing, psychedelics may be short term acting drugs but the experiences they allow can have lasting, profound effects on our perception of the world. You can’t make generalization on all drugs, they’re all so different, that’s nonsensical. I highly recommends you read “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan, that’s a great introduction to the subject.
I don’t disagree they can have great effects, but the research is way too limited on it.
Again, given the actual issue - there are far better researched and understood ways of dealing with it than just taking some drugs and hoping for the best of it.
And yes, myself and friends have taken psychedelics. I recall needing to stop my friend from cutting his penis off as he was hallucinating it was attacking him. Great solid experience.
I’m sure there’s safe dosages and if done under supervision it’s fine, but we’re nowhere near that at the moment and you’re just as likely to have a bad experience as anything profound and good imo.
Well set and settings is everything with psychedelics. There is a huge difference between a trip with friends at a party, an environment that can feel very hostile while triping, and a trip by yourself in a safe, calm and comfortable place which will ends up much more instrospective. You rarely get profound, lasting, altering experiences with the former.
This is not trying to deny the usefulness of other ways to deal with it, that just one more possible tool.
This is exactly the point. This and other studies like it are validating these routes to healing and this guy’s still drinking the Nancy Reagan DARE Kool-Aid. If there’s any truth to his story, then he’s digging his heels in about one piece of anecdotal evidence while ironically suggesting that a study of 300 is too small of a sample size to be relevant.
Acid will not solve your relationship problems but it will make you more vulnerable with each other and it will force you to confront any feelings you’ve been hiding from them or yourself. It’s the extra kick in the ass you sometimes need to get things rolling
Exactly. I’ve had some of my most emotionally vulnerable conversations with my wife during and post trip. It helps you look at your life in a different lenses and really question your current ego and perceptions.
I don’t totally disagree with the sentiment of what you’re saying, but it’s worth giving a cursory glance at psychedelic research before you totally write it off. One of the things that’s been documented is an increased ability to access compassion for yourself and others. Another suggests that psilocybin could help reform maladaptive neural pathways.
It’s not like “ingest a substance and your problems will go away,” it’s more like “this is one tool that could be helpful in some specific ways.” Psychedelics are legitimately different from other substances and I think it’s worth reading about with a hair less cynicism. It’s potentially very useful medicine.
This makes no sense/is not relevant to my comment at all…
But sure, if you can’t make an argument against it feel free to use irrelevant anecdotes. But what can you expect from a person who probably doesn’t play basketball.
My conclusions are the same. I’d be curious to hear why a single study of 300 people for you makes you think that psychedelics are now the cure for long term relationship issues.
Your opinion must change a lot if you base your opinion on these sorts of small studies that mean little!
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