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cannabineer

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Plus how much of it is actually still usuable. And why is he telling the minister of defense “here’s the ammo” after the defense ministry found and took it already.



Heineken easy to boycott for me, I avoid it regardless. And Oreos are just abominable. But Unilever… jfc… since 2020 British instead of British/Dutch but everything in NL in major grocery chains is Unilever. Not literally everything but most of the premium / non-lowbudget brands. It’s the stuff that’s not actually better but costs more because of marketing expenses like tv commercials (the main reason I avoid it). Many household names. Popularity took a hit already, because of the high inflation and Unilever making billions extra and still raising prices many people switched to cheaper alternatives.

Looks like the news hasn’t been covered as extensively here as it should, few articles in major newspapers a week ago, some a few months ago, some last year. Unilever's position is that not remaining owner means Russia will be owner, no money going in or out Russia. Ukraine's position is the Russian division is paying tax in Russia and with that supports the war. My position is that there's a web of businesses across several countries that can be linked back to company's in Britain and NL and that Unilever and its shareholders are powerful elites. My position cause I like to side with facts. They're trying to wait it out so they can continue doing business as usual or sell it after the war.
Boycotting Unilever is not as trivially easy as boycotting the other two brands. Unilever does not plainly identify itself on the packaging of its public-face subsidiaries.

Fortunately it is easily looked up on the web.
In my case, I buy few of their products anyway, and avoiding those presents no hardship.

With the exception of All laundry detergent. It is the cheapest effective laundry soap that comes in a no dyes/fragrances variant. I have a few years’ worth stashed away, in case we have a replay of the great toilet paper panic of 2020.

 

BudmanTX

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sorry Gary couldn't read the story somehow.....

honestly i'm not a big fan of cluster munition personally....Russia has already used them on population centers with in my view is illegal, now for use on the battlefield with trench warfare....still little bit of a grey area for me....that's just my opinion
 

garybo

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sorry Gary couldn't read the story somehow.....

honestly i'm not a big fan of cluster munition personally....Russia has already used them on population centers with in my view is illegal, now for use on the battlefield with trench warfare....still little bit of a grey area for me....that's just my opinion
How true, anyone using them should be tried for war crimes.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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New better batteries will mean increased endurance and range for drones of all kinds, 2 or 3 times the power density equals similar gains in range and endurance. Some of the new battery producers have pilot plants that are producing trial runs for EV manufacturer testing and larger runs for devices and drones, EV volume production would be done at other much larger factories. We are beginning to see some of these improved batteries in devices and drones which are easier niches to fill while they gear up for EV batteries. In 5 years, you might only have to charge your phone once a week and your notebook computer could last a whole day or longer under battery power, so there is a market for devices and other things like drones.

Detecting mines is yet another use for drones and probably winter or early spring would be the best time to do it when the vegetation is low, and the detector can get close to the ground.

 

DIY-HP-LED

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If they make raids across the border to take out critical assets, then more power to them. It's pretty fucking naive of russia to think their border is some magical shield wall built out of nuclear weapons, that just terrifies enemies into staying away.
Accurate strikes on military targets are the most useful and produce better PR which is important for allied support. Sooner or later the Russians are gonna crack under the constant pressure and when they do, they might crack wide open. The Ukrainians are clearing the first and second lines of defense under the cover over their own guns and drones in many places while probing for weaknesses and destroying the Russian logistics far to the rear. They are setting the conditions in several possible places and eliminating as many Russian guns as they can with drones and counter batter radars while starving them of munitions. Since they have to clear the minefields anyway why not use the operation as bait to take out the Russian guns with counter battery radars waiting for them to fire.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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It seems Progie's trolls are out of work too, an example of the disarray on the Russian side. I'm surprised he had any left, since most probably fled the country a year ago, along with a half million others. Russia is in trouble, they still have plenty of arms and ammo and are dangerous, but the writing is on the wall for their military in Ukraine. I don't think the coup is over yet and we will see what happens when the army cracks in Ukraine and the Ukrainians make big gains. The Russians are arresting their competent military leaders who see the trouble coming and the guy who saved them from complete defeat in Kherson by evacuation is under arrest along with other top generals.

 

DIY-HP-LED

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Ukraine's plan to destabilise Russian forces in Northern Donetsk

103,539 views Jul 15, 2023
"They're going to smash the Russians until they withdraw."

Ukrainian forces will take advantage of ground gained around Bakhmut by setting up artillery positions to flush out Russian troops, says correspondent Richard Spencer.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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Ukraine latest: 'Putin's political credibility is draining away,' following Wagner negotiations

20,873 views Jul 15, 2023 #wagner #putin #skynews
Sky's defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke says Russian president Vladimir Putin's credibility is "draining away" following reports he met with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after he led an abortive revolt against Russia's military hierarchy.
 
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