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I think it looks like the China coup rumours are just that and tomorrow it won't be true.

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And yet nothing from the ccp to shut the rumors down .

It could well be nothing...

Again I think it's weird

Looks like theres growing support for the US for them to transfer larger drones to Ukraine, likely predator hunting type drones that carry a lot more firepower than the Turkish drones, they also have a 20+ hour loiter time

And largely and vastly unpopulated lands that isn't being used for anything, it's mad the majority of the population live along the coastlines while large parts of the interior is outback land

I know they were looking at it a few months ago and even Ukraine dismissed the idea as the drones wouldn't last long on the frontline. Better to beg for stuff that would make an impact and last. But recently it seems Ukraine have more control over the skies and we even see new videos from Bayraktar drones lately so maybe a nice time to introduce US drones to the battlefield. Makes more sense in the wake of the Iranian supplied drones.

Just reading the article and they were worrying about the surveillance tech falling in to Russian hands, a valid concern, but the same was said about the UK brimstone missile and it was eventually supplied.

To be fair I don't think we should be so gleeful at these developments. I'm not saying it's the wrong decision, but its a tough decision. Tons of people in Russia absolutely despite Putin and/or are against this war, but in a total dictatorship of this kind, it's not exactly realistic to expect them to readily sacrifice their lives to protest versus just taking the option of exiting the country.

We have it great here in Ireland, we can rant and rave about anything we like without zero fear of repercussion for expressing our opinion. Modern day Russia is no different to how things worked in Stalin's USSR, Hitler's Germany, today's Iran/North Korea, and so on. You voice dissent, and you're placing yourself in grave danger.

If anything, I have the absolute utmost respect for those in Russia who did protest in relatively small numbers. That is true, admirable bravery. They know the risks and they still go ahead to voice their opposition.

Again - I'm not advocating for open borders for Russians. But a little respect and empathy is the least they deserve.

So it's ok for them to sit on their arse in Russia and do nothing while Putin wages war and genocide in Ukraine, but as soon as the very same people are called up to fight in Ukraine and they flee, we should let them in?

Ukraine had their Euromaidan protests which got them on a path the population wanted, we had the Arab spring years ago with Gaddafi loosing power, we now have Iran out protesting. That's women protesting!!! All while the Russians sit on their arse and enable Putin carry on.

I'm sorry but until the Russian population stand up to Putin, they shouldn't be allowed just swan off into Europe for peace and safety when it suits them.

It's up to each and every Russian who is anti war to stand up, convince others, to group up and rebel. Previous soviet states have done that hard and dangerous task and won their independence. It's time for Russians to grow balls. It will require pain and suffering, but they can't expect the west to make it easy for them.

I get your sentiment but I really think there's a quite a lot of danger here in 'othering' Russians like this. There are 144 million of them. Sure, there are ones who promote all of the above, but when you have 144 million people, there are folks from all walks of life. You can be more than sure there are many people in the country who think the exact same way you do about the situation in Ukraine.

That's Thursday's report were now into Saturday.so that information is out for date ,no mention of grocery shopping either.

But numbers are higher than average...

So the claimed "Fake new " has being debunked,the fact Russians are queing to get into other countries...

Not so fast, grasshopper. :-)

Ireland imported $11b of food in 2020, while exporting $15b, so that's a net export of $4b.

Australia imported $14.5b of food in 2020, while exporting $34.25b, so that's a net export of $19.75b.

So in net agricultural exports per capita, it's Ireland with 0.78 and Australia with 0.77. That's pretty close to being even.

But we are talking food security and you don't eat US$, you eat calories. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture has computed the relative production of the various classes of agricultural products in terms of calories per capita, and on that basis, Australia was way ahead of all other countries. The FAO had Australia third for food self sufficiency.

So, that's a yes by a country mile.

You are both right and wrong. There are grazing leases covering most of that seemingly empty interior. The carrying capacity of that sort of land is very low, so these leases are absolutely vast. I stayed on one owned by a family we knew. They owned four, I think. The one I stayed on was 523,351 acres in size, thats larger than Kilkenny. If in Ireland you ran 23 sheep per acre, there you would run 23 acres per sheep :-) Like most Stations, it had it's own small dirt airstrip and they had a small Cessna 172 and possibly another slightly larger model.

Yes, the vast majority of the population do live in a narrow strip near the coast, but the interior isn't all empty, uninhabited, and devoid of use.

She's making a good case for a coup in China. it all could be ill health or something else, but there do seem to be signs of smoke.

I mean, they're sending people in to take over Ukraine. It could stop instantly if they were to leave. There's not really any middle ground when one country invades, murders, rapes, castrates your people and your country defends themselves. It's like negotiating with a rapist while he's raping your wife. I'm sorry to have used that metaphor again but that's exactly what these calls for peace are when they ignore the fact that an independent country is being invaded by their bigger neighbour.

How was the us overeaching? Did they impose themselves on Ukraine without consent or something?