Pogogunner

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[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why?

I see the more realistic probability of the car picking up and then dropping off a passenger, and then picking up another. I don't think customers would be happy if the car they were riding made their trip longer in order to force them to share the car.

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally nobody would know who she is without this relationship. She isn't funny, and wouldn't get a deal with anyone if Chuck wasn't pulling strings.

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least he'll have a way to fight back

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you mind taking pictures and talking about your process? I would be interested in seeing this project and the choices you make for it

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://mpdc.dc.gov/firearms

It looks to me like DC still goes out of its way to make even buying a weapon a pain in the ass:

Application for Firearms Registration Certificate (PD-219)
Firearms Registration Application Statement of Eligibility
Firearms Certificate Information Update Form (Please complete this form and submit it to the Firearms Registration Branch via email at firearms.adminbox@dc.gov)
Fingerprint Fee Notice and Worksheet
Firearm Application Addendum-Used Firearm Explanation
Take Online Firearms Safety Training Course (30 Minutes) and bring certificate to initial visit Copy of your Government Issued Identification, i.e., Driver’s License, Military ID (original will be verified again in person)

I guess ATF-4473 doesn't do enough tracking/registering for their liking.

And that's before you go beg the cops to be allowed to legally carry a weapon to defend yourself.

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

The reward for exceptional hard work...is more work. Maybe you'll get an extra half a percent raise at the end of the year, but the increase in wages never matches inflation, even if you max out most corporate performance review scales.

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

"escaped"
Did you read the article?

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should listen to the Dan Carlin podcast series "Supernova in the east" about the Japanese war crimes - I believe similar train of thinking may be taking place in modern day Russia, leading to the same style of widespread war crimes.

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I was expecting them to be executed on the spot for the perfidy. These Ukrainian soldiers have a lot of self-control

[–] Pogogunner@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The theory I heard was to make the impression of artillery strikes, so that Russia could claim that Ukraine is doing military strikes on the power plant

 
 

While systems like tanks, jets and cruise missiles tend to capture the public imagination, the war in Ukraine in 2023 is largely being fought with much the same tools as it was in 2022 - artillery.

The constant exchange of fire has been critical to the battle, enabling attrition, blunting attacks and enabling advances. Both sides have continued to adapt, trying to refine their tactics and capabilities while wearing down their opponent.

But in this attritional struggle, losses and resupply of systems, barrels and ammunition matter, not just tactics. Ukraine now finds itself in an ammunition deficit - trying to attack at a time where its allies have not yet ramped up production enough to readily meet its needs.

It's in that context that the US recently announced the supply of cluster munitions to refill Ukraine's ammunition bunkers. Today we look at those munitions, their likely impact, as well as the broader course of the artillery war in Ukraine one year on from my original video on the topic "outgunned"

 
 
 
 
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