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Important to remember these are NOT cluster bombs, they're missiles with multiple warheads.

Cluster warheads spread hundreds of small bomblets over a wide area - "intended" as an antipersonnel weapon, but actually, due to the number that fail to detonate immediately but remain as a deadly explosive hazard hidden in foliage or under the soil for many decades, as an anti-civilian terror weapon. Their widespread use was (of course) pioneered by the US in Vietnam, who immediately afterwards handed their surplus to the IDF under the supervision of wholesome chungus Jimmy Carter.

By comparison, the Iranian missiles deploy something like 20-60 warheads which separate high above the target, with a result more or less identical to firing multiple smaller conventional missiles. These are large warheads which are intrinsically more reliable than small bomblets, and while inevitably some will fail to detonate, they won't disappear into the dirt for twenty years only to resurface under a farmer's plough or in the hands of a curious child. They're also made by Iran instead of the US, so their comparative failure rate presumably reflects that.

Falsely equivocating between a missile that dispenses a few dozen conventional explosive warheads, and cluster warheads that deploy hundreds of fist-sized bomblets that will maim and kill civilians for decades after, is obvious and intentional propaganda by the USisraeli regime media. By blurring the line on what counts as a cluster weapon and who uses them, they obfuscate that the US and "Israel" are the most flagrant users of these horrific, criminal terror weapons.

If it clogged the plumbing I think it was probably several handfuls of seamen

My opinion, for which I have neither evidence nor doubts, is that he's not dead, he ran away to hide in Germany and these videos showing him in Israel are to make him look like less of a pathetic coward (and maybe throw off anyone trying to locate him).

They remind me of those videos of Zelensky standing in front of the most obvious greenscreen of all time, to 'prove' he was 'still in Kiev'.

I like this one, "As it was, as it is, as it will be", a Soviet poster from 1922:

It really succinctly captures the progressive historical project of communism, that even that early in the USSR's life they were absolutely clear in their plan to advance science, industry and the quality of life of the workers and peasants and confident that they could achieve it.

I also really like these postcards from 1959, showing traditional dress from various SSRs:

Edit: The pictures came out a different orientation than in the preview! On the ~~top~~ left are Belarussian, Armenian, Georgian and Azerbaijani peoples, on the ~~bottom~~ right are Turkmen, Tajik, Ukrainian and Uzbek peoples. I love how it shows the celebration of the various nations of the USSR and their differences, in such a commonplace way (a set of postcards) that it's clear it was not some kind of controversial or artificial statement.

But my absolute favorite is this one:

"Through Worlds and Centuries"

We will make a gentle world where none of this happens ever again.

tomorrow's incident has been confirmed

Is this a typo, or have the Juche wizards given someone a peek into the Orb?

The budget of the law enforcement agencies^1^ of the US as a whole is more than that of the armed forces of any nation except China.

At $178 billion, it's $32 billion more than the budget of the armed forces of Russia post-SMO.

If you combine military and police spending (and seeing as they're both armies of imperial occupation, you should) the US accounts for 60% of the world total.

^1^ Edit to clarify: the budget of police forces, so not including border patrol, coast guard, ICE, FBI, CIA, DHS, etc.

Imperium of Man ass mission objectives

"We must secure the relics of our fallen warriors, however many lives it costs!"

The stab-in-the-back myth really is the only way for imperialists to cope after a loss

May I Ask For One Final Thing?

It's a 13-episode fantasy comedy that dares to ask the question: what if violence solved everything? The main character is a purehearted young noblewoman who is ready to throw hands whenever it's called for, and she essentially just beats her way through a series of scumbags of escalating power in a low-stakes yet satisfying way. Everyone who you want to see punched, gets punched, and you get to watch her enjoy doing it. For what it is, 10/10.

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Holding my face at different angles for the age verification screen as the enemy assault forces close around my position so I can check if command has DM'd me retreat orders.