AI Study Warns World Could Hit 2℃ Within Decades—Even With Emissions Cuts

cm18 · 2023-02-01T11:35:30+00:00

AI is GIGO (Garbage in == Garbage out)....

cm18 · 2023-01-31T02:05:57+00:00

Was hopeful that Twitter would change, but after being on the platform for a while, I'm about to switch out and find other platforms. There's no way to make a difference on Twitter.

cm18 · 2023-01-31T02:01:05+00:00

Is it just me, or does this feel like the end of "Atlas Shrugged"?

cm18 · 2023-01-31T01:59:19+00:00

The best reparation anyone can get is freedom. The rest is up to you.

cm18 · 2023-01-31T01:30:31+00:00

The plan is to unite Mexico, Canada and the US. In order to do so, the "agencies"/"they" are creating a boogie man, namely the cartels that are selling drugs laced with Fentanyl. This is being used as the excuse for military action in Mexico. Scot Adams has mentioned that we should annex Mexico, and then later claimed that he is a one issue voter, and that issue is Fentanyl. (Keep an eye on Scot as well as Peterson, they both seem to be insider influencers.)

So, we have the desired solution (military action in Mexico), with the created problem (Fentanyl), and the reaction they're hoping for is outrage over Fentanyl deaths.

cm18 · 2023-01-25T02:11:04+00:00

Is there a Linux fork?

cm18 · 2023-01-16T19:13:43+00:00

Had to click the link to comment. :/

We all experience things that are not congruent with social norms. The well adjusted among us will admit it to ourselves but are also smart enough to keep it to ourselves.

TMI, Harry.... TMI...

EDIT: Also, the title is misleading. He was not "fantasizing" about his mother, but rather the ointment smell brought back an incongruent memory of his mother. So, he was in an unfortunate situation where he's applying ointment to his Johnson while being reminded of his mother. That's really not a "fantasy".

cm18 · 2023-01-16T04:57:25+00:00

Well, if you don't do any investigation and actual work, then is it surprising that the job can be automated?

cm18 · 2023-01-16T04:55:26+00:00

What's their down side? If they can force everyone to take their shots and then just make it look like a mistake, they're going to get off scott free.

cm18 · 2022-12-17T14:31:13+00:00

That's a trick/trap according to Clif High. His perspective is that the Jews have been these people's buffer for some time and the evil ones will do bad shit and the rest will get the blow back. So now the jews will fight any bad mouthing against "jews" to prevent further abuse, all the while, the evil mofo's continue to do their shit.

So, to just lump all the jews together instead of singling out the bad actors, you end up fighting a whole bunch of jews instead of the bad actors.

It's akin to what these mofo's have been doing with America. They're were using America as their military arm and beating the shit out of innocent countries. Americans were/are oblivious because they're brainwashed to think these innocent countries are evil. Now Americans are seen as evil and traveling abroad is sometimes dicey.

So, yes, the easy solution seems to be to lump all Jews together, but in actuality it's the more destructive path.

cm18 · 2022-12-09T02:42:13+00:00

I think the best narrative is that the Jews have been hijacked for some time. It's not that the Jews are bad, but they're sort of an "Edger suit" for the "Jewish mob" or whatever you want to term the group.

I just hope everyone can have discernment so we don't end up with another "burnt offering". It really sucks when history repeats itself.

cm18 · 2022-12-09T02:38:22+00:00

I don't know, but it seems like it's impossible to put toothpaste back in the tube.

cm18 · 2022-12-09T02:33:50+00:00

Cocaine Bear

cm18 · 2022-11-19T10:15:18+00:00

Tell all businesses that you interact with: If you accept any type of centralized digital dollar I will be avoiding you.

cm18 · 2022-11-12T05:26:33+00:00

This is the root of the ad blocker wars. Most people would be satisfied with a modest amount of ads, but the full blown ad push by some sites have users reaching for Brave and other ad blocking technologies.

cm18 · 2022-11-12T05:23:47+00:00

Curiosity get's me every time. Good thing I'm not feline.

cm18 · 2022-11-04T05:58:23+00:00

They made it political. Fuck'em.

cm18 · 2022-10-30T13:29:12+00:00

Storm Clouds Gathering - Ukraine - Story from 2014 while Obama was in office.

This all lends support to the theory that Obama (his faction?) is behind the Biden presidency.

cm18 · 2022-10-16T17:07:52+00:00

Bot?

cm18 · 2022-10-16T17:04:03+00:00

I think the officer got access to her phone and put a tracking app on it, then followed the car till he found a traffic violation.

cm18 · 2022-10-16T16:48:12+00:00

Whatever.

cm18 · 2022-10-16T16:25:40+00:00

We have a mix. The CPI is clearly increasing. However, I'm observing deflation in assets and raw materials. What I think is happening is that China is no longer producing as much. What's more, there's some sort of manipulation of farm production. The result is that food and consumer goods are increasing in price. On the flip side, housing prices are dropping along with lumber, gold, silver and many other asset classes.

So, if you're looking for where to put your money, buy a farm and start producing food. If you're looking for investing your time, start learning new skills.

cm18 · 2022-10-16T15:55:01+00:00

What about micro plastics?

Plastic being ground up in pig feed.

cm18 · 2022-10-16T15:45:36+00:00

Alex Jones is in the wrong business.

cm18 · 2022-10-04T08:54:53+00:00

What's going on? Gas is below $3 in some parts of the south east and Texas.

cm18 · 2022-09-25T05:44:58+00:00

that leaves them them emotionally unsatisfied

Or that don't leave them drained because of personal attacks instead of attacking the ideas.

cm18 · 2022-09-23T08:34:14+00:00

Full investigation, not a partisan circus. Also include investigation into election integrity issues. Full transparency, no more tricks or lies. Show all the back room deals, who was instigating the attacks, and why extra security was not provided when it was asked for.

Dems scream about J6th. Republicans are willing to admit mistakes from elements in their camp and condemn them. Are the Dems willing to do the same? Can we have an honest discussion of all the issues? If not, then fuck it.

cm18 · 2022-09-21T18:06:42+00:00

Coach red pill and Scot Ritter are my go to on what's happening in Russia. Storm Clouds Gathering video from 2014 outlined what justified the Russian invasion.

https://stormcloudsgathering.com/posts/the-ukraine-crisis-what-youre-not-being-told/

If anyone's willing to consume about 2 hours worth of content, they'd be up to date on what's really going on.

cm18 · 2022-09-21T17:55:48+00:00

Russia finished off the Ukrainian army and is now fighting a NATO army cobbled together with American weapons, American merk leaders and newly trained Ukrainians. Shades of Vietnam.

cm18 · 2022-09-21T17:48:36+00:00

Just sell it as fertilizer.

cm18 · 2022-09-21T17:43:27+00:00

All MSM news is just controlled opposition. The reason FOX news is popular with the right is that it regurgitates talking points they can agree with. The same goes with CNN and other outlets. They each cater to their division. The cost, however, is that each news service does not fairly examine the opposition to see what they have to say and their reasoning.

A better society would demand and end to censorship so that each side could have a battle of ideas and evolve.

cm18 · 2022-09-21T17:35:20+00:00

If you can think of history as a pendulum, pushing the pendulum in one direction will cause it to swing hard in the other direction. This is why I think the people behind the "radicalized" left are basically setting up America to become a Theocracy, or something very similar to a theocracy. Even the LGB want's to eject the radical T, because they know the pendulum is going to swing hard right. These radicals are akin to agent provocateurs angling to get culture pissed at anyone who's liberal or left of center. They infect or move into groups to make the left seem crazy.

It's almost akin to inoculating society against a particular ideology.

cm18 · 2022-09-16T05:30:26+00:00

First Trump, now Biden. Fuck them both. The internet does not need more fucking censorship. Taking away "special immunity" gives big tech the advantage and squelches free speech.

If anything, the Biden administration needs to be held to account for their cooperation in the violation of people's first amendment rights.

cm18 · 2022-09-15T03:23:07+00:00

Now use this on Antifa.

cm18 · 2022-09-13T03:09:34+00:00

Go away.

Crypto is not a safespace. Its a freedom space. Freedom is risky. We like it that way.

cm18 · 2022-09-09T03:14:03+00:00

Irony:

In the biblical story of Noah's Ark, god gives a rainbow to signify his promise to never flood the earth again. Today, the rainbow is used to signify the LGBTQ+ community.

cm18 · 2022-09-05T21:29:41+00:00

I think it was Clif High that indicated that plants secret documents to entrap people, and that much of what is "classified" is bogus.

cm18 · 2022-09-05T21:26:50+00:00

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."

cm18 · 2022-09-02T14:44:28+00:00

So, you may have a point, but I don't have enough counter information to check your assertion.

Here's the deal. You think that Trump is corrupt, but Trump supporters and myself think that Trump is the least corrupt and the best candidate. Because censorship on big tech platforms, there are now pockets of echo chambers where bad ideas are not exposed to counter ideas. You are not going to be ale to reach Trump supporters on "common ground" with allies of your ideas to combat any bad ideas that Trump supporters have. The same goes for Trump supporters trying to expose Biden. Saidit.net does not censor much, but because it does not have a large user base, there's no "culture" (for lack of a better word) of competing ideas.

So, I'm stuck having to continue thinking that Trump is a good candidate because I cannot vet your claim that he's corrupt. I can only hold the possibility that he's corrupt, but default to the assumption that either you're (please don't take offense) a propagandists, or you're misinformed.

So with all that said, I'd like to ask you to consider the bigger problem of big tech censorship. We need more people from both sides to condemn big tech and to advocate for migration to sites that don't or cannot censor content. I'd be happy to be wrong (I'm not wed to the idea that Trump's the best candidate.), but given the censorship and the inability to ask questions in the presence of equally representative view points (and informed people), I have to default to my assumption that you're wrong, and I'm right.

cm18 · 2022-09-02T12:47:42+00:00

'Sweet Justice': A Florida Couple 'Forecloses' On Bank Of America

The University land and buildings have to be worth at least $36 million.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T20:06:20+00:00

Reports are that he started with well over 5b. Ending with less than you started with means you're not doing corruption correctly. Also, at some point, money is not the objective. Nancy Pelosi's net work keeps going up and is around 100m (less than 1/10'th Trump's net worth). At some point, you'd have more money that you could ever spend in a lifetime. Why would such a guy go into politics and LOSE money?

cm18 · 2022-09-01T18:16:16+00:00

My mistake. I meant to say there's support for allowing bankruptcy of student loan debt.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T16:49:56+00:00

That's central to the problem with Trump fans; they've seen Trump as the outsider, whereas he's the most corrupt insider anyone could have imagined on the Hill. It's insane.

Every time I query what the corruption is I get links to hyperbolic articles about tenuous connections. Question: What was Trump's net worth before taking office and what was his net worth after?

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:59:57+00:00

And those militia types that the FBI went after for so many years? Proof that that this is all planned.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:49:13+00:00

Vietnam, Afghanistan...

Even if a modern military can easily take over a country that has lots of small arms, the cost of occupying a country that has lots of guns is much more expensive than occupying a country that has been disarmed.

The whole point of an armed society is provide a deterrence from bad government actions (be it foreign or domestic).

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:38:15+00:00

Unpopular opinion: Inflation is being put in check by the "Inflation Reduction Act". It's a bit complicated to explain, but basically, the new corporate alternative minimum tax is being used to fund future government expenditures instead of printing as much money. The inflation rate will not run away.

And if you think: "Oh, then its just the rich corporations that are going to get the shaft." Just remember that the average wage earner who save money by investing tend to do it by buying large corporations. Their future potential retirements are going to be much smaller because there's going to be less retained earnings.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:23:49+00:00

FOSTA/SESTA removes 230 protections for sites that contribute to sex trafficking. I don't like censorship. However, saidit.net HAS to continue to delete things that may help sex trafficking or they could be held criminally liable for content posted by 3rd parties.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:20:16+00:00

Opinion: Public schools should not exist. It is the 10th plank of the communist manifesto.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:12:14+00:00

and consider that the student loan forgiveness would NEVER have happened via Republicans

Republicans have a different take. They want people to pay if they can, so there's generally support for repeal of rules that disallow discharge of student in bankruptcy courts. It's NOT forgiveness, but it allows people to go into bankruptcy and have the debt erased. This is the better method of dealing with student loans.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:07:17+00:00

The spectrum I care about is freedom vs. authoritarianism. Fascism and communism are the same beasts with slightly different ways of operating.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:05:19+00:00

barely democratic when one considers the pay-to-play post-Citizens United politics

Trump supporters would agree with you on the corruption of corporations. They don't want corporations deciding things either.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T14:03:02+00:00

One group's terrorist is another groups freedom fighters. How about you just let the right have their freedoms? That's basically what most of the Trump supporters want... "Just leave us the fuck alone." Also... democracy is "two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner". The American government was created as a representative REPUBLIC, not a democracy. The idea was to preserve rights, which the mob tends to ignore.

Also, isn't a democracy supposed to be about voting where each vote counts? How can you have a democracy where the vote counts are obfuscated and opaque?

cm18 · 2022-09-01T13:55:31+00:00

On the up side, we now have a site where the liberals can come and ague their POV. We can continue to whittle away at the divide or convert them with information. Or maybe we can trick them with emotional propaganda like what the MSM is spewing.

cm18 · 2022-09-01T13:08:37+00:00

Sad. The propaganda is strong with this one.

cm18 · 2022-08-30T05:23:37+00:00

China is laughing at us right now.

cm18 · 2022-08-17T00:42:47+00:00

Hate to share it, because if it becomes popular, it will get attacked... but...

presearch.com. Be sure to support them because now they're going to be a target.

cm18 · 2022-08-17T00:38:12+00:00

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.”

cm18 · 2022-08-15T07:35:34+00:00

Removed. Always archive and provide a link in the comments.

cm18 · 2022-08-14T21:36:55+00:00

True Christians would want Trump to hang for treason.

Debatable what true Christianity is. You assume them to be amoral, but it is more like they don't believe what you believe to be true. Hence why it is so important to undo the censorship so that bad ideas can be ejected.

The so-called 'christians' you refer to are a small minority of complete idiots who don't understand Christianity.

There's a small minority of Muslims that believe in Jihad enough to act on it, but most would not resist the imposition of Islam on unbelievers if the small minority were to take control. The majority of Muslims would more or less passively cooperate and help.

The same goes for Christianity. The difference is that these groups are not radical on the surface, but if you watch their rhetoric, you'd see they have the potential to be just as dogmatic and authoritarian in their imposition of values if given a chance. The difference is that most Christians are open to self examination to become better people, and they would listen to criticisms (if they're logical) and re-adjust their perspectives. However, the left is going so far, that they're hardening their ears to anything coming from the far left. Again, this is why censorship needs to end.

They're the 'American Taliban' who should rot in Hell for their sins.

I really don't think they're a "Taliban", though the potential is there if pushed to an extreme. I would encurage you to look at alternative forums to expand your understanding of where they're coming from, even though a lot of what's going on on their forums is turning ugly.

Again, these echo chambers are actually breeding anti-Semitic and racist viewpoints, not because the ideas of anti-Semitism or racism are strong, but rather because they are NOT being challenged in these echo chambers that the Christians/conservatives/right have been pushed into. The CENSORSHIP is FOSTERING these bad ideas, and they're getting traction. Without exposure, they WILL become a reality. The censorship is the ROOT of this evil!

cm18 · 2022-08-14T19:01:09+00:00

You lost me at - "Do you want a civil war? Because that's how you get a civil war."

You're not seeing the resolve I'm seeing.

A very small number of Trump's Christo-fascist dumbasses will be squashed like the roaches they are if they call for a civil war.

The Christians are not a small number and their resolve is strong. The left is giving them power by "acting poorly". The center has more or less fallen and sides with the right because the left is far to extreme. They will not call for a civil war, those currently in power are trying very hard to PROVOKE a response to justify what you view as "squashing roaches". The Christian right is becoming very organized and they're not stupid. They will succeed, but the cost will be a theocracy.

The only real hope is to restore online forums to allow a center to re-establish and re-create a center.

There's also not much censorship in the US.

This is false. You cannot speak freely on the main planforms about c-19, vaccine problems, or election transparency without being ejected. The seizing of the main forums by partisans (from the left) has pushed out any real discourse into echo chambers. All of these issues are key to conservatives, libertarians and centrists. The current lack of discussion is allowing extreme ideas on both sides with no moderating effect of the opposing sides.

If you want to tear it all down, the replacement will not be a liberal system or even communism, but a full fledge theocracy, because only the Christians will stand with the resolve to hold on to their freedoms (and way of life).

cm18 · 2022-08-14T18:10:05+00:00

Do you want a civil war? Because that's how you get a civil war. Perhaps this account is a Russian or CCP controlled account, because what's happening is to the advantage of both of these courtiers and to the detriment of America.

The rampant censorship has not allowed opposing ideas to hash out the bad ideas and leave common ground between supporters of different candidates. Without this discourse, the rhetoric on both sides is getting bad. The news media is incredibly bias against the Trump republicans, and the echo chambers from both sides is toxic to the opposing sides. No valid questions or perspectives can be posted in major forums without the possibility of losing access. Real opinions of Trump supporters are stuck in their isolated forums, and the main line forums get to post content that is often wildly extreme, and at the same time, there's bound to be misinformation in the Trump camp that cannot be challenged by the opposing camp.

The result of this is obvious, and if one is looking at from the synchronized operation, it is INTENTIONAL and not organic.

If you're objective is to destroy America, you're on the right track. If you're not trying to destroy America, you should ask yourself if you're a pawn in someone else's plan.

cm18 · 2022-08-14T17:52:40+00:00

Gonna rip this country apart. This is not about law, this is about a power struggle. Wielding of power always entails humbuggery and manipulation.

cm18 · 2022-08-14T17:19:25+00:00

Pain tollerance

cm18 · 2022-08-14T09:17:34+00:00

Hit-Monkey

cm18 · 2022-08-14T08:20:26+00:00

Poor chap will have to work twice as hard to have children.

cm18 · 2022-08-13T13:28:38+00:00

This is a do or die moment for the current faction in power. The accusations leveled at this critical moment is either going to expose Trump or expose the "deep state". There's no turning back from this.

cm18 · 2022-08-10T23:03:47+00:00

Modern day treasure hunt.

cm18 · 2022-08-10T02:28:37+00:00

Not in the loop. What/who is "con pro"? Who owned the domain before? Also, there was confusion about the the transfer of thedoland.win to patriots.win after the 2020 election.

cm18 · 2022-08-08T05:32:30+00:00

Same for patriots.win. Both sides are censoring and the echo chambers are becoming super toxic.

cm18 · 2022-08-08T05:31:21+00:00

Only if they also stop putting trackers in cars and cell phones.

cm18 · 2022-08-08T05:21:29+00:00

What I see is a jacket being unzipped on a well endowed birthing person.

cm18 · 2022-08-03T10:57:21+00:00

The Truth About Gene Wars r K Selection Theory P1

cm18 · 2022-07-20T04:50:11+00:00

Not an order follower.

cm18 · 2022-07-16T04:47:45+00:00

hunter2

cm18 · 2022-07-14T18:50:24+00:00

"This is why we can't have nice things."

cm18 · 2022-07-12T22:43:59+00:00

WHO is basically China.

cm18 · 2022-07-10T09:18:22+00:00

System76 for the win.

cm18 · 2022-07-10T09:18:09+00:00

Man drives in carpool lane with corporate papers to challenge corporate personhood.

cm18 · 2022-07-10T09:10:25+00:00

Fuck "its inevitable". Defeatist garbage. Make them pay for regulating. Don't simply give it to them by giving up. Make it politically EXPENSIVE by pointing out how corrupt the existing system is and how they don't "regulate" anything.

cm18 · 2022-07-10T09:07:54+00:00

"Threatens financial system"... They mean THEIR system, not ours. They have proven they cannot "regulate" THEIR system, and they want to prevent OUR system from flourishing by "regulating". Fuck them.

cm18 · 2022-07-07T15:52:11+00:00

"Old man, look at my life. I'm a lot like you were"

cm18 · 2022-06-20T15:05:54+00:00

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

Gorillaz - DARE

Enjoy!

cm18 · 2022-06-09T01:11:26+00:00

Squirrels World Domination

cm18 · 2022-06-06T15:37:44+00:00

$20-$30B is lost every year to phone scams, but that's not as important as crypto scams.

cm18 · 2022-06-02T20:13:20+00:00

John Taylor Gatto - The Purpose Of Schooling

cm18 · 2022-05-23T00:53:28+00:00

I think we have it all wrong with "only buy American" because it is near impossible. Rather, we should just focus on slowly tipping the scales in favor of American made products by researching an paying a bit more. Also, there's a psychological problem associated with perfectionism, and it's far better to do a little bit of effort each day and not be upset with imperfect results. By tipping the scales and not being upset with still buying CCP products, we will eventually get things changed.

cm18 · 2022-05-23T00:41:16+00:00

presearch.org appears to be the safest search engine for the moment.

We need to identify the individuals in organizations that are actively pushing this stuff. The CCP has done a masterful job of infiltrating our institutions and corrupting them.

cm18 · 2022-05-23T00:39:24+00:00

I'm all for assisted suicide.

cm18 · 2022-05-23T00:17:49+00:00

Just as the video says, we need a free market.

If the value of gold fluxuates to much causing price confusion, there's nothing stopping the creation of a "cost of living" index that defines the average unit of value required to live one day. But the index would not be backed by anything, but rather it's just a measure. Things would be priced in this index, but payed for with crypto, gold, silver, stocks, or whatever else they have. The block chain technology can be used to facilitate the instantaneous conversion from one form of payment to another. (Think Ripple or something similar.)

cm18 · 2022-05-23T00:04:34+00:00

The "panics" were old fashion false flags.

cm18 · 2022-05-22T23:59:21+00:00

Still, screw the attempt at taking away anonymity. The whole idea of censoring the web or making everything de-anonymized is DANGEROUS to a free and open society. If you cannot view and post anonymously, then the reach of whistle blowers is seriously limited. Who's going to show the "truth" on a site that can pinpoint your location for nefarious hidden government agents that will kill you?

cm18 · 2022-05-11T11:51:10+00:00

Those that advocate for censorship should be banned from the internet.

cm18 · 2022-04-26T20:25:10+00:00

No. It's well known that eastern Ukraine is much more ethnically Russian, and the western part is more white nationalist/neo-Nazi. I'm sure Putin knows EXACLY what to expect. What was NOT clear is the extent of NATO involvement, which is ramping up to be a proxy war.

What the American population is not being told is that Obama installed the current neo-Nazi government back in 2013. Go search for storm clouds gathering and watch his video on Ukraine that was created back in 2014.

Putin/Russia holds the high ground when all the information is presented. In order to drum up support for NATO and possible war with Russia, the media does not present the full picture.

Why is Russia in Ukraine? NATO keeps pushing closer and Russia wants to keep a buffer. The Neo-Nazi stuff is just the moral justification/high ground.

cm18 · 2022-04-26T16:48:10+00:00

Simpler solution: Stop taxing people and let private libraries take over.

cm18 · 2022-04-26T16:40:01+00:00

But words are violence.... lol.

cm18 · 2022-04-26T16:38:16+00:00

When reading about Russia and Ukraine, the argument was put forth that Putin did not intend to hold Ukraine, and as proof, he did not have enough troops to do so. The rule of thumb is something like 22 soldiers per 1000 dissidents. So, say 50m dissidents would require about 1.1m troops.

cm18 · 2022-04-24T00:01:27+00:00

I laughed, a bit to much.

cm18 · 2022-04-22T16:48:46+00:00

Was watching a video (Cannot find it any more) that was about how stupid people are more dangerous than evil people. The reason is that stupid people do things that don't even benefit themselves. So, while evil people will destroy some wealth for their own benefit, they will not destroy all wealth that they touch. You can also reason with evil people, but there's no reasoning with stupid people.

cm18 · 2022-03-01T04:03:59+00:00

Time to identify the perpetrators of the disinformation.

cm18 · 2022-03-01T04:00:19+00:00

I wonder if there are problems with letting bodies rot after a battle. Quickly incinerating them is obviously a political move because leaving them out reminds the population of the Russian invasion.

cm18