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Amazingly illogical, and wrong! Ukraine, as a separate territory, was a founding member of the UN in 1945 on the same day as the USSR. Ukraine's official name was the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. This was at the insistence of, you got it, the USSR. Ukraine was again granted full independence on August 24, 1991 by a vote of 321 to 2 by Supreme Soviet (parliament) of the Ukrainian SSR. On Dec 2, the Russian SFSR further recognized Ukraine's independence. In history, Ukraine was a great state when Moscow was still open grassland. Ukraine is and has always been Ukraine.

And here it comes. Russian state propaganda TV begins to discuss the possible resignation of Vladimir Putin. Listen to the deep grunt of one of the guests on hearing the words. Whoa!

No. Mahogany has a density of 0.55 - 0.80 and Janka hardness of 800. It's common to Central/ South America and Africa's west coast. Mai daeng, trade name: Pyinkado (Xylia xylocarpa) is a SE Asian hardwood common in Thailand. It has a density up to 1.15 (sinks) and Janka hardness of 1950. For reference, Macassar Ebony has a Janka hardness of 3320. Ebonies are very hard.

Yes, I see it now. My old hardbound Thai dictionary translates ebony as: "mai-khaeng-see-dam, for example mai-ma-glua." or "black hardwood for example mai-ma-glua". From there, mai-ma-glua's scientific name is Diospyros mollis. It seems mai-ma-glua refers to a specific type of Thai ebony tree with almost all black wood known for its persimmon fruit and medicinal properties. Ma Glua: Thai persimmon trees and medicines: (language selectable) But I've never seen this type of black Ebony for sale in Thailand. Mai-khaeng-see-dam may refer to ebony woods in general. So to describe an Indonesian ebony to a Thai it may be best to say "Mai-khaeng-see-dam from Indonesia called Macassar Ebony" (in my case). Thanks.

I love Asian wood and have a few pieces at home. Two are made from Ebony native to their country of origin, Indonesia and Vietnam. I know the common trade names and the scientific names. Does anyone know the Thai names for these woods? Any help much appreciated. 1. A hand carved Haunman statue from Indonesia made of Macassar Ebony (diospyros celebica), which comes from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. 2. An inlaid table from Vietnam made of Mun Ebony (diospyros mun). Mun Ebony is predominantly from Vietnam. The two woods look similar with bold black and brown striping. Macassar ebony is slightly harder than black African ebony. Here is an image of the statue for reference. The statue is 82 cm tall and weighs 20 kg.

Question: How bad/evil is Vladimir Putin, really? Answer: So bad that Switzerland wants to end 500 year's of strict neutrality and make closer ties with the EU and NATO. Wow. That's bad. Europe has seen a lot of hard history in 500 years. https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-military-neutrality-defense-arms-sales-war-in-ukraine-vladimir-putin/

That sounds like Russian propaganda. No, not the way you suggest. Everyone can edit Wiki and all edits are recorded in perpetuity. As soon as you add your pro-Putin propaganda, responsible community members will fix it and you too will be recorded in perpetuity along with discussions about your attempt. That's one reason Russia's storied propaganda machine hasn't made headway into Wiki. Reference: Wikipedia:You can and cannot change Wikipedia

That's what Washington Post said. What the Russian State Duma say? The Russian State Duma urged not to expect a quick victory over the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. [reference] (font escalation)

True. Russia's Central Bank recently raised its prime lending rate to a whopping 18% as the civilian economy continues to deteriorate. At the time Elvira Nabiullina, head banker and the only official able to criticize Putin, declared in an open meeting: [reference]

More Russian propaganda. Ukraine did not have all its lands in 2022. As for China, up to $600 million per month of high priority dual-use products that are essential for manufacturing weaponry like missiles, drones, and tanks. Per month. REFERENCE If the West stopped providing aid, Ukraine would be dead. Putin would have successfully stolen $14 trillion of Ukraine's natural resources, which is why he's killing Ukrainians with reckless abandon. The only way it stops is Putin's immediately withdraw or demise.

NO! I forgot. Thanks. I edited my post. Mine always gets stuck in transit, never gets reported as delivered. Edit, removed sleepy response.

Mine is stuck in the usual "in transit to next site state". USPS July 17, 2024 In Transit to Next Facility July 13, 2024, 12:24 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility, SCRANTON PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 13, 2024, 3:17 am Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility, SCRANTON PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 11, 2024, 11:21 am Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility LEHIGH VALLEY PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 9, 2024, 5:43 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility NEW YORK NY DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 6, 2024, 6:00 am Inbound Out of Customs Thai Post 05/07/2024 23:45 Arrival at Inward Office of Exchange [ (United States) Int - USJFKA ] 04/07/2024 15:20 Arrival at transit country [ Air carrier - DOH ] 03/07/2024 21:05 Departure from [ Air carrier ] to [ (United States) Int - USDOH ] 03/07/2024 01:49 Carrier received receptacles 02/07/2024 21:52 [ SUVARNABHUMI Mail Center ] Handed over to air carrier 02/07/2024 14:07 Departure from Outward Office of Exchange [ SUVARNABHUMI Mail Center - THBKKC ] 02/07/2024 09:36 Arrival at Outward Office of Exchange [ SUVARNABHUMI Mail Center - THBKKC ] 02/07/2024 04:05 Departure from [ LAK SI Mail Center ] to [ SUVARNABHUMI Mail Center ] 01/07/2024 18:35 Departure from [ LAK SI Post Office ] to [ LAK SI Mail Center ] 01/07/2024 11:54 Posting/Collection [ LAK SI Post Office ]

Perhaps your confusion lies in assuming any semblance of negotiating normalcy with the top man who oversaw/ordered the most heinous, inhuman terrorist attack the world has seen in modern times, who then publicly celebrated and praised the massacre. [WATCH]. Of course he had a target on his back. Do you really think anyone can hold honorable negotiations with such an animal? Why would you even appear to support him? I do wonder what will happen now with the billions he stole from his own people. [REF]

Iran issued as NOTAM restricting air traffic over Ismail Haniyeh's funeral in Tehran, which did little to comfort Ali Khamenei who kept nervously looking skyward during his eulogy.

from your first reference on Warthog: "The 30-mm shell has twice the range, half the time to target, and three times the mass of projectiles fired by guns mounted in comparable close air support aircraft." Disproved yourself, they are shells. Your 2nd reference on Puff talks about bullets (7.62 NATO etc) and guns and says so: " "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells." They are firing bullets, not shells. But all your comments only distract from my first and only point, that you wrongly tried to discredit a well known, well placed Ukraine authority using trivial semantic arguments and false arguments of authority. Please forgo the trivia until you can address my point.

Here's an attack aircraft shell casing expert! So, if a ground attack aircraft fires shells at ground positions what is it called? So we conclude Anton's English is better than yours?

You seem to make propaganda from thin air. He is not a native English speaker. Anton Yuriyovych Gerashchenko Anton Yuriyovych Herashchenko, born 10 February 1979) is a current official advisor and a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) from 2014 to 2019,[3][5] and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions, which was prevented by the SBU. Obviously knows a whole lot of accurate information about Ukraine and the war. And your credentials? BTW Russia tried to assassinate him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Gerashchenko

TASS said it was accident? like every Putin adversary tossed out of a window? And you believe? On the article's page Pravda writes "Kim Dotcom: Biden may strike nuclear blow on Russia", and you still believe state propaganda? Do you know anything about the Russian Academy of Science? Its prestige? I have friends that work there, nearly as old. RAS does not require retirement of important people, these are Russia's top scientists. [reference] Had you researched you would see she is still relatively active publishing frequent articles up to the start of Putin's war. [ResearchGate] [GoogleScholar]. She was still a director of the N. D. Kondratieff International Foundation when she died. [reference] (refs translatable if required) "Since nobody has heard of her why would Russia want her killed..." It was reported throughout Russia, as you now see she was highly placed and widely renowned. The institute she helped run is similar to the Nobel Institute awarding medals in economics. Why? You research why Putin kills so many. Respected economists opining about the tragic state of the civil economy would be a good guess.

Let's first compare your research reliability. Igor Shusko, whom you belittle by saying "some X responses were jokes and bad taste" (your view) is a widely known, highly respected Ukraine/Russia expert fluent in Russian who even NEWSWEEK uses as a trusted source: Leaked FSB Letters Reveal Civil War Among Putin's Allies "The emails were shared in full with Newsweek by Igor Sushko, the executive director of the Wind of Change Research Group, a Washington-based non-profit organization. Sushko has been translating the correspondence from Russian to English since they began on March 4." Igor's post that I quoted received 436,000 views, 3,900 reposts, 9,424 likes and was bookmarked by 410 people. His part time X account has 323,000 followers in 1 day. He is widely quoted. So, I trust Igor's research more than yours.

The Russian economy has 3 parts, Putin's war, Putin's supporters, and the broader civil economy of the other 140M Russians, about which Putin's couldn't care less. According to many Russians, some I have presented here, the ongoing demise of Russia's civil economy will bring deep, long lasting damage to Russia and the lives of average Russians. How bad is it? Valentina Bondarenko, is the Leading Researcher of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economics and Director of the N. D. Kondratieff International Foundation, and well known for her publications. Guess we won't hear anymore bad news from her...

Click and zoom this comparison of a bolt and semi-auto sniper rifle. https://gtitraining.org/news-516-semi-auto-vs-bolt-action-rifle.htm

You need to go through this acoustic analysis carefully. Love to know what you think. It compares two video sound tracks, one near the stage and one near the vicinity of the shooter's building. It finds two sets of shots, of 3 and 5 shots with distinct patterns and acoustic signatures, one with echos and the other without. These are followed later by one last distinct shot from an SS agent who shot the gunman.

The old magical aliens disturbed the air conspiracy theory... As you reject both experts and fact checks, I will prove it's a bullet and calculate its rotation rate and barrel grove specifications matching it to an AR-15 type rifle. I use an enhanced image of the bullet's path that shows periodic bright spots of light reflected from the bullet's rifling marks. Barrels have rifling groves to spin bullets at a fixed number of rotations per inch. These leave flat groves in bullets which can reflect sunlight. AR-15 specs Muzzle velocity >3250 fps Velocity at podium ~3000 fps or slightly less. No. of rifling groves in barrel: 6 in 1 rotation or 360° Rotation rate: 1 rotation per 9 inches. So a bullet rotates once per 9 inches and a new grove can be seen every 9"/6 = 1.5" of flight or 6 groves every 9". If a camera's shutter speed is 1/3000, it will take 3000 frames/sec and a 3000 fps bullet will travel 1 foot or 12" in 1 frame. First image bullet path (click to zoom) Second image bullet rotational marks (click to zoom)

Yes there is, I will post it after your edit time has expired. Physical proof, as you seem happy to ignore so many fact checks.

Yes. Proven by physics. To blow something up, a bullet must dump a lot of energy into it by slowing down. A small piece of soft tissue can't slow it down enough. Anyway, moot point. Fact-checking the shattering teleprompter conspiracy theory at Trump rally Fact Check: Hit with A Bullet: Glass from Teleprompter Did Not Injure Trump If you don't trust fact checkers: There was no shattered teleprompter. Teleprompters were far forward of the microphone and out of the shooter's line of site, and the bullet was photographed passing directly behind Trump's head as he turned right. [LINK]