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Russia doesn't have anywhere near "orders of magnitude" more fighting men. That's 100 times more at minimum. Russia's population is about four times that of Ukraine, and their demographic pyramids are similar.

Russia's actual limitations are not in the raw numbers of people, though. It's in public support. Russia doesn't have the base of domestic support that Ukraine naturally has by defending against an invader.

Russia is also absolutely not unbeatable. It has lost plenty of wars. 1st Chechen war, Afghanistan, World War One, Crimea.

What do you think isn't in line with it? This isn't an exclusive economic zone claim.

UNCLOS has rules defining where the continental shelf boundary can be considered to extend to, so it's probably wherever that line is (with carveouts for where it meets Russia and Canada's equivalent claims). This type of claim is only for the sea bed, not the water column, so it hasn't been economically viable to exploit in the past. That might be changing with the increased importance of rare earth metals

It should be noted that claim is not the same as the better-known exclusive economic zone. The continental shelf thing is only for seabed resources, not stuff in the water column. But that's all that the US is claiming, so it is indeed in line with UNCLOS

One of these claims is compatible with UNCLOS, the other absolutely is not. The US pulls plenty of international dickery, including not ratifying UNCLOS, but this claim fits within that existing international law just fine

Sometimes the ladies are just cooler, you know? I tend to just go with whatever I'm feeling on the day, and if the woman has a good voice lines or an interesting mechanic or whatever else then I guess I'm being a woman today

You don't need to invoke corruption or reshoots to explain the costs of these big-budget blockbusters though. They have thousands of people working on them, and... Yeah, hiring thousands of professionals for years of work is going to cost a fucktonne of money. It won't necessarily make a good film, but it will definitely cost a lot.

I'm not sure it even is a devotion to cheap. I think a lot of major media projects now play everything so safe specifically because they're so expensive and therefore cannot afford to fail

French cares not for your petty expectations of consistency

"Roulette" is French for "little wheel", so I suppose this is Russian roue

Well obviously, you're a couple of islands surrounded by thousands of kilometres of water, that makes you Middle Ocean

If you fuck off home and pay Ukraine for the damage you've done then we'll give it back.

Including, of course, Biden's predecessor and electoral opponent. Who apparently wants to bar Gazan refugees from entry and conduct ideological screening of immigrants to make sure they're pro-Israel

Mate come on. A person willing to protest the Russian government in Russia does not deserve your vitriol. Even if every Russian except Allero supported everything Putin did, it wouldn't make Allero guilty by association

There are extremely good reasons for the DNC to go with Biden: he has already beaten Trump once, and incumbents tend to do well

The top one is his first wife and the kids from that marriage, the bottom one is his third wife and the kids from that marriage

Greece has more tonnage under its flag than three of those. It also has four of those huge Soviet armoured hovercraft. I think we now know whose job this will have to be.

There's also the Isle of Man, but it's an unusual case in its own right

Dr Angela Collier, acollierastro, does really fun casual conversational videos on the topic that explain topics in a good approachable way. They're not going to be an efficient way to learn, but they've got a pleasant vibe

The members of the Commission are chosen by the head of each member state, but also have to be approved by the parliament. So it's kinda like a civil servant that gets vetted by elected representatives