culpritus [any]

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Cake day: October 20th, 2020
  • culpritus [any]@hexbear.nettoWorld News@lemmy.ml•US grows doubtful Ukraine counteroffensive can quickly succeed. Criticism of Kyiv’s strategy from American officials widens rift between allies at crucial time.English
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    1 year ago

    https://natoassociation.ca/why-yanukovych-was-right-to-exercise-caution-with-the-eu-ukraine-deal-part-2/

    Canadian NATO-friendly website February 9, 2014

    Ukraine was hit really hard by the 2008 economic crisis and is still struggling to recover. It has beenforecast that Ukraine will be cash-strapped in the near future and are scheduled to face approximately $ 8 billion in debt repayments next year alone. Considering all of this on the horizon, it is only sensible that Yanukovych and the Ukrainian government demand that the European Union put forward a solid plan – in the interest of its citizens- to help the soften the heavy blow that the Ukrainian economy will inevitably suffer as it is exposed to a new economic market. The EU has offered just $800 million in aid as a potential insulator against the immediate effects of joining the EU. When one considers that Ukraine thinks the immediate blow of an EU deal to its economy will be in the region of $20 billion, the EU’s proposal does not even begin to address any issues. Russia on the other hand, have offered $15 billion of economic aid to Ukraine to help mitigate any potential economic disasters in the near future. Although there are doubts as to the long term effects of the Russian offer on Ukraine’s economy, Yanukovych cannot be blamed for holding out for a better deal for his country. It is what he was elected to do. Throwing his country into a monumental deal without taking into proper consideration the immediate side effects would be amateurish.

    This is supposedly the match that light the “Revolution of Dignity” that completely ignored the western Ukrainian (ethnic Russian) populace.

  • culpritus [any]@hexbear.netOPtoStar Trek@startrek.website•waiting for the super-cut of SNW Gorn scenes and the Alien(s) scenes they referenceEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Also a Hemmer scene is also very similar to an Alien 3 scene iirc.

    e: Looks like there’s some folks noticing. https://www.geekgirlauthority.com/star-trek-strange-new-world-alien-franchise/

    This whole article is just about the first Gorn episode and has references detailed out pretty well. The conclusion is such wholesome trek though.

    Throughout the first three Alien movies, the recurring and omnipresent true antagonist is the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. This corrupt stand-in for capitalism is responsible for repeatedly placing the crews in danger. The motivation? To harness the profit potential in the difficult-to-contain xenomorphs, of course.

    This leads to plenty of self-serving behavior. This is embodied by company-programed android Ash (Ian Holm) and company man Carter Burke (Paul Reiser). In both cases, the characters are not motivated by survival. They instead serve only themselves and capitalism. Thus they often prove to be equally or more dangerous than the xenomorphs themselves.

    But in Strange New Worlds, capitalism isn’t a problem. In the post-scarcity society of the Federation, it isn’t necessary to turn on one another to solve problems. As a direct result, more members of the Enterprise away team survive than make it through any of the Alien movies.

    The tagline for Alien states, “In space, no one can hear you scream.” But that’s only true if you aren’t surrounded by members of your tight-knit, utopian community, as is true for the Enterprise crew. Ripley deserved to have people like this watching her back.