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New analysis for Rob Lee and Michael Kofman: How the Battle for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine’s Success - Foreign Policy Research Institute WWW.FPRI.ORG As the Russian-Ukrainian War enters the winter, Ukrainians have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the course of the war. Following a strategic

ISW analysis for 23 December 2022: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Moscow has been setting conditions for a new most dangerous course of action (MDCOA)--a renewed invasion of northern Ukraine possibly aimed at Kyiv--since at least October 2022. This MDCOA could be a Russian information operation or could reflect Russian

The AIDS epidemic was largely a 1980s/early 1990s tragedy in the US.

A guaranteed 10-year contract for CoD to be released for PlayStation.

Nothing at all. Life expectancy has been steadily increasing since 1980, including 1996. The 1996 reference is pointing out that life expectancy has dropped to the level it was at in 1996, meaning that all gains since that year have been erased.

After consideration, the contrasting "Good Cop/Bad Cop" tones between the MS and ABK responses to the FTC complaint seem reflective of their respective relationships with the federal government. One company (MS) has long-standing contractual relationships with the federal government and is perennially in the hunt to enhance and expand those opportunities which could lead to a more "conservative" posture. The other company (ABK) really has no such interests and therefore can be more "aggressive" in its defense of the deal.

Updated my ranking for Glass Onion which I watched tonight. Definitely not nearly as tight a film as the first, but extremely entertaining nonetheless!

Microsoft and Activision have responded to the FTC's complaint using a "Good Cop/Bad Cop" routine. Microsoft's "Good Cop" response (37 pages) Summary: "We're the third-place console platform holder and this acquisition won't materially change that at all. We also have no presence in the fastest-growing mobile gaming market. It's not our fault that the dominant market participant hasn't accepted our generous proposals and is engaging in anti-consumer behavior, etc. etc." Activison's "Bad Cop" response (35 pages) Summary: "OLOLOLOLOLOLO - EAT SHIT AND DIE, FTC! THIS COMPLAINT IS BASELESS, IDEOLOGICALLY-DRIVEN BULLSHIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LEGAL LEG TO STAND ON IN COURT AND DEFIES ECONOMIC REALITY, YOU FUCKING DIMWITS! SUCK OUR COD-LOVING ASS!"

Nope is only on my list because it's one of the 5 or 6 movies that I watched this year I've updated my list to add "RRR" which would have a higher position if it was 30 to 45 minutes shorter.

Just sent you $100.

No, I have never complained about nor sent back the food in a restaurant.

Updated the PC Gamer posts for today's editors'/writers' "Personal Picks" and "Best RPG 2022". Today's Eurogamer editors'/writers' year-end Feature articles: Nic Bunce, Contributor: Games of 2022: The best Pokéball of 2022 was made of wood WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Games of 2022 continues with a look at some pocket monsters. Jake Green, Contributor - @Brian Games of 2022: Kirby and the Forgotten Land had the best road trip montage WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Games of 2022 continues with a look at Kirby.

Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ-parent Dow Jones, WaPo WWW.AXIOS.COM The combination of Bloomberg and Dow Jones would create an unparalleled business news behemoth.

ISW analysis for 22 December 2022: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to refuse to treat Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as an equal and sovereign counterpart, further indicating that Putin is not interested in serious negotiations with Ukraine. Putin did not react to

In no particular order: - Sgt. Rock & Easy Company - The Haunted Tank - The Unknown Soldier

ALL of the marketing emphasized the rock n' roll hack n' slash aspect of the game and ABSOLUTELY DID NOT REMOTELY REFERENCE the RTS part!

That's it!

And Tenet was a profoundly mediocre film. Hell, this is the most entertaining thing to come out of Tenet!

I don't think that I'll ever truly forgive Tim Schaffer for that particular "bait n' switch"!

There is absolutely zero chance that will be the legal standard that will be applied, nor should it be. The legal standard would be if the trailer "materially" misrepresents the content of the released film with a deliberate intent to deceive and that certainly is a higher standard than a few scenes that are in the trailer but not the released film.

Let's see how video game developers/publishers are reacting to this development:

Oh yeah - TikTok is a goner. ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The company’s internal investigation showed that workers also obtained data on a small number of other U.S. users. EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists WWW.FORBES.COM ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Exactly.

FTX founder Bankman-Fried released on $250 mln bond at U.S. court appearance WWW.REUTERS.COM Sam Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond package while he awaits trial on fraud charges related to the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.

Which only further proves how ludicrously overvalued that stock price is. Tesla's valuation is that of a technology company (which it isn't) rather than a manufacturing company (which it is).