"in practice the debate about the death penalty is not about whether it’s ok to kill murderers. It’s about whether it’s ok to kill innocent people, because at least 4% of people on death row are innocent." https://www.paulgraham.com/real.html
"Ukrajinci použili kombináciu riadených striel, leteckých dronov a malých hladinových plavidiel bez posádky na potopenie alebo vážne poškodenie približne 20 veľkých vojnových lodí, čo je tretina predvojnového stavu ruskej flotily." https://dennikn.sk/3893749/ukrajina-a-husiovci-prinasaju-revoluciu-v-namornej-vojne/
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"One such legend made it significantly further than that. Mixoparthenos, a part-woman, part-snake goddess who was worshipped by Scythians on the Crimean peninsula and allegedly considered to be the mythological ancestor of the Scythian race, is the figure that appears… Read More »Recommended Read: How Russia is putting the ancient Scythians to war in Ukraine
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