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Day: April 14, 2025

Russian Iskander-M Missile Hits Ukrainian Troops in Sumy

April 14, 2025 by Ian Kummer

Today the Ministry of Defense announced a successful missile strike against Ukrainian commanders gathered in the city of Sumy. Ukraine claims it was an attack against civilians. Judge for yourself.

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What’s wrong with new TV shows?

April 14, 2025 by Maria Kondorskaya

Everything. But let me elaborate on it. The other day we started watching the Foundation series by Apple. When the opening credits started, I sighed and asked, “Oh, is it new?” Something in my intonation made Ian laugh. He said that not everything that’s new is bad. Well, so far it’s not good either. This … Read more

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Why “Solo” (and Every other Disney SW film) Is Terrible

April 14, 2025 by Ian Kummer
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Disney got into the habit of buying popular pre-existing franchises and to churn out “content.” And an easy cheap way to come up with “content” is to invent explanations for every little thing that didn’t need explaining, and is actually becomes worse when it is explained. All recent Disney entries commit this crime to some … Read more

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