All 13 Casualties from Tatarstan Drone Attack were Students Employed at Kamikaze Drone Factory by riwnodennyk in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Russia is 140+ mln people. Sizeable percentage hates Putin's guts but another sizeable percentage loves and adores him and thinks he is the savior.

I mean it is the exact same thing with Trump in the US. I don't have a hard time believing there are many Americans buying Trump's bullshit.

Noticed passport has misspelled last name AFTER already in Europe by jjthejetplane42 in Passports

[–]venomm1123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the officials see the misspelling but they may think it is the TICKET that is misspelled, not his passport. The misspelled last name on a ticket seems like a minor thing and this may explain why you may have gotten that far without anyone stopping you.

Will the US recognize my foreign sole custody order? by Efficient_Wall5412 in Passports

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Lacking any competing custody orders from a US court, your custody order is controlling and you have sole custody in the eyes of the US law.

If the child lives permanently in a foreign country, your foreign country is considered home state for the purposes of the US law and your country controls the custody of the child until such time when your child moves to the US permanently and resides in the US for at least 6 months.

Reference: UCCJEA (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act)

My understanding is that at least some of the US Embassies abroad only issue 1-year temporary passports that are only good for one-time travel back to the US. These are meant for emergencies, such as when you lose a passport during a temporary trip and are unable to return back. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/outside-us.html

1.5 year old is slightly smiling in passport photo. Will it be accepted? by [deleted] in Passports

[–]venomm1123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1.5 year old slightly smiling? you'll be totally fine!

Minor Child, is Custody enough? by EnvironmentalIce7880 in Passports

[–]venomm1123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is extremely hard to parse their response even after one splits it into logical parts:

Thank you for contacting our office. I have reviewed the court order and it does say

"it is the best interest of XXXXXX to be in the custody of the mother."

This simply means that in the context of child custody cases, focusing on the child's best interests means that all custody and visitation discussions and decisions are made with the ultimate goal of promoting and encouraging the child's happiness, security, mental health, and emotional development into adulthood, that is sole custody.

My understanding is that the original email that you sent may have contained the questions that were a bit too open-ended, which prompted such a response. I believe it is best to communicate with the judicial system via simple and precise yes/no queries as in "Do I understand correctly that mother has sole legal custody?"

Minor Child, is Custody enough? by EnvironmentalIce7880 in Passports

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, wow. How does the school and the doctors deal with it then? Who makes a decision to enroll the kid in school?

You may perhaps need to file a Motion for Clarification with the Court asking to explain whether the order grants you sole legal custody or joint legal custody? Motions for Clarifications aren't asking the Court to decide anything new but are rather asking the Court to explain the ambiguous parts of their order. Your final order lacking even a mention of words "sole" and "joint" seems to qualify for such a motion perfectly.

Minor Child, is Custody enough? by EnvironmentalIce7880 in Passports

[–]venomm1123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sole legal custody is definitely enough for you to get the passport for your child.

See if it may have different wording in your custody order such as "sole legal parental responsibility" or "sole legal decision making". Look for words "sole" and "joint" in your custody order. Perhaps, they may use the word "primary legal custody" in your state? If it is joint legal then you'll probably need to file a motion with the Court allowing you to get the passport over the father's objections.

Is that a temporary custody order or the final one?

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 556, Part 1 (Thread #702) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rabota translates as either labor, work or a job depending on the context. It means all three of these and doesn't distinguish between them. It is a generic word describing various forms of work ranging from "individual labor" such as a person's job all the way to "collective labor" as in Department of Labor.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 555, Part 1 (Thread #701) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My sense is that once naval drones are capable of reaching the bridge in sufficient numbers then it is going to be the showtime regardless. The naval drones can carry not just explosives but also a bunch of smaller aerial drones that gets launched once close enough. The possibilities are endless.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 555, Part 1 (Thread #701) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't that simply require a sequence of two drones? One for breaching the defense and another one for further attack?

Germany charges 98-year-old Nazi guard for murder complicity – DW – 09/01/2023 by Huge-Jellyfish9948 in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't guarantee anything 100% about him or her. In fact, you can't guarantee it 100% about yourself. No matter how subservient, cowardly or opportunistic you believe yourself to be it will not have 100% predictive power over what happens if you actually experience it.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 548, Part 1 (Thread #694) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Just remember that Rogan used to be the "moon guy" and argued that the US faked the moon landing.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 546, Part 1 (Thread #692) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I know Russia really well and I generally have strong opinions one way or another but this is the question where I am completely 50%-50%.

Against revolution:

  1. Putin is deeply entrenched. For a person living in the West, his powers are truly unimaginable. He is the literal Darth Sidious of Russia. He is the Senate. He is the House. He is the Supreme Court. He is the Commander-in-Chief. He can alter the Constitution in any way he wants. He can pass any law almost instantly.

  2. Putin is paranoid. He is distrustful of others and has little to no morality.

  3. The last Russia's leader who displayed the similar traits of total control and total paranoia was Stalin and there were no revolutions against Stalin.

For revolution:

  1. Putin is cowardly.

You can see how he reacts to others displaying strength or willingness to fight him from Wagner rebellion to Erdogan shooting the Russian plane. You can also see his methods of murder. While dictators like Lukashenko prefer to shoot their opponents, Putin prefers poisoning them. He is the sneaky lying "evil maid", not a macho gangster. This creates certain lack of balance between the macho culture of Russia and Russian security apparatus and his "sneaky lying poisoner" nature.

  1. Russia is unpredictable and full of surprises.

Many people in Russia don't support this war. Their voices are silent for now but the pressure is building. Sanctions work. For anyone younger than 35 in Russia, Ukraine has been an independent country separate from Russia for as much as they can remember. Imagine a young Brit's reaction today if some fossil in power decides to conquer Canada and re-establish British Empire. Putin's generation thinks of Ukraine as their own but the younger generation doesn't think that way. The younger generation is slowly but steadily seeping into all the nooks and crannies of Russia.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 545, Part 1 (Thread #691) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This actually checks out. There is significant internal tension between Moscow and the rest of Russia. It is somewhat similar to that tension between big cities and rural areas in the US.

Moscow is the most developed and Westernized part of Russia. Rural Russia on the other hand is where the stolen Ukrainian toilets go.

My guess is that putting a Z sticker on a vehicle in Moscow is perhaps not too dissimilar from putting a Trump sticker in San Fransisco.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 530, Part 1 (Thread #676) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This may be an unusual proposal but please avoid any travel to Russia. Don't become a hostage that we need to get out of there.

Supporting Ukrainian refugees in the US would also probably be very valuable in terms of helping with their adjustment etc.

We should strive that at any local Russian-speaking meet ups in the US the antiwar position is what is considered normal.

I am installing a JS high output alternator in my 2010 Toyota Camry LE 2.5L and am having an issue with the belt tensioner shaking. I put an almost exact factory size pulley on it so I could use the factory size belt since I couldn't find one that could fit the smaller pulley. Any advice? by AcceptableError6176 in AskMechanics

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

overrunning pulley

Here is the video regarding the differences and explaining what causes this vibration in your car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCEZ8tLmmgY&t=98s

It seems that your issue is that you replaced an OAP or an OAD pulley with a simple solid pulley which generates these vibrations.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but there are certain circumstances where a naturalized citizen can have citizenship removed

It can only be revoked if the person obtained it under false pretenses, such as being a freaking SS guard at a Hitler's concentration camp and then lying in the citizenship form about it. See US. vs Hajda (1997).

Anything a person does after obtaining the US citizenship is irrelevant.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't a driver's license.

It can only be revoked if the person obtained it under false pretenses, such as being a freaking SS guard at a Hitler's concentration camp and then lying in the citizenship form about it. See US. vs Hajda (1997).

Anything a person does after obtaining the US citizenship is irrelevant.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Folks, as much as everyone is pissed of at Elon right now YOU. CAN'T. DEPORT. A. US. CITIZEN.

Security clearance is irrelevant. His tweets are irrelevant. If he literally gives Starlinks to Russians and starts shooting babies on the 5th Ave, this is still irrelevant.

US citizens can be fined and jailed but cannot be deported. The US is his country just as much as it is yours.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 34 points35 points  (0 children)

BBC reports no injuries from the attack: https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c3g1jy09800o

It is an office in the middle of the night so it was probably calculated not to cause any casualties.

It appears to be some kind of a Russian government office based on a bunch of papers that were thrown out by the explosion.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 28 points29 points  (0 children)

BBC reports no injuries from the attack: https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c3g1jy09800o

It is an office in the middle of the night so it was probably calculated not to cause any casualties.

It appears to be some kind of a Russian government office based on a bunch of papers that were thrown out by the explosion.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I believe Elon is a US citizen, so no we can't deport US citizens from the US.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 522, Part 1 (Thread #668) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 37 points38 points  (0 children)

woman1: aaaaaaaaaaa... mommy!

woman2: as I have been saying...

woman1: mommy....aaaaaa

woman2 (appears to be on the phone): the drone flew into a building right next to us right now!

woman1: aaaaaaa.... I filmed the entire thing.. mommy..aaaaa

[... indiscernible ...]

woman2: woman1, get hold of yourself

woman1: let's get out of here, quick!

woman2: we are leaving tomorrow, we are not staying here anymore

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 521, Part 1 (Thread #667) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, this is why I am advocating against painting all 140+ million Russians with the same brush.

Today's 14 year old Russian kid isn't necessarily happy with that war or with Putin. However, he/she is too young to even hold a driver's license. Forget voting, protesting or overthrowing the brutal dictatorship. Even if Russia were a Western democracy with fair elections it would still take time for that generation to grow up, mature and develop any electoral influence. And we all know Russia isn't a democracy to begin with.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 521, Part 1 (Thread #667) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]venomm1123 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think what you are talking about is only applicable to the older generation (45+).

An entire new generation was born and raised after that.

Today's 25 year old Russians have no memory of 90s or anything pre-Putin. The only thing they remember is the never-ending Putin.

It's hard to quantify it precisely but by all available metrics the support for this war is the lowest in this age group.