"Only people left on here are retards"
Oh, the irony...
"some of us, at least, can easily sense temperature to within 1F."
PS.
You may be a good network network security professional, but if you speak the way you write, I think I know the cause of your problems
"Even the Russian authorities know than a Tor exit-node operator has no control over what is done over it."
On the contrary, everything I've learned about Russia seems to point at them being even more clueless than the rest. Mostly because all they need to know is who the lucky one is to get the government's attention, and they all know that they won't be punished for oppressing people too much, but they will get punished for oppressing them not enough when their superiors need an excuse to thumb them in.
"Oh the irony lol"
Oh, the irony... LOL.
"Some" - as in a couple of thousands or hundreds of thousands? Alternatively, 5-10% or 75-80% of the workers?
"does the word 'union' ring any alarm bells?"
The tech workers have a union now? I don't think those visas were for machinists or forklift drivers.
So, you just came here to fart around and annoy people
Let me guess. You've never been to Berlin or Leipzig, have you?
I'm not German or a German apologist, but that's stupid on so many levels...
"people tend to be healthy and live long in certain areas - without even trying - and the main difference seems to be the diet. "
It may seem so, but it isn't the diet. It's the way of life - close-knit families and communities, less stress, moderate economic development, more time outside and more physical activity, diverse cuisine (incl. seafood) and almost no heavily processed or very sweet foods, cleaner environment and good healthcare...
Most centenarians don't live in big cities. They mostly live in (semi)-rural areas in (moderately)-developed countries (also moderate climate).
"Russians now produce 4++ generation fighter jets at the rate of 200 pieces a year"
Source?
"letting Russia take over as the world's policeman"
Don't be ridiculous. Russia has no funds/resources to be the world's policeman. Their "carrier" barely managed to get to Syria a week (?) ago. One of its aircraft fell into the ocean this week
I'm pretty sure all their military campaigns of the last couple of decades were mainly aimed at livetraining their personnel while getting rid of the obsolete ammo. Their nukes and the "crazy Ivans" image they're diligently cultivating are the only things that are keeping that country whole. I'm also pretty sure they're aware that won't stop the Chinese from colonizing Siberia peacefully and assimilating its minuscule population.
Don't panic.