War in Ukraine

[OrangeTsar]

He’s got the table. You can clearly see the dials on the left hand side that opens the floor for his Generals to fall into a pool filled with sharks with freakin laser beams.
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Any world leader who feels the need to have that much physical separation from his own advisers has some issues to deal with. That there is someone who knows he has made some very dangerous enemies.
And as ex KGB, he knows all the ways it can be done. Hence no one allowed anywhere in the same zip code as his person basically.

 

[n_huffhines]

 

[VolStrom]

I worry he will move against us.

As others have said above, we have to hope that if Putin has truly lost it the middle management people see that and are not going to let him in a rage of suicidal glory kill every Russian there is.

Middle management.... kill every Russian there is? Are you talking about Putin or Biden?

 

[evillawyer]

I can't stop laughing. This is too good. Parody warning.

 

[tnmarktx]

I worry he will move against us.

Lol

 

[kiddiedoc]

Are those the Chechens we've heard about?

 

[Hunerwadel]

But ATBIP <=> FOABS

Same as our MOABS (Massive Ordnance Air Blast nicknamed Mother Of All Bombs). It was used to suck the oxygen out of caves and tunnels believe it or not.
How Much Did We Actually Achieve By Dropping The MOAB In Afghanistan?

 

[NorthDallas40]

Who’s guarding Zelensky? Hopefully he has an entire platoon of Ukraine’s best.

Hopefully Seal Team 6.

 

[OHvol40]

I really meant we are just generally too reliant on foreign made - especially Chinese - goods.

As far as US energy and transition, I don't see any logical plan at all - nothing. If we go to electric vehicles to save the universe, then there has to be a plan for more generation and transmission ... and it has to happen 24 hours a day which wind and sun don't do. There's no thought at all to standby generation and especially the cost of idle plants that have to be staffed and running to come to power when solar and wind fizzle out. Solar and wind generators should have to be paying real utilities for the loss of income when plants are idle because you can't run a grid on intermittent power sources. It's complete idiocy to neglect that issue, and we certainly are doing it. There's apparently this wild dream of huge battery storage ... not reasonable. Pumped storage (like Racoon Mountain) where you pump water uphill with "excess power" and then let it go back down and generate works but it's terribly inefficient. In short we've got wild eyed dreamers, a worthless Department of Energy, a bunch of lawyers running things, and no workable plan.

Absolutely we are too reliant of foreign goods, the pandemic made that plain.

Can’t disagree at all. I’ve talked to many smart people in the energy field and there really isn’t a consensus that I can gather, In general I get the sense that natural gas should be a (relatively) short-term option, nuclear being one of the best mid-term options, and a hybrid model based largely on geography (tidal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear) being the ultimate goal.

 

[n_huffhines]

Did you learn anything?

Their gripe is that she dumbed it down too much after she was asked to dumb it down.

I say, get a life and stop passing along clickbait BS.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Are those the Chechens we've heard about?

Wagner Group. Think Russian Black Water. Putin uses them for his dirty/wet work that he wants distance from the Russian flag.

 

[VolStrom]

Their gripe is that she dumbed it down too much after she was asked to dumb it down.

I say, get a life and stop passing along clickbait BS.

Or you could admit that the woman is just plain stupid.

 

[OHvol40]

Clay is dead on with this...even Democrats have to be saying “Jeezus help us if anything happens to Biden”...

Was actually excited about the prospect of a potential Pence administration. It would have been a huge milestone for the LGBTQ community.

 

[KnoxLandcruiser]

Did you learn anything?

I learned Harris is probably not fit for the office of Vice President of the United States.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

The Ukrainians were having a blast with that one earlier. Stood in front of the world and told everyone his plan.

 

[Burhead]

 

[Burhead]

Just saw a video that I won't share that showed a father and son trying to evacuate and Russian troops opening fire on the car and its not pretty.

 

[Vol423]

I learned Harris is probably not fit for the office of Vice President of the United States.

Probably?

 

[VolStrom]

Just saw a video that I won't share that showed a father and son trying to evacuate and Russian troops opening fire on the car and its not pretty.

Those actions will inspire hundreds more to kill Russian troops. It's the "what goes around, comes around" scenario.

 

[AM64]

Absolutely we are too reliant of foreign goods, the pandemic made that plain.

Can’t disagree at all. I’ve talked to many smart people in the energy field and there really isn’t a consensus that I can gather, In general I get the sense that natural gas should be a (relatively) short-term option, nuclear being one of the best mid-term options, and a hybrid model based largely on geography (tidal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear) being the ultimate goal.

Natural gas, solar, and wind are spoilers in a way. By comparison to building nuclear plants, they are quick and cheap - and flawed. They are the bright shiny things investors like to fund for relatively quick return, but they don't answer the long term need. People are also enamored by fusion and the little nuclear plants, and fusion isn't here, and the midget plant scale doesn't make a lot of sense when you consider siting, licensing, and construction issues. I'm not overly concerned by the environmental aspects of NG but in the volatile cost and the fact that fuel directly competes with NG as a direct source for heating, cooking, etc.

 

[Burhead]

 

[hog88]

Just saw a video that I won't share that showed a father and son trying to evacuate and Russian troops opening fire on the car and its not pretty.

Videos like that need to be shared. Heck they need to be blasted all over the nightly news so people can see the horror of war.

 

[Zues1]

I realize Russia is providing air support but why is Ukraine not bombing the hell out of the first 20 or so trucks in this convoy?

 

[Orange_Crush]

Their gripe is that she dumbed it down too much after she was asked to dumb it down.

I say, get a life and stop passing along clickbait BS.

She was actually asked to put it in layman's terms, which is not "dumb it down" to the point that you either sound beyond stupid, or sound like you think your audience is. "See? Ukraine is a country in Europe that's next to a larger country in Europe called Russia. The larger country invaded the smaller country. And that is wrong."

That's not layman's terms. That's preschool terms.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

Videos like that need to be shared. Heck they need to be blasted all over the nightly news so people can see the horror of war.

the problem is you don't know if its real or propaganda yet. You kind of have to be smart about what you are looking at. Look for multiple instances and their sources. sometimes, like the one im talking about, there are multiple views.