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This dude's ERA is about to go up.

Elon is not an engineer. He's just an asshole. His undergrad degrees are in Physics and Economics. His "big ideas" are someone else's ideas he bought, because he was rich from South African apartheid fueled emerald mines.

I took the Starlink map and put a BBC map of occupied territory over top. The area outlined in red has been held for the Russians for much of the war and is active Starlink. It's crystal clear they aren't denying Starlink access to Russian held territory to prevent Russian hacking. That's obviously a lie. They are denying Starlink to pre-February invasion boundaries to handcuff the Ukrainians from retaking it.

The excuse of geofencing and not wanting to activate the service in Russian held areas to prevent Russians from being able to hack Starlink is a lie. Starlink is active in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, major portions of which which have been occupied by the Russians since early in the war. The service is inactive in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. That big stretch in the middle is both Russian occupied and active Starlink.

Elon refusing Ukrainian requests to activate Starlink in Crimea in effort to block them launching an offensive to retake Crimea. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blocks-starlink-in-crimea-amid-nuclear-fears-report-2022-10?utm_source=reddit.com Musk talking to Putin and blocking Ukraine from retaking their own territory is a US, and global, national security threat. This makes it far more likely the recent outages during Ukrainian offensives are not accidental, or pure geofencing issues. It's time for bipartisan hearings.

Plus, one of the Twitter generals said the Belarussian army is the worst, or second worst, in Europe. I think it was Hertling, but I can't find it on the net. He said they observed training exercises and the troops were utter garbage. I can't imagine their equipment is in top shape either. The Belarussian army will be a liability if Russia tries to rely on them for much. Think Italians in WWII, but much worse.

Fuck Orban. He is a Putin stooge and all of Hungary's actions are as pro-Putin as Orban can get away with. The EU needs to start revoking aid until Hungary decides they want a western democracy again. Hungary is the last vote on Finland and Sweden's admission to NATO. If they don't vote yes soon, NATO needs to reconsider Hungary's membership. Alternatively, if that can't be done, we should go conference realignment style, take everyone aside, from Hungary, and leave NATO to form a new defense pact. Add Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea and call it Prestige Worldwide Treaty Organization.

What Bama pass defense doing?

Saw it too. He'd be at the spot on the sidelines, then take a full step to the right before spotting it. Saw him take 2 steps to the right at least once.

For context, the 2022 Defense Dept Budget is $752.9 Billion. $16.8 Billion is 2.2% of the annual defense budget. Let's look at just some of what we got for that 2.2% of the annual defense budget. 1) Save a fledgling democracy, giving us a chance to stick up for our principles. This has united most Americans across the aisle, at a time when that has become incredibly rare. 2) Restores credibility of US intel agencies that had suffered badly since 2003. 3) Shows why NATO is critical. Until Russia invaded, the necessity of NATO was openly questioned publicly and frequently. Open Russian aggression reveals that NATO is absolutely critical to US and European stability. 4) Strengthens NATO. NATO gains Sweden and Finland and soon will be able to add Ukraine. That gives NATO 2 new bordering countries with Russia plus the ability to hinder the Russian Black Sea Fleet and completely bottle up the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet in port. 4) Destroys the bulk of the professional Russian army, along with their equipment. Also destroys the ability for Russia to replenish and rebuild that equipment, rendering Russia impotent for at least the next decade or so. 5) Shows that US equipment is utterly dominant versus Russian tech, which almost certainly also applies to Chinese tech. You want shit that works and works well? Buy USA. 6) Makes it much less likely China tries to take Taiwan by force. Even not even considering military aspects, their economy would be destroyed instantly by sanctions. All that for 2.2% of the annual defense budget, $16.8 Billion. That's one of the best returns on investment in history. Anyone criticizing the US sending aid to Ukraine does not have US strategic interests in mind.

She gives him immediate access to the seats of power for both elves and men. It would take many years of manipulation to climb the ladder and open doors that Galadriel can walk him right through.

It's infuriating. Most of the times, the QB completes a pass in the area the blitzer vacated long before the blitzer can be a factor in the pass rush. It's basically just playing D with only 10 and declaring what area of the field is open.

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35-17 Miss St with 7:03 left in 4th.

Russia had already tried doing it with a switch. They cut off NS1 August 31 and blamed it on sanctions, but didn't get the response they wanted. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/06/energy-crisis-why-has-russia-cut-off-gas-supplies-to-europe.html Europe is permanently weaning itself off Russian fossil fuels and European stockpiles are currently 87% full, so Russia wasn't going to sell much gas through that pipeline anyway. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/european-gas-swings-stockpiles-fill-090041303.html

Anyone that isn't willing to publicly condemn the Russian invasion should be sent back to participate, or sent to a detention center. Unrepentant Russians are a threat to every country they are in.

So long as they aren't angry elves.

Quick Checklist: Was it stupid? Yes. It's Russia. Was it terrorism? Yes. It's Russia. Are German stockpiles of NG full enough to survive the winter without any Russian gas? Yes. It's Russia. Is GRUHorn on here trying to spread doubt and uncertainty about whether Russia did it? Yes. It's Russia. It's Russia. The only entities that would even consider something like this are all Russian. They are the only parties to this conflict that repeatedly inflict acts of terrorism. It's absurd to think it was anyone else.

It's blatantly obvious that Russia did this. It's terrorism. Russia is the only party in this conflict that has repeatedly committed terrorist attacks. Terrorism and lies is what they do. At least 4 times that I can recall and there were others as well. GRhorn/Satoshi/Immaculate Vibes/Caponata. Now Humble Beast and he'll be back with a new one as soon as we ban this one, because the mods apparently don't give a shit. Should make you wonder why someone would spend YEARS poisoning our message board, spreading pro-Putin/anti US disinformation and lies, despite these lies, and the liar, being repeatedly rejected by the community. Our resident Putin trollbot is quite active on the topic already. Just asking questions.

Yes, Jimbo is a fucking loser that has already crashed a program better than aggy into the rocks.

aggy troll is obvious

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Fuck the fucking Yankees.