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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Hello Darkness.gif
  5. Pods

    aggy @ Miss St SECN

    35-17 Miss St with 7:03 left in 4th.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. So long as they aren't angry elves.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Yes, Jimbo is a fucking loser that has already crashed a program better than aggy into the rocks.
  12. aggy troll is obvious
  13. Any of you that have Direct TV are responsible for that ad. Call and cancel and tell them why.
  14. Fuck the fucking Yankees.
  15. Let him have HGTV too. Maybe he'll learn something about real estate.
  16. Yes, and it's even better than the regular. https://www.popeyes.com/menu/picker-d85f8c4a-2136-4dd6-8879-1147ae43e254
  17. Popeye's chicken sandwich is damn good. Blows Chick-Fil-A away.
  18. Roller coaster goes back up a little bit. Tick, Tick, Tick.
  19. Dear Oklahoma, Take a few deep breaths and you'll get through this.
  20. Also from r/NAFO, but it's real. That's Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksii Reznikov, wearing his NAFO avatar.
  21. Good catch. No clubs in any of the photos. Looks more like a conspiracy crawl set on a golf course.
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