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atomheartbevo

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  1. I think everybody knows that nobody was waiting to write him a check for a trillion. But we are hoping that what he gets out of Tesla, he uses to prop up his other interests, leading to
  2. So Dr. Oz says obesity and dementia are related Certain obesity drugs will cost as little as $149 and Medicare will start covering them under White House deals
  3. 1960s...toss this into the mix - if not best, then runner-up.
  4. Shits going to get dicey January 1st
  5. Wait for it -- when this whole invasion finally runs out of breath and comes to an end, Russian state propaganda will tell you that nobody ever planned to attack Ukraine, that no one intended to seize Kyiv, overthrow the Ukrainian government, or annex any Ukrainian territories into the Russian constitution. They’ll swear they never meant to take Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, or Odesa. That their retreats from Chernihiv and Sumy (twice) happened only out of boredom or "peace." That nobody ever called for the destruction of Ukraine’s defense forces, the dismemberment of the country, or the installation of a Kremlin puppet regime. And, of course, they’ll say there was never any war at all.
  6. Tying into what @Schulz2.0 posted, it feels like conflicting information is leaking out, and not sure if that’s by design to mess with Russians or if there is something going on. We know the Ukrainians are smart, but we’ve also seen them hold out. Not helped that there are big delays in information. General Oleksandr Syrskyi launched a focused counterattack near Dobropillia to divert Russian attention from the brutal push on Pokrovsk, using innovative tactics to clear encircled Russian pockets. Ukrainian drone operators mounted loudspeakers on FPV drones, flying low over Russian trenches and broadcasting surrender instructions. Dozens of Russian soldiers surrendered after the broadcasts, with footage showing them following drone instructions to Ukrainian lines. A week of fighting left roads near Zatyshok littered with Russian casualties every 10-15 meters. Ukrainian forces used artillery, drones, and ambush tactics to devastate Russian positions, forcing mass surrenders when troops realized their situation was hopeless. Russian command attempted to send reinforcements from Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad to prevent a breakthrough, but autumn mud arrived at the worst possible time. Russian columns including armored vehicles became bogged down in soaked terrain. Ukrainian HIMARS strikes and FPV drones destroyed the stuck convoys. The operation achieved its objective of forcing Russian reallocation away from Pokrovsk. Syrskyi's plan aims to restore breathing room for Ukrainian defenders in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad by pressuring Russia's northern flank. https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/07/frontline-report-2025-11-06-2/
  7. @PTINS something being reported in detail for once, and not just “it blowed up real purty” https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-volgograd-oil-refinery-halts-operations-after-ukrainian-drone-attack-2025-11-06/ Ghost fleet can’t offload as much as they were, meanwhile there are tankers that can’t load oil because of a lack of infrastructure. https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/06/380m-barrels-stranded-ukraine-oil-war/
  8. Why don’t we all enroll? They won’t find it mysterious if a bunch of middle-aged dudes enroll, will they?
  9. The fall will be glorious and fast.
  10. Not just my in-laws but blood relatives, high school friends, etc.
  11. @Parliament Some of the stuff above and below is just expanding on what already happened. I think the Kostroma power plant and the drone stuff in Donetsk are the biggies. They hit the drone area with a lot of drones/missiles. That has the potential to buy them a small amount of breathing room, and it'll force Russia to move drone operations back, which gives the Ukrainians more time to detect them.
  12. According to TG channel Dosye Shpiona and supported by maps from TG channel Cyber Boroshno the yesterday's strike resulting in the huge explosion was caused by hitting the Donetsk airport, which has been turned into a drone base. The statement: In the evening of 05.11.2025, a strike was carried out on launch positions and storage facilities of Geran-2 UAVs at the Donetsk airport base. During the attack, both cruise missiles and strike drones were used. As a result of the strike: - the ammunition warehouse was completely destroyed - the fuel depot was destroyed - the UAV pre-launch preparation point was destroyed - power supply and communication units were damaged At the time of the strike, there were up to 1000 Geran-2 UAVs and more than 1500 warheads on the airfield territory. Maybe not much more, but more details at least.
  13. Lot of activity last night. Drone bases mentioned above, ammo depot, fuel depot, thermal power plant, refinery. Even if they are hitting less-defended targets, these all add up to a lot of pressure across a lot of systems - civilian heating/power/fuel, military supplies, attack capability (the drone base), economic pressure.
  14. An associate of Strelkov, the Russian fascist Maxim Kalashnikov, appears to have regained his senses, admitting that the Russians have failed in the “cause of their forefathers” and that a generation of young Ukrainians driven by revenge and a desire to reclaim what was lost will soon emerge. In essence, he laments that “We couldn’t kill them all, and now they’ll come for payback".
  15. Mass murderers could only dream of being in his position.
  16. This applies to a lot of things - my middle-schooler, we've had to work on him hard not to be a dick to various older relatives who believe the stupid shit they see on Facebook, and just kind of ease into the conversation that what they are talking about is fake, rather than "Haha that's fake how can anybody be stupid enough to believe that" (something he actually told an older relative). He's naturally cynical about a lot of stuff on the internet because of me and his mom, and because he and his friends seem to have the same shared cynicism about advertising, spam, etc. But there are definitely kids around his age who do not seem to have any critical thinking skills. Those kids are going to have their bank accounts cleaned out in the not-to-distant future.
  17. Is Mali never in trouble? Probably not as long as Al Qaeda is around.
  18. Not trying to imitate @Brisketexan and standing on the ledge, but I don't think it matters. We could improve our scores this year and they'll just move the goalposts like they've done in the past. Unfortunately, AISD is one of the crown jewels they are clearly after. Well, they want all of the largest districts, but AISD generates a lot of money, and for CR reasons, they really want to stick it to AISD. I think that this round of consolidation/boundary changes (and there will be future rounds in the next few years) should have focused on the at-risk schools who could take AISD into full state takeover. Even if their grades follow them around to other schools, we needed to at least attempt something. It fucking sucks, because I've still got a long way to go with my youngest. My oldest isn't even in high school yet, but at least we see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don't want to uproot them but given the boundary changes that affect their middle/high schools, AISD appears to be wanting to do that anyways.
  19. Or maybe keep the better performing/non-TAPS/TIPS schools open in the face of the TEA breathing down Austin's neck over low-performing schools. Look, if you hate these schools that were taken off the list, don't worry, when the state takes over, a whole fuckload of people are going to bail on AISD for private schools or neighboring districts, along with a lot of really good teachers, and there will be a lot more school closures, excuse me, conversions to charter schools. And if you think AISD is incompetent but then blindly accept their numbers about what will or will not save money and ignore how they've handle school closures in the past, then I've got a crypto scheme that will make you a lot of money - I just need you to give me $20,000 every few days in Bitcoin, and in 6 months I'll triple or quadruple it, just don't bother to ask me how.
  20. Absolutely. So he has no idea that it's already a democracy or that it's multi-faith.
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