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https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/politics/chinese-nuclear-powered-submarine-sank/index.html

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ship-russia-maltese-explosives-fertiliser-kent-margate-english-channel/ They say anchored. Whole thing is weird. It’s got he Brits jumpy.

So there’s weird shit about a Russian ship off the coast of England full of ammonium nitrate, adrift according to some, possibly near some oil and gas infrastructure. It was turned away from ports in other countries. Wonder if Putin is trying to send a message.

You really should watch Forgotten Weapons.

I love his channel and have posted it before, and holy shit there’s a reasons some of those are forgotten. @Armybrat has probably seen some of that stuff.

At the least, they are making Republicans spend money that they don't have on seats that should have been safe.

I feel like he's the kind of guy that Trump would pardon.

I've been watching American Revolution stuff - I love her chest accent and demeanor And I always watch every Time Team episode and video - this is their monthly news video, but each project is 2-3 hours or more over multiple videos

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-presidential-contest-arizona-september-2024/ Trump +1 Point Against Harris in Arizona https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-presidential-contest-georgia-september-2024/ Trump +1 Against Harris in Georgia https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-presidential-contest-north-carolina-september-2024/ Harris & Trump Tied in North Carolina

I'm really enjoying that the Party of Reagan has turned into the Party of Supporting the former Communist KGB agent-turned-Russian Dictator in their war against a Democracy. I love pointing out that to MAGA relatives, because most of them don't have a response.

It's up there for us - I'd prefer New England, but I also have a few dozen former co-workers that I've stayed in touch with, who are in the Raleigh area (Research Triangle) and they pass long job offers every now and then. Not taking any right now because my wife's retirement is tied to Texas unfortunately, but maybe in a few years the right offer will hit to make it worth our while.

Hey guyz, the war is forever! (that guy gets it - this was isn't going to end in a tidy little victory for Russia). And the result has to be complete Russian control over Ukraine. Maybe they need to liberate Kursk first. And some of those guys pour a pitcher of cold water over the guy's ideas about dividing and controlling Ukraine. I'm surprised they aren't taking a long walk out of high-rise window.

I enjoyed seeing him die inside when she called him bald. It was a punch to the gut. And if she had touched him, that might have been the first touch of a woman that he's felt in years.

Yep, bitched about rich people and authoritarians and I guess gazing into that abyss too long turned him into the monster. Lesson learned - don't be a Roger, be a Dave, Nick, or Rick.

So Leon is pushing a lot more shit into a lot more peoples' feeds (and they are bitching that blocking him does nothing). I see it on the account I only use to read Ukrainian stuff - I keep getting notifications for bullshit that Leon wants promoted, even though I don't go near any of those peoples' feeds, or even follow stuff in their area of interest.

Just look at what's happening in Russia with experienced Russian troops being lost early on - the amount of institutional knowledge that's been lost in the Russian Army is staggering, and we know the people coming into the Russian Army, whether conscripted or mobilized, have very little training these days (just look at how trashy their trenches are), and I can only imagine what things like vehicle maintenance are like. Those Hamas and Hezbollah leaders being killed - those are the guys who know where the money comes from, where it needs to go, what is being stored where, who can be trusted, etc. Their replacements are going to come in, not knowing who they can trust and who might be an informant, and they aren't going to be comfortable moving around the various areas, tunnels/underground complexes, etc. They'll stand out.

So our pack is doing much better than expected in the younger dens. It's going to be a good year, but it seems like a lot of Packs are struggling with their Webelos II/Arrow of Light numbers - that seems to be the group hit hardest by the COVID year. Anyways, I get an email from the Scout Shop showing off some new hoodies. The Eagle Scout hoodie has a nice olive color, but I was not an Eagle Scout, so I pass. https://www.scoutshop.org/scouting-america-eagle-scout-hoodie-olive-adult-s-2xl.html Look at the non-Eagle Scout Hoodie and I'm like "I might get that for me or my son or both of us" in olive. Go to the link. https://www.scoutshop.org/scouting-america-hoodie-maroon-adult-s-2xl.html Maroon-only?

I don't think we should be as involved as we are - I agree with Brian Fantana - we can still be their allies and have their backs if somebody tries to sucker-punch them, but we need to rethink our relationship because it comes across as us giving Israel a blank check to do whatever they want (not economically, but morally/ethically). To take the USA as an example, we have a lot of allies, but when we decided to go into Iraq in 2003, we had plenty who were like "you know what, we will help in Afghanistan, but fuck that, if you want to do Iraq, that's all on you buddy." And I doubt I agree with @Loch Ness Monster all that often, but here we are dumping weapons and aid on Israel, meanwhile they do in fact have universal healthcare and free/cheap college for everybody. They don't really need our help as much as we think they do, and I won't go into why we give them so much help because that's CR, but that's something we need to rethink in the future, because as I said, it comes across as us giving them our full support (and legitimacy as a result) for whatever they want to do.

It may not bring about peace, but it'll sure put a damper on anything massively happening, particularly if they not only wipe out Hamas, but cripple Hezbollah and/or hit at Iran. If you can isolate Hezbollah/Southern Lebanon, that would go a long way towards a "peace" of sorts and Israel has clearly been plotting over the last 10-11 months to take out the leadership at all levels.

Holy shit, that's why Shoal Creek was flowing so heavily below 45th Street.

I think it's a fear of Russia collapsing and the nukes heading out of Russia proper. That's what probably worries a lot of officials. We got really lucky when the Soviet Union collapsed - there were enough powerful politicians and the Politburo/Communist Party of the Soviet Union/Supreme Soviet (or their remnants) to keep a lid on things and get things from Point A (the Soviet Union) to Point B (Russia and the former Soviet republics). You had Gorbachev bridging that gap into 1991. Putin has removed anybody who could challenge him for leadership, which means that when he's out of power, there's nobody waiting in the wings to take over. There's no line of succession, there's no formal body that has the kind of power that the Politburo/Supreme Soviet had in 1990-1991 as the Soviet Union dissolved (and arguably that's why Putin is doing what he's doing - there is no Politburo/Supreme Soviet to keep him in check). When Putin's regime collapses, it's going to happen gradually and then suddenly, to borrow from Hemingway. I don't know if there is somebody we haven't heard of that can jump into the spotlight and keep the country together (arguably Putin had the one guy who could do it, killed in prison), but I believe that a whole bunch of lower-level types are going to go into a feeding frenzy and grab anything and everything they can on a more localized level and either sell it off, or use it as leverage for power in whatever happens with Russia after Putin is dead. Would Putin have all of the nukes in one location, guarded by his best people? That's a shitload of nukes (unless many were just on paper), and Putin is paranoid and seems like the type not to want everything in one basket. Even if it would be easier to watch over/secure, it also creates a situation where one general might be able to pull something off.

At the same time, Trump is wiling to drop sanctions, which can't please Netanyahu

I'll fight @Brisketexan or anybody else for Nicole Wallace