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The most logical explanation would be that she had acquired them off the black market for some sort of display. "This is what an abortion looks like at 8 weeks. Disgusting isn't it. Murder is disgusting. Therefore abortion is murder." You know, that kind of logic. But...homicide detectives? Um...I got nothing.

Jesus, I don’t really remember who this dipshit is, but I kind of want to neg him just for the fuck of it. (Shaggy does not bring out the best in me sometimes.)

I worked with a guy whose previous job was working on tomahawk missiles. He said it was a good day for him when he found out the version he was working on would not be a nuke vehicle.

Not a dumb question at all. My uneducated guess is that it is a question of size and compactness. If you hit a tank with an armor piercing ordinance, let's say you get a 1" hole in the armor and 20 cubic foot fire ball/shrapnel on the backside. The tank is pretty much crew space, engine, fuel and ammo. Chances are pretty good you will hit something that will take the tank out of the battle. If you hit a ship with the same ordinance, with the same hole and fireball, it's more likely you will take out space. Maybe a couple of sailors. Maybe some important system. But if you don't hit fuel or ammo, that ship is still in the battle. Even if you hit it below the water line, they will close off the segmented hatch and patch it later. If you've ever watched footage of WW2 naval battles, those ships can take a ton of damage and stay in the fight. Until, suddenly, a lucky hit gets the fuel or ammo, and then it's over. Which is why fuel and ammo are heavily armored.

Are there drone torpedoes? I would imagine the technology wouldn’t be that difficult, but there would be little incentive for the major powers to develop. Not useful for counter-insurgency or head to head shooting war. It’d be a pretty niche application, that happens to apply now.

All time for me is probably Little Big Man, watching his family murdered from across the river. Opening to UP is close. Most recently, C.O.D.A. Really, a pretty upbeat and funny movie, but some scenes got me.

“Why are we still talking about Trump? He’s not the President anymore. This is all just a distraction from Biden raising gas prices.”

So, it wasn't through elections and it wasn't invasion. How, specifically, do you think Biden's comments should be interpreted? Let's stop playing faux-outrage bingo and why don't you use your fucking words and tell us why this was a "pretty big deal." You know, maybe you can compare and contrast how serious we should take this when compared to supplying munitions that are killing Russian soldiers daily. Or maybe compare it to leading global sanctions which will crash Russia's economy in an attempt to weaken Putin's control. We are in the middle of a fucking proxy war with Russia and Russia is shelling civilians, so please tell me why this is supposed to be headline news. Be specific, and be sure to clutch those pearl tightly.

And you think anyone interpreted Biden's comment as a prelude to the invasion of a nuclear power? Really? It's a controversy for anyone desperate for a controversy.

The “damage” here is predicated on the idea that the US is negotiating with Russia to end this war. We aren’t. Turkey is hosting two party talks. We don’t have a seat at the table, and I don’t think we want one. Russia has to deal with Ukraine. Biden’s comments here are completely in line with referring to Putin as a war criminal. I believe the message is clear. There is nothing Putin will say or do that will reduce our current support for Ukraine. Therefore, any negotiations need to go through Zelensky. Putin isn’t going to peel our support back. Regime change obviously isn’t some official or unofficial position, but Biden’s hardline comments aren’t an accident.

The best opportunity for peace is for Russia to have its military capability reduced and for Putin to lose support in Russia. That’s the current direction. His invasion of Georgia was largely ignored in 2008, which is basically the same script of what we are seeing in Ukraine with Putin declaring support for separatist factions. Six years later, he annexed Crimea. And now he just wants to a greater portion of southern Ukraine, right? No. If Ukraine wants to deal, that’s cool. It’s their people getting killed. But fuck anyone who criticizes their resistance , or our extremely restrained support for their resistance. Ukraine surrendering a single fucking inch is not a path to peace.

Yeah, you’re a fucking troll.

They already had this vote in 1991. 92.3% of Ukraine as a whole voted for independence from Russia, with 54.2% of Crimea voting for it. Putin doesn’t get to dictate a fucking do-over through invasion 30 years later. Out of curiosity , did you already know that?

NE-1 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was convicted on 3 counts today for lying to FBI agents about illegal foreign campaign contributions. Doesn’t matter in the larger scheme, as another Republican will take his place. But it’s nice to see, considering he has a history of trying to get activists charged for things like putting googly eyes on his campaign signs. https://images.app.goo.gl/JCounswnKZQbF21F6

CNN, FoxNews, Guardian…maybe try Google. Ukrainians claim there may also been a moral victory in that the ship displayed insignia indicating it was part of the original Crimea annexation.

My stepdad was drafted for Korea. Had some options and picked artillery, figuring it’d be way back from the front lines. The first day, his commander explained what a forward observer was, and how glad he was there were so many volunteers because they just couldn’t train them fast enough to keep up with how quickly the enemy would pick them off. (My stepdad must be part magic, because he somehow transferred out of there and spent most of his stint in Japan working in a general’s office. Lucky motherfucker, literally.)

Several months after Biden’s inauguration. If Brooks is telling the truth (who the fuck knows), it really demonstrates how fucking insane Trump is.

I wish I was that confident that the US will be a meritocracy in the future.

I think you are running with the extremely sanitized party line here. The sanctions will hit the Russian public first, and hardest. It will take years for the Russian military to degrade to the point where it would matter in Ukraine. Sure, the billionaire oligarchs will lose some boats, and considerable net worth, but they aren't going to be food insecure. Their kids will be ok. Sanctions move the viability line, which means they kill the vulnerable. Not as many as bombs, but it's not all about computer chips and yachts. For fucks sake, we're not talking about North Korea here (whose draconian sanctions have been status quo for decades). The Russians are an educated people with (until recently) access to the internet. Putin is a thug and murderer, but there are plenty of protestors who survive their actions. Pussy Riot was given an unreasonable sentence for something that was reasonably a crime, but they weren't beheaded in the town square. Do you want to compare the average Russian now versus the average Ukrainian in 2013? Or, more pertinently, the average Ukrainian now? And the fact is Putin is widely supported by the public, in part because the bread lines of the 90s are seen as the alternative. He is supported because of nationalistic fervor. He is supported because of his military bravado. He rules by consent of the masses. The idea that the masses are not part of this conflict is fantasy. And, no, I haven't been protesting the millions of people our country have been killing because our country isn't currently killing millions of people. I have protested our military adventurism, our border policy, and the lack of accountability of our police. I am disappointed more don't. If there is a specific issue you want to discuss, rather than just parroting Russian propaganda, let me know.

Biden, Trump, Pence, Harris Rate them based on intelligence.

Yeah, that’s how the Romanovs consolidated their power. Silly me. Out of curiosity, what do you all think the purpose of the sanctions are?

I have no idea if the average Russian civilian is against the war. I do know is that if Russians start lining up for bread again, they’ll start paying attention and be forced to make a decision if they’re going to do something about it. Every government derives its power from the public. Their government is killing thousands of innocent people. I haven’t seen mass demonstrations or strikes. Fuck them.

Sasse will confirm, unless he was harping on some interpretation of the Constitution. He’s bulletproof in Nebraska, and his superficial tifs with Trump makes him untenable in a national contest.

As Putin gets further from any reasonable version of victory, I can definitely the goal to shift more to breaking the country rather than taking it. If nothing else, to serve as a warning to others.

Related, I think dictators miss the crucial role the free press has in Quality Assurance. Remember how the Bradley fighting vehicle? Generals and defense contractors can cover that up. But one fucking journalism major can expose the flaws and improve the military. Despots might hate that, but the alternative is the tragic joke that is the Russian military with their 20 year old MREs.