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Bevo

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  1. So the US ski basin CEOs are next on the list?
  2. Were recruits and players made aware of this plan?
  3. I assume that he is looking for more playing time.
  4. FIFY - Rumor has it - it's all about the balls.
  5. Putin’s regime may be closer to a Soviet collapse than we think Russia’s resurrected military industrial complex is cannibalising the rest of its economy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard10 December 2024 3:45pm GMT Vladimir Putin’s loss of a key regional ally in Bashar al-Assad has weakened Moscow at a crucial moment Credit: VALERY SHARIFULIN/AFP Ukraine is slowly losing the three-year conflict on the battlefield. Russia is slowly losing the economic conflict at a roughly equal pace. The Kremlin’s oil export revenues are too low to sustain a high-intensity war and nobody will lend Vladimir Putin a kopeck. Russia’s overheated, military-Keynesian war economy looks much like the dysfunctional German war economy of late 1917, which had run out of skilled manpower and was holed below the waterline after three years of Allied blockade – as the logistical failures of the Ludendorff offensive would later reveal. Putin’s strategic victory in Ukraine was far from inevitable a fortnight ago and it is less inevitable now after the Assad regime collapsed like a house of cards, shattering Putin’s credibility in the Middle East and the Sahel. He could do nothing to save his sole state ally in the Arab world. “The limits of Russian military power have been revealed,” said Tim Ash, a regional expert at Bluebay Asset Management and a Chatham House fellow. Turkey is now master of the region. Turkish forces had to step in to rescue stranded Russian generals. Even if Putin succeeds in holding on to his naval base at Tartus – a big if – this concession will be on Ottoman terms and sufferance. “Putin now goes into Ukraine peace talks from a position of weakness,” said Mr Ash. When Trump won the US elections in 2016, corks of Golubitskoe Villa Romanov popped at the Kremlin. There were no illusions this time. Anton Barbashin from Riddle Russia says Donald Trump imposed 40 rounds of sanctions on Russia, belying his bonhomie with Putin before the cameras. He has since warned that Putin will not get all of the four annexed (but unconquered) oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia. The Kremlin had banked on a contested election outcome in the US, followed by months of disarray that would discredit US democracy across the world. The polite interregnum has been a cruel disappointment. Barbashin says Russia’s leaders expect Trump to issue ultimatums to both Kyiv and Moscow: if Volodymyr Zelensky balks at peace terms, the US will sever all military aid; if Putin drags his feet, the US will up the military ante and carpet-bomb the Russian economy. That economy held up well for two years but this third year has become harder. The central bank has raised interest rates to 21pc to choke off an inflation spiral. “The economy cannot exist like this for long. It’s a colossal challenge for business and banks,” said German Gref, Sberbank’s chief executive.
  6. I don't know if I would call it a false equivalence when I was simply asking a question without judgement other than questioning brisket's strong opinions. I seriously doubt insurance companies have any more difficulty hiring for open positions than any other service companies. And could I work as a claims adjuster - probably not - I could deny bad claims without issue, I could deny claims based on clinical policies, but I couldn't deny claims just because. It's kind of a moot point though because I would be miserable in any large company and have left companies for moral reasons so I would think the same thing would occur if I worked for an insurance company.
  7. Is it really any different than being a criminal defense attorney for serial killers? According to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct everyone deserves representation.
  8. Are the in-house attorneys for United Health evil and do they deserve to die for their crimes against humanity?
  9. It's going to be hard for OU to pass without any receivers.
  10. Florida State extended an offer to transfer tight end Terrance Carter. The 6-foot-2, 239-pound tight end is a sophomore who played the past two seasons at Louisiana. This past season he had 48 receptions for 689 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns. He averaged 14.4 yards per reception. He started all 13 games he appeared in this season. During the 2023 season, he appeared in 12 games, making two starts. He had 28 receptions for 255 yards and three receiving touchdowns. He also had a pair of kick returns for 25 yards. He is originally from Killeen, Texas. He played at Harker Heights High School.
  11. There are a lot of people who yearn for the Purge too. Wait that's me, kind of. I'm more team orca than team man or team octopus, though.
  12. At least they have a recruiting class coming in which is nice for them.
  13. Doesn't he play WR for USC and doesn't he prefer to play that position?
  14. Sounds like one on offense who plays in goal line formations. The other is probably a TE. But we have a few WRs who are further down on the depth chart, a few OL, a few DBs, a couple of DEs. Basically, I could see 10 additional guys who could leave to make roster room.
  15. username checks out.
  16. That is quite a story barrister, quite a story.
  17. Looks like just you and Atom and @NowThis.
  18. Sounds like some alum skipped classes at the Fuqua School
  19. Fuck, give me a break. I'm like a third cousin dude. I didn't even like him and he didn't like me. That's why I got stuck in Latakia while he was living it up in Damascus. Followed by.
  20. I didn't recognize him from the pictures y'all posted, but I am terrible at that stuff.
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