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So apparently the crew was killed, which indicates to me they had no idea they'd been painted. Shot down 30 miles beyond the lines, so the kill could have come from 80 to 100 miles out, depending on the weapon. Impressive stuff.

I would argue the defense has been more of the problem.

They should have just sent both teams to their locker rooms, called it halftime, and lectured them to think about what they've done.

It's a pretty weak class. I'm taking Travis Hunter if have the option.

Jeez, I don't know what you call that, it looked like he threw it, but backwards. All sorts of stupid in this one.

Milroe hits the 5 yard line with dart, wide open, for a safety.

More on the SU-34 shoot down More Russian safety and controls on display

Speaking of Chechnya

No clue as to credibility Link to article https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-16-fighting-falcon-ukraine-has-shot-down-russian-su-34-fullback-fighter-bomber-report

Pretty soft, to be honest. They've changed the rule to where if a player makes contact with the plant foot of the punter it's automatic. Don't like the rule, nor the call.

Good luck today all, hope ya'll have a lot of fun.

Sorry, I forgot my sarcasm font. Just to be clear, they were idiots and traitors.

I went back and reread some stuff on both Dagestan and Ingushetia and their involvement with Chechnya and yeah, there is an ugly history all the way around. Without knowing further details, and right now this is woefully unreported, it's pretty tough to say. 1. Both regions have pretty large separatist movements. My first inclination is to believe that this a move supported by the Kremlin for Kadryov to consolidate power in these regions and "get them in line". The "assassination" attempt would be the flimsy excuse needed for this. Both Dagestan and Ingushetia have suffered extreme loses in Ukraine, and there have been protests. If the Chechens come in, problem solved for Russia as a whole. If they get to purge a few politicians as an extra benefit, sauce for the goose. This would be my bet. 2. At the same time, there is history with both regions and Chechnya dating back from the Chechen War, and prior, (both fought against the Chechens) though both have large Chechen populations (pre and post refugees). So is possible that this is old bad blood spilling out? I'd say yes. 3. Are there Muscovite PMs that view Kadyrov and his regime negatively and want him gone? Absolutely. There is definitely a large segment of Russia that views Chechens as Islamic trash. 4. Putin basically installed the Kadyrov family (Ramzan's father was assassinated) and has tolerated them for years, so it seems unlikely he would want rid of him; and if he did want rid of him, it'd be done publicly and obvious. 5. Could it be a power-play entirely initiated Kadyrov who sees an opportunity expand his power? Yes. Without much in the way of detail, any of that is possible. Also, the only sources we are getting right now are far from trustworthy. Hopefully we get more attention paid to the story by journalists and get actual analysis from real experts.

Seems regional, Dagestan and Ingushetia, and an apparent assassination attempt.

The painting just captures all the glory and genius of the cause in one fell swoop. Or, conversely the pure stupidity. It's a fine line.

No, we never got that far north. As it turns out, charging over a couple miles of open field into artillery fire wasn't a great plan. But you know, YOLO!

A shocking development

Might be no schools at all, not at all a short sighted idea.

If you've ever bought a house or property, you've given a lawyer money.

A bit of gallows humor here, but initially I read it as "he came out unscathed other than losing his fiance". My initial reaction was, "maybe not a loss, depending?" Glad your friend and his family are ok.

Yeah, not great, and this is from the Ukrainians. Not sure the extent of the damage to their hold on the Kursk region, but bad enough for them to acknowledge what is going on. As much as I like to see and post nothing but the good guys winning and all that, unfortunately, that's not always the case.

Not that I am aware of. Usually an accident investigation takes a good bit of time even in the best of times, and these certainly aren't the best of times.

Man, the dumpster guy was on it quick.

It's actually really interesting stuff, I've read some on it, and while a good bit of it is over my head, basically we are fortunate. Yes, we get major solar generated geo storms, and yes, they'd be a problem. However, the particle/proton side of it isn't enough to cause any long-term significant damage. Scientists have done work on understanding this by examining ice cores in Greenland and Antarctica. In 80s there was a study done that initially indicated that particle energy and damage was detected, which has since been debunked. Conspiracy theorists, as they do, latched on to the study that indicates a coming apocalypse, while ignoring the fact that it's been debunked. The one in 1800s isn't the largest they've found and dated, the largest was about 8,000 years ago (from my memory, so maybe off a bit), and even that, while large, wouldn't have been big enough for long term damage. However, we do know this does happen in other systems, and one of the major theories because of the nature of binary star systems and gravitational wobbles (this is where we seem to be fortunate). Our system is just big enough to be as it is, and just small enough to avoid enough mass from collecting at Jupiter to form a secondary star. All of that part is theoretical but very interesting. That said, it's also not without precedent for technology to be lost to history after the destruction of a civilization, however the circumstances now make that seem unlikely. There was a civilization in Africa (I believe Ethiopia, but again, from memory) that actually had the modern equivalent of sanitary sewers and pluming about 5 thousand years ago. They used clay pipes, which we did as well prior to plastics. Historians/Archealogists aren't clear on what happened to them, but that technology was lost for a long time. So it can happen, but nowadays, it seems pretty unlikely given the amount of written information out there that something like this could happen.