Hungary or Slovakia bucking the trend may be understandable, as they are very dependent on Russian oil. But Italy? EU seems to talk the talk but doesn't walk the walk... https://www.ft.com/content/83fa3e90-e36d-463a-a4db-9ea24f22964f ISAB declined to comment. Lukoil and Rosneft Deutschland did not ...
Jump to postI am glad there are some people out there that care what the truth is. I mean heck if there wasn't there would be 3 kids from Duke College in jail for something they didn't do. Should be fun to watch this trial play out. Can you tell us what is the truth, then ? Nobody around Trump talked to Russia...
Jump to postThe chart is logarithmic so it's a bit misleading, if a country is even a bit above what is was in 2008 then it's still significant. And it's by capita so demography plays a role, as well as immigration. The question is rather, is GDP still a relevant tool, and do we really want it to grow if it mea...
Jump to postThe kind of drone matters though. A small, off the shelf style drone can fly some minutes, maybe one hour if it's one with wings. It's not loitering for dozens of hours like a global hawk or predator.
Jump to postThe Great Reset makes the most sense, but the current crop of global billionaires would stand to lose too much to sign off. Billionaires own companies, I doubt they would care much about debt being forgiven. In fact some of them (Elon anyone) also have plenty of debts, so you would make them richer...
Jump to postHasn't he already breached rules by buying a big stake in Twitter without disclosing it at the appropriate time ?
Jump to postVietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, lasted longer than the terms of the presidents that started them. There was an article/twitter thread posted here sometime ago saying Russian leaders often lose power after losing what were supposed to be quick, easy wars. About what the colonel said on TV, that must have...
Jump to postI had another one when I had come down with some food poisoning, I had to tell him to drive more smoothly or I might throw up in his car. That threat did the trick! I made it home then threw up for the rest of the afternoon… :( But no, haven’t been to Eastern Europe. ;) My mother does say that, exc...
Jump to postWell the first issue is the energy source for the desalination plant. If you burn fossil fuels, you're making things worse.
Jump to postIn the UK there is indeed a service you call, a van comes and gives you some charge. I think the first ones had generators, and newer ones have a battery.
Jump to postWe're talking about the governor that Ukraine backs, that isn't actually in Lugansk, since that is under Russian control since 2014, right ?
Jump to postAt the end of the day, Russians have only had cars for 15-20 years. I don't think that's exactly true, the USSR had cars. But not everyone had one, and it was 1 per family at most. So much less traffic than today. I was in Cuba recently (and rode in some soviet cars, to change from US ones) and it'...
Jump to postThe large, straight streets are an incentive to drive fast in themselves. Especially if you know you can bribe the cops if they stop you. In Western Europe it's common to make streets narrower, or less straight, on purpose, to slow down traffic. Then add speed bumps or other devices, and speed camer...
Jump to postNo country will join the EU as long as the decision mechanism hasn't been changed, and apparently 13 countries want to veto such a change (that has been approved by the European people through the parliament). Turkey has other problems making it an unlikely entrant, starting with the fact its entry ...
Jump to postMacron is threading a middle ground to keep Putin talking. I'm sure he expected such an answer from Ukraine.
Even if land is surrendered in practice, it won't be on a treaty.
Yeah thus not many clouds so more evaporation.
Jump to postThe problem I see with these lakes is that a lot of the water evaporates.
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Jump to postEfforts to solve this issue will be costly regardless of what is done, is there hope in bringing water from Washington state ? I see there is a wikipedia article about it, and a study : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_interstate_water_pipelines_to_California Apparently the idea is an ocean pi...
Jump to postTo the European posters who are criticizing Rand Paul and his slowing of this money, I ask. Why can't the European nations then fund this or partially fund it? I just read they are sending 500 million. Whereas the US is sending 40 Billion. If this issue is such a serious problem for Europe why can'...
Jump to postI thought we were going to talk about something else. Hasn't he suggested that he has a piercing on his privates ? Also, you say he's in the twilight of his career, well maybe, he got robbed of a title mere months ago, I wouldn't call his driving into question just yet. He said he's had the aforemen...
Jump to postIn Afghanistan the money was disappearing in the sand and there was no end in sight. So far in Ukraine we see what the money is doing (well not actual money, but stuff bought with money). I would be more worried when it's time to build back, then I would hope some kind of troika like for Greece woul...
Jump to postI guess the definition of "dual use" might expand, causing headaches.
Jump to postWe'll see what the plan is, if there is one. But losing all your coastline seems much worse to me than losing the Donbass.
Jump to postWell they don't gain much territory in the places you say they're focusing on, meanwhile they got Mariupol and Kherson where they're not focussing ? And now the Russians in Kherson are asking for annexation to Russia, so it doesn't seem logical.
Jump to postCan someone give an explanation to the contrasting situation between what happened in the east compared to what happened in the south ? Is it that the war in the east was going on since 2014, so Ukraine has better soldiers there, more infrastructure, etc. ? You would think defending the south should...
Jump to postMost EU states are militarily rather weak,especially when compared to Russia. In the EU, only France has nukes. The UK also has nukes. I'm wondering whether the UK is essentially trading its military capacity, in return for the EU taking a different approach on trade talks. Not saying this definite...
Jump to postThe only sport I watch is F1 so I will respond to something I read upthread, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg aren't play-by-play commentators. The commentator is David Croft, and they add insights (color commentary I believed it's called). The usual team is David Croft with former pilot Martin Brundl...
Jump to postOne side has many more guns than the other, to the point most terrorist attacks from Palestinians are knife attacks, or use molotov cocktails...
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1524351169166024707 Never saw this footage. Interesting that Chinese state media is showing their viewers how bad things are going for Russian forces. In a way I guess the idea is to bolster the thinking that China is on another level, but if you think a...
Jump to postDo you mean threat ? When you say the employer is too cowardly I'm guessing the superior not the actual employer.
I'd say go higher up the food chain.
Isn't one big issue that they tried to go to all organic agriculture and it went badly wrong ?
Jump to postI'm sure living in a place where there is so much heated debate about abortion has no implication for the mental state of women confronted with the situation, now or in their past.
Jump to postLet's face facts folks. This is a subject that no matter how much you try, you will not be able to change a person's mind, give up now. The November elections are going to hang on this. Whoever leaked this is in a world of trouble. Of course it's possible to change a person's mind, that's why there...
Jump to postThey can't self govern now so I don't see how that could work. Something that will matter a lot is if the protocol continues and is beneficial, and if the UK recovers economically and continues to subsidize NI. Polls are one thing but it should be quite easy for politicians in ROI to have a large ma...
Jump to postIf Russia keeps Crimea they will say that they have the EEZ rights. In such cases, I believe that the guy with the biggest navy wins. Crimea is definitely the biggest prize, but Snake Island does provide a little bit of coverage. If the war ultimately ends with Ukrainian recognition of Crimea (not ...
Jump to postI don't get how these aircraft made it, I would think the Russian navy would have dozens of radars looking up and missiles ready to protect their ships if nothing else.
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:If you look at the previous post, a significant minority do want it to be legal in all cases.
The final and official results of the election where proclaimed 3 days after the election. Today (right now) Emmanuel Macron is having the official ceremony of investiture for his 2nd term, that will start in a few days. He stayed president throughout, if there had been a change of president then th...
Jump to postIt's clearly a societal and not a scientific decision. Scientists can tell you when the heart starts beating, things like that. I'm not even sure there is an agreed opinion on what is life in general, is a virus alive ? I don't see why a court should decide either, it should be political. The US add...
Jump to postThere is no need to replace the population. With our technology and civilizational level, we could survive with 10 million people on the planet instead of 10 billion. And of course we would all have a much better life, and all other species too. The only downside would be a slower tech advancement ...
Jump to postThere is no need to replace the population. With our technology and civilizational level, we could survive with 10 million people on the planet instead of 10 billion. And of course we would all have a much better life, and all other species too. The only downside would be a slower tech advancement a...
Jump to postWe are not talking about cases where the mothers health is in question. Yes we are. The fetus is a life , is your sole concern in the opening. The mother's life has everything to do with that fetus until it is born. No, we have not been talking about that. We have been talking about the roughly 98%...
Jump to postI'm pro choice and think reversing Roe like that is doing it wrong, however I agree with the basic argument that a centuries old dusty paper doesn't cover that right : the US constitution is simply outdated. The supreme court is just making an argument for its own irrelevance. There should be a simp...
Jump to postLike others have said, if an operator is intent on wildly exceeding MTOW, my first worry would be the center of gravity. Then of course getting off the ground. Think about the videos with the vodka burners taking off in the last meters of a long runway, or that 727 barely clearing a fence.
Jump to postOf course there is an economic reason to do it for the US, the military industrial complex requires it. It provides plenty of jobs, not only making the weapons, but also all the military bases, military personnel...
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