We'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.
Jump to postIs marital rape recognized in Mississippi ?
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...
Jump to postThe EU has just passed the Digital Services Act a few days ago, that might have something to do with it : https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/22/digital ... ntent.html
Jump to postI wonder how accurate this is: https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1520142879825575937 Doesn't matter I think. Don't think they have much to send actually. The Russian army numbers are way inflated and even if they can get more men those men need equipment like tanks, APC:s, artillery and etc w...
Jump to postSo, with all that has happened since the beginning of the war, and the constant "cry wolf" use of nuclear strikes rhetoric from Russia, is it time to take the gloves off ? What if the US/NATO/a "coalition of the willing" sent troops in ? A "special operation" to rid Ukr...
Jump to postElon just recently posted By “free speech”, I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people. h...
Jump to postOn the submarine topic, we shouldn’t have gone down the French path to begin with. We should have pursued the current option in the first place. The US doesn't export submarines. The US only builds nuclear submarines (the last non nuclear one built was more than half a century ago). The two are lin...
Jump to postI haven't read everything about this case because it's a bit boring, but didn't Qatar (I'm conflating the state, the airline, and the regulator, on purpose) ground the A350 fleet because it was convenient, as between the Saudi embargo and COVID, they had no use for them ?
Jump to postI guess I should be a financial advisor, Tesla lost 100 billion in value after my remarks this morning.
Jump to postLet us suppose 1 or 2 NATO member countries were to object to Finland or Sweden joining. If I was the Defence Minister of Finland, I would still be pushing ahead with applying for membership... it is likely that any objecting countries will be coerced behind the scenes into removing their objection...
Jump to post]My housing block in Finland has two mandatory emergency shelters for the residents. Before you often heard said these shelters are just waste of money, you don't hear that anymore. The Helsinki city centre has a massive complex of shelters, used as sport facilities and storage space in normal time...
Jump to postNow Macron needs to win a majority at the legislative elections in June. In theory it should be relatively easy, but in practice, we shall see. His party, LREM, is based on him, it didn't manage to secure cities, departments or regions at local elections, so it's quite unique. He has allies that cou...
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