The problem I see with that in the Ukrainian context is that people took up arms against the Russian invader based on the assurance that they would be provided with the wherewithal to successfully repel the invader from their land. America has not honoured its promise to help them so to do... as th...
Jump to postI read this fascinating piece yesterday. The title is a bit bombastic but the details are the good part. Carpenters Without Borders is apparently a thing and this group of people from around the world are called upon in cases precisely like this, though this will undoubtedly be their finest achievem...
Jump to postSeeing that YT video I agree with the first commenter..this purchase is all about the land. That house will be bulldozed and replaced by a new home that'll probably cost $2M to build a 3000-3500 sq ft home that'll be worth $5M within 3 years, if not immediately.
Jump to postCapitalism plus local government zoning regulations. This is what you get. You run out of space and you have more money chasing after fewer resources. Also, such trends are not new in San Francisco. San Francisco ran out of space 60 years ago. It's surrounded by water on three sides. I get how peop...
Jump to postHere's more information on the dead. The immigration debate will inevitably come into focus in this story. Some are bad, but most do a job no one else will. These men paid with their lives.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27 ... -collapse/
Finally a You Tube video title that wasn't clickbait. Not sure what that guy was thinking unless he was bursting for a tinkle.
Jump to postUpdate on the Sevastopol attack, two landing and logistic ships struck; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEEYCqLrJYA/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0xpL6H6_w 21:54 Ukraine clams it did but no pics/vids means it didn't happen Para que disfrute el Putinista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKmfUf...
Jump to postThis cherishing of ignorance in the name of fair and balanced empowerment is going to cause great harm to its practitioners. So long is the damage is confined to that group I'll care just a little less. The problem is when the death light starts flashing they all end up in the emergency ward blockin...
Jump to postMaybe this is why they are trying to pin it on Ukraine, when the two heads of the domestic and foreign intelligence organizations are run by Putin's goons, there for compliance not competence? These two are gonna get something special. I imagine they'll put the Novichok right inside the cigarettes ...
Jump to postSmoking in Barnaul will be extra lethal in the coming months.
Jump to postGDB wrote:"..some very uncompromising footage.."
NASA explained that this was a relativity low cost mission by design. NASA said they could fund 10 of these low cost missions for the price one major mission, like one of the ones to Mars for example. What led to the current lander having a bad landing was simple human error on this relatively low ...
Jump to postIt got to the moon and promptly went to sleep. It's a long trip.
Jump to postI don't see it haunting anyone except the family of the deceased. To the contrary, the fact that freedom was exercised in resolving a dispute should be celebrated. It makes me feel sad for all the enslaved beyond our borders. Imagine if a Real fan could shoot a Barca fan after losing a Clasico match...
Jump to postNow on to the House, where it's not clear if anyone affiliated with the majority has ever read a history book. We can only hope there are enough of them that can dig deep into their party's history and dust off the old tenets of standing up to Russian aggression in Europe. Conversely, if the new pla...
Jump to postOn January 22, 2024, the russian state Duma, or lower house, discussed a bill to seize the financial assets, including property, of russians who openly criticise the russian military and the “special military operation”, the UK Defense Intelligence reports. https://en.defence-ua.com/news/the_uk_def...
Jump to postA saying here in The Netherlands goes: trust comes on foot and leaves on horseback. For example KLM, they rightfully decided against the 737MAX-10, as they didn't trust Boeing to deliver it on time. And subsequently even decided against further 787s, opting for the more expensive Airbus products (a...
Jump to postHis days as CEO are numbered ... Why would the Boeing CEO be scalped for something potentially (likely?) caused by Spirit Aerosystems, a completely different entity? Is the Boeing CEO supposed to inspect every Max built? Every screw? Every torque? Uhh, maybe because his company recently killed 350 ...
Jump to postIf I've forgotten anything, feel free to complete me. I too am disappointed. But then unlike many other Americans, I've read more than my share of history and knows that in any long war, there is ebb and flow. The Korean war had its ups and down and ended a stale mate. The multiple Afghanistan wars...
Jump to postDamn, it looks like it only missed them by about six inches. Very lucky people. Below is a better photo of the inside of the plug (with Bob & Jennifer), though still poor resolution. It looks pretty intact, like it just slid up and out . . . Credit: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/01/po...
Jump to postIt is lack of support of the country which like to see themselves as the nr. 1 guardian of freedom and democracy. A lot of shizzle and not so much steak… Too right, from Ukraine and going as far back as WWI, the United States has done virtually nothing to earn any kind of merit badge. We might as w...
Jump to postWell, hopefully this video will put all these dumb "What was ARFF doing?" discussions to rest. The video clearly shows ARFF spraying the airplane while the evacuation was in progress. ( At 6:00 and 6:25 in the video). I'm a bit surprised at how little fire seems to be going at the 6:25 ma...
Jump to postYeah, but the Asiana injuries were horrific. Spinal injuries (most common), TBI's, sternal fractures, bowel and pelvic injuries caused by the seatbelt, smoke inhalation. Hospitals were overwhelmed with the intake and number of emergency surgeries. My take would be that the Asiana impact was more se...
Jump to postart wrote:It sounds like Ukraine has done a service being invaded by Russia. Perhaps the beneficiaries could return the service by striving their hardest to help it survive.
With regard to Taiwan, I do not think invasion is the slam-dunk people believe. Successful is likely, but not certain. However, The u s is not prepared to take casualties for Ukraine, why would they do so for Taiwan ? From Beijing, a sacrifice of the PLA Navy and much of the Air Force to sink a U S...
Jump to postSoldier could take his money and buy a Tesla Plaid for less than this Demon and accomplish several things in the process: 1. not pay any markup 2. send a giant middle finger to the rich scumbag dealer lobby we have in the US 3. drive circles around any idiot that pulls up in a Dodge Demon I'm not a ...
Jump to postThere are enough congresspeople to vote aid for Ukraine, the speaker just has to table a vote on that, he doesn't do it because the aforementioned extremists would then do to him what they've done to the previous speaker. I'm not so sure. He's seen how they've acted in the past and now knows that t...
Jump to postMost western news sources keep saying that Ukraine is winning when clearly it is not. Agreed. What news sources? A quick scan of recent issues of every major paper in the western world reveals nothing of the sort. A year ago some optimism may have been pervasive, but in the past six months all I've...
Jump to postClydenairways wrote:Seen that video before. Certainly in a hurry for what ever reason. Maybe slot/duty time or something like that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pckz1K8Ou3w Every week the Russians advance a little more. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/13/politics/what-comes-next-for-ukraine/index.html “as long as it takes.” changes to “as long as we can.” You sound very excited for Russia. It's a brave position to take 2500 ...
Jump to postI'm disappointed to read that 130 EU MPs have published an open letter addressed to the US representatives to ask them to approve the US aid package. We now have EU MPs lobbying the US congressmen. How pathetic. Why are you surprised? It's just business. Diplomats from all over the world are lobbyi...
Jump to postThey would likely need to divest assets to meet the cap ruling. Or, like you imply with your snort, they could temporarily freeze the opening of duplicate accounts (I see your snort and raise you a duplicate snort). In the meantime, CEO Palpatine is getting ready to destroy his employees with fresh ...
Jump to postThe ones that got away, here a member of the Ukrainian Special Services Unit, trapped behind enemy lines and his harrowing escape; https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/11/20/7429460/ The scale of Russian losses in their recent attacks, leaked by a Russian soldier; https://www.newsweek.com/av...
Jump to postFrom his obituary it looks like he was one of 11 children (!!). One can only hope his courage and intelligence run in the family and that DNA gets spread far and wide. It's always sad to see one of the forum dinosaurs move on.
Jump to postI find the unremitting over-optimism of many US and European news sources tiring and misinformative. For a change, here is an assessment from an Australian news source https://youtu.be/wQrrrs2rERk You may find curated news compilations here in the forum overly optimistic, but my daily reading of th...
Jump to postHealthcare is part of our Troika of Shame. That, guns and infrastructure are massive failures on a relative First World basis. Anyway, at this point we might as well provide the OP some ambulance recommendations for SF. St. Joseph's is the highest rated on Yelp at 5 stars, but only 1 review (they mu...
Jump to postThanks. This ad hit me just now in the main Civ Av forum 8:39 am US Pacific Time. https://servicefundamentals.co.in/mcafee-safe-browsing/?clkid=7044fnta4g616f62&lpkey=17c800dc3221588f27&campid=64&landid=167&tfsid=9&domain=basictrackingconcept.com&language=en-US&browser=Ch...
Jump to postI don't want to click any URLs but suffice to say that in the past 2-3 days the site seems to be under a screen take-over attack. I've been hit 6-7 times with a full screen showing a virus warning from McAfee. I have a separate virus tool that runs full-time and there's nothing showing, so this is a...
Jump to postJonesNL wrote:Rarely I have heard Max being so negative about a track…
It's a fair point though. Tourists should be careful here. A twisted ankle could run you $11,000. Eating triple-brie, buttered croissants while jogging through Paris? Worst that could happen is a quadruple bypass for 12 Euros.
Maybe skip the burritos.
PS: two places I know for sure are still around for cheap but excellent meals are La Taqueria and El Farolito on Mission St. La Taqueria is consistently ranked the best burrito in SF, a city well known for this food item, but they also do a killer corn quesadilla. You have to ask for the corn tortil...
Jump to postIt would effectively secure the land in Ukraine's hands from Russian encroachment after Ukraine joined NATO but the idea does not sound very practical to me. For example, Russia advances 100m, NATO is called in to help - but cannot fire on a Russian tank 101m away. If the current situation on the g...
Jump to postThe Parc isn't a bad spot. And the area still has some life in it. It isn't what it used to be and people rightly knock that fact. But remember that SF was never defined by its downtown financial and shopping districts alone. If you have time for city limits only then spend time seeing the main sigh...
Jump to postOne commonly accepted definition of "scary gun" is one that kills 18 people. But the important thing really is the mods the guy made. I can't wait to see what kind of customization he did to his AR-15. Out of the box the thing is purpose built to maximize human killing efficiency, but ther...
Jump to postB717fan wrote:Terminal A at LGA is completely flooded.
https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/1707773331129110540
ZaphodHarkonnen wrote:When you see that line in your contract saying you can be insta-fired for gross misconduct? This is why that line is there. O_O
I didn't see this posted. A shoe-in for the Hall of Fame of 911 calls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCk3yk_38Fc How far did he fall? 2000 feet What caused the fall? Aircraft failure Is there blood? I don't know, I can't see myself I can only imagine the brutal ribbing this poor bastard's going to...
Jump to postI remember the days when I'd be relieved I was flying the newest stuff. Now I get excited when I see the 800 or 900 designation pop up in the Alaska itinerary.
Jump to post"Quantity has its own quality". Quantity also carries along the burden of additional logistics. Russia still haven't shown that it could handle the logistics of its current force. Adding more mouths to feed does not always improve your tactical position. bt Quantity does even less good wh...
Jump to postOops . . . someone's going to get the boot: :lol: https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1696137158774411421 I can almost smell the poor bastard lighting up his last Marlboro on the front balcony. Worst yet, the 9 dash line looks mysteriously like open water. The Chairman probably has his big toe...
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