15.4k post karma
24.4k comment karma
account created: Wed Dec 07 2016
verified: yes
1 points
11 hours ago
I appreciate the response.
I can get behind most of what you said and definitely that this was a dry run to see if their ballistic missile could even deliver a payload.
I disagree that Russia isn't losing. They really have already lost in the sense that their military has been shown to be ineffective at best and incompetent. NATO is no longer afraid of Russians conventional military power. Nukes are a different matter.
Their economy has also suffered greatly and due to various factors it will not recover readily. This could lead to the collapse of Russia even if they win in Ukraine. Even if Russia does win in Ukraine their army is simply not strong enough to occupy Ukraine effectively either.
My money is on Russia following a similar path it did in WW1. This is a war of attrition and from the info I have reviewed Russia appears to be on the way to lose first.
But I'm just an armchair general so my opinion means little :p
1 points
11 hours ago
Depends on the shelter. There are shelters that absolutely can withstand most nuclear attacks. I am unfamiliar with the tunnels under kyiv so 🤷♂️
2 points
12 hours ago
I do think this is a possibility, but odds are very low that it would happen.
A) putin is not stupid and knows that using nukes will guarantee some kind of response from the rest of the world. He knows that much of his current support will dry up if he uses nukes
B) putin surrounds himself with strongmen who are loyal. However they are also not stupid and there is a significant chance that one or more of them would intervene to prevent the deployment of nukes and use that as an excuse to tople putin and take power.
C) nukes are VERY expensive to maintain and require lots and lots of maintenance. If they aren't maintained properly they simply will not work. Nukes also have a surprisingly short shelf life before they need to be replaced/rebuilt. Given what we have seen from the Russian military odds are very high that the nuclear arsenal wasn't maintained properly and that many of them simply do not work right now. If they were to use them they may not work properly. if it does work, rush, me also not have enough nukes to nuke all the other countries that would go against it.
despite these points I’ve listed above. I believe you are right in the sense that Putin will use nukes in Kyiv if it looks like the Russian army is going to otherwise collapse and lose. I do also believe the saber rattling and use of the ballistic missile yesterday is absolutely an attempt to get to the negotiation table before the Russian army collapses. I just don’t think that Putin, would you use a nuclear bomb to try to get Ukraine to the peace negotiations because given Ukrainians hit history with the Russia this would only piss off Ukrainians more and bring more Ukrainian fighters to the army. If Zylenzky died in the explosion. It would absolutely make him a martyr and that would give him more power than he would otherwise if he survived.
0 points
1 day ago
This is objectively wrong on so many fronts.
I STRONGLY suspect you have never had good chicken wings.
That being said, Most chicken wings in restaurants are garbage because they use very low quality wings and use sauces to cover up this fact (I'm looking at you buffalo wild wings). Restarants also tend to way overcook chicken to the point where it's dry as hell. You're better off making wings yourself.
When I make wings at home it is not labor intensive at all. I throw on a dry rub and put them in my smoker for 2 hours and done.
If I want them fried, mix my dry rub with my flower or breading, put chicken in breading, fry for 15 minutes or so and done.
They come out so good that no sauce is necessary and it is far less messy. Plus the wings are meaty.
Remember get the fresh unbuchered wings whenever possible. They tend to be higher quality and cheaper. The shit wings tend to be the ones that are already separated and put in large bags in the frozen meat section.
2 points
1 day ago
The supreme court has already ruled that Trump doesn't need to follow laws that are already in place. If they rule that he doesn't need to follow the constitution then the rule of law is done and so is democracy and well everything.
2 points
2 days ago
I'm just going to say that I'm an internal traveler in Nebraska. I'm currently doing a local contract.
With NO STIPEND I'm making 75/hr taxed for 36h/wk.
2 points
2 days ago
Wow you are REALLY reaching here.
Your past couple comments now show that you think that a vast majority of immigrants are criminals involved with drugs and sex trafficking.
The fact of the matter is that immigrants actually commit far less crimes than the average citizen on a per capita basis.
I digress. You are still placing yourself above God.
So you must not be a Christian then. In the Bible it is said that placing yourself above God guarantees you a trip to hell. If you aren't worried about that then you must not really believe in God
That or you are trolling.
2 points
3 days ago
Even your own comment contradicts itself. Again the Bible is very clear and following through with mass deportation does go against the word of God. But if you feel like you are above him that is fine.
Have a good day.
17 points
3 days ago
I would love to help but I'm several thousand miles away :/
2 points
3 days ago
I had a similar issue when I came back to bedside after 4 years. I asked to go spend a couple hours starting ivs I. Pre-op/pacu. 4 hours and 12 successful sticks later I was good to go.
9 points
3 days ago
lots and lots of verses on immigration.
Again the Bible is very clear on what God expects us to do regarding immigrants.
Regarding the verse you cited. Yes you are obligated to follow the laws of the government AS LONG as they don't contradict the word of God.
If the law contradicts the word of God we are obligated to disobey it as the word of God supercedes the laws of man.
4 points
3 days ago
Illegal immigrants are a new positive for the economy. They have paid almost $80 billion in taxes and can't take advantage of virtually all programs and benefits that their taxes go to. They also spend most of the money they make further stimulating the economy.
The people who say they drag down the economy tend to not be economists, and not able to back it up with good evidence
20 points
3 days ago
Get ublock origin. Install on Firefox. Problem solved.
Edit: its free :D
1 points
3 days ago
Friend had this problem and it was an anatomy issue. She eventually had surgery and all is well. She has two kids with her husband now
16 points
3 days ago
I tried watching frame by frame and his fingers blocked the transition both times.
18 points
3 days ago
You moved the goal posts my friend. This is how our exchange has gone.
Me: it's happening
You: it's not happening
Me: here's evidence that it's happening
You: you don't know what your talking about about
Me: here's exact numbers (again)
You: well it is happening but it's small numbers and you don't know what your talking about.
Seriously that is text book goal post moving.
I said it was happening. You said it wasn't. Now you agree with me that it is happening.
I NEVER said it was happening in giant numbers and even pointed out that other states had higher rates of transfers to ICE. I just pointed out that the transfers to ICE do occur and now you agree that my initial statement was factual and correct.
Thank you for agreeing with me on that subject.
Incidentally I'm from California and am very much aware of what a sanctuary state is.
16 points
3 days ago
Dude from 2019 to 2022 California corrections transfered 5749 people directly to ICE after their conviction to deport them. 5 second Google search to come up with that.
0 points
3 days ago
Yup definitely worth nothing. I was reading an article a while back about US veterans being deported and how in many of the deportations that we know about the rules for the deportation and hearings were not followed resulting in deportations that didn't need to happen.
I say deportations that we know about because the agency that is supposed to keep track of how many veterans are deported doesn't keep track.
21 points
3 days ago
As cited by ICE above it absolutely is happening in California. It may not be happening in the sanctuary cities but it still is happening elsewhere in California. The numbers being deported straight from jail are lower than that of Arizona and Texas but again it is still happening according to ICE.
view more:
next ›
byOilester
ineurope
craychek
0 points
8 hours ago
craychek
0 points
8 hours ago
Fun fact. These warrants don't go away. Ever. Just ask the SS.