MSBoxer
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On 4/15/2024 at 1:14 PM, danfrodo said:
We'll take all the help we can get in pressuring this pile of filth to do the right thing. Hopefully this becomes a cause celeb amongst evangelicals.
I was snapped at by a senator for referring to him as a member of congress, "I am not a congressman, I am a senator and expect you to refer to me as such". I asked, "Is the senate not part of the congress?", he told me that representatives were in the congress, senators were not. I lost faith in many of our elected officials that day.
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20 hours ago, Vet 0369 said:
Merrimack was a U.S. Navy ship that was burned by the Confederacy at the start of the war
Not to nitpick, but the Union burned the Merrimack to keep it from falling into the hands of the confederacy.
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3 hours ago, FancyCat said:
One thing that needs reinforcing, the west does not have nearly enough equipment to match it's financial potentials. Takes time to rebuild but the production lines need to cut their teeth via supplying Ukraine.
Sounds a lot like something the evil orange man said years ago. You can argue about his motivation, but not the accuracy of the statement.
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Could someone please explain to me how recruiting in the UK and US relates to the current conflict in Ukraine?
I think we have spent enough time on this. Now if someone did a study on how hamster behavior was affecting recruiting in Russia and Ukraine, I would be all for it, but this discussion is simply a distraction bordering on ideological/political sniping. -
10 minutes ago, dan/california said:
you will be invisible to Ukrainian drones, we promise!
Please tell me I am not the only one that thought Snuffleupagus joined the dark side!
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12 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
And let's not get started on 'strict interpretation' of founding fathers intent. The founding fathers intent is that Justice Thomas is a slave and Justice Comey-Barret is chattel. So if they want to play the intent game, they are saying they want to be enslaved and rightless.
Not to get technical, but amendments to the constitution were passed, according to a process laid down by the constitution to end slavery and give women the right to vote.
So, the outcome various compromises may have been their "intent" as stated, they also intended the constitution to be modified via a process they laid down.
Not sure women as chattel was ever mentioned in the constitution. It may have been common practice, but it was not a status proffered by the constitution.
Just a little constitutional nerdery.
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1 hour ago, Ultradave said:
Meanwhile the budget clock is ticking, and no Ukraine aid bill until there is a Speaker (for those not in the US, no business can be conducted until a Speaker is elected).
I am not sure that is true, the speaker pro tempor takes over immediately upon the speaker vacating the position to ensure that normal operations of the house continue.
You may be thinking of what happens when there is a change in power and the new house cannot conduct business until a speaker is elected. For the last few decades a vacancy during a term is handled through the speaker pro tempor. -
48 minutes ago, The_Capt said:
I think game developers need to really look hard at drone vs drone actions.
I am envisioning a game like CM where anything out of LOS is blurred except a radius around drones you control. This would allow you to plot movement or call-in strikes based upon the limited view you have from the drones. Of course, you could also layer in occasional updates from satellite or other overhead sources.
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3 hours ago, cesmonkey said:
After reading the article I note that the headline could be re-written as
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Just now, Battlefront.com said:
Ah, the Great Flush of '01. Legendary catastrophe, that was.
Don't worry, your chosen avatar more than makes up for your low post count. Every time I see it I think "aaaaaaawe!"
Steve
Catastrophe, I thought it was more of a cleansing of biblical proportions, only there was no ark. We were a messy bunch
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Ok, as a long-time member of this board I have an amazingly small post count, of course I was a victim of the great general forum flush many years ago, but my count is still paltry compared to others of my longevity.
Why? I very seldom post my opinion unless I have taken the time to do the research to back it up, I learned from painful experience that if I don't take the time, I will get my a$$ handed to me by those who do. So now if it is important to me I will do my research and share it along with my post. Simply screaming that the sky is actually bluish purple over and over will not convince anyone. Now if I provide some reasoning or at least a link to support my opinion I know that I have at least attempted to provide the bare minimum out of respect to others on this board.
If they come back with a counter argument, I am willing to listen, debate and often be proven wrong. That is how discussions work in a civil environment, and how we all grow.
By the way, "Technically, the short wavelengths that scatter across the sky correspond to the colours blue and violet, making the real colour of the sky a bluish purple."
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4 minutes ago, TheVulture said:
As soon as Prigozhin was killed, anyone who wants to see some Wagner reaction will start looking at every bit of news available, and interpret it in the light of their hopes.
While I would love to see this, I just don't think anything will come of it. For the most part these guys are mercenaries not "true believers" and unless someone steps up to arm and pay them, I doubt much will come of this.
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17 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Valve covers, oil pans, fuel tanks, batteries, and a lot of other bits really don't appreciate small holes being punched in them
It doesn't matter how good the engine is if the tires are shredded.
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27 minutes ago, hcrof said:
Stupid question, but which Urozhaine are we talking about? Near tokmak?
It looks like it, east/southeast of Tokmak. Of course, I could be wrong.
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When I lived in Germany in the late 80s I had a friend who gave me a hard time because I only knew two languages. Which was not quite true, I knew English, German and could pass with Swedish.
He kept telling me how linguistically isolated Americans were when he grew up speaking 3 languages. German, Dutch and French.
I pointed out that since he was from Frankfurt, he was within 2 hours of Belgium and France. Whereas I could drive 6 hours and still be in the same state. I argued that proximity makes a difference.
To this day we disagree in multiple languages.
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10 minutes ago, Twisk said:
2. This whole argument started because someone was talking about a NATO naval attack. This is fan fiction.
What about an intervention by our new space lobster overlords? Are we still good on that?
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20 minutes ago, kevinkin said:
But how about mining the approaches to St. Petersburg as a bargaining chip in the interim?
Mining the approaches to a Russian city would be a step to far and St Petersburg would be a poor choice. If one were to go this route, which I would not, I would choose to hinder access to Kaliningrad in the Baltic. Easier access and it is surrounded by NATO(or soon to be NATO) countries.
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Just now, chrisl said:
Or the explosion warped the deck from below so the light scatters off it differently compared to the other unwrapped part.
Need more closer up pics without watermarks all over.
Good thinking. Definitely a possiblity.
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12 minutes ago, TheVulture said:
There was presumably at least one vehicle near the explosion: a married couple were killed and their daughter injured IIRC. So it is possible that there was a burning vehicle at the explosion site which could be responsible for the blackening on the road sections.
But that's just a wild *** guess with no actual evidence.
That would make sense for one span, but I don't think it would be so uniform on both spans.
I also note that it is fairly consistent on both sides of the support columns. I am no expert, but I am curious. -
2 minutes ago, The_MonkeyKing said:
Not "pointless" when you compare the aftermath of the latest strike. No matter the placing, it is going to take multiple tons of explosives to get those results.
It would be a different story if there were just pillars blowing up ext
I find the scorching on the surface to be interesting. Considering the speculation that the detonation was below the bridge, in my mind we have two options.
1 - the fireball wrapped around and back over the bridge to scorch the surface. Seems implausible to me as energy tends to travel in straight lines. The heat would blast out the sides then up with some minor wrap around, but not over the width of the span so uniformly.
2 - The blast was of such intensity that its heat discolored the surface from below implying extremely high temperature. If this is the case, I would question the strength of the rebar within the pre-stressed concrete spans and the supporting column.
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33 minutes ago, acrashb said:
They used one word, "ideal". When a native English speaker says conditions are "probably not ideal" (a more full quote), what they mean is conditions are awful, but are saying it more politely (more circumspectfully)
Typically when I say or hear "not ideal" the intent is that it could be better, but it could also be worse. I don't think of it as awful. Perhaps I am an outlier in this case.
Now when a politician uses it, they could mean almost anything
Could be better
It is awful
I disagree with the plan
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38 minutes ago, Jr Buck Private said:
As far as ATACMS. Is it correct to assume that the Russians have enough air defenses around the Kerch bridge to stop them from getting through? I was hoping that bridge would soon be toast.
I would think a coordinated ATACMS/Storm Shadow attack would seriously tax any air defense with radically different attack profiles and increase likelihood of success.
Similar to the US at Midway, although it was unplanned. Get the defenders to focus on one attack vector and hit them from another. In this case I would reverse and get the eyes up with ATACMS then hit them low with shadows.
It would be expensive, but soooo worth it.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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It is comments like this, which pull in politics for no related reason without fear of retribution that lead some of our members to believe that there are different rules depending on which side of the aisle you sit.
I am not a fan of any of the candidates we have, but I have to wonder if the results would be the same if the post referenced Biden's supposed dementia?