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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:34 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:34 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
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I am curious if we raised our Defcon level any during all of this?
It was upgraded to DEFCON 3 at some point in the last month.
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Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:38 am to DabosDynasty
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I’m not arguing Putin is better or worse than Maduro, but why is our policy constantly to shift from one authoritarian to another?
A better question is why is there is such a high correlation between petro-states and authoritarianism?
This post was edited on 3/6/22 at 7:39 am
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:39 am to DabosDynasty
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I’m not arguing Putin is better or worse than Maduro, but why is our policy constantly to shift from one authoritarian to another? We accept this group, disavow that group. Get in trouble, turn to the group we've disavowed for years/decades.
Maybe bc Venezuela hasnt unilaterally invaded Colombia?… is this really that hard to understand?
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:40 am to UndercoverBryologist
The best question is why we can’t source 100% of our oil in North America already.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:41 am to lowspark12
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Maybe bc Venezuela hasnt unilaterally invaded Colombia?… is this really that hard to understand?
No he just totally disarmed them, violently put down domestic protests, is starving them, and denying them external food and medical aid.
ETA: them = the Venezuelan people
This post was edited on 3/6/22 at 7:42 am
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:43 am to DabosDynasty
quote:Because it's not economically efficient as of now. There are different grades and "types" of oil out there and we run those other grades for max efficiency. If we dropped those in favor of US and Canada only you are asking refiners to cut their margins substantially.
The best question is why we can’t source 100% of our oil in North America already.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:44 am to DabosDynasty
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The best question is why we can’t source 100% of our oil in North America already.
B/c muh big oil profits can't ever be fricked with
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:45 am to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:46 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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I just looked at the still without watching the video
You’re an idiot. You’re a cancer to this board. Uneducated and lazy. You know nothing.
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Russia is winning this war on the ground by nearly every metric conceivable
Please tell us these “metrics”.
God I hope your shift at McDonald’s begins soon.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:49 am to MywifesAsst
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You’re an idiot. You’re a cancer to this board. Uneducated and lazy. You know nothing.
You have 73 posts and are already on Rummy watchs list
Alter moron
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:50 am to DabosDynasty
I’m all for domestic oil production.
I just want to know why you get authoritarianism in every major oil producer in the world from monarchical Saudi Arabia, to oligarchical Russia, to socialist Venezeula.
It’s like thuggish strongmen regimes have uncanny luck in finding oil or something.
I just want to know why you get authoritarianism in every major oil producer in the world from monarchical Saudi Arabia, to oligarchical Russia, to socialist Venezeula.
It’s like thuggish strongmen regimes have uncanny luck in finding oil or something.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:54 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Because it's not economically efficient as of now. There are different grades and "types" of oil out there and we run those other grades for max efficiency. If we dropped those in favor of US and Canada only you are asking refiners to cut their margins substantially.
While payment providers have chosen to take it on the chin and cut off billions of revenue generating transactions in Russia. We can apparently subsidize intel to build chip factories for the sake of national & economic defense but can’t deal with this? Mexican oil? Brazilian oil?
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:07 am to swervr
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Russian Air Force losses over #Ukraine in the past 26 hours:
- 1x Su-30SM multirole aircraft
- 1 Su-34 strike aircraft
- 3 Su-25 close air support aircraft (pictured)
- 2 Mi-24/35 attack helicopters
- 1 Mi-8 transport helicopter
- 1 Orlan-10 UAV
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:14 am to SteelerBravesDawg
Thats like the 10th time those stats have been posted in this thread
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:37 am to JohnnyKilroy
Yes. Not all oil is the same. US infrastructure is built around decades of foreign oil intake and is too cost prohibitive to switch over,
Nobody is saying it can’t be done, just that it can’t be done cheaply or without cost being passed on to the end consumer.
Nobody is saying it can’t be done, just that it can’t be done cheaply or without cost being passed on to the end consumer.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:37 am to FredBear
People can downvote this list all they want, but it is the truth. We just can't keep our grubby fingers out of everyone else business.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:42 am to CalcuttaTigah
Just saw that 4 SU-27 fighters from the Ukrainians were shot down. These are the first time in air to air combat that this type of craft has been shot down. Shows the difference in 40 year old tech to today in fighters. They were probably waxed by SU30's or 35's.
This aircraft was considered equal or better than F-15's in the 90's.
This aircraft was considered equal or better than F-15's in the 90's.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 8:50 am to Pfft
The F15 is currently having tons of money dumped into it by the US military.
That piece of shite SU 27 was never equal. The F15 is still a downright monster aircraft.
Also I believe the 30 or 35 is the same plane as the 27 for the Ruskies. They make great one offs and prototypes..everything else is shite. Their maintenance. Their budgets. Their training. Their pilots. The US would wax them
That piece of shite SU 27 was never equal. The F15 is still a downright monster aircraft.
Also I believe the 30 or 35 is the same plane as the 27 for the Ruskies. They make great one offs and prototypes..everything else is shite. Their maintenance. Their budgets. Their training. Their pilots. The US would wax them
This post was edited on 3/6/22 at 8:53 am
Posted on 3/6/22 at 9:02 am to FredBear
I was in Honduras in 2009. That was a military coup and the leader is and was evil. We did not do that.
Posted on 3/6/22 at 9:03 am to RLDSC FAN
Has anyone sat down to figure out the total amount of time it would take you to travel to a minimum safe distance to avoid a nuke?
I actually work in the exact center of a Top 100 United States metro area, so my arse is cooked in any case.
But supposing you lived close enough to ground zero to worry but still had a chance, what are the factors to consider?
I looked it up, and it seems that the going figure for the yield of Russian warheads would be be 100 - 170 kilotons, on par with our own warheads.
That places the fireball at 0.165 miles and diameter, and the radius of total destruction at 5 miles.
It takes an ICBM a total of 30 minutes to get to the US from Russia. So, factoring in a potential 5-10 minute margin for the warning to go out, do you live in a place where you could easily put 5 miles of distance between you and ground zero in 20 minutes? (Factoring in traffic jams from other drivers trying to do the same?)
I actually work in the exact center of a Top 100 United States metro area, so my arse is cooked in any case.
But supposing you lived close enough to ground zero to worry but still had a chance, what are the factors to consider?
I looked it up, and it seems that the going figure for the yield of Russian warheads would be be 100 - 170 kilotons, on par with our own warheads.
That places the fireball at 0.165 miles and diameter, and the radius of total destruction at 5 miles.
It takes an ICBM a total of 30 minutes to get to the US from Russia. So, factoring in a potential 5-10 minute margin for the warning to go out, do you live in a place where you could easily put 5 miles of distance between you and ground zero in 20 minutes? (Factoring in traffic jams from other drivers trying to do the same?)
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