Tantal

Time for Shady Pines.

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I always say let the market decide.

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While I generally agree, I wouldn't accept a price change between the time that I put it in my cart and the time that I checked out. If I got to the register and found that an item had increased by 15% since I selected it, I'd walk away from the whole cart and start shopping elsewhere on principle.

I don't want our people fighting in a mountainous desert, but we should be flying bombing sorties 24/7 for a month straight. Completely destroy Iran's ability to wage war or produce oil. Their entire petroleum infrastructure runs through Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. That place should be leveled on day 1.

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Who would be their soldiers?

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Germans. While Germany only has about 60% of Russia's population, in a battle of 600,000 Germans vs 1,000,000 Russians, my money would be on the Germans all day.....especially if Russia were the aggressor and had to have long-range logistical support and protect supply lines. Throughout Russian military history, their best 3 weapons have always been distance, winter, and bodies. They've never been particularly effective against a technological peer without overwhelming numbers in their favor. Just look at the Winter War. Despite Russia having a vastly superior number of troops and equipment, Finland still put 4:1 casualties on them. Sure, Russia won, but they walked away from that war with tiny little Finland with a bloody nose and severe limp.

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Why do these people think they are somehow privileged?

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Because they've never been shown otherwise.

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If we get directly involved with a war with Iran then we're doomed as a country anyway and this is all irrelevant

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If we end up in a war with Iran, which I hope we don't, it will only be naval and air power. We won't put boots on the ground there.

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What is the backstory/details here? I don’t know much about this.

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Germany is in demographic collapse and their energy costs just skyrocketed due to the Russia/Ukraine War and Nordsteam. They used to be the most powerful economy in Europe, but aging and natural gas costs are gutting their industrial capacity. The question now is whether Germany goes quietly or lashes out again.

I think we're watching the unraveling of Newsome's Presidential campaign in real time. He just doesn't understand that the rest of the U.S. isn't California.

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Well 40,000 plus people die in auto accidents every year even with advanced safety features...

more than double that are murdered with a firearm...

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Only 47,000 people died of gun-related injuries in 2023, 60% of which were suicides. They weren't murdered. Try again.

I think whiteness is at the end of our evolution. We're the only race on the planet that, collectively, has lost the will to protect itself.