YesI don't know the answer to this but are world grain markets that tight?
Ukraine provides most of the grains for those countries, including Russia.
US and Brazil ain't gonna make up the difference.
YesI don't know the answer to this but are world grain markets that tight?
Oh, but Joni Ernst said the US/NATO isn't doing enough. She got her talking points from Fox. Just proves what a stupid, useless trip those politicians made last week.This morning MSNBC was scrolling, that WSJ reported, the US was supplying Ukraine with the vaunted Russian S400 SAM System which we had purchased from another country. (Turkey?) Hope they can get them in there safely.
Just pretend they’re Arabs, or Africans, or Asians of one stripe or another.The West & NATO cannot simply stand by and look upon how Ukrainians are being slaughtered by the thousands.
Information clampdown in Russia is getting desperate. Now we're jailing the oppositions legal teams, too...
"The weapons are familiar to Ukraine’s military, which inherited this type of equipment following the breakup of the Soviet Union."Why are we giving them crappy hand-me-downs and not the good stuff?
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine
The Pentagon over the years has acquired Soviet equipment as part of a clandestine program, and now such weapons are going to Ukraine.www.wsj.com
Poor people in Africa and Asian will suffer food scarcity, the West will suffer higher prices.I don't know the answer to this but are world grain markets that tight? Can we just ramp up production here in the United States and cover Ukraine's lost production? And this is not minimizing nuclear war or specific to nuclear, but thinking about Ukraine's certain lost production regardless of how the war ends.
Some farmers in southwestern Kansas, the top U.S. wheat producing state, have not received much measurable rain or snow since October. Winter wheat is planted in autumn, lays dormant in winter and begins sending up green shoots in spring. Proper soil moisture is critical at this stage for the crop to thrive.
More than half of Kansas was classified as under severe drought or worse as of March 8, the driest conditions since 2018, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. Severe drought is also covering three-quarters of Oklahoma and more than two-thirds of Texas, both of which also are large wheat producers.
And forecasters are telling us that “abnormally dry” conditions will likely continue across much of the nation for the foreseeable future…The coming weeks will be critical for the southern Plains wheat crop, said Lucas Haag, extension agronomist at Kansas State University. Many farmers apply fertilizer to maximize crop potential, but moisture is needed to carry nutrients to plant roots, he said.
Wheat plants damaged by the December wind storm that brought “Dust Bowl” conditions to Kansas face additional drought problems because plants have been weakened either by the sand-blast effect of blowing dust and dirt or by soil nutrient loss from the 100 mph (161 kph) winds.
Abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions are expected to persist across 60% of the continental U.S. as spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins. Forecasters expect little to no rain for certain parts of the western U.S. through June.
From April to June, above-average temperatures are expected from Southwest to the East Coast and north through the Midwest, according to a new outlook published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA’s map shows a greater than 50% chance of drought persistence for nearly 60% of the continental U.S.
Looks like this could be old stuff captured and studied. And it says we are not sending them our captured S300 systems.This morning MSNBC was scrolling, that WSJ reported, the US was supplying Ukraine with the vaunted Russian S400 SAM System which we had purchased from another country. (Turkey?) Hope they can get them in there safely.
True, and certainly the US/Brazil can't do it in the short term.Yes
Ukraine provides most of the grains for those countries, including Russia.
US and Brazil ain't gonna make up the difference.
Because they already know how to operate that systemWhy are we giving them crappy hand-me-downs and not the good stuff?
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine
The Pentagon over the years has acquired Soviet equipment as part of a clandestine program, and now such weapons are going to Ukraine.www.wsj.com
You could put the POWs up in theaters, hospitals and schools in Mariupol and other cities. Surely they'd be safe there, right?
Store the POWs in Mariupol.You could put the POWs up in theaters, hospitals and schools in Mariupol and other cities. Surely they'd be safe there, right?
Or a teenager with a PlayStation."American-made weapons such as the Patriot air defense system are in short supply and require American military personnel or months of U.S. training to operate."
France couldn't even stick with the plan for a month. Maybe they will make white flags in that factory too.
Serious question. How old are the Russian planes, and how old is their comms gear and tactics?That system is about 25 years old....
That's the fear for me. There seems to be a clear divide between very authoritarian, hawkish, old timers who are close to Putin and who really want war to reclaim the USSR regardless of how many people have to die to do it.
Renault is well known for building shitty CVT transmission for Nissans. Not sure if they still do.
Yeah, that's what I also think Joe. Like I've said 20 times so far. I've also made it clear that it's what I think, not know. Seems to be a pretty big distinction.Which is why they ain't gonna go there.
Russia starves w/o Ukrainian grain. Turn that into a nuclear wasteland and Putin, along with all his oligarchs, are toast.
I have to think what a NATO response would look like is on the docket for things to talk about at the meetings in Poland when Biden goes.This
Folks are pretty cavalier about the possibility of a direct military confrontation with Russia spiraling out of control.
Depends....they're flying new aircraft and legacy aircraft. They've pretty much shown their tactics suck....should have had complete air superiority a couple days in.Serious question. How old are the Russian planes, and how old is their comms gear and tactics?
They’re not trained to use a lot of NATO stuff. Quicker to get them things they know how to use widely.Why are we giving them crappy hand-me-downs and not the good stuff?
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine
The Pentagon over the years has acquired Soviet equipment as part of a clandestine program, and now such weapons are going to Ukraine.www.wsj.com
If we stopped the ethanol boondoggle we could meet the grain deficit.Yes
Ukraine provides most of the grains for those countries, including Russia.
US and Brazil ain't gonna make up the difference.
Putin knows things don't end well for deposed dictators.....he doesn't want to end up being hung from a light pole.Yeah, that's what I also think Joe. Like I've said 20 times so far. I've also made it clear that it's what I think, not know. Seems to be a pretty big distinction.
Didn't you just post this a page ago? Am I reading this wrong or....????
He doesn't want to be hanged but he is OK being obliterated by nukes?Putin knows things don't end well for deposed dictators.....he doesn't want to end up being hung from a light pole.
With the way things are going...there really isn't an "off ramp" for him. I can see him going scorched earth...
The end result is same, but being hung in a public manner would be ultimate embarrassment for egomaniac. I would guess if he goes down, he wants to take as many with himHe doesn't want to be hanged but he is OK being obliterated by nukes?
How does this make sense?
Either he is a suicidal maniac or not.
Very likely he could make it through a nuclear exchange, just like many of our higher level military and politicians. You don't think they have something similar to our Cheyenne Mountain in the Urals?He doesn't want to be hanged but he is OK being obliterated by nukes?
How does this make sense?
Either he is a suicidal maniac or not.
With nukes, nobody will be left to laugh at him. It's not about dying, it's about being mocked. Remember, Trump idolizes this guy. He's the same mentality. Appearance is the most important thing. That's why he poses for homoerotic photos bare chested on a horse or fake hockey games where the national team lets him score 8 goals. And he probably convinces himself that's a legit thing, like he really did that and they were playing their hardest. Just like Trump convinces himself he wins golf tournaments.He doesn't want to be hanged but he is OK being obliterated by nukes?
How does this make sense?
Either he is a suicidal maniac or not.