My old man hasn’t told me much about his time in Vietnam (USAF REMF at Tan Son Nhut - Saigon), but he did tell me that ROK MPs weren’t to be ****ed with.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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My dad was in Okinawa during the early stages of Viet Nam, but was never in Viet Nam. From what he heard from others, he told me the exact same thing about ROC special forces.
Being pro-nuclear is being pro-environmentalist, imo. It is the only large scale alternative to generating electricity that doesn't add to carbon emissions and is available almost anywhere. The waste is an issue, but if it is properly handled, the threat is very minimal. We had a long term solution for waste too, but the NYMBY's killed it. The thing is, if we buried the waste 10,000 feet underground even if every container failed and all the waste was released it is so far underground that none of the radiation would even come close to the surface. So, I guess it might be a problem if 50,000 years from now some enterprising future human subvariant starts mining that area, but compared to the immediate danger this is one case where I don't feel bad about saying, "not our problem".
This is an area where the far left is very wrong and they need to change their views on it. Solar and wind certainly can help and are useful, but they are not a viable solution to an entire country that will be increasing its power needs by orders of magnitude over the next 30 years. People can be convinced to drive electric cars, but you aren't going to convince people to give up driving altogether. Particularly since the US has spent the last 70 years pretty much making it impossible to exist in most places without a car to drive around in.
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Maybe we should send them some more tractors?
Calatrava or a Calatrava copy. That guy has made a shit ton of bridges around the world over the past 25 years.
Interesting. What would be the reasoning? Looking for info outside of Russia? Have international sites blocked Russia IP addresses?
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This Russian journalist sold his Nobel Prize and donated the money to support Ukraine. He was attacked on a train near Moscow.
These would let you mask your IP address and view content not available in Russia.
Even the North Korean and Iraqi Ministers of information are embarrassed for them at this point.
Bill Gates' nuclear energy company reinvented and modernized nuclear plants. Supposedly, they've engineered a system with many more safeguards as well as producing a fraction of the waste. IIRC, the waste is recycled in some capacity, but I don't recall how exactly. He had scheduled a pilot plant in China then COVID hit and it was all shutdown as far as I know.
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I hesitate to even inquire into how that it is possible...
As soon as that thing exploded did it dawn on the Ukrainian soldier that he was close enough to have a turret rain down on him? Good Lord that was close.
Excellent point....If you're an idiot.
They are killing males of military age indiscriminately. Go ahead and keep your pew-pew AR and see how long you last against an F-22/M1.
If we were ever invaded or there was ANY legitimate threat, then my all means, praise the lord and pass the ammunition....But then you'd have the actual military to fight with.
Good read on how the song came to be
Pink Floyd Releasing New Track, Proceeds Benefiting Ukraine Relief
Pink Floyd Releasing New Track, Proceeds Benefiting Ukraine Relief
There are difficulties, but the operative takeaway is that the real owner eventually has to show up to claim it.Everything you want to know about how to seize an oligarch's yacht:
A Yacht Owner’s Worst Nightmare
Nabbing a billionaire’s large boat is more complicated than you might think.www.theatlantic.com
The resistance to nuclear energy expansion is undoubtedly very stubborn, in fact irrationally so. I'd like to see much of the developed world make a major shift towards nuclear power in the coming years along with renewable energy sources. Being held hostage by fossil fuel rich countries like Russia & Saudi Arabia is a major national security threat worldwide. Nuclear energy is safer than even wind energy when measured by fatalities attributable to each energy source. Coal powered power plants release far more radioactive waste into the environment than nuclear power plants do with standard shielding protocols in place. According to the WHO, fossil fuel pollutants are responsible for 1 out of every 8 deaths globally each year, ~7 million people annually. It's absolutely insane we aren't all pushing for nuclear power expansion.
Ukraine needs our help more than ever. Even if they are untrained conscripts, that is a hell of lot more troops being sent to the eastern front.
stupid war is stupid
stupid war is stupid
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Another free WSJ link:
“Without an independent Ukraine, there won’t be an independent Belarus,” said Mr. Kulazhanka, who arrived in Kyiv several weeks ago and is now a soldier in the Belarusian-run Kastus Kalinouski Battalion. “This is the first stop; the second stop is going to be Belarus.”
www.wsj.com
“Without an independent Ukraine, there won’t be an independent Belarus,” said Mr. Kulazhanka, who arrived in Kyiv several weeks ago and is now a soldier in the Belarusian-run Kastus Kalinouski Battalion. “This is the first stop; the second stop is going to be Belarus.”
Belarusians, Russians Join Ukraine’s Military, Hoping for Freedom at Home
Hundreds of volunteers from Belarus have joined a dedicated Belarusian battalion since the invasion of Ukraine, while a separate unit staffed by Russian citizens is also preparing to deploy to the front lines.
www.wsj.com
They will desert first.
And, since the fact has been discussed about so many non Russians being conscripted, we will see even less fight in the Russian Army. Why go die for Putin’s folly?
Our troops in the Nam averaged less than 20 years of age, if I remember correctly.Many of the conscripts come from areas of the vast Russian landmass so remote that, in a less polite era, geographers would not have hesitated to call them hinterlands. These include places so distant from the symbolic seats of national power that many of their residents emphatically refuse to consider themselves Russian; in the first four years of occupation, an estimated eighteen thousand Crimeans, for example, were conscripted into the occupying Russian armed forces. Wherever they hail from, the conscripts are overwhelmingly poor, having proven unable to procure an exemption to mandatory military service, as is the well-established practice for their countrymen of higher social status. And all of them are young — unthinkably and hauntingly young. Most are around twenty years old.
Military Conscription Is a Crime Against Humanity
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a reminder that military conscription remains foundational to modern warfare. It is a reckless, self-defeating, and criminal practice that makes us all less safe — and it should have been abolished long ago.www.jacobinmag.com
Old men don’t go to war, they send kids.
Read about the Einsatztruppen that followed the Wehrmacht across Russia in 1941.
I’m not aware of the Germans using rail to send ‘undesirables’ in the East to camps. They slaughtered them in place.
This needs more exposure in the US.
Well that is certainly a very interesting turn of events. Many Belarusians have had their hand in trying to stop the Russian military efforts. I never suspected that native Russians would join them in the resistance. Good on them!Another free WSJ link:
“Without an independent Ukraine, there won’t be an independent Belarus,” said Mr. Kulazhanka, who arrived in Kyiv several weeks ago and is now a soldier in the Belarusian-run Kastus Kalinouski Battalion. “This is the first stop; the second stop is going to be Belarus.”
Belarusians, Russians Join Ukraine’s Military, Hoping for Freedom at Home
Hundreds of volunteers from Belarus have joined a dedicated Belarusian battalion since the invasion of Ukraine, while a separate unit staffed by Russian citizens is also preparing to deploy to the front lines.
