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by Zaune
2024-03-17 10:20am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 473
Views: 113193

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL that nobody really makes 2TB MicroSD cards yet, despite the fact that numerous eBay sellers have them listed. I thought it was just faulty at first...

Oh well, at least I get free postage for returning it.
by Zaune
2024-03-14 07:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

My last word on this particular topic will be this: If anyone deserves a bit of slack for taking the position that there's got to be a strictly limited number of ways the invading forces of Nazism could be any worse than what they already have to put up with, it's someone who lived through the Holod...
by Zaune
2024-03-13 10:48am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 473
Views: 113193

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

The M113 is almost as versatile as Mike Sparks makes it out to be, isn't it?
by Zaune
2024-03-13 07:21am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

As I have pointed out on previous occasions when this came up, the Ukrainians are not in a position to turn down volunteers just because they have questionable backgrounds. I would however sincerely hope that their officers and NCOs are under strict instructions that any soldier caught mistreating R...
by Zaune
2024-03-07 06:26am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 37
Views: 1688

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

Rogue 9 wrote: 2024-03-06 10:23pmAfter publicly opposing and attacking Trump for months and then refusing to endorse him, we'll see if the Republican base will ever elect her for anything again.
Assuming the Republican Party still exists in its current form by then.
by Zaune
2024-03-07 06:18am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

I don't think there's ever going to be actual peace , as opposed to the sort of peace you get where everyone's busy rearming, until and unless Putin is removed from office in favour of someone who might plausibly come to the negotiating table in good faith. Why would the Ukrainians sue for peace whe...
by Zaune
2024-02-17 05:22am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137339

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

Gandalf wrote: 2024-02-17 01:26amRussia don't need to overrun the country, though. They just need to wait for the Ukrainian army to collapse.
Of course the same applies to the Ukrainians, and I think my bet is on Russia's collapsing first because the Ukrainians have vastly more to lose.
by Zaune
2024-02-16 06:12am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385401

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

Yeah, I know. Peter Bone was thoroughly unpleasant even by Tory standards, and the swing to Labour was gratifyingly hefty.
by Zaune
2024-02-16 05:46am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385401

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

Well, I'm now on first-name terms with my local MP. The local Tories have discovered that when their MP gets booted out of Parliament for waving his genitals at the staff it's probably not a good idea to appoint the woman he started shagging while his wife was in hospital with cancer as a replacemen...
by Zaune
2024-02-15 07:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137339

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

What's the rush? Once this war burns itself out I doubt Russia's going to be in a hurry to try again any time soon, and even if for some unfathomable reason China decided they'd rather have us as vassals than export customers there's an inconvenient amount of continent in the way of attacking us dir...
by Zaune
2024-02-15 06:46am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137339

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

And considering the complete lack of any credible military threat to Western Europe since the 90s it's not really been a case of us underspending on defence.
by Zaune
2024-02-12 06:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"
Replies: 21
Views: 846

Re: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"

All this rests on the assumption that Congress will vote any way but how Trump tells them to vote.
by Zaune
2024-02-10 06:25am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges
Replies: 27
Views: 1256

Re: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges

Yeah. The Republicans are going to find a way to make themselves everyone's problem.
by Zaune
2024-02-09 08:51pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385401

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

As with a great many other public works projects, the question we should really be asking is, "What's not doing this going to cost us?"
by Zaune
2024-02-05 08:24pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
Replies: 15
Views: 701

Re: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties

Good to know, thank you. But I hope they start making discreet inquiries about which of the individuals further down the line of succession would be willing to step up just in case. It'd be infinitely more awkward to be scrambling around at the last minute because everyone assumed William was fine w...
by Zaune
2024-02-05 07:36pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties
Replies: 15
Views: 701

Re: King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will take step back from official duties

This would probably be a very good time for someone in government to ascertain whether or not William actually wants to take over the family business, and give some thought to what to do if he doesn't.
by Zaune
2024-02-02 11:39am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Texas vs. The united States - border issues
Replies: 42
Views: 2414

Re: Texas vs. The united States - border issues

Oh, I dare say they were. But they probably weren't brazen enough to be calling for the National Guard to refuse the Commander-In-Chief's orders or worse. I can't really fault Biden for not wanting to be the president who gave the order that kicked off the Second War of Southern Aggression, even if ...
by Zaune
2024-02-02 06:43am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Texas vs. The united States - border issues
Replies: 42
Views: 2414

Re: Texas vs. The united States - border issues

The real problem here is that Biden is too much of a weenie to send in the Army like Eisenhower and Kennedy did (and Johnson threatened to do) when states started this seditious bullshit. Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson didn't have to deal with a very large bloc within Congress that was openly back...
by Zaune
2024-01-29 04:03pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Three US troops killed and up to 25 injured in drone drone attack in Jordan
Replies: 18
Views: 1249

Re: Three US troops killed and up to 25 injured in drone drone attack in Jordan

It's not like it takes a particularly large or sophisticated organisation to rig a drone to carry a nail bomb. It might not be an established group at all, just a couple of wannabes trying to get a foot in the door.
by Zaune
2024-01-26 09:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Texas vs. The united States - border issues
Replies: 42
Views: 2414

Re: Texas vs. The united States - border issues

That could be defined as insurrection or rebellion and provide an opening for sending the regular US military in. I'm pretty sure in the Texas National Guard vs US Military the Feds would win. But it would get ugly and the political fallout could be disastrous. More so than the fallout from not doi...
by Zaune
2024-01-18 08:01am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Replies: 802
Views: 385401

Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II

Some additional context for this: BBC News Report , Wikipedia article For any overseas members who aren't aware of this, British post offices handle a lot of other government functions like passport applications, vehicle tax and other financial matters -mostly for people who can't won't use the web ...
by Zaune
2024-01-18 04:07am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UK and US forces launch 'targeted strikes' against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen
Replies: 68
Views: 4600

Re: UK and US forces launch 'targeted strikes' against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen

I'm with Ralin on this. One or two of Biden's cabinet picks turning out to be on the fiddle or simply not up to the job is unfortunate but probably inevitable, candidates who look good on paper turning out to be a disappointment will happen to everyone who's empowered to make hiring decisions at som...
by Zaune
2024-01-17 12:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137339

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

I understand that Ukraine probably won't be making new aircraft, or even too many new tanks, but Russian sympathizers are claiming that Ukraine has to capitulate soon because they will run out of artillery shells if the west doesn't give them more. I want to know why they think Ukraine can't produc...
by Zaune
2024-01-15 09:56am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.
Replies: 1780
Views: 137339

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 1 YEAR AND GOING.

This happened far south over the azov sea, not even patriot could reach that far, so the only plausible causes are: Russian air defense, Russian fighters being stupid a yet unknown superweapon able to intercept aircraft at 3-400 km range, or some Ukrainian hotshot flying a jet all across the southe...
by Zaune
2024-01-14 04:26pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Chinese Military woes... Corruption worse than assumed...
Replies: 10
Views: 867

Re: Chinese Military woes... Corruption worse than assumed...

The question is, does China actually want to annex Taiwan? Because if they accomplish that objective then they're going to lose a convenient drum to beat whenever they need to distract their population from domestic affairs, not to mention the massive headache they'll have integrating a province tha...