Ukraine is screwed.......... (Page 11/19)
Patrick FEB 15, 01:26 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

It's heavy stuff.



I take it those transport trucks aren't full of cabbages?
Valkrie9 FEB 15, 06:29 AM
Pineapples !
maryjane FEB 15, 07:32 AM
It sure ain't no Canadian 'freedom convoy'..
82-T/A [At Work] FEB 15, 07:57 AM

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Originally posted by Hudini:

Hong Kong was not taken. They were always part of China, same as Macao. HK was rented out to the UK for 99 years and when the lease expired it went back to being run by China.

Taiwan is a totally different issue.




I know HK was a Chinese territory, but before the UK handed it back, they negotiated with China to allow HK to maintain some independence while still being a Chinese territory (economically and politically). This was done because the UK (at the time) had a significant amount of industry in HK that they supported (watch making, etc.). I was simply stating that any hopes of HK remaining an independently operated territory, or actually gaining it's independence, is now totally gone. What they did recently is close and shut, they can no longer elect pro-Democracy candidates, or for that matter, anyone who isn't a CCP selected candidate.



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Originally posted by maryjane:

Most people don't know that the same lease agreement includes another parcel of property on the Northwestern end of Cuba called Bahi'a Honda but the US simply abandoned that base decades ago. (1912)




I'd not heard about this, that's pretty cool. I wonder if there are any pictures (going to look) of then and any now (if any of the structures are still being used)?
82-T/A [At Work] FEB 15, 08:00 AM
Holy **** ... what is wrong with you guys!!! Hahah... damn.




EDIT... I bet Sourmash has been licking toads. This combination is deadly...


Licking Toads Leaves More Than a Bad Taste in the Mouth
https://www.latimes.com/arc...1-vw-1046-story.html

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82-T/A [At Work] FEB 15, 08:07 AM
So... thoughts, opinions.

A lot of people are saying that all of this (Ukraine) is staged, and that somehow the Biden administration is in kahoots and faking all of this so that they show him as some kind of political mastermind and it saves his polling (or some nonsense). Lots of comments by Pelosi that if there's no war, it's because Biden is such a great negotiator (or some nonsense). Her comments directly make me think there's something shady, but I don't know if Democrats are actually intelligent enough to pull something like this off without everyone finding out about it.


What I am suspecting though, is that Russia perhaps is doing this to get all sanctions lifted, and get favorability in negotiations. Think of it as similar to what North Korea has been doing. I don't know, just hypothesizing here, but I suspect Biden will agree to lift whatever sanctions Russia is currently under, and maybe even funnel some of that sweet US Taxpayer money to them. If this is true though, there would need to be an economic feasibility between the expense of 100k of troop and artillery movement, and the possible gains from not going to war? I'm just not seeing it, but a lot of people are saying this now?


Thoughts???
blackrams FEB 15, 08:18 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

So... thoughts, opinions.

A lot of people are saying that all of this (Ukraine) is staged, and that somehow the Biden administration is in kahoots and faking all of this so that they show him as some kind of political mastermind and it saves his polling (or some nonsense). Lots of comments by Pelosi that if there's no war, it's because Biden is such a great negotiator (or some nonsense). Her comments directly make me think there's something shady, but I don't know if Democrats are actually intelligent enough to pull something like this off without everyone finding out about it.


What I am suspecting though, is that Russia perhaps is doing this to get all sanctions lifted, and get favorability in negotiations. Think of it as similar to what North Korea has been doing. I don't know, just hypothesizing here, but I suspect Biden will agree to lift whatever sanctions Russia is currently under, and maybe even funnel some of that sweet US Taxpayer money to them. If this is true though, there would need to be an economic feasibility between the expense of 100k of troop and artillery movement, and the possible gains from not going to war? I'm just not seeing it, but a lot of people are saying this now?


Thoughts???



I obviously have no insider info. All I can really say is, I don't trust the Biden administration any farther than I could throw him, Harris, Pelosi or Schummer. We may never know for sure but, I suspect we gave something up in trade negotiations or something. Biden has already proven he lacks the ability to lead a military operation. Putting it as simple as I can, he doesn't have the balls or brains to do anything but concede.

Rams
2.5 FEB 15, 09:41 AM
Look over there, that Ukraine stuff is scary.

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williegoat FEB 15, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

Holy **** ... what is wrong with you guys!!! Hahah... damn.





I'll bet Biden just made it all up.
rinselberg FEB 15, 10:58 AM
With sourmash sidelined on probation, this might be the time to contemplate the sensation of sour(ness) from a scientific perspective.

Or not.