quote Originally posted by rinselberg: This is as far as my own thinking took me.

Color me surprised.

quote Originally posted by olejoedad: Color me surprised.

I'm not surprised at all that he's using a graphic that I created.

Originality is not a Leftist trait, but plagiarism is.

Dmitry Kiselyov is a commentator on the Russian state-owned TV channel Russia-1, who doesn't mind beating this "dead horse". He was just at it yesterday, I think. Yesterday. The day before. Earlier today. It's just been reported by the Irish Times, and by the U.K. Telegraph. A threat to use a nuclear weapon that would wipe Ireland and the United Kingdom off the map in a huge, radioactive tsunami. Not a metaphorical tsunami, but an actual "made of ocean water" tsunami. An obvious exaggeration, but I'm just reporting on what aired on the Russia-1 TV channel.



Two months ago, and just a week after the first open warfare between Russia and Ukraine (in the current context), Naval News (Who doesn't read the latest from Naval News every day?) reported on Russia's "‘Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo" or "Poseidon".

Text of only middling length, and a diagram that can be enlarged:
https://www.navalnews.com/n...at-you-need-to-know/

Credit to the always excellent H I Sutton for Naval News.

I guess that's enough "naval-gazing" for now.

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quote Originally posted by randye: CLICK FOR FULL SIZE

quote Originally posted by randye: Originality is not a Leftist trait, but plagiarism is.

So... you took the photo of those rotting horses?

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The now long-running conjecture is re-upped in the latest issue of The Atlantic.

"What if Russia goes 'nuclear' in Ukraine?"
Eric Schlosser for The Atlantic; June 20, 2022.
https://www.theatlantic.com...-us-response/661315/

It's a long story, as Eric Schlosser tells it. Several minutes if someone wanted to have a careful read-thru.

Back at ya', Russia, with a nuclear weapon from the U.S. arsenal, is not the first choice.

The Atlantic used to be somewhat respected. Now it’s just another clown show like Vice.

quote The more than 100 “peaceful nuclear explosions” conducted by the Soviet Union—ostensibly to obtain knowledge about using nuclear devices for mundane tasks, like the excavation of reservoirs—facilitated the design of very low-yield tactical weapons. Two nuclear detonations have already occurred in Ukraine, as part of the Soviet Union’s “Program No. 7—Peaceful Explosions for the National Economy.” In 1972, a nuclear device was detonated supposedly to seal a runaway gas well at a mine in Krasnograd, about 60 miles southwest of Kharkiv. The device had an explosive force about one-quarter as large as that of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. In 1979, a nuclear device was detonated for the alleged purpose of eliminating methane gas at a coal mine near the town of Yunokommunarsk, in the Donbas. It had an explosive force about one-45th as large as that of the Hiroshima bomb. Neither the workers at the mine nor the 8,000 residents of Yunokommunarsk were informed about the nuclear blast. The coal miners were given the day off for a “civil-defense drill,” then sent back to work in the mine.

"What if Russia goes 'nuclear' in Ukraine?"
Eric Schlosser for The Atlantic; June 20, 2022.
https://www.theatlantic.com...-us-response/661315/

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What if we just say "**** ya" to Europe ???

2 world wars, countless smaller wars, hundreds of millions dead and thousands of billions spent....

All because the Europeans cant play nice with each other.

**** 'em....time to wash our hands, walk away, have a coffee, and they can sort out their own problems.

so randy has finally realized the RUMP is a dead horse best left to rot ?

quote Originally posted by ray b: so randy has finally realized the RUMP is a dead horse best left to rot ?

I could have sworn that was a picture of a Forum member (or three) who is DOA on every thing he posts.