Poland’s military is about half again larger than Ukraine prior to the war, large portions of it are very well trained, and their equipment is significantly better. If they decided to march to Moscow, nothing Russia has, short of nukes, would slow them down. And Poland would really like to discuss with them, some of the things that happened in WW2, in an up front and personal way.

Very true, and if the nuclear threat goes away, it’ll look like a pack of junk yard dogs let loose on a kitten.

If not for nukes, Poland probably would have rolled Russia by themselves. The rest of NATO could just be emotional support.

Finish the refit on our boat, move back aboard, and sail away. It’ll take another year to be ready to cross the Atlantic.

We could combine the Dakota’s, Montana and Idaho and almost have 1 state worth of population.

Red states have always been low population states. Over time every state grows, but the big states were already big. The smaller states have more room to grow, big pop states are more expensive because of the population so grow less.

It’s not some conspiracy, it’s just math. Now the Senate is another thing. There shouldn’t be two Dakota’s for one thing, and New Mexico didn’t have the population to join either.

Was it really a bunch of bored nerds, or did a PR agent make an anonymous post to start the rumor mill?

The Pizzagate conspiracy was created to cover up any media coverage of the police reports from the early 90s when Trump was hanging with Epstein and dumping ‘used’ underage girls at a pizza parlor the next morning.

Not talk about what I’d do if a fascist government were to start looking for people like me.

It would be impossible to build today by any means. Not because of any technological problem. Physically it could be done rather quickly, as others have posited. The problem is that you could never combine the political and economic will to complete it.

It’s the same reason it would be easier to colonize Mars than to fix climate change. There’s a half dozen robots on Mars that will do whatever you tell them. On Earth, there’s 7 billion assholes who think they have a better idea of what to do.

I doubt they’ll use screen shots to implement anything like piracy controls. It’s too messy and inaccurate, and there are easy and accurate ways to check for file signatures. Every virus scanner already does it.

If they’re going to institute license controls that’s how it would work. Any signature of unlicensed software would get locked out by file heuristics.

I’m betting garbage trucks actually end up being first. A half dozen trucks per human monitor sitting back at the station, with two guys in a pickup to run out to any problems.

There are no good guys in the middle east. Only civilians that are angry about being shit on.

Already moved on to a boat, I’ll either be staging to leave, or already out of the country, when the election is decided. Depending on the results I’ll be back in the spring, or not.

It’s about time someone did. War is just violent economics. Taking away Putin’s income will cost him the war faster than killing Russians.

Just because you can buy a degree, doesn’t mean you have a damn clue how to perform the work. Degree’s and certs are a good indicator of a qualified candidate, but by no means can they be trusted. Even being a vet doesn’t mean a lot by itself. Although I do have to say, all of the vets I’ve known with degrees, have been highly effective employees.

Because they all hired way too many people right after the pandemic and are just realizing they fucked up.

They’re called laser printers. Ink is for idiots, especially if you only print once in a while.

Guess why it’s not a law already.

It’s easier to get a recording of a hawk that never shuts up. Eagles let out a screech too, but not often. Try stealing a fish from a bald eagle. Bring a tape recorder…and some bandages.