gowlerk
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But it also would not advance their goal. A tactical nuke would be best used to stop a large force that was advancing on your nation. I can't see any other use and certainly none in this situation.
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It makes him feel like a man.
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It became a symbol of the fight for CO2 reduction. As the deniers got more and more ridiculous the warriors did the same. The pipeline if built will replace several trains per day as the transportation method used to get the crude to the Gulf coast. Making the tar sands more profitable. If they are more profitable more will be invested in production. If there is 700K barrels a day available it will get to market one way or another. If there is an energy shortage opposing pipelines will fall out of fashion. Only a few hard core are willing to freeze in the dark to save the planet.
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That pipeline is and was mostly a symbol, not a solution.
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Because you don't have such a spigot.
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Russia lost control of the Soviet Empire because it was weak and corrupt. Even though it controlled thousands of nukes at the time. It is still weak, corrupt, and poorly governed and not strong enough to take and hold Ukraine. The days of empire are over for all but perhaps China and that is tenuous at best. The Russians do not even have the stomach to cut off the west from its energy supplies because they like the money so much. They will not allow what is left of their nation to be destroyed by initiating WWIII.
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Harris is getting good reviews for her performance on the trip to Poland. Mostly for not making errors. But that's what the job is. Get the message out and don't stumble. Easier said than done, it is quite a minefield.
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In most free nations when a government tries to move in the direction of strong restrictions on abortion rights it stirs up a hornets nest of angry reaction. When Roe V Wade ruled the land freedom loving people were slack and unmotivated. This will soon change.
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Maybe. But FOX announcers seem pretty dramatic. The whole right wing media circus focuses on drama. I will give you that blaming every single weather event on CO2 is getting tiresome.
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Huh? Most of the right wing is barely literate.
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Nevermind
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You mean like, instead of a girl?
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Yes. And for better or worse it is my belief that his bluff will be called before the end of this year.
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Hitler did not have 1500 nuclear weapons ready to go at any time with a stockpile of 3500 more. Unfortunately the parallel is not that good.
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If turn out for primary elections were higher that be so.
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The defense and state departments along with the political leadership seem to be on different pages here. There is a battle brewing I think.
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Yeah sure, that will last for a few weeks maybe.
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The cancelled pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to the Oklahoma distribution hub was designed to reduce the total cost of production and increase the profit from there. Any oil produced there that can not be moved by pipelines will be moved by rail at higher cost. Production and capital costs for this oil are quite high. But there are huge reserves there that can be called on if needed. But first long term price stability must happen.
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Ground launched missiles are essentially artillery.
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Even if it was possible to enforce a no fly zone it would hardly matter. Russia is not bombarding from aircraft. This is a ground war with missiles and artillery.
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No one really knows for sure who are the biggest winners and losers are when the climate warms. China has a lot of people to feed.
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SNL/FOX coverage https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/media/snl-fox-news-ukraine-russia-cold-open/index.html
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This is the beginning of some kind of war with Russia. Something more than cold war 2.0 but hopefully less than WWIII. Either that or the Russians replace Putin and settle. These are interesting times.
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China is heavily dependant on energy imports. I'm sure they will use any tools that they can. The best economic lever they could deploy would seem to me to be reducing their reliance through renewable sources.
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This is the slow steady escalation that I'm talking about.
