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[Pondoro]

We are at a crossroad regarding Ukraine.. If the western help slowly grind to a halt the country will loose this war..the momentum in their defence/offensive is halting already due to lack of artillery ammunition..

Now, we should ask ourselves what the outcome of Ukraine being occupied/neutralized will have in Europe...a new iron curtain for sure.. We do not know how Russia will capitalize on such an outcome..

Russia is running arms & ammo production 24/7...the west does not..

 

[Ray B]

it’s all TAXPAYER funded.

Not exactly- It's advertised as free money since there are insufficient taxes to cover it. It's all borrow funded- to be paid by some future taxpayer- but at the numbers involved, it will never be paid by tax dollars.

 

[Wheels]

Smith's request is not on the SCOTUS docket.







Techno Fog

@Techno_Fog

The Supreme Court has denied Special Counsel Smith's request for an expedited review of the case against Trump.There won't be a trial in DC before the 2024 election. No mistake - this is a big loss for the Special Counsel.




1:40 PM · Dec 22, 2023
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[Brent in Az]

 

[Pheroze]

The Ukrainians have shown amazing adaptability with respect to weaponry. For instance, they have advanced drone warfare a generation. About six months ago, the UA successfully established a couple of bridgeheads across the Dnieper River in the Kherson province of Southern Ukraine. The Russians have been trying to destroy them ever since. Because of the relatively isolated location, it is one of the few places they have been able to employ their modern SU 34 strike aircraft.

A Patriot firing battery is a large and complex thing. Apparently, Ukraine has developed a TTP where they take a an acquisition and fire control radar and launcher and displace it to a critical point as an air defense ambush. They did this about six months ago and took down three Russian helicopters and a SU 24 in a matter of minutes in Eastern Ukraine. This time it was three of probably four SU 24's carrying out a long range glide bomb attack on Kherson from within "safe" air space. Oops.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/18ock1h

Necessity is the mother of invention, or so it is said.

 

[Red Leg]

Smith's request is not on the SCOTUS docket.


Techno Fog
@Techno_Fog

The Supreme Court has denied Special Counsel Smith's request for an expedited review of the case against Trump.There won't be a trial in DC before the 2024 election. No mistake - this is a big loss for the Special Counsel.


1:40 PM · Dec 22, 2023
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Correctly I think, the court is not going to do anything out of normal order that gives the appearance of a political rather than judicial decision. I think the whole Bush Gore history weighs heavily on Roberts. Moreover, the immunity issue is probably the one that will be most divisive for the court.

Colorado, to my mind, is potentially the most injurious to the country. I suspect he is working very hard to find some path that would get more than just the conservative wing supporting an unconstitutionality determination when that one has to be decided.

 

[Hunt anything]

That brought back some memories. My 2 brothers and I each got one of the Johnny Eagle sets for Christmas sometime in the 60s. Loads of fun until we lost all the plastic bullets they shot, lol.

Y’all had plastic bullets? We used our pump up BB guns. Those damn things hurt!

 

[Red Leg]

The second part of the ISW assessment of what Trump and his loyal if ignorant supporters are accomplishing by allying themselves with Putin and Russia in their attempted the conquest of Ukraine. Must be a proud moment.

Institute for the Study of War

Allowing Russia to win its war in Ukraine would be a self-imposed strategic defeat for the United States. The United States would face the risk of a larger and costlier war in Europe. The United States would face the worst threat from Russia since the

www.understandingwar.org

 

[Wheels]

Correctly I think, the court is not going to do anything out of normal order that gives the appearance of a political rather than judicial decision. I think the whole Bush Gore history weighs heavily on Roberts. Moreover, the immunity issue is probably the one that will be most divisive for the court.

Colorado, to my mind, is potentially the most injurious to the country. I suspect he is working very hard to find some path that would get more than just the conservative wing supporting an unconstitutionality determination when that one has to be decided.

Agree with what you say. Roberts and probably the entire SCOTUS want as little to do with this election as possible.

If Shipley is correct below, Trump will request the DC Circuit to go En Banc which will take more time. Presuming the Circuit rules against Trump, he will request SCOTUS to get involved. There is virtually no way the DC District will have a trail before the election.

SCOTUS would rather rule that Smith was an inappropriate appointee by Garland than deal with the politics surrounding Trump directly.





Shipwreckedcrew

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Mark this one down.The DC Panel decision will be either 3-0 or 2-1 against Trump.But in either case, Judge Henderson will write an opinion -- either a concurrence explaining that her reasoning is different than the two Biden appointees, or a dissent.That will take time. No matter how fast the two Biden appointees try to crank out their majority opinion to help SC Smith, they cannot make Henderson's opinion come out any faster.She already objected to setting the oral argument in the manner it was set. She's not going to go out of her way to speed up the decision of the panel -- even if she's in the majority. You read it here first.


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[375 Ruger Fan]

Merry Christmas Ukraine..........F-16s from the Netherlands

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/netherlands-deliver-18-f-16-fighter-jets-ukraine-2023-12-22/

 

[bowjijohn]

That brought back some memories. My 2 brothers and I each got one of the Johnny Eagle sets for Christmas sometime in the 60s. Loads of fun until we lost all the plastic bullets they shot, lol.

Who remembers the Johnny Seven?

I has one in Toefield, Alberta when my dad took a 1 year locum at their hospital

Alberta winter was a ‘surprise’ for a lad from Rhodesia

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

This is about Canada, but can easily apply to several other countries. Very interesting. Pretty sharp presentation, based on a lot of facts.

 

[Red Leg]

For EV fans everywhere!

 

[Scott CWO]

PLEASE DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

Biden is going to get some help in his re-election campaign in 2024. The improving economy as interest rates come down. For all the rhetoric about Biden killing US oil production, not true. Don't get me wrong, I do not want Biden re-elected. Strange things happen in election years. George HW Bush had a 90% approval rating after 9/11 and then proceeded to not get re-elected. The Republicans better have their A game ready in 2024.

The US is producing more oil right now 'than any country in history,' S&P Global says

"When you look back on 2008 — when US production was at a 62-year low, and exports were zero — it is a remarkable turnaround."

finance.yahoo.com

Sure but the production being done now was approved by previous administrations. It takes years, sometimes decades for permits to come all the way to production. Biden’s cuts will be felt in the future as production slows. The production from a well slows - called depletion as time goes on. If new wells are not drilled at the same time as older wells deplete, less oil is obviously produced.

 

[CJW]

Sad how politicians play with our money and our pockets to get votes. Douche bags

Even sadder is that it works on the weak minded. Now they're doing the reparation game in NY.

 

[Scott CWO]

https://x.com/UltraDane/status/1738381049951101327?s=20

 

[Scott CWO]

Check it out^^. BLM destroyed!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Sure but the production being done now was approved by previous administrations. It takes years, sometimes decades for permits to come all the way to production. Biden’s cuts will be felt in the future as production slows. The production from a well slows - called depletion as time goes on. If new wells are not drilled at the same time as older wells deplete, less oil is obviously produced.

You are preaching to the choir, or in this case a degreed petroleum engineer with about 40 years experience. The POTUS and the administration set the tone for the economy and does have some control (rules, regulations, red tape, etc), but I think they get too much credit and/or blame for a lot of things. The market driven price is what drives the market.

 

[Scott CWO]

You are preaching to the choir, or in this case a degreed petroleum engineer with about 40 years experience. The POTUS and the administration set the tone for the economy and does have some control (rules, regulations, red tape, etc), but I think they get too much credit and/or blame for a lot of things. The market driven price is what drives the market.

Agreed. My son is a PE for Exxon Mobil. Biden ended permits on federal land in some areas. Those effects haven’t been felt yet but will.

 

[fourfive8]

You are preaching to the choir, or in this case a degreed petroleum engineer with about 40 years experience. The POTUS and the administration set the tone for the economy and does have some control (rules, regulations, red tape, etc), but I think they get too much credit and/or blame for a lot of things. The market driven price is what drives the market.

So that explains an inflation rate of 20% and gasoline/diesel doubling? Inflation is cumulative as is any price increase. A concept that the weak minded can't, choose not to or are incapable of comprehending. All the high prices everyone has paid the last 2 1/2 years is spent money- it is gone! Even if annual inflation dropped back to the Trump, the pre-Biden rate of around 2-3%, the money lost and lost by everyone under Biden is gone!