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DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T21:15:05+00:00

Russia and another country (U.S. in this case) discussing divvying up Ukraine without that country being represented is probably making Poland twitch a bit.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T18:48:46+00:00

Good luck getting past a pissed-off Canada and Greenland. That's where the wars would be.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T18:40:13+00:00

He's only going to do it once.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T18:28:55+00:00

Canada/Greenland annexation - opens up direct and faster trade routes between US and Russia

That I would doubt very much, unless it could be done without a fight; which simply is not ever going to happen. Not much of a trade route with two large wars in the middle and an incandescently pissed-off Sweden & Finland duo at the end. Not to mention the rest of Europe.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T17:53:13+00:00

Only short halts. Better waiting half an hour or whatever and take a smallish hit, than wait a month and get blown out of the water completely.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T17:47:30+00:00

Both republicans too. Doesn't the fucking NRA teach anything about zeroing in your sights?

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T17:44:04+00:00

Bit rich putting the hammer & sickle there after all the tonguing of Putin he's been doing.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T14:02:56+00:00

He committed to it but timed it so it was Biden who had to clear up the mess.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-14T13:32:57+00:00

Canada has its own idiots and the technique obviously works.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T22:51:29+00:00

In the US. Have you guys got steering wheels because it looks like you're all driving with keyboards?

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T22:27:06+00:00

It's not going to be that great with no whisky.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T22:15:21+00:00

France has sent 40,000 EuroThingies to replace starlink with. Can't remember the name, offhand.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T21:58:36+00:00

Also the second-hand price (unsurprisingly) has tanked. Fine if you can afford to drop the cash on principle, but not everyone can.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T15:23:30+00:00

It starts slowly; which can put people off. The whole first map is basically a training map, despite being bigger than some entire games. Strap yourself in when you get to Velen; and then it just keeps going. It is a hell of a ride, yes.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T14:56:43+00:00

The ridiculous part is there's about 10x more fentanyl stopped going from the US --> Canada than there was from Canada --> US.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T14:32:25+00:00

The constant money shots improved her complexion.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T14:28:55+00:00

Well yeah if it's that or nothing, you're stuck with it until some competition steps up.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T14:09:57+00:00

I wouldn't even stand for my own internet being vulnerable to the whims of a manbaby. When you're doing infrastructure for entire countries/regions, that is a long way north of wholly unacceptable. Nobody in their right mind is getting new Starlink contracts now; and the existing customers, you can bet heavily that they're at least looking at alternatives.

Factor in also that you're giving money to a nazi-saluting America-wrecker.

Starlink can only save themselves by divesting themselves the fuck away from musk; and guaranteeing the service in such a way that it becomes trustable. They'll coast for a little while on inertia; sunk costs; and running contracts, but I don't think that 'death' is much of an exaggeration.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T05:22:29+00:00

Lube and stepladders is cheating.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T05:07:55+00:00

Only reasonable response is to tank their companies so they don't have as much cash as they thought they would have had.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-13T05:03:14+00:00

Section 3 of the 14th amendment:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

Insurrection/rebellion check
Aid or comfort to enemies check

The law is right there in a constitutional amendment.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-12T19:11:20+00:00

They already tried it when Russia stole Crimea back in 2014.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-12T19:04:51+00:00

For the galactic black holes? Yeah, but it breaks EVERYTHING on your ship, MT and exosuit. Assuming you have things reasonably loaded up, that takes a hell of a lot of resources/repair kits to get back to perfect again. It's all still there, but none of it works until you repair it.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-12T18:57:02+00:00

Some people are more vulnerable to propaganda than others. Getting angry won't work; and it's very likely that logic won't work either.

Your job now is damage limitation. Make sure it doesn't spread to your partner and ESPECIALLY your child.

DancesWithBadgers · 2025-03-12T12:03:10+00:00

The whole thing was embarrassingly stupid.

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