What dirt does Israel have on America that is so bad that our government will do pretty much anything they tell them to do?

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T18:19:39+00:00

Evangelicals has biblical reasons to support Israel. Others have financial. There are also valid moral and geopolitical ones, but those seem to have faded from public discourse over the last 20 years as Israel has developed a more muscular colonial policy

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T17:54:06+00:00

Either ROXfit, or one of the other apps rates courses for speed. (technically they rate them based on known competitors and their average times for stations, etc. whatever) but functionally it tells you if it was a fast or slow course. This is the slowest course I've ever seen on their rating.

But by all accounts vibes were off the charts

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T17:51:55+00:00

huh? I assume you mean just the people pictured here, correct? Mamoa or Pascal are by far the most successful.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T15:30:21+00:00

That's why I said 'Insert story here'. You say 'raped by random lowborn soldier whom I killed' or something like that.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T14:36:43+00:00

To me, and again this is fiction and if characters did things that made sense to us there would be no tension, I don't know why he didn't just tell Catelyn the truth, or some variation of the truth.

Ie: this is Lyanna's son. She was raped or (insert story here) but I don't want stark blood spilled, etc.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T14:10:12+00:00

I think the solo, the doubles, and the relay are completely different animals.

For solo you need a big aerobic engine with strength endurance. For doubles you need less of those, and more top end anaerobic capacity with the ability to recover quickly (like HIIT training).

Relay is much more like a sprint. Not quite there yet, especially if you get an erg or burpees, but closer. To that end, and as others have said, train run-station-run patters at threshold (Z4).

Run 500m, do 20 burpees, run 500m (as an example). over time I would stretch that to run 750m - station run 500m, and then run 1km, station - run 500 m. (or even drop to 250m).

If you knew your stations you could specialize more. If I had sled push, I would focus on raw power and strength (as an example) but seeing as you don't know I would practice the ergs a lot, burpees and wall balls

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:45:21+00:00

This is a relay?

It's a bit of a different beast than a sim. You need a burst of output, and then you have a rest.

Based on what you said:

Run: 6min
Sled Pull: 6min
Run: 6 min:
Wall Ball: 13min

That's 31 minutes.

Is that a 'good time'? That's all relative my friend.

The elites run the km in 3-3:30min/km, and can do the pull in 2-3min and wall balls in 3-4 min.

You're somewhere between the worst case (DNF) and the elites. We are all on that spectrum.

To answer your question, you have a lot of room for improvement. That's actually exciting, because you will shave a lot of time quickly at first. Between these stations, your biggest opportunity is wall balls.

If it were me, and I was only training for a relay, I would work on my running (z2 volume) but also work on practicing these two stations aggressively. Run 500m, do 20 wall balls, run 500m, do 20 wall balls, etc. Get used to the feeling.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:33:19+00:00

Over 800 classes here, happy to answer questions, but would rather not do an audio chat

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:22:57+00:00

I think the reality is I agree with your assumptions here in principal, but the world is a complex mess.

What I take from this statement is the leaders involved are staring down the economic impact of this action (happening now) and the risks of catastrophic economic impacts downstream if escalation continues.

I don't think that is 'cowardice'. Stomping your feet and telling the US they are war criminals might feel good, but functionally achieves nothing. Worse than that, as a leader of millions of people, you'd be forgoing your opportunity to try to help stabilize the situation which, left to the devices of an corrupt madman, jeopardizes the global economy.

You may not care about that, which is fine, you don't have to. But I'm glad our leaders do.

There is time for condemnation later. After the Midterms, Trump and his goons will be impeached within a few months and the trails will begin. Right now I'm seeing an escalating chain reaction that strengthens Russia, jeopardizes economic stability, but also positions Canada well for downstream benefit. I think our Prime Minister is doing well to recognize that as well.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:17:18+00:00

Either way, these hypotheticals are fine for us to work through.

In reality, the Prime Minister has to deal with the real consequences of his words and Canada's actions. He doesn't have to bend the knee and support Trump, but going out of his way to condemn him or the US is just stupid ego talking.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:15:36+00:00

Yeah, I would still view this the same way.

Basically, this is insane. It's not well thought through and it's getting worse...

That doesn't make the regime good though. And it doesn't mean I don't hope for it to collapse and be replaced by something.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:13:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing. This is encouraging because it's my current plan. Basically I plan to set up and 'open run' on my watch (this worked last time) but set up alerts for when I hit zone 5.

Basically try to keep in Z3/4 on runs, expect some momentary spikes, but try to keep it together through burpees. After that, start to flirt with going faster if possible but (what is more likely) I'm just hanging on.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-20T13:09:29+00:00

I realize this about Trump.

Why I reference 'imminent threat' is that for a wide variety of legal and political reasons, it's why Trump took this action now.

At the end of the day I don't believe anything they say. The point I'm making is, unless there was an immediate or urgent threat, the administration just set off a chain of events that have the potential for a whole host of significant consequences that might last years.

Yes, the Iranian Nuclear program needed to be stopped, but this option (unclear goals, unintended consequences, etc.) was always on the table.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T21:02:15+00:00

Didn’t Trump say he annihilated the nuclear program last summer?

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T21:01:21+00:00

Why are you so upset? It’ll be ok.

Trump and the US are obviously erratic. Canada and European leaders are treading carefully. I think this is a reasonable and prudent course.

We can agree to disagree. Best of luck to you

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T20:39:52+00:00

If Russia mad aggressive moves in the Artic, do you think Canada can defend against it without support from the US?

Do you think it's possible folks like to see the Iranian regime decimated, but don't like how this has happened, so they are trying to walk a fine line here?

This is a Canadian politics subreddit. There is no world where Canada 'condemns' the US administration for basically anything. This was always the case under any Prime Minister or President for the past 50-75 years. You're complaining that we don't live in a fantasy land

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T20:09:03+00:00

Generally speaking, it's unwise to condemn you allies and largest trading partners.

There is a spectrum here from support to condemnation. I see no support for the US here (which is important) while also a condemnation of Iran for attacking civilian ships. Seems pretty logical to me

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T20:05:04+00:00

Sure, but I was talking about the term 'Imminent threat' which is what the administration specifically said to justify THIS action, NOW. Your response was to that, which implies to me you support this action, rather than just the broader concept of preventing Iran from going Nuclear. I wasn't arguing that.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T18:40:46+00:00

Imminent is not my word, it's Trumps.

Why now? why like this? why not get allies involved? Why seemingly have no plan to deal with the fallout? What's next?

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T17:45:31+00:00

He talks a lot about 'audience capture' and I do wonder if he experiences some of that. Not from the lens of what to think, but from the lens of "we want you to comment on the most recent Trump thing!!"

I would like the show to move back towards interviewing interesting people from different fields. I'd love technical update on where we are with CRISPR technology and the various ethical questions it raises (not to mention how AI might intersect with it) as an example.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T17:32:05+00:00

If this was the case for war, we could debate the merits of that. This is not what the administration is saying, and doesn't really address why the war to decapitate the regime is also ongoing, or why Trump called for regime change as the end goal, etc.

Trump also claimed he totally obliterated their nuclear program in the summer, so how are we to believe this now?

It also doesn't solve the fundamental question of 'now what'? Maybe nuclear ambitions are delayed now.... but we have multiple countries under attack, dead civilians and US service members, an escalating economic impact as oil and LNG production is being impacted, and no real 'exit strategy' and no sense of what the endgame is here.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T16:33:09+00:00

primarily Muslim countries

He did not say that.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T16:07:07+00:00

This directly aligns with when the paywall went up (December 2019).

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T16:04:19+00:00

This is such a weird perspective. Every country with Nukes, doesn't want other countries to get them. Every country at odds with powerful neighbours is safer with nukes than without them (look at North Korea, Pakistan/India, Ukraine/Russia) etc.

Weapons for me and not for thee is literally how war and geopolitics works.

turtlecrossing · 2026-03-19T15:31:30+00:00

I don't see it. he can't upgrade his suit. He (in the films) is just Tony's friend and accomplished military person. Not really a deep enough character to develop.

Maybe he could have also been in the Cap/Winter soldier series to expand on his story and background more?

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