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#1

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by viper37 - Today at 08:39:55 PM

Also, both of you are no longer middle aged. That's 40. That's how old I am.

60 is the new 40.

#2

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 08:38:54 PM

Canada in the US would indeed my a net win for the world.
I'd be curious how the conservunderstandative bits of Canada would go. I  they tend to be a bit more actual live on planet earth conservati

I don't know that we need another territory that's poorer than Mississippi.

ve rather than the lunatic-conservative of the US.

Lots of mineral wealth though.

Canada does have lots of mineral wealth.  Tons of it.  Remember I'm the guy with a geology degree who worked for mining companies and a provincial Dep't of Energy and Mines.

The thing is - it's always a question of cost.

I really pushed back against the notion of "peak oil" back when that was a thing.  Because we'll basically never run out of oil (or iron, or copper, or whatever else) - it's just always a matter of how much do you want to pay for it.

Also - it's not liek Canada wouldn't trade our mineral wealth to the US!

Peak oil isn't about running out of oil, is when demand is higher than current possible production, after which, it goes down irreversibly.  There is still oil, just less and less to fill the demand because you need oil (&gaz) to extract it and transport it to consumers who need it.

That's one of the many reasons why it was important to decrease demand of the product, so as to alleviate the pressure on the prices.  Supply & demand, and all that boring economic 101 stuff that modern Conservatives all over the world don't seem to believe in anymore.

[nkara is sending a message to both Damascus and Moscow to back down from their military efforts in north-west Syria]

#3

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 08:32:37 PM

At the very least, taking advantage of the Russian focus on Ukraine, yes. Also, the casualties sustained by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Nick Heras, an analyst with the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, said the rebels were "trying to pre-empt the possibility of a Syrian military campaign in the region of Aleppo, which Russian and Syrian government airstrikes against rebel areas have been preparing for".

With some Turkey-backed factions joining the offensive, he said, "Ankara is sending a message to both Damascus and Moscow to back down from their military efforts in north-west Syria".

(...)

Heras said rebel forces "are in a better position to take and seize villages than Russian-backed Syrian government forces, while the Iranians are focused on Lebanon".

The Syrian jihadists and their allies launched their attack the day the Lebanon-Israel truce came into effect. Haid Haid, an analyst, said the rebels had been "planning for this offensive for quite a while". But "if the rebel forces waited too long the regime would have been able to reinforce their frontlines as Hezbollah forces are no longer busy with the war in Lebanon"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/syrian-insurgents-cut-damascus-aleppo-highway-amid-fresh-offensive

There's nothing to worry about.  We've been assured that Trump will fix all of this on January 21st (I give him a day after inauguration, since I'm not a fan of the man; his most ardent supporters believe he has already fixed everything).

#4

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by HVC - Today at 08:16:58 PM

It's ok, you have a clock on your phone, that's all you need now

#5

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by mongers - Today at 08:12:57 PM

How do you keep breaking so many wall clocks?

The ones in the Kitchen and Bathroom stopped within a couple of days of each other, the other was a clock in the hall that stopped a couple of years ago, but I wasn't bothered about; so an accumulation of ex-clocks.

#6

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by mongers - Today at 08:10:38 PM

That's an unusual place for a dead letter drop.

Kremlin wants him to send a message. I'm guessing a nook-ook-ook threat. "Da, I will nuke my mistress in London if u don't stop supporting the Ukraine. No guys, stop laughing I really mean it this time".

 

#7

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 08:07:43 PM

That's an unusual place for a dead letter drop.

Kremlin wants him to send a message. I'm guessing a nook-ook-ook threat. "Da, I will nuke my mistress in London if u don't stop supporting the Ukraine. No guys, stop laughing I really mean it this time".

#8

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by HVC - Today at 07:49:09 PM

How do you keep breaking so many wall clocks?

#9

Off the Record / Re: South Korea declares marti...

Last post by jimmy olsen - Today at 07:14:10 PM

One of the main culprits resigned

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241205002400315?section=national/politics

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, the presidential office said Thursday, amid growing controversy surrounding his role in Yoon's aborted martial law declaration.

Kim, who proposed the martial law declaration to Yoon, offered to step down Wednesday, after Yoon abruptly declared martial law Tuesday night and lifted the decree hours later following the National Assembly's passage of a resolution to overturn it.

Yoon has nominated Choi Byung-huk, a retired four-star general currently serving as South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, to succeed Kim, Chung Jin-suk, Yoon's chief of staff, said in a press briefing.

#10

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by mongers - Today at 06:58:55 PM

Attempt to repair three wall clocks this evening, one saved, two scrapped: fighting a losing battle, entropy is winning.

Entropy is undefeated in the long term.

The worst part of it, is that the effort Mongers made to sort it out expended energy, so not sure it's a net positive even for the fixed clock on it's own.

So I'm bringing about the heat death of the universe sooner than otherwise?