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Auto Driller

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  1. Ford is incredible in pass coverage.
  2. Brooks is our best RB. He needs 12-15 carries a game.
  3. They’re really running the mullet transformation story for a second time in the first quarter? Going to be a long season.
  4. He was a great Longhorn. Glad to see he’s found what seems like a more stable landing spot.
  5. Checking this thread from Houston.
  6. For this reason, the military leadership of Ukraine postponed the counteroffensive for as long as it could. It is noted that the beginning of the counteroffensive in June was "disastrous". The media reported that two brigades trained in the West lost many people and equipment in minefields. After that, the original plans were adjusted. According to the source of the General Staff, since then Ukraine has made a priority on preserving the army. According to The Economist, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have made significant advancements on the southern front and may have managed to get past enough minefields to reach the first of the three lines of Russian defence, but after two and a half months, Ukraine is still far from achieving its strategic objective of approaching the Sea of Azov and closing Russia's land route to the Crimea. It’s pretty shitty that we (NATO as a whole) promise XX of a certain weapon system, deliver 20% of that number in double the time, and get upset that the Ukrainians aren’t driving this equipment full speed into minefields.
  7. I am by no means an expert on these weapon systems, but my understanding was that the F16 provides a response to one of the most effective tactics Russia has employed during the counteroffensive - the use of low-flying KA52 helicopters to destroy Ukrainian armor. The helicopters fly lower than the effective floor of air defense systems and strike from 10+ km away to eliminate the threat of MANPADS. Fighter jets can be scrambled, fly similarly low, and strike back with air to air missiles.
  8. Even though we’re theoretically a lot closer to the end of this than the beginning, why does it feel more hopeless than ever?
  9. I’m going to Alaska for 5 days next week. Was hoping that the conditions would moderate at least slightly by the time I get back. I shouldn’t have expected any relief in this absolutely hellish summer.
  10. https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1692627472641110211 Twitter embed won’t work for me but this was a nice little bit of comic relief.
  11. Variable rate loan. Helped them get a lower down payment.
  12. I’m sure the thinking inside Russia is that they just need to last until the presidential election. I don’t mean this as a political comment because I have no idea who will win. But we don’t have a good track record of sticking behind existing foreign policy on changes of administration.
  13. Regardless of whether it happens within the next 6 weeks or not, we need to be committed to continuing support until it does.
  14. Can we please take the AGW arguments to the cloak room? This thread is about 2023 misery only.
  15. Also very aggy of them to play the victim card and describe the shelling of ammunition depots and warehouses as “terrorism”.
  16. I’ve never been more excited about the potential for a tropical system forming in the gulf.
  17. The tone of the practice reports really does seem different this year. This team is as close to “complete” as we’ve had in over a decade.
  18. Whenever I hear people say “you don’t have to shovel heat” this is my counterpoint. Yes, getting cold sucks. But you can wear a jacket or 3, bring a space heater, build a campfire, etc. and still enjoy a full day outdoors. When it’s hot as shit there is literally nothing you can do besides stay inside.
  19. Supposedly the long, snowy winters of the north make people depressed. Well this shit just makes me angry. I’m furious.
  20. There is a very good chance that this is my last summer in Texas. It’s not worth being here when it’s this miserable.
  21. Next step will be capital controls that declare you WILL exchange your dollar for 80 rubles otherwise you’re an extremist and heading to the gulag.
  22. We’ll take Kyiv in 3 days It was a feint It was a goodwill gesture We withdrew to promote peace Any ideas on what comes next?
  23. I think there is one big milestone when the game changes somewhat. Whenever the Azov / Black Seas are within HIMARS range and there are no “safe” logistics routes or command centers I could see the pace picking up significantly.
  24. 93 degrees in Houston right now and it feels amazing. Crazy what a little cloud cover will do.
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