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  1. 3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    It's a 10 hour flight from DC to Moscow.  I know I'll regret asking this, but what's the point of a 50-mile tunnel when the flight from DC to Nome alone is 12 hours?

    I know, I know.

    A 50-mile tunnel that uses off-the-lot Teslas, and the traffic is one-way and changes direction a few times a day.

  2. 2 hours ago, tomahawk dunk said:

    This is the type of shit I could see Trump getting excited about.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/musk-trump-putin-tunnel-russia-alaska.html

    • A Russian investment envoy proposed that Elon Musk and The Boring Company build a “Putin-Trump” tunnel connecting Alaska and Russia through the Bering Strait.

    It would never work and I would love to see him trying to make it work.  The only problem is we'd be pumping hundreds of billions of taxpayer money into Musk's companies.

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  3. 5 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

    How are the military forces, eating?  Getting fuel?  It has to be slimmer pickings all the time for them.  

    Roads are still open.  That particularly railway stuck pretty far out from the coast.  

    Just to add this - from the strike last night.

     

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  4. 2 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

    It hasn’t been signed yet as far as I know, and may not be. This is the Reddit thread I mentioned earlier, where the OP claims to have heard that it will be signed:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/s/dpynqNUzgl

    Hopefully, he or she turns out to be wrong. 

    8 minutes ago, Stringer said:

    From my (very limited) understanding, UT is trying to clarify some language and what is actually feasible.

    My best guess is that UT will sign some revised version so that the government can crow about it but nothing actually changes. I hope not but we’ll see.

    Again, everyone call that office.

    UT leadership is trying to figure out how to sell it or spin it, otherwise the rejection notice would have been sent out.

    And it’s Friday, so they’ll put the acceptance letter out tonight.

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  5. 20 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    I imagine (dream) the UKA starts in the north, taking out infrastructure, and herding the Russians back across their shitty bridge.  Then blow up the bridge.
     

    The northern rail line along the coast is apparently out of commission - blocked by a wrecked Russian train and no ability to repair it as its within drone range of the front lines.

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  6. 2 minutes ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

    I think the fact that we haven't signed it yet is starting to feel like a good sign.

    I would like to share your optimism, and I would like to think the law school and the alumni orgs have the leadership’s ear, but Abbott, Paxton, and Patrick also have the leadership’s ear, and Abbott is so desperate to please Trump.

    It also feels like a letter of rejection is quicker and easier to write than a letter of acceptance that you have to sell to the student body, profs, and alumni.

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  7. [Q]: Did president Putin try to dissuade you from selling Tomahawk missiles?

    President Trump: Of course. What do you think he's going to say, "Please sell Tomahawks"? I did actually say, "Would you mind if I gave a couple of thousand Tomahawks to your opposition?" I said it just that way.

    [Q]: And what was his response?

    Trump: He really didn't like the idea.

    [Q]: What did you tell him [Putin] about the Tomahawks? Did you discuss the Tomahawk missiles?

    President Trump: Well, we talked about it a little bit, didn't say much. But I do say to you: you know, we need Tomahawks for the United States of America, too. We have a lot of them, but we need them.

    Frustrated Ryan Gosling GIF

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  8. Putin's aide Ushakov has made public the Russian version of the conversation between President Trump and Putin.

    The conversation lasted nearly two and a half hours and "was very substantive and extremely frank and confidential," Ushakov said.

    Particular emphasis was placed on the Ukrainian crisis: the Russian president assessed the situation and expressed Russia's interest in achieving a peaceful political and diplomatic settlement.

    According to Ushakov, Putin noted that Russia holds the strategic initiative, while the Kiev regime resorts to terrorist methods, to which Russia is forced to respond.

    Trump, in turn, repeatedly emphasized the need to quickly establish peace in Ukraine, Ushakov noted. The idea that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has proven to be the most difficult was evident throughout the conversation, the Russian presidential aide added.

    The US President pointed out that ending the conflict would open up enormous prospects for cooperation.

    The conversation also touched on the issue of possible supplies of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, Ushakov said. Putin reiterated that they would not change the situation on the battlefield, but would cause significant damage to relations between the two countries.

    The heads of state also discussed the possibility of holding a new meeting, according to the Russian presidential aide. An agreement was reached that representatives of the two countries would immediately begin preparing for the meeting, which could take place, for example, in Budapest. The contact was "very useful," and the two leaders agreed to stay in touch, Ushakov added.

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    Would love to wake up to news that we are getting Tomahawks to the Ukrainians (or to somebody in NATO who then sends a better-suited weapon to Ukraine), but...this feels like Putin bought Russia a lot of time.

    On the flip side, Trump despises weakness, and Putin can't cover that up, no matter how much he butters up Trump.

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