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atomheartbevo

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  1. We know who is getting punished.
  2. A 50-mile tunnel that uses off-the-lot Teslas, and the traffic is one-way and changes direction a few times a day.
  3. Trump thinks he can end the war and he’s afraid Tomahawks would escalate the war.
  4. The dumbest fucking timeline.
  5. 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.
  6. Roads are still open. That particularly railway stuck pretty far out from the coast. Just to add this - from the strike last night.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Putin: Our gas exports are down, but they will grow! It's great news that Europe no longer buys Russian gas, we now sell to "more promising, responsible buyers" (at a huge discount).
  11. [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.
  12. 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. ----- 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.
  13. A few days ago, I started a thread in Movies and TV
  14. And most of the people who will be pressuring UT to accept it, never attended UT.
  15. In a sane world, UT's leadership would want to be included with those schools.
  16. I hate the 6-7 thing, but I was laughing.
  17. We are getting so fucking played. Sorry Ukraine, you're not getting Tomahawks and we'll probably end our information sharing.
  18. I can absolutely believe it. I never listen to the pitches, and I would hope the olds hang up on the callers with thick Indian accents just out of habit, but I can see it if they have your info and you're an old who is worried about finances.
  19. Until at least mid-2026. I think they are counting on Russia not being able to sustain that much destruction and having to do something (come to the negotiating table or just leave). The Russian people will tolerate a shitload, but if this campaign keeps up for another month as we really get into winter, I don't see how something won't break in their society - it would mean a shutdown on heating, on transportation, on food distribution, on electricity in general. They have to be running low on parts, and the people who can make these repairs have got to be stretched thin. Russia doesn't appear to have much in the way of buffers (national reserves) that they can easily tap to replace all of the lost fuel/refining/transportation, and Ukraine keeps on selectivity hitting targets that seem to be putting pressure on a lot of different places. Maybe they leave a refinery alone but hit vulnerable pumping stations and pipelines that feed to and distribute from that refinery, so for all intents and purposes, it's out of commission, etc. There's a definite grand plan going on. Ukraine has cut off that Russian group in the north and have slaughtered would-be armored reinforcements. They seem to be working on the fuel depots in the south (and the lines that feed them). And the one rail line that feeds Crimea/southern areas under Russian occupation on the landlocked side is apparently out of commission from what's been said - it's not far from Ukrainian lines, and the Ukrainians apparently tracked what was shipped across it so they knew when fuel cars were going to be run down it. They did something to stop a train full of fuel tankers and other military supplies and then took the engine and the tank cars out with drones. Because it's close to the lines and within range of a shitload of drones, the Russians are wary of bringing in heavy equipment to clear the line, so the line is basically out of action, leaving the rail line alongside the Kerch bridge the only rail supply line into Crimea. And supposedly Belarus is struggling and Putin and Co. are not quite abandoning it, but it's not getting much love, and the economy is in the shitter and things are happening there. So much is going on right now.
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