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  1. This was an interesting photo of Diego Garcia, from about a month ago.
  2. As a fraction/proportion of the capacity, both would be the same.
  3. If they are the same depth, then the surface area should have the same proportion to capacity in both.
  4. June 22 1941 is probably the single most disastrous day in Russian military history, it would make a good analogy.
  5. Not having aerial refueling on AF1 seems completely incomprehensible to me.
  6. pantone159

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    So, they aimed it at the Indian Ocean ok, and not much other success?
  7. Yep. After the one in Japan/Korea, FIFA came to their senses and decided to never ever do another World Cup that spanned borders. Now they have lost their senses again, and in this climate it will be a disaster.
  8. It needs a split thumb. Like the 'Da Vinci' painting the Saudi's have.
  9. Username and avatar check out.
  10. What source is there that this was TATP? And fwiw that is way way more hazardous than picric acid.
  11. Since they really are aiming for the 1800's, back then interest rates were like 3-4 percent I think, so at least we got that going for us...
  12. The treasury bonds are not callable by the holder, rather the US government must pay interest over the full term (up to 30 years), then pays back the principal at the end. So China (or anybody else) cannot force the US government to pay early. What they CAN do is stop buying more US treasury bonds. If we did try and default on paying them, that would cause an economic disaster that would make this current one seem like chump change. So we will probably try that next.
  13. 10-Year ain't cash. 3 to 6 month is cash-equivalent, but 10 years is different.
  14. This. Berkshire Hathaway is mostly an insurance company, followed by a diverse collection of wholly owned companies, that followed by a probably less diverse collection of public shares in companies.
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