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InkaUtexas

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  1. I think they lose 1 or 2 per series. Law of averages.
  2. It will happen. The key is to 1- reduce the events and 2- moderate backlash.
  3. I addressed that as an issue a few pages back. That is a major issue. When a Rabbi or Mullah is calling out for their rights over an ancient building (think Dome of the Rock) it is hard to reconcile. It is a generational fix. Look at the Balkans. Every second or third generation there is a war over land and religion and history is used to justify it by the aggressor. The fix is get kids to play. Get families to inter-marry. The hardline won't do this, but slowly they can be pushed out of day to day society. The Gulf is a good example. What the Mullahs preach on Friday is "allowed" by the government (AKA the Sheik). There are very moderate Rabbis. Amplify their voices. Both sides on this need to move back to moderates. Want power? Become a political party. You pick up weapons to seize land (like Hamas did) then you are sanctioned and hammered at the leadership level. Not the foot soldier. Israel needs to stop some of their tactics used before October 7. Start with razing homes and stores if one family member was a terrorist.
  4. That is without auctioning off assets. Villas, boats, etc. That is currency sitting in EU banks. And Russia. Not sanctioned Russians. I have never seen a number associated with their assets.
  5. This is beyond fucked up in so many levels.
  6. I knew you were an engineer.
  7. There are still flights to Russia from Dubai and other places. Can he not go and live there? Putin will hook him up with a Dacha and he can hang out with Seagal
  8. One client is a NZ company. They do a lot of environment work in the South Pacific. Owner has been working there for about 40 years and says the damage is real and getting worse. His big bitch. Micro plastic and chinese fishing boats, or raiders as he calls them.
  9. Europe has been waiting on us to do this. I think they will follow suit. Now do the same with sanctioned oligarch's assets. I still think some of the villas in Italy, France, Spain could be turned into Rehab centers for Ukrainians. It is how it was handled in WW1 and 2.
  10. Lot of noise, very little heavy stuff. Enough to fill up rain buckets.
  11. Ladida. Seven years in the Middle East and worked in every country except Syria. And multiple degrees in International History with a focus on fucked up places. My interpreter for 3 of those years was Palestinian. His family was in the West Bank. He could break bread with an Israeli. There are multiple levels behind the current (80 year) conflict. 1- History over land and water rights. Goes back since the land was settled. 2- Religion. I am right, you are wrong. External actors need it to continue. 3- Non-regional events that continue to be pushed there. The Crusades, spread of Islam, the Cold War.... There is no right or wrong. Fuck, tell me you are engineers without telling me you are engineers.
  12. Refs being mean and letting Denver score.
  13. Damn. Did not know that. I don't track indiana politics. Worked for a client up there. Hated when I had to visit. Good breakfasts though.
  14. Missed that...Who? I did not look at the entire list.
  15. How about the two who went to US Military schools?
  16. What a morbid group of people. Yeah Ma'am, clean your teeth while in session. What, no dick to play with?
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