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Which, in the end, will likely drive eastern Europe away from the west.

I am of the belief that companies like Pfizer create drugs that work...but are still overall evil. Much of their research comes from publicly funded universities, and they reap the profits.

I wonder how open the US is to Chinese leadership behind the scenes about US response. Allegedly, the Pentagon communicated quiet openly to the Kremlin (through direct channels) exactly what the US response would be if Russia used a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine. I wonder if the US has a similar dialogue with China re: Taiwan. On the one hand you don't want to give away your strategies...but on the other, the US is in a position to do things other countries can't.

I like to think that Ukraine did it. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

Does this conflict likely end with both China and the US losing their entire Pacific fleets?

I mean, I hate to even ask, but what are the chances that a war between China and the US (presumably over Taiwan) goes nuclear? And by nuclear, I don't mean tactical between naval fleets, I mean targeting cities/sites in China and the US?

They will 100% launch attacks on the 24th of February to mark the first anniversary of the war.

Also, looks like F-16s are getting more likely, even though Germany is very opposed to air donations (fuck Germany): At the Pentagon, push to send F-16s to Ukraine picks up steam - POLITICO T.CO Kyiv has renewed its request for modern fighters in recent days after the U.S. and Germany approved transferring tanks.

Russia is pushing hard for Vuhledar, now. They managed to take a small portion of the town after heavy, heavy fighting, but then Ukraine destroyed those units and took the area back. We're looking at Bakhmut Part II.

tbh my favourite pizza is: thin crust sesame seeds on crust ranch sauce (no pizza sauce) tandoori chicken red onion Bonus if cut into squares so the flavour has nowhere to hide.

Did they check the peanut farm?!

Canada will send Ukraine 4 Leopard battle tanks: defence minister - National | Globalnews.ca GLOBALNEWS.CA National Defence Minister Anita Anand made the commitment on Thursday, ending the debate over whether Canada would ship over battle tanks from its military stockpile to Ukraine.

U.S. to send Ukraine more advanced Abrams tanks — but no secret armor - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM The M1A2 version of the Abrams tank includes sophisticated optics and controls that help commanders rapidly track friendly vehicles, identify enemy positions and process artillery requests.

You'd think they would maybe license out their data to networks/etc, but I guess most networks already have their own analysts/modelers.

For Americans that have only ever used table syrup, also try real maple syrup.

Pineapple == great pizza topping

I lol'd

I am also being shut down by ABC.

Looks cool. Main concern is that it looks veeeery slow (hallmark of console-first design, with PC being a port), but it's entirely possible it's that way for trailer purposes. Many games do that to make them look cooler. I'll wait for future actual gameplay videos from real people to make a decision on whether to buy on PC, but it's definitely on my radar!

They gave more weight to bad pollsters in the last cycle than was warranted (e.g. Rasmussen). As a person, Nate Silver thinks that because he is an expert at stats, that makes him an expert at anything. He's made questionable comments about COVID-19 and other things. He intimated that "liberal elites" pushed to keep the vaccine from being released until after the 2020 election, and he also said that temporary school closures due to COVID were as harmful as the Iraq War.

Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight Are on ABC’s Chopping Block WWW.THEDAILYBEAST.COM In this week’s edition of Confider, we report how ABC News is considering offloading the star data journalist and his famed website. They do interesting work...but I also question their integrity with how they weighted polls in the 2022 midterms. Plus Nate is a real dillweed.

Canada considering sending 4 Leopard tanks to Ukraine: sources | CBC News WWW.CBC.CA Canada is considering sending four Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, according to senior sources speaking to CBC News, but no decisions have been made. CBC News is not identifying the confidential...

Looks like F-16s are on the table, now, and are being negotiated.

Wow, Hi-Fi Rush is out today.

Hi-Fi Rush looks cool.