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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

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tubeshooter Sunday, 9 Oct 2022 at 6:13pm

Get to the Choppa

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Island Bay Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 at 8:06am

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Jelly Flater Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 at 10:15am

Everything should be fine…
These two are still holding the fort ;););)

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sypkan Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 at 6:31pm

"but does have a soft spot for authoritarians"

does she?

or does she just have a war machine (and a media smear machine) that must push that line, because she's brave and smart enough to not follow the party line?

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 at 6:42pm
Island Bay wrote:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1579788950696185859

Looking forward to her new Joe Rogan podcast, her last one was a good listen, she sure didn't sound like a democrat even then way to sensible, always strange when you get people that seem like they are in the wrong party.

Turnball is another classic example.

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truebluebasher Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 1:56am

Doomsday Druglords making a killing

Gi Joe is pimping $470m worth of Nuke neutralizer Nplate
https://theshaderoom.com/u-s-buys-290-million-worth-of-anti-radiation-dr...

Canada are brewing Rad Block Iodine Pills
https://thyroidpatients.ca/2022/03/04/potassium-iodide-dosing-nuclear-em...

Ukraine trying to get Iodine Tabs...
https://www.q13fox.com/news/kyivs-city-council-to-give-out-potassium-iod...

Iodine Tabs "Sold Out" in Sweden
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/iodine-pills-sold-out-at-many-swedish-p...

Finland Pharmacies ran outta Iodine after PM Sanna snorted supplies at weekend End of World Rave.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/finnish-pharmacies-run-out-of-iodine...

Poland hand out free Iodine tabs @ Schools / City Halls / Fire Stations
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1681767/poland-iodine-tablets-ru...

UK calls for Iodine tabs...NOW!
https://www.thesun.ie/news/9560554/britain-woefully-unprepared-nuclear-w...

Germany, Romania & Denmark stockpiled iodine at the Start of Invasion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/world/europe/the-european-union-plans...

France actually brew their own Iodine Tabs to feed residents near their own leaky Nuke Silos. (Cough!)
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220507-iodine-pills-and-bunkers-is-france...

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Optimist Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 6:15am

Only God can save us from Biden and Putin….the suicide seniors.

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silentp Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 9:38am

yawn....seems like God is dragging its feet

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burleigh Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 9:59am

This God lady sure does love punishing people.

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frog Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 10:57am

My salt has iodine in it and I have a desk to hide under so I figure I'm pretty safe.

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Jelly Flater Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 1:32pm

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sypkan Friday, 14 Oct 2022 at 2:14pm

I was just thinking this morning... where have all the left wing war protestors gone?

then this pops up

how inconvenient for the darling...

you're being rude!

how inconvenient indeed

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 5:56pm
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rAfwpfUBw1M

Listened to this (Tulsi Gabbard with Joe Rogan) whole podcast while working this morning.

It's kinda funny as she was in the democratic party and Joe always claims to be left leaning, but seriously their views on a lot of stuff is a super conservative viewpoint, especially their discussion on trans stuff that Joe seems obsessed with, it was funny listening to their discussion as even conservatives are too scared to put it like that or get cancelled for way less.

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GuySmiley Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:02pm

Whoop whoop

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sypkan Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:24pm

so is tulsi a stooge too?

you happy AOC is blindly supporting the neocon / neoliberal war machine?

with no push back, and no calls for accountability at all...

you think the world walking headstrong into a www111 / nuclear war scenario is all cool?

you think pelosi and biden and your other boomer mates, who've fucked up just about everything, should just be given carte blanche with no questioning at all?

or, you got absolutely nothing?

again...

fwiw, i think putin didn't offer much choice, ...initially... but, yet another war with no clear objective, no media challenge, no negotiations entered into, and offering putin no 'off ramp' whatsoever - when all reasonable commentators were once upon a time saying thats what we need to steadfastly maintain - is all kinds of crazy...

c'mon guysmiley, engage, enlighten us...

(or... support ya woke cabal war monger boomer mates, and just hide in your snide shit slinging basement, with joe... again...)

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etarip Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:28pm

https://cepa.org/article/whisper-it-russia-begins-to-discuss-defeat/

There’s a couple of really valid nuggets in this piece.

“ Russian propaganda can — and often does — look absurd to outsiders. The falsehoods are so transparent that there is no need for individual refutation. And yet events, conceived and executed by the Kremlin leadership can be self-fulfilling. If before 2022, or especially 2014, the West never considered the need for war — or even in its wildest dreams — victory over Russia, now it does. The desire to defeat Russia is the implicit goal of most NATO states’ efforts. So the threat to the regime which so recently seemed only the fruit of the fecund mind of Vladimir Putin, now threatens to come true.”

Defeat in this context of course being of the Russian incursion into Ukraine. But, with so much staked on victory there, Putin’s all-in gamble threatens more than simply his military adventure. This is increasingly being recognised by Russia’s own media.

“ The West and the Russian opposition face a complex mission: to assist Russian society to accept the inevitable consequences of defeat and to explain that these are not as terrible as the propagandists say (at least for ordinary Russians.) But in the end, it must also be stated that countries which wage wars of aggression against their neighbors must accept that they have lost, and that this is no one’s fault but their own. This is not merely a whim of the victors, but a natural consequence of the crimes of the Putin era.”

If military defeat in Ukraine leads to more profound negative political outcomes for Russia’s current regime, the West (US) will need to curb its predatory instincts. I’m not sure that this will occur.

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etarip Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:30pm

Off-ramp = get the fuck out of Ukraine.
It’s been the consistent condition since Feb 24.

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sypkan Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:38pm

not so clear though is it?

not so consistent...

what is 'ukraine'

and biden...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/taibbi-does-united-states-have-pl...

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sypkan Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 7:44pm

"If military defeat in Ukraine leads to more profound negative political outcomes for Russia’s current regime, the West (US) will need to curb its predatory instincts. I’m not sure that this will occur."

seems 'mission creep' is baked into everything they do

we've all seen how that pans out

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etarip Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 8:04pm

JTFC syppo. What is Ukraine?

It’s the country that was recreated in 1991 from the SSR of Ukraine, by an overwhelming majority vote in all oblasts. (Crimea being the outlier with a 54% pro-independence vote)

It’s also the country that is increasingly unified toward a truly independent identity, including among its language groups.

That article was pish, btw. I don’t even think Tabibi knows what he was actually trying to say. If you can provide a coherent synopsis I’d appreciate it.

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Jelly Flater Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 at 9:18pm

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sypkan Sunday, 16 Oct 2022 at 12:45am

I agree, it was an atrocious piece of writing, but i guess it was a cut and paste job from larger article, as most of taibbi's articles on zerohedge seem to be

however, the premise of the article holds, the US's position has been all over the shop... biden is all over the shop...

and biden has quite a history round those parts... oh what a history...

and, there seemingly is no plan whatsoever, beyond a creeping mission capitaising on 'opportunities'...

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sypkan Sunday, 16 Oct 2022 at 1:03am

fwiw, I would like to believe biden's puppet masters vaguely know what they are doing

and in a way are using biden's all over the shop-ness to their advantage...

using him to copy trump's 'foriegn policy', where the loose cannon/s can say all sorts of outrageous and ridiculous things to keep their opponents guessing... creating an air of 'strategic ambiguity' and looseness, creating and capitalising on known unknowns and instability...

'like to believe' is a key phrase in there... Im not convinced biden or the masters have much of a clue or plan at all

they're all in the 'putting out spot fires' level of mangement mastery, and walking us all into an unnecessary swathe of disasters

time will tell I guess, but geez it seems there ain't much strategy at all, and definitely no will for respect or moderation

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sypkan Sunday, 16 Oct 2022 at 1:43am

"What did Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill all have in common? They could see the threat and had the courage to confront it.

Tulsi Gabbard is the one Democrat who could not only recognize the threat of the modern-day Democratic Party but also dares to lead a movement to help take them out of power. And they must be taken out of power until they can get a grip and restore some sanity to the party and the country.

You see the “Temporary Republicans” mostly on Twitter anonymously or in comment sections. But don’t be surprised if you see them turn out in November.

They are parents whose children’s lives or businesses were destroyed by crippling lockdowns. Parents whose toddlers were forced to wear masks inexplicably. Even questioning the absurdity of such an illogical command was verboten.

They are parents at their wit’s end because of a fast-moving ideology that has infected every corner of American culture and now reaches up to the presidency. They are environmentalists who understand that these Democrats might pretend climate is an urgent threat, but until they get China and other major countries on board, right now is not the time to pivot to electric cars.

They are scientists who can no longer do honest work in their research because the doctrine keeps getting in the way. They are the teachers and professors leaving their life’s work of educating young people because they have been told that they must obey the new rules of the “woke” left.

They are families in cities ravaged by fentanyl or crime. They are worried about the rising cost of food and gas, and every time they turn on the news, it’s Trump and January 6th. They are worried about the economy. They are worried about the schools. They can see that lockdowns wrecked their children emotionally and have put them so far behind they might never fully catch up.

They are working-class Americans who are told daily that they must concern themselves with the frequent outrages that consume Twitter and the media feedback loop, as though any of it matters.

America could not be in more dire straights, facing down nuclear war potentially, with inflation crushing budgets, streets less safe, and all of these insane liberals still wearing masks while they walk outside..."

https://sashastone.substack.com/p/meet-the-temporary-republicans?sd=pf#d...

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sypkan Friday, 21 Oct 2022 at 5:25pm

Im no market dude... or defense dude...

but biden's looking particularly reckless to me

not stoking war through blunders and loose lips... this time..

but by draining the US's sttrategic oil reserve, purely for political purposes

the reserve is at the lowest point in four decades, and the world seems to be on the brink of war, a real war, not just another projected one... and this cat's reacting to minor domestic political inconveniences

I dunno if fighting self induced inflation leading up to an election counts as an 'emergency', for your emergency supply...

but to me, with the instability across various regions, now would the time for stoking up that supply, not draining it for a quick fix...

and, isn't our emergency supply tied in there somewhere?

the dude's bludering through on so many fronts its plain bloody scary

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 at 4:01pm

Although I haven't followed the US political stuff much since the counting was stopped in the middle of the night, it seems Elon is wasting no time enjoying his 44Bn Twitter purchase:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/technology/twitter-layoffs-musk-jobs....

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 at 4:22pm

“Although I haven't followed the US political stuff much since the counting was stopped in the middle of the night,”

Haha….excellent.

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 at 5:23pm

The Ukraine stuff has gone in here, fasten your seatbelt for a ride in a Ukrainian (I assume) USV as it is strafed by a helicopter in the seas around Sevastopol:

It appears the Ukrainians have attempted to do a remotely-controlled Taranto on the Russians in port. Fog of war so don't know if/how successful, but it appears drone aircraft, subs and surface craft may have been used.

If this is so, it's quite remarkable, and a change in naval warfare. Taranto was the attack where the British used a single fleet carrier, and just over 20 obsolete biplanes (Swordfish) in a night attack, and took out the Italian line of battle in 1940, disabling or sending to the harbour floor 3 battleships iirc. The Japanese were watching that one, and did it the next year to the Americans with over 320 aircraft...

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 at 5:33pm

And this is apparently an explosive USV lining up a Russian frigate:

If it's real, it seems the ship's point defence weapons (like a phalanx on US ships) weren't used to stop it. The ship seems to be moving at speed so one would think the crew were alert.

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 at 5:59pm

And reckon you've got quick reflexes? This fellow certainly has:

Russian SU25 shot down by surface to air missile in low level flight, only a couple of seconds to decide to live!

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flollo Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 10:27am

Midterms are coming soon. As usual, 538 has some good statistics.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/

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sypkan Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 12:09pm

have the democrats possibly ran the worst election campaign ever?

at a time when voters (and anyone who's not a mindless minion) have been telling them for years that they are seriously out of touch...

they have ran the most aloof, disconnected - literally detached from reality, of campaigns ever, ...totally dismissive of people's concerns and the glaring realities of the day...

(I really keep hoping they'll sort their shit, truly do... but it serms they're irredeemable... ...irreparable?)

sad times

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 3:14pm

You mean worse than when Hillary acted like an insufferable cnt and told half the nation they were useless and disgusting liabilities ?

Worse than when Joe Biden only emerged from his basement a couple of times in the year leading up to the election and even then there was no hiding the fact that he was a mentally deficient, probable-pedo, hair sniffing weirdo?

Seriously….how would you react if some strange bloke started acting like this around children in front of you? The shit overlooked by the media and political officials in their pursuit of power is astounding.

Just imagine if Trump had acted like this piece of filth.

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flollo Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 3:13pm

@DSDS they're still telling the other half that they are useless and a liability...

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sypkan Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 4:51pm
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

You mean worse than when Hillary acted like an insufferable cnt and told half the nation they were useless and disgusting liabilities ?

Worse than when Joe Biden only emerged from his basement a couple of times in the year leading up to the election and even then there was no hiding the fact that he was a mentally deficient, probable-pedo, hair sniffing weirdo?

https://youtu.be/8iCsIGRA7H8

Seriously….how would you react if some strange bloke started acting like this around children in front of you? The shit overlooked by the media and political officials in their pursuit of power is astounding.

Just imagine if Trump had acted like this piece of filth.

they've essentially done the same thing... both! ...double whammy!

they've labelled half of the nation as nazis

and they've locked away a clearly incapacitated man, in his basement, hoping the media and his wife will cover for him and slip him into power - fetterman

whilst hoping to get elected purely on the (totally partisan) jan 6 show trials and the dobbs decision...

despite all the polls telling them that the jan 6 show trials are pretty unpopular (and seen exactly for what they are) across the spectrum

their cluelessness and self importance is truly next level

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frog Monday, 31 Oct 2022 at 9:16pm

The Empire of Truth led by the

Hair Sniffer In Chief

Vid is sort of funny but actually quite creepy to watch

We are in safe hands.

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sypkan Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 1:13am

this 'paul pelosi was attacked by a right wing MAGA nutter' narrative thing isn't going well for them...

musk got his hands on twitter just at the right time, what a shit storm

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Roadkill Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 5:42am
frog wrote:

The Empire of Truth led by the

Hair Sniffer In Chief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjJn1i6D_I

Vid is sort of funny but actually quite creepy to watch

We are in safe hands.

Jimmy Savile was that same sort of touchy creepy…all those kids were 100% repulsed by the crazy guy

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 7:10am

I remember a few years back hearing some stuff about pizzagate and paedophiles in government or something and not paying any attention as it all sounded like utter tripe.

Then you see Epstein’s ( convicted paedo) island and it’s known clients, the fact of his “suicide”, the way that his partner ( Geisel maxwell) was gaoled for sex trafficking and no one on her client list was ever pursued or prosecuted and then Biden’s paedo behaviour .

The whole thing reeks.

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 at 3:21pm

Demise of Evil Empire's rag tag call up (vs) Rise of Free-world Unisex Conscription.
Quite unnerving that MSM promote battlefields as a base level Gender Neutral hang for guys'n'dolls!
tbb will present that upended doc soon enough...a real big eye opener!
This is just a lame example of wotz flying under the radar...give the crew a taste of their bleak future.

Many rightly rate US conscription as merely entry level research...but it can still ignite the tinderbox.
Little known fact that US has conscription by Default since 1986...(Meaning!)
Within 30 days of turning age 18 (Only) US Males must register with (Selective Service System).
https://www.sss.gov/
Basically a lotto draw for a ready default Troop Quota...should US go to war.
Kinda like knowing which of yer draft dodgers will most likely flee to Oz point breaks.
Also a top up on current Troop numbers if required >
Year of birth 21 > 22> 23 > 24 > 25 > 19 >18 then Day of year drawn from public lotto barrel.
(Enlisted / Exemption in 10 days) > Training : 193 days > Front Line! Kaboom..get yer head blown off!
Takes into account Aliens / Dual Citizens / Treaties.

Punishment for (Male) Draft Absconders...
5 years Jail
Fines $250,000
No Student Loans
No Fed Job Training / Employment
Not entitled to a fair day's Pay (Can be paid below minimum wage)
No Drivers License

(US Conscription Timeline)
2013 Women serve in US Army (But remain absent from Conscription?)
2014 Transgender Women (Must enlist but may register for Exemption)
2014 Transgender Men (Not required to enlist but must surrender any / all benefits)

Selective Service System (Challenges on the grounds of Due Process & Gender Equality)
1916 Involuntary Servitude ( 1981 / 2012 / 2019 )
This last one in Texas (That was Trump Era!)
2019 : "Deprives Women the Hallmark of Citizenship, until such a time, they shall not be equal!"
Judge Declared : "The current male only SSR requirement is unconstitutional!"

Wow! So the Law changed...not so fast!

(Biden Era!)
June 2021 Fifth Circuit : Reversed Ruling > Supreme Court declined to review Court of Appeals.

[Factcheck] Annual Budget = $23m + Women (Extra $9m) = $32m /1st year (Basic Data retention.

13 EU Nations are locking in "responsibly progressive" (Nato's cuddly soft Gender Neutral Conscription)

US looked set to join these "Progressives"...( Note SSR reports direct to President Biden )
Did The Prez just pull the pin on "Responsibly Progressive Citizenship!"
Does The Prez perpetuate the Stereotype of Weak Helpless women!

[Factcheck]
2022 NDAA House Bill introduced Women's Draft for 2023 Vote.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7900/actions
2023 NDAA Senate Bill is expected to include Women's Draft Bill for Vote!

tbb is saying that most of Europe (13 nations) & soon US require equal / gender neutral conscription.
During ALBO's term...it's likely that Oz Chix will obtain equal rights to be called up.
This will likely be offset with Emergency services as an official rolled up militarized opt out!

tbb will relay more as research permits...swear no one else is motoring down this Ghost Highway.
Can share no one is saying a word about the "Universal" rise of Mum's Free World Army.
Tip : (Last decade) Evil Empire War Chix drop from 30% > 3% (vs) Nato War Chix ramping 3% > 30%
Now that is news...but all say nothing...just as this US Women's Equal Conscription bill slides thru!
Facts show Leaders have direct duty with conscription...so expect little debate for yer Nato childcare rebate!

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Supafreak Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 at 3:57pm

Shared this on another thread but think it was quickly lost in different topic , the link is 4 corners on Monday night just gone , anyone catch it ? @etarip , I would be interested to read your take on this . https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2022/video/NC2203H037S00

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 at 4:22pm

Yes I caught that Supa. There was a bit in the wargaming that seemed familiar to 'Air Sea Battle' which was a formulation of what a conflict would look like, done by the US back in the 2000s.

This fellow is excellent (and surfs! Good work mate!), if you have the time:

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Supafreak Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 at 4:53pm
velocityjohnno wrote:

Yes I caught that Supa. There was a bit in the wargaming that seemed familiar to 'Air Sea Battle' which was a formulation of what a conflict would look like, done by the US back in the 2000s.

This fellow is excellent (and surfs! Good work mate!), if you have the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEJrxKh0k0

Thanks for that link VJ , will watch tomorrow as the surf is flat .

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sypkan Saturday, 5 Nov 2022 at 1:34pm

inflation...

not a normal word

not part of normal people's lexicon

republicans have taught normal people this word...

errrrrrr.... ok...

https://mobile.twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1588586215565328385

these people are just weird

they couldn't possibly show their contempt any more for the normal populace, along with their own hubris, and lack of concern for real people's lives and concerns

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velocityjohnno Saturday, 5 Nov 2022 at 2:37pm

Maybe Elon's purging twitter of leftiness to clear the way for a 2024 Trump presidential run... Pieces falling together like some form of 3D chess
He who controls the counting machines, wins

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velocityjohnno Saturday, 5 Nov 2022 at 2:43pm