DCSaints_fan

Not sure how I come up with these ideas

Yeah I seriously doubt Lutin is going to test NATO without trying to destabilize first … Latvia would be an obvious target

This is Silicon Valley we're talking about. Everyone's pre-revenue for like at least 10 years, than another 10 years to turn a profit (if they last that long)

Scratch another Russian AWACS ... https://kyivindependent.com/russian-a50-plane-shot-down-over-azov-sea-military-says/

A really long tunnel? I hear Russia is pretty good at construction ...

I think technically its only nuclear attack, but I see the point Edit: It was all attacks, not just nuclear https://policymemos.hks.harvard.edu/files/policymemos/files/2-23-22_ukraine-the_budapest_memo.pdf?m=1645824948 Unfortunately we are entering the era of realpolitik and "treaties are only pieces of paper"

Stats aren't exactly easy to pull for all years, but from what I could find in the US in 2012 there were 10,322 fatalities due to drunk/impaired driving and 13,384 in 2022, both according to NHTSA. So the answer is most likely, no. I suppose this makes sense. The perpetrators are probably people who drink habitually so much (i.e. alcoholics) they aren't going to bother with ride shares. vs. the people who go out at most few times a month. But I would note, it decreased heavily from its peak in the 70s/80s, where they were closer to 20k per year. And this was with a smaller population. Car safety tech may have been partially responsible, because all fatalities went down, not just due to alcohol impaired crashes

Yeah and I mean ride shares have been around for over 10 years now so if you really want to go out and wasted, don't drive. If you can afford drinking you can afford an Uber/Lyft

True driverless cars would fix the problem. Of course, they're always "five years away".

US alcohol consumption by type is about 46% beer. Not sure about Tennessee. But it would seem the DUIs (alcohol related) would probably follow from that. I wouldn't be surprised if was higher for beer because its generally more available than liquor.

Ok hate to play devils advocate, but I can see some of the logic of this Don't get me wrong - I do drink occasionally and I'm actually in favor of decriminalization of most drugs. OTOH its not like I want it to be available at 7-11. Well I guess the question would then follow - what makes EtOH so special? And there really isn't a good logical argument for it, its entirely cultural. So like with guns/drugs/cigarettes with time/place manner restrictions. Perhaps allow communities to set their own standards. Give it to the hottest girl in the bar and have the ugliest guy in the bar hit on her then have the girl touch the beer.

Me, me, me Everything is about me

Someone needs to set this song to the highlights of all 57 of his empty net goals

There should be a separate award for 35+. Like the senior PGA

I think @zoony is still stuck in the Pennsylvania Turnpike. @Westbrook36 is the new spokesman for eating a 6 inch Subway sub. @Predicto is a roadie for Bob Seager

This is whole situation is so begging for a Sacha Baron Cohen parody

I'd almost want to go along just for the lolz As long as we can redirect them to the nearest Waffle House, or Cracker Barrel in a pinch, I think we'll be safe.

Too early to start thinking about 2028 ?

eBay it. I bet some hipster would pay a couple hundred bucks so they can feel all retro

Its already too late for primaries, I believe. Unless they rearrange the schedule. But if anything happens, it will be because Biden has some black swan type of event, maybe a health scare, between now an the convention and decides not to run again. I've already heard rumblings that certain "aspirants" like say, Gavin Newsom are trying to place loyalists as convention delegates for this contingency.

There is an outside chance, if we give them enough air assets to conduct SEAD properly, Ukranie could effectively neutralize Russian air defense as well as air force because not only would the Russian Air Force have to have to face Ukranian Air Force, but also while under the the air umbrella of the various Ukranian air defense assets, such as Patriot. Then it should be of matter of simply pulverizing their ground positions from the air, they can use the shorter range, more numerous and cheaper bombs (JDAM. about $30k/pop) vs. the expensive, long range stuff like Storm Shadow, to do that because they shouldn't have to worry about air interdiction. Punch a gap in the lines with an armored spearheads, outflank the positions and roll up the Russian lines. Ala Desert Storm in '91. But this is not so simple. Even with the planes, and trained pilots, air forces are very complex things that take a long time build up strength. This probably should have been started weeks after it was apparent that Ukraine was going to fight and Russian wasn't backing down, because potentially we could be talking about a legit late spring/early summer offensive for Ukraine. If push came to shove, and the Ukranian lines start crumbling and its entire existence is threatened, I'm hoping the West basically goes to Putin and says, "Not an inch more, or else we unleash *our* air force on you in Ukraine" and we get at least a ceasefire.

Like von Manstein said (paraphrasing) you can kill three Russians) for every one of your own men you lose, but the problem is the fourth and fifth Russian … What they’re doing is really, really ugly. Frontal assaults with units composed of marginal populations, prisoners and foreign volunteers so as not to risk the power base of “Russian core”. Blocking units. But in the end it could be effective Putin will wage the war as long as he has to in order to avoid defeat. Sadly I just don’t foresee some uprising or coup that will displace him … his hold on power is simply too strong. The only hope for Ukraine is if they can somehow gain air superiority. Then a smaller force can make substantial advance against a numerically superior opponent, who is well dug in.

This is an odd one, because apparently the Patriot doesn't have the range. Of course, the true range is probably classified and they could have modified one of the missiles ... Or maybe this has something to do with the F-16s.

Forget the parking lot, I’m not sure McCarthy makes it to the press conference

McCarthy is not leaving the parking lot tonight as head coach