PleaseBlitz Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 I bought a new car in May 2021 and am only on like my sixth tank of gas. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) Edit : Their whereabouts @RUOligarchJets Edited March 2, 2022 by FrFan 1 2 1 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 23 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said: Super-expensive gas to really stick it to our monster truck morons that didn’t get the message in 2008 AND we get Putin penniless and on trial for war crimes while the west rebuilds the Russian economy for our benefit?!? SIGN ME UP!! Thanks to COVID everyone has been conditioned to work from home. Governmental emergency orders in the west to get as many workers as possible to work from home could be an easy solution to at least minimize the pain. Too bad someone hasn't come up with ways for our buildings and vehicles to be more fuel efficient. Oh, and someone should invent an electric car or something. And yet again, we have to learn the same lesson that energy conservation isn't only about being green. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) The dictatorship will fall from within ! Edited March 2, 2022 by FrFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Quote Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said on Wednesday that he thinks it "was a mistake" for former President Donald Trump to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a genius 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, The Sisko said: Thanks to COVID everyone has been conditioned to work from home. Governmental emergency orders in the west to get as many workers as possible to work from home could be an easy solution to at least minimize the pain. Too bad someone hasn't come up with ways for our buildings and vehicles to be more fuel efficient. Oh, and someone should invent an electric car or something. And yet again, we have to learn the same lesson that energy conservation isn't only about being green. Truth, but also true that the folks who can least afford super expensive gas will still have to show up in person. We need to help them should the situation go that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 What a timeline we live in. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Russian armoured vehicles and soldiers patrol Kherson, Ukraine – video Heavy fighting has been reported in Kherson, a city along the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, where the mayor said Russian forces had taken control of the railway station and the port by the early hours of Wednesday. Videos shared on social media show Russian military vehicles and soldiers patrolling the streets Click on the link for video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 As hinted before... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 17 minutes ago, spjunkies said: I approve of the action. But let's notice. Somewhere down the road, one or more of those is going to turn up somewhere unwanted, too. Price I'm willing to pay, in this case. Just wanting us to have our eyes open. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, TradeTheBeal! said: Super-expensive gas to really stick it to our monster truck morons that didn’t get the message in 2008 AND we get Putin penniless and on trial for war crimes while the west rebuilds the Russian economy for our benefit?!? SIGN ME UP!! Im about to tow my home 2,000 miles to my new location in which I get an average of about 8 mpg using diesel. I’m not as happy as you are. Edited March 3, 2022 by The Almighty Buzz 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, The Almighty Buzz said: Im about to tow my home 2,000 to my new location in which I get an average of about 8 mpg using diesel. I’m not as happy as you are. Tell ya what, old friend…Trade that big old truck in on a brand spanking new 28mpg Mazda CX-9 SkyActive and I’ll foot the bill to have your home professionally towed to its new location. If you can do the deal this weekend, I’ll throw in the TruCoat for half-price! Edited March 2, 2022 by TradeTheBeal! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV - a whole different story Never was there a better illustration of the alternative reality presented by Russian state media than at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday. As BBC World TV opened its bulletin with reports of a Russian attack on a TV tower in the capital Kyiv, Russian TV was announcing that Ukraine was responsible for strikes on its own cities. So what are Russian TV viewers seeing of the war? What messages are they hearing over the airwaves? Below is a snapshot of what ordinary Russians would have picked up, on Tuesday 1 March, while channel-hopping across the country's key TV stations, which are controlled by the Kremlin and its corporate allies. Good Morning, on state-controlled Channel One, one of Russia's most popular channels, is to the casual observer not unlike the breakfast broadcasting found in many other countries with its mix of news, culture and light entertainment. On Tuesday the normal running order is interrupted at 05:30 Moscow time [02:30 GMT]. The presenters announce that TV schedules have been changed "due to well known events", and there will be more news and current affairs. The news bulletin suggests that reports about Ukrainian forces destroying Russian military hardware are false, designed to "mislead inexperienced viewers". "Footage continues to be circulated on the internet which cannot be described as anything but fake," the presenter explains as the viewer is shown photographs of what is described as "unsophisticated virtual manipulations". Later in the morning, at 08:00 Moscow time, we tune in for the morning bulletin from television channel NTV, which is owned by a subsidiary of Gazprom, a Kremlin-controlled firm. It concentrates almost exclusively on events in Donbas, the region in the east of Ukraine where on 24 February, Russia stated it was beginning its "special military operation" to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine. There is no mention of reports of the ominous miles-long military convoy snaking its way from Belarus in the north to Ukraine's capital Kyiv, which, in the UK, leads the BBC Radio 4 news bulletin half-an-hour later. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) I saw earlier that one of the Romanian Migs probably crashed on the way to Ukraine. (I think due to snowy conditions) Edited March 3, 2022 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Vis-a-vis rising oil prices and Russian throttling the world supply, the supply glut after the anthropause and dropping prices/barrel didn't stop anyone from drilling wells, they have just been capping them and leaving them until prices rise back up enough. Extensive new deposits in the Permian and Delaware basins in West Texas have revealed vastly more oil than was believed before. Plus it is right there in the Texas oil infrastructure to move to Houston, etc. for refining. There will be temporary prices hikes because hell, when has an oil company ever NOT raised the price for any excuse? But Russia can pound their crude up their collective asses. The world's supply is in no way dependent upon them. Forbes 2018 America's Oil And Gas Reserves Double With Massive New Permian Discovery https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2018/12/21/americas-oil-and-gas-reserves-double-with-massive-new-permian-discovery/?sh=531090fa2c91 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 So if these are the numbers Russia is admitting to, how much higher do we estimate them to really be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Just now, China said: So if these are the numbers Russia is admitting to, how much higher do we estimate them to really be? Eh, an order of magnitude ought to put you in the ballpark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 6:33 PM, Larry said: Keep recalling a quote I heard during Desert Storm. Amateur generals love to talk about strategy. Professional soldiers talk about logistics. I also recall from that time, the first promotion from Desert Storm. The day before the attack began, Schwarzkopf pinned a fourth star on his chief of logistics. Ukraine Update: Let's talk some more about logistics. It's the reason Russia is losing this war I served in the U.S. Army as an MLRS fire direction specialist. That is, I was command and control for rocket artillery, like the Russian GRABs that are now leveling entire cities. My job was to keep my MLRS platoon, three launchers, properly supplied. My MLRS battery had nine of those launchers. I wanted to make sure I was remembering correctly, since it’s been 30 years since I served. Luckily, I found an MLRS battery org chart: To support nine MLRS launchers, we needed four HQ vehicles (M577, my home for three years), 12 HEMTT ammo trucks, to shuttle ammo from weapons depots to the launchers. Two fuel tankers. Eight 2.5 ton trucks—for ferrying food, small-arms ammo, and mechanical spare parts. Two 5 ton trucks, for the same purpose. One recovery vehicle, to tow broken vehicles away (which happened like every five miles of movement). And 26 Humvees—to carry leadership (both officers and and non-commissioned officers), mechanics, the guy who ran the armory, the guy who ran our supply room, a decontamination specialist, guys who fixed broken radios, medics, and a bunch of other people I’ve forgotten. In total, the battery had 64 vehicles. Or 55 vehicles to support the nine vehicles actually shooting anything. In terms of troops, the battery had around 300 soldiers. just 27 of them sat in those nine MLRS launchers. That’s what “logistics” means. If you see an army has, say, 1 million people. Just assume that the part of that army that shoots stuff is a fraction of that number, maybe 75,000-150,000. You need a massive operation to support the people shooting stuff—fuel, food, ammo, spare parts, and other equipment. Click on the link for the full article 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 8 hours ago, FootballZombie said: That big stalled Russian convoy is getting hit by Ukraine jets. I've also been hearing it is having a very difficult time moving in muddy conditions on the radio. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-jets-hit-russian-column-131510676.html That's great news if true. And we didn't even have to secretly launch missiles! Or maybe we did??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CousinsCowgirl84 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Having been hearing too much from demetri or Putin lately… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I've wondered if Putin would sanction their own oil in an attempt to weaken the alliance. I imagine that would cause problems for some of our European friends. Even more so than our own increased gas costs. The upside of that is that Putin himself could checkmate the dopes here that are reduced to complaining about not sanctioning the oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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