One man is already prepared

For most folks, I don’t think the cost factors into the decision. It surely didn’t for me. I was under no illusions. I fully realized and accepted the fact that those were going to be *THE MOST* expensive veggies to ever cross my lips. I knew from the start that I would likely never, ever recoup the initial and…

Are you and your company deeply tied to the leader of a regime who is invading a foreign country? Is your company the result of massive graft and you were able to purchase a state owned company for pennies on the dollar? Is your wealth tied to corruption and being best buds with a maniac with delusions of recreating…

They just give them back with a fine once the dust settles. The super rich play by different rules, and the people enforcing those rules are also super rich, so they treat each other with kid gloves.

Artificial reef is a good option

“Most of the game also requires an internet connection to play, even in single-player, supposedly to help cut down on cheating.”

Yep I play video games to escape real life.

But this game is extremely realistic in that I’m driving around in a Honda Civic and I can only dream about driving the nice cars.

But it doesn’t make sense for Russia to drag out this war with some 4d chess strategy where they lose a bunch of equipment, fuel and manpower by sending in the low level troops, and then they send in the pros. All you do is give Ukrainian units experience and confidence so your shock troops have to fight motivated…

All that posturing the Russians did before they actually invaded allowed the Ukrainians to dig in like ticks. They are in a superior defensive, especially in Kyiv. Many of the Ukrainian Army’s senior officers were trained and served with the Soviets when they were young. They know the Russian Army’s tactics.

It’s almost as if the last 40+ years haven’t been filled to the brim with example after example that fourth generation warfare favors the home team.

This is what happens when 90% of your military budget is spent on private yachts.

Every report about the ineptness of the Russian ground forces brings me back to the climactic monologue in Chernobyl. What is the cost of lies? I can definitely see the kleptocrat-era Russian chain of command functioning exactly as the Soviet-era chain of nuclear responsibility did - “everything is definitely fine!”…

Anyone who wants to have their mind blown, and understand a lot of the context around the Russia-Ukraine war, should spend some time studying the Eastern Front in WWII. There are a ton of great resources out there, but my person favorite is Dan Carlin’s “Ghosts of the Ostfront” series as part of the Hardcore History…

Yeah, if the Russian troops haven’t had their “Are we the baddies?” moment yet, it’s too late.

All sympathy for Russia goes out the window when they’re specifically targeting maternity wards, schools, civilian cars fleeing, apartment buildings, and journalists. If Russians are ok with committing war crimes, then we need to be ok with the armed resistance to their invasion using any and all means necessary to…

3-5% price increase during a year of ~8% inflation is price gouging? You’re an idiot.

Competition/consumer choice prevents price gouging.

I mean, nothing about this is gouging though. As much as I detest Musk and overall kinda meh about Tesla, a 3-5% price increase is certainly not gouging and certainly much much much preferred to dealers cranking up the price 20%+ on cars. At the end of the day, the cost went up for Tesla and adjusted their pricing…

Adjusting to higher production costs due to inflation is not price gouging.

It’s the dilemma of the contemporary American conservative activist.