Do NOT make this a thing again!!!

It’s not vitriol. It’s questioning how this piece of the russian jigsaw puzzle fits in with everything else going on. Ukraine has has put Russia into a very desperate position, but the one card they kept trying to play throughout the conflict was "Don’t do that or we’ll get the nukes out. ". Repeatedly it’s been shown to be an empty threat (thankfully).

So why would that suggest a new START now when their situation is deteriorating? Surely they’d want to keep this card in their hand.

• Have they found that their nuclear arsenal is in the same kind of state as the rest of their military? I.e. broken under the weight of corruption in their society.

• Are they worried about a future breakup of the government or state, and don’t want to lose control of nuclear material? Better to decommission it first.

• is it a distraction from other events like the sanctions that are due in the US Congress? A delaying technique like the “Ukrainian peace plan”.

Whatever it is, this is part of a larger situation and we shouldn’t take it at face value. That doesn’t mean you ignore it, just understand it.

Translation: Our nukes have all been cannibalised for parts, most of which have been sold on the black market. Can you dismantle yours too please?

Arms dealers says world needs more weapons in it.

I think he can bog off.

I think that’s how the word is used across Europe. Not the American “do what the people want” way.

How about limiting numbers of tickets sold to corporations to some number? Many major sporting events are almost impossible to attend unless you’re invited by a corporate entity that has some allocation. Quite often the people who do go aren’t interested in the event and are just there to get drunk on free booze.

Kick the corporations out.

Conditioned to instantly fall asleep at the command-word “multipass”.

I don’t think men need a protected category for most sports, so having both would just be duplication.

I realise it’s a shot across the bow, but the intent seems to be to cause distress. Not to cause damage or steal secrets. Right now they seem to be achieving their goal.

That’s why you’re a random rube on the internet and not a member of the Joint Chiefs.

A fair point. They’ll be much better informed than me on what the real tangible threat is. All I’m saying is that it’s not clear to me what the threat is.

Just make the mens competition an “open” competition so that anybody can qualify if they can. A trans-woman competing in the “open” category would be no problem.

Other categories can then stay protected.

Wish they’d be more precise. Are they armed drones? If not…who cares. If we’re just talking DJI knockoffs then even if they are piloted by russians I think we’d be better off ignoring them.

Doesn’t interviewing a potential witness count as investigating Trump?

As a Brit… Government policy is doing a pretty good job. Everything is making running an independent site completely infeasible. They’re legislating as if the only people who run sites are big tech corporations who have money to burn on compliance.

Israel does. Compulsory service.

Does this mean Portland should deploy bears to deal with soldier attacks?

Every military ever.

The concept that a soldier is able to disobey an illegal order is flawed. The first thing that happens to them is being thrown in jail awaiting court martial. It’s then on them to prove the order illegal be ause the presumption is that it was legal. It becomes one person against the whole military apparatus.

The penalty if found guilty of refusing to obey orders? At minimum (in the US) a dishonorable discharge. At most a room on death row.

I still think soldier should refuse illegal orders, but the system is setup so they don’t.

I’m not sure Hong Kong is a good example. It was returned to China from the UK in the 90s. So everything since then is “internal”.

Tibet on the other hand…

You realise avoiding the anxiety is worse than dealing with it.

Global war between who?

Russia has been shown to be a paper tiger. China wants to dominate through trade not warfare. Everybody else doesn’t really have an axe to grind. At least, not on that scale.

I see you like to party with Bernie.