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BigWill

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Apparently the UN has dropped its most severe climate change models and Trump is taking note. Interestingly the UN says they had over forecast the use of coal and population growth in these models.

I have always believed that these models don't give enough weight to technology. Smaller, modular nuclear is coming and it may take another decade to get to "widespread" use but it is way different than the 3 mile island approach. Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc all have contracted to build versions of this in the US and China and the rest of the world is doing their versions. If it economically works and is "clean" it will replace all those wind farms overnight. 24/7 power.


Will climate change Gretta be forced to return her Nobel Prize as well as get a hair perm ?
 
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Stop laughing hyena and just find the posts
What makes it easy is the Iranian people by at least a 90/10 ratio love America. We have the best military and frankly the IRGC are fools if they think they can beat our military. What makes it difficult is the Iranian regime are not fools. They think they can outlast Trump…at least thinking the Dems win the mid-terms and stop him. What makes it difficult is arming the Iranian people, who are disarmed by their totalitarian government. What makes it difficult are the squishies here who have no guts or enough intelligence to offer strong support to rid the world of the largest supporter of terrorism, which would make the world a lot safer for the next generation.

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Read my post about "OIL" from last month.

Then learn how oil producing wells have to have storage tanks for unrefined oil....OR......the wells clog up and become NON-PRODUCING. Which is now happening in Iran.

Chi-na then has to buy oil at OPEC retail prices which knocks out their competitive advantage of producing goods with low labor costs !

President Trump is in no hurry to restart hostility.
He should be, if he wants to have a chance to keep both chambers of congress in the mid-terms.
 
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Lower level college distance running is less a sport than just putting one foot in front of another and swinging your arms back and forth.
Wrong. North Central College in the Chicago burbs had an outstanding D3 program. They actually competed quite well against many D1 teams in the mixed XC meets. I don’t know where they stand today, but 20-45 years ago, they were a mark of excellence.
 

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The hyena is the biggest moron on this board by far. He’d laugh at a post where I say he is the second coming of my acquaintance Peter Snell - 3x Olympic Gold Medalist and 2x mile world record holder. Peter was never D3.
QAnon nut job is so obsessed with me he’s fabricated an entire fan fiction backstory for me.

It doesn’t really land very well when you criticize a running career you’ve completely made up.
 

BigWill

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He should be, if he wants to have a chance to keep both chambers of congress in the mid-terms.
You may want to explore current State AND US Supreme rulings about Dem efforts to Gerrymandering .
Wrong. North Central College in the Chicago burbs had an outstanding D3 program. They actually competed quite well against many D1 teams in the mixed XC meets. I don’t know where they stand today, but 20-45 years ago, they were a mark of excellence.
Correct, one outlier does not change the huge majority of stiffs thinking they are athletes !

I see them every day, boys and girls cross country jogging by my house on a slight upgrade about 1 mile from the high school. 50 % of them have quit the jog and are walking.

The NJSP academy had a platoon group jog, you could fall out of the group, but you had to look like you were still jogging. The class did the group jog a week before graduation. In jump boots, in cadence step, 5 miles in 35 minutes, mandatory.

Our resident jogger can't believe that time as a jogger athlete. He loves to point to the current time of 5 miles in 40 minutes, in sneakers, not in step, that is the newest standard as a result of a Federal Consent Decree to allow more women into the NJSP. (Many standards were lowered in that decree.)
 

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Ukraine is in the news but not very prominently. Apparently the Russians are still attacking hard but the Ukrainians are increasingly hitting back.

"For the fifth consecutive month, Russian losses have outpaced the Kremlin’s ability to recruit replacements. Ukraine’s Defence Minister confirmed that over 35,000 Russian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded in April 2026 alone ..."

(causality numbers from either side are suspect but it probably is a big number, but likely not that big)

The other news is that Ukraine now has technology to attack deep into Russian territory with drones. I wonder if the Russian people ever will get tired enough of this for the war to change. Ukraine has been taking a beating for 4 years but is still ticking.

 
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Ukraine is in the news but not very prominently. Apparently the Russians are still attacking hard but the Ukrainians are increasingly hitting back.

"For the fifth consecutive month, Russian losses have outpaced the Kremlin’s ability to recruit replacements. Ukraine’s Defence Minister confirmed that over 35,000 Russian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded in April 2026 alone ..."

(causality numbers from either side are suspect but it probably is a big number, but likely not that big)

The other news is that Ukraine now has technology to attack deep into Russian territory with drones. I wonder if the Russian people ever will get tired enough of this for the war to change. Ukraine has been taking a beating for 4 years but is still ticking.

This reads like Putin has the same issue Xi has had in China with high tech military development. Yes men (afraid men) tell him what he wants to hear as opposed to what os happening on the ground.
 
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What makes it easy is the Iranian people by at least a 90/10 ratio love America. We have the best military and frankly the IRGC are fools if they think they can beat our military. What makes it difficult is the Iranian regime are not fools. They think they can outlast Trump…at least thinking the Dems win the mid-terms and stop him. What makes it difficult is arming the Iranian people, who are disarmed by their totalitarian government. What makes it difficult are the squishies here who have no guts or enough intelligence to offer strong support to rid the world of the largest supporter of terrorism, which would make the world a lot safer for the next generation.

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Right, a couple of people on a message board are the issue. LOL.