No...the root of current interest rates and inflation are seated in what happened in 2020. COVID, remember? As for the president's words? He's a gibbering idiot now, so we don't listen to him. Why should you?
You probably don't grasp that a trillion is a lot, trillions a lot more. Russia has an economy smaller than Italy. The only reason they have the equipment they have is inheriting (now antiques) from the USSR. Your argument seems to be that if the US would meet Russia in a battle with fixed formations and ball & powder muskets they would get a damned good thrashing. Probably, Amercian soldiers are on average just in it for some free college and healthcare, getting killed would be the opposite of that. But just Britain and France would utterly destroy Russia in a non-nuclear war and all finished in a nuclear one.
I think it's pretty fucking cool how the Ukrainians nearly sunk that Russian cruiser with a toy boat they got from the local hobby shop. Maybe they bought in bulk for extra savings?
They have the advantage of how inventive people get when they have no choice. The trick to the drone boats is the telemetry, Russia has been unable to effectively jam the operator without scrambling their own essential communication. They can even get broadband enough to get the video feeds back.
half of this board say Biden does brilliant job overall this topic just moved into kindergarten talk - my dad strong, no my dad stronger, my dad will broke your legs with his finger, my dad can throw your dad into ocean 5 miles deep. It's fun somewhat but repetitive. So will leave Russian haters - ukrainian nazi lovers alone for now KGB stoped financing posts. LOL
Did you know that France has the most timezones of any country (not Russia) as it has numerous foreign territories governed by Paris, using the Euro etc.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...l-Positions-In-North-Dakota-Oil-Industry.html Ukrainian Refugees Fill Positions In North Dakota Oil Industry By Charles Kennedy - Aug 07, 2023, 1:15 AM CDT Ukrainian refugees are filling open job positions in the shale patch of North Dakota, thanks to a humanitarian program, the AP reports, noting 16 Ukrainians have already started work in the shale patch and another 12 are due to arrive later this month. There are some 2,500 job vacancies in the Bakken shale play in North Dakota, which currently produces some 1.1 million barrels of oil daily. The output in the play peaked in 2019 at 1.5 million barrels daily and has been in decline since then. As of June, there were 38 drilling rigs in the Bakken but North Dakota’s mineral resources director Lynn Helms said at the time that these should bounce back to the mid-40s when the first batch of Ukrainian workers under the humanitarian program arrived. “If this workforce program works as well as we hope, we’re going to see that rig count bounce back, and that adds a lot of dollars to North Dakota’s economy,” Helms said in June, as quoted by the Bismarck Tribune. The program, dubbed Bakken Global Recruitment of Oilfield Workers, or GROW, was launched earlier this year with the aim of filling job vacancies in the Bakken through immigration with the initial focus on Ukrainians. The Bakken shale play is still one of the biggest producing oil regions in the U.S. shale patch. The biggest player there is Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources, the company that revealed the true potential of the place back in the early 2000s. Since then, however, natural depletion has reduced the output of crude oil while increasing the production of natural gas, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. At the time, the Energy Information Administration cited this decline in Bakken oil output as the reason for a revision of 2024 oil production figures. Those were revised down to a total of 12.65 million barrels daily, from an earlier projection of 12.8 million bpd. By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com
Cite even one poster who said Biden is doing a brilliant job. I can cite at least one a dozen posters who say PuteyPoo is doing a chit azz job. But thank you for leaving us alone in reality and spreading your Russky fantasies elsewhere.
Z-LIVE NEWS Int. ISW: Ukraine deals heavy blow to Russia with Crimea attack Story by Jack Walls •3h ISW: Ukraine deals heavy blow to Russia with Crimea attack© Provided by Z-LIVE NEWS Int. According to the U.S. think tank Institute for the Study of War, disrupting Russian logistics is an essential part of the Ukrainian offensive. This reports the German news website merkur.de. What happened? According to Russian occupation authorities, two bridges on the Crimean peninsula illegally annexed by Russia were attacked. Specifically, the Chonhar Bridge was hit and damaged by a missile. A bridge northwest of Henichesk was also hit by several missiles. For this reason, motor traffic was only possible along two connecting routes to the mainland. According to the ISW, the Chonhar Bridge and the bridge at Henichesk are the key routes for the Russians in the war. The Chonhar Bridge was the shortest connection between the Crimean peninsula and the southern front. From this, the ISW concludes that a “major bottleneck” in Russian logistics will now be the result there. Moreover, according to military experts, the roads to which Russia has now diverted traffic are “within artillery range” of Ukrainian groups in Kherson oblast. Image: president.gov.ua, Зустріч Президента України з Федеральним канцлером Австрії 44 (cropped), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (image size modified)