A) Nuclear demonstration, no strike
B) Battlefield nukes on Ukrainian troops
C) Nuclear strike on Ukrainian cities
D) Nuclear strike on a Nato country
How do we respond?
A) _____
B) _____
C) _____
C) _____
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my guess is all the above would be accomplished by blowing up the Zaporizhya nuke plant. detaining for questioning AKA kidnapping its director hints toward that. if that happens, UN should kick russia off security council and send in peace keeping troops forthwith or at least the countries that are harmed by the fallout blown their way need to respond forcibly.
in the meantime while he’s conjuring up more dastardly things, putie will send draftees to the meat grinder with the help of extra pre-ground mercenaries from kim and others.
david horsey had an op ed last week addressing the draft call and russian history at Putin’s pawns | The Seattle Times
also in the meantime, the little things can count too in undoing putie’s putsch.
Miss Crimea fined for singing patriotic Ukrainian song | Crimea | The Guardian
as bink would say: “slava ukraini”
in other news
Georgia senate candidate Herschel Walker got caught in a big lie this week, and officials in Ukraine clapped back at Elon Musk’s plan to end Russia’s war against their country.
back to the thread topic
Glad I don’t have to make such decisions. Whatever our response, I doubt it will involve the use of nukes. There are other responses that will hurt the shit out of Russia, and Putin. Blockades – physical and economic, ramping up equipment and aid to Ukraine, cyber attacks on Russian electronic infrastructure, economic pressure on China. There are options I can’t even imagine. Glad I don’t have to choose since we don’t know how Putin will react to any of those.
So in ‘61 Roger Maris hit 61 home runs to become the single season HR AL record holder, and held that distinction for 61 years until October 4, 2022 when Aaron Judge hit his 62nd HR. I bet Aaron believes in numerology.
Yankees and White Sox played an exhibition game here once so I saw Maris, Mantle, Nellie Fox, and all the orher little yankees and Soxes play ball. Mr Fox was rude when i axed him for an autygraph–on my NELLIE FOX GLOVE. I think he had a hangover. Suckiest glove i ever saw. Absolutely zero pocket.
Ian reminds us that while stronger hurricanes may be among the more dramatic signs of climate change, beach erosion from rising seas is the bigger threat. WaPo
The pics tell the story.
Get em while they hot.
According to Hiassen, replacing sand on florida beaches was a HUGE scam at one point. Might still be.
(E Putin falls out a window.
there ya go, Old Man, that could be the winning answer
OM & craig,
nope, it’ll be a body double that “falls” from the window at the same time a very mysterious old woman in a burka using a Kalashnikov as a cane is seen slinking from the room.
sturge, you continue the story from there and we have the trail’s first hit movie-worthy mystery novel about how putin lives on in style at mar a lago.
snl’s beck bennet plays putin & alec baldwin is SFB as his new butler (or is that spelled butt-ee)
Ideal sitch: Someone on the inside takes out Poohtin. His supporters draw down troops claiming this was Poohtin’s failure, not theirs.
Good point: Let him fake his own death and live out his life in his opulent dacha. It doesn’t seem fair, at all…and could he live quietly, in obscurity? We know his orange mentee couldn’t do it.
Realistically, my guess is B.
More Russians flee than join Putin’s army after call-up for war
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/04/more-russians-flee-than-join-putins-army-after-cal/
The Florida insurance industry is circling the toilet –
Ian deals blow to Florida’s teetering insurance sector
https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-floods-business-fort-myers-hurricane-ian-2919dfe93aff173d7340ee49aa1d11b2
My best hope, though not what I expect, is if he orders up nukes, generals will disobey. They must be restless and weary these days.
I’m with Pogo… glad I don’t have to make that decision of what to do. Can’t believe that Putey can give that order and that there won’t be multiple people willing to do what CBob suggests.
As for Florida… Rick and I celebrated our 40th anniversary on Fort Myers Beach… I blogged here about it at the time. Yesterday we celebrated our 47th. Time flies… but we still have great memories. Can’t believe it’s all destroyed. We were talking about spending our 45th on Sanibel Island… but of course Covid changed those plans.
Honeymoon was a couple weeks in Venice and Naples, almost fifty-two years ago. I even scouted out Naples the last time I was deployed to Florida looking for a retirement home. I suppose some building sites will be available now.
For those who did not follow the full path of Ian, the damned thing has been sitting on top of the D.C. region for six days. The first little bit of sunshine just blinded us. It is clouding up again, hopefully for not as long.
Janis Joplin passed away at 27 more than 50 years ago yesterday.
Scientists warned about flooding in the Florida communities hit by Hurricane Ian
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126235055/scientists-warned-about-flooding-in-the-florida-communities-hit-by-hurricane-ian
So, Bob, Rick Scott says the state also needs to invest in mitigating sea level rise and flooding. Now I may be wrong, but Florida is a peninsula that has highest elevation of 345 feet – Britton Hill, on the Alabama/Florida border (likely dropping relative to mean high tide as we speak) and an average elevation of 100 feet statewide with a VERY gradual rise from sea level along every coastal area to not very high elevations in roughly the middle of the peninsula and the northern border of the panhandle. the lower roughly 1/3 of the peninsula is less than 10 meters above sea level , with about half of that less than 5 meters above sea level. Exactly how does he propose mitigating the sea level rise and flooding? Are those crickets I hear?
lol, i see what you did there, Mr. C: fuck Elon Musk
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/white-house-lobby-opec-oil-production-cuts-gasoline-prices-midterms/index.html
“…following Wednesday’s crucial meeting of OPEC+, the international cartel of oil producers that, as expected, announced a significant cut to output in an effort to raise oil prices.”
“On Wednesday morning, OPEC+ oil ministers meeting in Vienna agreed to an even larger production cut than the White House had feared — 2 million barrels per day, beginning in November…”
‘We have zero dryland cotton in Lubbock County’: Production worse than expected
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/business/2022/10/01/cotton-production-worse-than-expected-around-lubbock-west-texas/69532503007/
if you didn’t see, Elon Musk posted an offensive poll on his twitter polling his readers as to what concessions Ukrainians should make to Russia, Ukrainian officials responded with a hearty “fuck off”
Slava Ukraine
Interstate overpass = Florida mountain.
Someone living on a boat in Sanford Florida says the water is still rising there. The power at the marina is off so any live aboards need either have a separate source of power, they have solar and generator, water, they have a water maker, and sewage holding tank good enough for a week, they have compost toilets. As she puts it, it is like living on the hook, except they can slosh along the dock to climb up to the parking lot where they have their van parked to go driving through the water to go food shopping.
Pogo –
And it’s all a sponge , so sea walls ain’t gonna cut it.
My solution …………. Brooms.
Every day at 5 PM , everyone goes down to the beach , and sweeps the water back for 30 mins.
Problem solved .
Elon Musk should “fall out of a window.”
He’s manipulated crypto with his comments, but the SEC turned a blind eye.
Oil prices will fluctuate, but the loss of bodily autonomy is forever. ROE-vember is coming.
Just in case Elon Egomaniac takes over Twitter and it all goes south, I’ve created a cautionary account on Tribel. If anyone else does please friend me Jamie White
https://www.tribel.com/
Wow the usually circumspect Leon Panetta went further than I’ve heard him so far in predicting Ukraine will kick Russians out entirely, plus this: “If he is totally defeated I don’t see any way that Putin will survive in Russia”. (CNN)
Sure sounds like 11th Circuit headed toward shutting down the idiot district Judge for good, wiping out her entire Special Master scheme. She must have pissed them off with her defiance of their first ruling.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/justice-department-motion-expedite-special-master-appeal-granted
And they expedited the case, briefs and oral arguments to be done in a little over a month. They are fired up!
so how does that impact the recent filing to SCOTUS? does clarence wait until after the new hearings and lump both 11th circuit decisions together or does he jump the gun? since the whole defense ploy is to delay delay they probably want the former before clarence makes his move… that is if the chief doesn’t make him let someone else handle what happens next.
Heard a new phrase last night on Amanpour …….
” Bonfire of the Veils ”
The Iranian protests have moved into the schools below university levels.
Another term they are using …
“They can’t lock all of us up”
The world is truly rolling over .
Vlad has to be paranoid as poop right now.
LP yesterday
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/04/greg-abbott-eric-adams-busing-new-york/
Lyin’ Greg Abbott
“Abbott previously said Eric Adams’ office had not reached out to him about coordinating migrant arrivals in New York…”
“Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday acknowledged New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office sent an email that was apparently a follow-up to a conversation seeking greater coordination of Texas’ plans to bus migrants to the city— but the governor stressed that the mayor himself had not made direct contact.”
During the debate last Friday, Greg said “the mayor” never contacted him. That’s like taking two cookies because your mom says you can’t have “a” cookie. Weasel.
Patd –
The SCOTUS is knee deep in alligators already , the’ll bat that one down , like ole’ ” Pillow Man ” .
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/03/texas-cryptocurrency-mining-bitcoin/
“By March, Rodriguez had quit farming cotton — something he called “just another job” — and began training to work in a cryptocurrency mine.”
“The county had exactly what London-based Argo Blockchain was looking for: plenty of open land and easy access to affordable power, thanks to a large wind farm built there more than a decade ago.”
“Texas political leaders have been promoting the state as a destination for companies producing bitcoin and other digital currencies, touting the state’s reputation for low taxes and cheap power…”
“Like some other industries, crypto companies can shut down operations when high demand puts stress on the grid. This summer, when the grid operator asked Texans to conserve electricity due to tight grid conditions, Bratcher said crypto companies quickly shut down.”
“Some communities with new crypto mining facilities have complained about the constant noise.”
“A grassroots group in Navarro County, northeast of Waco, has rallied some citizens to oppose a bitcoin facility proposed by Riot Blockchain, claiming that it would create pollution by using large amounts of electricity.”
“Crypto mining involves using powerful computers to produce digital currencies, called tokens, which can be used like traditional money to make online purchases. The crypto transactions run through computers rather than through a centralized entity like a bank, with the goal of providing people the ability to achieve wealth outside the traditional financial system. The computers require large amounts of electricity.”
REGULATE THIS SH/+!
To paraphrase Ann Richards …………….
Poor Tucker , he can’t help himself. He was born with an aluminum TV tray in his mouth.
Blue in “D” …………
Bitcoin is the future , if I could only find someone to buy my “Beanie Baby” collection, I’d jump in with my gold plated Buffalo knuckles , and “Avoid Future Regret” .
“Whales speak French at the bottom of the sea”
This not an age of hoaxes , but a flowering of hucksters .
Vocal Fry on these sounds from the tv persons. Grating. The “A” as in Ask At Act fact tact packed, natural; every time they hit that sound it’s like the proverbial fingernails on the chalkboard.
Sturge –
Camp Lejeune lawyers. The carrot penis people . And the girl who peddles to stop crotch rot. She tells us she’ll place it in her butt seeks, but dances away , all the time telling us our crotches can smell poorly.
I didn’t know about this , when you wrote about it, but Bingo came very soon.
Young Livers , Telecasters and Dexidrene
Listen to Zappa , he invented Rap Music in 67′.
Geez, Gingrich on FOX defending Herschel Walker because “he’s had a lot of concussions and suffered from PTSD”. Yet they attack Biden for cognitive issues.
Billy the Mountain –
Live at UCLA with Flow and Eddie from the Turtles , (Happy Together). For 20 mins.
The satire is amazing , and it is flawless . Watch this , it’s 50 years old.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/russian-hackers-state-government-websites/index.html
“Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states – the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also temporarily offline on Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear what caused that outage.”
lolol
CC –
Walker never had a very large sack of marbles. He is playing with about 2 or 3 . His brain needs to go to the brain study in Mass, not the US Senate.
His son has the bit in his teeth , that dog has just begun to bark .
He’s about to saw that branch off tree.
Nite All
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