1984Echoes

I have one additional point to clean up: A while ago, Archie and I got into an argument over muzzle velocity causing battlefield, or sonic, damage. I stated that high velocity weapons were developed to inflict greater wound damage, Archie called that bogus. I was in the Army. I don't know if Archie ever was in the military. I specifically worked with the M-16 rifle, designed SPECIFICALLY to be a lighter, lower caliber, higher velocity weapon than the M-4. I don't know where Archie is getting his answers on this... but I am guessing he is only reading NRA propaganda, and has absolutely no clue what he's actually talking about. Weapons designers SPECIFICALLY found out that lower caliber-higher velocity bullets caused more wound damage than higher caliber-lower velocity bullets: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1981/06/m-16-a-bureaucratic-horror-story/545153/ Nearly a century before American troops were ordered into Vietnam, weapons designers had made a discovery in the science of “wound ballistics.” The discovery was that a small, fast-traveling bullet often did a great deal more damage than a larger round when fired into human or (for the experiments) animal flesh.

I'd look at the first few teams drafting immediately after us... within the top 4 I think. If we could get another asset (a young player), plus drop from #2 to 3 or 4, and still get a player Weaver wants... to me that's 1st choice. Now, granted, I have no clue how NBA draft trades work, especially within the top 6 picks or so... so I might be totally talking out my, umm, yeah. Maybe those trades are non-existent. But I'd be looking for some young 3&D guy to add to a top 4 draftee... if that's workable/ viable/ realistic. First choice IMO. I think that works within the top 4 or maybe even 5 (I don't know where the drop offs are this year)... but at 6 (trading up to 2) I'm asking for next year's 1st as well. Maybe that's too much... but I'm asking... I believe quality trumps quantity in the NBA by a monstrous margin and that's what NBA GM's both believe and operate on... that belief. So I'm asking outside of (I think) the top 4 for an overwhelming package. Also, on that basis... what package could we be offered for the #1 pick (if we are so fortunate) that is a trade "offer that just cannot be refused." ditto.

I can add one more: The 2017 Las Vegas Mass MURDER was done with bump stocks. 60 dead, 413 wounded. By ONE MAN. Without the bump stocks, casualties would have been drastically lower. A ban on bump stocks was put in place directly as a result of their use in the 2017 Las Vegas Mass MURDER: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting

Interesting concept. Although I don't think distance or location saves anyone from Putin's radioactive retribution if he so chooses it...

A bump stock causes the trigger (red) to be actuated when the receiver moves forward, being reset each round by receiver recoil. This allows semi-automatic firearms to somewhat mimic fully automatic weapons.

What does bump stocks mean? Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to assist in bump firing. Bump firing is the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire ammunition cartridges in rapid succession. In effect, changing the actions of a semi-automatic into automatic firing actions.

Prigozhin is walking a fine line between self-aggrandizement and treason. A razor's edge... and I think he's on the verge of getting permanently sliced.

What he didn't tell anyone is that semi-automatics can be turned into an automatic with a bump stock and bump stocks sold like hotcakes when Trump was in power.

Conspiracy Theory: Putin poisoned Lukashenko with a radiation pill so when he dies he can move in and take over the country for an easy annexation: https://www.yahoo.com/news/rivals-putin-no-1-ally-180546290.html So who can move in faster once Lukashenko is dead? Democratic Byelorussian and Western forces, or Russian? My money is on the Russians, they're prepared for this, the west is not. Sorry Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Durham = Fake News. Mueller = 6 (guilty convictions) Durham = 0 6-0, Mueller wins.

Violent American MAGA Fascists can Go **** Themselves.

Somewhere in here I went wild with a .500 prediction for the season. But I also said I was going to stick with that come rain or shine and, at 18-21 so far, I'm very comfortable with that. So... we'll see... But I'm in a good spot.

It will if he gets promoted in September. (I believe that is still a league rule...)

Elon Musk. Promoter of Fascism.

Panthers win = we pick at #17 instead of at #18 with the Islanders pick...

Sure... But it was over 8.1% once-upon-a-time. And there are still multiple headwinds against inflation continuing to bring it down. Not as quickly as we would like... but the direction is absolutely in the right... direction.

SOFT... LANDING... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-inflation-just-hit-lowest-231501354.html

Who is Don Banjojo?

I proposed a year ago adding Ukraine immediately to NATO under one of 3 methods: 1) Admit Ukraine into NATO as soon as they are under control of all lands west of the Dnieper River - they've done this... but under normal requirements of controlling all lands within a countrie's borders this is not a viable option per NATO specs... However, my contention right from the beginning was that Ukraine is an EU-leaning, and ferocious anti-Russian country, starting in 2014. I know they have issues still trying to clean up all the old Soviet or Russian influenced (read: Russian owned businesses within Ukrainian borders...at least prior to Feb-2022...) corruption; but they are pointed only in one direction: West. The normal NATO process (ratification by all members, control of borders, military and economic and anti-corruption standards up to EU specs...), all but holds this as only a distant possibility. But I have more immediate objectives and sentiments. 2) Join a Confederation with Poland and Lithuania. This was an old Empire in the 16-18th centuries (called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth if memory serves) which also included Byelorussia. Krakow-Warsaw-Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius. Give up sovereignty temporarily of Ukraine and conjoin with Poland immediately. This is a bit out of the box. But it automatically adds all Ukrainian territory (still west of the Dnieper) into NATO. Now NATO troops can swarm into "Poland" ("state" of Ukraine) immediately and establish a no-fly zone. Ukraine is "automatically" in NATO. All lands East of the Dnieper River, including Crimea, can be recognized as "disputed" lands. However, that means NATO and Russia are now immediately at war. Problematic for a lot of people. Not me, but... the "State of Ukraine" and the Nation of Poland directly in conflict with Russia over Crimea and all other occupied lands would cause severe heartache for those worried about Russia escalating into nuclear war. Me...? Call their bluff and confront them face-to-face. Add 50-100K NATO troops into western Ukraine ("State" west of the Dnieper) and let the Polish and Ukrainians decide what their intentions are with regaining all Ukrainian territories East of the Dnieper up to Russian borders (but not beyond) and including Crimea. 3) Establish a NATO no fly zone west of the Dnieper. Not with Ukraine as a part of NATO, but as a humanitarian necessity. Frees up Ukrainian troops, stops Russia from bombing Kiev and other western Ukrainian cities, and gives NATO an excuse to shoot down Russian jets and missiles and drones, as needed, in order to protect Ukrainian cities and citizens from Russian terrorism. But that's just me.

The United Kingdom: Ukraine should be in NATO. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-european-power-nato-cannot-070000405.html

Could you explain please... Just how exactly is it that you are going to take away his athleticism, and his HEIGHT? Chain saw?

Who's the starter for the Colts' while Richardson learns?

Bridgewater is probably holding out for a starting spot, even if he's a (pardon the pun) bridge to another QB like Richardson just for example. Even though the Lions look playoff bound, I think we are a second choice "type" of team compared to a starting gig, if he can get one.

Add a loss in game 30 for a 24-6 record and I'll be fine with whatever they do...

Well, he's a 3-tech who has played 0... You know, semantics...