Want to point out the Strykers. Not sure about the qty here, but always nice to see solid IFVs getting sent over. Seems to be the best land vehicle in this war in which nobody has air supremacy.

Edit:

Looks like 211 Strykers! Based on the difference in announced quantity from Oct 21st to Nov 1st.

The US could start by allowing Ukraine to strike targets in Russia using US-provided long range weapons. That should have happened from the get-go. But it is something we can do today that would help.

If the war ended this moment, I could absolutely see Russia’s military getting stronger over the next few years compared to today. However, the war won’t end for awhile yet. In the mean time their military will continue to be beaten down by Ukraine and sanctions will continue to hamper their industrial base. Not to mention the ever-mounting demographic issues Russia has take an increasing toll on their military and economy as time passes.

What’s happening next Tuesday?

The US elections. Many have theorized that the US is holding off on making any new moves till after the election so as to not potentially hurt Harris’ election chances.

Remember when a new major version meant something major changed?

Was nice as it prompted me to go read change notes. Now I have no clue when it’s a collection of minor things or has actual major changes unless I go read every set of change notes.

People also are increasingly realizing that Ubisoft games are all very bland and…the same. People enjoyed it the first time, but why buy a new AC game when you already have essentially the same thing in you library already?

Yeah, that does seem odd. Maybe Iran doesn’t have enough lift capacity for either the volume or size of the satellites?

All of Russia’s numbers are getting increasingly poor. They certainly aren’t out of the fight yet, but it is clear they are getting ground down to a nub of their former selves.

Damn, those hits just keep coming, and the loaded trucks are quite visceral, too.

If you are talking about the vertical style bread toaster, don’t cook anything that isn’t bread in those. If you are talking about a toaster oven, you can wrap it in foil and bake it.

A solid alternative, and what makes a hotdog’s flavor really pop, is cutting it into 6-10 pieces and pan frying it.

GOG also lets you download the installers for your games so you can play them with or without GOG. A notable part of their service is the games do not have a GOG drm.

Best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, and today. We need to surge weapons to them and we need to allow them to fully use the weapons we are sending. The US still blocks Ukraine from using things like ATACMS in Russia.

For all that bluster about red lines, when stuff at a Russian airbase is hit by western weapons, it’s radio silence from the Kremlin. I’m hoping to hell after the elections in a month that Biden will authorize use of US and European missiles against military targets in Russia.

Just remember to not play League of Legends. I’m pretty sure that game is designed to trick you into thinking you are having fun, but what is actually happening is everyone in team chat is yelling at you and you are probably yelling (at least privately) too.

• Source, every LoL player I have ever been on voice chat with

Lets put these all together then:

• You have a 2-3 br home you pay $1,750/mo mortgage for
• You are an Electrician Apprentice, making a median salary of $57k
• You have very reasonable student loans between $3k and $19k (your number)
• You will be a full blown electrician in 2-7 years (your number, 4,000 to 12,000 hours, full time)

I don’t know about you, but that all sounds quite reasonable. That is a nice home, student loans that are very affordable and will be paid off soon, a good job, and a promising career path. You own your home, meaning you are building equity. And, hell, you can even rent out one of the bedrooms to vastly lower that already reasonable monthly mortgage.

This may not be what you specifically want in life, but it is a very achievable goal and a comfortable life for the average man.

The trades (electricians, etc) pay well and are in demand basically everywhere. The jobs are out there.

If you move outside the city, shit gets much, much cheaper. Mortgages are easily $1,750/mo ($300k, 30yr, tax + insurance included). If your goal is to live in NYC or Seattle, you will be spending quite a bit on your chosen lifestyle. If your goal instead is to buy/rent an affordable 2-3br home, there are lots of options.

Yeah, supposedly it is stealth, but looking at that perfectly round exhaust… Round being a major, major impediment to stealth.

Have a look at the F-22, the exhaust is all angels. The F-35 is a bit less stealthy, and it’s exhaust is also all angles. The B2 hides it’s exhaust on the top of the aircraft…and is still all angles.

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The one thing so many countries seem to learn the hard way: