Surrender now only happens when they are out of ammo and cut off. If you read the stories and the the footage of Ukrainian warriors… they fight like lions… but sometimes you just get overrun.

They could but in this case Ukraine is in the same predicament as Iran. The moment they make the dash for the bomb and anyone finds out before they have proper deterrence… the only course of action for the opposition would be to either conventionally or nuclear Armageddon … if they deem you having the bomb unacceptable. So there is that.

And as far as I know, Russian nuclear doctrine will require them to use nukes in this instance, as they are unable to do it conventionally, and it absolutely meets the criteria of threatening the existence of the Russian state.

In the case of Iran, this is the reason the US deployed the B2 spirit last month to bomb the houthis… it was to remind everyone (especially Iran) of the capability the US has to either fly these B2 with deep penetrators (like they did against the houthis)… or if need be nuclear armed bombs.

They have everything. Plutonium, high tech manufacturers, ballistic missile tech. Sure they won’t be doomsday level mirvs.

And this made it arguably worse cause now they had 4 years to prepare between shifts.

Ah, the response to the dam bombing.

Money… the big donors won’t let them

Well. And the fact that Biden apparently lied about something that would really kick off in the future shows he had clairvoyance.

But yeah the Dems where not trump, and gave up on arguing things like migration, conceding these points to Trump. And constantly blaring the economy is great while many Americans are hurting bad shows sanders was right. They abandoned the working class. The working class then thought… well at least maga will do something… let’s hope this time it trickles down.

I’ll just wonder how the electorate will fare under trump… I fear worse.

None of those issues mattered because the US system showed everyone it did not matter.

The system had 4 years to enact any form of consequences and there where none. That MUST mean trump was right and it was all lies and nonsense aimed at discrediting him.

And Trumps campaign ran on idpol this time… is she black? Illegal mexicans in prison getting sex changes, kids getting sex changed… you know, the counter to dem IdPol. They pulled it into the extreme and the Dems took the bait… they did not push back.

With the blatant lies of the magas and their fragile egos… I think the only thing that might have made a difference is call trump fat and stupid, bully him to his face and see if you can make him throw a tantrum or make him cry. Same with Vance… are you wearing eyeliner? Would you not be more comfortable on a couch?

Nah, the outcome of the elections was probably determined a year ago. And the fact the billionaire class threw their weight behind Trump, made sure she never had a real chance.

I think you are partially right. For starters… this was not short notice by any standard. She ran a “solid” campaign.

I’d argue the campaign was flawed because the whole premise was flawed… moving to the right does not help the democratic party. And the risk the Dems now face is that never trumpers join the democratic party and complete the transition of the US electoral system to a choice between maga (Christo fascism) and republican.

If the democratic party had an inkling that the victory of Trump would be as big as is now being said… running Kamala was a doomed endeavor… she was tainted by the Biden years.

There are several families of painmeds some more harmless than others. Anecdotally I know people that only seem to get relief from ibuprofen, and others that swear only paracetamol (Tylenol) helps, while again others sweat to asperin. Like the other person said… talk to a pharmacist about options, and see if others work for you.

Some like paracetamol can me taken over the course of a day for multiple days for example post operation… and they build a level that causes them to work even stronger. But paracetamol can cause lover damage if taken too much.

Like with all drugs, read the darn pamphlet. Opiates are not your friend and should only be taken very sparingly under proper supervision, if at all… sure they dull pain but are highly addictive.

Source, not a medical professional, so take what I wrote with a grain of salt and consult a professional.

North Korea was under Chinese protection. This is what Iran likely is trying to do with Russia.

The moment they would try to make the last dash to nukes, is the moment the US would be bombing the everlasting shit out of Iran to prevent it.

Time will tell. But he has been yelling about it. And in regards to most of the things he said in his first run he did end up doing. So I don’t know where you get your confidence from, but lot of the businesses seem to be bracing for it to happen.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/09/us-news/ex-obama-official-claims-bidens-internal-polling-had-trump-winning-400-electoral-votes-catastrophic-mistake/

That’s the strategy for collaboration iirc.

That fully depends on the scale. And a 20pct tariff across the board… well…

It is. Game theory 101. If you want behaviour to stop this is how you do it.

Edit: it’s good to see Ukraine kan now reliably accomplish this.

The last batch probably.

They literally cannot. Their economy is on a war footing. Switching back will cause an instant recession, because of all the people employed in the war I dustry need to be re employed elsewhere and the money they made dries up. So some country will be fucked… I’ll bet they will pick a soft target like Georgia first… while they rebuild.