Recent content by Tanks

I didn't even know Luxemburg had an army let alone a member of NATO. They are landlocked with a slew of countries between them as a buffer from any potential threat from Russia. I guess it might have made sense in the days of USSR. They'd be better off financially if they just leave NATO.

He is getting up there, 6 months old now. Place board training is coming along pretty well as well.

Well, Trump already said Article 5 of NATO was conditional and not set in stone (guess, depends on who sucks up to him) and we do not even have a similar treaty with Japan, Taiwan, or Philippines. I am sure China can come up with a promise of a trade agreement in return of us turning a blind...

I thought Trump was against NATO countries being dependent on Russian oil and gas.

Yeah, I have two Drover styles for Safari a dressy Fedora and now this for more formal occasions.

Well, keeping up with my Rand hat addiction. Just ordered a Homburg identical to the pictures below. 100% beaver, of course.

And because the MAGA are against transgender, lgbtq+, eco and DEI by extension became pro Russia and anti-Ukraine because the other guys were against Putin and for Ukraine. The "if the others are for it then we are against it" ideology is really hurting our country. We saw it during the Biden...

Snowden should be prosecuted. I think Assange was a bridge too far. People are breaking US laws all over the World and I don't think US should go after them unless a US citizen is involved. Bribing African officials for preferential business opportunities is illegal for US citizens. However...

Playing the devil's advocate, isn't it the journalist's job to gather information? He is not the one that is a government employee that is in charge of security. I don't see him as the guilty party. In regard to national interest, if his editor and in house counsel says publish it, I don't see...

I and many others took a short position on Tesla when the stock more than doubled before inauguration and saw the writing on the wall right after. We were right. Yes, for long term it does not matter. My FAANG stocks are all down, I don't care as I have had them for a long time, decades in...

Thank you Elon Musk for sinking the Tesla stock. I have been into medium format photography for a long time in the film days. Still have Zeiss lenses, cameras, 120 and 220 backs. However, the digital conversion in medium format took a while and was very expensive at the start. It is still...

I really, really hope you do in this matter. Unfortunately, I am not a zealot, so don’t have your faith.

Well. looking up facts is always a sound idea before spouting off numbers as if they are a fact. Something our President might want to do as well. :unsure:

It is based on what Trump did with F16s. I posted an article before that pointed out without US technical support and firmware updates the F-35s are basically bricks. Trump has proven to be an unreliable ally and if I was a European depending on US military technology for defense I would look at...

Keystone pipeline was to bring Canadian crude to the USA to be refined. I think that ship has sailed.