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| Finland Getting Serious About Preparing for War |
| 2024-02-23 |
| [Hot Air] I must admit that I am fascinated by the sudden uptick in talk about a European war with Russia. Not fascinated in the "I would love to see what happens" way, but rather "I never expected to hear the mostly pacifist European governments openly discuss the possibility of World War III." Nobody, I think, is expecting the kind of apocalypse that we imagined during the Cold War. Tanks will not be rolling through the Fulda Gap, and the chance that nuclear weapons will begin flying isn't exactly high, whatever the idiots at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists blather on about. But it's clear that many politicians and most European military leaders are genuinely concerned that some form of armed conflict could erupt between a Western European country and Russia. I wrote a post on why this prospect is not as absurd as it seems. In a direct, military-on-military confrontation, Russia would get its clock cleaned and Putin knows that, but there are conflicts short of a major war in which bullets and bombs might be exchanged, and that would be a Very Bad Thing. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 When it became available in Oklahoma, that stretch of interstate south of OKC was saturated with dispensary ad billboards. Now they are all Narcon Ads and Addiction Helplines. I heard it put something like, "I'm all for (MJ) legalization, I think its crazy it isn't. That being said, I can't help but notice that the places which have legalize it have gone to shit." I think its fair to argue that it is democrat policies in general which turn places into shitholes, of which legal MJ is a small piece. I found it interesting that an absolute Bob Marley legalize it guy was like, "yeah, but.." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-02-23 18:31 |
| #7 ^ If the now in retreat total drug legalization free-for-all in places like Portland hasn't changed a "leagalizer's" mindset, nothing will. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-23 13:21 |
| #6 . legalization and availability will end the cartels cash flow Wrong. When California legalized pot the cartels switched to fentanyl and now they're making more money than ever. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-02-23 13:18 |
| #5 sanity in germany. legalization and availability will end the cartels cash flow |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2024-02-23 12:01 |
| #4 ^I can grok it. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-23 09:13 |
| #3 Mellow Chermans. Can you dig it? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-23 08:50 |
| #2 Meanwhile backstage ... Germany is set to legalise cannabis today, allowing possession of up to 25 grams and cultivating up to three plants for personal use |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-23 08:49 |
| #1 But it's clear that many politicians and most European military leaders are genuinely concerned That their native populations will rise against their, psychotic, immigration & environment policies. that some form of armed conflict could erupt between a Western European country and Russia. So they invented a bugbear - but, Russia is a real bear. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-23 01:24 |