@Axtremus said in What If Russia Becomes Unstable?: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/economy/russia-chaos-oil-global-economy/index.html The article linked above speculates on the economic impact, the tl;dr version seems to be "energy prices go up for everyone." Then there is also Russia's nuclear arsenals ... if there is not a strong enough central government in Russia to control those nuclear arsenals, what then? Kiss your ass good-bye.

How would one go about teaching that I wonder.

If true, and I have little doubt it is true, it proves that Prigozhin was quite right in assessing the incompetence of the Russian MoD. Their deployment to Rostov alone would have forced Putin to blink and offer the Wagner leader an open door. Possible that the Chechens were the only troops reliable and willing to engage Wagner. The Russian public would have never tolerated Chechen troops killing Russians in support of the president.

Saw that the other day. The ugly side of metrics.

And...after that, the U.S. Calvary hunted them without mercy...

When I closed out the morgue, I had a box full of bullets recovered from bodies. I couldn't find anybody to take them...Not the sheriff, the city police or the state police. Everybody said those cases had long been adjudicated and many were so old, the perps were probably deceased, anyway. They got melted down for .357 size semi-wadcutters and reshot.

in turn, I encounter no resistance whatsoever when I decide to attend black metal shows by myself My wife's a metal fan. Massive win.

@89th said in This day in engineering hubris: Is t3h tv still up? I require 1x updates Still up, and I'm not worried at all. I was careful to avoid hitting any wood studs behind the drywall, with the anchor screws. I know that can destabilize the home's frame. Also added a pullup bar to the top of the TV, so I can work out while I watch movies.

As I understand it, there are a lot of folks of Chinese origin. Mom and dad might feel right at home.

The NFL is so protective of the brand, especially if the player is a rookie. Look at Collins and the murder case. He was a sure-fire 1st rounder, who went undrafted and was later cleared by the police of all suspicion. Dallas eventually signed him as a free agent and he's had a decent career, marred by injuries, though. But the millions of dollars he lost....

@Axtremus said in Shingrix: Presumably Shingrix and other vaccines for shingles are available to just about everyone, including, say, Sen. Diane Feinstein. How effective is it? Why did Feinstein still had to be hospitalized for shingles? 97% effective for people in their 50's, a little less for old codgers. It lasts about 7 years, apparently. According to a statement, Feinstein had previously been vaccinated, but they didn't say when.

My first two cars were bright red. The first one was rolled into a hedge and completely destroyed. The second one caught fire in the middle of town. I'm not sure whether this was connected to the colour.

These two events, no. But I have no doubt they'll do anything within their capabilities to bury the Hunter story.

Damn, but you're a homer...

Ammo is out there, right now, at about 47-48 cents/round, 55g stuff. 7.62x39 for the SKS and AK's is running about 29 cents/steel case. I'm shocked about the latter, since I know a lot is getting shot in the Ukraine War.