July 2Jul 2 Remember during the debates when Trump said he would end the war within 24 hours of being voted president elect.Here we are, 14,544 hours later and the war rages on.
July 8Jul 8 On 7/1/2026 at 10:56 AM, DrPhilly said:Message sent to Putin today. There are 22 Gripen in this pic and I saw 23 at once (this formation and 1 other off to the side) flying low over our golf course today about 20 miles outside of Stockholm. Ridiculous amount of noise.I've seen fighters over me countless times in Tidewater VA and in other places but I've never seen 23 directly above me flying low at once. It was rather thunderous. There were a couple singles flying over us 5 mins earlier and then this thing just appeared. Turns out it was a celebration of 100 years of the Swedish Air Force.The Gripen is a very solid platform, but I can't help but think that Saab has been marketing it all wrong. It's obviously no where near as capable as an F-35, but it would seem that it's an ideal airframe for countries that have the coin for it, but wouldn't necessarily be able to purchase F-35s.If I were Saab/Sweeden, I'd be pushing them on India and SEA countries, notably Taiwan, but for some reason they keep trying to get bids from countries that can and would just buy F-35s.
July 13Jul 13 EU now buying record levels of natural gas from Russia, a consequence of the situation in Iran and State Farm closing the Strait
July 13Jul 13 4 hours ago, DrPhilly said:EU now buying record levels of natural gas from Europe Russia, a consequence of the situation in Iran and State Farm closing the StraitFixed. Record LNG purchases from Russia. Not Europe.Who knew global politics could be so complicated?
July 13Jul 13 27 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:Fixed.Record LNG purchases from Russia. Not Europe.Who knew global politics could be so complicated?Yes of course, brain fart on my part as I meant to type Russia.Note: I fixed my original post, thanks.
July 14Jul 14 Now Trump is talking about sanctions and penalties on countries buying Russian energy. That SEEMS good before you think about the impact on energy from the Iran situation. EU and other places now have a significant increase in reliance on Russian gas due to the lack of gas coming thru the Strait. That's a problem and there is no easy solution out there that balances everything optimally. Fing State Farm.I wonder if Trump will try to connect the dots of shutting down the Strait (he did), putting massive sanctions on EU countries importing Russian oil (he says they are looking at it), and then renewing his demands on Greenland (he just did that). Well, Trump can't connect those dots himself but someone near him might do it or have already done it.
July 15Jul 15 Ukraine drones working overtime.https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15978623/Ukraine-blitzes-19-Russian-tankers-overnight-136-vessels-hit-ten-days-huge-blow-Putin.html
July 16Jul 16 dear mods, we really need to reconsider abra's banned status. the board is really missing out on some high-quality meltdowns imo.
July 18Jul 18 I expect Russia will blitz Ukraine over this. Does this put pressure on Putin or help his propaganda machine ?https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/europe/eight-killed-in-ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-russian-warehouses
July 22Jul 22 Question - why are Democrats continually pushing to fund Ukraine, but balking at funding the U.S. military 🤔
July 22Jul 22 50 minutes ago, Procus said:Question - why are Democrats continually pushing to fund Ukraine, but balking at funding the U.S. military 🤔Are you seriously wondering why someone would be against a $1.5T annual military budget?
July 22Jul 22 5 hours ago, Procus said:Question - why are Democrats continually pushing to fund Ukraine, but balking at funding the U.S. military 🤔That's a really stupid quesiton
July 22Jul 22 9 hours ago, Procus said:Question - why are Democrats continually pushing to fund Ukraine, but balking at funding the U.S. military 🤔again, sloth is going to get really pissed at you for using his "troll with stupid" schtick.
July 22Jul 22 Ukraine is hitting Russia, but they’re having internal disputes right now. Wonder how much that could be from Russian infiltration ?
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