Sanctions don’t mean you cant trade. It just means you can’t use the sanctioning body’s infrastructure to do so. Just because you don’t agree with the trade doesn’t mean it is illegal or even illicit. Or do you think the US should have full control over global trade?

Is it smuggling when Cuban cigars are sold in the EU or Canada? Would the Saudi government call it smuggling when Irish Whiskey is shipped to Nigeria? Countries have no control over what other countries can trade with each other, especially if both countries have already been effectively cuttoff from saod country’s financial institutions

Doesn’t change the fact that mutual trade between neighboring countries is the opposite of smuggling.

It’s at dock so it is very much still recoverable, although repairs are likely to be expensive. Only three of the US ships that were damaged/sunk at Pearl Harbor were damaged beyind repair. Idk how long this will be out of commission or if the Russians have the necessary parts to repair it, but it is technically salvageable

You mean the guy who tried to implement martial law to end the corruption investigations against him and his wife?

That’s a pretty big bet that no country would ever be prepared to make. That’s like gambling the guy who broke into your home doesn’t have any bullets in his gun

The Bayraktar was a major reason for the Russian invasion. Ukraine got those drones around 2020 and they were absolutely devastating in the Donbas and was putting Ukraine on pace to end the insurgency there.

What governments are all starting to realize is that the big flashy weapon systems that cost $1.2million per use are useless in a peer combat situation because the damage done doesn’t scale with the cost whatsoever. Quantity almost always top quality in a prolonged conflict

Ohio has the 7th highest GDP in the country. No clue why you think it is a poor state

Ohio os the most average state. Make a bell curve comparing states and Ohio is right there at the top every time. The weather is pleasant, rent is cheap, and jobs aren’t too hard to come by.

Midwesterners absolutely love Nashville for some reason. It’s where everyone wants to have the bachelorette parties these days

People like the outer banks and It’s Always Sunny. Midwesterners also HATE Chicago/Illinois since that’s the biggest city in the area.

My biggest ahock is that Texas polls so high. Most people who don’t live there absolutely despise Texas in my experience.

Did you know that Venice sits at the same latitude as Minneapolis?

Wearher and local geography play hugs roles in amount of annual sunshine.

Scandanavia covers very similar latitudes as Alaska does. The mountains, storms have huge impacts on yearly sun

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

-Mark Twain

On top of that, East Germany didn’t get the investment they were promised after unification. I don’t think it is a coincidence that the people who didn’t live under Neoliberalism 40 years ago are rejecting it today.

They have been wanting to fire those workers for the past 4 years, but now they can do it in a way that won’t spoke shareholders.

The Midwest should adopt Alaska