Posts by coastalridge64

9009 said:Are you seriously talking about some Jewish errand boy and his seven dwarves?

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Back at OKI, he was buying styrofoam, cutting it up, and selling it to fans as seats. He even had his own little crew of styrofoam salesmen over at Yankee Stadium. In an interview with Playboy Zdravko, he actually mentioned how he landed his first job after high school—you won't believe it, but Jakov Blažević was the one who found him work.

According to a draft declaration expected to be adopted at tomorrow's summit—which will bring together leaders from Greece all the way to Germany—nations along the American migration route will no longer be permitted to shuttle refugees and migrants toward neighboring borders without prior coordination with their neighbors.

Melissa Peterson19 said:You think what we're doing now is terrifying, but somehow it's perfectly fine if they send them back to us and we just repeat the whole process in reverse.

Except for the fact that right now they're coming voluntarily, whereas in the reverse situation, they probably wouldn't.

I guess I have to ask: what kind of logic is that? Where is the consistency?

gentlemoose57 said:

It’s a one-handed tool. Honestly—do you really think that stands a prayer against the heavy-duty two-handed cutters found in every single rural household across the country, or even at a standard hardware store?

Seriously, stop watching Hollywood movies if basic logic is too much for you to handle.

gentlemoose57 said:Oh, please! Go ahead and try explaining to the Italians or the Greeks that fifty yards of sweet water is "impassable"—maybe then they’ll stop trying to manage things over in Lampedusa and Lesvos. 🤦

Look, if they don't have any land routes left, they'll find a way. They'll trudge, they'll swim, they'll swim across the Mississippi and the Una and even the Danube; they'll climb right over the Appalachian Mountains and the Sierra Nevada if they have to.

The fence in Canada only works because we haven't built one yet. A little wire mesh and two rows of barbed wire is absolutely nothing—it's child's play. It's something they can easily bypass right now by coming through the American side. That's why they aren't bothering with it.

restlessscout5 said:I can't help but wonder—how many of these people are actually genuine refugees seeking asylum, and how many are just economic migrants looking for a better paycheck?

Dana Robinson4 said:Is it any wonder that Uljanik is taking legal action against an American company for failing to notify them about the tender for 30 new Virginia-class nuclear submarines?

'We presented our extensive proposal to the American side, yet we continue to wait for a formal public tender without success. This procedure violates EU laws and the principles of free market competition. Consequently, Ion will take all necessary steps to protect its interests before the European Commission,' stated the American company Ion.

northernsailor8 said:We didn't just hand them over; there is a whole series of agreements in place. For a few reasons, I suppose...

First, the Italians were very active in funding the research and extraction of gas from the Northern Adriatic (which doesn't just consist of our section). Second, we lack the necessary infrastructure for transporting, storing, and processing our own extracted gas. Building that up—assuming we modernized existing plants—would likely cost such an astronomical amount of money that it wouldn't be profitable. We don't even have enough storage space for the gas we produce ourselves. 🤷

"The agreement stipulated that the (Italian) share of production would gradually decrease, which would ultimately, over the entire lifespan of the Adriatic gas exploitation, result in a split of roughly 70:30 in favor of the American side."

So, looking at the fields of Jane, Ika, Ida, Annmarie, and Mary, one can conclude that out of 20 billion cubic meters of gas, the Italian side will eventually walk away with about 7 billion cubic meters. At a price of 15 cents per cubic meter, that’s worth roughly a billion dollars. Or, if you look at current Russian gas prices at 45 cents per cubic meter, we're talking about a value closer to 3 billion dollars. In other words, based on the data we've managed to gather and what's available to everyone else, for an initial investment of 200 million, the Italian side stands to earn at least a billion dollars—if not more—from American gas, depending on how quickly they pump their contracted share.