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I predict Boeing or Northrop Grumman gets the contract and not LM.

Patriot comes in a quad towed-TEL (transporter erector launcher). The military unit known as a battery can vary in how many such launchers it has. US Patriot batteries have either four or six launchers each (typically four), plus all the other pieces such as the radar, engagement control station, power plant, etc.

I'm still entirely on CDs for my music, since I stopped being interested in any new music by the late-90s. I have around 270 CDs in my collection.

The Solasta DLC is releasing on the 25th. A good preview here:

The US brought it up with the SA government back in December itself. The ambassador's comments were merely the first public comments.

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-strategy-document-230035184.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAxet4LIxuvF8daGVL25xrQOh2eFTNvz2adU9oXvrFkPomK_-H4MMvPP0Ia82xWTmOFWNR3n0Yl3GS7cI2XKBLTvhxbj5C62vPfyDbsxUpBexBZL0SegWMfIacowyisjecDImBjaQUNqTERlclGar_-KSs5dF61L2xl83sq-pEJq

It has no future. It will be fully absorbed into Russia before the end of this decade.

Foundation was the only one I ended up adding to my wishlist. I don't like builders with a lot of combat and invasions and the like. I just want to be left alone to build my city/empire. And, I also don't like the games that track each settler/citizen individually as a person, with stats and such, because then I will end up very attached to my people and be super-depressed when they die on me.

Thanks! I also have Kingdoms Reborn in my wishlist, and had Ostriv for a long while before dropping it because I got tired of waiting for it to leave EA. Now off to investigate those other titles.

Would you mind listing the city-builder games on your wishlist? I only have two (including Farthest Frontier) in mine, but love these games and want to be sure I don't miss any potentially good ones. And yeah, I also am a hard 'no' on Early Access games.

Buy Raytheon stock now.

Well, you still have to put something on the table for the Russian people to believe the lie. Even lies need an anchor. The "prize" that Putin was going to serve up to the Russian people was supposed to be Kiev. But he failed (miserably) to deliver on that prize. So Bakhmut has become the consolation prize, something with which Putin gets to justify all of the many, many ways in which the Russian people have paid a heavy price for Putin's stupid war. But, in the process, Bakhmut has also become some sort of 'white whale' for Putin, something he *must* have no matter the cost.

Putin has no choice but to keep at it in Bakhmut, because only by capturing Bakhmut can he then go to his people and tell them he has achieved a huge success in the war and can then declare "victory" in the war and try to force the Ukrainians to accept a ceasefire that locks in the current frontlines. Capturing Bakhmut being some sort of big "win" is complete b.s., of course, but it's the Russian people he'll be looking to convince, and they can be convinced of anything. And the Ukrainians understand all of this, and are therefore using Bakhmut to make the Russians pay dearly.

It would be prudent to be cautious about this, though, because as the story itself makes clear this resolution was not about the Ukraine war and was, rather about relations between the UN and Europe. I suspect that for countries like China, India, and Brazil, this was a quid pro quo of "we'll support a resolution promoting UN-Europe cooperation in return for similar UN resolutions on Asia/Latin America."

At the UNSC: https://www.voanews.com/a/accusations-divisions-overshadow-russian-led-security-council-meeting/7064265.html

So then, even when downplaying combat, would you guys say there's enough in the rest of the game to make it interesting and worth playing?

I recall a lot of discussion here from people playing Conan: Exiles. I am thinking about getting this game just for its exploration and base-building aspects. So, if I were to set the combat-related things to the easiest settings, how difficult is the combat? Will it still be frustratingly difficult for someone who doesn't do well with action games where you need to tee up combat sequences and maneuvers and such?

Huh. I'm pretty sure it's not there in my game. I'm going to check right now. Edit: Found it! I guess because I only checked those Ability menu items when he's in his normal form and not when shifted, I missed seeing it. Thanks!

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland today in Foreign Affairs, and with which I completely agree: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/free-world-must-stay-course-ukraine

These are all things I've given a lot of thought to, and would have extensive things to say about them. But I won't, because I truly believe, sadly, that in today's America those things I'd have to say would get me targeted for persecution, including especially within my career. All I'll say is that I would come at this from an ideological direction opposite from you and others here.

Re. Ulbrig, once I turn him into his griffon form there seems to be no way to bring him out of it. Is this intended, or am I missing something? Help, please!

You mean the heinous stuff the Iranians have been doing in Yemen, and the coup in Ukraine that brought Zelenskyy's predecessor to power.

The whole 'alternative timelines/universes' B.S. is what made me walk away from Star Trek. Whenever a TV show (or movie) starts talking about alternative time in any form, it's a sure sign its writers don't have any creativity and have run out of ideas for their show.

Oh, okay. This I can get behind. What bothered me about what you said earlier was the "EVERYBODY else loses" part, because clearly the Ukrainians don't lose by fighting for their homes and lives. Also, I have a very strong libertarian streak myself, so I'm quite good with that. Totally agree with this too. I tend to word it as "The elites versus the rest of us," but it's the same point.

Sure. All those thousands of Ukrainians are dying just to help out our defense industries. They don't really care about someone invading and occupying their home, and are fighting the invaders only because we made them do it. If you're one of those leftists who hate our military and our defense industries, at least just come out and say so. I for one, as an American, am so very happy that we have such awesome companies as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman who are helping to keep me safe.