RichieRich216 + 454 RK November 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: Biden had a mercy on Canadians. Theirs is the worse possible source of oil ROEI-wise. Trump was obviously after their subsidies. There is absolutely no legal basis for US trying to regulate Northstream, a business between EU and Russia US is not a party to. When you are part of NATO and accept money and foreign troops deployed to your Country, It becomes a national security issue. If Germany wants to drop out of NATO and pay all back monies due and in addition cover the costs of our FOB there, then Yes it is between just Germany and Russia…. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 6, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, RichieRich216 said: When you are part of NATO and accept money and foreign troops deployed to your Country, It becomes a national security issue. If Germany wants to drop out of NATO and pay all back monies due and in addition cover the costs of our FOB there, then Yes it is between just Germany and Russia…. Yawn. NATO is a solution looking for problem. Do you know that it was started as a watchdog over Germany? The Warsaw "Pact" was started out of protest for NATO admitting West Germany much later, Nobody German I know will miss your bases for a second. There are also no "back monies due" You misunderstand how it works. NATO members are supposed to commit 2% of their GDP to "defense" This is money they "pay to themselves" and not to you directly. So, Germany has allegedly been under-funding their own military, not yours. Again, you've got no real legal basis to demand any money from them. Could it be that they don't seriously feel threatened by Russia/China/whoever else your imaginary enemy is today? In polls, US consistently outscores all other countries as the biggest threat to world peace https://brilliantmaps.com/threat-to-peace/ It is the case even among your allies, notably. Edited November 6, 2021 by Andrei Moutchkine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichieRich216 + 454 RK November 6, 2021 Well friend , each participant in NATO is required to pony up there share of the expense ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, RichieRich216 said: Well friend , each participant in NATO is required to pony up there share of the expense ! No. Again. It does not go towards the NATO budget, but towards member's own militaries. This is merely a guideline / there is no punitive procedure for paying too little except for whining. I am obviously no friend of yours. Just don't be so Trump-like, OK? He is not even remotely as clueless as he comes across. If you don't understand what he is up to, don't try to repeat his bullshit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichieRich216 + 454 RK November 6, 2021 Well the phrase “My Friend” doesn’t necessarily mean we’re friends ! So since you’re obviously an Assclown do you research ! In the meantime Your cordigy invited to go Fuck your self … 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, RichieRich216 said: Well the phrase “My Friend” doesn’t necessarily mean we’re friends ! So since you’re obviously an Assclown do you research ! In the meantime Your cordigy invited to go Fuck your self … And you are obviously a gentleman and a scholar 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starschy + 211 PM November 6, 2021 12 hours ago, RichieRich216 said: When you are part of NATO and accept money and foreign troops deployed to your Country, It becomes a national security issue. If Germany wants to drop out of NATO and pay all back monies due and in addition cover the costs of our FOB there, then Yes it is between just Germany and Russia…. There is nothing to pay back. Germany pays for all US Points Southcom in Stuttgart and the large one in Bayern. Those 2% should be reached in 2024. The rule itself is a complete nonsens. Germany Defense Budget is in the 50 Bio. range. The Baltic States all three together reach 1.5 Bio. Tiny Switzerland 5 Bio as Non Nato Member. And Poland reaches now 10 Bio. 7 times the size of Switzerland. The Russian budget is about 70 Bio. meaning 4 times less as France, Britain, Germany and Italy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichieRich216 + 454 RK November 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: And you are obviously a gentleman and a scholar That I am! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eyes Wide Open + 3,555 November 6, 2021 17 hours ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: No. Again. It does not go towards the NATO budget, but towards member's own militaries. This is merely a guideline / there is no punitive procedure for paying too little except for whining. I am obviously no friend of yours. Just don't be so Trump-like, OK? He is not even remotely as clueless as he comes across. If you don't understand what he is up to, don't try to repeat his bullshit. I would be quite interested as to what Trump is up to. Would you care to pontificate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Eyes Wide Open said: I would be quite interested as to what Trump is up to. Would you care to pontificate? What he said never made any sense. What he actually did, sometimes maybe did. Ditto the story about US allies like Germany or Japan not paying enough to US for defense. It is utter nonsense. There are still a whole bunch of treaties tying their hands with respect of how much forces they can arm and with what, so the only way they could help Trump is to buy each serviceman a Rolex watch. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turbguy + 1,547 November 8, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 2:01 PM, Andrei Moutchkine said: Old tires? Municipal sewage sludge? Both are gonna require ash disposal. Perhaps any tire steel belting can be recycled. Sewage sludge can be used as fertilizer, as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, turbguy said: Both are gonna require ash disposal. Perhaps any tire steel belting can be recycled. Sewage sludge can be used as fertilizer, as well. Other species' poo can be used as fertilizer. Human poo is generally toxic waste. Yeah, they still do it, which sucks. Creates a vicious cycle of ever accumulating toxic waste. Could be quite a mining asset though https://www.science.org/content/article/sewage-sludge-could-contain-millions-dollars-worth-gold Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turbguy + 1,547 November 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: Other species' poo can be used as fertilizer. Human poo is generally toxic waste. Yeah, they still do it, which sucks. Creates a vicious cycle of ever accumulating toxic waste. Could be quite a mining asset though https://www.science.org/content/article/sewage-sludge-could-contain-millions-dollars-worth-gold Human waste has been successfully used for centuries (if not longer) as fertilizer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, turbguy said: Human waste has been successfully used for centuries (if not longer) as fertilizer. That was before we were eating so much human waste from previous iterations Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsdp + 449 eh November 9, 2021 5 hours ago, turbguy said: Human waste has been successfully used for centuries (if not longer) as fertilizer. This is a major part of what made wading the rice paddies in SE Asia so dangerous. Highly infectious if one got a cut or bullet hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turbguy + 1,547 November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, nsdp said: This is a major part of what made wading the rice paddies in SE Asia so dangerous. Highly infectious if one got a cut or bullet hole. Hint: Don't swim in Lake Erie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 November 9, 2021 5 hours ago, turbguy said: Hint: Don't swim in Lake Erie. An interesting way to express "downstream of Budapest" https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/en/about-us/news/detailsite/2019/news-im-august-2019/the-danube-higher-levels-of-faecal-contamination-only-at-a-few-isolated-points-in-certain-countries/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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