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    PortaJohn

    Looking it up, it appears that they get the vast bulk of their weaponry from China - 81% of total arms imports from 2020-24, which representsa 74% spend increase from the previous 5 years. Here's an article from this year...
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    PortaJohn

    This could get interesting. India buys weapons from the US, Pakistan gets them from China, and Pakistan is part of Belt and Road initiative. proxy war. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pakistan-warns-act-war-after-india-cancels-landmark-water-treaty
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    If you still have corrupt judges asgh
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    Duck food to grow in a stock tank

    I have a couple of stock tanks I want to plant food to help attract ducks for duck season. I looked into duckweed but it appears to be too invasive for a small to medium sized body of water. What do you guys suggest?
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    they are in negotiations. Things have moved fast since your original post on this in the other thread. India and Malaysia. India has done this before. You sure your dislike for Trump isn’t excluding you from seeing the ENTIRE picture? If they can get the planes now they have obviously done the...
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/air-india-wants-boeing-737s-bound-for-china
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    couple of airlines out of Asia, Air India in particular.
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    Boeing has a 7 year production order backlog of those planes and has already had buyers come forward stating they would buy them instead of waiting years for their orders to be fulfilled. This hasn’t affected Boeing.
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    PortaJohn

    Kinda how it goes in India. J&K has always been a “roll the dice” kind of place. Numerous insurgent groups there.
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    Not kidding at all. Its basic risk management for any business. Why invest in something when there is a real risk of it being nullified down the road? Have you ever run a business? Everything is risk v reward. Either you run it out of your pocket or the shareholders' pockets, both of which...
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    Trump is back…the “Now What” thread

    This guy is saying the quiet part out loud. https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/this-is-why-empty-shelves-and-painful-shortages-of-certain-items-are-coming/ "Yes, we can build new factories, but that will take years. It also comes with a lot of risk. Less than four years from now, a new...
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    PortaJohn

    Left eye, eh?
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    Maggie’s Man's Best Friend Thread

    Some people have no soul. At all. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/there-growing-plot-against-dogs
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    PortaJohn

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pope-francis-dies-88
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    He is not here

    Years ago I had a job where my best option for housing was an old stagecoach way station in the Rockies. I had no running water and a clock radio. I would have time after work to fish for trout in the stream that was beside me and once the night fell I studied Scripture. I spent two years...