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withoutapaddle t1_jdiuld1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays

Right here.

Nuclear is still the best high output energy options we have until renewables can be more widely rolled out and decentralized all over the country. Prove me wrong.

Anyone who actually is reading the facts of this incident will know that the radiation levels are extremely minor, like the stuff you get everyday anyway. There is no major health risk here. The irony of all the panic is that if it DID reach the Mississippi, it would be diluted even more by billions of gallons of water as it went through the state and country, making it less radiation that eating a banana once a year...

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LystAP t1_jdisjql wrote

Reply to North Korea claims 'radioactive tsunami' weapon test at sea by simplisweet35

Reminds me of when MacArthur wanted to lay a sea of radioactive cobalt across North Korea to push back the Chinese.

>”You may ask what would have prevented the enemy’s reinforcements massing and crossing the Yalu in great strength, as they had before. It was my plan as our amphibious forces moved South to spread behind us—from the Sea of Japan to the Yellow Sea—a belt of radioactive cobalt. It could have been spread from wagons, carts, trucks and planes. It is not an expensive material.

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BigbunnyATK t1_jdis10z wrote

Reply to comment by Giftwrapfromhell in Another attack on an American base in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups by notunek

Point is, the situation is more complicated than you make it out to be. There are rarely good and bad guys in war. Much of our involvement in the Middle East isn't necessarily bad, but some of it is. I haven't found more on Syria just yet, but here's a somewhat detailed post on being in the Middle East in general:https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/qtvqaf/why_did_the_us_originally_go_to_the_middle_east/

"America bad" isn't an opinion. You have to say "America bad because..." and follow the ellipses with something that I can read and say, "Woah, America bad." See, America bad is a conclusion not a reason. If you really want to talk geopolitics you have to use the overall picture to convince people.

Edit: Some source on recent Syria related news. Seems the USA is in some of these countries to keep Russia from gaining massive control over the oil supply of the world. Russia messed with many of the same countries that the USA messes with. Whether you think the USA should intervene or not is up to you. From a geopolitics standpoint I say it should. If it didn't, Russia would go uncontested and control massive swaths of the oil supply. I wouldn't say it's moral to be in other countries killing people for resource control, but I'd also say that allowing a country with a tyrannical leader like Putin to go uncontested isn't moral either.
https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/gdwbj3/what_is_us_involvement_like_in_syria_as_of_2020/

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kmart_s t1_jdipxge wrote

Reply to comment by SN0WFAKER in Toronto MP Han Dong quits Liberal caucus amid Chinese interference allegations by chemicologist

Why is it useless?

Look, you've categorized people into right or left. Can I not say fuck Trudeau and not identify as having a right leaning political ideology?

If people looked beyond the right and left aspects of politics they may see just how most politicians are pieces of shit equally.

Trudeau IS divisive, he plays both sides against each other and members of his own party said as much during the convoy protest. Does that mean pp is any better? Fuck no.

Judge them based on the merits of their actions. Their political party is irrelevant. If people actually did that, it would be a lot less useless and maybe government could achieve things for the greater good of society.

Left or right, we're all humans.... and at the end of the day we mostly want the same things. Politicians are the ones convincing you otherwise.

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SuperstitiousPigeon5 t1_jdipr18 wrote

Reply to comment by ogipogo in Russia can't meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says | CNN by Ducati_Don

In some cases the victor remembers those who ride the fence.

Azrael : No, I was an ARTIST, STUPID! I WAS INSPIRATION! A muse has no place in battle!

Serendipity : So after the fallen were banished to hell, God turned on those who wouldn't fight, and Azrael was sent down with the demons.

[mockingly]

Serendipity : Something he considers a GRAVE injustice!

Azrael : Ah, come on! Don't tell me you NEVER questioned the judgement, Serendipity.

Serendipity : No. It never bothered me. So you were an artist! Big deal! Elvis was an artist. But that didn't stop him from joining the service in time of war. And that's why he's The King, and you're a schmuck.

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