That's a piss poor excuse. They're going to not sanction Russia because they might cut off the gas? What if they just cut off the gas anyway? You make it sound like Europe is already living under Russia's boot.
Natural gas is not the only way to stay warm in the winter. Infrastructure doesn't change overnight, but I've been led to believe that many parts of Europe are on the leading edge of switching to renewable energies.
Considering that all of this is at the door of Europe, it would be nice if they responded with us, but they've been a bit reluctant to be very forceful in any sanctions.
Nope. The current version is that "airspace over our territory is closed by Ukrainian civil aviation authority, so no civilian flights are possible. This is likely either a flight control error or intentional provocation. Eyewitnesses observed Ukrainian assault aircraft attacking the airliner, which broke in two and crashed. Attaker aircraft was subsequently shot down, and we are searching for its debris".
Plot thickens. Closure of airspace is indeed logical - this is a region in civil war with two known cases of aircraft shot down in recent days. No sane traffic control would put a civilian flight through. But Ukrainian aircraft actually attacking it makes little sense, unless this is an excellent false flag operation. I don't think Ukraine in its current state is capable of executing something this complex through.
Most likely some guy sitting behind BUK's controls in rebel territory saw a dot on his radar, figured it was another AN-26 full of enemy soldiers and pressed the button.
I don't see how you can believe that Ukranian, or really any, attack aircraft could have shot this plane down. Any jet dispatched to intercept this 777 would make visual contact and see that it is clearly a large passenger aircraft. At that point, I find it highly unlikely that they would just shoot it out of the sky. If anything they would escort it out of the area. And why would a Ukranian jet be flying around here if the rebels have BUKs and have shot down 2 planes already?
A missile launched from the ground is not going to stop if you determine you made a mistake after launching it. Much more likely explanation. Unless you want to go deep into conspiracy theories and think that one side intentionally did this to provoke a desired outcome.
I think it more likely has to do with the difficulty of creating a female hero that people actually care about. Since they can't seem to do that, they will just convert an already popular hero, giving them an instant audience.
I question how long that instant audience will hold up if the comments on this story are any indication of the current audience.
So Marvel risks alienating a large amount of the existing readers in an attempt to bring on new ones. Whereas if they came up with something new, the existing Thor readers would continue on as normal and they might grow an audience for a new title. If a new title fails, it's no big deal in the long run. If they screw up an existing title there are bigger repercussions. I suppose they don't care now that they have Disney backing their failures (and successes)
Was Beta Ray Bill actually referred to as Thor when he had Mjolnir? I do not recall if he was or not.
I'm still waiting for the female Hulk.
You've been unnecessarily waiting. She's been around for the last 34 years. She-Hulk
As far as I know Thor is a particular person. It sounds like for what ever reason, Thor has lost the use of his hammer to this new woman. If anything that would make her the new God of Thunder, but not Thor.
I blame this on the chosen release of this comic book news being on the View and them having no idea what they are talking about. Thanks for that crap Disney.
I might have been too easy on nedlohs. It's easy for everyone to be biased to their personal point of view and he was a bit flippant about how he spoke.
I personally am more than willing to watch sporting events, but it was by no means needed as I dropped my cable several years back. For the most part, any sporting events of real substance (championships, playoffs,etc.) are generally available on network broadcasts anyway.
I think many people have a hard time realizing that these are wants and not true needs. They have fear about what they're going to do without all those cable channels, but if they take the plunge they find they get by just fine. Of course, I don't need to tell you that. Always good to hear about someone else with good experience 'cutting the cord'.
Sure, many people can live without ESPN. That doesn't change the fact that it is one of the few channels that actually slows the loss of subscribers.
This is going off track. Some AC posted that sports are a waste of human and financial resources. Not just watching sports, but sports in total. Nedlohs retorted that the AC is not speaking for all people. Are you agreeing with the AC? Are you trying to say that sports is a complete waste of human resources? If you want to discuss ditching cable and satellite you need to pick better sub threads to respond to.
Besides, the nation of Iraq was a creation of post WW II politics on the part of the victors. It was pure hubris and ignorance on the part of the U.S. to create the power vacuum there. The Shiite, Sunni and Kurds have all been engaged in their own power struggle for decades as a direct result of WW II politics.
I think you meant to say WWI. The fucked up political borders of Iraq have been around close to 100 years simmering in the desert sun.
That would be something if they had the ability to control the path of these asteroids. Something tells me that the energy costs of directing one of them at a target on earth would be ridiculous. Also, unless said company wants to then operate solely in space, there would be retaliations against any Earth based resources they possess.
Back to the point of a possible breast feeding reinfection. If the doctors believed the child was cured at 3 years of age, there is very little reason for a 3 year old child to be breast feeding.
Not to mention that DNA analysis indicates it is from the original in utero infection.
No, he said that one guy (Anonymous Coward) is approximately 0%. Not non-sports watchers, but one guy.
Did you just get to the USA? I don't think it would take too long to realize that we aren't the UK and although the language is the "same" and you can communicate in either place with it, there are many word usages that differ. Here's a list to get you started. Perhaps that will help you realize that a nation of over 300 million people can change their own language as they see fit.
I think enough other people have already pointed out the origin of the word "soccer" and why our "rugby" has the name football.
Finally, go fuck yourself with the metric shit. That's obviously not going to happen. Would you like it if people went to your home country and said that it's time you all start speaking English? All your existing signs, recorded media, etc. all has to be re-done. Because that's about what you're asking us to do with our measurement units.
Simple. He'll run around the lumbering heart attack who won't be able to move as fast thanks to inertia.
You clearly don't understand the rules of the game then. A 300 pound guy is on the line in the NFL. If he's on defense, by running around him, you helped him get into the backfield to get the ball carrier. If he's on offense, good job getting around him, now you have to tackle a 240 pound guy with the ball.
I know NFL linemen aren't the healthiest men in sports, but I assure you that with the amount of money moving around the sport, they are the best at what they have to do.
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. - Voltaire
