Youtube hearted comments of David Himmelsbach (@davidhimmelsbach557).

Women are ONLY traumatized by Chad and Tyrone.
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Your presentation is the best I've seen.
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The F-105 was almost two different planes -- as when loaded the pilots termed it the 'lead sled.' To get its speed way up, on the deck, the wings were built small. So, it was no dog-fighter. Once the load was dropped, the F-105 could move like a bat-out-of-hell leaving the drop zone. Since the original payload was to be a tactical nuke, you can see why Republic went crazy for exit speed. The USAF loved that aspect of its design. The fact that it was a 'dog' inbound to NV targets -- unable to dance around SAM infestations -- led directly to the USAF specs for the F-15 and F-16. Now the Air Force wanted multi-purpose planes that could fly straight up. In many ways, the F-16 is the god-child of the F-105 & F-107 -- having traits from both machines, but mostly from the F-107. The tac nuke mission of the Thud has been given to cruise missiles.
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Holy Cow, you've finally come around to my contention. Putin may not survive until Jan 20th.
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I still have my copy. SPI ultimately went bankrupt.
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$61,000,000,000 => $21,000,000,000 for Kyiv; $40,000,000,000 for the Pentagon. This split has caused no end of confusion all the way around. It's why folks think that Kyiv is getting a pitiful amount of backing -- which was baked in with the original bill. Zelenskyy made a catastrophic error, years ago, by not tapping the LendLease fund ~ $21,000,000,000 back in '22. It's expired. He didn't think it wise to borrow from America; instead he depended on Biden's gifts. Oops. Biden was never calling the shots. Jake Sullivan always was. Jake never wanted Moscow to fail catastrophically.
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Jeff, in use, the water should pass thru in one-direction only. You lower the Gold Hog into the pond/stream/whatever from just one-side -- like you're scooping to fill it. Always mush a full load. Then lift one-side, pulling the pan up, letting the spoil flow out like a typical sluice. Repeat, repeat, repeat. In a few strokes 80% is washed out... then 90%. Mush it again. 'Sluice it' again. Finally, you can vigorously work it side-to-side. By now, you won't toss out the babies. The Gold Hog is a survey tool -- not a recovery pan. You'll always need that. It's oriented towards lean-dust -- not pickers.
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Jeff, you have to pour your bars while under flame. That's how it's done industrially. While under flame, the copper is under REDUCING conditions.
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Here are some tips: The Soviets discovered that pressing the Germans with probing attacks was by far the best way to dope out what to do next. Results in the field determined what to do next. Moscow has maintained this doctrine. That's all that we're seeing across all fronts. The Soviets determined that, when on defense, a layered one is required -- with ready reserves at hand -- or Hell would follow. Kyiv is maintaining this doctrine. So we have two nations that largely mirror each other -- in doctrine and everything else. This is compounded by drones, satellites, the Internet. Strategic fake-outs are practically impossible. Spies, finks, traitors abound -- both sides. The end result is crawl-krieg. Ground movements have far less significance than eighty-years ago. The Big Story is if and how each combatant can pour fresh combat power into the fight. It's a war of reinforcements. Because of this, time is NOT on Moscow's side... most definitely. Putin is under the same pressure as Napoleon and Adolf. To not be quick is to be dead.
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Elvira Nabiullina flatly told Putin that she was out of cash -- about a week ago. Forget the technical analysis -- Putin is BROKE.
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You really lost me with the notion that a solitary tank would be any problem for Ukrainian special forces teams. RPG-7 -- Poof -- problem gone. T-62s ONLY work to intimidate civilians - who lack ATGMs. Obviously. The better speculation is that Putin is putting true old-guys back in the ranks -- and these are the fellows who will be manning check points. Providing them with the tank they knew when they were active twenty-years ago makes perfect sense. BTW, the key weapon in your scenario is the heavy machine gun. The T-62 machine gun is drastically better for check points than that of later machines.
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Buddy, great analysis, except that the Ukrainians have already totally escaped the pocket... even before you posted to YT. Heh. Yes, it sure looks like Zelenskyy's generals have trolled Moscow. It was obvious that the RA could pocket UA forward positions (Zolote) -- going back days and days. The UA left a skeleton crew in place while the brigade displaced to trenches, long prepared, back up north. Life is tough all over. [ Putin just lost an entire oil refinery to a hobbyist drone. The video of the fiasco is already viral. ] There is a brutal reality: the Lend-Lease pipeline from the USA has to come by ship. The volume, the heft, is too great for airlift. The very tip of that flow has finally arrived in theater. Putin has seen NOTHING yet. Putin has 'culminated' -- in military speak. Kyiv has imposed a news embargo across most of the front -- which can only mean that something's afoot. My guess is that the RA is now out-manned across most of its invasion front -- it's so long -- and that Kyiv can poke holes in Russian defenses almost at will. Putin has to thank his stars that the Ukrainian Army is so 'green.' (One is reminded of the Soviets at the start of Uranus.) Ivan will not tolerate a super fiasco. That's what did in the Tsar back in 1905. If I were a Ukrainian general, I'd concentrate my best artillery at one spot, and peel open Putin's front. I'd also have to concentrate my SAM defense, too. Putin has BTGs all across the wrong side of the Dnieper. With only a handful of crossings, the troops are probably going to flat out panic when they see they're being trapped. If Putin loses an entire army, his crew is not going to take it well. The Mirror claims that Putin's top body guard just committed suicide -- semi-successfully. There's been a LOT of that going on. I wish I had the antacid concession for the Kremlin. Think of the volume!
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I'm corn fused. I still see the main bridge into Sievierodonetsk standing. -- See P66 -- The blown bridge was a secondary road. The kicker is that when a bridge is blown across a minor river behind enemy lines, that enemy is going to replace it with a pontoon bridge, PDQ. Then everything shifts over to a WWI style artillery duel. I see a lot of swamp between the two cities -- astride the river. Both armies have so many BMPs that escaping across rivers would seem to be child's play. I'd say that Moscow would love to see the UA retreat west across the river.
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Steve Allen was so self absorbed that he actually drove away from a party -- leaving his wife behind. He had to come back for her. That's the REAL Steve Allen.
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And to realize that by the time Lenin assumed power, he was in Fourth Stage Syphilis. Ultimately, he became a raving paranoid, typical of the end stage. Then he died. His attending physician was the ultimate expert on syphilis -- now you know why. As for Adolf, he was also dying from late stage Syphilis. He also chose as his personal physician Germany's highest expert on syphilis. That was their connection. Syphilis was the true reason why Adolf was being prescribed Arsenic. (!) By the late 30s Arsenic compounds had been determined to be the only effective medication for syphilis -- and ONLY prescribed for that specific disease. This cure became the central plot element in E. G. Robinson's film:Dr Ehrlich's Magic Bullet. Today's cancer cures are based on Ehrlich's logic of cure. ( Chemo-therapy ) The US Army recovered Adolf's heart records. They show, beyond any doubt, that Adolf had syphilis. The disease creates a weird distinctive murmur in its victims.
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The Ruble has entirely lost its role as a STORE of value. Putin destroyed it.
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Single women >> age 25 are burn-outs.
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Why, why, WHY can't you get it through your head that Putin is PAINTING THE TAPE. The value of the Rubble is totally phony. There are NO honest trades in the Rubble. You're looking at box-tops, S&H Green Stamps, Script. They are only of utility at the Company Store. The Rubble only 'trades' inside Putin's pseudo-autarchic economy. Neither the Red Chinese nor the Indians want those wisps soiling their ledgers.
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WRT Sievierodonetsk => this fight is an echo of Stalingrad: Factory fighting √ River behind the defenders√ Political compulsion by invaders √ Ebb and flow √ Artillery advantage for defenders behind the river √ Marginal involvement by air force √ Rat-war (tunnel fighting) √ Difficult logistics supplying the defenders √ Invaders see campaign victory in sight √ Invaders run out of infantry √ Invaders not trained in urban warfare √ The invading dictator is dominating all decisions √ It's not the acreage -- it's the fatalities √
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Mark, Russia has a staggering level of political-economic inertia. Yet, when the flip does come - the result is always REVOLUTION, The latest 'rumor' that Putin needs everyone's cash -- that was an Official Rumbor -- aka Trial Balloon. [ Medvedev's roll is not as foil -- but as Trial Buffoon. Think of him as Agnew, but more corrupt. ] Never forget the adage -- buy on the rumor; sell on the news... or vice versa when Putin is the tyrant of decision. Remember how, in late 2022 the word was that there would be no General Mobilization? Then, in Late September, there was Partial Mobilization -- same as a partial pregnancy -- remember? This is how dictatorships roll. ( -- mostly over your civil and financial rights. )
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At this point, it's clear that the UA is going to displace to the west -- about as fast as it can march. Putin's conquest has devolved into an infantry-artillery campaign than would fit right into World War One. The active ground -- at present -- is not suitable for tanks. The water table is so high, in most areas, that tanks would just drop onto their bellies. That will change in a month's time. I see logistical headaches for the RA immediately ahead... due to the rivers to be crossed. The US has opened the flood-gates with Lend-Lease. So time is short. The American MLRS is the kiss of death for any conventional canon crew. In 1991, a single volley was known to cause the collapse of entire artillery brigades -- officers, the first to flee. Neither Russia nor Ukraine wants to release casualty figures -- but the current fighting has to be a very bloody affair. I can't imagine either side coming out on top. In WWI, the attacker always lost more than the defender -- even though the attacker always had the artillery advantage to a marked degree.
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Jeff, use the blade strictly straight-up and down. Its when you attempt to free-hand horizontally that you're guaranteed to de-chain the saw. It's the twist that must naturally occur that does the deed. Replay -- in slo-mo -- your own footage and you'll see the twisting. A bunch of verticals can then be busted out -- rather quickly -- by your roto-hammer. Try this and see if your results get happy.
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It's a hand-sluice. VERY practical for field surveys. Amazing.
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At 6:30 you don't seem to comprehend that the ground is 20cm above the water table. No-one can dig a trench -- instead -- a full bathtub. There can be no serious fighting in such ground. It also means that the RA can't use a mechanized assault over such ground. Every last machine would sink down onto its belly. Whatever does happen will be infantry versus infantry -- and there won't be much of that. The Ukrainians will blow every last crossing -- making this line of advance futile for the RA. You left unsaid what was really important about Lyman: it was THE classification yard for the Ukrainian railroad network covering the Donbass. Lyman was, and remains, a railroad town. Trains were its business. Every classification yard ever built comes complete with locomotive shops, car repair shops, everything you'd need to run a railroad. In YT posts, no-one understands what a classification yard is. It's where trains are made up and broken up. Its NOT a railroad 'station.' Passengers and freight are never unloaded in a classification yard. In the entire network/ nation there will only be a few classification yards. You should expect at most two others in Ukraine's entire network. A classification yard is a HUGE strategic prize -- yet posters remain clueless about Lyman. Google 'Union Pacific Classification Yard' for a 15m YT video on America's largest such yard. Perhaps then you'll comprehend what a Big Deal Lyman is. It's surely going to THE rail head for the RA for future operations. Duh.
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I'd recommend #12 MC -- available at Big Box Hardware in long coils. (#12 (or better) in extension cords is mighty expensive.) Your pump is going to draw HEAVY every time it starts up. So, unless it's pretty tiny, #14 extension cord wire will be too small. All pumps sold expect to be plugged into house wiring -- and not LONG runs of #14. ( Under your sink you'll find that every circuit is fed #12... 20 Amps. There's a reason that this is Code. ) MC is that coiled shiny stuff you see. (MC = metallic clad) I would not trust Romex -- it can't handle the conditions -- not those of a mine. (!) I'd bring the MC into a Bell box. (weatherproof -- stay with aluminum -- plastic is just to feeble) [Caulk as necessary with silicone.] And anchor it to a driven stake of Unistrut steel driven into the ground. This provides one more way for leaked current to go to earth -- not you. I'd strap the MC with tie straps -- to tent stakes or some such -- every time it needs it -- say every 5-feet. Leave a coil of MC topside. Then, as things change, you just re-string the MC. I'd land the MC on its own breaker, too. You absolutely want GFI protection. I'd test the gadget EVERY DAY. Yeah, they do crap out. (Their failure rates in service would frighten you.) If you under-size the wire -- expect trouble -- dead pumps -- smoking pumps -- even insulation failure. ( Which is why fuses and circuit breakers were invented.)
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Amazing info content.
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That green spoon is awesome.
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sensoring history... by AI.
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You've got your argumentative priorities reversed. Yours is not to be a college white paper. Journalism 101 -- start with the MOST important matters. The MOST important matter to Old Money is stopping Young Money upstarts. High income taxes on earned money are double-plus good. Old Money IS old money by way of owning income producing assets -- rental property being at the top of the list. EVERYTHING Progressive causes rents to EXPLODE relative to wages/ salaries -- earned incomes of any sort. Triple-plus good!
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@markb72-r2r THOSE old hags? Pleeeze.
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I' tram impressed. You're on a roll. And that's a good thing.
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That green spoon is the bomb ! Love your geology lesson.
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I suspect that the area used to have the riverine quality of the Amazon -- way, way, way back when. Repeated super-floods created multiple bedding planes -- which were fed from even more ancient mountains/ volcanic systems. You are on the gold. You are drilling through what had been a low point in a river system -- probably not very far at all from the near vertical river drop coming down the mother mountain/ hill / dike system. This must be true as the very size of your nuggets says: "Very high velocity Spring run-off deposition." -- Or, simple flash floods of much more recent ages. Anyway you figure it, you're on the gold. You just know that the biggest nuggets will be even lower down. You have yet to find the absolute bottom of your bedding planes. Oh, my. BTW, you still could benefit by opening up a Fat Farm for Muckers... though Slim might scare away business. He over did it.
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That's plenty of gold -- considering the sample size.
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STOP using the English TH -- in German it's a hard T, Tal not Thal. It's so irritating to suffer through. BTW, blue eyes are very rare among red-heads. What's shocking is how many American presidents were red-heads.
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That mine was years in the digging. What did it assay? It had to be insanely rich. Look at the timbers used. What a price tag.
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50,000 x 0.0024 = $120 US dollars.
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The article is ALL WRONG. He was canned because he was permitting COAL FIRED electric plants and nuclear plants to operate during these crisis months. The Greens are pathologically opposed to both. This racial 'thing' was a side show to gull the public -- which the article smith then crafted. BTW, he was canned the moment it became obvious that the crisis was past. Amazing timing, no?
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oogle banned my post. A non-political, historical note, it was. Yet shwd censr.
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