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[Tom Mazanec]

Not precisely determined. He says he is over half way through (he has been doing it since 2015) but he has a nerve condition in his arm that might slow him down. But he has a colorist to help him out.
There are also a number of author assisted fanfics that have awhile to run too, but his is the canonical one.
If you like it...
https://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/01/ (main comic)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28206471 (discontinued...set many centuries after main strip)
https://www.deviantart.com/starstruckec ... -764808447 (ended)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31043431 (also discontinued)
https://www.deviantart.com/lunarscorpio ... -723580516 (ST:TNG crossover...brief)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15534212 (actually has more strips than the main one)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/29922364 (set a few centuries after the main strip. My favorite fanfic. By the same artist as the above).
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25164417 (pretty good but tends to update slowly).

[Another guest]

Not precisely determined. He says he is over half way through (he has been doing it since 2015) but he has a nerve condition in his arm that might slow him down. But he has a colorist to help him out.
There are also a number of author assisted fanfics that have awhile to run too, but his is the canonical one.
If you like it...
https://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/01/ (main comic)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/28206471 (discontinued...set many centuries after main strip)
https://www.deviantart.com/starstruckec ... -764808447 (ended)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31043431 (also discontinued)
https://www.deviantart.com/lunarscorpio ... -723580516 (ST:TNG crossover...brief)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/15534212 (actually has more strips than the main one)
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/29922364 (set a few centuries after the main strip. My favorite fanfic. By the same artist as the above).
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25164417 (pretty good but tends to update slowly).

Well, that should give us seven more years then...

[Tom Mazanec]

Read them all since ~June 2021. The "real" strip four times.

Here is another https://www.deviantart.com/starstruckec ... -764808447

[Tom Mazanec]

China Foresees End Of Ukraine War This Summer: Report
BY TYLER DURDEN
FRIDAY, MAR 10, 2023 - 09:20 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... mer-report

2 minute readMarch 9, 202312:25 PM ESTLast Updated 4 days ago
Russia can fight in Ukraine for two more years at current intensity, Lithuania says
By Andrius Sytas
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ru ... 023-03-09/

Iran said to have supplied Russia with large shipment of ammunition
By TOI STAFF
8 March 2023, 4:30 pm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-said ... mmunition/

Russia loses 1,090 soldiers in reported deadliest day of war
By Olivia Land
March 12, 2023 7:46pm Updated
https://nypost.com/2023/03/12/russia-lo ... ay-of-war/

Ukraine war: Heavy losses reported as battle for Bakhmut rages
Published
1 hour ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64935449

[Navigator]

The current banking situation may be the beginning of the financial meltdown that has often been discussed here.

The Great Depression, according to my Dad who lived in NYC at the time and watched it unfold as a teenager, was caused not so much the stock market collapse. It was the failure of the banks, primarily regional banks that were overleveraged (they decided they could not make enough money engaging in regular loan lending).

The immediate cause seems to be the mini bubble created by Biden's multi-trillion $ "Covid" giveaway.

The banking sector problems, coupled with the dramatic rise in interest rates are going to start accelerating as 2022 year end reports and 1Q23 reports start to be published.

I have always believed that a financial meltdown of some kind will greatly accelerate movement towards WW III. It will force China to move quickly, as their system/population is even more exposed to backlash from a financial crisis than the USA is.

[BTW - my wife's situation has stabilized and she is doing OK for now. I hope to post more as I get more time.]

[Cool Breeze]

Yes, Vince, Tom and I have tried to tell you all this for a while.

When it comes to Finance, stick with us.

[thomasglee]

The current banking situation may be the beginning of the financial meltdown that has often been discussed here.

The Great Depression, according to my Dad who lived in NYC at the time and watched it unfold as a teenager, was caused not so much the stock market collapse. It was the failure of the banks, primarily regional banks that were overleveraged (they decided they could not make enough money engaging in regular loan lending).

The immediate cause seems to be the mini bubble created by Biden's multi-trillion $ "Covid" giveaway.

The banking sector problems, coupled with the dramatic rise in interest rates are going to start accelerating as 2022 year end reports and 1Q23 reports start to be published.

I have always believed that a financial meltdown of some kind will greatly accelerate movement towards WW III. It will force China to move quickly, as their system/population is even more exposed to backlash from a financial crisis than the USA is.

[BTW - my wife's situation has stabilized and she is doing OK for now. I hope to post more as I get more time.]

Glad to hear your wife is doing better. You and your family are in my prayers (as are many on this board).

[Bob Butler]

The current banking situation may be the beginning of the financial meltdown that has often been discussed here.

The Great Depression, according to my Dad who lived in NYC at the time and watched it unfold as a teenager, was caused not so much the stock market collapse. It was the failure of the banks, primarily regional banks that were overleveraged (they decided they could not make enough money engaging in regular loan lending)...

Agreed, a lot of FDR’s hundred days was a banking crisis, a result of Hoover's inaction. On day two FDR declared a national banking holiday. Prior to that, the states were doing it haphazardly. Shortly after the first fireside chat reviewed how banking worked, trying to reassure the people being the priority. A little later FDR created the FDIC, guaranteeing a given amounts of deposits. Clearly, this was a big deal at the time, and was the exact mechanism invoked recently. Depositors got their money out.

But another focus on the federal role was the Dodd Frank banking rules proposed with Bush 43’s instigation of the Great Recession, and later Trump’s repeal of these regulations. The Republican theory was that the bank leaders were big boys and didn’t need their hands held. Buzz. Wrong. MSNBC and Elizabeth Warren are of the opinion that ‘banking should be boring.’ If you want to make risky investments and make huge profits, you should be in some field other than banking. All it takes is one guy to take large risks in hopes of big returns to start the first run and tempt folks to start others. It seems we had more than one.

[Tom Mazanec]

Russia ‘Hunts’ For Patriot Deployment In Ukraine; Used Drones, Hypersonic Missiles To Bomb Its Key Power Plant – Experts
EUROPE
By
Ashish Dangwal
March 14, 2023
https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-hunts- ... ed-drones/

4 minute readMarch 13, 20231:11 PM EDTLast Updated a day ago
Biden wants $886 billion defense budget with eyes on Ukraine and future wars
By Mike Stone
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden- ... 023-03-13/

THE AGE OF AMERICAN NAVAL DOMINANCE IS OVER
MARCH 13, 2023, 6 AM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... na/673090/

Shield AI, Boeing ink agreement to push AI, autonomous development
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding this week “to explore strategic collaboration in the areas of autonomous capabilities and artificial intelligence on current and future defense programs."
By JASPREET GILL
on March 08, 2023 at 4:12 PM
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/shi ... velopment/

[Tom Mazanec]

IAF fighter jets, refuelers hold air drill with US forces, thought to focus on Iran
By EMANUEL FABIAN
12 March 2023, 1:56 pm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iaf-fight ... s-on-iran/

Meanwhile, in Iran...
https://twitter.com/301military/status/ ... 2197000192