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On the otherhand they had a Republican govenor during a good portion of the period when they were voting for Democratic presidents. The population of CA is very bimodal and not leaning enough to one side to make it a sure bet for anyone. It can also be rather radically effected by specific issues. A...

One of the main reasons I don't like absolutes. The data we have is not always as good as we would like and often not as good as we think.

Ok how do you pay for them at that point? The German economy was rather severely constrained during that period.

The Germans were certainly smart enough to make the crossing under cover of darkness. Some small losses will likely occur but I can't think of a way that the RN or the RAF in 1940 could have stopped them from crossing during the night hours, and once it's done-it's done. The simple historical fact ...

. Please note that if the window for an invasion is in summer, then the LW has no time to defeat the RAF. Hence, many of LW dive bombers will be shot down by Hurricanes and Spitfires and lots of barges will be sunk by the RAF. Francis I disagree - if the timescale had been followed with the diligen...

Acutally the LW didn't prove itself very effective at Dunkirk or Norway or even Crete vs warships at speed with a decent supply of AA ammo and the ability to maneuver at will. Most of the hits on those three occaisons came from warships that were stopped or moving slowly, or had very limited AA amm...

Paul L wrote:The figures are accurate and thats all that matters.

Are they? I don't think so. They are at best questionable and misleading.

This was a very good catch and got me wondering as well: ... The non-detonating shells would travel to fast to be stopped by anything Kriishima had on board. This would mean double holes for most trajectories (through-and-throgu), thus the ship being holed twice by many shells. HOwever, there is no ...

When have you brought up you sources to support your claims? When I make claims I useually post sources especially if requested. Bring up your own sources and then ask for the rest to show theirs. In many cases I'm not even sure sources exist. What you don't seem to realize is that a lot of times p...

Karl Heidenreich wrote:.... It is incredible that a communist muslim is sitting in the same office of Reagan, Teddy and George Washington.

Karl, you really need to get your perscriptions refilled and start taking them again.

Some states are just too blue (democrat) like Ny, NJ, CA. Interesting in that historically Ca has gone Republican more often that Democrat and is 5 for 5 in the last 10 elections. See: http://www.270towin.com/states/California ... . As I said if the economy stay bad, gets worse or if the people thi...

... the islamic president Osama, sorry Obama, Obama may be a lot of things but he's not Islamic as any one with more than a couple of funcitoning brain cells should know. Are there any real chances for the people of the US to recover their country? Very difficult since we never lost it. Whether or ...

Lee why don't you sit back and enjoy Spain and Portugal game What game would that be? Soccer? I don't even bother with football, baseball, or baketball. instead of nitpicking over nothing. ??? nit picking over nothing? You made a post with inaccruate information although I'm not sure how relevant i...

Ok it looks like as long as the obliquity is less than 60 degrees you will the fuze will be initiated with the US design. He estimates a straight line reduction form 60 to 80 degrees obliquity most of which seems to be due to the fuze not initiating. This would hardly seem to apply to the turret hit...

It's not necessary to pass trough multiple layers, it's enough for the geometry of the impact to be bad, like in a glancing blow or a near over-shot were the head passes little bit over (or below)the armored portion, while the back hits the armor surface because oif the inclination at which the she...