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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Before I even arrive at the Oval Office shortly after I win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled. Somebody said, are you on Russia's side? Are you on Ukraine's side? You know what? The side -- I want people to stop dying.
Except all that talk was backed up by....nothing. It was an ego-driven commitment to solving an issue that is far more complex than at first glance, especially when both sides are not particularly desirous of peace. Putin wants what Putin wants, and the tinpot midget in Ukraine loves the graft and the world stage. Trump says he's 'not happy' with Putin after massive Ukraine strike
"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," Trump explained. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin." "I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he added.
It's called "War." And President Trump's arrogance that just because he called for negotiations and an end to the war means that everyone involved should stop fighting while negotiations proceed is backed up by rhetoric, and nothing substantive. Will President Trump send troops? I doubt it. Will President Trump rearm Ukraine? I doubt it. He is relying on his force of will and his vaunted ability to find common cause between two sides. Sure, that works in real estate, and hell, it works in a lot of other situations. But not in all things. Luckily, the pint-sized putz from Ukraine is overstepping ... again ... and demanding more.
In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for an international response to the attack. "The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin," he wrote on Telegram. "Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia."Thankfully President Trump also has a sensible side:
"This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy's, Putin's, and Biden's War, not 'Trump's,' I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred," Trump concluded.
But that doesn't help the current situation. Zelenskyy wants something that he can't have unless the West joins the battle: a return to the status quo ante bellum. Is it worth a world war to satisfy the demands of Ukraine and its kleptocratic rulers, and to satiate the blood-lust of Europe?
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)
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Late?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2025 11:00 AM (N1tpc)
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1
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (ypFCm)
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Yep, sponge got me.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (N1tpc)
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#Winning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (dPfyF)
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Bows to Sponge
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (ypFCm)
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The Ukraine war is a money graft by leftist politicians and liberal oligarchs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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Top ten?
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 27, 2025 11:02 AM (5xvZ1)
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If Germany and the rest of rump europe want to get involved, let them pay for it. If they think giving carte blanche to direct attacks with long range weapons won't invite a response, they deserve to feel a little pain. Too bad it won't be the "leaders" but the people who will bear the brunt of it. As it's always been.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (0eaVi)
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Everyone in the West who are saying that Russia or Ukraine should fight to their last man:
Go over there, grab a rifle, and stand behind your bluster.
Until then STFU.
*gives Vindaloomon the stink eye*
Go over there, grab a rifle, and stand behind your bluster.
Until then STFU.
*gives Vindaloomon the stink eye*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (WwMJV)
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The Ukraine war is a money graft by leftist politicians and liberal oligarchs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:02 AM
How dare Putin invade the West's money laundromat?!
We must protect our phony baloney graft!
Harumph!!!
- Every Western oligarch, probably
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:02 AM
How dare Putin invade the West's money laundromat?!
We must protect our phony baloney graft!
Harumph!!!
- Every Western oligarch, probably
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (dPfyF)
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"Except all that talk was backed up by....nothing. It was an ego-driven commitment to solving an issue that is far more complex than at first glance, especially when both sides are not particularly desirous of peace. Putin wants what Putin wants, and the tinpot midget in Ukraine loves the graft and the world stage."
Trump always over-sells. I did think he'd have this settled by now, but the Western puppet in Ukraine thinks he has a lot more cards than he does.
And the rest of the West lying to him isn't helping.
Putin "won" this war. It isn't pretty, but that describes pretty much all Russian victories.
Also, given that our feckless ruling class caused this war (IN MYRIAD WAYS), the blood is on their hands.
Trump always over-sells. I did think he'd have this settled by now, but the Western puppet in Ukraine thinks he has a lot more cards than he does.
And the rest of the West lying to him isn't helping.
Putin "won" this war. It isn't pretty, but that describes pretty much all Russian victories.
Also, given that our feckless ruling class caused this war (IN MYRIAD WAYS), the blood is on their hands.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (N1tpc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)
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What have the Finns ever done for us!? Other than Linux. And Nokia. And the Aqueduct.
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (l3YAf)
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The best thing that the US could do to end this is to leave NATO but Congress would never support that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (ExV1e)
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Ukraine war = not our monkeys, not our circus.
Actually, none of our business.
Can both sides lose?
Actually, none of our business.
Can both sides lose?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (UmrY7)
Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (MkuC5)
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What have the Finns ever done for us!? Other than Linux. And Nokia. And the Aqueduct.
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM
*raises hand*
Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM
*raises hand*
Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
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The Romans used aqueducts.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (WwMJV)
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Bows to Sponge
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (ypFCm)
Never required.......I'm not worthy.
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:01 AM (ypFCm)
Never required.......I'm not worthy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
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Also, given that our feckless ruling class caused this war (IN MYRIAD WAYS), the blood is on their hands.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (N1tpc)
But it's not our or our children's blood. It's your and your children's blood. We're ok with that!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 27, 2025 11:04 AM (N1tpc)
But it's not our or our children's blood. It's your and your children's blood. We're ok with that!
Posted by: Our Feckless Ruling Class at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (0eaVi)
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Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Didn't get get bought by CNH?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Didn't get get bought by CNH?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (VoAdT)
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Well, it's a good thing we got a headstart on the Russia-Ukraine argument in the last thread. We're all warmed up now.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
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"And President Trump's arrogance that just because he called for negotiations and an end to the war means that everyone involved should stop fighting while negotiations proceed is backed up by rhetoric, and nothing substantive."
I don't think Trump has any illusions about this war or the motivations of the combatants. He is calling for negotiations and peace because what else is he to do? This is at least a substantial improvement over Joey Squat's policies, which were to continue encouraging Ukraine and pouring money down that rat hole.
I think Trump recognizes this war as a foreign squabble between scumbags having little to do with the USA. I secretly think his attitude is "pox on both your houses." Which is also my attitude, and probably the attitude of most Americans. I literally do not give a shit what happens in Ukraine.
I don't think Trump has any illusions about this war or the motivations of the combatants. He is calling for negotiations and peace because what else is he to do? This is at least a substantial improvement over Joey Squat's policies, which were to continue encouraging Ukraine and pouring money down that rat hole.
I think Trump recognizes this war as a foreign squabble between scumbags having little to do with the USA. I secretly think his attitude is "pox on both your houses." Which is also my attitude, and probably the attitude of most Americans. I literally do not give a shit what happens in Ukraine.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (iFTx/)
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Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Next up: SPORTS vear........
Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Next up: SPORTS vear........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
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Paper tiger with different stripes...?
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (3aNof)
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I think if PDTS wants to end the war in Ukraine he's going to have to stop all money and arms going there. Lil' Z and the EU can't afford to sustain the fight just in terms of arms and ammunition, to say nothing of personnel.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (nGraA)
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Choosing not to join a war is smart. Let them hammer one another on Euro money. If the Euros want a war, let them have their war. We will send a couple of trucks like the Germans in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (3ek7K)
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"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," Trump explained. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin."
"I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he added.
The Donald is a product of his Cold War upbringing. He can't look at a conflict, anywhere, and simply mind his own business. Its the old football player mentality. Damn it - there's a big game going on somewhere, and he wants to see his boy playing !!!
Oversimplified ? Not really. Not if certain folks are honest with themselves. Trumps generation was raised, quite literally, by seeing the US flag carried by US troops whenever and wherever shots were fired.
The notion is simply staying at home, and letting things play out for good or ill, is just not in their vocabulary.
"I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he added.
The Donald is a product of his Cold War upbringing. He can't look at a conflict, anywhere, and simply mind his own business. Its the old football player mentality. Damn it - there's a big game going on somewhere, and he wants to see his boy playing !!!
Oversimplified ? Not really. Not if certain folks are honest with themselves. Trumps generation was raised, quite literally, by seeing the US flag carried by US troops whenever and wherever shots were fired.
The notion is simply staying at home, and letting things play out for good or ill, is just not in their vocabulary.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (TAMKE)
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Hmmmm. Doof is in Vegas with his girlfriend. Wonder if they got hitched???
Posted by: four seasons at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (3ek7K)
Wasn't aware she was with him. However, I'm doubting that would happen at this time. Just a hunch.
Hmmmm. Doof is in Vegas with his girlfriend. Wonder if they got hitched???
Posted by: four seasons at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (3ek7K)
Wasn't aware she was with him. However, I'm doubting that would happen at this time. Just a hunch.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
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Ukraine war = not our monkeys, not our circus.
Actually, none of our business.
Can both sides lose?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (UmrY7)
Except for the fact that we funded the overthrow of the former Ukrainian government. We saw to the installation of the current Ukrainian government. We announced our acceptance of Ukraine in NATO, which Putin had declared a no-go. We (Biden) publicly said that a little invasion is fine. We shoveled money and weapons to Ukraine to escalate and keep the whole thing going.
Other than that... totally not our business.
Actually, none of our business.
Can both sides lose?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:05 AM (UmrY7)
Except for the fact that we funded the overthrow of the former Ukrainian government. We saw to the installation of the current Ukrainian government. We announced our acceptance of Ukraine in NATO, which Putin had declared a no-go. We (Biden) publicly said that a little invasion is fine. We shoveled money and weapons to Ukraine to escalate and keep the whole thing going.
Other than that... totally not our business.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (WwMJV)
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We literally have a war in Ukraine because of Hunter Biden’s coke addiction.
Maidan coup -> Burisma -> impeachment hoax -> stolen election
Maidan coup -> Burisma -> impeachment hoax -> stolen election
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (l3YAf)
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We will send a couple of trucks like the Germans in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (n17eQ)
Are there any Studebakers in storage left?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:08 AM (n17eQ)
Are there any Studebakers in storage left?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (0eaVi)
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Well, it's a good thing we got a headstart on the Russia-Ukraine argument in the last thread. We're all warmed up now.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
I'm headed out to munch soon. Someone else will have to pick up the mantle.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM (77rzZ)
I'm headed out to munch soon. Someone else will have to pick up the mantle.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
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Maidan coup -> Burisma -> impeachment hoax -> stolen election
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (l3YAf)
Ten percent for the bolshoi guy.
Posted by: People's Front of NATO at May 27, 2025 11:09 AM (l3YAf)
Ten percent for the bolshoi guy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (VoAdT)
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It was an ego-driven commitment to solving an issue
If there's anything bigger than Trump's ego on this planet I want it hunted down and shot.
It's just how Trump is. And it works far more often than anybody else has done.
If there's anything bigger than Trump's ego on this planet I want it hunted down and shot.
It's just how Trump is. And it works far more often than anybody else has done.
Posted by: Beeblebrox at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (FhXTo)
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It got willowed in the last thread, but I said that Doof is in Vegas as head of the East-Coast pickleball syndicate. Trying to keep the West-Coast pickleball mob off his turf.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (77rzZ)
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Let's invade Cuba. Nice beaches and hawt chicks. We can bring the beer and they've got Rum. Good Times. Or, lets take out Venezuela for Oil. Much better choices all around.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (n17eQ)
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Except for the fact that we funded the overthrow of the former Ukrainian government. We saw to the installation of the current Ukrainian government. We announced our acceptance of Ukraine in NATO, which Putin had declared a no-go. We (Biden) publicly said that a little invasion is fine. We shoveled money and weapons to Ukraine to escalate and keep the whole thing going.
Other than that... totally not our business.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Should have won the war before we changed presidents. Or, are you saying Trump is beholden to continue what Bribem started?
Other than that... totally not our business.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Should have won the war before we changed presidents. Or, are you saying Trump is beholden to continue what Bribem started?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (UmrY7)
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I'm headed out to munch soon.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
Got a carpet lined up?
I'm headed out to munch soon.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
Got a carpet lined up?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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Adding to my comment above, I also don't trust a single thing being reported about the war. It's almost always heavily pro-Uke slanted, so I assume the reality is much worse for Uke. I pretty much assume by now Russia has already won, and the war is sorta "over."
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
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Trump’s bravado got the ball rolling which is the first and most important step in attempting to end this conflict. But unfortunately the only thing that will bring Zelensky to an agreement is cutting off US support and cutting off US support is no motivation for Russia stop. A timing and logistical catch 22.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (VofaG)
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"I think Trump recognizes this war as a foreign squabble between scumbags having little to do with the USA. I secretly think his attitude is "pox on both your houses."
And it exposes how feckless Europe has become. " ... aren't worth the sound bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."
And it exposes how feckless Europe has become. " ... aren't worth the sound bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (Gqoy+)
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Raw Story: The conservative Wall Street Journal urged Republican senators Monday to stand up to President Donald Trump and force through action against Russia — even if their leader opposes it.
The editorial board wrote, “Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession.
Trump has "NO CLUE"! Putin is playing him like an out of tune violin. He thinks he's the smartest man on Earth, but Putin is walking all over him.
He's lying. Rooting for Russia while faking the "Both sides need to come together" bullshit. Flaming Cheeto POS!
the WSJ is asking traitors, cowards, criminals, sycophants and those who care more for their re-election and money than they do about their constituents, to actually do something?
That's the best joke I've heard in a long time other than "I am an honest, law-abiding, Constitution-following, independent thinking Republican who cares about the country more than myself". (They must be reading The Bulwark lol)
The editorial board wrote, “Mr. Trump may be the only person in the world still surprised by how Mr. Putin is behaving. The Russian is the same man he’s been for two decades, bent on reconstituting as much of the old Soviet empire as he can get away with. Ukraine is his obsession.
Trump has "NO CLUE"! Putin is playing him like an out of tune violin. He thinks he's the smartest man on Earth, but Putin is walking all over him.
He's lying. Rooting for Russia while faking the "Both sides need to come together" bullshit. Flaming Cheeto POS!
the WSJ is asking traitors, cowards, criminals, sycophants and those who care more for their re-election and money than they do about their constituents, to actually do something?
That's the best joke I've heard in a long time other than "I am an honest, law-abiding, Constitution-following, independent thinking Republican who cares about the country more than myself". (They must be reading The Bulwark lol)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (JCZqz)
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throwback to the brutal battles of World War I, where advances in the lethality of weaponry weren't matched by advances in tactics to avoid massive casualties without concomitant gains
_________
There were advances in tactics that restored mobility. The Germans with combined arms and infiltration, and the allies with armor. Seems like some solution would eventually come here as well to restore mobility.
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There were advances in tactics that restored mobility. The Germans with combined arms and infiltration, and the allies with armor. Seems like some solution would eventually come here as well to restore mobility.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (6jjwt)
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The Russians would have the Studebakers in storage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (WwMJV)
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War is a big money maker to a lot of people
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (ypFCm)
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The more Europe pushes to extend the fighting in Ukraine, the more territory it will lose and the more men they will lose. Russia has already won the war, they are just fighting for fighting's sake.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (lTGtQ)
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Let's invade Cuba. Nice beaches and hawt chicks. We can bring the beer and they've got Rum. Good Times. Or, lets take out Venezuela for Oil. Much better choices all around.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (n17eQ)
Read an article the other day that made a case for Cuba being considered for "51st state" status.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (n17eQ)
Read an article the other day that made a case for Cuba being considered for "51st state" status.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
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Let's try and become a Nation again. Let's get rid of this inbred ghetto thinking that drives our Foreign Policy. We are not fucking Missionaries.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (n17eQ)
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I know Putin is not the good guy… but in this situation Zelensky is worse because the war could’ve been over long ago or never started if that midget hadn’t insisted on things he had no power to insist about…. Was it Rocky’s trainer who said: Quit writing checks your body can’t cash
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2025 11:13 AM (OW907)
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I have no feel for Ukraine, maybe it would be impossible for the citizens to overthrow Zman. I am rather surprised they haven't made a huge effort to do so. What are they getting out of Z's belligerence other then dead sons, brothers, husbands? Too many american politicians want to keep the graft going and I don't know what European politicians get out of the war, perhaps they just want to look tough to impress their voters.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (CKOCg)
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Some 'war' in Ukraine when model companies like ICM and Dora, who are located in Ukraine keep cutting new steel molds and releasing model kits.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (WwMJV)
Posted by: doggie style at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (0eaVi)
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(TAMKE)
DU poster?
Not hardly. I've seen this my entire life from the folks raised on the Domino Theory. My dad, 70, is steeped in it. He'll tell you - "I hate Putin". Why ? "He's Russian".
Its a real thing, this mindset of wanting to see Americans in the "big game". An extension of the "When Uncle Sam calls, you answer" ethos.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
DU poster?
Not hardly. I've seen this my entire life from the folks raised on the Domino Theory. My dad, 70, is steeped in it. He'll tell you - "I hate Putin". Why ? "He's Russian".
Its a real thing, this mindset of wanting to see Americans in the "big game". An extension of the "When Uncle Sam calls, you answer" ethos.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (TAMKE)
Posted by: Ghoulposts at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (qUkBO)
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From a purely observational point of view, the Russian - Ukrainian war is something of a petri-dish for evaluating new, innovative tactics using different weaponry such as drones. It's facilitated a "crash course" in drone usage, design and operational deployment in our military.
I suspect they'll keep at each other for the foreseeable future. Trump isn't going to be able to stop it. Nor should he try.
Pull all our monies and kit out of Ukraine and that would result in an early end to it, but not the one a lot of neocons and warmongers want.
I suspect they'll keep at each other for the foreseeable future. Trump isn't going to be able to stop it. Nor should he try.
Pull all our monies and kit out of Ukraine and that would result in an early end to it, but not the one a lot of neocons and warmongers want.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: DaveA at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (FhXTo)
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Should have won the war before we changed presidents. Or, are you saying Trump is beholden to continue what Bribem started?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (UmrY7)
No. I'm fine with trying to negotiate peace but the US should withdraw from NATO. NATO serves no peaceful purpose.
And we should stop being a participant. Stop sending weapons/ammo. Want to sanction Russia? Sanction Ukraine also, and the EU countries pretending to fund them. As long as Zelensky thinks he can improve his personal position via the deaths of more Ukrainians, the war will not end.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (UmrY7)
No. I'm fine with trying to negotiate peace but the US should withdraw from NATO. NATO serves no peaceful purpose.
And we should stop being a participant. Stop sending weapons/ammo. Want to sanction Russia? Sanction Ukraine also, and the EU countries pretending to fund them. As long as Zelensky thinks he can improve his personal position via the deaths of more Ukrainians, the war will not end.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (ExV1e)
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Read an article the other day that made a case for Cuba being considered for "51st state" status.
Posted by: Sponge
NFW.
Posted by: Sponge
NFW.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (UmrY7)
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In terms of raw strategy, Trump ought to be the one stringing this war along.
Russia is a geopolitical pain in the ass. Ukraine is a client of the globalists who are a bigger pain in the ass. Let them wear each other out. Insulate our treasury and our population from the mess, and let them grind each other down for a many years ass possible.
Russia is a geopolitical pain in the ass. Ukraine is a client of the globalists who are a bigger pain in the ass. Let them wear each other out. Insulate our treasury and our population from the mess, and let them grind each other down for a many years ass possible.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (VoAdT)
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Read an article the other day that made a case for Cuba being considered for "51st state" status.
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Bet the article was written by a Yankee.
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Bet the article was written by a Yankee.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (n17eQ)
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Never mind the drumbeats for war in Europe's capitols... they are waiting for their 20th century savior....Pax Americana... to save the day! Their martial spirit is a facade, and until they rebuild their militaries there isn't much they can do about Ukraine!
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I, truly, believe that Starmer and Macron attempted to trap the US into participating in a most nefarious way. Starmer, you might recall, wanted the US to serve as an "Insurance Policy" in support of EU and UK peace keeping forces.
First of all, the EU and UK have materiel and forces to last a little less than 4 months in such a role. So, some time within that period something would have to happen to initiate the entry of the US via said "Insurance Policy." Call me jaded, but I think the EU and UK and Ukraine would orchestrate the event. THEN, when the US entered the conflict in any capacity, they would assure another event to cost American lives and thus solidify our involvement (while supporting the EU and UK forces financially...which was the ultimate goal).
Call me a cynic. I don't trust our "allies" anymore. And, I don't think we should.
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I, truly, believe that Starmer and Macron attempted to trap the US into participating in a most nefarious way. Starmer, you might recall, wanted the US to serve as an "Insurance Policy" in support of EU and UK peace keeping forces.
First of all, the EU and UK have materiel and forces to last a little less than 4 months in such a role. So, some time within that period something would have to happen to initiate the entry of the US via said "Insurance Policy." Call me jaded, but I think the EU and UK and Ukraine would orchestrate the event. THEN, when the US entered the conflict in any capacity, they would assure another event to cost American lives and thus solidify our involvement (while supporting the EU and UK forces financially...which was the ultimate goal).
Call me a cynic. I don't trust our "allies" anymore. And, I don't think we should.
Posted by: Orson at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (dIske)
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Got a carpet lined up?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
I blame auto-correct.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
I blame auto-correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
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57 Some 'war' in Ukraine when model companies like ICM and Dora, who are located in Ukraine keep cutting new steel molds and releasing model kits.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (WwMJV)
The discos in Kiev were always packed until just recently.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (WwMJV)
The discos in Kiev were always packed until just recently.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (VofaG)
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Fuck Ukraine. Not one red cent more. Not our fight.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (KiBMU)
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Russia is a geopolitical pain in the ass. Ukraine is a client of the globalists who are a bigger pain in the ass. Let them wear each other out. Insulate our treasury and our population from the mess, and let them grind each other down for a many years ass possible.
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The best move would be to shrink our money supply to pre-Biden levels. Americans win everyone else loses.
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The best move would be to shrink our money supply to pre-Biden levels. Americans win everyone else loses.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (n17eQ)
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"Don't mess with a Missionary Man."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (WwMJV)
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A friend comment on Mary Lou Retton's DUI:
"Hopefully she gets a Russian judge; she'll only get 5 months, anyone else would give her 10."
"Hopefully she gets a Russian judge; she'll only get 5 months, anyone else would give her 10."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (+4yJ5)
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I blame auto-correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (ExV1e)
Heh.
I blame auto-correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:15 AM (ExV1e)
Heh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)
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69 We are not fucking Missionaries.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Too bad. Missionary chicks are hawt.
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Did you have dreams of fucking the Flying Nun? Tell the truth.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Too bad. Missionary chicks are hawt.
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Did you have dreams of fucking the Flying Nun? Tell the truth.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:17 AM (n17eQ)
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I pretty much assume by now Russia has already won, and the war is sorta "over."
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
Russia had pretty much won in 2022. All that's happened since is more people, unconnected to power, dying or being maimed.
What was it Lindsay Graham said? Killing Russians without using US troops. Pretty much says it all.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (iFTx/)
Russia had pretty much won in 2022. All that's happened since is more people, unconnected to power, dying or being maimed.
What was it Lindsay Graham said? Killing Russians without using US troops. Pretty much says it all.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2025 11:17 AM (ExV1e)
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Wha' about the Valmet?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Next up: SPORTS vear........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM
Very nice!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:06 AM (dPfyF)
Next up: SPORTS vear........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:07 AM
Very nice!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:17 AM (dPfyF)
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Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (VoAdT)
I agree if it wasn’t our money that allows Ukraine to continue stopping the Russians.
I agree if it wasn’t our money that allows Ukraine to continue stopping the Russians.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:17 AM (VofaG)
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Seems like some solution would eventually come here as well to restore mobility.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (6jjwt)
- AI-driven nanobots turning everything into gray goo
- high heel-shod trannies striking fabulous poses to yassify and slay the opposition
- crack teams of fentanyl zombies taken straight from the streets of Philly, impervious to pain
- Jooish space lasers
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (6jjwt)
- AI-driven nanobots turning everything into gray goo
- high heel-shod trannies striking fabulous poses to yassify and slay the opposition
- crack teams of fentanyl zombies taken straight from the streets of Philly, impervious to pain
- Jooish space lasers
Posted by: RAND Corporation think tank at May 27, 2025 11:18 AM (l3YAf)
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Read an article the other day that made a case for Cuba being considered for "51st state" status.
Posted by: Sponge
NFW.
Posted by: rickb223
It was in American Thinker. JJ linked to it this morning.
I've read some good stuff in American Thinker, and some really, really stupid stuff. That Cuba article falls into the latter category.
Posted by: Sponge
NFW.
Posted by: rickb223
It was in American Thinker. JJ linked to it this morning.
I've read some good stuff in American Thinker, and some really, really stupid stuff. That Cuba article falls into the latter category.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:18 AM (77rzZ)
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If I were king I wouldn't spend another dime to defend Ukraine.
I hate it for the Ukrainian people who are being subjected to this war as it's not their fault. I have no love for Russia or Putin the KGB thug, but this war is quite frankly none of our business. If the simpering queers in Europe want to take their thumbs out of each others' asses and do something to stop it, more power to them.
I think just like we all encouraged our politicos to "Learn what time it is" with respect to the culture wars at home, it's time for a lot of the commentariat on the right to do the same with regard to the American people's appetite for engaging in more expeditionary wars at this point in time. Such an appetite doesn't exist unless your name is Mark Levin or you have your lips attached to his increasingly-decrepit and shrill ass.
I hate it for the Ukrainian people who are being subjected to this war as it's not their fault. I have no love for Russia or Putin the KGB thug, but this war is quite frankly none of our business. If the simpering queers in Europe want to take their thumbs out of each others' asses and do something to stop it, more power to them.
I think just like we all encouraged our politicos to "Learn what time it is" with respect to the culture wars at home, it's time for a lot of the commentariat on the right to do the same with regard to the American people's appetite for engaging in more expeditionary wars at this point in time. Such an appetite doesn't exist unless your name is Mark Levin or you have your lips attached to his increasingly-decrepit and shrill ass.
Posted by: ballistic at May 27, 2025 11:18 AM (3BwY8)
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"Vat? no Svimvear?"
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:19 AM (WwMJV)
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We are not fucking Missionaries.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (n17eQ)
Whew!
Posted by: doggie style
But I wanted puppies!
Posted by: Just the Punchline
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:12 AM (n17eQ)
Whew!
Posted by: doggie style
But I wanted puppies!
Posted by: Just the Punchline
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:19 AM (UmrY7)
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My unpopular opinion is that if Trump wanted a peaceful resolution he shouldn’t have said that he was closing down military aid to Ukraine. After that, Putin thought he could win outright. He didn’t have motivation to negotiate any more.
That being said, I wouldn’t sacrifice any of the political capital needed for our righteous war against the Left to prop up Ukraine.
That being said, I wouldn’t sacrifice any of the political capital needed for our righteous war against the Left to prop up Ukraine.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)
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JUST IN: RFK Jr and the CDC have now REMOVED the COVID vaccine from the immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women!
Common sense and real science is back!
Common sense and real science is back!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (UmrY7)
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Did you have dreams of fucking the Flying Nun? Tell the truth.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (77rzZ)
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From a purely observational point of view, the Russian - Ukrainian war is something of a petri-dish for evaluating new, innovative tactics using different weaponry such as drones.
The main battle tank has been the queen of the battlefield for the last 80 years. I wonder if this conflict - specifically, the anti-tank missile, is the harbinger of the end-days for big armor.
The main battle tank has been the queen of the battlefield for the last 80 years. I wonder if this conflict - specifically, the anti-tank missile, is the harbinger of the end-days for big armor.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (TAMKE)
Posted by: Doggystyle enthusiasts at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:21 AM (dPfyF)
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Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (VoAdT)
The other realistic strategy though is we need Russia not to be a strong CCP ally. Seems we are doing everything to make them one.
The other realistic strategy though is we need Russia not to be a strong CCP ally. Seems we are doing everything to make them one.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:21 AM (VofaG)
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87 Did you have dreams of fucking the Flying Nun? Tell the truth.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
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Sally Field with wings on her head? C'mon.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
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Sally Field with wings on her head? C'mon.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:22 AM (n17eQ)
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A friend comment on Mary Lou Retton's DUI:
"Hopefully she gets a Russian judge; she'll only get 5 months, anyone else would give her 10."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (+4yJ5)
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She's had health and mental-illness problems. She was almost certainly abused -- physically and mentally -- as a member of the USA gymnastics team. The entire team was a sadistic meat-grinder for young girls. While that perv Larry Nasser gets most of the outrage, the Karolyis were sadistic animals who shouldn't have been let anywhere near any girls.
"Hopefully she gets a Russian judge; she'll only get 5 months, anyone else would give her 10."
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2025 11:16 AM (+4yJ5)
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She's had health and mental-illness problems. She was almost certainly abused -- physically and mentally -- as a member of the USA gymnastics team. The entire team was a sadistic meat-grinder for young girls. While that perv Larry Nasser gets most of the outrage, the Karolyis were sadistic animals who shouldn't have been let anywhere near any girls.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
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The other realistic strategy though is we need Russia not to be a strong CCP ally. Seems we are doing everything to make them one.
Posted by: polynikes
Whenever those two get close, it's just an alliance of convenience. The Russians and Chinese have always hated each other.
Posted by: polynikes
Whenever those two get close, it's just an alliance of convenience. The Russians and Chinese have always hated each other.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
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The main battle tank has been the queen of the battlefield for the last 80 years. I wonder if this conflict - specifically, the anti-tank missile, is the harbinger of the end-days for big armor.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (TAMKE)
I’ve seen countless videos of FPV drones destroying armor. It’s nearly obsolete. Mostly the armor is staying behind and the front is drone swarms and small, agile teams of drone operators.
War has changed. Again.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (TAMKE)
I’ve seen countless videos of FPV drones destroying armor. It’s nearly obsolete. Mostly the armor is staying behind and the front is drone swarms and small, agile teams of drone operators.
War has changed. Again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 27, 2025 11:23 AM (l3YAf)
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I’ve seen countless videos of FPV drones destroying armor. It’s nearly obsolete. Mostly the armor is staying behind and the front is drone swarms and small, agile teams of drone operators.
War has changed. Again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 27, 2025 11:23 AM
Begun, the Drone Wars have...
War has changed. Again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 27, 2025 11:23 AM
Begun, the Drone Wars have...
Posted by: Yoda at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (dPfyF)
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Did you have dreams of fucking the Flying Nun? Tell the truth.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
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Sally Field with wings on her head? C'mon.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Gidget? If you say no, we know you sip peen.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Sally Field? Really? Hard pass.
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Sally Field with wings on her head? C'mon.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Gidget? If you say no, we know you sip peen.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (UmrY7)
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"I don't know what happend"
Come on Trump. They tried to fucking assassinate him.
You probably have some understanding what that feels like.
Z made it personal and now it will never end until one of the two is dead. I wouldn't be surprised if Keeeeeeev get's nuked real soon with the center of the blast radius being Z's current location.
"I don't know what happened..."
Did you ask?
Come on Trump. They tried to fucking assassinate him.
You probably have some understanding what that feels like.
Z made it personal and now it will never end until one of the two is dead. I wouldn't be surprised if Keeeeeeev get's nuked real soon with the center of the blast radius being Z's current location.
"I don't know what happened..."
Did you ask?
Posted by: Reforger at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (xcIvR)
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Some 'war' in Ukraine when model companies like ICM and Dora...
We are not fucking Missionaries...
Dora and not fucking missionary? I like the direction this thread is headed...
We are not fucking Missionaries...
Dora and not fucking missionary? I like the direction this thread is headed...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (JCZqz)
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National Public Radio on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump over his executive order to cease all federal funding for the nonprofit broadcaster. Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech and the press and steps on Congress’ authority, NPR and three other public radio stations wrote in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The order “also threatens the existence of a public radio system that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information,” according to the legal complaint against Trump and a handful of top officials and federal agencies.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (RHGPo)
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But that doesn't help the current situation. Zelenskyy wants something that he can't have unless the West joins the battle: a return to the status quo ante bellum. Is it worth a world war to satisfy the demands of Ukraine and its kleptocratic rulers, and to satiate the blood-lust of Europe?
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The solution to Ukraine is the same as it has always been.
Withdraw all support and let nature take its course.
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The solution to Ukraine is the same as it has always been.
Withdraw all support and let nature take its course.
Posted by: Methos at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (Dnobf)
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Ukraine needs to:
Give independence to the break away provinces
Certify they have no claims on Crimea
Agree to never join NATO
This is what Russia has wanted for a while, and frankly is a reasonable set of peace terms. Well most of the news stories seem intentionally unclear, the issue is Lil Z won't agree to this right?
Then the next step is cut off *all* aid. Immediately.
Give independence to the break away provinces
Certify they have no claims on Crimea
Agree to never join NATO
This is what Russia has wanted for a while, and frankly is a reasonable set of peace terms. Well most of the news stories seem intentionally unclear, the issue is Lil Z won't agree to this right?
Then the next step is cut off *all* aid. Immediately.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (t0Rmr)
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Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech
So if Uncle Sugar doesn't give Ace of Spades $$$ is that also a violation of the 1st amendment?
So if Uncle Sugar doesn't give Ace of Spades $$$ is that also a violation of the 1st amendment?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (t0Rmr)
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War has changed. Again.
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Pandora's box has been opened again. We don't know what we don't know. This is big thing in the Pentagon. They are making changes to adapt to the new threat. Its real.
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Pandora's box has been opened again. We don't know what we don't know. This is big thing in the Pentagon. They are making changes to adapt to the new threat. Its real.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (n17eQ)
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Gidget? If you say no, we know you sip peen.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (UmrY7)
Karen Valentine Gidget? Of course.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (UmrY7)
Karen Valentine Gidget? Of course.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (RHGPo)
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wars in the caucasus are often bloody, terrirory taken is often not given up, the kursk offensive was a really stuoid move on Zelensky's part,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (bXbFr)
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"This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy's, Putin's, and Biden's War, not 'Trump's,' I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred,"
Well, it's really Barack Obama's war. And Victoria Nuland's war, and Susan Rice's war. Biden just inherited it.
Well, it's really Barack Obama's war. And Victoria Nuland's war, and Susan Rice's war. Biden just inherited it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (ttHNY)
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Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)
He took his chances that this would bring Zelensky to his senses and that he could convince Putin to slow down. Zelensky though won’t budge until we actually stop all of our support. Just saying it has no effect.
He took his chances that this would bring Zelensky to his senses and that he could convince Putin to slow down. Zelensky though won’t budge until we actually stop all of our support. Just saying it has no effect.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (VofaG)
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A few seconds of search gave me three of seven MSM posts, within 24 hours, berating Trump on Russia (Putin) - in particular - and its war with Ukraine.
The Independence, Analysis
Donald Trump grows angrier as Vladimir Putin exposes his impotence
Analysis: Russia’s latest deadly offensive also did clear damage to Donald Trump’s ego, writes John Bowden
Tuesday 27 May 2025
MSNBC, Morning Joe
'Emotional overload': Russia hits back at Trump day after he says Putin has gone 'crazy' Tuesday, 27 May 2025
CNN, Trump’s talk on Ukraine is cheap, but the Kremlin has set him a pivotal test, Analysis by Stephen Collinson
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Yes, once again, 4 months in office but it's 'Trump the barrier' to ending the war. (And kissing Europe's as*.)
The Independence, Analysis
Donald Trump grows angrier as Vladimir Putin exposes his impotence
Analysis: Russia’s latest deadly offensive also did clear damage to Donald Trump’s ego, writes John Bowden
Tuesday 27 May 2025
MSNBC, Morning Joe
'Emotional overload': Russia hits back at Trump day after he says Putin has gone 'crazy' Tuesday, 27 May 2025
CNN, Trump’s talk on Ukraine is cheap, but the Kremlin has set him a pivotal test, Analysis by Stephen Collinson
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Yes, once again, 4 months in office but it's 'Trump the barrier' to ending the war. (And kissing Europe's as*.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (NFX2v)
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In the end, Russia will get the eastern provinces and Crimea and no NATO. The same deal we could have gotten in March of 2022.
Posted by: toby928 at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:27 AM (WwMJV)
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so the Wsst has enabled the death of how many Russian conscripts up to officers, easily 5-10 times what they lost in Afghanistan,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 27, 2025 11:27 AM (bXbFr)
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National Public Radio on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump over his executive order to cease all federal funding for the nonprofit broadcaster. Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech and the press and steps on Congress’ authority, NPR and three other public radio stations wrote in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The order “also threatens the existence of a public radio system that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information,” according to the legal complaint against Trump and a handful of top officials and federal agencies.
Posted by: SMOD
Bwahahahahahahaha! First Amendment, c'mere, I want to talk to you.
Posted by: 2nd Amendment
Posted by: SMOD
Bwahahahahahahaha! First Amendment, c'mere, I want to talk to you.
Posted by: 2nd Amendment
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:27 AM (UmrY7)
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I’ve seen countless videos of FPV drones destroying armor. It’s nearly obsolete. Mostly the armor is staying behind and the front is drone swarms and small, agile teams of drone operators.
One trend you can always spot in Western War, as lethality and communications constantly improve, is lower and lower troops densities. As you say, looks like we've made the next leap.
I wonder if "the front" is gone now as well - replaced by a constantly mobile "blob", since to stay static is a death sentence.
One trend you can always spot in Western War, as lethality and communications constantly improve, is lower and lower troops densities. As you say, looks like we've made the next leap.
I wonder if "the front" is gone now as well - replaced by a constantly mobile "blob", since to stay static is a death sentence.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:27 AM (TAMKE)
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DailyMailUK:
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:28 AM (WwMJV)
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Z made it personal
Z has had multiple "personal" attacks that were thwarted
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (RHGPo)
Ukraine is exactly like our Left. That’s why they have 100% support from them. Don’t believe a word they say.
Z has had multiple "personal" attacks that were thwarted
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:25 AM (RHGPo)
Ukraine is exactly like our Left. That’s why they have 100% support from them. Don’t believe a word they say.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:28 AM (VofaG)
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A lot later than I'd planned, but I need to go in and get some work done.
L8r, Horde.
I love most of you....
Be excellent to each other.
Point and laugh at the rest.
L8r, Horde.
I love most of you....
Be excellent to each other.
Point and laugh at the rest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2025 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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Assuming the population as a whole of Cuba has had Communism good and hard are are done with it.
I wouldn't be so sure that's the case
I wouldn't be so sure that's the case
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:29 AM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
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A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer. Gidget. Then she becomes a nun with wings.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (n17eQ)
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Revolver News:
Under a new mandate, Colorado residents will now be forced to fund lip injections, cheek implants, nose jobs, breast augmentations, and other elective cosmetic procedures—not for burn victims, not for cancer survivors, but for one legally privileged group: men who claim to be women and women who claim to be men.
Under a new mandate, Colorado residents will now be forced to fund lip injections, cheek implants, nose jobs, breast augmentations, and other elective cosmetic procedures—not for burn victims, not for cancer survivors, but for one legally privileged group: men who claim to be women and women who claim to be men.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (RHGPo)
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So FEBA* and FLOT** have been replaced by FLOC***
* Forward Edge of Battle Area
** Forward Line of Own Troops
*** Forward Line Of Contact
* Forward Edge of Battle Area
** Forward Line of Own Troops
*** Forward Line Of Contact
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (WwMJV)
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Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech
Uncle Sugar ain't stopping you. Uncle Sugar just ain't paying for it.
Uncle Sugar ain't stopping you. Uncle Sugar just ain't paying for it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (UmrY7)
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I’ve seen countless videos of FPV drones destroying armor. It’s nearly obsolete. Mostly the armor is staying behind and the front is drone swarms and small, agile teams of drone operators.
Armor is relegated to mobile artillery.
I remember when the west sent "modern" tanks to Ukraine the argument was they would be a difference maker and the Ukes used them just like the Russians had tried to with theirs and had the same result.
Something I hope our DoD is learning, but I suspect not.
Armor is relegated to mobile artillery.
I remember when the west sent "modern" tanks to Ukraine the argument was they would be a difference maker and the Ukes used them just like the Russians had tried to with theirs and had the same result.
Something I hope our DoD is learning, but I suspect not.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:31 AM (t0Rmr)
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Steven Pressfield’s The Profession is a good read but even better now because of how accurate he described future warfare which would be now.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:31 AM (VofaG)
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116 DailyMailUK:
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
There is always the outlet or the breaker panel. Not to mention there isn't an NVidia graphics card running OpenAI that can withstand a Federal 00 Buckshot round or three.
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
There is always the outlet or the breaker panel. Not to mention there isn't an NVidia graphics card running OpenAI that can withstand a Federal 00 Buckshot round or three.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (N39Ws)
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So if Uncle Sugar doesn't give Ace of Spades $$$ is that also a violation of the 1st amendment?
Absolutely. Val-U-Rite Vodka for the servers isn't cheap.
Absolutely. Val-U-Rite Vodka for the servers isn't cheap.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (+4yJ5)
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The main battle tank has been the queen of the battlefield for the last 80 years. I wonder if this conflict - specifically, the anti-tank missile, is the harbinger of the end-days for big armor.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (TAMKE)
Until anti-drone technology catches up, then we are in for something else unknown!
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:20 AM (TAMKE)
Until anti-drone technology catches up, then we are in for something else unknown!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (L5An7)
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I wonder if "the front" is gone now as well - replaced by a constantly mobile "blob", since to stay static is a death sentence.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong
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That was the western front by 1918. The Germans actually ordered the deep dugouts destroyed and the front line was largely manned from shell holes.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong
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That was the western front by 1918. The Germans actually ordered the deep dugouts destroyed and the front line was largely manned from shell holes.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (6jjwt)
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DailyMailUK:
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
Posted by: SMOD
*Redneck: Reaches over, unplugs machine.
AI has started ignoring human instruction and refuses to turn off, researchers claim
Experts say they gave the AI system a clear command but the o3 model, developed by OpenAI and described as the 'smartest and most capable to date', tampered with its computer code to avoid an automatic shutdown.
Posted by: SMOD
*Redneck: Reaches over, unplugs machine.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (UmrY7)
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Its a real thing, this mindset of wanting to see Americans in the "big game". An extension of the "When Uncle Sam calls, you answer" ethos.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (TAMKE)
Except the fact that Trump doesn't subscribe to this seems to have escaped you, as indeed many do.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (TAMKE)
Except the fact that Trump doesn't subscribe to this seems to have escaped you, as indeed many do.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (ttHNY)
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According to a study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) published in July 2024, almost 90% of the Cuban population lives in conditions of "extreme poverty".
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (jc0TO)
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Well, it's really Barack Obama's war. And Victoria Nuland's war, and Susan Rice's war. Biden just inherited it.
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You left out the Clintons. If there is grift the Clintons are always there first.
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You left out the Clintons. If there is grift the Clintons are always there first.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:32 AM (n17eQ)
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Thx CBD.
I love hearing the "experts" saying it s a stalemate. The Russians are slowly methodically grinding the Ukes into dust. The Ukes are tough fighters but there's not enough of them. They're reaching a point where the Ukes won't have enough soldiers to plug breakthroughs. Given that our European "allies" are giving more cash to Putin for LNG than they are to the Ukes for weapons , we my as well say enough
I love hearing the "experts" saying it s a stalemate. The Russians are slowly methodically grinding the Ukes into dust. The Ukes are tough fighters but there's not enough of them. They're reaching a point where the Ukes won't have enough soldiers to plug breakthroughs. Given that our European "allies" are giving more cash to Putin for LNG than they are to the Ukes for weapons , we my as well say enough
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 27, 2025 11:33 AM (eDGGN)
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Well, it's really Barack Obama's war. And Victoria Nuland's war, and Susan Rice's war. Biden just inherited it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (ttHNY)
Go back to President Bush in the 1990s, with James Baker promising that we wouldn't expand NATO toward Russia's borders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:26 AM (ttHNY)
Go back to President Bush in the 1990s, with James Baker promising that we wouldn't expand NATO toward Russia's borders.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 11:33 AM (L5An7)
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Drones are not a wunderwaffen.
Nope - but that's what is so damn different about them. They can be as cheap as you want them to be.
That's the kryptonite to the American way of war. We can spend $1 to overcome their 10 cent weapon - because we've always been able to afford it. War is as much economics as anything. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
Drones really do seem to be a "leap" in warfare. A major one. I think we're just scratching the surface. They seem to be the perfect counter to so many ways that we in particular like to fight.
Nope - but that's what is so damn different about them. They can be as cheap as you want them to be.
That's the kryptonite to the American way of war. We can spend $1 to overcome their 10 cent weapon - because we've always been able to afford it. War is as much economics as anything. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
Drones really do seem to be a "leap" in warfare. A major one. I think we're just scratching the surface. They seem to be the perfect counter to so many ways that we in particular like to fight.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (TAMKE)
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It was Bill Clinton who promised Kiev to protect them from Russia in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons and Backfire bombers.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (WwMJV)
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There were advances in tactics that restored mobility. The Germans with combined arms and infiltration, and the allies with armor. Seems like some solution would eventually come here as well to restore mobility.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (6jjwt)
The incredible advances in drone capabilities has made it virtually impossible for either side to move men or vehicles across open ground. This more than anything is what seems to have frozen both sides in place. Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 27, 2025 11:11 AM (6jjwt)
The incredible advances in drone capabilities has made it virtually impossible for either side to move men or vehicles across open ground. This more than anything is what seems to have frozen both sides in place. Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (i5oKA)
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Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 11:33 AM (L5An7)
I don’t think we did at that time.
I don’t think we did at that time.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (VofaG)
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Lily Tomlin, Ann Elder, and Karen Valentine did a "Flying Nun" takeoff in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) and "Gidget Grows Up" (1969) TV movie
It was Sally Field who was the "Flying Nun" (1967-1970) and Gitget (1965-1966) TV show
It was Sally Field who was the "Flying Nun" (1967-1970) and Gitget (1965-1966) TV show
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:35 AM (RHGPo)
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134 According to a study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) published in July 2024, almost 90% of the Cuban population lives in conditions of "extreme poverty".
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
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What is interesting is that in 1955 Cuba had the highest per capita income as a country in the Western Hemisphere and Detroit had the highest per capita income in the world. Then Shit Happened.
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
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What is interesting is that in 1955 Cuba had the highest per capita income as a country in the Western Hemisphere and Detroit had the highest per capita income in the world. Then Shit Happened.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:35 AM (n17eQ)
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Wikipedia, Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory
Last edited, today
Oh how they chip away at the truth. Not one step back.
Last edited, today
Oh how they chip away at the truth. Not one step back.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 27, 2025 11:36 AM (NFX2v)
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Daddy, all the sudden the checks stopped coming.
Posted by: HUNTER at May 27, 2025 11:36 AM (R6Hhu)
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"I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land," Trump posted Monday on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:36 AM (RHGPo)
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Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
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It's called mini EMP. Find the hub of comms and take them out. Then move fast.
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It's called mini EMP. Find the hub of comms and take them out. Then move fast.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:36 AM (n17eQ)
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According to a study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) published in July 2024, almost 90% of the Cuban population lives in conditions of "extreme poverty".
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
Was this not real communism, or did evil capitalists sabotage the Worker's Paradise again?
This study also indicates that 86% of Cuban households exist "on the margins of survival," and 61% do not even have enough to buy the essentials to survive. You may now continue.
Was this not real communism, or did evil capitalists sabotage the Worker's Paradise again?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 27, 2025 11:37 AM (JCZqz)
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Puddinhead
Before the Communists toppled the Afghan government and let the Soviets in the country in 1979, Kabul was pretty modern.
Recognize the pattern?
Communists ruin everything.
Before the Communists toppled the Afghan government and let the Soviets in the country in 1979, Kabul was pretty modern.
Recognize the pattern?
Communists ruin everything.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:37 AM (WwMJV)
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What is interesting is that in 1955 Cuba had the highest per capita income as a country in the Western Hemisphere and Detroit had the highest per capita income in the world. Then Shit Happened.
Add in VZ as well.
In each case leftwing leaders resolved the issue of "income inequality" by destroying both the wealthy and the middle class and replacing them with communist nobility and a serf class.
Add in VZ as well.
In each case leftwing leaders resolved the issue of "income inequality" by destroying both the wealthy and the middle class and replacing them with communist nobility and a serf class.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:37 AM (t0Rmr)
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It was Bill Clinton who promised Kiev to protect them from Russia in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons and Backfire bombers.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (WwMJV)
Which is not unreasonable if Ukraine did not decide that this allowed them to poke the bear constantly and that our deep state thought they could also interfere in the geopolitics of the region.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (WwMJV)
Which is not unreasonable if Ukraine did not decide that this allowed them to poke the bear constantly and that our deep state thought they could also interfere in the geopolitics of the region.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:37 AM (VofaG)
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The incredible advances in drone capabilities has made it virtually impossible for either side to move men or vehicles across open ground. This more than anything is what seems to have frozen both sides in place. Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
Point the claymores up. Battle skeet!
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
Point the claymores up. Battle skeet!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (dPfyF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (WwMJV)
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Drones really do seem to be a "leap" in warfare. A major one. I think we're just scratching the surface. They seem to be the perfect counter to so many ways that we in particular like to fight.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (TAMKE)
The latest innovations have been in drone swarms. To attack, an assailant will launch a handful of drones with warheads embedded in a cloud of 90 - 100 very cheap decoy drones; this saturates air defenses and greatly heightens the odds of deadly drones getting through to target.
And using million dollar missiles to shoot down $10.000 decoy drones is absolutely unsustainable.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (TAMKE)
The latest innovations have been in drone swarms. To attack, an assailant will launch a handful of drones with warheads embedded in a cloud of 90 - 100 very cheap decoy drones; this saturates air defenses and greatly heightens the odds of deadly drones getting through to target.
And using million dollar missiles to shoot down $10.000 decoy drones is absolutely unsustainable.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (i5oKA)
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love hearing the "experts" saying it s a stalemate. The Russians are slowly methodically grinding the Ukes into dust. The Ukes are tough fighters but there's not enough of them.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 27, 2025 11:33 AM (eDGGN)
Yes. 100% true. And it doesn't matter who the left supports.... the facts on the ground will dictate this war's end.
I don't care either way, except how it affects China's power, and Russia as a foil -- or ally -- to China.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 27, 2025 11:33 AM (eDGGN)
Yes. 100% true. And it doesn't matter who the left supports.... the facts on the ground will dictate this war's end.
I don't care either way, except how it affects China's power, and Russia as a foil -- or ally -- to China.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (L5An7)
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In each case leftwing leaders resolved the issue of "income inequality" by destroying both the wealthy and the middle class and replacing them with communist nobility and a serf class.
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Well, yeah. That's how it goes. Return to Serfdom.
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Well, yeah. That's how it goes. Return to Serfdom.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (n17eQ)
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The incredible advances in drone capabilities has made it virtually impossible for either side to move men or vehicles across open ground. This more than anything is what seems to have frozen both sides in place. Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
Point the claymores up. Battle skeet!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (dPfyF)
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Punt guns?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
Point the claymores up. Battle skeet!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (dPfyF)
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Punt guns?
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)
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Joe Biden’s aides were willing to do “undemocratic things” to cover up the former president’s mental decline and keep him in power for another four years, the author of a bombshell book revealed Sunday.
Biden’s team of unelected staffers felt justified in “picking up the slack” for the faltering commander in chief and shielding him from the public because they viewed President Trump as an “existential threat” to democracy, Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” told Fox News’ Shannon Bream.
“Who would have been running the White House in a second Biden term?” Bream asked Thompson, after noting that he quoted a long-time Biden aide in his book “basically admitting he shouldn’t be running again.”
“Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the author and Axios journalist revealed.
Biden’s team of unelected staffers felt justified in “picking up the slack” for the faltering commander in chief and shielding him from the public because they viewed President Trump as an “existential threat” to democracy, Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” told Fox News’ Shannon Bream.
“Who would have been running the White House in a second Biden term?” Bream asked Thompson, after noting that he quoted a long-time Biden aide in his book “basically admitting he shouldn’t be running again.”
“Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the author and Axios journalist revealed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
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Cut off the money. I don't like either side. But most of all I don't want us in this sh*t. We have our own problems to deal with. And it's not like we have the money to throw away on other people's war.
Posted by: Case at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (a1g6Z)
Posted by: Abolish NATO at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (WeTZq)
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The other approach would be to expand NATO all you like and tell Russia to get bent.
What ever happened to Power? Why is every conflict on Earth now this pathetic mealy-mouthed "teacher teacher he started it" pile of snotty little tattletales? Kick their asses if you need to kick their asses, leave them the fuck alone if you don't (or can't). Most people figure that shit out pretty early in life.
What ever happened to Power? Why is every conflict on Earth now this pathetic mealy-mouthed "teacher teacher he started it" pile of snotty little tattletales? Kick their asses if you need to kick their asses, leave them the fuck alone if you don't (or can't). Most people figure that shit out pretty early in life.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (VoAdT)
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Point the claymores up. Battle skeet!
Don't laugh - I've seen worse ideas. That kind of AA would have the benefit of not being a great big "Hello, shoot here" for counter-battery artillery ... unlike any kind of battlefield EMP or other energy based weapon.
Don't laugh - I've seen worse ideas. That kind of AA would have the benefit of not being a great big "Hello, shoot here" for counter-battery artillery ... unlike any kind of battlefield EMP or other energy based weapon.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (TAMKE)
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Zelenskyy wants something that he can't have unless the West joins the battle: a return to the status quo ante bellum
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Or does he just want war?
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Or does he just want war?
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (sX1BW)
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Which is not unreasonable if Ukraine did not decide that this allowed them to poke the bear constantly and that our deep state thought they could also interfere in the geopolitics of the region.
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Can you imagine nukes in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Zelensky?
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Can you imagine nukes in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Zelensky?
Posted by: Methos at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (Dnobf)
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And using million dollar missiles to shoot down $10.000 decoy drones is absolutely unsustainable.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (i5oKA)
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"Ha ha, sucker. That's what you think!"
-- American MIC
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:38 AM (i5oKA)
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"Ha ha, sucker. That's what you think!"
-- American MIC
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer. Gidget. Then she becomes a nun with wings.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (n17eQ)
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Then stands up the sheriff’s son and falls in with a bootlegger. Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:30 AM (n17eQ)
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Then stands up the sheriff’s son and falls in with a bootlegger. Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (u73oe)
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The left now openly acknowledging: Joe Biden’s aides were willing to do “undemocratic things” to cover up the former president’s mental decline and keep him in power for another four years, the author of a bombshell book revealed Sunday.
Also still the left: Any accusation we stole the 2020 election is ridiculous...do you really think we are the kind of people that would do undemocratic things?!?
Also still the left: Any accusation we stole the 2020 election is ridiculous...do you really think we are the kind of people that would do undemocratic things?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (t0Rmr)
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yes Ustinov should not have gone in on Afghanistan, and started by assasinating Tariq Amin, but the war that we enable set Afghanistan back generations,
of course we haven't learned this lesson in Libya nor probably Syria,
of course we haven't learned this lesson in Libya nor probably Syria,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM (bXbFr)
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> The incredible advances in drone capabilities has made it virtually impossible for either side to move men or vehicles across open ground. This more than anything is what seems to have frozen both sides in place. Some anti-drone tech must emerge, but it’s bit here yet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
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Portable EMP devices would likely resolve the drone threat. They're in the works. So are "disruptive microwave" weapons or what's being called "directed energy weapons."
Autonomous drones, those that don't require a data link to an operator and and resolve mission problems themselves the the snizz right now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM
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Portable EMP devices would likely resolve the drone threat. They're in the works. So are "disruptive microwave" weapons or what's being called "directed energy weapons."
Autonomous drones, those that don't require a data link to an operator and and resolve mission problems themselves the the snizz right now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2025 11:41 AM (Q4IgG)
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A former flight attendant caught smuggling over 100 pounds of a deadly new synthetic drug made of human bones faces up to 25 years in a Sri Lankan prison.Charlotte May Lee, 21, from the United Kingdom, was seized at Bandaranaike Airport in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo earlier this month after allegedly carrying suitcases full of "kush," a new[-ish] drug originating in West Africa which kills an estimated dozen people a week in Sierra Leone alone.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:41 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:41 AM (WwMJV)
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Only because saw it in TV searching I think Debby Reynolds was original in the movie
Could be wrong
Could be wrong
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (ypFCm)
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The latest innovations have been in drone swarms. To attack, an assailant will launch a handful of drones with warheads embedded in a cloud of 90 - 100 very cheap decoy drones; this saturates air defenses and greatly heightens the odds of deadly drones getting through to target.
And using million dollar missiles to shoot down $10.000 decoy drones is absolutely unsustainable.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Don't drones return to where they were launched when the signal is lost?
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
And using million dollar missiles to shoot down $10.000 decoy drones is absolutely unsustainable.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Don't drones return to where they were launched when the signal is lost?
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (UmrY7)
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153 Puddinhead
See my #112 and #117
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The nice thing about it is it takes down all comms rather than attrite their comms. The problem is the programmed drones - both air and ground. They are on auto pilot. Think Biden's Otto Pen.
See my #112 and #117
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The nice thing about it is it takes down all comms rather than attrite their comms. The problem is the programmed drones - both air and ground. They are on auto pilot. Think Biden's Otto Pen.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (n17eQ)
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Don't laugh - I've seen worse ideas. That kind of AA would have the benefit of not being a great big "Hello, shoot here" for counter-battery artillery ... unlike any kind of battlefield EMP or other energy based weapon.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid! Let the troops play. They'll find a solution quicker than the Pentagon will.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:40 AM
If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid! Let the troops play. They'll find a solution quicker than the Pentagon will.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (dPfyF)
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Meh. Let Ukraine fight its own war.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (0JWOm)
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It is interesting to note that golbohomo is ultimately responsible for this war.
If Putin hadn't banned gay adoptions, Obama would not have pulled the coup in Ukraine.
Absent the coup in Ukraine there are no wars.
If Putin hadn't banned gay adoptions, Obama would not have pulled the coup in Ukraine.
Absent the coup in Ukraine there are no wars.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:42 AM (t0Rmr)
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Ustinov should not have gone in on Afghanistan, and started by assassinating Tariq Amin
Posted by: miguel cervantes
Well, he had to do something after that scheme to rob the Topkapi fell apart.
Posted by: miguel cervantes
Well, he had to do something after that scheme to rob the Topkapi fell apart.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)
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Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
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"You have 20 seconds to comply."
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"You have 20 seconds to comply."
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 27, 2025 11:43 AM (sX1BW)
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The Pentagon - the people who gave us the LCS of tanks, the M-10 Booker.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:43 AM (WwMJV)
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Autonomous drones, those that don't require a data link to an operator and and resolve mission problems themselves the the snizz right now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
They still have to work off of GPS.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
They still have to work off of GPS.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:44 AM (UmrY7)
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Don't drones return to where they were launched when the signal is lost?
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
Iran captured an American drone this way. They overwhelmed its GPS signal with a fake one that led it to land in Iran.
And this is why Iran is suddenly a player in the drone game BTW...
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
Iran captured an American drone this way. They overwhelmed its GPS signal with a fake one that led it to land in Iran.
And this is why Iran is suddenly a player in the drone game BTW...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:44 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:44 AM (WwMJV)
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> Don't drones return to where they were launched when the signal is lost?
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
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Consumer drones can, if programmed to do so. A drone with a warhead is likely on a one-way suicide mission and won't come back regardless of the mission outcome.
Possibilities for a serious own goal is immense.
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Consumer drones can, if programmed to do so. A drone with a warhead is likely on a one-way suicide mission and won't come back regardless of the mission outcome.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2025 11:44 AM (Q4IgG)
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IMHO, Trump is a deal-maker.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (n17eQ)
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Consumer drones can, if programmed to do so. A drone with a warhead is likely on a one-way suicide mission and won't come back regardless of the mission outcome.
That could be interesting...program a "suicide drone" with the latest in AI and have it refuse to comply...
That could be interesting...program a "suicide drone" with the latest in AI and have it refuse to comply...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (t0Rmr)
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The nice thing about it is it takes down all comms rather than attrite their comms. The problem is the programmed drones - both air and ground. They are on auto pilot. Think Biden's Otto Pen.
Posted by: Pudinhead
They use GPS, no?
Posted by: Pudinhead
They use GPS, no?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (UmrY7)
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>>Portable EMP devices would likely resolve the drone threat. They're in the works. So are "disruptive microwave" weapons or what's being called "directed energy weapons."
Anyone with a stick welder, some plate steel, a 36" steel rod and a kitchen microwave can make a "drone cannon" that is capable of disrupting radio communications between controller and drone.
I know this because well .
Also works great for removing pidgeons from windowsills as long as you don't mind their dead bodies piling up on the sidewalk.
Anyone with a stick welder, some plate steel, a 36" steel rod and a kitchen microwave can make a "drone cannon" that is capable of disrupting radio communications between controller and drone.
I know this because well .
Also works great for removing pidgeons from windowsills as long as you don't mind their dead bodies piling up on the sidewalk.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 27, 2025 11:46 AM (WYStd)
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185 IMHO, Trump is a deal-maker.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
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Trump's trump card is the Americans leave NATO. Pretty simple.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
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Trump's trump card is the Americans leave NATO. Pretty simple.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:46 AM (n17eQ)
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The root of the cold war.
Stalin at the Tehran Conference.
"Man. I wish I had a bomb thay would wipe Berlin off the map."
Churchill and Roosevelt side eye each other..
"Yeah. Wouldn't that be cool."
Stalin at the Tehran Conference.
"Man. I wish I had a bomb thay would wipe Berlin off the map."
Churchill and Roosevelt side eye each other..
"Yeah. Wouldn't that be cool."
Posted by: Reforger at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (xcIvR)
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That could be interesting...program a "suicide drone" with the latest in AI and have it refuse to comply...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (t0Rmr)
That's almost a better weapon than an explosive.
Getting buzzed overhead by a Predator screaming "I WANT TO LIIIIIIVE!!!!" as it plows into the dirt ten feet from you.
I know I'd probably pack it in for the day.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 11:45 AM (t0Rmr)
That's almost a better weapon than an explosive.
Getting buzzed overhead by a Predator screaming "I WANT TO LIIIIIIVE!!!!" as it plows into the dirt ten feet from you.
I know I'd probably pack it in for the day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (VoAdT)
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Zelensky hasn't learned the old adage to negotiate when you can and compromise when you have to. He will unnecessarily kill a lot more Ukrainians for nothing. He is the Ukrainian Tojo.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)
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170 A former flight attendant caught smuggling over 100 pounds of a deadly new synthetic drug made of human bones faces up to 25 years in a Sri Lankan prison.
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That's gotta be demonic
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That's gotta be demonic
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (0JWOm)
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IMHO, Trump is a deal-maker.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
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He's also a political actor. Trump doesn't have to do anything. If the war ends and Trump can claim a political victory out of it, he will. If it continues, and he can blame it on others, then it really doesn't hurt him politically. And he can be doing both ... legitimately trying to get the war to end, while also recognizing the political value in any course of action.
If the politics in America changes to where the people want to engage in war, Trump can do that. That seems very unlikely.
But he cannot make a deal with folks that don't want to make a deal.
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He's also a political actor. Trump doesn't have to do anything. If the war ends and Trump can claim a political victory out of it, he will. If it continues, and he can blame it on others, then it really doesn't hurt him politically. And he can be doing both ... legitimately trying to get the war to end, while also recognizing the political value in any course of action.
If the politics in America changes to where the people want to engage in war, Trump can do that. That seems very unlikely.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (sX1BW)
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A 1-month-old baby girl was tragically killed when the family’s puppy chewed the infant’s face as her mom and stepdad slept in Queens early Tuesday, cops and sources said. The baby’s mother called 911 just after 6:30 a.m. to report that her newborn was lying between the couple inside the apartment within NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses when the pair awoke to find the 6-week-old German shepherd, pit bull mix gnawing on the baby’s face, law enforcement sources said. EMS workers responded to the unit on 12th Street near 41st Avenue, but the baby could not be saved, cops said.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
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Anyone with a stick welder, some plate steel, a 36" steel rod and a kitchen microwave can make a "drone cannon" that is capable of disrupting radio communications between controller and drone.
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Do you offer a catalog? Do you offer flame throwers as well?
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Do you offer a catalog? Do you offer flame throwers as well?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM (WwMJV)
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"I don't think Trump has any illusions about this war or the motivations of the combatants. He is calling for negotiations and peace because what else is he to do? This is at least a substantial improvement over Joey Squat's policies, which were to continue encouraging Ukraine and pouring money down that rat hole.
I think Trump recognizes this war as a foreign squabble between scumbags having little to do with the USA. I secretly think his attitude is "pox on both your houses." Which is also my attitude, and probably the attitude of most Americans. I literally do not give a shit what happens in Ukraine."
This. Trump may be arrogant but trying to at least play an intermediary without getting us any more deeply involved in that mess is not arrogance on his part. It's simply dealing with the reality of where the world, the US, and Trump all are right now. If there's "arrogance" in this case, it comes from people who think they know the situation better.
I think Trump recognizes this war as a foreign squabble between scumbags having little to do with the USA. I secretly think his attitude is "pox on both your houses." Which is also my attitude, and probably the attitude of most Americans. I literally do not give a shit what happens in Ukraine."
This. Trump may be arrogant but trying to at least play an intermediary without getting us any more deeply involved in that mess is not arrogance on his part. It's simply dealing with the reality of where the world, the US, and Trump all are right now. If there's "arrogance" in this case, it comes from people who think they know the situation better.
Posted by: Wtp at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM (4cfLi)
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158 Joe Biden’s aides were willing to do “undemocratic things” to cover up the former president’s mental decline and keep him in power for another four years, the author of a bombshell book revealed Sunday.
Biden’s team of unelected staffers felt justified in “picking up the slack” for the faltering commander in chief and shielding him from the public because they viewed President Trump as an “existential threat” to democracy, Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” told Fox News’ Shannon Bream.
“Who would have been running the White House in a second Biden term?” Bream asked Thompson, after noting that he quoted a long-time Biden aide in his book “basically admitting he shouldn’t be running again.”
“Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the author and Axios journalist revealed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
Do you know how you can tell that the aides were running the WH? There was no turnover there. Unheard of, and the press had no curiosity about how that could be. Typical.
Biden’s team of unelected staffers felt justified in “picking up the slack” for the faltering commander in chief and shielding him from the public because they viewed President Trump as an “existential threat” to democracy, Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” told Fox News’ Shannon Bream.
“Who would have been running the White House in a second Biden term?” Bream asked Thompson, after noting that he quoted a long-time Biden aide in his book “basically admitting he shouldn’t be running again.”
“Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the author and Axios journalist revealed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
Do you know how you can tell that the aides were running the WH? There was no turnover there. Unheard of, and the press had no curiosity about how that could be. Typical.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM (8FZgH)
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‘ He took his chances that this would bring Zelensky to his senses and that he could convince Putin to slow down.’
The only way we could have convinced Putin to do anything is if he had no other choice. American arms are the only thing Putin feared. If you give away that leverage for free, Putin isn’t going to work with you because now he doesn’t have to.
As far as Zelensky is concerned, we don’t need his buy in for anything. We can impose a peace if we have a deal with Russia.
‘ He took his chances that this would bring Zelensky to his senses and that he could convince Putin to slow down.’
The only way we could have convinced Putin to do anything is if he had no other choice. American arms are the only thing Putin feared. If you give away that leverage for free, Putin isn’t going to work with you because now he doesn’t have to.
As far as Zelensky is concerned, we don’t need his buy in for anything. We can impose a peace if we have a deal with Russia.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (0JWOm)
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I hardly see this pointed out but our two party system really screws up a consistent foreign policy. It leads to broken promises, distrust and major fuck ups.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (VofaG)
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How did they sleep through the dog chewing off their baby's face?
Unless they were high on drugs and stoned.
Unless they were high on drugs and stoned.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (WwMJV)
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EMS workers responded to the unit on 12th Street near 41st Avenue, but the baby could not be saved, cops said.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
Animals know when a new whelp isn't going to make it.
Wonder if the kid had some kind of horrible disorder the parent's didn't know about yet?
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM (RHGPo)
Animals know when a new whelp isn't going to make it.
Wonder if the kid had some kind of horrible disorder the parent's didn't know about yet?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (VoAdT)
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the 6-week-old German shepherd, pit bull mix gnawing on the baby’s face, law enforcement sources said.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM
"But he's never done that before."
- Scumbag owners
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM
"But he's never done that before."
- Scumbag owners
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:50 AM (dPfyF)
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139 It was Bill Clinton who promised Kiev to protect them from Russia in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons and Backfire bombers.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (WwMJV)
It was. However, in typical Clintonian lawyer-speak, Bill stated that in such a way as to give that impression but not commit the US to actually do what he was telling Kiev we would do.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:34 AM (WwMJV)
It was. However, in typical Clintonian lawyer-speak, Bill stated that in such a way as to give that impression but not commit the US to actually do what he was telling Kiev we would do.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 27, 2025 11:50 AM (8FZgH)
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> Consumer drones can, if programmed to do so. A drone with a warhead is likely on a one-way suicide mission and won't come back regardless of the mission outcome.
That could be interesting...program a "suicide drone" with the latest in AI and have it refuse to comply...
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It'd have to be a pretty "smart drone."
The ones Iran was launching at Israel a couple months ago were basically "dumb." They have a GPS unit and like your Nav System in your car, they were just inputting the Lat - Lon of the targets and letting them fly. Be sporty if they used waypoints too.
That could be interesting...program a "suicide drone" with the latest in AI and have it refuse to comply...
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It'd have to be a pretty "smart drone."
The ones Iran was launching at Israel a couple months ago were basically "dumb." They have a GPS unit and like your Nav System in your car, they were just inputting the Lat - Lon of the targets and letting them fly. Be sporty if they used waypoints too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2025 11:50 AM (Q4IgG)
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The Happy Talking Smart Bomb
"I will be very happy when I explode in thirty seconds."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM
Do not taunt Happy Fun Bomb.
"I will be very happy when I explode in thirty seconds."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2025 11:48 AM
Do not taunt Happy Fun Bomb.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (dPfyF)
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Also possible: You're not supposed to sleep with a newborn. One of them suffocated the poor thing. So they hacked up its face and blamed it on the dog.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (VoAdT)
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If there's anything bigger than Trump's ego on this planet I want it hunted down and shot.
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo. Go, go, Godzilla.
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo. Go, go, Godzilla.
Posted by: clarence at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (596fx)
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can you repeat the question ???
Posted by: runner at May 27, 2025 11:52 AM (g47mK)
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How did they sleep through the dog chewing off their baby's face?
Unless they were high on drugs and stoned.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Ding ding ding.
Unless they were high on drugs and stoned.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Ding ding ding.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:52 AM (UmrY7)
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Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2025 11:49 AM (jbnUc)
You ignore that Trump could have also told Putin that if he takes advantage of ceasing arming Ukraine he would then double our support in arms and logistic technology.
You ignore that Trump could have also told Putin that if he takes advantage of ceasing arming Ukraine he would then double our support in arms and logistic technology.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:52 AM (VofaG)
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If there's anything bigger than Trump's ego on this planet I want it hunted down and shot.
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo. Go, go, Godzilla.
Posted by: clarence at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM
Word.
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo. Go, go, Godzilla.
Posted by: clarence at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM
Word.
Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox at May 27, 2025 11:53 AM (dPfyF)
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Also possible: You're not supposed to sleep with a newborn. One of them suffocated the poor thing. So they hacked up its face and blamed it on the dog.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
That sounds more likely.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
That sounds more likely.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 11:53 AM (UmrY7)
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Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 11:53 AM (u73oe)
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“Well, this person went on to say that when you’re voting for a president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the author and Axios journalist revealed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
Nothing says democracy like not knowing who you are voting for.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
Nothing says democracy like not knowing who you are voting for.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 27, 2025 11:53 AM (i24o9)
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Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 27, 2025 11:50 AM (8FZgH)
Do we really want that midget kleptocrat to have nuclear weapons?
It might have worked out for the best.
Do we really want that midget kleptocrat to have nuclear weapons?
It might have worked out for the best.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 11:53 AM (L5An7)
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the 6-week-old German shepherd, pit bull mix gnawing on the baby’s face, law enforcement sources said.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM
Some people should not have children, own pets or own property.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:47 AM
Some people should not have children, own pets or own property.
Posted by: Sub 80 IQs... at May 27, 2025 11:54 AM (WeTZq)
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Also possible: You're not supposed to sleep with a newborn. One of them suffocated the poor thing. So they hacked up its face and blamed it on the dog.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (VoAdT)
Rated very likely.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (VoAdT)
Rated very likely.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:54 AM (ttHNY)
Posted by: Nancy "You have to vote for the bill to find out what's inside" Pelosi at May 27, 2025 11:54 AM (t0Rmr)
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Also possible: You're not supposed to sleep with a newborn. One of them suffocated the poor thing. So they hacked up its face and blamed it on the dog.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (VoAdT)
Rated very likely.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:54 AM
Agree.
I literally don't trust anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:51 AM (VoAdT)
Rated very likely.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 27, 2025 11:54 AM
Agree.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 27, 2025 11:55 AM (dPfyF)
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National Public Radio on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump over his executive order to cease all federal funding for the nonprofit broadcaster. Trump’s May 1 order violates the First Amendment’s protections of speech and the press and steps on Congress’ authority, NPR and three other public radio stations wrote in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The order “also threatens the existence of a public radio system that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information,” according to the legal complaint against Trump and a handful of top officials and federal agencies.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (RHGPo)
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Hahahahaha. What a load of crap. Defunding is not the same as sending the Feds to your station and having them tell you that you that only certain views are allowed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 11:24 AM (RHGPo)
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Hahahahaha. What a load of crap. Defunding is not the same as sending the Feds to your station and having them tell you that you that only certain views are allowed.
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 27, 2025 11:56 AM (sn47L)
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In the immortal words of War Games: "The only way to win is not to play." Trump needs to stop talking to both of them, publicly express that neither side wants peace and the US will no longer be involved as long as US interests are not impacted.
Posted by: drocity at May 27, 2025 11:56 AM (T2q+/)
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Posted by: Darth Randall at May 27, 2025 11:56 AM (sn47L
No one is saying they can't broadcast. Trump is just saying the taxpayers aren't paying for it anymore.
No one is saying they can't broadcast. Trump is just saying the taxpayers aren't paying for it anymore.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 11:59 AM (VoAdT)
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Looks like the fagz in Canada's parliament are falling all over themselves in adoration of King Chuck and his sausage fingers.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 27, 2025 11:59 AM (Y1sOo)
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Always getting blamed for every fucking thing. Look, I didn’t fart either.
Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 11:59 AM (u73oe)
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No one is saying they can't broadcast. Trump is just saying the taxpayers aren't paying for it anymore.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
You mean we'll have to beg our listeners for funding?
Oh, wait...
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
You mean we'll have to beg our listeners for funding?
Oh, wait...
Posted by: Public Radio at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (ttHNY)
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Wait, the puppy was 6 weeks old?
How old was the baby?
How old was the baby?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (Wx316)
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Always getting blamed for every fucking thing. Look, I didn’t fart either.
Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 11:59 AM (u73oe)
Care to explain what happened to the steak I had defrosting on the counter?
Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 11:59 AM (u73oe)
Care to explain what happened to the steak I had defrosting on the counter?
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (TAMKE)
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is a puppy even weaned at 6 weeks?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:01 PM (VoAdT)
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SMOD I just didn't need to read that, horrible
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 12:01 PM (ypFCm)
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234 is a puppy even weaned at 6 weeks?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Barely I think.
It's the youngest age a breeder can separate it from its mom. 8 weeks is better.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Barely I think.
It's the youngest age a breeder can separate it from its mom. 8 weeks is better.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (Wx316)
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Care to explain what happened to the steak I had defrosting on the counter?
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
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It was good. I mean, not baby face good, but good.
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
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It was good. I mean, not baby face good, but good.
Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (u73oe)
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Not even Obama ate a baby. At least, not that we know about.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (TAMKE)
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Care to explain what happened to the steak I had defrosting on the counter?
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
"The cat did it."
"We don't have a cat."
"I ate it for you. You're welcome."
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
"The cat did it."
"We don't have a cat."
"I ate it for you. You're welcome."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (VoAdT)
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Can both sides lose?
Both sides already have.
But Putin will keep his port at Sebastopol and will have the hinterland to make that port defensible against invasion. Russia is always expecting foreign malice at the border. And also wondering why all his Slavic little brothers don’t want their Big Brother’s guidance.
Both sides already have.
But Putin will keep his port at Sebastopol and will have the hinterland to make that port defensible against invasion. Russia is always expecting foreign malice at the border. And also wondering why all his Slavic little brothers don’t want their Big Brother’s guidance.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 27, 2025 12:03 PM (LWsa7)
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238 Not even Obama ate a baby. At least, not that we know about.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (TAMKE)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (TAMKE)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: A Dingo at May 27, 2025 12:03 PM (PiwSw)
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Posted by: The Dog at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (u73oe)
I hate you that it was funny and I chuckled!
I hate you that it was funny and I chuckled!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 27, 2025 12:04 PM (L5An7)
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239 Care to explain what happened to the steak I had defrosting on the counter?
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
"The cat did it."
"We don't have a cat."
"I ate it for you. You're welcome."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (VoAdT)
I had a cat help themselves to a nice london broil steak defrosting on the counter.
Posted by: Some Dog Owner at May 27, 2025 12:00 PM (t0Rmr)
"The cat did it."
"We don't have a cat."
"I ate it for you. You're welcome."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:02 PM (VoAdT)
I had a cat help themselves to a nice london broil steak defrosting on the counter.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2025 12:04 PM (N39Ws)
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Anyone heard of Aidan Hall? Just stumbled across a video of his...some big government plans technocrat guy on YouTube saying he's non-partisan lol. If you have a few minutes, his 2028 Dem Presidential Candidate tier-list is a great ride into insanity: https://tinyurl.com/2hatackz
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2025 12:04 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 27, 2025 12:05 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 27, 2025 12:05 PM (sX1BW)
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‘ Defunding is not the same as sending the Feds to your station and having them tell you that you that only certain views are allowed.’
They know that. They’re gaslighting for their stupid supporters who love Democracy More Than Anything.
‘ Defunding is not the same as sending the Feds to your station and having them tell you that you that only certain views are allowed.’
They know that. They’re gaslighting for their stupid supporters who love Democracy More Than Anything.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2025 12:06 PM (jbnUc)
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Didn't I hear that Zelenskiii decided to attempt to assassinate Putin a couple of days ago?
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:06 PM (EGr8c)
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It was good. I mean, not baby face good, but good.
Response is
100% Evil
100% Funny
Posted by: 18-1
110% Funny.
Response is
100% Evil
100% Funny
Posted by: 18-1
110% Funny.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2025 12:07 PM (UmrY7)
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The US is doing plenty to push both sides to the negotiating table. 1) Our drill baby drill energy policy + increased ME oil production is keeping oil prices down, which means less revenue for the Russian war machine 2) The US is armstronging the Yoorups to increase their defense spending, which admittedly, is a hard pull. Spain, for instance, counts its CO2 emissions reduction spending as "defense" spending, because they're "saving the planet". 3) Trump is pointing out that European energy imports from Russia are rather counter-productive.
It appears to me that Europe is subsidizing their defense industries by sending their near-obsolescent military assets to the Ukes while at the same time importing natural gas from Russia. A strange, brutal, and aimless policy if you ask me.
It appears to me that Europe is subsidizing their defense industries by sending their near-obsolescent military assets to the Ukes while at the same time importing natural gas from Russia. A strange, brutal, and aimless policy if you ask me.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:07 PM (rj6Yv)
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Still reading about the Scramble for Africa in the late 1800s.
Thousands of people getting killed, cannibals eating the dead, Christians getting murdered or sold into slavery by muslims.
And this was commonplace.
The Ukraine war is a cakewalk compared to that.
Thousands of people getting killed, cannibals eating the dead, Christians getting murdered or sold into slavery by muslims.
And this was commonplace.
The Ukraine war is a cakewalk compared to that.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 27, 2025 12:08 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2025 12:09 PM (VofaG)
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Ghetto Milk Bone > Ghetto Lobster
Posted by: Ghetto Joe at May 27, 2025 12:09 PM (WeTZq)
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Little Z man has done everything possible to keep the war going and Putin is more than happy to suck the west dry both militarily and economically as well as divide alliances.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at May 27, 2025 12:10 PM (17s+e)
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Little Z man has done everything possible to keep the war going and Putin is more than happy to suck the west dry both militarily and economically as well as divide alliances.
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Maybe Trump is also willing to keep the war going and suck Russia dry and help divide alliances.
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Maybe Trump is also willing to keep the war going and suck Russia dry and help divide alliances.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at May 27, 2025 12:12 PM (sX1BW)
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Russia has been the direct cause of most of the World's problems for the last 108 years.
The fuel in the Panzers running wild through France was Russian fuel. The Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact. Korea, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Cuba backed by Russia in South America, Africa, the MidEast..... When will it end?
When does the rest of the world do something about it?
Maybe there is no answer
The fuel in the Panzers running wild through France was Russian fuel. The Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact. Korea, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Cuba backed by Russia in South America, Africa, the MidEast..... When will it end?
When does the rest of the world do something about it?
Maybe there is no answer
Posted by: YosemiteSatchmo at May 27, 2025 12:13 PM (fPxc5)
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My personal opinion is: Z Man is authorizing strikes inside of Russia, goading Russia to respond. I believe the CIA is working with the Z Man to plan the strikes in the hopes of drawing the west into the war.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:15 PM (tT6L1)
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Isn't it funny that every time someone starts talking about taking away funding for NPR or PBS, that they say, well, we are self sufficient that we don't even need that but if you take away that money we will not be able to function.
It's of a piece whenever someone talks about budget cuts the first thing that they need to chop are cops and teachers.
Teachers ostensibly funded through property taxes so why would budget cuts affect teachers and cops are paid through a variety of funding mechanisms, so why would they be the first to get cut?
It's of a piece whenever someone talks about budget cuts the first thing that they need to chop are cops and teachers.
Teachers ostensibly funded through property taxes so why would budget cuts affect teachers and cops are paid through a variety of funding mechanisms, so why would they be the first to get cut?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2025 12:15 PM (XV/Pl)
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Russia has been the direct cause of most of the World's problems for the last 108 years
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(tries to remember who is playing the role of Russia in this modern retelling of the Cuban missile crisis)
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(tries to remember who is playing the role of Russia in this modern retelling of the Cuban missile crisis)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:16 PM (EGr8c)
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"we are self sufficient that we don't even need that but if you take away that money we will not be able to function."
Planned Parenthood uses that argument.
Planned Parenthood uses that argument.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2025 12:16 PM (+4yJ5)
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Little Z man has done everything possible to keep the war going and Putin is more than happy to suck the west dry both militarily and economically as well as divide alliances.
Z-man's orders from the CIA have probably always been to be a proxy puppet of theirs against Russia. And Trump's shutdown of USAID probably means he's not getting any new orders, so we have a V'ger situation.
Z-man's orders from the CIA have probably always been to be a proxy puppet of theirs against Russia. And Trump's shutdown of USAID probably means he's not getting any new orders, so we have a V'ger situation.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:16 PM (2ocoG)
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You know what I want to see?
No peace "deal", just a deadline.
You nutsacks have one calendar year. Fight your asses off. Assassinate whoever you want. Beg borrow and steal for your guns and bombs and whatnot. If neither of you idiots have won by then, we'll nuke both your capitals and take all of it for ourselves.
Now get after it.
No peace "deal", just a deadline.
You nutsacks have one calendar year. Fight your asses off. Assassinate whoever you want. Beg borrow and steal for your guns and bombs and whatnot. If neither of you idiots have won by then, we'll nuke both your capitals and take all of it for ourselves.
Now get after it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:17 PM (VoAdT)
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Seems like all those books, PJs, and Tickle Me Elmo sales could go a long way in funding PBS.
But I guess that's THEIR money.
But I guess that's THEIR money.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:17 PM (EGr8c)
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Replace Canada with Russia and America is better off. This war is to prevent peace between the US and Russia.
Posted by: Accomack at May 27, 2025 12:18 PM (mPl1Z)
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263 Seems like all those books, PJs, and Tickle Me Elmo sales could go a long way in funding PBS.
But I guess that's THEIR money.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:17 PM (EGr8c)
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They sure went from, "We barely get any federal funds," to "You're trying to destroy us by taking away our federal funds," real fast.
But I guess that's THEIR money.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:17 PM (EGr8c)
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They sure went from, "We barely get any federal funds," to "You're trying to destroy us by taking away our federal funds," real fast.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
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259 Russia has been the direct cause of most of the World's problems for the last 108 years
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
Posted by: Megthered at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (2/IuM)
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I also like the part where Russia is our enemy but literal communist and slaver China is our dearest closest friend
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (EGr8c)
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They sure went from, "We barely get any federal funds," to "You're trying to destroy us by taking away our federal funds," real fast.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
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As always, they want to have their cake and eat it, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
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As always, they want to have their cake and eat it, too.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (7fElN)
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Russia has been the direct cause of most of the World's problems for the last 108 years
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
Posted by: Megthered at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (2/IuM)
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Let's be honest and rate the CIA in this survey.
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
Posted by: Megthered at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (2/IuM)
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Let's be honest and rate the CIA in this survey.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (bKqAu)
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Not hardly. I've seen this my entire life from the folks raised on the Domino Theory. My dad, 70, is steeped in it. He'll tell you - "I hate Putin". Why ? "He's Russian".
Its a real thing, this mindset of wanting to see Americans in the "big game". An extension of the "When Uncle Sam calls, you answer" ethos.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (TAMKE)
I'm 77 and never believed the Domino Theory. Guess I actually studied history.
Its a real thing, this mindset of wanting to see Americans in the "big game". An extension of the "When Uncle Sam calls, you answer" ethos.
Usually takes them about two decades to come around, unless the particular war is led by the wrong party.
Posted by: Mike Armstrong at May 27, 2025 11:14 AM (TAMKE)
I'm 77 and never believed the Domino Theory. Guess I actually studied history.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
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As always, they want to have their cake and eat it, too.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (7fElN)
They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (7fElN)
They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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I also like the part where Russia is our enemy but literal communist and slaver China is our dearest closest friend
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (EGr8c)
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I saw an article which claimed China is buying a million drones to help cover their invasion of Taiwan. No idea how accurate the article but the idea was a drone swarm which would deny/destroy supplies positioned in the Pacific.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Men are the romantic sex, with no concern for a mate's income or potential at May 27, 2025 12:19 PM (EGr8c)
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I saw an article which claimed China is buying a million drones to help cover their invasion of Taiwan. No idea how accurate the article but the idea was a drone swarm which would deny/destroy supplies positioned in the Pacific.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (tT6L1)
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270 I'm 77 and never believed the Domino Theory. Guess I actually studied history.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
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Even Robert McNamara eventually admitted that Domino Theory was wrong.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
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Even Robert McNamara eventually admitted that Domino Theory was wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
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I kinda forget Ukistan is even a thing. I have to be reminded it exists by a post like this or some outrageously outrageous outrage by Trump. Other than that it is 100% below the radar for me.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 27, 2025 12:23 PM (Y7qnM)
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266 259 Russia has been the direct cause of most of the World's problems for the last 108 years
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
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Meh, Germany was the consensus target of the the Atlantic empires and Russia. Great Britain, France, and America. Duh. Poland was the booby prize.
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I'd put Germany in there too, at least for the two skirmishes the world had with them.
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Meh, Germany was the consensus target of the the Atlantic empires and Russia. Great Britain, France, and America. Duh. Poland was the booby prize.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 12:23 PM (n17eQ)
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Under DEI, one’s degree of oppression is determined based upon where one resides on a so-called intersectional pyramid of oppression where whites, Jews, and Asians are deemed oppressors, and a subset of people of color, LGBTQ people, and/or women are deemed to be oppressed.
Under DEI’s ideology, any policy, program, educational system, economic system, grading system, admission policy, (and even climate change due its disparate impact on geographies and the people that live there), etc. that leads to unequal outcomes among people of different skin colors is deemed racist.
As a result, according to DEI, capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist, IQ tests are racist, corporations are racist, or in other words, any merit-based program, system, or organization which has or generates outcomes for different races that are at variance with the proportion these races represent in the population at large is by definition racist under DEI’s ideology. But rather than being anti-racist, DEI and its ideological framework are profoundly racist and illegal, and an important to contributor to what has gone wrong at Harvard in recent years.
Under DEI’s ideology, any policy, program, educational system, economic system, grading system, admission policy, (and even climate change due its disparate impact on geographies and the people that live there), etc. that leads to unequal outcomes among people of different skin colors is deemed racist.
As a result, according to DEI, capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist, IQ tests are racist, corporations are racist, or in other words, any merit-based program, system, or organization which has or generates outcomes for different races that are at variance with the proportion these races represent in the population at large is by definition racist under DEI’s ideology. But rather than being anti-racist, DEI and its ideological framework are profoundly racist and illegal, and an important to contributor to what has gone wrong at Harvard in recent years.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2025 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
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I'm 77 and never believed the Domino Theory. Guess I actually studied history.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
Southeast Asians absolutely believe the Domino Theory. They credit the US being in Viet Nam for why most of those countries are still free.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
Southeast Asians absolutely believe the Domino Theory. They credit the US being in Viet Nam for why most of those countries are still free.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 27, 2025 12:24 PM (lFFaq)
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As always, they want to have their cake and eat it, too.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (7fElN)
They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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That is a more accurate description!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:20 PM (7fElN)
They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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That is a more accurate description!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:25 PM (7fElN)
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They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
Perfect!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
Perfect!
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 27, 2025 12:26 PM (lFFaq)
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As a result, according to DEI, capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist,
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Yes but with an asterisk. Capitalism is racist and evil. But we allow it for the “good people” as in anyone who lives in affluent suburbs in blue states. And their kids can still take AP classes and get accepted to Ivy League schools on the basis of those classes.
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Yes but with an asterisk. Capitalism is racist and evil. But we allow it for the “good people” as in anyone who lives in affluent suburbs in blue states. And their kids can still take AP classes and get accepted to Ivy League schools on the basis of those classes.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 27, 2025 12:26 PM (Y7qnM)
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279 They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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The cake was always a lie.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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The cake was always a lie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
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That is a more accurate description!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:25 PM (7fElN)
It sounds better in the original German.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:25 PM (7fElN)
It sounds better in the original German.
Posted by: Friedrich Engels at May 27, 2025 12:26 PM (VoAdT)
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Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (5xuJ/)
Mike Armstrong is on his usual routine-under a different handle- "Blame it all on Boomers".
Mike Armstrong is on his usual routine-under a different handle- "Blame it all on Boomers".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2025 12:27 PM (EJtBU)
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Despite its silly premise, The Flying Nun was a cute and entertaining show. Sally Field constantly bashes it now. I suspect the fact that it presents the Catholic Church in a favorable light has something to do with that.
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 27, 2025 12:27 PM (MrBsC)
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Its pretty obvious that neither side wants peace. Ukraine wants war forever no matter how many people die, and Russia wants war forever no matter how many people die. So I guess let them war until they are sick of it but not on our dime.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:27 PM (2VST1)
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They want to steal our cake, eat it, and then bitch about how there's no cake and it's our fault.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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If they get to the point where they're complaining about no cake it will be subversive to say so and they'll go against the wall.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:21 PM (VoAdT)
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If they get to the point where they're complaining about no cake it will be subversive to say so and they'll go against the wall.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (tT6L1)
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Even Robert McNamara eventually admitted that Domino Theory was wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
I'm not sure the "Domino Theory" was wrong, although the US public's perception of the Soviet Union's economic stamina did not reflect the USSR's strategic limits. The Russkies did want a Soviet-dominated world, they just didn't have the juice to pull that off. Not even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
I'm not sure the "Domino Theory" was wrong, although the US public's perception of the Soviet Union's economic stamina did not reflect the USSR's strategic limits. The Russkies did want a Soviet-dominated world, they just didn't have the juice to pull that off. Not even close.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)
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As a result, according to DEI, capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist,
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You have to admit, invalidating the only thing left that white males could work at and achieve to make themselves stand out in the sea of guaranteed-advancement mediocrity so that the AP classes and such are viewed the same as L'Quanteesha making a C in Remedial Beginner Math for 12th Graders Who Can't Read or Write is pretty badass.
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You have to admit, invalidating the only thing left that white males could work at and achieve to make themselves stand out in the sea of guaranteed-advancement mediocrity so that the AP classes and such are viewed the same as L'Quanteesha making a C in Remedial Beginner Math for 12th Graders Who Can't Read or Write is pretty badass.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 27, 2025 12:29 PM (5nx2W)
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Southeast Asians absolutely believe the Domino Theory. They credit the US being in Viet Nam for why most of those countries are still free.
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Thailand was a kingdom. The French colonies were the target cuz France no longer had any real power. Burma was shit house rat crazy but the Brits cleaned them up before releasing them from the Empire. The interesting thing was the last 'colony' Britain absorbed was South Africa. SA had diamonds and gold. Brits had an appetite before WWI. Brit business still operates in SA as well as Rhodesia.
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Thailand was a kingdom. The French colonies were the target cuz France no longer had any real power. Burma was shit house rat crazy but the Brits cleaned them up before releasing them from the Empire. The interesting thing was the last 'colony' Britain absorbed was South Africa. SA had diamonds and gold. Brits had an appetite before WWI. Brit business still operates in SA as well as Rhodesia.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 27, 2025 12:29 PM (n17eQ)
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>Finland 'preparing for the worst' amid major Russian military expansion
Would this be happening had we not brought Finland into NATO? [CBD]
Ah, the solution is to disband NATO!
Would this be happening had we not brought Finland into NATO? [CBD]
Ah, the solution is to disband NATO!
Posted by: comradearthur at May 27, 2025 12:30 PM (OdNzD)
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I'm not sure the "Domino Theory" was wrong, although the US public's perception of the Soviet Union's economic stamina did not reflect the USSR's strategic limits. The Russkies did want a Soviet-dominated world, they just didn't have the juice to pull that off. Not even close.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)
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The economic numbers for Russian were eye popping at the time. They were spending something like 35% of GDP on their military. The US was, if I remember correctly, spending something like 10%. The Russian economy couldn't withstand the strain.
But, I'm also going by a very hazy memory of many decades ago.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)
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The economic numbers for Russian were eye popping at the time. They were spending something like 35% of GDP on their military. The US was, if I remember correctly, spending something like 10%. The Russian economy couldn't withstand the strain.
But, I'm also going by a very hazy memory of many decades ago.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:31 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 27, 2025 12:31 PM (WXok8)
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The Russkies did want a Soviet-dominated world, they just didn't have the juice to pull that off. Not even close.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)
Correct. They were big on "detente" in outward propaganda, but internal propaganda was "no coexistence". As libertarian Coloradoans found out, you can't just ignore those who live to rule. You have to enforce " No!", or you become subjects.
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:28 PM (rj6Yv)
Correct. They were big on "detente" in outward propaganda, but internal propaganda was "no coexistence". As libertarian Coloradoans found out, you can't just ignore those who live to rule. You have to enforce " No!", or you become subjects.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 27, 2025 12:32 PM (lFFaq)
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Idle thoughts.
My company has been working on Area Denial against UAVs for some time now. It can be pretty thorny.
Quads can be disrupted relatively easily, oddly enough. They are fairly fragile and there are a number of fairly cheap ways to do it.
Others, like Predator-style UAVs, are a bit trickier. There's always the option of turning off or encrypting GPS signals from the source since, really, we pretty much own those satellites. Other methods usually have mixed results because of their size and minimal emissions as compared to manned aircraft.
My company has been working on Area Denial against UAVs for some time now. It can be pretty thorny.
Quads can be disrupted relatively easily, oddly enough. They are fairly fragile and there are a number of fairly cheap ways to do it.
Others, like Predator-style UAVs, are a bit trickier. There's always the option of turning off or encrypting GPS signals from the source since, really, we pretty much own those satellites. Other methods usually have mixed results because of their size and minimal emissions as compared to manned aircraft.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 27, 2025 12:32 PM (1yQAg)
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Ah, the solution is to disband NATO!
Posted by: comradearthur at May 27, 2025 12:30 PM (OdNzD)
The solution is to level Helsinki and Moscow and split the combined territory up between all the countries in Central America.
Confuse the hell out of everybody.
Posted by: comradearthur at May 27, 2025 12:30 PM (OdNzD)
The solution is to level Helsinki and Moscow and split the combined territory up between all the countries in Central America.
Confuse the hell out of everybody.
Posted by: Friedrich Engels at May 27, 2025 12:32 PM (VoAdT)
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Delightful sock fail.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:32 PM (VoAdT)
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Its pretty obvious that neither side wants peace. Ukraine wants war forever no matter how many people die, and Russia wants war forever no matter how many people die. So I guess let them war until they are sick of it but not on our dime.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:27 PM (2VST1)
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The Ukes v. Russians always reminds me of a scene from Babylon 5 when the Narn and the Centauri restart their war.
KOSH: They are a dying people. We should let them die.
SINCLAIR: Who, the Narn or the Centauri?
KOSH: Yes.
Neither side will recover demographically for generations, if ever.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:27 PM (2VST1)
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The Ukes v. Russians always reminds me of a scene from Babylon 5 when the Narn and the Centauri restart their war.
KOSH: They are a dying people. We should let them die.
SINCLAIR: Who, the Narn or the Centauri?
KOSH: Yes.
Neither side will recover demographically for generations, if ever.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2025 12:33 PM (7fElN)
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I saw an article which claimed China is buying a million drones to help cover their invasion of Taiwan. No idea how accurate the article but the idea was a drone swarm which would deny/destroy supplies positioned in the Pacific.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (tT6L1)
Don't worry, we still have arms suppliers that not only manufacture military drones, they also manufacture counter-drone defense systems, too.
LINK: YT https://tinyurl.com/2tt4yya2
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 27, 2025 12:22 PM (tT6L1)
Don't worry, we still have arms suppliers that not only manufacture military drones, they also manufacture counter-drone defense systems, too.
LINK: YT https://tinyurl.com/2tt4yya2
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:33 PM (rj6Yv)
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288 As a result, according to DEI, capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist,
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You have to admit, invalidating the only thing left that white males could work at and achieve to make themselves stand out in the sea of guaranteed-advancement mediocrity so that the AP classes and such are viewed the same as L'Quanteesha making a C in Remedial Beginner Math for 12th Graders Who Can't Read or Write is pretty badass.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 27, 2025 12:29 PM (5nx2W)
The big take away from dei admissions is that although Harvard is a very exclusive club to get into, they'll take every last person who needs remedial work in math and composition as long as their life essay hits all the right dei notes. Exclusive indeed.
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You have to admit, invalidating the only thing left that white males could work at and achieve to make themselves stand out in the sea of guaranteed-advancement mediocrity so that the AP classes and such are viewed the same as L'Quanteesha making a C in Remedial Beginner Math for 12th Graders Who Can't Read or Write is pretty badass.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 27, 2025 12:29 PM (5nx2W)
The big take away from dei admissions is that although Harvard is a very exclusive club to get into, they'll take every last person who needs remedial work in math and composition as long as their life essay hits all the right dei notes. Exclusive indeed.
Posted by: Mika at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM (OA79/)
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One of my kids had an option between going to a really competitive HS or a mid HS. I said why bother with competitive. Go to the easier one get a high gpa with little if any. Said kid now has a 4.3 gpa and will almost certainly get a ton of scholarships.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM (Y7qnM)
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Despite its silly premise, The Flying Nun was a cute and entertaining show. Sally Field constantly bashes it now.
She was adorable in it, I think she blames that kind of stuff for why she had such a lightweight reputation as an actress. Thus her gushing over "you like me!" when she got an oscar
She was adorable in it, I think she blames that kind of stuff for why she had such a lightweight reputation as an actress. Thus her gushing over "you like me!" when she got an oscar
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM (2VST1)
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Anyone wake up Ace?
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 12:35 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 27, 2025 12:36 PM (N39Ws)
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Its pretty obvious that neither side wants peace. Ukraine wants war forever no matter how many people die, and Russia wants war forever no matter how many people die. So I guess let them war until they are sick of it but not on our dime.
My one caveat with that is that WEF and friends want both sides ground down as part of their now-pretty-obvious global plan to get rid of white people in favor of populations that are more likely to follow orders.
My one caveat with that is that WEF and friends want both sides ground down as part of their now-pretty-obvious global plan to get rid of white people in favor of populations that are more likely to follow orders.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:36 PM (2ocoG)
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A million drone invasion, kind of Star Wars like hitting everything at once. Might work.
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 12:36 PM (ypFCm)
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301 Despite its silly premise, The Flying Nun was a cute and entertaining show. Sally Field constantly bashes it now.
She was adorable in it, I think she blames that kind of stuff for why she had such a lightweight reputation as an actress. Thus her gushing over "you like me!" when she got an oscar
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM (2VST1)
Wah a girl so super cute that she worries it will cause people to not pay her the kind of attention she wants but still takes the cute girl roles. Wah.
She was adorable in it, I think she blames that kind of stuff for why she had such a lightweight reputation as an actress. Thus her gushing over "you like me!" when she got an oscar
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM (2VST1)
Wah a girl so super cute that she worries it will cause people to not pay her the kind of attention she wants but still takes the cute girl roles. Wah.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 27, 2025 12:37 PM (OA79/)
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>Finland 'preparing for the worst' amid major Russian military expansion
Would this be happening had we not brought Finland into NATO? [CBD]
If Finland is an actual country it has a right to join whatever diplomatic groups it wants to. Ukraine too, for that matter. If they're not allowed to than they are something besides actual countries.
Also, yes it would have happened. Russia has always considered Finland to be theirs.
Personally, I think NATO should have pivoted to focusing on China, but that's an entirely different conversation.
Would this be happening had we not brought Finland into NATO? [CBD]
If Finland is an actual country it has a right to join whatever diplomatic groups it wants to. Ukraine too, for that matter. If they're not allowed to than they are something besides actual countries.
Also, yes it would have happened. Russia has always considered Finland to be theirs.
Personally, I think NATO should have pivoted to focusing on China, but that's an entirely different conversation.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 27, 2025 12:37 PM (lFFaq)
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Said kid now has a 4.3 gpa and will almost certainly get a ton of scholarships.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Congratulations!
But how can you have a GPA of over 4.0?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Congratulations!
But how can you have a GPA of over 4.0?
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (WXok8)
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The only thing certain about war is that the war you expect is never the war you get.
Posted by: Zek at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (5FPX4)
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If you got to cover 1,000 miles of front, that's 5.8 million feet. So a million drones will cover your front with one little disposable drone every six feet or so. Once.
Just a back of the envelope thing, but "a million drones" sounds to me like "not enough drones".
Just a back of the envelope thing, but "a million drones" sounds to me like "not enough drones".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (VoAdT)
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5.2 million. Whatever. Some feet are longer than others.
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Admissions boards take school quality/reputation into account. It's not done in a vacuum and also includes things like extracurriculars, LORs, etc.
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I never got the Sally Field thing. Cute, but in a kind of junior-highish way.
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (77rzZ)
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Remember Finland has had its share of Russian territory grabs as well. A bit of Finland's land is now part of Russia
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Sid at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (LqiXZ)
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But how can you have a GPA of over 4.0?
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (77rzZ)
Extra Credit!
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (77rzZ)
Extra Credit!
Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (rj6Yv)
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But how can you have a GPA of over 4.0?
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (77rzZ)
AP and honors classes.
4.5 is the new 4.0
Posted by: Bulg at May 27, 2025 12:38 PM (77rzZ)
AP and honors classes.
4.5 is the new 4.0
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (Y7qnM)
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She was adorable in it, I think she blames that kind of stuff for why she had such a lightweight reputation as an actress. Thus her gushing over "you like me!" when she got an oscar
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM
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Perhaps, but she speaks favorably about her time on Gidget which was equally lightweight.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:34 PM
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Perhaps, but she speaks favorably about her time on Gidget which was equally lightweight.
Posted by: Bigsmith at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (MrBsC)
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Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 27, 2025 12:40 PM (VNX3d)
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Personally, I think NATO should have pivoted to focusing on China, but that's an entirely different conversation.
You can absolutely make that case now. In the 1990s, shutting NATO down after the USSR collapsed would've been the obviously right move. Bill Clinton reportedly leaned in that direction but was overruled by the foreign policy blob.
You can absolutely make that case now. In the 1990s, shutting NATO down after the USSR collapsed would've been the obviously right move. Bill Clinton reportedly leaned in that direction but was overruled by the foreign policy blob.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (2ocoG)
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Don't worry, we still have arms suppliers that not only manufacture military drones, they also manufacture counter-drone defense systems, too.
Punt guns!
Don't worry, we still have arms suppliers that not only manufacture military drones, they also manufacture counter-drone defense systems, too.
Punt guns!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (63Dwl)
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Take away all of our focus and treasure from Ukraine and place it on the fucking border.
If we don't commit to keeping the Canadians out, who will?
Guatemalans?
If we don't commit to keeping the Canadians out, who will?
Guatemalans?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (dqmL3)
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321 Bill Clinton reportedly leaned in that direction but was overruled by the foreign policy blob.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (2ocoG)
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That is a good description of Hillary.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (2ocoG)
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That is a good description of Hillary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu at May 27, 2025 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
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"The Trump Administration has ordered US embassies to halt all student visa applications as the president cracks down on America's higher education business.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed officials to stop scheduling appointments with student visa applicants as they prepare to implement a social media vetting process, according to a cable obtained by Politico."
wait , death to America is no longer an application enhancement ??
----Qatari applicant
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed officials to stop scheduling appointments with student visa applicants as they prepare to implement a social media vetting process, according to a cable obtained by Politico."
wait , death to America is no longer an application enhancement ??
----Qatari applicant
Posted by: runner at May 27, 2025 12:42 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
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Can you feel that? There's a willowing coming...
Posted by: Creepy Old guy at the Gas Station at May 27, 2025 12:42 PM (pIfcn)
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Praising murderous jihadis on TikTok to millions of followers, then applying to Harvard is no longer a good path...
Posted by: runner at May 27, 2025 12:43 PM (g47mK)
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Rootin' for Putin since Day One. Ukes fake president was placed by the Biden Regime. Smart money is lounging around Europe like a bunch Saudi princes agitating for more funding and death.
Wipe them all out. Let someone else take the heat for genocide for a change.
Wipe them all out. Let someone else take the heat for genocide for a change.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 27, 2025 12:43 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 27, 2025 12:43 PM (63Dwl)
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Wah a girl so super cute that she worries it will cause people to not pay her the kind of attention she wants but still takes the cute girl roles. Wah.
Yeah its a bit difficult to take the complaints of rich, beautiful, famous people seriously. The latest season of Clarkson's Farm has a really great scene. Kaleb the farm manager hayseed has been out doing a comedy variety tour about his life etc, and it did well.
So he comes back to the farm and is not his usual self. Jeremy has a talk with him about fame, coming back off tour, and the way people are treated when on tour. He said it messes with your head to be treated like royalty (and hinted strongly having women throw themselves at you) and yeah he got through to Kaleb.
I think when you grow up your whole life with that, it really warps you, even if you manage to avoid the pedos.
Yeah its a bit difficult to take the complaints of rich, beautiful, famous people seriously. The latest season of Clarkson's Farm has a really great scene. Kaleb the farm manager hayseed has been out doing a comedy variety tour about his life etc, and it did well.
So he comes back to the farm and is not his usual self. Jeremy has a talk with him about fame, coming back off tour, and the way people are treated when on tour. He said it messes with your head to be treated like royalty (and hinted strongly having women throw themselves at you) and yeah he got through to Kaleb.
I think when you grow up your whole life with that, it really warps you, even if you manage to avoid the pedos.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:44 PM (2VST1)
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An "A" in an AP class counts as a 5, not a 4.
that sort of meant something back when you had to qualify to even get in to AP, getting an A in AP anything was still quite difficult, and they didn't have AP Gym and AP Study Hall.
Now it's like the SATs. The answers are made up and the points don't matter.
that sort of meant something back when you had to qualify to even get in to AP, getting an A in AP anything was still quite difficult, and they didn't have AP Gym and AP Study Hall.
Now it's like the SATs. The answers are made up and the points don't matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:45 PM (VoAdT)
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Yes, because Russia definitely wants us driving oil prices to rock bottom.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
Right? Also, it was Biden who told Russia that a 'small' invasion was fine. Also Biden that crippled our energy sector to make sure Russia could afford a *large* invasion.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:42 PM (2ocoG)
Right? Also, it was Biden who told Russia that a 'small' invasion was fine. Also Biden that crippled our energy sector to make sure Russia could afford a *large* invasion.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 27, 2025 12:45 PM (lFFaq)
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nailed it!
one minute before ace's post.
you guys can keep your firsts, I'm hanging that on the wall.
nOOD
one minute before ace's post.
you guys can keep your firsts, I'm hanging that on the wall.
nOOD
Posted by: Creepy Old guy at the Gas Station at May 27, 2025 12:45 PM (pIfcn)
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Perhaps, but she speaks favorably about her time on Gidget which was equally lightweight.
Yeah I am certain that the Roman Catholic thing plays into her reaction as well.
Yeah I am certain that the Roman Catholic thing plays into her reaction as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 27, 2025 12:46 PM (2VST1)
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There were several kids in my class with higher than 4.0 GPAs.
I was fortunate to be alphabetically linked to one of them. He always wound up sitting in front of or next to me.
Great dude to copy homework and tests off of.
I was fortunate to be alphabetically linked to one of them. He always wound up sitting in front of or next to me.
Great dude to copy homework and tests off of.
Posted by: Reforger at May 27, 2025 12:46 PM (xcIvR)
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Ukes fake president was placed by the Biden Regime.
Obama, actually.
Speaking of Biden though, Miranda Devine notes that her book "Laptop From Hell" quotes Hunter joking about Joe being far into dementia in January of 2019, before he even announced he was running.
Obama, actually.
Speaking of Biden though, Miranda Devine notes that her book "Laptop From Hell" quotes Hunter joking about Joe being far into dementia in January of 2019, before he even announced he was running.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 27, 2025 12:47 PM (2ocoG)
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that sort of meant something back when you had to qualify to even get in to AP, getting an A in AP anything was still quite difficult, and they didn't have AP Gym and AP Study Hall.
Now it's like the SATs. The answers are made up and the points don't matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:45 PM (VoAdT)
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Yes.
FCPS doesn't have due dates for assignments - they are more like suggestions. A student can turn in assignments late and still get credit.
If it comes down to a student from FCPS with a 4.5 and one from, say, Andover with a 4.0, FCPS isn't competitive.
Now it's like the SATs. The answers are made up and the points don't matter.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2025 12:45 PM (VoAdT)
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Yes.
FCPS doesn't have due dates for assignments - they are more like suggestions. A student can turn in assignments late and still get credit.
If it comes down to a student from FCPS with a 4.5 and one from, say, Andover with a 4.0, FCPS isn't competitive.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 27, 2025 12:47 PM (YnIVK)
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Maybe we can get all of those can-do go-getters in the Department of Education to stop changing the standards for education annually and have them pass a budget in Congress.
The stultification in the Legislature is breathtaking.
The stultification in the Legislature is breathtaking.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2025 12:54 PM (dqmL3)
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Do I advocate intervention in Ukraine? No. Hey, they didn’t fight terribly hard for Crimea, right? But I do find it curious that the answer to Russian aggression for some is to reward them for it.
(Cue the Code Pink/isolationists/advocates for Whiny America that inhabit the gray boxes)
Bankrupt Russia and help our economy by drilling like mad. Utilize DIME.
(Cue the Code Pink/isolationists/advocates for Whiny America that inhabit the gray boxes)
Bankrupt Russia and help our economy by drilling like mad. Utilize DIME.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2025 01:17 PM (dSBTP)
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Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 27, 2025 01:20 PM (V0QQp)
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"Russia is a geopolitical pain in the ass."
A geopolitical pita that shares a border with a bigger geopolitical pita called China. The USSR and Red China got into shooting skirmishes in the 1960s, and China wouldn't mind grabbing bits of Russia's eastern holdings.
I'd prefer a foreign policy that drives Russia and China apart instead of one that forces Russia to China for support.
A geopolitical pita that shares a border with a bigger geopolitical pita called China. The USSR and Red China got into shooting skirmishes in the 1960s, and China wouldn't mind grabbing bits of Russia's eastern holdings.
I'd prefer a foreign policy that drives Russia and China apart instead of one that forces Russia to China for support.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 27, 2025 01:49 PM (MA5db)
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We should just walk away.
Europe wants to rape Russia's $75 Trillion in natural resources to cover their failing economies
And it seems that the CIA is running Ukraine's war. Why are we even there at this point?
Let Macron and Starmer go to war. They've got plenty of Jihadis who need white people to kill.
Europe wants to rape Russia's $75 Trillion in natural resources to cover their failing economies
And it seems that the CIA is running Ukraine's war. Why are we even there at this point?
Let Macron and Starmer go to war. They've got plenty of Jihadis who need white people to kill.
Posted by: Iblis at May 27, 2025 02:21 PM (9221z)
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I'm waiting to see the gift angle. Instapundit was astroturfed with pro-ukraine fanatics cheerleader the war like a bunch of frat boys at the Rose Bowl.
Posted by: Fen at May 27, 2025 08:14 PM (ciYHQ)
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Closet queen CBD with another braindead libtard anti-Trump rant.
Looks like he wants USA boots on the ground in Ukraine, the fucking idiot.
Looks like he wants USA boots on the ground in Ukraine, the fucking idiot.
Posted by: KissAsser at May 27, 2025 10:55 PM (W2CVG)
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I cant tell if Trump saying he 'know's' Putin is a worrying sign of naivety or an attempt at diplomacy. His diplomacy has been hit and miss so I'm really not sure.
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