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British News Anchor: Europe Has No Energy, Little Food Production, Little Industry, and Virtually No Military. It Is Heading for a "Dark Ages" Not Seen For 1000 Years.
They've deliberately destroyed their own civilization.
M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman 𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏'𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 -- 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 GB News' Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn't about toppling Iran. It's about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 -- and America is winning on every front. Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela's oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: "𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴." China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump -- and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill. Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the "𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰," Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 ��𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰." Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 -- Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. "𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢." The most striking part was his warning for Britain: "𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥." He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role. When a foreign ally's own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump's strategy is working -- even as it leaves them behind -- that tells you everything about who has the leverage. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.
𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 8, 2026
GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid… pic.twitter.com/geQR6obYBq
Some are attempting to warn Europe that their insane drive for de-industrialization is pointless anyway:
Camus
@newstart_2024
"We're not saving the planet -- we're just exporting our emissions to China and India." Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO. Britain proudly cuts its share of global CO₂ from 2% to 1.9%, while actually increasing total emissions by offshoring production to countries with dirtier energy, then shipping the goods back on heavy fuel tankers. At the same time, many people are poorer today than 20 years ago, even if they haven't fully felt it in their wallets yet. Kisin predicts the big public shift away from net zero won't come from better science or arguments -- it will come when ordinary people can no longer afford their current lives. That's when reality finally breaks through. It's a sobering reminder that economic pain often forces the honest conversation we've been avoiding. When do you think people will finally start connecting these dots?
“We’re not saving the planet — we’re just exporting our emissions to China and India.”
— Camus (@newstart_2024) April 10, 2026
Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.
Britain proudly cuts its share of global CO₂ from 2% to 1.9%, while actually increasing total… pic.twitter.com/EoTiCOjFS9
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (CyzaQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (xcxpd)
The crocodile is going to eat you FIRST, dumbass!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Eastern Europe holds some promise
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM (FtULh)
Shame about all the slav on slav violence.
And what would happen to Poland and the Baltics.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)
@DHSgov 1h
IDEOLOGICAL CENSORSHIP.
@ABC7 News Los Angeles revealed that they are using AI to edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias, including the removal of an illegal alien’s criminal background.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 06:25 PM (diia5)
I have seen many of these myself.
The thin skin of the tanks can barely support themselves without being pressurized.
So, in a sense, they are big balloons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Last Man In Europe at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (KVa9+)
It's a prequel to what's coming to Europe.
And a great movie. A lot of fun. Unlike what's coming to Europe as tough men get made.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (CwhoI)
I have been screaming this since the Kyoto discussion. I must have written this dozens of times.
Kyoto was not about reducing carbon, it was about hobbling the US. They got high on their own poison.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:28 PM (n5tGW)
Report out that Hunter has fled to South Africa to skip out on 17+ million dollar indebtedness.
Posted by: Auspex
He's got a plan.
Hunter Biden Challenges Trump’s Sons — Don Jr. & Eric — to a Cage Fight
https://is.gd/zx9dlK
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The Thrilla in Vanilla!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rusty Griswold at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (wVcYX)
BTW, I called this a while ago. Whoever Trump's Kissinger/Bismarck/Metternich is, I want to know and meet that person.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)
When you have more ammo than you can carry ? Diversify. Water. Canned food. Gas and a generator.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (KVa9+)
How does it make sense to import food, energy, ... and more people? Why not just do whatever the fuck it is those people are going to do over where they already are? Take over those shitholes and rule them remotely.
(There used to be an argument that population size was important because of military needs. But Europe has no military, and those migrants will not fight on our side. So why are they there?/here?)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (V4IXI)
@ABC7 News Los Angeles revealed that they are using AI to edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias, including the removal of an illegal alien’s criminal background.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
They used to use human editors.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (V4IXI)
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Yeah, I think it brought down the government.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Auspex
$17 million is only 34 paintings based on Hunter's PREVIOUS sales history.
Why abscond over the debt? Bob Ross could knock off 34 nice paintings over a 3-day weekend!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (Sco7b)
I don't necessarily buy this.
The world isn't a "Risk" game board anymore, and if Spacex ramps up the Starship launch rate as promised nothing will be as it was.
Just look at Starlink.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Yes. You'll find - in the game of Euro arrogance - the Dutch come in first.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (HlyYF)
40 canvasses, some brushes, a bunch of Taco Bell, prunes, high fiber cereal and coffee and the money machine will flow once again.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)
Cultures are. Might as well wish water was dry. The world still is a Risk board.
Thats the point. Things ain't changed. The stupid insistence it has is the biggest problem.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:35 PM (KVa9+)
Elex Michaelson
@Elex_Michaelson
#BREAKING Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a longtime friend and early endorser of Swalwell’s campaign for Governor, leaves the campaign and encourages him to drop out of the race.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (ndZc7)
Europe Has No Energy, Little Food Production, Little Industry, and Virtually No Military. It Is Heading for a "Dark Ages" Not Seen For 1000 Years.
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That's too bad.
*resumes watching hockey fight videos*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (yAteE)
Euroweenie bureaucrats: "There are kids starving in Africa, so we should reduce the amount of arable land in the EU."
IQ of my parents >>>>> IQ of "brilliant" EU technocrats
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (HlyYF)
Fox live view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYF4GzZDUIs
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ORANGE MAN BAD!!! at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (9vFyc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (tgvbd)
My understanding is the the Dutchies went hardest -- they put limits on N2, claiming it was bad for the water or something, and required shutting down fields. (This is insanity if you know anything about N2, the Dutch, or farming.)
But Germany and UK are doing the same but different. UK is making the land taxable upon transfer to children so it would have to be sold off when owner dies. Germany was subsidizing converting to solar farms and also enviro limits. I think the EU had something like 10% reduction in farmland on their plans - something crazy like that, which all countries had to meet. It is pure suicide.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (K56Oe)
This will be the riskiest part of the mission: reentry. The heat shield on the Orion capsule had to unexpected charring and cracking. NASA modified the reentry profile to compensate. Let's hope they got it right.
That whole heat shield problem was a convoluted thing and I don't know if I completely understood it or not. While it sounds crazy, the problem, they said, was the first reentry profile wasn't quite hot enough. The heat shield didn't heat up as fast, and that caused the problem somehow.
So, the solution was to have this Artemis II capsule come in a little bit steeper and hotter to heat up fast enough. I know that's sounds crazy, but that's how I understood.
Finally, they made some design changes, and that new improved heat shield will be used for future missions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Eastern Europe holds some promise
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM
Poland is pretty much the only thing holding back putin from just driving into europe and taking over. They have an actual no kidding military.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (0N4FZ)
No need to infect others. Leave Hunter's plasma and other fluids inside Hunter.
He does need a comprehensive, forensic audit by the most ruthless IRS goons we have on staff.l
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (V4IXI)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3m3jv9
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (kX27y)
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Au revoir les enfants.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)
Oh Noe ... Europe is killing itself.
Anyway.
Posted by: Yep
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I really do hope they stop. Sure, I'd love for America to be King of the World, but what world? Fortress America with China and Russia hulking around, and then a bunch of sand and ruins?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Eighty years later, all of Western Europe has willingly implemented it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)
A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.
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Apparently a candy/dandy liquor/quicker thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ndZc7)
Trump threatened two NATO allies with annexation; that is betrayal. I would Article 5 hard for Canada
The US is the screaming toddler on the airliner constantly demanding attention. We are stuck listening to it and we can't get away from it.
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is. First they impose huge tarifs. Then they stop aiding Ukraine. Then they threaten to take Greenland.
The funny thing is that they think Europeans care. The United States is quite frankly a country many Europeans want to leave behind and not hear about ever again.
Denmark bled for the US several times. Our people died for them. When did Israel die for the US? Where was Israel in Afghanistan or Iraq? I don't understand why Americans somehow like Israel, but say we're the bad ally?
America is the traitor… you elected a madman and you think that we are the problem? Your house is on fire ffs
There are a great many Americans who live in a completely fact-free fantasy world, carefully constructed to suit their bigotry and biases, and they become very upset when anything from the outside disrupts those delusions.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ycI94)
NASA's Youtube feed will carry the splashdown as well, and I think their coverage has started now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (w6EFb)
Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.
I watched that episode a few weeks ago when it came out.
Kisin really cuts to the obvious heart of it all.
The EUies have done nothing to stop 'climate change' and have merely exported all the dirty industries while importing all the dirty third world.
If they all weren't so arrogantly stubborn & blind about their situation they'd have reversed course a decade ago.
As is, they are heading for a very rough mid-21st Century where Europe stands to be reshaped again along the lines of the end of the Word Wars, or the Congress of Vienna before that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
You could just say the images were all faked that you could not explain away on a flat earth.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (8avO+)
Dunno, other than Greenland which may just be a goof, there's not a lot of interest in conquest of countries with boots on the ground anymore.
Technology has the potential of dictating culture going forward, which may bring bad and good.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Y8DZL)
They have one shot to make it home safe. Hope it all works as planned.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
Clarkson has been talking about this... he seems surprised....
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM
*** Except for the retarded Leftist academic ideas in both places, and the horde of parasitic immigrants with no desire to assimilate.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)
I guess insect farms don't need much land.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (V4IXI)
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What? Denmark lost in WWII in about 18 hours. They never did crap for us but sell us some property.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is.
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Oh, we have an idea. We just don't care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
Discount chocolate croissants, very nice.
Posted by: Vlad P. at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (9vFyc)
It's either a big balloon, or the whole launch was CGI green screen stuff. It can't be both at the same time, but they will alternatively use both explanations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (w6EFb)
But I've never been to Spain...
(Ok, I actually have, but couldn't resist)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (XuXeR)
The Dutch government wants farmers to stop farming. They intend to accomplish this by force.
The Dutch government says this is to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as methane and oxides of nitrogen. This is a flimsy, ridiculous lie. The purpose is to stop food production. I suspect that this is not just about controlling the native population; ultimately the intention is to exterminate them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (QOQ9u)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:44 PM (XuXeR)
America: No.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
Trump, our Rohrschach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (yAteE)
Youtube has good coverage going on now about the splashdown.
I'm praying everything goes smoothly.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (3ek7K)
I, personally, think Canada is planning to become a "non-official" participant in the European Uinion. They've been lining up their legal system, green policies etc. to match the EU's which would be a prerequisite.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Oldcat
They sent troops Iraq and Afghanistan.
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
No need to exterminate if they've never been born.
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD)
They sound like typical Europeans and Retarded Leftists but I repeat myself.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (V4IXI)
The Danish population got almost the entire Jewish part of their country safely to Sweden in WWII.
And some Danes were in IQ and AF.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ)
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Only a 24 month wait time to get that lump in your abdomen looked at!
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (0N4FZ)
Even Poland's military could not hold a continuous front over its land border with Russia. They may not be a complete joke but they aren't ready for big boys war either.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)
A world without the Euros insisting a nickel out of my every dollar must fund them scolding me ? I got the NorthEast and WestCoast lined up for that job.
Seriously. Fuck Europe. Two wars and a century has been enough. The Atlantic isn't wide enough. But it will have to do.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (KVa9+)
The only question about the Dem ousting of Swalwell is: which particular Dem candidate's benefit is it being done for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (XuXeR)
They no more desire France than do we.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (q6tQZ)
Only a 24 month wait time to get that lump in your abdomen looked at!
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
_____________
Can we interest you in MAID?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (RIvkX)
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hahah
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)
Or Canada!!
Elbows up is so less intimidating when President Trump is elbows deep.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:43 P
That is actually pretty smart.
I also may need to start a UK "rent a geezer" business, for when the government revenuers start poking around, and the family can pretend the rental is the "still alive" patriarch.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (HlyYF)
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I seem to recall speculation a year into the Ukraine war that Putin's doing the same, if less well. If the foreseeable future is population (and therefore economic) collapse, get as many of the people you can work with inside your borders and get your borders where you can keep the next tribes over, out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (2GVsD)
Poland is pretty much the only thing holding back putin from just driving into europe and taking over. They have an actual no kidding military.
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY
The French Riviera
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (Cqx++)
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is.
__________
Oh, we have an idea. We just don't care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seven
Savage, but true. Americans can afford to ignore Europe. They can't afford to ignore us.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Oldcat
They sent troops Iraq and Afghanistan.
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
44 in 20 years? That's traffic accident numbers.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
They were part of the Dutch euthanasia program .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (V4IXI)
Poland's Armed Forces can concur Germany in less than a week. Occupying it is another story.
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Around 2000 I worked with a bunch or Euro expats in CA. Kyoto was being argued over so I researched it. The Dutchie was the absolute worst -- a real arrogant and ignorant asshole.
It was very obvious at the time that Kyoto was all about exporting the waste. They acknowledged that it was a scam, but justified it as "a gesture." (It was really a plan to hobble USA)
The real scam was that China et al are much less *energy efficient* than the West. So to make 1 ton of steel in those places requires more energy. By exporting it, they are increasing consumption. Plus the shipping, plus the environmental harm, plus the worker injuries and it is really diabolical.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM
We are two continuous democrat administrations with control of both houses of congress from becoming a complete and total socialist "paradise".
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (0N4FZ)
I'm very aware of 20th century history... "bled for us"?
That's pathetic
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (XuXeR)
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
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Combat deaths?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
They were part of the Dutch euthanasia program .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Pthhh. Amateurs.
Posted by: Canada at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (ycI94)
Report out that Hunter has fled to South Africa to skip out on 17+ million dollar indebtedness.
Posted by: Auspex
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Fortunately, he saved his money.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (QOQ9u)
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I seem to recall speculation a year into the Ukraine war that Putin's doing the same, if less well. If the foreseeable future is population (and therefore economic) collapse, get as many of the people you can work with inside your borders and get your borders where you can keep the next tribes over, out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
He knows he can't trust EU and Ukraine to not massacre the ethnic Russians there, so he will take the lands they live in for sure. Beyond that, not sure how much he cares about.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (KVa9+)
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THREE WARS.
Everyone forgets the Cold War. While not as much blood more American treasure with the same result, COMMUNISM REIGNS SUPREME IN EUROPE.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (xvV+O)
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Well, they're right about that. See BS NOW and CNN for example.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (ndZc7)
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Because Poland has a memory. So does Russia.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (wVcYX)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (2GVsD)
They vote but they get the same thing from every party and even if a party comes along saying they will give the people what they want, they make that party illegal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
There is a Saturn V at the Manned Space Flight center in Houston. I can promise you that is not a balloon. Outside the Saturn V building they have a Redstone like the one that flew Alan Shepard on the first sub orbital Mercury flight. It looks like a child's toy compared to the Saturn V.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
Germany actually said they couldn't conscript for the military. They'd invariably get too many head choppers who would immediately train their weapons on the real Germans.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
____________
Combat deaths?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Dunno. I saw Danes in Iraq, and what I quoted was just the Google summary. I also worked with a lot of Danes in Kosovo, but that was more of a tax-free holiday than an actual deployment.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (ycI94)
Kthnxbi.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (DwqWV)
Poland's Armed Forces can concur Germany in less than a week. Occupying it is another story.
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
yeah, but why would they want Germany either? They are trying to keep Muslims out.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)
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@RichardGrenell
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55m
It’s over for Swalwell.
He’s officially done.
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California Teachers Association
@WeAreCTA
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1h
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ycI94)
Projection ain't just a river in Egypt.
Posted by: Millions of gallons of irony, not a drop on them at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (TbWk/)
Don’t fill it with internet purchases and returns
They will never pay you back, they cost you
Find Jesus, He’s already paid for everything
And He won’t return you. Ever.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (uBmFs)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
___________
Never get between a woman and the bathroom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (tgvbd)
"I am pleased to announce that TODAY my Administration officially filed the presentation and plans to the highly respected Commission of Fine Arts for what will be the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World. This will be a wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area for all Americans to enjoy for many decades to come! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
My only complaint is , looking at the rendering, it is not tall enough and does not have bas-relief of American victories.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)
I love the space stuff. I'm so excited to see splashdown and the astronauts exiting the capsule.
I'm a nerd, lol.
Praying a lot.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 06:52 PM (3ek7K)
Pretty much. We all sure as hell aren't holding hands singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing"
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (2GVsD)
America has always been a fortress. And anyone is welcome inside. But just because I invite you in, doesn't make you the boss. The EU never figured that out - we agreed to protect them, and they agreed they get to tell us what to do. The terms of our agreement are simply no longer unacceptable.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Q/FnY)
You don't hit the re-entry window right and the heat shield won't help...or you skip back out into space entirely. Both are not good.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (V4IXI)
For Orion, they're using a skip reentry profile. It sort of "bounces" off the atmosphere a bit, bleeding off speed, before plunging back down in a steeper path.
The Artemis I skip was greater, and that was part of the problem of not heating fast enough. This will still be a skip, but less of "bounce" on the first interface. Or something.
Peak g will be at 4g. That's one of the advantages of a skip profile -- it can reduce reentry g-forces.
The Mercury astronauts pulled ungodly g's briefly, 11g+ during reentry. Apollo was less peak, but was still 6 - 7 g.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: beckster
And the the Left and media (but I repeat myself) would have totally covered for him if it didn't mean Republican candidates might end up winning the jungle primary. Have to help one Dem make it to the end, though, so...Swalwell gets sacrificed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
_____________
Can we interest you in MAID?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Go with MAID and we'll send you home this afternoon! We'll, not "home" exactly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
Trump and his crew have seen the writing on the wall in the same way the Russians and Chinese have, just nobody wanted to admit it on our side.
The world is transitioning from the sole superpower U.S., to a multi-polar world of hegemonic states and their spheres of influence.
The U.S. is, obviously, walling off the entire Western Hemisphere the best it can, the Dunroe Doctrine is the first obvious proof of this.
Russia is shoring up its borders to the west, and building buffer zones between itself and Europe so that they can continue to maintain control of half of Asia as they do now.
The Chinese are trying to do the same in Southeast Asia and extending as much control over Sub-Saharan Africa for resources.
It's going to be like pre-WWI again globally in the next few decades, only with slightly different players.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ann at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (w9jrX)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (UjdFS)
The Apollo heat shield was designed to ablate and shed heat. The Shuttle uses very fragile ceramic tiles for most of the heat shield.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (2GVsD)
Well at least it isn't the Harvey Milk
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)
Can't keep a full crew, it just keeps devouring all the seamen.
Posted by: It's still gay when underway at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
Germany actually said they couldn't conscript for the military. They'd invariably get too many head choppers who would immediately train their weapons on the real Germans.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)
That issue has been solved over and over throughout history by empires employing troops from all over their empire. Nobody has found it that difficult to manage.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (ndZc7)
A new generation is beginning to understand they are hapless. Idle social media influencers not prepared for foreign aggression.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (Fbc0I)
The Googles comes up with a variety of numbers.
Interesting
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Good summary.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (q6tQZ)
I no longer care about Europe.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
The only thing about Europe that I care about is that they own and are custodians of most of the great art works in human history.
Which means that if the Eurofags don't voluntarily move them to the US within the next generation, it's all going to be thrown in a wood chipper and burned by the mohammedans when they take over the rest of Europe.
No one with any sense is going to trust that the Euros will defend these priceless art works
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
How large was that corps? Like, Marine Corps corps? Or varsity band corps?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)
Aleric laughs and laughs.
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (XuXeR)
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America did this too, with textiles and steel, a long time ago. I grew up in upstate SC. In my childhood there were a couple dozen 24/7 mills within a 15-mile radius employing hundreds of people each and providing glorious sunsets on a daily basis.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (pDt9x)
The Orion heat shield is ablative. The Shuttle tiles, a tricky mess (damage to which doomed Columbia), are not.
An ablative shield burns away to carry away the heat. It's a one-shot use. The idea of the tiles was to be reusable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)
@WeAreCTA
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1h
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM
They really want him to drop out and I don't understand why unless there is more bad news for him coming.
He is consistently polling better than the other democrats in the race. Granted he is behind the two republicans running, but he is leading the democrat pack among likely voters. Even if he drops out the democrat vote is still going to be spread out between five other candidates.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (0N4FZ)
Europe ? Fuck them. No treats.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (KVa9+)
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This will be the riskiest part of the mission: reentry. The heat shield on the Orion capsule had to unexpected charring and cracking. NASA modified the reentry profile to compensate. Let's hope they got it right.
That whole heat shield problem was a convoluted thing and I don't know if I completely understood it or not. While it sounds crazy, the problem, they said, was the first reentry profile wasn't quite hot enough. The heat shield didn't heat up as fast, and that caused the problem somehow.
So, the solution was to have this Artemis II capsule come in a little bit steeper and hotter to heat up fast enough. I know that's sounds crazy, but that's how I understood.
Finally, they made some design changes, and that new improved heat shield will be used for future missions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM
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Maybe the issue is specific to ablative heat shields. The shield material gives off a layer of protective gas as it chars. Perhaps the scheme requires sufficient heating to cook off a good gas layer.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (YWeo8)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (N8ZBc)
100 .... something, IIRC
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lady in Black
.......
It's not a tumah.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Oldcat
Just an individual. Like Navy Corpsemen.
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (3ek7K)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
How large was that corps? Like, Marine Corps corps? Or varsity band corps?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM
They are more like a company than a corp as they only have 150 guys.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (0N4FZ)
hahah!!
I think Trump wants Cucker indtitutionalised (not a bad idea...)
"Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Paul Dans has just dropped out of the South Carolina Senatorial Race against the Great Lindsey Graham. It all started to fall apart for Paul when a very Low IQ individual named Tucker Carlson ENDORSED him — THE KISS OF DEATH! Lindsey has a BIG lead, and is on his way to a spectacular VICTORY because he just, GETS THINGS DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (GD0B3)
Here's some discussion on this NASA page:
https://is.gd/KREnHt
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (w6EFb)
They vote but they get the same thing from every party and even if a party comes along saying they will give the people what they want, they make that party illegal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (XV/Pl)
Germany has an especially dopey voting mechanic. I've heard every year or so about the collapse of some major party here or there for 10 years, but they just form up some new alphabet party and have virtually identical drones running things.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (n1OCj)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
___________
Never get between a woman and the bathroom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (tgvbd)
Well, it's not like they could just pull over and piss in the woods.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (DwqWV)
They've lost their will in the Nanny state.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
US: going to the Moon!
Europe: going to Hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
We've been there before.
So have they.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Flat is a good micro-estimation...it works for building your home and using a level. Flat is NOT a good estimation for the macro.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (ynpvh)
Small contingent of good men. Recon, etc.. great long range shooters.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (uBmFs)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
The Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville has entered the chat. Our Saturn V is under glass.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (Q/FnY)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
I think we are shaking up the parts of Canada we would find useful. The rest can wither on the vine for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Trump to Chicoms: you want to play around with rare earth minerals and ship narco precursors to Mexico and Central America whose goal is to starve the US economy and destabilize US society? How is your oil supply chain, stable and abundant - nah, bro the USA controls its; learn to coal, asshoes. Plus the Chicom client states MaduroLand and MullahLand are toast. And for extra credit the Chicom military gear has been exposed to be crap. Bro, we own you not the other way around.
The Chicom century just evaporated.
Europe is the side show - dead weight to drop and Trump is well on his way to making that happen.
All this is what MAGA is really about. That is the audacity of Donald Trump.
Dems and Media: Epstein.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Well, the muzz will bang the white children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (utfVc)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
I'm guessing the wife has some money stashed somewhere there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (DwqWV)
Best advice I ever got was, "Don't argue with assholes who insist on being ignorant as well"
actually, the best advice I ever got was, "If she shivers and straightens up when she lets you kiss her on the nape of the neck your odds have just gone up" but that is fairly limited in usefulness.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (rbvCR)
NASA coverage is discussing the heat shield issue right now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Well, the muzz will bang the white children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (utfVc)
It's part of the kink for the Euroweenies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
I love my Weatherbug app. I can rotate the earth with a flip of my finger, turn it vertically or horitontally.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (pDt9x)
👉Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
🚨BREAKING: Democrat Candidate for California Governor Eric Swalwell is facing allegations from a former staffer that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent, according to reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Top staffers have already begun to leave the campaign as a result, including key surrogate Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who has also called on Swalwell to drop out of the race.
Swalwell has sent the former staffer a cease and desist letter.
6:10 PM · Apr 10, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (NFX2v)
Small contingent of good men. Recon, etc.. great long range shooters.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (uBmFs)
Buy them out and make them our Greenland Guards. Jaegers often were mountain troops. Denmark doesn't have any.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)
It was just yesterday that I saw on X:
"If Swalwell did all this, where are the accusers?"
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Here! Here! I can't give a specific date or time, but he rogered me VIGOROUSLY in the Macy's dressing room. He man-handled me, slamming me into the wall and making me HIS, taking me viciously over and over again until I was spent. It was quite...traumatic, yes. (Sigh)
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (ycI94)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
Once the US civil war breaks out and you deal with ypur leftists, just keep coming north.
I believe pierre trudeau liked to think of himself as a citizen of the world. So aren't we all....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (GD0B3)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
I'm guessing the wife has some money stashed somewhere there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (DwqWV)
Well, black is no yellow...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (ynpvh)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
Ugh. Imagine having to serve on a ship named after that self-important cockfag.
At least if you were on the USS Jimmy Carter, you'd get a cute nickname in "USS Peanut"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (JoTi8)
And why?
How stupid do you have to be?
Sorry, I forget, Biden. That stupid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (yAteE)
Henceforth, all tulips will be LED-powered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (q177U)
There have been three catastrophic accidents in the entire space program history.
And two of them are Russian.
So let’s not be sending any bad vibes, mmkay.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Well in theory if Swalwell's fraction is eaten up by one guy he might pass one of the GOPers.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)
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We're on a similar trajectory. It's being fought. But IMO not nearly enough. Rough words, but a lot of killing is probably going to be necessary.
A lot.
It's pretty certain the left will do this if given half a chance. I'd rather not give them the chance.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (glnUu)
Carney is Xi's girlfriend now and doesn't want Donald coming around anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (Y8DZL)
They have to do this direct entry. To slow down enough to enter earth orbit, they'd have to use a shit ton of fuel, the amount of fuel necessary to do TLI out of earth orbit.
Our thick atmosphere does the job of bleeding off all that energy the rocket gave them. Were it not for that, you'd need as much fuel to slow back down as you did getting to the Moon. Which return fuel would then greatly increase the fuel and mass require for launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (tgvbd)
Eva Vlaardingerbroek is European.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM
swawell is the top performing democrat and the only democrat that currently has any chance of breaking into one of the top two spots before the primary vote in June.
There are 5 other democrats on the ballot and they are all polling way worse than swawell. It makes no sense to try and knock him out unless they know there is other stuff about to come out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (0N4FZ)
Every other fuckup, Soviet or American (probably also Chinese), pales in comparison to Nedelin. It's like Nedelin >>>>>> Columbia > Challenger >>> Apollo 1.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hidden Figures at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD
And only 70 says until Obama's library opens!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)
The Murtha Legacy. Much like the Obama Legacy. Or the McCain legacy.
We need to stop pretending these Heroes were Heroic. They were grifters and thieves exploiting the taxpayer and what did the taxpayer get in return?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Fbc0I)
The EUies have done nothing to stop 'climate change' and have merely exported all the dirty industries while importing all the dirty third world.
If they all weren't so arrogantly stubborn & blind about their situation they'd have reversed course a decade ago.
As is, they are heading for a very rough mid-21st Century where Europe stands to be reshaped again along the lines of the end of the Word Wars, or the Congress of Vienna before that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
Should be putting that "dirty" in scare quotes. CO2 is not a pollutant, and the Earth needs all we can make.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (utfVc)
What if Putin has no interest in taking over Russia?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (N8ZBc)
The Artemis 1 had multiple heat shield burns. The Ablative material is not a good heat conductor - it is an insulator. The multiple heating events on Artemis 1 did not allow the heat shield to cool off between burns. The result is that the thermal stress was deeper than expected and that caused the heat shield to flake and burn. The single reentry burn on this mission ought to keep the damage only of the surface - where it belongs.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (ExV1e)
Every other fuckup, Soviet or American (probably also Chinese), pales in comparison to Nedelin. It's like Nedelin >>>>>> Columbia > Challenger >>> Apollo 1.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (gKWVE)
I've read long ago that there might have been some other accidents in Russia's program they never publicized - a craft in orbit that never got down and the crew suffocated.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)
California will still have a state legislature of Cuban communist revolutionaries.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Shall we encourage economic growth or government control? Shall we choose our own culture or a new imported one? Shall we pay for our defense, or more "free" things for everyone? Shall we embrace faith or cynicism and spite? Shall we choose the future, or the 1960s? Shall we choose virtue or perversion?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (El6/E)
I'm sure you all know the Artemis II crew are coming home today. Here's where you can watch it.
NASA - Artemis II - Orion - Flight Day 10
Eight Minutes of Terror - Space Affairs Live
Date: April 10, 2026
Time: 8:07 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0307 UTC, 05:07 CEST)
https://youtu.be/UHP2VUQmzXo
Live coverage has already started.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (2F0/Y)
There have been three catastrophic accidents in the entire space program history.
And two of them are Russian.
So let’s not be sending any bad vibes, mmkay.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Five. The two Russian incidents, Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 (you could argue this one, since they never flew as it was a ground test)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (JoTi8)
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Amen
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)
A bug in the management software.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (GD0B3)
NBC News,
Hunter Biden challenges Trump's oldest sons to fight in a cage match
Former President Joe Biden's son said he's "100% in" for a
a fight against Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
Sky News Australia
Hunter Biden is crying poor again over legal debts as the troubled former first son announces a tour with a popular YouTuber, during which he wants to cage-fight Donald Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
BTW, the latest wife's adopted parents reside in South Africa, hence fleeing there.
Remember this Democratic word/phrase: Decency. The country needed the Potato for Decency, to reflect America's very best around the world.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Big Mike, Hung Like A Donkey at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (gKWVE)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Oldcat
Katie Porter. The goal is to get Katie Porter into the top two, and then elected governor by default.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, there are also stories that ham radio enthusiasts would go frequency hopping and hear distressed Russian voices. Lots of stuff was buried.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)
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IIRC there was, at one time, during the early days of our spaceflight, the idea that you could doing a series of "dips" into the atmosphere to slow down, but not re-enter. I don't think the spacecraft design for that was a "capsule" but more of a "space plane" that had some additional controls.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)
Someone referred to the IRGC as being a hedge fund with a military, death squads and foreign special circumstances units.
They had been sidestepping the international embargoes by running money through Lloyd's Bank and Banco Santander UK to launder them.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Putin does not want to take over Europe, and you can tell that nobody in Europe thinks he does. If they were genuinely afraid of Russia, they would build up their military, make nice with America, and strengthen their alliances. They are doing exactly the opposite.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (El6/E)
Russia is trying to create a fortress, but one based on being Europe's supplier of energy and food. Ukraine is important for that.
China is much more vulnerable and the first island chain is the least of their problems. They have a rough road to creating a secure "empire" but their main strategy is through technology and manufacturing dependence.
The USA has it all -- resources, food, energy, technology, ... but we have been slacking on the manufacturing and it is way past time to turn around the trade deficit.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (OoFl2)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Who is the other one, just for laughs.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (ExV1e)
So, is the correction that you have been drinking? Or Europe has been drinking?
I'm terribly confused, but then, I've been drinking...
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (DwqWV)
Space herpes. Gotta be careful
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (El6/E)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
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What do they mean "Article 5 hard"? Like very loudly invoke it and expect other countries to bail them out? Or do zhe mean zhey will go up there, pick of a rifle and hold a foxhole? Funny, I don't think it involves the latter because that would require leaving the basement.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
LEO reentry speed is just ~17K mph. Return from the Moon is 24K+ mph. Artemis II here will be slightly over 25K mph, and was expected to break Apollo 10's record for manned speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (w6EFb)
Why didn't the first stage ignite? Dither. Dither. Dither. Clock ticking. Send out the techs. Second stage timer runs down and ignites, KA-BOOM.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (2GVsD)
Russia is trying to create a fortress, but one based on being Europe's supplier of energy and food. Ukraine is important for that.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
I don't know that Russia even wants to be EU's food and fuel supplier all that much. They can ship that stuff to India and China too, or are working on it.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (WONhk)
Hunter Biden said he was open to a cage match against Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr, after left-wing social media commentator Andrew Callaghan reportedly reached out to organize the fight as part of a Channel 5 Carnival tour.
(Even if the cage match doesn't happen, Hunter says he still coming.)
Decency.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)
Paul Dans has just dropped out of the South Carolina Senatorial Race against the Great Lindsey Graham. It all started to fall apart for Paul when a very Low IQ individual named Tucker Carlson ENDORSED him — THE KISS OF DEATH! Lindsey has a BIG lead, and is on his way to a spectacular VICTORY because he just, GETS THINGS DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
==
Shaking my daggone head violently....
No, Mr. President. No, no, no. There is nothing a great about that RINO swine, Lindsay Graham. There is another challenger who probably has little chance, but I'm voting for Mark Lynch in the primary.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16
Thanks. I kind of thought so. It's not like they were outside exploring.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Thomas Bende
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Not really. It is still the riskiest phase.
And the big challenge is immediate reuse without having to replace tiles. Also robustness so that it can survive single point failures which you kind of expect to happen with enough flights.
This is what Starship is working on, and I don't think they are there yet.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (DwqWV)
It never existed for orbital missions. It was just for things where they brought alien dirt back from the Lunar surface.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (utfVc)
I agree, of course.
We're talking elite Europeans here, though.
When they think dirty, they think icky, messy, you have to wash your hands clean and take a shower afterwards dirty.
That's half their problem over there.
Western Europe is so thoroughly urbanized that the majority of their people have no problem getting rid of all of the dirty not realizing due to complete ignorance and inexperience that it's all of that dirty keeping them alive and comfortable.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
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Trump has them by the throat. The tariffs are emptying out their factories and China does not have the domestic demand to keep the economy afloat. There are now 40+ homeless roaming around, and it's only going to get worse.
They have managed to range themselves against the US, Japan and Taiwan, whose combined industrial might and technology combined with strategic position can strangle the CCP.
Oh, and because everything Trump does is calculated for effect the whole "straits open/straits shut" b.s. is showing China what's going to happen to their food imports if they try anything against Taiwan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
"Insider Wire
@InsiderWire
5h
#BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani says the city is “worse than broke,” facing a deficit; he’ll cut housing vouchers, library funding, and other plans..."
Socialism is working as expected
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Well they think it is the North American Treaty Organization so....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (V4IXI)
What if Putin has no interest in taking over [Europe]?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
Poland (and the few countries like them) would serve as an excellent buffer to keep the muslims of western europe out of Russia, at least for a while.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (vSvIl)
Yeah. I even put in a good word for Tomoyuki Yamashita in Manila in an earlier thread. He knew he was losing the city and ordered a retreat.
Unfortunately not everybody obeys those orders. I hope Sanji Iwabuchi is getting the afterlife he earned.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:19 PM (gKWVE)
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He heard Tonya Harding made some bucks going into the ring when she was short on cash.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 07:19 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)
They do have 300 billion dollars of Russia's money, but he will probably get that back through lawfare.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Yes, now. I was talking about at the start of the war.
I think they still see Europe as a big potential market when things get straightened out. Would be a shame after they spent so many years convincing the Euros not to frack or use GMO.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
I am told that all the skills the Russian army has learned in Ukraine will make them unstoppable in Europe, in spite of the fact that the Ukrainians are fighting mostly with European weapons and tactics.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
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No, they want Europe at their feet. India is too strategically distant, same with China. The Muscovite core is what Russia is obsessed with protecting. A broken, bleeding China suits them just fine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
It was just yesterday that I saw on X:
"If Swalwell did all this, where are the accusers?"
Posted by: The ARC of History!
If there are no "beach friends" then it is not credible.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
Were they all tested for COVID?
Posted by: Roy at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (1Cncb)
Yeah! How do you like THAT, bitch? Take ALL of it... ohh yeah.
Posted by: Math at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (gKWVE)
IIRC They bought 1000 South Korean K2 MBTs so I don't think they are dependent on Leopards.
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (K56Oe)
Looking from the outside in I define Graham as politically bi-polar. He has been the lead supporter of a lot of controversial and hard fought conservative policies. On the other hand.....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)
Alas for Russia. The burn rate in their forces is so strong there is a limited number of soldiers with experience left. The Officer ranks at the JO level are even worse. The Russian Army does not have a NCO core to make stuff work, and to learn from combat.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
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No, they want Europe at their feet. India is too strategically distant, same with China. The Muscovite core is what Russia is obsessed with protecting. A broken, bleeding China suits them just fine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Putin used to be 'pro Europe' relatively to the opposing factions before the war. The facts since has showed that those who wanted to concentrate in other directions had a good point. Hence his friendliness with India, and former plans to build transport links south overland.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (8avO+)
Lol
Learn to give blowjobs for $20 under a bridge NYErs.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
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Russia wants to control the "near abroad," and they already went through national uprisings and know that they cannot win against those.
But having a neutral Europe dominated by Russian food and fuel imports would suit them just fine.
As plenty of seasoned US diplomats pointed out over many years, Russia could have been our allies if the toxic combo of the globalists and neocons hadn't decided to start taunting and spitting on them in the 1990s when they were down. Bipartisan stupidity, and so here we are.
Trump tried to calm things, but RUSSIAGATE blew that wide open, because the Clintons have never given a crap about who they destroyed so long as they made a buck or avoided jail. When they die, so much is going to come out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)
I have been through a lot...a lot of dick. Well, not dick but...never mind.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (onPc6)
I don't see why they'd have to, but does the crew have to stay in quarantine for any reason?
Space herpes. Gotta be careful
Stand six feet away and wear a mask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:22 P
I'd be more worried about the replicants that took over when communications were down.
I've seen documentaries.
Oh! I should watch 'Prometheus' again tonight!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
No, but they did have to look into a distress signal they received from a vessel named Event Horizon, a spaceship that disappeared during its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri seven years earlier. I'm sure it's nothing.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Artemis II Van at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX)
Learn to give blowjobs for $20 under a bridge NYErs.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (z0fc5)
$20.
Same as in Jersey.
Posted by: Roy at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (1Cncb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (AkEZC)
the first one was the Sanger Antipodal Bomber that could go to the Pacific, refuel and go back to Berlin, though that was just a wild plan during WWII.
Atmospheric breaking is a real thing, though, and I think it was used by the Shuttle for scrubbing velocity.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip
Yes. A ship's reputation is important, and a poor reputation or name change takes good leadership to overcome with time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
No telling what was growing in the backed up toilet, though.
Better safe than sorry, I say.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2026 07:26 PM (wvc0i)
I'll get over it!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM
You're always BOLD to us!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Avi at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: gp
.......
The femstronaut has gotta pee... bad.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
I am told that all the skills the Russian army has learned in Ukraine will make them unstoppable in Europe, in spite of the fact that the Ukrainians are fighting mostly with European weapons and tactics.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
They are fighting a small unit infantry war due to the threats of drones and missiles. This suits them fine, as they can take towns one by one as Ukraine's offensive power is mostly spent.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
Weren't they out of contact for a while when they were behind the moon?
I'm sure that's plenty of time for some intrepid tentacled horror from beyond the stars to swap them out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (vSvIl)
There's going to be about 20 man-years of after-action review on that glitch. Top toilet engineers and techs, the best waste physicists and chemists.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Avi at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM
There were tons of science fiction movies in the 50s and 60s about returning astronauts bringing back all sorts of infections from space.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (0N4FZ)
NBC News,
Hunter Biden challenges Trump's oldest sons to fight in a cage match
Former President Joe Biden's son said he's "100% in" for a
a fight against Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
Sky News Australia
Hunter Biden is crying poor again over legal debts as the troubled former first son announces a tour with a popular YouTuber, during which he wants to cage-fight Donald Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
BTW, the latest wife's adopted parents reside in South Africa, hence fleeing there.
Remember this Democratic word/phrase: Decency. The country needed the Potato for Decency, to reflect America's very best around the world.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (NFX2v)
They should accept the fight. Put it somewhere big in the states that he can't resist the publicity then have the IRS raid the locker room and drag him out in cuffs. Even if they don't convict him, I would still hang that picture on the wall.
Posted by: Nelly at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (gZCIy)
How we usually killed em:
Electricity.
Fire.
Earthly microbes.
Plain old rain.
What rarely works:
Nukes.
Armor and small-arms.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:32 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:32 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (8sD0/)
#BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani says the city is “worse than broke,” facing a deficit; he’ll cut housing vouchers, library funding, and other plans..."
Socialism is working as expected
Posted by: runner
Ah, the warmth of collectivism!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (xG4kz)
What rarely works:
Nukes.
Armor and small-arms.
Posted by: gp
What never works:
m-RNA "vaccines"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: KT at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (7vIsy)
X says Katie Porter is behind this whole thing.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (OoFl2)
$10 says she hit on him at a cocktail party and he shut her meaty face down hard, before walking off with some twink. I'm betting on revenge. She has a history of getting into really nasty breakups in her personal life, complete with restraining orders, court mandated anger management and seriously unrestrained bunny-boiler behavior.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2026 09:07 PM (cWLG3)
"What never works: m-RNA "vaccines"
No. They did exactly what they were suppose to do.
Posted by: Distant Observer at April 10, 2026 09:44 PM (xCSxo)
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