Search results

I doubt the Trump order actually changed any operational details of any SSBNs. I expect it just made some public that are normally highly classified. It's the equivalent of the guy pulling back his suit jacked to show his CCW. So, some more detail. While we have 18 Ohios currently...

This isnt the 19th century. With enough fuck around Russia could cease to exist in short order. A single Ohio class SSBN could reduce the entire population of Russia to less than a million people in about 20 minutes. Trump ordered 2 of them to head up there last week. We have 18 of them...

Yes, they threatened to execute the land grab for 30 years, then finally did it. That doesn't make it any less of a land grab. I understand *why* they wanted Ukraine. The land they have invaded is actually very valuable, unlike most of Russia that's just a frozen shithole. Eventually NATO is...

Ukraine would have called quits anytime in the last 3 years if Russia allowed them to. This whole thing is entirely Russia's idea. You can't unilaterally end a war without unconditional surrender. That's not happening.

By that logic you could say Russia will lose because they will quit too. Unless you set some specific victory condition, "who won" is just a semantic argument.

NATO wanted to court those countries to *join*. You know what the difference is, right ? It's like the difference between sex and rape. It all comes down to consent. You are saying "NATO was trying to wine and dine the girl Putin had had his eye on, so he clubbed her over the head and...

Well, what else do you call letting them invade and conquer 3 1/2 neighboring countries.

What does that mean, giving up what ? You think Russia is going to annex all of Ukraine ? The territory they occupy now ? More ? Less ?

It's not even power for power's sake. It's straight up greed. They siphon off money from western aid, the accept money from Iran to stir up trouble, and they live high on the hog off the money in Qatar. They're basically your garden variety organized crime bosses, they're just selling the...

So, why the fuck did he invade ? He's ridiculously outclassed by NATO, who are right on his doorstep. Nothing he could have hoped to do in Ukraine could have changed that. None of that rhetoric passes even a basic sanity check. No, the only reasonable explanation for the invasion was a...

What does "winning" look like for Russia in your estimation?

The government should have *no* secrets outside the DOJ, DOD and the intelligence agencies. Every thing they do should be published in real time on the web for any concerned citizen or group to comb through. No exemptions, not for "personnel matters", not for anything. And with the technology...

Hamas leadership has only one real mission, and that is exploiting the Palestinian people for their own personal advancement. Their 2 primary tools for this are selling them out as propaganda tools and cannon fodder for Iran, and causing as much suffering among them as they can to pander to the...

Russia has about 4300 warheads, but some of those are tactical and not strategic, and aren’t suitable for the sort of strike we are discussing. And even the warheads that *are* a strategic type, they do not have delivery mechanisms for all of them. Most are sitting stockpiled, not mounted in a...

If we really believed Putin is going to start a nuclear war over losing some material in Ukraine, then the only answer is to eliminate his entire nuclear arsenal immediately. We'd lose a few cities, but that is the least damage that's possible in that circumstance. So, if you really believe...

Trump wants the international respect ending that war woild garner. His ego is legendary, but in many ways justified. That would certainly be a major feather in his cap. His MO is negotiating deals. He has both carrots and sticks he can use to bring Zelensky to the table, for Putin, it's...

Repeat after me. "Russia is not a superpower". Would Poland be justified invading Belarus because they want a "buffer zone" against Russia ? If not, then why would Russia be justified in invading Ukraine ? Bottom line, NATO will not accept Russia in their border in Ukraine, and unlike...

If he keeps going he may find out. Do you think NATO will be OK with Russians on *their* doorstep ? The difference is that NATO expands by getting countries to beg to be allowed to join. Russia invades and keeps killing people until they are in control. They are not the same.

We suggested that a highly irregular election that was won by a small margin in a couple of swing states was stolen and they lost their shit. But, when they lost a normal election decided by a wide margin and they lost every swing state, it must be stolen.

Then almost nobody is.

Wouldn't matter if he was doused with 1 gallon or 5. Much less than a gallon would soak into his clothes, the rest would form a puddle on the floor that I presume he would very quickly exit.

A 5 gallon pail could be a container of gasoline. It can also be dumped on someone very quickly. Especially if you had a lid on it for transport, then loosened it before actually going into the office.

You would be surprised how much evil good people will participate in if they are given the right excuses and illusions of authority.

Destruction of evidence charges should be forthcoming. Should be. Along with a litany of related charges, from conspiracy related ones to those about perverting the course of justice.

I honestly believe that most of the people working in those agencies are good people with honest intentions. But the way the systems are compartmentalized they are designed for a small number of malevolent actors to keep the whole thing running. Just like the Nazi death machine. It took tens...

Maybe not everyone at the bureau is part of the deep state ? Someone doesn't have the balls to go full whistle blower, but does have enough to preserve the evidence for later ?

That is absolutely fucking huge.

When i can shoot a piece of cardboard with it, and only put a half inch hole, why would anyone think a near miss could do anything? *maybe* if if went right by your ear Trump style the sonic boom could blow out an eardrum. Maybe.

If they had a policy prohibiting him from carrying, he should sue them for putting him in this situation because of their dangerous policy. "Good intentions" isn't a defense when you expose someone to a danger.

She is a symptom. The root problem is the system that let her do that. You could seize every dollar she has and execute her tomorrow for it and it wouldn't fix anything if you don't fix the system that created her.

The reality is that *all* government expenses are paid by printing money. The spending is completely independent from the taxes. Taxes only exist for 2 purposes: To modify the behavior of the public by artificially increasing costs. And to control inflation by removing money from the...

Ironic in this case that they really were clips, and the media is calling them magazines LOL.

The dems laid out the mechanism to extend a statue it limitations and elevate a misdemeanor to a felony. "The statute for the original crime has run out, but you guys conspired to hide it, and we're charging you with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice anyway.

Drones are fragile. I would think heavier bird shot would be more appropriate than buck. You don't need a lot of penetration (at least with current designs). What you do want is lots of chances to hit something important.

https://x.com/goodfoodgal/status/1948520035078864925

As much as I'd love that, I think a thousand bureaucrats who were "just following orders" would be far better in the long run. Shit weasels in charge can do nothing if the drones below them recognize illegal orders and refuse to participate. The deep state will find another Obama (or puppet...

Just wind them up and watch them go. In the past presidents used to start wars to distract the media. Trump just needs to rename a body of water and that's all they'll talk about for weeks.

2 parties is basically baked in to the structure of our government. The only way to end up with a single party system would be for the party to essentially replace the government the way it does in communist regimes. If one of our parties dies, a new one will form to replace it within one or...

I like to compare the difference to a burglar vs an invited guest.

Hold it. Since the FBI is *part* of the DOJ, why did they need clearance from a judge to get this information ?

Concentrating on the top is a mistake. The deep state thrives because the middle managers think they're safe. If you just prosecute the guys at the top they will just be replaced and the same middle guys will serve the new overlords just as well. But, if you start throwing the middle...

Network execs realizing that people want comedy not preachy assholes insulting half the potential audience ?

You're not wrong. You can only really trust any politician to do what's in their own interest. That's true for most people. But the Republicans interests are far more closely aligned with mine than the Democrats are.

You're not wrong. But the Republicans interests are car more closely aligned with mine than the Democrats are.

I think the state of the world is such that it *needs* a scorched earth type event to unfuck things. The real question would be if he exposes all this, and it really is a majority of world leaders, what happens if they just say "fuck it, we're not letting go anyway" and just drop the pretense...

If you're right, he damn well better release the files anyway once he is done blackmailing them. What are they going to do, complain ?

Then release them and dare the bastards to charge you with contempt.

The idea of a "wrong body" means that you accept that each gender has a right one.

The dairy cattle get names, the beef cattle just get numbers. It's very simple.