"The Trump administration is exploring a new concession to Russia: lifting sanctions on the country’s flagship government investment fund, long viewed by U.S. officials as one of the Kremlin’s most powerful tools of international influence."
This is a glimpse a week into the future of what the GOP do when they loses massively everywhere. Trump goes "you're on your own" and they just give up
BREAKING WaPo:
Brazil's right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro just effectively conceded defeat to the incumbent left-wing president — minutes after Trump indicated he would not intervene on his behalf.
JD Vance: Ryan Zinke complemented my beautiful blue eyes earlier today. I was very excited about that. We're self-confident men in the Trump-Vance administration. The president has been noticing a lot about the physiques of everybody lately
I will never understand the psychological profile of leftists who demand that liberals, who they will never support, acknowledge that leftists are honorable. "You have to admit anarchists do important work in their communities!" no, i don't! you won't acknowledge anything liberalism does!
My latest: on the history and future of the tank on the battlefield.
“Survivability, like attritability, is in the eye of the commander, after all. It’s all about what it buys you in your engagement, battle, and campaign in the aggregate.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
intelligence is knowing that if i ever looked up anything about Magyar, Lula, or any of the other election winners i would probably not be great fans of their politics
wisdom is knowing it doesn't matter because defeating the global chud coalition is all that matters for the foreseeable future
Now, whether or not Paraguay should've fought its neighbors in the War of the Triple Alliance?
Probably the single worst military decision in the history of Latin America and up there for worst military decision of all time.
Wether it’s Vivek attacking a sexual assault victim or Acton being assaulted as a 12yo, both sides are at fault.
Thank you for having the courage to say this Joe Manchin
we are coming for you adam, not because of your politics but because you're a disgrace to the uniform who could've stayed under the radar if you'd just shut your fucking mouth for two seconds
"Tanks are worthless in Ukraine!"
>Ukraine keeps asking for more armor and using it when they can
>Russia is experimenting with APS and add-on armor that can withstand drone waves so they can resume maneuver warfare
No one has learned anything from this war, have they?
Oh hey look it's more tangible proof that the US and Canadian militaries are pals.
I was assured by people on this website that it was gonna be war between the two nations.
Entertainment access! I know there's nostalgia for video stores, but I like being able to find almost any movie, song, or video game ever made from the comfort of my home-- and I'm frequently able to then stream or download them within minutes.
It also makes it much easier to share this stuff with your friends. I don't have to loan a CD or make a mixtape, I can just send a link. If I have guests, we can decide on a movie to watch and have it on in minutes without having to see if its in our collection or available at the local rental store
In person couch co-op and multiplayer gaming has its appeal (and that's part of why I love board games) but I also appreciate that I can game with my friends that are multiple timezones away, or even people nearby who need to be home with their kids.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Dave Petraeus has always been a morally dubious spotlight ranger and whatever he's currently on about is entirely because he thinks he can be relevant in it, regardless of how valuable it actually is.
Finished Blood Dawn. I think the military history aspects still have some poor analysis and straight up factual errors, but the overall portrayal of Asia's role in WW2 and how that set the stage for many fault lines today is valuable. An easy recommend, even if it induces some eyerolls.
I'm reading Blood Dawn, and overall it's quite well written -- but there is something that stands out to me.
The author isn't very proficient at military history, referring to Rommel as "the Desert Rat" and attributing the Zero to Japanese air forces as a response to the Spitfire.
Hegseth: We are banning reporters from the Pentagon.
Washpost: We have exclusive photos of the historic Dwight Eisenhower globe that was damaged in Hegseth's zeal to move it out of storage and into his office.
Gift link ⤵️
wapo.st/3WF2YQo
I'm reading Blood Dawn, and overall it's quite well written -- but there is something that stands out to me.
The author isn't very proficient at military history, referring to Rommel as "the Desert Rat" and attributing the Zero to Japanese air forces as a response to the Spitfire.
This doesn't invalidate the rest of the book, which is well written and researched -- but two of these are basic errors. The history of design of the Zero is more complex, but it was designed from the ground up as a carrier fighter -- not to face the Spitfire, but to perform better off carriers.
There's also confusion between referring to the Indian National Army (Japanese service) and the British Indian Army (or just Indian Army), the latter of which is frequently called the former.
An editor should've caught all of this.
Again, I am enjoying the work, but this stuff sticks out.
Hegseth: We are banning reporters from the Pentagon.
Washpost: We have exclusive photos of the historic Dwight Eisenhower globe that was damaged in Hegseth's zeal to move it out of storage and into his office.
Gift link ⤵️
wapo.st/3WF2YQo
"Capex is the only hard number investors have for how fast Optimus and Cybercab are actually being built, and cutting the guide by $5 billion six months after raising it by $5 billion looks less like discipline and more like the ramp slipping."
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To-do list for SD Mayor Pete and DSD Uncle Frank (and the transition team):
- at 1201 rip down the stupid fucking sign, regardless of whether Congress has officially changed the name (not looking good for the 27 NDAA lol)
- at 1202 issue orders to rename all the confederate bases back*
Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse:
"She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"
No, Putin is no humanitarian.
He's starving people.
He's bombing civilians.
He's kidnapping children.
He's committing genocide.
He's the exact opposite of a humanitarian.