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Tauruses aren't going to win the war. The conversation around German hesitance to provide those is a silly side distraction. 

Man I cannot wait to see this company be forced to be sold off to Ford or GM. 

What is a SAM if not an anti-air one-way attack drone?

Rumor has it, Ukraine has reactivated its S-200 missiles in some way and are able to use them for long range air defense. It's what is suspected in the shoot down of those AWACS a while back too. 

39 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said:

 

I assume the latter, at least publicly, but if Israel comes to us wanting to hit the drone factories that are also supplying Russia... we gonna say no to letting them use a tanker in secret?

No, that's the single thing I support someone--anyone!--striking inside Iran. 

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The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood.
 

Could we take this to mean only support diplomatically? Like voicing support? Or does this mean actual material support like tanker, AWACS, etc logistical support?

Part of me thinks Iran will aim at some well-protected military installations with missiles that are all but intended to be intercepted. 

Iran seems to be really light-footed when it comes to the escalation ladder (especially in regards to our kinetic exchanges with them) so that's why I think this will be underwhelming. 

Now, how badly Tel Aviv overreacts... that's on them!

pointing at the sign

In all seriousness, I do believe that regardless of whatever intel we have, the Iranian response will be less than we anticipate.

17 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

 

Pictured: Not a Tu-95

I'm very into this. 

You're right. Christo Grozev is not a hack. 

But this report (which I watched earlier) still leaves most of the questions open. 

The real takeaways are something Grozev points out clearly:

1. The Russian GRU has an extensive network of spies and operatives actively doing shit all across Europe, Asia, and inside the US. 

2. The Russians are definitely working on some "headache gun" research, as proven by the paperwork. 

These two don't have to be combined. They likely aren't. 

The report and investigation doesn't address the questions surrounding the health effects and the fact that multiple studies have not identified differences on MRIs between Havana-brain and non-Havana-brains or actual health effects to motor control, balance, and other things reported by Havana Syndrome people. 

It is just as likely that the stress of working jobs in national security involving Russia while knowing that you are being surveilled by GRU agents is hitting some people. PTSD, depression, things of that nature, can manifest in bad symptoms sometimes. And if people are primed to believe it, it can turn into real symptoms. 

But whether Havana Syndrome is real, whether the Russians are behind it, whether there really is a headache gun... all that is effective is meaningless. The idea that the Russians might have this working capability and is attacking our people is powerful enough on its own. This IDEA has affected dozens of people and taken them out of this important work. And that's bad enough. 

40 minutes ago, finaljedi said:

 

Is anything big enough to withstand a ship that massive?

Yes. The bridge ultimately stopped it, after all. 

6 minutes ago, outsida said:

The Bridge had those little circles in front of the piers. 
 

But not where it needed to be to prevent the accident. And also, that one doesn't look massive enough to have prevented or mitigated this. 

You really only need these little circles in front of the piers:

I say "only"... they're huge and would need to be lots and lots of mass and would be expensive. 

But in the case of the reconstructed bridge, I bet they'll be there, along with beefy rock "islands" that the main bridge columns are built on.

19 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:

Is this Putin's Burning of the Reichstag moment?

No. 

If it were, this would be like... the fifth time. 

This is just all terrible. 

I just don't know what to say anymore. 

Who said Biden wasn't doing something about the national debt!

I don't think about you at all.

3 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

France should be very careful, they’re not battle tested, their doctrine is outdated, despite Russian failures they are at least actively engaged and learning 

If French troops are even there, they are likely technical advisors and support. But also, France has been fighting an insurgency in Africa for almost 10 years. They're as battle tested as US troops are. 

The last days of the Boeing whistleblower

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John Barnett devoted 25 years of his career working to make Boeing airplanes safer. But he'd spend the last few years of his life fighting to fix the distressing shortcomings he witnessed there.

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The Barnett family, which includes his older brother Rodney, issued a statement reading that “He was looking forward to having his day in court and hoping it would force Boeing to change its culture. He was suffering from PTSD and anxiety attacks as a result of being subjected to a hostile work environment at Boeing, which we believe led to his death.”
 

As I said earlier. Boeing didn't pull the trigger, but they created the conditions that ended this man's life.

37 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

I don’t know if this would get the traction you think it would. These positions were pretty popular for American factory workers — putting tariffs on foreign made goods — and I don’t know how much tariffs are on other people’s minds to begin with.

 

If I post this on my feed, it won’t get many eyes. Then again, it’ll probably be weird to switch from engagement photos to tariffs. 😬

I guess so, but that's a messaging issue for Democratic outreach. And the media can do its part in tying Trump's tariffs to the increase in goods prices that was seen even before the pandemic. 

Also, congrats  

This is getting all the media play because the media and some posters here learned nothing from 2016. 

THIS is what matters and what should be plastered all over peoples feeds. 

Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Cars Made in Mexico

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Donald Trump said he would hit cars made in Mexico by Chinese companies with a 100% tariff, double the levy he has previously said he would put on automobiles made south of the US border.

10 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

I wish I knew what it was about conspiracies that so many people find compelling. I know people who think that Qanon is obvious bullshit but do believe that Epstein ran a pedophile blackmail operation despite a lack of evidence for both. I feel like I’m missing something. 

In some cases, it just confirms peoples' prior beliefs. 

Boeing will do anything to stop this whistleblower -> Whistleblower dies -> Therefore Boeing killed him

Because it "sounds right"

Sometimes people just don't dig any further than that to determine what's true, what's likely, and what's possible. 

12 hours ago, Reputator said:

 

This is journalistic malpractice. This person the news talked to is drawing conclusions that may not be true and the news is just running with it. People who commit suicide have plans and love their families. And they still do it because of whatever reason despite this. 

This isn't proof that he was murdered and if I were Boeing I'd sue the piss out of this news station and that lady.