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Excellent

I for one am glad that hacks in Congress can reach down into any local criminal investigation and manipulate the system to benefit their political friends. That's great for democracy and the rule of law.

Russia's MOD and the Wagner Group's fundamental violation of the unity of command was just one part of why this failed for them. The moral is to the physical as 3 is to 1: the original machine of military aphorisms Napoleon Bonaparte

Vladdie should recall how Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons

How do we know pig diggler is not from Detroit...this kind of crap.

I have occassionally been able to tune into the other team's broadcasts. I just never get a chance to see them during the afternoon and this weekend would seem to be a good time to subject oneself to the miseries of the BSD broadcast since the games are on in the magic hour of twilight.

So, we just won't see the Tigers on TV this Spring? I admit I've been pretty busy with softball during the last month but it sure seems like there is a dearth of games broadcast when I can see them.

I think there is a lot to support the above.

In this country it used to matter that a President was a bum who couldn't hit anyone but his kids.

This does seem like the behavior of a country that has its replenishment and refitting on a firm and sound basis and not being jerked around by the whims of a single figure.

I yearn for politics within the normal band of behaviors. I want collective security in the face of aggression from dictatorships to be normal for politicians of most stripes.

welp

I had thought this politician was on the Trumpie side. I know a lot of the RWs loved it when she won. Look at the passion in defense of helping Ukraine. This is fire!

I realize we shouldn't incentivize creeps but the key to defeating the sell-Ukraine-to-Russia caucus in congress is to spread around the defense spending so that all these districts get a share of the ca$h. Would think it would be possible to move more than a few from the make America alone circus.

Sweet!

Some lame ass MAGAs selling that Xi being driven into Putin's arms and vice versa because of our support for Ukraine. PULEEZ. Xi is going to do what he wants and thinks he can get away with. If he sees a strong collective security front against aggression in Europe, he will know that Australia, India, US, UK, Japan and SK as well as the rest of the SE Asian states will put up a collective security front against him in Taiwan. Sell stupid somewhere else MAGA.

One of piggies' heros no doubt

Do a simple search on NATO in twitter and see how much that platform has been taken over by propaganda bots and trolls. Pig smugglers abound

Polar launches are a thing for certain necessities. But, the mid latitudes are considered better for most stuff. I doubt Europe or the big companies (except for Spacex) goes back to using Baikanur anytime soon.

But, i'm happy to hear about how Russia emptied its jails and is using ancient tanks because its economy the size of Italy is so fierce.

Of course this is a bigger deal destroying the Russian navy would be child's play.

Now, you can sneer that its the Daily Mail. This is an awesome video. I see F-16s, F-18s, and Typhoons. Pretty mfing BAD ASS! Air Power for the win! I gather that's Italy, Spain and Romanian acft. And they are escorting the muther of global airpower.

You know if Russia were in a last ditch battle for survival I might think they could muster some amazing performance. Trying to be the baddies in another person's country -- at gunpoint -- next to felons. Yeah, I'm not seeing any improvement in Russian battlefield performance. Now, throw in the fact that their industrial base is a joke and they can't even pay to keep their vaunted space launch capability at Baikanur (Kazakhstan is foreclosing on stuff Russia has defaulted on at the space station there). Russia is screwed. Now, throw in the fact that the best or near best western gear is coming. It will have modern C4ISR systems not handheld motorola bricks but actual tactical communications gear. It will have depleted uranium shells. It will have Mirage 2000, F-16s, Patriots backing it up. Yeah, I'm liking Ukraine's chance of recapturing Crimea.