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Monday, April 28, 2025
America's education system is in more trouble than you thought...
This is a morality problem.American teacher described his first day as a substitute teacher
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 28, 2025
“I thought y'all was lying to me when y'all said that these kids didn't know nothing. These kids don't know sh*t. Like, nothing. Nada. They don't know basic math, addition, subtraction, division, fractions,… pic.twitter.com/m4iHV9iGsl
About the servicemembers working at the nightclub in Colorado...
More footage of the DEA raid at an illegal, underground nightclub in Colorado frequented by MS-13 & Tren de Aragua. Over 100 illegals were arrested.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 27, 2025
Democrat Senators in Colorado passed a bill last week to protect illegals.
Democrats love these criminals.pic.twitter.com/do4VCkRtRL https://t.co/0CKexj1yc3
Ya'll are gonna think I've lost my mind on this but about those servicemembers working at the nightclub in Colorado that got raided by the DEA and found gang members/illegals.
Have some understanding and a bit of mercy.
Yeah.
Ya heard me right.
Why?
Because they PROBABLY didn't know that the club was considered an undercover night club. They PROBABLY didn't know that the club was filled with gang members and especially terrorist gang members. They can't be judged because it had "illegals" inside...what does an "illegal" look like.
I don't know about ya'll but nightclubs in military towns are on the lookout for military members to work as bouncers. I don't know why but they do. I worked clubs while on active duty in 29 Palms and San Diego.
It was quick and easy cash along with the other "perks" that come with working as a bouncer (think getting hit on by women and I'm talking about while they're in the club not trying to get in...not the drug part).
So yeah. The optics are terrible but this is a military blog. Everyone here knows the deal. Besides if ya'll didn't work as bouncers I bet ya had a buddy that got you in without paying more than a few times.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Zelenskyy won’t see reality.....Let Starmer and Macron support him.”
DAVID SACKS: “Zelenskyy has made his bed, let him sleep in it.”
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 26, 2025
David Sacks just dropped a nuke on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, calling him the single biggest obstacle to ending the war.
“The basic problem is that Zelenskyy doesn’t want to make a deal. I mean, he has rebuffed… pic.twitter.com/PKdQALzUZQ
Is "SLATE" building a Tesla killer?
The people spoke. We built. Meet the radically simple, radically affordable Slate. Reserve yours at https://t.co/Y5RkOIFCRo pic.twitter.com/uvSZVpdkWv
— Slate Auto (@slateauto) April 25, 2025
AOC supporter says we need to start eating babies because of too much C02
These fucks are crazed lunatics. No wonder American society is unraveling...AOC supporter says there’s too much CO2 and we must start eating babies. Doesn’t AOC look shocked like she looked in a mirror and saw herself? pic.twitter.com/H2B62nEqkZ
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) April 26, 2025
A thread on Ibrahim Traoré (read it all)
Burkina Faso MIGHT be an example of what we want to see in Africa. The man might flawed but you can't argue with his CURRENT goals. I definitely need more info on this bubba. So far I kinda like what I'm seeing and wonder why AFRICOM seems to be plotting against him.Ibrahim Traoré became President over 2 years ago and the rest they say is history
— Nungua Burnaboy (@views09_) April 26, 2025
From building a gold refinery to Civil servants salaries increased by 50% +
A thread on the wondrous things he’s done for Burkina Faso so far pic.twitter.com/utRk7Djk2Z
General Langley (AFRICOM) has been talking about Burkina Faso & their leader. Now he's in Africa and many think military action is imminent...
I find this interesting.Africans have massively reacted to the arrival of USA General Michael Langley In Ivory Coast.
— African Hub (@AfricanHub_) April 26, 2025
Most Africans believe that they are
“Planning to Invade Burkina Faso and take out Ibrahim Traore”
Your thoughts on this… pic.twitter.com/mPiCrHQYF5
China is losing the trade war...“And I love the fact Xi’s getting his head squeezed like a teenage pimple right now.” via Overton News
CNN’s Abby Phillip thought she had Kevin O’Leary cornered when she argued: “No, no. I know you're not opposed to tariffs, I'm saying you're opposed to taxes——and tariffs are taxes.” But O’Leary didn’t flinch. He fired right back: “Taxes are permanent. Tariffs are a negotiating weapon,” He went on to explain why the strategy was working. “Why is every leader of every country in Europe showing up in Washington every week?——They want to cut a deal!” O’Leary pointed out that the pace might feel chaotic, but it was unprecedented—and intentional. “You don't like that in nine weeks we don't have a deal? No administration has ever tried to cut sixty deals at once.” He made it even simpler for her: “All you need is one. Pen one. India, EU, Britain—whatever. That becomes the blueprint for the rest.” Once that first domino falls, he explained, the rest will follow. “And then settle with China, because that’s a different story.” Finally, O’Leary delivered the Shark Tank-style kill shot: “And I love the fact Xi’s getting his head squeezed like a teenage pimple right now.”
Friday, April 25, 2025
WTF is going on between Pakistan and India. First gunfire over the border, then the Pakistan says water will flow or Indian blood and now both sides are mobilizing!
Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutoo threatens India:
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) April 25, 2025
“I want to tell India — Sindhu (Indus) is ours, and will remain ours
In Sindhu, either our water will flow or blood of Indians” pic.twitter.com/QLZb2jZkTu
Are those StingRay Light Tanks that Pakistan is rushing to the border?
Are we heading for war? Actually Pakistan is the sort of country that doesn't deserve a war. Just rattling some tanks at the border will force it to divert precious resources into mobilisation. That alone will set its GDP back to 1999. pic.twitter.com/MFFeqaCvZj
— Rakesh Krishnan Simha (@ByRakeshSimha) April 25, 2025
Tell me again how the USMC's Stand In Force stops this gray zone behavior???
The US military is all about so called deterrence but I have yet to see where deterrence is actually working. They come up with no concepts to explain old behavior (such as this) but have no REAL plan on how to stop it. For better or worse our entire doctrine is a fist full of bullshit. All the psychology of warfare is bullshit. You simply kill the guy that is trying to kill you. Its just that simple. As far as the SIF is concerned? It's coastal artillery (cannon, rocket or missile) that is vulnerable from the sea and MOST DEFINITELY from ground forces. I've said it before and I'll say it again. The USMC's Stand In Force is simply a trip wire outfit designed to ensure that the war is escalated.A Chinese Coast Guard Ship & 2 Chinese Militia vessels are blocking a Philippines Coast guard Ship conducting a humanitarian mission.
— Steve Anderson (@SteveAn71083739) April 25, 2025
This is how CCG & Maritime Militia work in tandem to harass Filipino Coast Guard & fishermen inside West Philippines Sea. @ChongJaIan pic.twitter.com/1ZBvbBSOW4
The BBC is showing the US military what a ground recon drone should look like
The BBC is using this setup to watch nature but it could be used to act as ground recon drone. It would need a mothership to get in position but once close enough to the suspected target I'm sure it could do its thing. I like it.The BBC uses robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife up close, blending into any terrain... pic.twitter.com/Is6Pph99jo
— The Best (@Thebestfigen) April 24, 2025
I think this X post is fantasy island but many seem to truly believe it...
🌍🔥 What If Russia Started WW3 Right Now? 🕊️💣 pic.twitter.com/OR5H8AVk06
— World War 3 (@Worldwar_3_) April 24, 2025
The Stand In Force is all about ship killing. NOW they're proposing that the MEU focus on ship killing too?
via USNI
ARG/MEUs must work in concert with SIF—but they also must be ready to fight as stand-in forces themselves. At the outset of a potential conflict, ARG/MEUs could emplace anywhere from 10 to 30 expeditionary advanced bases (EABs) on key maritime terrain within 96 hours via organic amphibious connectors and assault support aircraft. Air and ground sensors from the MEU could increase the resilience of kill webs by observing and tracking targets using Link 16, and this expeditionary sensing capability could be significantly enhanced by including Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radars.20 SIF and allied and partnered forces could support these EABs with fires and logistics, even in contested environments. Simultaneously, an ARG could deploy hundreds of containerized M18 unmanned surface vessels, each with a 1,000-pound payload, to support the amphibious defense, then maneuver to mitigate the effects of adversary weapons in fewer than four days.21
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With Russia waging war against Ukraine, the specter of wider conflict looming over Europe, and a growing threat in the Indo-Pacific, ARG/MEUs must forge a stronger bond with SIF across the globe. These forces must become more complementary, and the ARG/MEU must modernize its embarked sensing and strike capabilities to better deter and defeat contemporary threats. ARGs must embark and train to employ unmanned and autonomous systems, while MEUs must be modernized with capabilities to fight as SIF.
With all the talk of SIFs in the Pacific, we somehow missed that they were trying to take this world wide to become the primary mission of the Marine Corps.
What has me spinning is that Marine Corps leadership somehow thinks that with SIF they will be able to "command and control" naval campaigns.
They won't.
They will simply be a sideshow at best and at worst will be targeted and destroyed by enemy ground forces, and that's the rub of the entire situation. For all the talk about being a "force in readiness" and America's Crisis Response Force, that is all a lie.
The Marine Corps as its currently envisioned by leadership will be organized to do one thing. Sit and wait for the enemy to attack. The SIF has little to no relevance in the Pacific and will have NONE in the rest of the world.
The Marine Corps is about to "concept" itself out of existence.
The sad reality for the USA? The US Army needs to get back into the business of amphibious assault ASAP!