Thursday, April 23, 2020
FNSS MAV Marine Assault Vehicle
Note. We were so focused on the coronavirus that I missed pics of this thing operating in the real world. Hopefully more info to come. FNSS is probably the best of the defense manufacturers with communicating to the public about their products at this time. BAE has fallen way back (don't know why), Rheinmetall has always been closed mouth unless you're in their handpicked club (congrats Drummond) and Lockheed will never love me. So just MAYBE we can get some info on this beast.
The History of: The US Army's "D-Day" Assault Jacket | Uniform History
Note. Haven't really been into uniform items but somehow this showed up in my YouTube recommended vids. I'm digging it. Not gonna go wild but I'll be on the lookout for specialized uniform items that might be worth a look during the current times.
If we're looking at a 2nd wave of the coronavirus then what were these lockdowns all about????
via Washington Post.
Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more dire because it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season.Here.
“There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head back, they don’t understand what I mean.”
“We’re going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time,” he said.
Then we have everyone's favorite, tiny, little Science - God...Dr Faucci. Let's see what he said to his worshippers.
Ok.
So if we're looking at a 2nd wave (and I agree with that...I've said that long ago)...then what were these lockdowns about?
It WASN'T ABOUT killing the spread of the virus.
It WASN'T ABOUT obtaining herd immunity.
It WAS ABOUT preventing hospitals from being over run.
We accomplished that goal. Even the WORST HIT PLACE IN THE US, New York City ended up with excess capacity.
Yet some of you clowns think we should remain closed? What metrics are you using? What are the conditions that you think we need to meet in order to re-open?
The answer?
At this time THERE IS NOTHING we can do!
We can keep hotspots closed. We can monitor each county and be ready to pounce on an outbreak. We can continue to message wearing masks and gloves (while getting production up to a level that stuns the world and makes the Chinese blush).
Finally we can open up the fucking economy.
We won't beat this thing till we have a vaccine and that won't be for another year, year and a half. Meanwhile we need to save our economy.
For the fearful? Get over yourselves. We can't stop moving because fear is spreading across the land. You cinch your gear down tight and you keep moving forward.
Anything else is just idiocy.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Yemen: Supreme Council for Administration & Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs & International Cooperation (Houti) Launches Urgent Distress Call To Provide Humanitarian Aid To Those Affected By Torrential Rain In Aden
Yémen : Le Conseil suprême pour l'administration & la coordination des affaires humanitaires & de la coopération internationale (Houti) lance un appel de détresse urgent pour fournir l'aide humanitaire nécessaire aux personnes touchées par les pluies torrentielles à Aden (au sud) pic.twitter.com/H4I7I8UHMR— Rebecca Rambar (@RebeccaRambar) April 22, 2020
Weds Funny. Quarantined stuntmen
Quarantined stuntmen, bruh... pic.twitter.com/nYSOqzAzBs— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 22, 2020
Geez. The Western World is losing its mind. Now we have the "Karen" controversy...
Wow.
Just wow.
Do me a favor dudes. Google this yourself and read a couple of articles and then get back with me.
How did we miss this craziness!
Just outta curiosity. Tell me this started in the EU and not the USA.
China just lifted her skirt. This coronavirus thing is making them nervous...
via Global Times (Editorial).
Since March, the US has shot three poison arrows at China. First, it accused China of covering up the extent of the COVID-19 epidemic and falsifying the number of infections and deaths. Second, it claimed the novel coronavirus was leaked from an institute of virology in Wuhan, demanding China should allow foreign experts to make an investigation there. Third, it has been supporting and inciting lawsuits against the Chinese government to pursue compensation on damages caused by the pandemic.
The three poison arrows are created by both the Trump administration and the Republican Party. They are ostensibly targeted at China, which is "politically correct" in today's US. But the Trump administration knows well that their arrows cannot kill China. Washington's attacks on China's epidemic response are nationalism-driven, running counters to facts. It's hard to say how long they can last.
Such being the case, the three poison arrows shot at China are a pretense. They cannot fatally impact China, but are likely to kick out Trump's rival Joe Biden.
From the perspective of US political logic, the three poison arrows are too cleverly designed. Their target is China, a US "strategic competitor," and the two parties in the US have already reached a consensus on "threats from China." The Democrats have long been an accomplice of the Trump administration in slandering China.
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US political elites jointly promoted this blind anti-China sentiment. As a result, anti-scientism and anti-rationalism are flaring in the US. It is now difficult for the Democratic Party to strip Trump administration's huge responsibility in the pandemic from the already hyped-up public opinion, which believes China should be held accountable.
It is Americans' business to decide who to become their next president. China does not need to hold a grudge against anyone for falling into the eye of the US campaign storm. The fundamental reason is that China is getting strong. The country has to bear the weight of becoming a global power. China needs to build up its capacity to defend its reputation and it has a long way to go on the path.
I don't hate China. I don't have any grudges against their people. To be honest I find alot in their culture to honorable, noble and I wish was replicated here.
I also have an inkling of the Asian/Chinese culture.
It's subtle. Cunning. It ebbs and flows. It revels in being clever and patient.
It also hates the loss of face.
China has lost face in this episode. This is the first consequential national embarrassment I've seen them face in at least the past 20 years. Don't get me wrong. They've faced setbacks but never this type of international humiliation (not since the Vietnamese kicked their ass in '79).
So this editorial is telling.
It sings to me.
The Chinese are worried and they're trying to explain to their countrymen (and the world) that its not their fault. They're being badly blamed and barring that the Chinese people should just stoically deal with the pain.
They're a rising power that has to learn to defend their reputation. They're strong now. They just need to learn how to properly defend themselves on the international stage.
Yep.
They're worried.
They cry for PPE, talk about being overwhelmed and lecture us....THEN THEY DO THIS!
Of course I gotta be contrary.
The whole world looks at this shit and laughs and giggles.
Me? It pisses me the fuck off.
These people have the audacity to cry about PPE, to talk all the time about how they're seeing more death in two months than they have in 10 years, they whine about ventilators (even though they later changed the treatment after realizing that ventilators were hurting rather than helping), and then they lecture us about staying at home even though they're killing the economy.
This is why they're not gonna "sainted" after this is over.
99 percent will forget but I won't. I'll remember them playing while at the same time crying that the world was ending unless we listened to them...the so called experts.
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