Thanks to HERCIV for the link!
Sunday, September 20, 2020
I admit this is a distasteful question but....
I'm gonna piss alot of you off but I've got to ask a distasteful question.
How long was Ginsberg "out of it" and should have been declared incompetent to continue as a supreme court justice before her death?
Ya know who knows without a doubt? Her fellow supreme court justices, her clerks and the powers that be in Washington DC.
You do know the inevitable reality of this situation don't you?
Only those deemed with the need to know actually knew about her suffering and eventual death. What I'm trying to say is that the nation could have been prepared for her passing and a more rational solution to her replacement begun but those "in the know" decided to do it on the sly. It's almost like both sides of the "SO CALLED POLITICAL SPECTRUM" wanted this fight.
Hate to hit you with the reality tribe.
But those in power view us as peasants. We think we live in a democracy? That's a lie. A democratic country would keep the nation informed. We weren't. My God we're fucked beyond recognition and most don't even know it.
America's Navy (and Defense Chief) really don't have a solution to the Chinese Navy problem.
Wow. Cdr Salamander nailed it. I've come to the conclusion that our Navy is in trouble vs. the Chinese. We have no real plan. We're trying to match them in their seat of power...SHIP BUILDING! A 355 ship navy is irrelevant. No, this isn't a call saying that I've come around to supporting the Missile Marines. Nothing could be farther from the truth. What I am saying is that the service most responsible for combat at sea is rudderless and doesn't appear to have a clue to blunt Chinese Navy advances. A few unmanned ships ain't gonna cut. Quite honestly from my chair the US Navy would have to give up its worldwide responsbilities and concentrate on the Indo-Pacific to gain parity/MAYBE superiority. I'm calling it now. We saw the Russian scare for the past 4 years. In the face of future budget cuts get ready for the Chinese scare. ALL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE PENTAGON, AND JCS ACTUALLY DID THEIR JOBS INSTEAD OF FEEDING THE POLITICAL SWAMP IN WASHINGTON DC. The seeds of our future defeat have been planted by this generation of generals.If your competitive advantage isn't so much your ships but the, "...training & skillset of those who operate them" you don't leverage that advantage by getting rid of the people through building a bunch of Unmanned Vessels who can only run on the most rudimentary automated ways. https://t.co/HxIosd7UtZ
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) September 20, 2020
Batman is a badass but Alfred is plain LETHAL!
Batman will kick your ass, maybe break some bones. Alfred? Alfred will put you in the grave...and he'll confirm the kill too!
Future generations will look back at 2020 and wonder why we were so stupid...
Future generations will look back at America in 2020 and wonder why we were so stupid, batshit crazy and what kind of crack we were smoking.
A few thoughts.
* Covid-19 is (after a bit of examination) either the weirdest pandemic I've ever heard of, we're missing some serious facts about it or we dramatically over reacted.
* In a country of over 350 million people, I heard a report that 6 million confirmed infections have been recorded. That's alot. But statistically, especially with regard to our response to it, its almost laughably small.
* Does anyone else remember that there were once two strains of this thing floating around? Haven't heard a thing about that for a couple of months now. Which one are we getting slammed with?
* I want the stimulus check (missed out on those FEMA details and heard that cheddar was AMAZING) but fiscally it just doesn't make sense. The economy was artificially stopped and now that its back up (even in my poor state) things are quickly getting back to normal (economically). As a matter of fact state economists are saying that the only hold up now is continued restrictions on activity by our governor. Stimulus checks are needed. An end to nationwide house arrest is!
* Different parts of the country are different! What I do know is that people got unemployment for months and were making more money than they did BEFORE THE VIRUS HIT! Think about that. But it gets better. Now some of those same people are crying that they're gonna get kicked out of their homes because they can't afford to pay the rent! Amazing.
* Speaking of work. I've noticed that many are still crying about the threat. Some are saying they're afraid to go back to work because of Covid. I've been at work the entire time. So have other "essential workers". This country really needs an economic readjustment. If your work is deemed essential and you have to go when everyone else stays home then perhaps you need higher pay. Of course the inverse also applies.
* The dietization of scientists and medical officials during this crisis has been annoying. They're specialists in their field. They shouldn't make public policy. They have been elected by NO ONE! Yet they're gonna dictate to society? That's craziness!
* The riots (not the protests) are the biggest economic tragedy thats gone unreported in history. We're talking about BILLIONS of dollars in insurance claims, businesses closed and won't come back, lost economic activity etc...The price paid because of the madness hasn't even been fully calculated yet but it will be telling. Additionally some of the critics are probably right. Those had to be super spreader events but tracing it is impossible.
Just a few thoughts. What do you think?
Saturday, September 19, 2020
The left is really gearing up for the Supreme Court fight...this will be interesting...
Wil Wheaton (dude from Star Trek Generations) posted this on his Tumblr Page. Watching the news (MSNBC) the left has been in a lather all day.
This Supreme Court fight will be interesting.
The weird thing?
Most Americans are trying their best to get back to some sort of symbalance of normal and more concerned about everyday issues than they are about this.
The extremes from both sides will be fighting to gain our attention when all the rest of us want is to make it thru this year.
Pass the popcorn cause this will be something to see. I can't even predict it but you can bet your last dollar (well I hope it isn't your last) that everything is gonna get pushed to the side (including hopes by some for another stimulus check) and this will take center stage.
Sidenote. I don't recall but isn't the US govt running up against a budget deadline this month?
Anyway hold on.
This year is gonna go out with a bang...I just hope that its figuratively, not literally...but considering how things have been going it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see some popup big time conflict that no one saw coming.
Hellenic.Army.Aviation Instagram Page. Worth a follow...
I found this instagram page and I think it might be worth a look-see from my readers. Check it out here.
Remember it's Army Aviation so its mostly rotary aircraft.
Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet
Thanks to BlackTail for the link!
via The Hill
The Air Force on Tuesday revealed that it has secretly built and flown a prototype of its next-generation fighter jet, according to the service's top acquisition official.
The jet, built as part of the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, was first disclosed to Defense News on Monday.
Air Force acquisition head Will Roper told the outlet that the service could now move the jet into production "pretty fast."
"We are ready to go and build the next-generation aircraft in a way that has never happened before," he said in an interview.
Roper then publicly spoke on the jet's existence on Tuesday at an Air Force Association (AFA) virtual conference, telling watchers that "the full-scale flight demonstrator has already flown in the physical world."
He added that the program "right now is designing, assembling, testing in the digital world, exploring things that would have cost time and money to wait for physical world results."
The announcement is significant, as this would mark the Air Force's sixth-generation aircraft, a full-scale version of which was not expected for years.
The test flight also comes 20 years after the service first similarly demonstrated an experimental fighter jet for the fifth-generation F-35.
As the NGAD program is classified, little more is known of the secretive jet. Roper would not give Defense News or the AFA event further details on aircraft, including which company or companies built the prototype, how many were flown, and when or where any flight occurred.
He also would not say anything about the jet's design, what it would be used for, how many would be bought or the expected cost.
The Air Force did request a little more than $1 billion for the program in its fiscal 2021 budget proposal to Congress, to be ramped up to a more than $6 billion ask total between fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2025.
How do you explain this except to say that the USAF is acknowledging that the F-35 is the wrong plane for the future?
Some are pointing to long development times for new jets but I'm not buying it. The F-35 isn't even in full scale deployment in its "go to war" package (which has been watered down).
If you can't see the truth here you're just not wanting to see it.
The F-35 is a failure.
Even the USMC is cutting back on its numbers which will lead the USN to cut its numbers, the USAF has bought into the F-15EX, the Brits are cutting back....the reality is stark.
Not only did we waste time chasing tribals in the Middle East/North Africa, but we also bought a lame horse in the F-35, a pitiful ship in the LCS, and a messed up DoD all around.
Is this the last stage of a failing empire? An ineffectual and confused military?
Hollywood is feminizing Black men?
I've noticed this for awhile now.
It extends past just black males but also includes males of EVERY RACE.
Personally being black myself I cheer this. An awakening is happening and I couldn't be happier!
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