90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial....DOES THIS MAKE SENSE???

90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial.

Read more about this huge moment in the fight against #COVID19: https://t.co/YVcEqzmsPj pic.twitter.com/oCDV8Sv90X

— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 8, 2020

Controversial opinion.  Don't hate just read and comment.

Does it make sense to give a 90 year old person the vaccine?  Does it make sense to prioritize the elderly and those with serious physical illness first?

Before you fly off and to the right hear me out.

I have both in my family and love them dearly.  But shouldn't those that care for them get it first?  From the 32 year old nurse that cares from them, to the 65 year old doctor that prescribes medicine and evaluates their health?

What about those that are considered essential outside the medical field?  Our population is on the verge of wigging out because of the lockdowns.  Shouldn't we make sure that they're up and running?  Not talking law enforcement either.  I'm talking about fast food workers, convenience store clerks etc...the so called little people that we've discovered give a large part of the population a bit of comfort in their tiny indulgences (health wrecking though they may be)?

I'm still trying to wrap my head around this thing.  I've talked to my brother and we both have serious doubts about this thing. But if its gonna be issued shouldn't we at least be a bit practical in how we're doing it? 

Pick your battlefield with the CV90

The first leaked image of a radar blocker inside Su-57's air intake

 

Первый "официальный" засвет коаксиально-радиальной решётки (сиречь радар-блокера) в воздухозаборнике Су-57#sukhoi #su57 #су57 #RuAF #ВКСРФ

The first leaked image of a radar blocker inside Su-57's air intake! pic.twitter.com/9x6uA6JSZP

— Слава Третий (@SlavaTheThird) December 6, 2020

The Marine Corps' stealth reduction in force (RIF) begins...

 via Military.com

Marines whose jobs are going away as part of a force-wide reorganization that includes getting rid of tanks will get the option to leave the Corps earlier than planned.

Enlisted Marines and officers in tank-related military occupational specialties will be eligible for early-out programs, the service announced this week. The programs will allow those in four specialties to leave the Marine Corps early if they desire: armor Marines; senior-armor staff noncommissioned officers; main battle tank repairer/technicians; and tank officers.

The move is part of a 10-year force-wide redesign announced by Commandant Gen. David Berger earlier this year. The Marine Corps is folding its tank battalions and getting rid of the heavy-armor vehicles as it prepares for lighter, naval-based missions.

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Don't be fooled.

Boatspaces are being sacrificed to pay for missiles.

The problem?

We were promised that this move would make the USMC distinct, would move us back to our "naval roots" and would make us an essential part of America's defense.

The reality?

Without amphibious assault the USMC provides NOTHING that other services can. Long range missile strikes from land toward naval targets? The US Army is doing that and if they decide to dedicate the 25th and 2nd ID to the Pacific will provide vastly more fires.  Forward basing?  The USAF announced that they're getting into that game.  Acting as the forward deployed "eyes" of the joint force?  SOCOM is about to elbow out the USMC from that mission.

Without amphibious assault the USMC duplicates the capabilities of others.

Australian Army's 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment recently conducted live-fire training

 

Former top US officials say China could take Taiwan in 3 days in early 2021

 via Taiwan Times

 In an essay published by the U.S. Naval Institute, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Morell and former Admiral James Winnefeld warn that Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) will "bring Taiwan back into China" in mid-January 2021.

With the West distracted by the U.S. election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the authors believe the "operation" will be completed in just three days.

Morell and Winnefeld paint a worst-case scenario in the article, published by the private, non-profit U.S. Naval Institute. They predict the operation will unfold quickly, "beginning on the evening of 18 January," prior to the U.S. presidential inauguration.

At the same time, China will carry out cyberattacks to cripple the country by disabling the national power grid and other important utilities. This will be followed by a swift sea and air blockade, with several People's Liberation Army (PLA) submarines joining in the action.

The authors imagine the blockade will pave the way for the landing of PLA amphibious forces. Meanwhile, China would send stern warnings not to intervene to the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Australia, and other Taiwanese allies.

On the second day, global stock markets will crash due to the turmoil. World leaders will make statements condemning the attack, but nothing more. Bogged down by multiple issues, Washington will be unable to react.

On the third day after the attack, Morell and Winnefeld believe it will be too late for Washington to reverse the damage. Xi would then whitewash the invasion by telling the world that the "Chinese Dream" has been fulfilled and "welcome the people of Taiwan home."

A storm from the sea.

The United States Marine Corps once did this.  Now the Chinese have successfully replicated the Air-Ground Task Force that the USMC has thrown away and this scenario doesn't only seem plausible but EXTREMELY doable.

Question.

Let's assume the Chinese are able to pull this off.  Do you think that the US would be able to maintain any semblance of deterrence in the region or would unaligned nations (most of them) seek some type of agreement with China...favorable to them or not. 

Leopard 2A4NG

 

Open Comment Post. 7 Dec 2020

 

A major regional war is brewing in Africa that will engulf Ethiopia, Egypt, France & probably the UK in the fighting

 via HIIRAAN.com

The question is not if Egypt will attack the GERD, but when will Egypt attack the GERD.  The Nile River supply’s 99% of Egypt’s freshwater, and Egypt will not allow Ethiopia to have monopolistic power over its only source of freshwater.  Now that Ethiopia is engulfed in civil war, and has also begun filling the GERD – beginning the process of diverting water resources of the Nile –  the answer to the question of when has become more forthcoming.

Egypt will initially implement a policy of exacerbating Ethiopia’s civil war by supplying resources to the disgruntled armed ethnic groups, with the intent of weakening the Ethiopian state.  Bombing the GERD will eventually follow, because it is the only policy that can permanently end the existential threat of diverting Nile water resources.  There is no better time for Egypt to attack the GERD then during Ethiopia’s nascent civil war.

The GERD is the pride and honor of the modern Ethiopian state, so Ethiopia will be forced to retaliate and likely attack Egyptian territory.  In return, Egypt will respond in kind, leading to an all-out war between the two nations. 

Ethiopia and Kenya have had a Mutual Defense Pact since 1963, and an Egyptian attack on the GERD will be considered an act of war, invoking the defense treaty.  In addition to being signatories of the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi are all members of the East African Community, and are likely to aid Ethiopia over Egypt in a war. 

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Some of you will think this is alarmist but I boldly disagree.  I've posted a scant few articles on this subject but I believe that this conflict will be the catalyst that draws both the US and China onto the continent in a big way and will lead to my predicted clash there.

Time will tell but read the entire article before you slam my prediction.

 

What the hell is the U.S. Air and Space Force acquisition chief teasing???

Are you ready for something big, @usairforce?
9 days and counting... pic.twitter.com/ySom8QWmPd

— Will Roper (@WILLROP3R) December 6, 2020

The future of Chinese armored forces...

 

Quote...

More recently, there have been indications that a goal in the 14th Five Year Plan (2021–2025) will be to accelerate military modernisation so that the PLA will be fully mechanised and informationised by 2027—the 100th anniversary of its founding. Chinese military expert Dean Cheng argues that that will require a major reduction in forces, a major budget increase or a redefining of what constitutes ‘informationised’ units.

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My prediction?

The Chinese are expansionist while the US is sliding into a defensive role. The Chinese will continue to build up their assault forces across all domains (air, land and sea...Airborne Assault, Air Assault, Amphibious Assault & Direct Land Assault) while incorporating increased firepower across their battleforce.

They will be capable of "rolling back" the defensive line that the US is attempting to create (assuming that the General's are correct in the thought that the battle will take place in the Pacific) and due to the heavy footprint, weak diplomatic effort to gain allies in that contested space (what small country is gonna take sides in a war between giants) and pre-planned (essentially pre-planned because of our limited basing rights when a shooting war becomes obvious) basing, they will have all of our positions identified, indexed and will destroy grid squares with long range fires before landing their forces by air and/or sea to seize ground.

They will in essence use our island hopping campaign from WW2 against us while we play the part of the Imperial Japanese Army/Marines in defending ground bravely but achieving nothing but horrific losses.

4 strains of covid found in Baltimore Ravens facility...how many strains of this disease are there?

 

via ESPN

 The Baltimore Ravens on Saturday said they were informed by the NFL that "at least four unique strains" of COVID-19 were found inside their facility during the team's outbreak.

"Three of the four were stopped and not spread within our organization," Ravens president Dick Cass said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the fourth was a highly-contagious strain and spread throughout our organization.

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Do you remember when this thing first started?  Correction.  When it was body slamming Italy?

If I recall correctly and I'm almost positive on this, then they identified TWO distinct strains of this thing.  One mild.  The other deadly.

Now?

Now there are four?

The media is slamming us with "news" about this thing but important stuff like the number of strains or the "science" behind this thing hasn't been talked about.

I've suspected that there is an untold reason behind the draconian actions of the govt that hasn't been told to the public.

Could this be it?

Is this virus mutating like things we've never seen before and that's the fear? Could that also be why we're seeing an uptick in deaths/hospitalizations in certain areas?

I don't know.  They're not telling and people in the news media don't appear to be asking.

We're in the Russian's fabled land of mirrors.  We don't know up from down, the truth from lies.

Sadly, this is the type of info that would make a well informed population that could climb onboard govt recommendations (along with a HUGE dose of do as I do and watch me follow my own guidelines type thing too!).

New prediction.

The vaccines won't work.  This thing will last till 2022 and our economy will get trashed by this.  Big world wide recession?  Kinda betting on it.  Some are talking about a global reset.  I'm not there yet but its looking kinda spot on.