There's a lot going on in this video... Inter family murder, shootout with the cops, etc... 👀
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) May 9, 2023
Another reminder to never answer the door without a gun - even if you think you know the person#crime #police #lawenforcement pic.twitter.com/spVbC3rl1t
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Never answer the door without a good, even if you know the person. It's horrible but it's the world we live in...
Both of the political parties in the US are filthy as hell...
BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee will present bank records tomorrow indicating that Vice President Joe Biden while serving in office, received a $1 million bribe from Romanian real estate tycoon Gabriel Popoviciu.@nataliegwinterspic.twitter.com/EDYZhv3lEe
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) May 10, 2023
Read the entire Twitter thread but both parties are wrapped up in this thing which leads me to believe we won't see much come of this whole thing.Popoviciu also hired Freeh and got an assist from Rudy. https://t.co/imjGTMyJMq https://t.co/Z6rsfIbwAC pic.twitter.com/NqzhURa8zX
— FoiaFan (@15poundstogo) May 10, 2023
Hunter is on the hot seat and so is Biden, but if they take out one or both then you can bet everyone else involved in shit like this will be exposed and someone's saint is gonna be found to be as dirty as the others.
Both parties are corrupt as hell.
When you vote be aware of that and try and pick the least evil of the pair, cause they're both full of shit.
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Tucker Carlson is taking his talent to Twitter!
We’re back. pic.twitter.com/sG5t9gr60O
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 9, 2023
ANOTHER! 1.2 billion dollars in weapons for Ukraine. NO WAY WE ARE NOT RISKING OUR OWN SECURITY NOW!
Is Ukraine worth our own national security? If a major regional war broke out in the Middle East do you not believe we would run out of munitions in a week now? The Biden Admin and Pentagon are assuming too much risk with this aid. This will end badly for us.NEW - US sends another $1.2 billion in weapons to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/BYEtL4UDmh
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 9, 2023
This dude should sue the Bills and NFL to the max
Last August, the Bills cut punter Matt Arazia after a woman accused him of gang rape.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 8, 2023
Evidence has now proven Arazia was not at the house when the woman alleges he raped her and that she was having consensual sex with several dudes that night.https://t.co/07jSYM519B
Ukrainian military casualties are big trouble for Biden
via AsiaTimes
In a shocking statement that has now been withdrawn, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote that Ukraine has lost 100,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians in the Ukraine war.
This conforms to comments made by US Joint Chief of Staff head General Mark Milley, who in a speech at a conference hosted by New York’s Economic Club said that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war and that the number of troop casualties is probably the “same” for Ukraine’s army.
Ukraine’s heavy casualties are a signal that Washington’s de facto war with Russia is in trouble. President Joe Biden has to change direction or face a national security crisis that could end his presidency.
Ukraine may look as if it were winning. The truth is the opposite because Ukraine is running out of manpower it cannot replace. It is losing by attrition on the battlefield and, with the Russians systematically destroying its infrastructure, millions of Ukrainians have fled abroad. It is unlikely the country could recover even if the war should end tomorrow.
I know my audience. For a vast majority of you this will be downplayed and dismissed.
But for the others I present this idea.
I'm fully onboard with what this article is putting out.
I truly believe we are in a time of max risk with our defense stockpile (Europe is beyond that...this war has crippled us, not only the warring sides).
But about Ukraine itself.
The underreported corruption by the highest ranking officials is happening for a reason.
They know Ukraine as it existed is long gone.
They're setting themselves up for the future by stealing now.
What happens to the country?
I believe Poland. I am beyond sure that they'll annex portions of Ukraine.
Russia will hold onto what it has.
The rest? I don't know. Perhaps some type of EU administrative zone or even UN.
Regardless. Ukraine win or lose is gonna lose big.
Bonus from the same article...
Among the most stunning bits of information that have recently surfaced, reports in Poland say that around 1,200 Polish “volunteers” have been killed in Ukraine. These appear to have been drawn from Poland’s active land army, which consists of three main divisions.
Poland is hip deep in this fight and they will take their piece of the prize once the fighting is done.
Geez. They're back on this bullshit.
Not again… pic.twitter.com/jfhDYxCDur
— Mesh🇧🇧 (@rahsh33m) May 9, 2023
Elbit's UT50 Turret looks like a BEAST!
Does a 50mm round mean that we can move away from tanks in the direct fire/infantry support role? If it means we can and if we accept the price of using missiles against tanks as the new standard instead of tanks vs tanks then what is the rationale for tanks? Of course that's silly but many will push it. What we need to do but no one seems to be addressing it is that combined arms needs to be "tightened up" and possibly upgraded for the new century. The foundation is solid but certain issues have been exposed (anti-air) that need to be reinforced/expanded.Down in Charleston, SC covering @ElbitSystemsUS ribbon cutting for new Ground Combat Vehicle Center of Excellence and here’s their new UT50 turret, part of BAE Systems’ offering for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) competition pic.twitter.com/rmpmxwSF8r
— Matt Beinart (@MBeinart22) May 8, 2023
Does the Marines new modernization plan go too far? One of its former commandants thinks so
Does the Marines new modernization plan go too far? One of its former commandants thinks so | Federal News Network https://t.co/fjZNgApG8N via @FederalNewsNet
— Solomon (@SnafuBlogspot) May 9, 2023
Monday, May 08, 2023
Chart showing recession probabilities worldwide in 2023
Thanks to Panthera Pardus for the pic!
If we were using old/legacy standards of what constitutes a recession then the US would already be in one.
I think the same applies to the UK and most of Europe (war has a price and is inflationary besides the bloodshed).
What I find amazing is that Russia has a lower chance of recession than many countries that are boycotting it.
Ain't that a kick in the pants!
What should grab everyone's attention is the sleeping mega giant that is about to swoop in and crush us all.
KEEP AN EYE ON INDIA!
All those doctors and engineers (might be stereotyping but have you noticed that the one school we offer that isn't high up the list that many foreign students fight to get into isn't law school?) could be lured back home to a prosperous and rising India.
Also note the small print. 70% of Indian Americans have bachelors degrees. Not the bullshit journalism or culinary arts but hard sciences!
Sleep on India if you want to but you'd be making a mistake.
Early prediction too (call it a bonus).
India and Pakistan will have a limited nuclear exchange within the next 10-20 years. Why? Because Pakistan will understand that they can't keep pace so they'll want to blunt India's rise. It won't work and the world will be alarmed but it will cause the collapse of the Pakistan govt and forces will rush to keep those nukes from falling into the wrong hands (probably a joint international effort---SOCOM Olympics indeed!).
It really shook confidence in his professional military judgement
via CenterForSecurityPolicy.org
One retired Marine put it thus:
Gen. Berger’s testimony for 30 of those Light Amphibious Warships at $300 million [USD] per copy — which were to flit among the islands but withdraw from the [area of operations] in the event of armed conflict — really shook confidence in his professional military judgment. [In the Department of Navy as well as Congress.]
In the waning days of his office, for him to now claim, “What I meant to say was I really really need those full-up 31 Amphib big decks….” just doesn’t resonate.
I'm just wrapping my brain around how big this amphibious shipping crisis is.
The next Commandant will have to do more than walk and chew bubble gum.
The minute he hits office he's gonna have to fight to fix the ARG/MEU.
If he's a Berger acolyte then he's gonna have to work to finish his vision while at the same time defending the need for at least 31 big decks.
Oh and he's gonna have to work to repair the rift in the Marine Corps family over how Berger pursued his vision.
Don't care whether you like Force Design 2030 or not (I don't). One thing is undeniable.
The United States Marine Corps is in worse shape now than when Berger took over as Commandant.
His legacy will be one of failure.
Japanese massacre Chinese at Changjiao
via WWII Today
The Rape of Nanking, when as many as 250,000 unarmed Chinese were massacred in 1937, is relatively well known in the West. Less well-known and even less well-understood are other atrocities against the Chinese civilian population during the Japanese occupation of China. Between the 5th and the 12th May there was a massacre of Chinese civilians at Changjiao, regarded as the second worst in the whole war:
The Changjiao Massacre was directed towards Chinese civilians. It was started by the Japanese China Expeditionary Army. The tragedy occured in Chingjiao, Hunan. The leader was Shunroku Hata. The Changjiao Massacre went on for four days, and 30,000 civilians were killed.
I personally severed more than forty heads. Today, I no longer remember each of them well. It might sound extreme, but I can almost say that if more than two weeks went by without my taking a head, I didn't feel right. Physically, I needed to be refreshed.
If you've ever wondered why every attempt at a "NATO in the Far East" has failed and will never work then look to WWII.
"Exercise Trifecta" or "Triple Victory" is an initiative combining three exercises carried out along the eastern flank
„Exercise Trifecta” czyli „Potrójne ZwyciÄ™stwo” to inicjatywa Å‚Ä…czÄ…ca trzy ćwiczenia realizowane wzdÅ‚uż wschodniej flanki @NATO.
— Sztab Generalny WP (@SztabGenWP) May 8, 2023
Prowadzone głównie na południu Europy ćwiczenie 🇺🇸 #Defender23 oraz w Szwecji 🇸🇪 #Aurora23 są ściśle skoordynowane z manewrami
🇵🇱 #ANAKONDA23. pic.twitter.com/Z7p5pu5ans
Marines are in an uproar over Amphibious Ships but Berger's mistake by calling for fewer might doom the Corps...
Note. I didn't realize it at the time but Berger's call for 31`instead of 38 amphibious ships might be the biggest blunder in the history of the Marine Corps. He focused so completely on the Pacific that he forgot that the rest of the world matter too. Now its too late because the Office Of The SecDef believed what he was selling.
via Marine Corps Times
At office of the secretary of defense’s (OSD) direction, the Navy plans to pause its successful dock landing platform (LPD-17 Flight II) shipbuilding program and accelerate the decommissioning of its dock landing ships (LSD-41/49) early. If the dock landing platform ship line is not continued, the amphibious fleet eventually will decline to 25 ships when the last of the dock landing ships are gone.
Marine leadership is now fixated on maintaining 31 ships. A Marine official recently commented that the size of the Navy’s amphibious fleet left the Corps unable to respond to the earthquake in Turkey. He used the occasion to reinforce the requirement: “31 is the number.”
The problem is, the Navy currently has 31 amphibious ships. A listener would be forgiven for some confusion: A 31-ship fleet is inadequate, but a 31-ship fleet is what the Corps must have?
As the crisis in Sudan demonstrates, 31 ships are not nearly enough. A fleet that small does not support the Corps’ needs, including deployments of sufficient Marine expeditionary units. These forward-deployed units provide flexible forces for a variety of routine operations like engagement with allies and partners and presence in troubled areas. The Marines, vehicles, aircraft and other equipment are uniquely suited to respond to earthquakes, typhoons, noncombatant evacuations and other contingencies. But they can do this only if they have the ships from which to operate.
If you read Marine Corps Twitter the talk now is which mission the Marine Corps will no longer perform.
I can't help but think that Berger knew what he was doing by calling for less amphibious ships. He myopically focused on the Indo-Pacific and has basically stated "fuck the rest of the world, the other services can handle it".
With that in mind I can't help but wonder if Sudan wasn't a trial run for the new crisis response force...SOCOM.
The capacity for action will definitely be smaller but they will be able to fly the flag.
Think about what we've seen.
An earthquake in Turkey and the Navy sent an aircraft carrier. A huge ship but displayed much less capability than our allies that were flying in supplies.
The evacuation in Sudan. They only got out "important officials" and we had to rely on allies and even the Chinese to handle the bulk of getting nationals out. Much less capacity but it did work to a certain extent.
Is this Berger's parting gift to the Marine Corps?
A Marine Corps that is no longer ready when America is least ready?
A Marine Corps that is no longer America's 911 force?
I get a chance to talk to some of the bubbas at Ft Polk and ran across some SNCOs from the 82nd. Did you know that they also do HA/DR?
Is that the future?
SOCOM in the lead with the 82nd or 101st or other light fighters serving in the capacity that the Marines once did?
Ships are agnostic. They don't care who is sleeping on a bunk. They don't care who's eating in the galley. With the advent of alternative shipping, with air transport seeming to equal what we're able to put on the ground (remember the 82nd will soon have tanks, the Marine Corps not so much) with ships, I don't think its a stretch that Force Design 2030 will soon see the nation divest itself of the USMC.
Texas Mall Shooter a Nazi? Yeah. I believe it...
Because of America's jaded and outdated racial standards its often forgotten that Hispanic has two parts. Caucasian of Hispanic heritage. So it can fit. Below is what this shooter posted. Ok media. I get what you're selling and I can buy it. Now tell me what the trans shooter wrote. I need to hear what HE was saying before the shooting.
Sidenote. From what I gather most of his victims were Hispanic. I know that there is a bit of animosity between Mexicans, Venezuelans, Hondurans etc...The community is not monolithic (even though we try and lump them all together) so was he aiming at Hispanics of other nationalities or did it matter?
Texas mall shooter posted hate-filled messages before the attack.
— BNO News (@BNONews) May 8, 2023
"The most important thing about a school shooting is to know the race of the person, who did it, the kill count," he wrote.
In another post, alongside a swastika: "Here's what I think about your diversity" pic.twitter.com/4K5KmEItHQ
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