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    World War III Updates

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    Tilting at windmills not complete yet

    I would say that I'm Ukraine War continuation skeptical but not opposed exactly, they passed the "funding" bill but as a skeptic I would be less skeptical, cynical and maybe supportive if they passed a funding vehicle (bureacracy speak phrase for tax increase or creation) to pay for this appropriation 
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/20/betrayal-complete-mike-johnson-passes-61-billion-ukraine-aid-violates-hastert-rule-again/
    Like climate change preening / virtue signalling... if the activist / big mouth / holier than thou person advocating for a low energy life style actually lived that way themselves I'd take them seriously, but as they are not actually for paying for it but thru debt issuance, continued funding seems less than honorable
    Follow up: 
    So as I know there are CODEL staffers lurking on this thread /s… the IRS says there were 161 million income tax filings, divide that into 60 billion, that’s about $373 per filer, propose an amendment or stand alone bill to 2023 income tax filings and collect the money, not holding breath but that would go long way to burnishing your credentials and supposed commitment to the LIO and love of it 
     

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    Today in hypocrisy...

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    5 hours ago, Pooter said:

    The creditors were absolutely defrauded. They issued lower interest rate/higher principle loans based on fraudulent collateral asset claims. Just because the government figured it out before the creditors doesn't mean a crime didn't take place. 

    And if you truly think this is some horrible selective prosecution that spells the end of the republic, I have an experiment for you. Next time you apply for a mortgage try grossly inflating your assets and see how far you get with that. And when you get investigated for fraud, try pitching the victimless crime narrative. 

    But you would never try that because you know exactly what would happen. So only one question remains: why do you think trump should get away with something you never could?

    So are any of them suing him for this fraud?  I don’t see any trying to get back what you say he cheated them out of, they would have greatest incentive but none are making public statements that they are.

    57 minutes ago, Pooter said:

    It's fraud. On a massive, hilarious scale. Try doing even 1/10th of 1% of what the Big Guy did and you'd be absolutely f**ked by any law enforcement agency 

    FIFY

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    Today in hypocrisy...

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    38 minutes ago, Pooter said:

    As one would expect from breitbart, this article is missing literally any level of detail or context which would shed light on how Stewart and Trump's situations are completely, entirely different. It's just lazy trump defense hackery without any facts to back it up. 
    For those still unclear on the difference:

    Jon Stewart's property was assessed by state tax authorities to be worth a certain amount. He then sold it for a different amount. This is how the difference between assessed value and market value works.. which fluctuates constantly and can be very different depending on market conditions. Discrepancies between assessed value and market value have nothing to do with someone committing fraud. 

    Trump tripled the reported square footage of properties specifically to inflate his net worth in order to get loans, and then reported the actual smaller square footage on tax documents. Square footage is an empirical measurement and you can't just lie about the size of your property when it's convenient for you. That's called fraud. 

    If any of us sold our houses right now, we'd likely list it far above its tax assessed value. That doesn't make any of us fraudsters. But you would be a fraudster if you had a 3000 sq/ft house and then went to a bank and got a loan predicated on reporting a 9000 sq/ft as collateral. 

    None of his creditors were defrauded, all were compensated at their contractual terms and none filed a complaint following their transactions 

    This is a bullshit selective investigation and prosecution while that which is obvious to any normal functioning human goes unpunished and is evidence that the Republic as we think of it is over, it’s something else now, I’m not claiming it’s a dictatorship or something but it’s a system ruled by men partially dependent on who you are and selectively interpreted laws, rules and policy now

    You could say that was the way it was when discrimination was legal and morally acceptable and you would have a point but it doesn’t change the fact that it is getting worse, driving the division that probably can’t be fixed and will lead to a change in the Republic eventually 

    No idea if that change will be better or worse, obviously I hope for the better 

     

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    Today in hypocrisy...

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    Both sides are terrible but it was the left that started using government agencies (IRS/FBI) and now the courts to go after political opponents.


    Concur
    I’m actually an optimist but I kinda see the past few years of this as a crossing of the Rubicon moment(s) for the Republic
    Unless the Administrative State is shrunk, decentralized and throughly flushed I’m not sure we can go forward as a democratic republic of unified sovereign states

    Well, in this era. They were doing it in the 40s-60s with the communism hunting, right?


    Doesn’t make it right, just proves people in power like to use whatever means at their disposal to oppress their enemies, fellow citizens and others
    Therefore you have to / should constantly right size their power
    Nothing that curtails basic freedom or acts in some ways against the aspiration of the constitution should be allowed a guarantee continuous existence. Every power beyond the basics should be sunsetted or explicitly renewed


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    Thirty Years Ago Today...The Falklands War Started

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    Argies getting second hand vipers

    https://www.twz.com/air/f-16-looks-like-the-endgame-to-argentinas-epic-fighter-saga

    Kinda surprised they didn’t go for a cheaper not subject to US sanctions (parts/support) option if they wanted to have another try for the Falklands

    https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09/in-argentinas-fighter-competition-washington-and-beijing-fight-for-regional-influence/


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    Guard fighter squadrons being reduced!?

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    On 3/20/2024 at 11:03 PM, brabus said:

    It would not bring any value add to the SEAD mission, and is much less capable in that role than the F-35. But that’s not a dig on the Raptor, it was never designed for that role. Old jets belong at the 65th as mentioned above…that is one of the best ideas I’ve heard the AF have in the last 10 years, too bad it’s taking them about 10 years too long to implement a good idea.

    I’ll take your word on it, still the airplane nerd in me doesn’t like seeing them put into storage 

    On the general subject of guard fighters, the F-15EX and huge pork barrel project to take the guts of the Gripen E and put them into a resurrected F-20 

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    Couldn't help myself

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    Harassment of Civil Traffic

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    Been going on for over a year, severely affecting our mil platforms as well, and we haven’t done s$&t about it..

    I guess we could jam in response
    I’m fine with that but not sure what else non kinetic we could do
    It’s bullshit and I’m not sure being the bigger man and not retaliating (openly) is a viable COA going forward
    We just seem to be content letting assholes screw around with us


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    Guard fighter squadrons being reduced!?

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    6 hours ago, Danger41 said:

    That block of jets being retired has become so different over the years that they are basically a logistics anchor on the entire fleet. And bringing them up to the rest of the fleet is cost prohibitive so something’s gotta give.

    Thread derailing question but could this block get modified to primarily focused on a different mission set?  LO Weasels? 

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    4 hours ago, Lawman said:


    Nowhere near enough thermal energy to grant any sort of reliable track. Time from standby to active and searching the the right direction would require a magic level of situational awareness. Also not enough range to permit a reliable distance of intercept.

    I know people brief like a manpads is like a little ~5km wide 10k foot threat bubble just sitting on the battlefield, but they aren’t nearly as effective as the video games make them seem. I like to send pilots out to observe the ADA guys from their perspective. It’s mostly a tool of attrition to kill people dumb enough to hang around close, or a system to ambush predictable targets on established air corridors.

    Now a system like Coyote? Probably better suited as this is exactly what it is designed to be, an expendable suicidal drone. But you still need donors and command and control architecture that may or may not be available at scale for them.

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    Good stuff, not the right system then but the idea, a relatively cheap per shot system matched with a Hail Mary short range system (DE, guided AAA, suicide drone)

    Time to abolish the Air Force?

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    8 hours ago, Majestik Møøse said:

    Weird way to say the Army can’t defend itself against quadcopters. They’ll respond the same way they always have, by shooting more Patriots at sky debris which will result in the death of friendly aircraft.

    The lesson that the US Army should be taking from Ukraine is that a poorly equipped but motivated army can defend itself in flat, featureless territory against an army 5x the size if that larger force is unable wield air power to attack strategic centers of gravity. 

    Excellent point, now someone more articulate than I on this forum needs to expand on that observation and offer a retort to the WOR article… 

    On drones, RPAs and eventually UCAVs… we should have been testing more systems there ala the Spanish Civil War to get ready for the looming big one (maybe)…

    I’m still not sure continuing to arm and encourage Ukrainian operations to recover territory now held by Russia is the long term best strategy for the West / Ukraine but if your going to supply and support then get the most out of it that you can

    Time to abolish the Air Force?

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    Stirring the pot a bit fellas… it fires up the cadre and keeps us just the right amount of assertive 

    Concur with the prevailing sentiments but I do think we need to get more public and actually doctrinally state that the USAF wants to lead the other services in rapid deployment and advancement of all UAS, small to large and controlled to autonomous 

     

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