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Military/Defense News / Re: Marines, special ops test MRZR vehicles that add power, payload capacity
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 03:01:34 pm »The same sh*tty drivers will yield the same sh*tty results.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 03:01:18 pm »Quote
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Cohen made $4M doing other consulting work in 2017, didn't tell Trump: testimony
Trump attorney Todd Blanche pressed Michael Cohen on other consulting work he did in 2017 — which he said netted him $4 million from six other clients.
Cohen confirmed that he was paid $50,000 per month for a year by AT&T when they were trying to acquire Time Warner.
Cohen then was asked if he ever told Trump about these "consulting agreements" and he said he "did not specifically" reveal the contracts to the former president.
"It was Mr. Trump who introduced the CEO of AT&T to me, that's how I ended up retaining them as a client," Cohen said.
Trump smiled and shook his head after Cohen's response.
Blanche then tried asking Cohen if he knew that Trump was frustrated when he found out his work with AT&T, but the judge sustained the prosecution's objection to the question.
Trump was then seen having an animated conversation with attorney Emil Bove, who is sitting to his right at the defense table.
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Military/Defense News / Marines, special ops test MRZR vehicles that add power, payload capacity
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 03:00:42 pm »Marines, special ops test MRZR vehicles that add power, payload capacity
By Megan Eckstein
Friday, May 17, 2024
The U.S. military has expressed interest in new ways to power more capabilities on vehicles, including this drone-jamming and -controlling system. (Dalton S. Swanbeck/U.S. Marine Corps)
Polaris has a version of its MRZR Alpha vehicle able to power offboard systems that’s nearing production, as well as a heavy-payload variant undergoing testing with the Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command, the manufacturer told Defense News.
Program manager John LaFata said developing the ability for MRZR light vehicles to generate electricity to power radars, networks, weapons and the like “has been the Marine Corps’ No. 1 focus with us over the last year.”
To that end, Polaris created two products: a 1-kilowatt exportable power system that can be added onto existing vehicles by installing a kit, and a 5-kilowatt system that can be built into new vehicles on the production line.
Both use a DC-to-DC power converter that connects to the existing MRZR alternator to export 24-volt power. The system communicates with the engine on how much power is needed, and it only revs the engine to a higher speed if the plugged-in weapon or sensor demands more power, according to the company.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2024/05/17/marines-special-ops-test-mrzr-vehicles-that-add-power-payload-capacity/
By Megan Eckstein
Friday, May 17, 2024
The U.S. military has expressed interest in new ways to power more capabilities on vehicles, including this drone-jamming and -controlling system. (Dalton S. Swanbeck/U.S. Marine Corps)
Polaris has a version of its MRZR Alpha vehicle able to power offboard systems that’s nearing production, as well as a heavy-payload variant undergoing testing with the Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command, the manufacturer told Defense News.
Program manager John LaFata said developing the ability for MRZR light vehicles to generate electricity to power radars, networks, weapons and the like “has been the Marine Corps’ No. 1 focus with us over the last year.”
To that end, Polaris created two products: a 1-kilowatt exportable power system that can be added onto existing vehicles by installing a kit, and a 5-kilowatt system that can be built into new vehicles on the production line.
Both use a DC-to-DC power converter that connects to the existing MRZR alternator to export 24-volt power. The system communicates with the engine on how much power is needed, and it only revs the engine to a higher speed if the plugged-in weapon or sensor demands more power, according to the company.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2024/05/17/marines-special-ops-test-mrzr-vehicles-that-add-power-payload-capacity/
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World News / Re: Arrest warrants sought for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas leader for war crimes: Internati
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 03:00:22 pm »Time for Israel to give the ICC a nation-wide pair of middle fingers. Israel is one of several nations that refuses to recognize that the ICC has any authority. This predictable anti-Semitic move demonstrates why.
I agree. An arrest warrant for Bibi for defending his country that was brutally attacked and hostages never released (some presumed dead), is craziness and very concerning.
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Military/Defense News / Re: US & China: Cold War or Cold Peace?
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 02:54:54 pm »If Hunter Biden has a lush residence somewhere in China, it's cold peace. 
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Military/Defense News / US & China: Cold War or Cold Peace?
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 02:53:22 pm »US & China: Cold War or Cold Peace?
Foreign Policy Essay Says China's surveillance and sky balloons hovering over top US strategic nuclear facilities were “errant”---not designed to surveil the USA
PETER HUESSY - WARRIOR SENIOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANALYSTMAY 17, 2024
By Peter Huessy, Senior Warrior Nuclear Weapons Analyst
Foreign Policy is a journal of international affairs that likes to take issue with what it sees as conventional wisdom. This month they publish an essay taking issue with the growing concern in the United States---deemed not justified---over the direction of the Chinese government under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Michael Hirsch a columnist for the Journal worries Washington is unnecessarily headed toward a cold war with China rather than an alternative cold peace.
Hirsch admits of Chinese aggression against the United States but dismisses it as any sign China wants to dominate the competition between the two nations, let alone seek hegemonic primacy. As evidence he advises Xi apparently “pleaded” with US industrial leaders to make investments in China (now declining for the first time in decades), on top of a near $700 billion in annual trade, and that these are indicators China is totally accepting of the current international economic system (which many believe China has been trying to undermine and destroy.)
What Hirsch dismisses is the long ago adopted unrestricted warfare strategy of the CCP against the United States. Apparently, the reports of its adoption were fables.
Hirch tells us the surveillance and sky balloons hovering over top US strategic nuclear facilities were “errant”---not designed to surveil the USA and just coincidentally crossing the entire United States and “spying” on our most sensitive military bases.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/
Foreign Policy Essay Says China's surveillance and sky balloons hovering over top US strategic nuclear facilities were “errant”---not designed to surveil the USA
PETER HUESSY - WARRIOR SENIOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANALYSTMAY 17, 2024
By Peter Huessy, Senior Warrior Nuclear Weapons Analyst
Foreign Policy is a journal of international affairs that likes to take issue with what it sees as conventional wisdom. This month they publish an essay taking issue with the growing concern in the United States---deemed not justified---over the direction of the Chinese government under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Michael Hirsch a columnist for the Journal worries Washington is unnecessarily headed toward a cold war with China rather than an alternative cold peace.
Hirsch admits of Chinese aggression against the United States but dismisses it as any sign China wants to dominate the competition between the two nations, let alone seek hegemonic primacy. As evidence he advises Xi apparently “pleaded” with US industrial leaders to make investments in China (now declining for the first time in decades), on top of a near $700 billion in annual trade, and that these are indicators China is totally accepting of the current international economic system (which many believe China has been trying to undermine and destroy.)
What Hirsch dismisses is the long ago adopted unrestricted warfare strategy of the CCP against the United States. Apparently, the reports of its adoption were fables.
Hirch tells us the surveillance and sky balloons hovering over top US strategic nuclear facilities were “errant”---not designed to surveil the USA and just coincidentally crossing the entire United States and “spying” on our most sensitive military bases.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/
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Health/Education / Re: Utah mom left 'disabled' after COVID-19 vaccine trial launches first US lawsuit against AstraZen
« Last post by PeteS in CA on Today at 02:50:26 pm »I live a 10 minute walk from a major hospital. Why hasn't it been flooded with Vaccine Injured patients?
A family member works for a hospice organization. Why hasn't it been flooded with Vaccine Injured patients?
I have zero problems getting an appointment with my cardiologist, and the waiting room of his (multi-physician) practice has never been full since they started seeing patients in 2021. Why haven't they been flooded with Vaccine Injured patients?
A family member works for a hospice organization. Why hasn't it been flooded with Vaccine Injured patients?
I have zero problems getting an appointment with my cardiologist, and the waiting room of his (multi-physician) practice has never been full since they started seeing patients in 2021. Why haven't they been flooded with Vaccine Injured patients?
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Military/Defense News / Re: US troops to fully leave Niger by mid-September
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 02:50:12 pm »I'll bet, though, the US is supposed to come running to bail their sorry *sses out when they start getting overrun by some Muslim militia. 
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Military/Defense News / US troops to fully leave Niger by mid-September
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 02:47:48 pm »US troops to fully leave Niger by mid-September
The Department of Defense has already started withdrawing personnel from Niger.
BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED MAY 19, 2024 5:31 PM EDT
The United States and Niger reached an agreement to withdraw the roughly 1,000 American military troops from the African country.
The news came from a joint announcement by the U.S. and Niger. The “two nations reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun,” they announced earlier on May 19. According to the agreement, all U.S. troops will leave by Sept. 15, 2024, ending a long presence in the country. For years Niger had been a focal point of U.S. counterterrorism in West Africa and the Sahel, home to two important air bases used by American forces.
The decision, the announcement said, came from days of negotiations in the Nigerien capital of Niamey. In March, Niger’s military junta, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
(AKA the CNSP, after the French spelling), announced that it was expelling American troops from the country. The CNSP, which took power in a coup in July 2023, previously expelled the French military, which left at the end of that year. Niger is one of several West African countries to be taken over by a junta, others being Burkina Faso and Mali.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-troops-niger-withdrawal-september/
The Department of Defense has already started withdrawing personnel from Niger.
BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED MAY 19, 2024 5:31 PM EDT
The United States and Niger reached an agreement to withdraw the roughly 1,000 American military troops from the African country.
The news came from a joint announcement by the U.S. and Niger. The “two nations reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun,” they announced earlier on May 19. According to the agreement, all U.S. troops will leave by Sept. 15, 2024, ending a long presence in the country. For years Niger had been a focal point of U.S. counterterrorism in West Africa and the Sahel, home to two important air bases used by American forces.
The decision, the announcement said, came from days of negotiations in the Nigerien capital of Niamey. In March, Niger’s military junta, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland
(AKA the CNSP, after the French spelling), announced that it was expelling American troops from the country. The CNSP, which took power in a coup in July 2023, previously expelled the French military, which left at the end of that year. Niger is one of several West African countries to be taken over by a junta, others being Burkina Faso and Mali.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-troops-niger-withdrawal-september/
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PJ Comix / VIDEO: Reality Check on NBC's Pathetic Coverage of Hunter Biden Laptop Story
« Last post by pjcomix on Today at 02:44:59 pm »Quote
On the May 19, 2024 "Meet The Press" during a contentious interview with Senator Marco Rubio, host Kristin Welker claimed NBC News did cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020. Yeah, they covered it by discounting it as the result of RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION as you can see here. So when will Welker and NBC News issue a CORRECTION by admitting that the Hunter Biden Laptop story was true and NOT the result of Russian Disinformation? And while they are at it. will Andrea Mitchell also correct her highly laughable claim in 2020 that Joe Biden was some sort of heroic fighter against corruption in Ukraine?
https://rumble.com/embed/v4tvj1h/?pub=7wvc3
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