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National/Breaking News / Re: PETA calls Noem a ‘psychotic loony’ for deadly dog story
« Last post by AllThatJazzZ on Today at 08:45:12 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on May 03, 2024, 02:25:07 pm
I guess I don't see the difference between the pound and the owner doing it.

@Free Vulcan

Fair point. It seemed that these were 2 dogs working in tandem. From that, I assumed that they were roaming the streets or countryside looking for "trouble." That's why I asked how they were in a position to go after the pet ducks. If the scenario is different from that, please let me know and I'll assess it with the actual facts rather than my assumption.


Regarding Gov. Noem ... upon further examination (and because I was finally able to see a clip of her explaining the situation), I will cut her some slack. She said that she was the 2nd owner of the dog and that it came to her as a troubled dog. I would suggest that she didn't have the ability to redirect the dog from its bad behavior and decided to put it down after the chicken and biting incident. Assuming that all she said is true, my only criticisms of her would be that she took on a project she wasn't equipped to handle and that she wrote about the incident in her book. I would have preferred that she try her best to re-home the dog, but sometimes there just aren't any takers.
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Military/Defense News / US Air Force eyes deadline to launch new command
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 08:44:42 pm »
US Air Force eyes deadline to launch new command
By Stephen Losey
 May 3, 04:04 PM
 
The U.S. Air Force wants to have its Integrated Capabilities Command up and running by the end of 2024, the service’s chief of staff told reporters Thursday.

The command is a central pillar of a vast reorganization the service announced in February. This revamp, the service’s largest since the end of the Cold War, is intended to better prepare the Air Force to counter major adversaries such as China and win a high-tech, modern war amid limited funding.


The Air Force has become “fragmented” and built up its capabilities “in chunks at a time,” Gen. David Allvin said at a roundtable. But in an era where the Air Force must prepare for a potential fight against an advanced enemy, he added, the service must take a broader look to prepare for the future.

For example, he said, a siloed approach to modernization could lead one section of the Air Force to focus on updating an outdated capability, even if that capability won’t be relevant to a future fight. By having an Integrated Capabilities Command looking at the big picture, he noted, the service might recognize such an upgrade wouldn’t be worth it.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/05/03/us-air-force-eyes-deadline-to-launch-new-command/
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National/Breaking News / Re: Outrage erupts when authorities toss 2 farmers in prison on 30-day sentences
« Last post by DB on Today at 08:43:16 pm »
Quote from: banddag on Today at 08:38:22 pm
It sure is a medical procedure whether done on animal s or humans.

You can buy ultrasound machines on Amazon without a prescription or license... Putting on a band-aid is a "medical procedure" in your world...
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Elections 2024 / Re: Report: Trump and DeSantis Meet in Miami, Talk Fundraising
« Last post by Hoodat on Today at 08:42:11 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on Today at 08:19:14 pm
Get some new material --- I've already answered you on this   @Hoodat

You answered with a strawman that had zero connection to the question - a strawman based on a false premise, which was shown to you clearly in my reply:

Quote from: Hoodat on May 01, 2024, 03:33:02 am
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on May 01, 2024, 03:27:47 am
You're living in a fantasy bubble @Hoodat  ----- and you're starting to believe the outcome of the primary somehow proves RDS had more support than Donald Trump.

Uh, no.  There is nothing I have posted that even remotely suggests this.  You made it up.  It is solely your invention.


Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on May 01, 2024, 03:27:47 am
Correcting this group think with the actual outcome is not "bashing" Ron DeSantis ---- it's bashing a disturbing level of near insanity.

RDS lost.  He knows he lost.  His donors know he lost. ---- Believe it, embrace it and move on.

Hysterical.  DeSantis supporters moved on long ago.  It's you that still feels compelled to continue taking pot shots at him long after he's exited the race.  Maybe you are the one who should move on.  Ever consider that?


My responses to you stand.  Every single one of them.
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January 6th / Re: START THE COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS: DC National Guard Whistleblower Alleges Trump’s Commander-i
« Last post by Cyber Liberty on Today at 08:41:47 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on Today at 06:53:45 pm
:bkmk:

???? So if the CIC has the Constitutional powers over the military how can the military brass revoke those powers?

What am I missing here or not understanding???

They can't.  It was highly unlawful to refuse to pass down orders from the CiC, and that's exactly what they did.  I didn't trust the Military in that regards since 1/20/17.  There was plenty of scuttlebutt going around back then when it was implied by many at the Pentagon, that Trump's commands were not absolute.  That they would intervene to be a check on Trump, who they were insisting at the time that stupid Trump would walk us straight into WWIII. 

They broke the chain of command to "save the world from Trump!"

This is the level of insubordination we're dealing with here.
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Military/Defense News / Re: Navy slow to adopt modern ship-designing tools, GAO finds
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 08:41:41 pm »
The world has noticed! :thud:
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Military/Defense News / Navy slow to adopt modern ship-designing tools, GAO finds
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 08:41:02 pm »
Navy slow to adopt modern ship-designing tools, GAO finds
The service is getting in the way of shipbuilders who want to go digital, the watchdog said.
PATRICK TUCKER | MAY 3, 2024 05:13 PM ET
NAVY INDUSTRY C4ISR
   
One reason the U.S. Navy is behind on its shipbuilding goals is that it’s been slow to embrace the kinds of digital-design tools that have revolutionized the process of building commercial ships and military aircraft, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.

Such tools—3-D modeling, digital twinning—have helped the Air Force fast-track the design, prototyping, and experimentation of new platforms.

“Navy shipbuilders’ use of these tools remains more limited overall than what we found for commercial builders,” the GAO wrote in “Navy Shipbuilding: Increased Use of Leading Design Practices Could Improve Timeliness of Deliveries,” which was released on Thursday.

It’s not a small issue. The United States will be heavily reliant on new ships to deter China from attacking Taiwan or other countries in the Pacific. But China right now has a larger Navy with more than 370 platforms and “is expected to grow to 395 ships by 2025 and 435 ships by 2030,” according to the Defense Department. The U.S. Navy, by comparison, expects to maintain its fleet of around 290 battle force ships through 2030.

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/05/navy-slow-adopt-modern-ship-designing-tools-gao-finds/396313/
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Tulsi Gabbard: Why it's time to leave the Democrat party behind
« Last post by roamer_1 on Today at 08:40:52 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on Today at 08:18:22 pm
I'm not doubting that conservatism as an ideology is dying. It's morphed into a orange goo of "spend us dry republicanism"

That is evident in seeing younger legislators having no interest in fiscal responsibility.  Or...  like in the case of Gabbard, having her acceptable to those who are even remotely right of center.    For us dinosaurs who are about to be extinct, at least we can go down dying yelling and screaming.

Don't say we didn't warn you in the end, when the fiscal cliff is reached.

Nah... Nothing can kill Conservatism as a philosophy.
You can ignore it at your peril.
But you can't kill it, nor change it, nor make it null.

FAFO
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Military/Defense News / The Marines want to ‘litter the battlefield’ with anti-drone sensors
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 08:39:34 pm »
The Marines want to ‘litter the battlefield’ with anti-drone sensors
Some units will get portable devices within a year, officials said.
SAM SKOVE | MAY 3, 2024 06:07 PM ET
MARINE CORPS DRONES
   
The Marine Corps wants to employ more passive sensors and kinetic weapons to find and take down drones, and plans to field personal drone detectors in the next 12 months, officers said Thursday at the Modern Day Marine conference.

Some Marines in Marine Expeditionary Units, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe, and the 4th Marine Regiment will get the scanners, said Captain Taylor Barefoot, the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Capabilities Integration officer in the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development Directorate.

“In the next twelve months, there’s going to be systems out there fielded to this at a basic level,” Barefoot said. More advanced systems are also in the works.

Such scanners typically check for radio signals sent to and from drones. Some also use auditory cues to identify drones.

Ukrainians widely use hand-held scanners to alert them to incoming enemy drones. Some models can identify specific models, like the Orlan-10 observation drone. Ukrainian soldiers say the scanners sound the alarm faster than their own eyes and ears.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/05/marines-want-litter-battlefield-anti-drone-sensors/396315/
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Elections 2024 / Re: REPORT: Trump’s VP List Is Down To 4 Options
« Last post by libertybele on Today at 08:39:01 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on Today at 08:17:34 pm
Victory in November against Biden requires everyone's help @libertybele  --- including yours.

Oh, but I did try to help out by pointing out several times that it is highly unlikely that Trump will escape all the felonies that he is charged with and to support a competent candidate with a proven track record.  Instead he was politically and personally smeared; just as Cruz was.  Some people just don't learn.  :shrug:
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