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Immigration/Border / Re: New York braces for 'summer surge' of migrants to add to 175,000 who are already in the Big Appl
« Last post by Free Vulcan on Today at 03:52:44 pm »
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Biden Economics Adviser Admits He Doesn’t Get Economics
« Last post by LMAO on Today at 03:51:58 pm »"Ironically, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Trump campaign is considering a separate series of policy proposals intended to “blunt” the Fed’s independence. But if Trump’s proposals for greater tariffs would exacerbate inflation (and they would), modern monetary theory poses a far greater risk to the economy and to the Federal Reserve."
Trump also believes in MMT.
And Biden also now believes in tariffs.
We’re so screwed
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Immigration/Border / Re: Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey Approves Millions in New Spending on Illegal Immigr
« Last post by Free Vulcan on Today at 03:51:55 pm »DID YOU NOT VOTE FOR THIS?
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Immigration/Border / Re: Taxpayers are paying $21 per illegal, per meal, per day in Massachusetts.
« Last post by Free Vulcan on Today at 03:51:22 pm »DID YOU NOT VOTE FOR THIS?
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Health/Education / Re: Students take protests a step further with clueless conversions to Islam
« Last post by Free Vulcan on Today at 03:50:14 pm »This is what Marxists do, bum rush escalation to radicalize and attack their political opposition with whatever form of violence they can come up with on the way to revolution, dictatorship, and despotic tyranny. Islam is just another vehicle.
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Military/Defense News / Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With a Maritime Overhaul
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 03:50:13 pm »Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With a Maritime Overhaul
By Brent D. Sadler
May 07, 2024
U.S. Navy
The USS Boxer returned to San Diego after only 10 days into what should have been at least a six month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The repairs are estimated to take at least two months, denying the U.S. critical crises response capabilites in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo)
America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate investment have left our shipping, shipbuilding, Navy, merchant marines, ports, and Coast Guard woefully behind the times. The Secretary of the Navy and a growing group in Congress are sounding the alarm, drawing attention to the plight of our weakened maritime sector.
Recent headlines help tell the story. Since October 2023, the Navy has been engaged in a ‘whack-a-mole’ standoff with the Houthis, an Iranian proxy that has been attacking vessels in the Red Sea and damaging global trade. This confrontation expanded to include missile defense of Israel, culminating on April 13 with the shoot-down of several Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Israel by destroyers Arleigh Burke and Carney.
This defensive effort is depleting expensive munitions that are in short supply. The Secretary of the Navy stated before Congress on April 15 that the Navy has responded to 130 attacks at a cost of $1 billion in munitions. At current procurement rates, it could take years to recover unless production capacity is greatly expanded in short order.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/07/strengthening_our_beleaguered_military_starts_with_a_maritime_overhaul_1029809.html
By Brent D. Sadler
May 07, 2024
U.S. Navy
The USS Boxer returned to San Diego after only 10 days into what should have been at least a six month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The repairs are estimated to take at least two months, denying the U.S. critical crises response capabilites in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo)
America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate investment have left our shipping, shipbuilding, Navy, merchant marines, ports, and Coast Guard woefully behind the times. The Secretary of the Navy and a growing group in Congress are sounding the alarm, drawing attention to the plight of our weakened maritime sector.
Recent headlines help tell the story. Since October 2023, the Navy has been engaged in a ‘whack-a-mole’ standoff with the Houthis, an Iranian proxy that has been attacking vessels in the Red Sea and damaging global trade. This confrontation expanded to include missile defense of Israel, culminating on April 13 with the shoot-down of several Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Israel by destroyers Arleigh Burke and Carney.
This defensive effort is depleting expensive munitions that are in short supply. The Secretary of the Navy stated before Congress on April 15 that the Navy has responded to 130 attacks at a cost of $1 billion in munitions. At current procurement rates, it could take years to recover unless production capacity is greatly expanded in short order.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/07/strengthening_our_beleaguered_military_starts_with_a_maritime_overhaul_1029809.html
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by DB on Today at 03:49:30 pm »Looking forward to her response when the Defense sets this document in front of her.
But I guess Porn Stars never lie, do they?
Those were the terms of her NDA with Trump. They're both liars.
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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: Biden Economics Adviser Admits He Doesn’t Get Economics
« Last post by Wingnut on Today at 03:47:55 pm »He has a degree in liberal arts from Columbia. So he is more than qualified.
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Military/Defense News / Re: The VA and DoD Don't Have a Funding Problem. They Have a Mismanagement Crisis.
« Last post by rangerrebew on Today at 03:46:45 pm »I don't know if funding is done the way it was 50+ years ago when I served. Funding was based on what was spent to previous quarter. So, to insure there was money in the next quarter, if it was getting close getting near the end of a quarter and there was money left, a unit would need to spend that money moe ricky tick. It was interesting being out to sea at that point to see all the equipment that went over the side so a unit would have to reorder and spend their excess.
A case in point. I was on the fantail one morning waiting to go to breakfast when a couple cooks carrying a box of something walked by. I could smell it was cooked by the aroma. I asked what they had, and they said cooked steaks. I asked what they had in mind for them, and they said they were going over the side. They had been on the serving line, but they had to be gone by 0600. Otherwise, they would lose funding. I told them they could put those bad boys next to me and I'd be happy to feed them to the sharks when I had all I wanted. There must have been 20-30 of them. I consumed all I could and fed the sharks. That sort of thing was common at the end of a funding period; lots of waste.
A case in point. I was on the fantail one morning waiting to go to breakfast when a couple cooks carrying a box of something walked by. I could smell it was cooked by the aroma. I asked what they had, and they said cooked steaks. I asked what they had in mind for them, and they said they were going over the side. They had been on the serving line, but they had to be gone by 0600. Otherwise, they would lose funding. I told them they could put those bad boys next to me and I'd be happy to feed them to the sharks when I had all I wanted. There must have been 20-30 of them. I consumed all I could and fed the sharks. That sort of thing was common at the end of a funding period; lots of waste.
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Trump Legal Investigations / Re: Live Thread: Trump's hush money trial begins in NYC
« Last post by Sighlass on Today at 03:46:13 pm »This is what we get for putting a clown in office. There is no moral high ground left and the left makes sure we never forget it. Thanks Trump supporters, sincerely thanks... /end sarcasm
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