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  1. Quincy Institute produces poll that aligns with Quincy Institute. 
     

    The thing is that Anastasis knows enough on how this works. From polling to marketing, offering a choice of extremes and a vaguely worded Goldilocks middle will reliably get you the middle.
     

    He’s a bad-faith poster on this issue that realizes he can’t just pump pure uncut agitprop, you have to embed it in seemingly reasonable stuff.  The nonsense about insufficient controls over weapons and just asking where they are going is a good example, the question is loaded and contains the disinformation. 

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  2. 5 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    Because he would have helped Russia. Hell, we would probably have participated in the invasion. 

    This is as good as it gets from him. It’s actually cover to allow people to vote for it and then make angry noises at Europe.  He doesn’t say “this aid package is bad” and in fact he says Ukraine survival is important to us. 
     

    Don’t get me wrong, it’s terrible but it’s not as terrible as it could be and gives just enough to Johnson. 

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  3. 8 hours ago, Rockwell Torrey said:

    The War Zone (sponsored by Boeing)

    Hold the Fort! Defense focused media gets ad revenue from defense industry? 
     

    What’s next, GM advertises in Car and Driver? 

    2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    All about pride.

    Ballistic missiles are not slow-moving drones. 

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  4. 4 hours ago, B00M said:

    It’s better than nothing but it’s annoying as fuck that Ukraine asks for 7 patriots from the EU and receives 6. This sort of nickle and dime fuckery forces Zelenskyy to over ask. 

    Those are systems that are in short supply and even Ukraine’s best friends don’t want to pull one out to send to Ukraine.  They are in demand on the eastern flank. I see their point.  Do we want to lose the Patriot in Rzeszow that guards the lines into Ukraine? 
     

    Our problem is that we let our production atrophy by believing in the peace dividend. 

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  5. 10 minutes ago, troph said:

    you won't really see me defend much about the evangelicals, but I don't have a problem with religious groups speaking with their first amendment rights about politics, especially when their position is not a violation of law or the constitution). even if you put a "stay in your lane" requirement, SBC has a humanitarian angle here too. while they can burn in hell for many of their positions, I still support their right to be in this arena speaking their mind. and on this one, I just so happen to not have to hold my nose at it.

    Yeah, religious groups have an absolute first amendment right to do this just like all associations of citizens.  They can’t directly endorse candidates but they can argue all they want for changes in law of policy. 
     

    Whether they should or not is a theological debate. It is interesting that they didn’t get the memo that Ukraine is anti-Christian. But they do know what happened with the Baptists in Russia. 

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  6. 13 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    It’s NEVER happening

    The cult states have too many electoral votes 

    Purple states are the bigger blocker. “Ok, let’s do this and then my state becomes irrelevant and my special interests less compelling and national leaders stop coming to court me and my voters.” 

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  7. My grandad was a machine gunner on Higgins Boats for the Navy during the New Guinea campaign. He said that the troops had been warned not to try and wander off alone in the jungle because of cannibal locals. Probably a mix of true and war stories and shit you’d tell 19 year olds to make sure they didn’t do dumb stuff in New Guinea. 

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  8. Great deep dive on the performance of the F-15E agains the Iranian missiles and drones— and what that means for the F-15EX program.  The much discussed proposed sale of several billion dollars in jets and munitions has a big chunk dedicated to F-15EX and air to air capabilities. 
     

    https://www.twz.com/air/f-15e-strike-eagles-defense-of-israel-bolsters-the-case-for-f-15ex

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    The EX can lug up to 12 AIM-120 AMRAAMsout of the box, which is 50% more than its Eagle predecessors. This upgrade is due to the activation of stations one and nine under its outer wings. Fly-by-wire controls largely made this possible with the introduction of the F-15SA for Saudi Arabia, which evolved into Qatar's F-15QA and then into the F-15EX. New wing structures are also featured in the latest models, including the F-15QA and the F-15EX. You can read all about what it's like to fly the latest Eagle iteration in this past special feature.

     

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    Nothing else in the USAF's fighter inventory can employ 12 air-to-air missiles. The F-16 carries half that, while the F-35 is limited to four AIM-120s internally, with this hopefullygrowing to six in the coming years. F-35 configurations with more missiles carried externally have been depicted, but never realized operationally. Doing so would rob the stealth fighter of its greatest advantage and would further bog down its kinematic performance. Still, for some mission sets, this is worth pursuing and the F-35 could be a valuable player in this regard.

     A look at the development chain and clients shows that this is a response to Iran. 

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  9. If you’re looking for the best Russia proxy in the Congress, it’s not MTG. It’s Senator Vance:

    Here’s how this ties together: 

    - Delay Ukraine and let Russia keep its assets (obvious).

    - Delay Taiwan: The PRC is currently keeping Russia’s defense industrial base on life support. Vance wants to keep the PRC comfortable and confident that they can continue to do so and face no real consequences or need to redirect away from supporting Russia.

    - Border: Keep culture war fanned and attempt to distract Americans from real threats. 
     

    Vance and his book rose to prominence because of a network of Viktor Orban-tied conservative influencers including Tucker Carlson but also less-known figures like Rod Dreher, formerly of the American Conservative. Dreher now lives in Hungary and works openly for a regime institute.  He connected Tucker and Orban and he also plugged in Vance, who also repeats Orban platitudes. 
     

    If you’re looking at my bet for “malign and not just dumb,” it’s Vance. These consistent takes that align with everything that helps Putin and Orban are just too convenient. 

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  10. While we are talking about heavy-handed universities, a while back Columbia protesters alleged they had gotten attacked by a chemical weapon and got the Intercept to write breathless articles.

    https://theintercept.com/2024/01/22/columbia-university-palestine-protest-skunk/

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    University responded to reports of students being injured by a chemical attack against an on-campus rally for Gaza by chiding students for holding protests without official authorization. Meanwhile, students told The Intercept that even as the school’s public safety department has said it is investigating the incident, school administrators themselves have yet to contact the victims — some of whom have had to seek medical care for their injuries. 

    During a rally on Friday, according to attendees, two individuals sprayed a hazardous chemical that released an odious smell. Dozens of students have reported an array of symptoms, such as burning eyes, nausea, headaches, abdominal and chest pain, and vomiting.

     

    Columbia suspended the chemical attacker whose it turned out, sprayed Amazon prank fart spray (“Liquid Ass” and “Wet Farts”).

     

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  11. 7 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    I remember that your only reaction to the Bucha massacre was to criticize everyone here for being horrified by it.

    “Atrocity porn.” 

  12. 54 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Ana has pretty openly been rooting for Russia for this entire conflict. 

    He’s not pro-Russia, it’s more nuanced, he just believes that all the things Russia wants just so happen to be good for the United States and the world and also that it’s a smear that Russia interfered in U.S. elections and is involved in active measures. All these beliefs are sincerely held and logical and he just can’t help it that they align perfectly with whatever the Kremlin says. 
     

    He’s truly sad that America is making Russia kill all these Ukrainians and just hopes for the peace that is on its way as soon as Russia can kill lots of them all at once instead of fewer of them, slowly. 

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  13. 1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

    So do you have to hold a vote on the MTV first?  Because right now, Johnson doesn't have enough votes to remain speaker without Democratic support.

    I’ve read that first would be a motion to table, and the Dems could vote to table and that would be it. I think @Js1 knows the inside baseball better. I know MJ would prefer not to have to put his speakership into the hands of the Ds and of course the rightful temptation for them would be to let the GOP eat itself again. 
     

    But again— how are they feeling about dead Ukrainians because that’s what they chose? It sucks to have to choose principle over political wins but at some point isn’t that what the Ds say they stand for? This isn’t a missed paycheck for feds. It’s Russian missiles crashing into Ukrainian cities. 

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  14. Don’t wanna go down the CR road, but I think it’s fair on the DT thread to highlight how this sounds to Ukrainians:

    ”We are having a political debate in the West over whether we can send you our outdated stuff in storage.  Have you considered destroying more of what you’re trying to save in the interim?” 
     

    A country is people and territory.  Ukraine has to save as much of both as it can. 

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  15. 1 minute ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    we know that happened, but it's unnecessary for practical purposes - more of a political move.  Jordan provided protection also, for the same political reason. 

    National security is politics. 

  16. 38 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    Iran is an irrelevant blip for "us", no need to act as if Israel's defense is tied up with America's national security. 

    CENTCOM’s response to Iran’s attack is concrete evidence otherwise but it’s neat to live in an alt-timeline where it didn’t happen I guess. 

  17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/15/iran-israel-russia-drones-missiles/#
     

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    The weapons deals, some details of which have not been reported previously, are part of a broader collaboration that includes co-production of military drones inside Russia, the sharing of anti-jamming technology, and real-time battlefield assessments of weapons deployed against NATO-equipped forces in Ukraine, the intelligence officials and weapons experts said. The cooperation is reaping substantial benefits for both countries, while elevating Iran’s status from junior ally to strategic partner, they said.

    “It’s no longer the patron-client dynamic, where Russia holds all the leverage,” said Hanna Notte, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. “The Iranians are accruing benefits from this change. The nature of their relationship has gone beyond just getting things. There’s knowledge transfer, there’s intangible gains.”

    Intelligence officials described Russia as “advancing” agreements negotiated in secret to supply Iran with Su-35s, one of Russia’s most capable fighter-bombers and a potentially dramatic upgrade for an Iranian air force that consists mainly of rebuilt U.S. and Soviet aircraft dating from before 1979. Russia also pledged to provide technical help with Iranian spy satellites as well as assistance in building rockets to put more satellites into space, the officials said.

    There is no public evidence that Su-35s have been delivered; the holdup may be a delay by Iran in paying for the planes, according to a U.S. and a Middle Eastern intelligence official with detailed knowledge of the deal.

    I’d very much like to see Israeli F-35s absolutely dominating Iranian Su-35s. 

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