Comments on: Open thread 5/3/2025

By: fullmoon

fullmoon — Tue, 06 May 2025 00:52:12 +0000

Once asked my young daughter to share her potato chips.
She pulled one from the bag, broke off a little piece, and handed it to me.

Better than nothing, I guess.

By: om

om — Sun, 04 May 2025 23:13:54 +0000

Open Thread Sunday:

1) NATO and 2) US Defense Surge – Perun two weeks

The Future of U.S. Forces in Europe: NATO, the pivot to Asia, & could Europe replace U.S. troops? – Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJEJahc0gr0&t=15s

Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:39 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:51 — the U.S. Presence in Europe
00:08:41 — the Push for a Pivot
00:13:47 — What Can You Draw Down?
00:18:26 — the European Footprint
00:22:28 — Macro Measures
00:26:22 — Air Force Assets
00:37:22 — the Navy
00:43:44 — Army Assets
00:52:13 — Europe & U.S. – Policy & Strategy
01:00:10 — Channel Update

America’s $150B Defence Surge – Strategy, Risks & What $150 Billion Buys in 2025 – Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF3OkIbWnBE

Timestamps:

0:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:12 — What Am I Talking About?
00:03:17 — Why This Matters
00:05:58 — The What
00:11:01 — Navy & Shipbuilding
00:22:49 — Munitions
00:34:24 — Air Superiority
00:41:51 — Nuclear Forces
00:50:00 — What Isn’t Here
00:53:08 — Risks & Questions
00:58:44 — Channel Update

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sun, 04 May 2025 22:32:37 +0000

https://www.city-journal.org/article/germany-populist-afd-party-immigration
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A distressing feature of our time is that the political class and the media are chock-a-block with brazen liars. You can see how this shakes out in Germany.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 03 May 2025 22:37:54 +0000

physicsguy, I remember when Trump jokingly asked Russia to release Hillary Clinton’s emails if they had them. It was hilarious. Dems took it very seriously — Russian collusion, you know. My husband just laughed out loud at the “Joe Biden’s fault” line. This lack of the ability to laugh looks like a mental disorder.

By: neo

neo — Sat, 03 May 2025 21:00:55 +0000

John Guilfoyle:

That’s my objection as well. I called that “cruel” although perhaps that’s not the right word. But I do think the child’s reaction was very sweet.

By: John+Guilfoyle

John+Guilfoyle — Sat, 03 May 2025 20:57:32 +0000

While playing a “sharing” exercise with a child is…meh ok…at some level; please spare me the “put it online for all the world to see.”
Of all the parenting “mistakes,” to make, that one is grating.

By: physicsguy

physicsguy — Sat, 03 May 2025 19:59:21 +0000

Kate,
New one this afternoon, not sure where it came from, but has a pic of a geographic fault with headline: “Trump to rename the San Andreas fault to Joe Bidens fault”

I thought it was really funny…BabylonBee level. All the Ds going on about how he would definitely do that. These people are so lost.

By: neo

neo — Sat, 03 May 2025 19:43:00 +0000

Anne:

I disagree.

Sharing food with family members is quite a different thing from socialism.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 03 May 2025 19:17:27 +0000

Ds seem, as a group, to have entirely lost any sense of humor they may have had. What a sad way to live.

By: physicsguy

physicsguy — Sat, 03 May 2025 19:02:02 +0000

As expected, my D friends are melting down over the Trump as pope pic. He really knows how to troll these people and keep them totally insane. Truly funny at how serious they take him.

One said, “He’s going straight to hell!! God doesn’t put up with that shit!” LOL.