Matt Baker

America Joins the Jackals Ukraine is only the first victim.

"The American republic is undergoing a constitutional crisis as the president attempts to rule as an autocrat, a heedless billionaire smashes through people’s lives with sadistic glee, and the U.S. is attempting to reverse eighty years of world leadership."
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

The New Meaning of ‘Munich’ After J.D. Vance’s bizarre speech, a word synonymous with appeasement may now signal the voluntary surrender of global hegemony.

By brazenly treating some of Washington’s key allies as adversaries—and its autocratic adversaries as partners—Trump may be administering the death blow to a once-stable world system, columnist Michael Hirsh writes.

European Defense Without America What would it look like? And in the short term, what can be done for Ukraine?

"The Trump administration has all but undone the extended deterrence strategies in place since 1945. Our Asian allies—not just Japan but South Korea and Australia—will face a similar dilemma. Geopolitical fragmentation is an incentive to nuclear proliferation."
www.thebulwark.com/p/european-d...

Operative word…

Yes, China Just Flew Another Tailless Next-Generation Stealth Combat Aircraft In less than 24 hours, two previously unseen Chinese advanced combat jet designs have broken cover and both are already undergoing flight testing. In less than 24 hours, two previously unseen Chinese ...

@wardcarroll.bsky.social - would be cool to cover this soon - www.twz.com/air/yes-chin...

Wallow with the pigs and all….

Nope…welcomed here in TX

Yarn and twine

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Happy Festivus for the rest of us! Happy Holidays!!!

A messy divorce is impending

The drone shit is proving that we're in for (at least) four years of nonstop War of the Worlds panics. People you once believed smart and entrust with your children will corner you with podcast medicine. Refuting it? Pointless. You will realize your doctor is an alchemist 25 minutes before surgery.

I think that they would be horrified by that...

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Pretty psyched to see Dead and Company at The Sphere in late March! Woot!

Jeeps too!

From this…to this! Ceviche FTW

@wardcarroll.bsky.social - when is next Annapolis Moochapalooza? I keep a boat in Eastport now and look forward to attending!