The Frito Bandito

Holy hell. I'm a dumb person but even I know that treasury bill returns go up when the economy is bad. Investors are seeking safety because shit is bad.

Yeah but I don't think the US Army is prepared for the AirLand battle of the future. Future battlefields will likely be completely transparent, making maneuver less effective, and stand-in US forces (ABCTs) do not have nearly enough C-UAS / C-RAM.

Seditious conspiracy. Treason. The next democratic administration (which, mind you, we will have to fight to install, as Trump and Co will not cede power after losing the upcoming election) should arrest the six conservative justices and seek the maximum penalty.

Arrest them. I'm serious. The laws are whatever we say they are. Trump has shown that the executive branch can just do whatever it wants. Arrest them and claim that it's lawful. Without the Supreme Court to object, who's to say it isn't.

The Supreme Court is illegitimate. Their rulings are plainly partisan and clearly wrong. The six conservatives should be placed in handcuffs and put on trial for seditious conspiracy.

Clausewitz

This guy is currently #1 on the list for the next (god willing) Democratic administration for CJCS or SECDEF.

Why? Costly signals.

You don't have to guess whether he has integrity. He demonstrated his integrity with a very costly signal, the truncation of his career.

I have a whole factory in Shenyang printing these things out

Clausewitz mentioned

Hegseth Stands Firm With Opposition to Next-Gen Navy Fighter Jet Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated his opposition to Navy plans to develop its next-generation F/A-XX fighter jet, arguing it will overlap with plans for a different aircraft that has President...

Hegseth and Phelan continue to insist that US industry cannot develop two 6th-gen jets at the same time, despite everyone else disagreeing with that assessment, despite Congress wanting to fund both jets, and despite China already being ahead with their two 6th-gens.
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Fortunately Mike Johnson won't hear anything about this

that's exactly what clausewitz said actually, here's the quote

I agree, although "give me a raise" is a hard thing to campaign on.

But yeah, the fact is that $174,000 a year is certainly a comfortable income, but not sufficient to attract "the best and the brightest." Give them an income such that they don't feel the need to find illicit income streams.

I feel like I'm supposed to know who Olivia Nuzzi is, but I don't, and I don't care. I hope she's doing well, though. Or I hope she gets what's coming to her.

This is an extremely strong statement from Frank Kendall. He's a mild-mannered, quiet beaurocrat that rarely says anything about politics, other that that which directly affects his work (USAF budgets and similar).

Trump: "If he can get a silver star for dodging a missile then I can get a silver star for dodging the draft"

I mean, yeah, that's the problem... We have wartime levels of debt after decades of peace.

"We need a larger defense budget" is an unfalsifiable claim.

A) no wars = deterrence worked, but just barely

B) wars won = defense budget was big enough, but just barely, and now we need to rearm

C) wars lost = see, we needed a larger defense budget

For the record, I'm in favor of larger budgets

"I probably commit a dozen war crimes a day, you really expect me to remember every single one? Who are you with, the New York Times? Failing institution, you're really a piece of work, you know that?"

Gosh I only hear about the worthwhile social activism events after they happen

"I can't be expected to remember every single war criminal I ever collaborated with"

how can you look at this guy and want him gone, I mean look at him, he's obviously a no-nonsense motherfucker who knows how to win wars and get shit done

No New Wars? No, New Wars!

MAGA is the new American religion. The true MAGA believers worship Donald Trump. Their Christianity has transformed, they have found a new messiah.
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The Republican party's discovery of their morality will be perfectly synchronized with the downfall of Trump. And because Democrats don't have the spine to do what is required to fix our broken country, the vast majority of these traitors will escape consequences.

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Sometimes I lay awake at night thinking about Cummings Aerospace and wondering how we got here

To be fair, any failures aren't really their fault. Most of what they sell is stuff they've inherited by acquiring other companies with venture capital. They're less of a defense manufacturer and more of a private equity investment firm. I believe they do have CGI artists in house though.