Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

Post by bdbdbdb » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC

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As a non-American I have always wondered about the criteria used by Americans to vote for their presidents. Clinton and Obama had various defects, but at least both of them looked like presidents and talked like presidents. On the other hand, both George Bush Junior and Trump (of course especially the latter), looked like clowns and talked like clowns. I have never understood their appeal to the masses. I understand…

It's easier to understand if you live in America. Your reference to Democrat "elites" shows you have a hint of it... in this country that term never applies to a Republican -- even if they were born rich, went to Ivy League schools, and were handed a career and a professional network on a platter. It is almost _exclusively_ used to denigrate women, minorities, or men who support progressive causes.

Post by mrguyorama » Tue, Apr 07, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC

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The people who bay loudest about that second amendment have long signaled that they will kill to keep Trump in power. They've been salivating for an excuse to shoot democrats for decades. They have been openly advocating for the murder of democrats for ages. Democrat politicians were literally murdered in the past few years and they don't give a fuck, because they support it. Trump is already well beyond the confines…

> He has openly declared that guns should be taken away from people and that having a gun on you at a protest should justify shooting you. OK, I'm calling you on this one. Source please.

Post by petre » Tue, Apr 07, 2026, 6:43 AM UTC

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> Most countries that historically had a Soviet/Russian kit are now mandating French+Israeli interoperability becuase of India's success at using it to replace older Soviet or Russian systems where possible. Elbit also has previous experience retrofitting Soviet MiG-21s to operate with NATO munitions.

Yep, because India demanded Israeli munitions (which are NATO compatible) be interoperable with the MiG-21 and other Russian/Soviet jets India had in the 1990s. India was the 2nd largest MiG-21 operator in it's heyday and the only one that also operated NATO compatible munitions.

Post by pas » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC

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Brits also voted to leave the EU where they had the absurdly privileged position of picking (almost freely) which rules applies to them, while benefiting from others applying them fully. ... Democracy is only as good as the people doing the voting, who are about as good (as the rules they don't protest againsts) and the content they consume, which is about as good as certain groups make it to be.

B-b-but the bananas, and the bureaucrats!! What's particularly amazing about Brexit is that many of its chief architects have not been shamed or exiled from society for spinning a yarn that fell apart when confronted with the smallest slither of reality. No, instead, the primary advocate may very well be our next prime minister.