John Ridge 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
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I doubt they will tbqh
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I doubt they will tbqh
In the end, I suspect the GOP probably would’ve abolished the filibuster rather than make concessions
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
In the end, I suspect the GOP probably would’ve abolished the filibuster rather than make concessions
SNAP would have been funded automatically by any CR. It’s a mandatory outlay. The Senate CR doesn’t contain any anomalies with respect to it
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
SNAP would have been funded automatically by any CR. It’s a mandatory outlay. The Senate CR doesn’t contain any anomalies with respect to it
On balance, I don't think there would be significant value gained continuing the shutdown given the latter. There should be serious questions for Schumer and Senate Democratic leadership after this debacle.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
On balance, I don't think there would be significant value gained continuing the shutdown given the latter. There should be serious questions for Schumer and Senate Democratic leadership after this debacle.
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I see nothing in here that would require the White House to actually spend any available funds, prevent rescissions or withholding of payments, or do anything to change what has become an unsettling status quo in this calendar year.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I see nothing in here that would require the White House to actually spend any available funds, prevent rescissions or withholding of payments, or do anything to change what has become an unsettling status quo in this calendar year.
That is what I suspect yeah
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That is what I suspect yeah
Not sure there is necessarily anything alarming about these figures.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not sure there is necessarily anything alarming about these figures.
Despite your insistence to the contrary, you lack any subject matter expertise. As does everyone you have cited.
You are literally a retired House committee staffer.
GMD has real limitations but you have nothing to contribute to that discussion except noise.
You are literally a retired House committee staffer.
GMD has real limitations but you have nothing to contribute to that discussion except noise.
October 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Despite your insistence to the contrary, you lack any subject matter expertise. As does everyone you have cited.
You are literally a retired House committee staffer.
GMD has real limitations but you have nothing to contribute to that discussion except noise.
You are literally a retired House committee staffer.
GMD has real limitations but you have nothing to contribute to that discussion except noise.
LTG Lute was never responsible for GMD, strategic missile defense, or any air and missile defense missions.
He has zero domain knowledge.
He has zero domain knowledge.
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
LTG Lute was never responsible for GMD, strategic missile defense, or any air and missile defense missions.
He has zero domain knowledge.
He has zero domain knowledge.
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If you believe that we cannot detect, track, and discriminate a reentry vehicle without significant albedo, then you are a moron as are the mouth breathers at APS who authored this report.
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you believe that we cannot detect, track, and discriminate a reentry vehicle without significant albedo, then you are a moron as are the mouth breathers at APS who authored this report.
If you believe that we cannot detect, track, and discriminate a reentry vehicle without significant albedo, then you are a moron as are the mouth breathers at APS who authored this report.
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you believe that we cannot detect, track, and discriminate a reentry vehicle without significant albedo, then you are a moron as are the mouth breathers at APS who authored this report.
GMD's operational effectiveness cannot be substantively evaluated or quantified in an unclassified setting. You have zero visibility into this and neither does APS.
DOT&E has been put through the wringer but that is wholly aside from existing OT&E of GMD.
DOT&E has been put through the wringer but that is wholly aside from existing OT&E of GMD.
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
GMD's operational effectiveness cannot be substantively evaluated or quantified in an unclassified setting. You have zero visibility into this and neither does APS.
DOT&E has been put through the wringer but that is wholly aside from existing OT&E of GMD.
DOT&E has been put through the wringer but that is wholly aside from existing OT&E of GMD.
APS has zero insight into the operational test plans or criteria for either GBI or GMD.
By law, DOT&E already provides independent oversight of the Operational Test & Evaluation for GMD/GBI, which is conducted by the BMDS Operational Test Agency.
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By law, DOT&E already provides independent oversight of the Operational Test & Evaluation for GMD/GBI, which is conducted by the BMDS Operational Test Agency.
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Many good comments here. Wouldn’t it be great if we had an independent review of the test program? We do. Here is how the prestigious panel of the American Physical Society, the nation’s premier organization of physicists, described the test program in their recent report:
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
APS has zero insight into the operational test plans or criteria for either GBI or GMD.
By law, DOT&E already provides independent oversight of the Operational Test & Evaluation for GMD/GBI, which is conducted by the BMDS Operational Test Agency.
bsky.app/profile/joec...
By law, DOT&E already provides independent oversight of the Operational Test & Evaluation for GMD/GBI, which is conducted by the BMDS Operational Test Agency.
bsky.app/profile/joec...
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Here's a video of the whole event. The relevant part here is the 24 minute mark. There you can hear the fire orders from the FDC to the gunline. The orders you can hear are "by piece, by round," "shell HE," and "fuze time."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W44s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W44s...
Behind the Scenes with U.S. Marines and Sailors during Amphibious Ops
YouTube video by Media Magik Entertainment
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Here's a video of the whole event. The relevant part here is the 24 minute mark. There you can hear the fire orders from the FDC to the gunline. The orders you can hear are "by piece, by round," "shell HE," and "fuze time."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W44s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W44s...
Pre-print with a method to universally defeat all finger printing approaches for AI generated images and videos was published a couple of months ago
October 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pre-print with a method to universally defeat all finger printing approaches for AI generated images and videos was published a couple of months ago