The Frito Bandito
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Pro: science, education, Ukraine, institutions, liberalism, Pax Americana, military, social services, liberty. Speak brazenly to tyrants.
The US Coast Guard can stop any civilian vessel in the world without killing a single occupant. Wake me when Venezuela starts smuggling drugs with Chinese Type 055 cruisers.
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The Coast Guard can stop drug-smuggling speedboats by disabling their engines. They shoot the engines from a Coast Guard ship or helicopter. They've been doing this for a long time. Here's a video from 2013.
Trump is murdering people because he wants to, not because it is the only way.
Trump is murdering people because he wants to, not because it is the only way.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The US Coast Guard can stop any civilian vessel in the world without killing a single occupant. Wake me when Venezuela starts smuggling drugs with Chinese Type 055 cruisers.
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Clausewitz mentioned
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Clausewitz mentioned
I hear some normal MAGA people say they are happy with the immigration cruelty
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I hear some normal MAGA people say they are happy with the immigration cruelty
It was an enormous swing, too
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The Miami mayoral seat just flipped from heavily Republican to solidly Democrat, with Higgins winning 59% of the vote. I'm not familiar with Miami politics but this seems good.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It was an enormous swing, too
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I didn't want to use Wingdings, but the woke they/them democrats forced me to. If kaMAla had won, we'd all be using hieroglyphs on stone tablets.
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I didn't want to use Wingdings, but the woke they/them democrats forced me to. If kaMAla had won, we'd all be using hieroglyphs on stone tablets.
But it also has two of the three words in New York Times, so actually it should be banned
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
But it also has two of the three words in New York Times, so actually it should be banned
Honestly I was fine with Arial, some of my neighbors use Arial. But when the woke mob started pushing Calibri I knew we were on a slippery slope. And that's why I had to vote for Trump.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Honestly I was fine with Arial, some of my neighbors use Arial. But when the woke mob started pushing Calibri I knew we were on a slippery slope. And that's why I had to vote for Trump.
Finally, shipbuilding is solve.
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Finally, shipbuilding is solve.
That's cool and all but can you tell me what you are actually doing to protect your people? Last time I checked, your state and local police forces are still helping ICE and CBP commit violent crimes against the citizens you serve.
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That's cool and all but can you tell me what you are actually doing to protect your people? Last time I checked, your state and local police forces are still helping ICE and CBP commit violent crimes against the citizens you serve.
"We were trying to achieve a new paradigm by establishing an AI-enabled solutions based digital economy"
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"We were trying to achieve a new paradigm by establishing an AI-enabled solutions based digital economy"
I checked: it's not, it's a render
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I checked: it's not, it's a render
Is this photo real? I haven't seen it before.
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Is this photo real? I haven't seen it before.
Well the Constellation was shaping up to be about $1.2B per copy, about half the cost of a Burke. Smaller radar, older SEWIP, no ABM capability... But still *on paper* a decent multirole ASW ship capable of independent ops and CVN escort. It seemed to me like good tradeoffs for double the ships.
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Well the Constellation was shaping up to be about $1.2B per copy, about half the cost of a Burke. Smaller radar, older SEWIP, no ABM capability... But still *on paper* a decent multirole ASW ship capable of independent ops and CVN escort. It seemed to me like good tradeoffs for double the ships.
Which American politician is brave enough to stand up and say "these new ships we are building will be cheap enough to die in battle, along with the entire crew."
The American public views a single casualty as an outrage. It's our birthright to dominate the battlefield. Procurement follows suite.
The American public views a single casualty as an outrage. It's our birthright to dominate the battlefield. Procurement follows suite.
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Which American politician is brave enough to stand up and say "these new ships we are building will be cheap enough to die in battle, along with the entire crew."
The American public views a single casualty as an outrage. It's our birthright to dominate the battlefield. Procurement follows suite.
The American public views a single casualty as an outrage. It's our birthright to dominate the battlefield. Procurement follows suite.
I would say this is more the result of the pathology of the American mind that resulted from the unprecedented dominance in the 1st Gulf War and the ensuing decades of US hegemony. The average American is now entitled to a) American victory and b) <1,000 casualties.
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I would say this is more the result of the pathology of the American mind that resulted from the unprecedented dominance in the 1st Gulf War and the ensuing decades of US hegemony. The average American is now entitled to a) American victory and b) <1,000 casualties.
Enshittification
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Enshittification
Why do they need to pull of an amphibious invasion, D-day style? Other options are available, like a blockade of the island until the ROC capitulates. Can the US break that blockade? I highly doubt it.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why do they need to pull of an amphibious invasion, D-day style? Other options are available, like a blockade of the island until the ROC capitulates. Can the US break that blockade? I highly doubt it.
Ah yes, in fact it is good.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ah yes, in fact it is good.
hmm let me consult the oracle
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
hmm let me consult the oracle
Wow what do you know, there is a clausewitz quote for this
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wow what do you know, there is a clausewitz quote for this