That's also a thing I'd say if I wanted to prevent traffic through the strait, whether or not I placed mines.

Also like, what a weird thing to be offended about

dhuartson: Don't let anyone talk you out of spending $15 on a new hobby. That $50 will be the best $400 you ever spent.

This is not wrong.

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Hakeem Jeffries puts out a FAFO:

"We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast....

Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"

Probably whenever you can attack it without expecting the rest of the US armed forces to come after you

Yeah, probably.

I wouldn't think it would make a huge difference on a slow moving tanker in fairly calm waters, but we have no good reason to take my intuition seriously here.

The legality of this war domestically has no bearing on the legality of this war, blockade, and seizure under international law.

They're the recognized US Navy and it's the Americans responsibility/problem to ensure they obey their own laws.

But that's how they went in anyway, so I still don't really see the point of firing at them. I doubt it would have made the boarding action safer, and may even be expected to have the opposite effect.

(Not that any of this has any bearing on the legality of it)

You can for sure try.

Doesn't the narrative "the established order empowers evil toxic men, and therefore we reject it" assign that agency?

Because American voters are that dumb?

Closing in on a full Corgi Leg of Snow in Denver.

Penny couldn’t be happier.

#COwx

Government and Media: AI is inevitable. It's the most amazing technological advancement of our lifetime!

The AI:

They might just not vote, which would also be a win.

First greens (spinach and lettuce) planted out as well, along with my first attempt at an insect netting hoop house (maybe this year I'll beat the cabbage moths)

Garden bed with drip line installed (1 down 5 to go).

Slow progress on the irrigation set up, but the proof of concept is essentially successfuli

Welcome back The History Channel

When they become incompetent enough they'll lose the mandate of heaven and get replaced by someone else who's better at it /hj

If you think we can effectively replace such US systems in the short term (<2-5 years) you're a lot more optimistic than me. Although I agree with you that it's a necessary goal to pursue in the medium/long run (5-10 years)

Pretty much makes my point, no? HIMAARs and Patriot systems are both systems quite likely to be impacted by the Iran war, and are highlighted as the most challenging for Europe to replace.

And still sells arms to us in Europe with the express purpose to forward to Ukraine.

It's basically rank profiteering, but it still contributes to the war effort. And will stop if the US simply runs out.

At least in the case of Russia, I doubt they can afford to arm Iran the way the US armed Ukraine.

Although if this continues for much longer the availability of US made-arms for Ukraine will also dry up.

The scalping really strongly suggests that ticket prices remain well below fair "market value"

Yuzuru hanyu standing center ice with arms raised before a bow. He’s wearing the hope and legacy costume. The crowd roars and waves Japan flags behind him.

Happy Hope and Legacy Day to those who celebrate! 11 years since Yuzu gave us the greatest free skate of all time.🥰

Only reason the deployment is as high as it is is (imo) because they want to be able to market it as a 50/50 power split between the ICE and electrical motors.

These F1 cars have about 10s a lap on F2 (judging by Melbourne Quali), so there's plenty of room to cut back on deployment.

I'd be inclined to agree but that's what I was saying when he was sitting pretty at 40.

Precarious Life

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

"Bunch of guys obsessed with Ancient Sparta can't beat the Persians at sea" was probably one of the known-knowns, come to think of it.