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SteamKnight Since: Jun, 2018
#248976: Jul 11th 2018 at 2:25:53 PM

Even if the purpose of that Unmasking Antifa Act is already pretty much obvious, did they really have to name it Unmasking Antifa Act? It is much too on the nose. Either they are really just that bold or just that stupid... That name seriously stands out way too much among all the news shared in this thread.

I'm not as witty as I think I am. It's a scientifically-proven fact.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#248977: Jul 11th 2018 at 2:26:13 PM

Russia's strategy for WW3 was to push west as hard and fast as they could to try and give NATO a real good sucker punch and then wear us down until all of our breakthrough and strategic assets were depleted as we repelled them back eastward. Eventually forcing us to force a treaty because a true victory in either direction would have been made impossible. Which is enough of a win for the Soviets.

Honestly I can't imagine the basic scenario would change much if it happened today. Or the outcome.

You can't replace modern fighting equipment that fast and once we start losing serious numbers of planes and tanks and start getting bogged down and losing momentum it's pretty much over.

Edited by LeGarcon on Jul 11th 2018 at 5:29:55 AM

Oh really when?
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#248978: Jul 11th 2018 at 2:28:10 PM

The thing we have to remember is that this is not the Cold War, and Russia is not the mighty Soviet Union. They are more or less broke (not helped that Putin and his cronies are stealing trillions from the Russian people), and really only thing that's keeping the economy afloat right now, is oil and natural resource extraction.

Other than the rusting remnants of the Soviet Army, Russia's biggest assets are it's legacy intelligence service and an updated Soviet Playbook of Hybrid Warfare.

We need to be thinking less about conventional warfare, and more about countering Russian influence and disinformation.

Edited by megaeliz on Jul 11th 2018 at 5:34:17 AM

archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#248979: Jul 11th 2018 at 2:35:15 PM

[up][up] The difference between then and now is that it would be much harder for them to deplete our assets, and the Russian Federation is less interested in all-out WW3 than the Soviets.

You're right about the outcome, though. Frankly Russian forces are badly outmatched by their Western counterparts, but they'd still be able to take territory in Eastern Europe. That's enough of a win for them either way.

Edited by archonspeaks on Jul 11th 2018 at 2:36:48 AM

They should have sent a poet.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248980: Jul 11th 2018 at 2:49:53 PM

Taking land is one thing, holding it is another. The populations of Poland, Finland, the Baltics, etc would far more restive than Eastern Ukraine, to say the least.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#248981: Jul 11th 2018 at 4:23:21 PM

Are we really back on this topic again?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#248982: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:05:15 PM

Mueller has asked for an additional 100 blank subpoenas ahead of Manafort's trial.

A Nevada judge has blocked an execution after a pharmaceutical company objected to it claiming they were mislead on what their drug was going to be used for.

Edited by tclittle on Jul 11th 2018 at 7:10:48 AM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#248983: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:05:30 PM

In the words of the emperor of brittania, not this shit again.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248984: Jul 11th 2018 at 5:39:29 PM

For those who have been worried about the changes in the Generic Ballot polls, this tweet is extremely relevant and encouraging.

The Democratic Party has a far better opposition margin then is normal for midterms.

So I think it's very plausible that as November approaches we'll the differences widening.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 11th 2018 at 8:39:59 AM

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#248986: Jul 11th 2018 at 6:09:43 PM

I don't know how to interpret that graph. Help.

i'm tired, my friend
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#248987: Jul 11th 2018 at 6:10:19 PM

Mueller asks court for 100 more blank subpoenas ahead of Manafort trial

Manafort is so going to Prison, and I'm pretty sure Trump isn't going to bail him out with a pardon.

Edited by megaeliz on Jul 11th 2018 at 9:13:40 AM

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#248988: Jul 11th 2018 at 6:15:29 PM

I don't know how to interpret that graph. Help.
It confused me too, I'm fairly certain that it represents the support the incumbent party has.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#248989: Jul 11th 2018 at 6:23:47 PM
Thumped: This post was thumped by moderation to preserve the dignity of the author.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#248990: Jul 11th 2018 at 6:27:16 PM

Trump seems to be a real life case of You Have Outlived Your Usefulness and You Have Failed Me.

Cohen and Manafort aren't getting rescued because:

1. Trump can't do it against state charges. 2. He holds the fact they're in trouble against them.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jul 11th 2018 at 6:27:00 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248991: Jul 11th 2018 at 7:07:03 PM

So Congress has repudiated Trump on trade (meaningless until they actually pass a binding bill to stop him) and NATO (this actually matters, as Trump can't unilaterally pull out of NATO). I guess this is a pathetic, gentle way for the GOP to tell Trump that there are still red lines he can't cross.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#248992: Jul 11th 2018 at 7:16:04 PM

That does tend to be what symbolic measures are for, a warning signal to the president or whoever else that Congress does, in fact, have a significant measure of power.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#248993: Jul 11th 2018 at 7:20:24 PM

Man oh man, does John Kelly hate his life right now.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/12/donald-trump-body-language-nato-foreman-ac360-pkg-vpx.cnn

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#248994: Jul 11th 2018 at 7:29:25 PM

That four percent defense budget bullshit reeks of Moving the Goalposts. I'll bet my right arm that someone privately got it into Trump's head that the two percent is only intended to be reached in several years, prompting him to start whining about the subject in a different way.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#248995: Jul 11th 2018 at 8:29:10 PM

I couldn't listen to video after the idiots opening statement in that video. "Germany is totally controlled by Russia". Pot meet kettle indeed.

Who watches the watchmen?
singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#248996: Jul 11th 2018 at 8:44:29 PM

[up][up] I'd even bet that it got mentioned that the 2% agreement was initiated under Obama, and there was no way that President Snowflake was going to go home with the same deal Obama got.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#248997: Jul 11th 2018 at 9:01:06 PM

[up][up] So basically it's this?

No puppet! No puppet!

You're the puppet!

Edited by megaeliz on Jul 11th 2018 at 12:08:27 PM

tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#248998: Jul 11th 2018 at 9:16:49 PM

Proof that Stephen Colbert is perhaps America's greatest hero at the moment, you'd have to know he would comment on the allegations. Here he points out how Trump claiming Germany is colluding with Russia is a case of the pot and the kettle.

Edited by tsstevens on Jul 17th 2018 at 11:45:02 PM

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#248999: Jul 11th 2018 at 9:46:56 PM

Trump's Spiritual Adviser: Sure, Jesus Was A Refugee, But He Didn't Do Anything Illegal

“I think so many people have taken Biblical Scriptures out of context on this, to say stuff like, ‘Well, Jesus was a refugee,’” White said in the CBN interview published Monday. “Yes, he did live in Egypt for three-and-a-half years. But it was not illegal. If he had broken the law, then he would have been sinful and he would not have been our Messiah.”

Edited by LSBK on Jul 11th 2018 at 11:47:12 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#249000: Jul 11th 2018 at 10:00:02 PM

[up]"Jesus also didn't break the law by going against the wills of the power elite in Jerusalem and getting himself crucified for his troubles. Why, if he had, he wouldn't be our Messiah would he?"


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