If only SOMEONE had warned them that this was the most likely outcome Article linked here fortune.com/2023/05/18/chi…

I've actually read Noam Chomsky and listened to him speak. And

A) This thread is correct and "vatnik" isn't entirely unfair.

B) In places his philosophy is almost indistinguishable from Tucker Carlson's famed "speech" on globalism. Carlson ripped whole tropes from Chomsky.

https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1659119924596424706

Because I make time to read & understand all kinds of political philosophies, I recognized it instantly. But Chomsky isn't exactly the first source folks on the right run to for their analysis. However, the similarities explain certainly elements of the far left's Carlson-crush.

The High Water Mark of the Confederacy was Chancellorsville, not Gettysburg: Discuss If you look at the hour by hour maps of the Union and Confederate positions in Chancellorsville's visitor center, you will be appalled by how clear Lee's intentions were in hindsight, and even contemporaneously with half decent intelligence and a non-concussed commander.

Anyone who covers weapons procurement should read the book Six Frigates. There is nothing new under the sun. Every single meta issue we have today on current programs are the same issues we faced in the late 18th Century.

Relevant

https://twitter.com/4thClassOfficer/status/1621591183859277825

I am absolutely dying to see an F-22 with a f***ing balloon decal on the side.

There's lots going on here but the military isn't just about fighting and defeating foreign enemies, and it never has been. There's always been a jobs element, always will be.

The Navy needs to wrap its head around this and start thinking about how to solve political problems.

https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1621856499571068930

Yes, but who funds this combat credible force? Politicians who have political problems. Those are the problems you need to solve. They ain't trying to hear "because it's the right thing to do." For who? Certainly not for the jobs in their district.

https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1621875583813550080?s=20&t=PLSahmT_QA6cFD9lx6gvHQ

BREAKING: Missile Defense Agency disestablished, reorganized as Balloon Defense Agency. I think the major question facing the BDA are:

1) Sensors: Just CONUS coverage or do we need coverage of the entire mid-latitudes? Do we need to cover the poles? Are we really ok relying on just ground sensors or do we need to discuss some kind of GEO/pLEO constellation?

Corbyn's geopolitical takes remain as sharp as a soccer ball

https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1621861603841900551

"The war in the Donbas ... was going on before the Russian invasion."

Listening to a book about the 1st Millennium in Europe that argues that nationalism is essentially a 19th and 20th Century phenomenon. That's true... ish. Feudalism had no place for nationalism. But you can find Nationalism all over the place if you look for it. Robert Bruce drafted what was for all intents and purposes the Scottish Constitution that tied his legitimacy to the consent of the Scottish people. And if that's not nationalism, it's something close.

The LEM Descent Engine was built in Redondo Beach, at my site. At some point I'm going to convince myself that since Apollo 13 was saved by an engine built at my workplace and an Omega Speedmaster, that clearly I need to buy an Omega Speedmaster.

https://twitter.com/DavidLarter/status/1621551149747937280

It would be inappropriate not to, to be quite honest with you. How else can I honor the heritage that I've proudly inherited?

I realize that it's ridiculous to scramble F-22s to go look at a balloon and not do anything about it but:

1) Raptor pilots need flight hours, too.

2) It really highlights the criticality of an F-22 restart. My good friend @AaronMehta is at Breaking Defense now but when we were at Defense News together he did some amazing reporting on this.

I'm a little disappointed that it's over Montana and my countrymen have not found a way to shoot it down with a .22 yet

https://twitter.com/nancyayoussef/status/1621272775871631368

We used to be a country

This is a truism but the people who really stalk the watch blogs and Instagram feeds are not wealthy, even if they own an expensive watch. Part of the justification is always "well if I need that $6,000 in the future I can sell it."

https://twitter.com/DavidLarter/status/1621167919269920768

The calculus for most watch buyers in the sub-$10-$12k (*cough* GMT Master *cough*) market is that it's emergency savings you can wear. And you really don't want it to lose too much value.

For my money this is probably the Omega I'd put down cash money on right now if I was hired and immediately fired by Disney as head of corporate communications This is what I'm referring to:
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/23…

Netflix Spinoff Series: shaken by the loss of one of his best customers, James Bond's London Omega Authorized dealer looks to recover lost sales by attracting other MI6 agents. And puts himself in the middle of a terrifyingly global conspiracy "I remember the first time I met James. It was in the early 90s, I sold him an Omega Seamaster 300. I remember thinking it strange that he wanted the quartz version but he said he wanted it because it had a grappling hook. But it was the 90s and a lot of things were different."

Here's the problem: It's an open and shut case. There is no handling it: For any other American "handling it" would be a plea deal. Here's the thing: Govt finds classified material improperly removed from secure facilities with clear instructions for handling on the folder ("Return to Military Aide"). Govt determines materials are indeed classified. Person who removed the materials charged with crime.

This account from the translation in the thread at least seems dubious. I'm no expert on small unit tactics (more of a boat man myself) but running directly toward a machine gun in groups of 30 seems unsound.

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1576151201393303552

When I was a teenager I went with a group of kids our age to a paintball course with a guy from my church was was an infantryman. I was in his squad and he took this very, very seriously. 1/2

I'm begging Honda, with tears in my eyes, drop a turbo V6 into the accord. motortrend.com/news/2023-hond… Porsche built the 918 Spyder as a hybrid supercar and it absolutely slapped. I need the regular people car companies to start embracing hybrid technology as a joyful thing: Where I can get to and from work on electric power, but I have my V6 or, inshallah, V8 when I want it.

Andrew Roberts is a fantastic writer and his Napoleon biography was no exception. Essential reading. But this assertion sticks with me and every so often I think about it when people say Putin was forced to invade Ukraine. Why might it be that more people declared war on Napoleon than Napoleon declared war on? Could it be that he was a threat to general peace and stability?

There are those who hear Putin's words here and suggest it's really still all about realpolitik. I'd suggest thats 180-degrees wrong.

nytimes.com/live/2022/09/3… You know, maybe he is this cold-eyed, calculating statesman who is all about power politics and realpolitik. But at this point there's no practical difference between his actions and the ideology he espouses so it's just not a particularly useful frame.

Truth and reconciliation time.

BREAKING: Former Bonhomme Richard Sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays Acquitted of Arson - USNI News news.usni.org/2022/09/30/bre… I regret my intemperance when this charge was announced but, of course, the Navy intimated that he had confessed. Tell me why sailors should have faith in the Navy's criminal justice apparatus?