Trump betrayed Ukraine and NATO. General Patton rolling over in his grave.
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Yes. For Trump, golfing, shit talking to the Press, and tweeting are his favorite activities. All 3 of these are in sudden decline or even absence. At his age, bruises on the hands like that, are a sign of decline. He will be dead or incapacitated before Christmas.
9 out of 10 CDC Chiefs recommend that RFK Jr is a moron.
Ukraine is using the French AASM 'Hammer' guided glide bombs to very great effect in the war. They have proved to be surprisingly accurate and effective. Dozens and dozens of videos on YouTube showing them in action. If a single building needs to be hit, Ukraine will hit it with a Hammer.
Wow, I would've never have guessed that. Pretty amazing. But I still prefer my Tundra V8. Although a 2nd car as an EV would be a good idea, which I have been contemplating. But not Tesla.
Dear National Guard, Get out when your time is up. Your future is going to be on a farm, for the entire harvesting season. Or in 29 day rotations, whichever comes first. It's going to kill your civilian job. Employers will see you as unreliable. Especially companies looking to hire workers.
When Hegseth comes on the TV saying "I'm in charge!", we'll know the shit is hitting the fan.
I really like the distributed nature of solar and wind.
"I listened to the wind when you went by. It said '59, nail him!'"
The base also had a game arcade. A lot of those hard-earned quarters went into the pinball machines. And cheeseburgers and pizza. And the pinball machines. This was before the Space Invaders game came out.
16 years old working weekends bagging groceries at a military commissary on an Army base in the 70's. The lines were long and never ending. Speed was everything. You bagged fast or you were replaced. For hours and hours. At the end of the day walk out with pockets bulging with quarters. Tips.
Everybody was so worried about Joe's health. Meanwhile Joe is savoring some nice ice cream while Donald is having needles jammed into his hands.
When I was in the Army in Germany in the 80s, we were taught how to jam Soviet Union and East German radio signals. We were also taught that jamming them during peacetime would be an act of war. So during exercises, we practiced jamming U.S. radio signals. I guess jamming is now a big grey area.
Vance knows too. Out of the blue he just starts talking about how he's ready to become President. Foreshadowing much?
It's all my fault. I opened a fortune cookie in January. "May you live in interesting times." But these times are getting just a little bit too fucking interesting.
According to Google, that airport has ILS. While ILS can be jammed, it is much more resistant to jamming than is GPS.
I'm certainly willing to believe that Trump has or is talking about such deals in his one-on-one talks and phone calls with Putin, without any interpreters or officials present. But it appears that nothing has come of this yet.
Ronald Reagan's son claimed that his father's dementia was covered up during his presidency. So Republicans already have some practice and experience in this situation. Trump's latest tweets just don't smell right.
Those are Vance's people waiting to take over positions in the administration when Vance takes charge. VP's have been known to clean house and want their own people in place. RFK Jr should be a little bit worried. He may be too big of a nutbag even for Vance to tolerate.
I watched a YouTube video this morning showing cars in Russia stranded because of mixing water into gasoline. Bad idea.
Oh, I see what you mean by 'worse off'. I didn't post the graph to show any ideas of worse off. They just happened to be in the graph that I found. I was just looking for U.S. birthrate numbers.
True. When you're not replacing with at least 2.1, then you're shrinking. Businesses hate shrinkage. If only there were some way for people to come into the country and become citizens. I guess we'll never know.
636 km from Kyiv to Mariupol. The drones can fly that far, but they have small warheads. The Flamingo has a warhead more than 1 ton, which can pound through 6 feet of reinforced concrete. That will sink a ship. But they are probably foreign-owned ships. Difficult situation.
Too much reliance on weak satellite-based GPS signals. Commercial aircraft need to add more resilient navigation to back up GPS. There are internal navigation systems available that don't rely on satellites. Costs money.
It might make you feel a little bit better to know that the U.S. and NATO nations have been significantly beefing up their presence in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Even Germany has begun permanent rotations for the first time outside of Germany. Russia must take all of this into account.
Azerbaijan has 68,200 active duty, 300,000 reserves, and 15,000 paramilitary, for a total of 383,200 soldiers. For comparison, Germany has 213,950. And France has 335,600. Azerbaijan also has 3 million men aged 18 to 49 available for service. Putin already bogged down in Ukraine. Oops.
I watch a lot of private pilot videos on YouTube, flying to Oshkosh, flying across the country, etc. They carry maps on their iPads and tablets, that back up their instrumentation. You would think that commercial pilots and the like would do the same. A tablet can hold all of the maps.
The Flamingo warhead is 2,535 lbs. Even a near miss would shred those thin-skinned helicopters and hovercrafts and equipment of that nature, let alone anyone unlucky enough to be standing in the area. More than twice the size of the warhead on a Tomahawk cruise missile.
This was the Queen of England just 2 days before passing away. Walking, talking, smiling. Notice the large bruises on her hands.
I think you are quite right. His poopy pants. You don't exactly want to walk around with those through the rest of the White House. Just bag them up and toss them out the window.
Very unusual for Trump to leave the White House and not talk to anybody. Very unusual for Trump to go golfing but nobody sees him on the golf course. Very unusual for a President to not attend any Labor Day activities. Very unusual.
Yes, indeed. And Russia's world famous trick of suffering very high casualties compared to their opponents is continuing today in Ukraine.
Europe buying within Europe. Norway probably didn't even look at the new Constellation-class Frigates that the U.S. has just begun building. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constel...
The death rumors are baseless. But the health rumors, not so much. Grandpa does not look well. If I remember correctly, the Queen of England was up and shaking people's hands one day, and gone the next.
1.2 million fewer working taxpayers in America. Primarily in jobs that most Americans don't want to do. The movement of family farms to corporate farms is going to accelerate dramatically under Trump. And maybe that's just all part of the plan.
Looking at each country's population makes Finland's number of soldiers under arms even more incredible. If you have 2 arms and 2 legs and most of your fingers and toes, Finland probably gives you an assault rifle and snow boots.
Finland's huge Reserves numbers give them an overall soldier strength above even France.
Active Duty / Reserve Russia 1,134,00 / 1,500,000 Ukraine 730,000 / 0 Turkey 355,200 / 378,700 France 202,000 / 38,500 Germany 179,850 / 34,100 Poland 164,100 / 37,500 Italy 161,850 / 14,500 UK 141,100 / 70,450 Spain 122,200 / 13,800 Finland 23,850 / 233,000 (Finland's reserves are significant)
Hmmm, wikipedia.org says Finland's numbers are 23,850 active duty and 233,000 reserve. So not sure what's going on with the post in the YouTube video. Maybe the post is the government's *wish list* proposal, which would be a helluva surge in soldiers under arms.
Not sure if true, but it is really significant. I'll see if I can find numbers for Germany and Poland and Ukraine. Surely they also have significant numbers by now or plan to. France is increasing too, I think. Hell, all of Europe is increasing. Sign of the times.
A25 hovercraft, image is civilian passenger carrier. The civilian version has seating for up to 52 passengers. Military uses it as a troop and light equipment carrier.
Unarmored, thin-skinned hovercraft getting hit by Flamingo 2,535 lb warheads. That is not going to buff out. No amount of aircraft tape is going to fix that shit. They're dead, Jim.
Ukraine destroys equipment in Crimea and then waits for a month. Russia moves in new equipment, often pulled out of the Far East. Ukraine destroys new equipment. Repeat. Very, very costly for Russia.
Russians experiencing increasing difficulty paying their mortgages. Oh no. Anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWr...
I'm not sure that Trump knows what a week is right now. But the interns know the drill. Grab his cellphone and tweet '2 more weeks!'.
Mass media finally sensing something might be up. Bless their hearts, they're always a bit slow.
Russia launched 142 drones of which Ukraine intercepted 126 of them. Russia did not launch any missiles.
"A Russian milblogger claimed that fighting continues for Komyshuvakha, despite the Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) claim on August 30 that Russian forces seized the settlement."
North Koreans have caused so many friendly fire incidents that they will probably be used in rear areas and not in assaults.
"near Varachyne...The milblogger expressed surprise that Chechen forces participated in an assault and reiterated longstanding claims that Chechen forces only film propaganda videos and do not participate in actual combat."
"The Kremlin is intensifying these information efforts because its territorial gains remain disproportionately limited and slow relative to the high losses incurred."
"The milbloggers characterized Gerasimov's figures as a "very big exaggeration" and asked which elements of the Russian military command structure are feeding false reports to the Russian high command."
"Russian milbloggers criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) for exaggerating its battlefield successes." www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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"According to the intelligence report, kamikaze drones hit the Utes-T radar system, which is used for air traffic control. Without it, managing both civilian and military flights becomes significantly more difficult." militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
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4 tanks, 17 APV's, 49 artillery. 0 missiles. Russia launched so many missiles the previous night, they probably have to save up again in order to do it again later on.
Trump may never get to enjoy his used and refurbished 747 luxury jet. So sad. In other news, should current events take their natural course, who gets the gold bar that Tim Cook gave Trump? In all the turmoil that's bound to come, I bet that gold bar suddenly goes mysteriously missing.
“able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.” AI being used to reveal ICE even though masked. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Ukraine reports that Russia fired 8 Iskandir-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and that they intercepted 6 of them. Don't know what type of anti-air intercepted them.
Ukraine's jet-powered interceptor drones are not yet fast enough to intercept Russian cruise missiles. Cruise missiles can go more than 440 mph and interceptor drones are around maybe 200 mph. But they're really good against Russian Shahed-type drones.
Ukrainian engineers also managed to put AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on their naval drones and have actually intercepted Russian fighters with them. If they can hit a Russian fighter, then they could also hit a Russian cruise missile. But these naval drone numbers are low.
There are also FrankenSAMs. Older Soviet missile launchers that Ukrainian engineers have configured for intercepting Russian missiles. They configured SA-8 and SA-11 launchers to fire the Western RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles.
Types of missiles Russia launched are in this posting thread. The 3 main types of anti-air missiles that Ukraine uses to intercept Russian missiles are Patriot (U.S.), NASAMS (Norway), and IRIS-T (Germany). I don't know about Patriot supplies lately, but they are in high demand and low supply.
Are we the baddies?
No confirmed sightings of Trump actually standing on a golf course and golfing on Saturday or Sunday. Very, very, very unusual for Trump not to go golfing on a weekend. He's obviously alive, but on a scale of 1 to 10, how alive is he? No Labor Day activities planned. news.google.com/stories/CAAq...
Welcome to Trump World 2.0. Where the regulations and requirements have been relaxed or eliminated and the remaining regulations are not enforced. Imagine what America is going to smell like in 3 years.
Trump did not golf today. Website only updates its info if there is a confirmed sighting of Trump actually golfing, and not just traveling to or from a golf course. Very unusual for Trump not to golf on a Sunday. didtrumpgolftoday.com
White House Livestream still dead. Total coincidence that it's dead while Trump's health is being questioned. Sure, he's alive. But can he stand and speak in front of a 30 minute press conference without causing nationwide panic? Is someone else now making the important decisions without Trump?
"After initial reports indicated that Neptune cruise missiles had struck the site, military sources shared with Militarnyi that the damage was caused by Flamingo cruise missiles, correcting earlier claims made by Astra." militarnyi.com/en/news/fss-...
I learned a little bit about Ukraine's energy grid, but I can't find anything saying it was designed from the beginning to resist bombing campaigns. Not sure why my memory thinks otherwise.
A bit of esoteric info, but interesting. Cisco helped fix the problem. "Ukraine’s high-voltage electricity substations rely on GPS for time synchronization. When GPS is jammed, stations can’t accurately report to power dispatchers the state of the grid." blog.talosintelligence.com/project-powe...
A lot of good info here from the International Energy Agency. But again it describes Ukraine's efforts in decentralizing an energy grid that was highly centralized when it was designed and built. www.iea.org/reports/ukra...
Russia has been attacking transmission lines that Ukraine uses to import electricity from EU.
Another good report explaining Ukraine's electrical grid. Unfortunately, does not refute Google AI. Still appears that Ukraine's electrical grid is especially susceptible to bombing campaigns and attacks, especially it's critical substations. warontherocks.com/2025/02/the-...
Some interesting wartime electrical grid history in this report.
This report seems to support Google AI. But, nevertheless, this report is good reading. Lots of interesting information on Ukraine's power grid. Some interesting tidbits about wartime operations and Russian frustrations with trying to regain control. features.csis.org/ukraines-pot...
I thought so too, as I seem to remember reading a report years ago that Ukraine's grid was designed to be resilient to bombing. But Google tells me that is not so. Later on I'll try and see if I can find a report to refute Google's AI. If only because I like showing Google AI's weaknesses.
Appears that the Soviets accidentally made Ukraine's electrical grid somewhat easier to manage and repair in certain ways.
Better that they flee Crimea, leaving Crimea open for taking, rather than trapping them on Crimea, making the siege more difficult. Ferries would be impractical. Also, a panic flight is good for destroying Russian morale and resistance. Especially on world wide TV.
I used to hope that Ukraine would destroy the bridge. But then I read a report from a good analyst explaining why the bridge should remain intact. When the siege of Crimea eventually occurs, the bridge will be the only exit for masses of panicked fleeing Russian civilians and soldiers.
The Flamingos completed flight tests, with confirmed strikes. They are now in production and operational. Any videos showing recent Flamingo launches are going after real targets.
Yes, cheap drones for pipelines (or local saboteurs) and expensive flamingos for oil refineries (or command posts, hardened aircraft bunkers, troop concentrations, etc.). Flamingos especially for those oil refineries beyond the range of the FP-1 drones. Those distant refineries now in danger too.
Paul Warburg on YouTube gives a very good explanation of how and why Ukraine is attempting to kill Russia's oil production this winter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N26m...
There are people who like to monitor the take-offs of B2 and B52 bombers from U.S. If we see any posts from them, then maybe we'll know that something is happening. Unless the strikes are cruise missiles only, with no aircraft involved, which would be unusual.
None of the ships appear to be Amphibious Assault Ships carrying Marine Expeditionary Units. If Trump was going to invade, these ships would be included. Appears to be preparations for air strikes, with the surface ships and attack sub carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles and air defenses.
The Russian soldiers will have less tank and artillery support, due to the mud, but that support can be largely supplanted by drones. So the ground war will continue in modified form.
Instead of pulling a small 2-wheeled cart behind a soldier loaded with a small amount of supplies, they can pull a flat-bottomed sled instead, as would be used in winter. A walking army can keep going in almost any weather. And drones of course keep flying.
Late Fall and early Spring. However, my opinion, as the Russian army is now largely dismounted, the mud season is no longer a huge problem. It is a problem for large vehicles, but a bit less of a problem for soldiers on foot, as it were. The soldiers won't like it, but they can keep moving, slowly.
Still no pics of Trump actually swinging a golf club. Media still posting old pics of Trump swinging away. Pics of Trump leaving White House. Pics of Trump leaving golf clubhouse. No pics of hitting balls. The balls are relieved. news.google.com/stories/CAAq...
Apparently 24 hours is not sufficient time to light the coal-fired boilers to make steam to make electricity to power on the White House servers. No White House Livestream this morning. So sad.
The summer offensive has largely fizzled out. Slow and small ground gains are not militarily significant. But the generals keep telling Putin that Ukraine's defenses are on the verge of collapse (which they are not). So the Russian generals are now planning an OCT-NOV offensive.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, western nations stepped in and helped Russia rebuild and recover. A similar scenario could be offered in exchange for their leaving Ukraine. Give the Russian elites hope and profits and a return to some kind of normalcy, and they will take care of Putin.
I am hoping that with its economy beginning to tumble, and eventually seeing Ukraine offensives, that the Russian elites will arrange for Putin's downfall and replacement. Then real peace talks can occur with realistic goals. Russia could be given face-saving ways to leave Ukraine.
I'm going to argue that Ukraine can win. Russian offensives eventually are unsustainable due to economic conditions. Ukraine goes on the offensive and pushes Russia out with 5 bloody years of offensive operations. While the world watches with fear of Russia resorting to using nukes.
Just as Brexit policies have made waters and beaches more polluted in Britain, so too will Trump's policies pollute America more and more over time.
"Striking American and European assets, analysts and government officials said, sent a confrontational message: Mr. Putin feels empowered to rebuff pressure to make peace, to wage war as he sees fit, and even to inflict pain on the West in the process."
