@3Jimstewart @Cappyarmy Too bad for us. We need more humble leaders. (And an IQ above room temp)
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David Norrish
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The war in Iran is a strategic disaster . Tactical successes aside. I’d like to see the Islamic republic replaced but it’s not happening without boots on ground, which would be a terrible move.
Whether it was right to launch the war or not aside. Everything aside , the current situation is a huge disaster. The military is looking at moving bases west to Israel . Iran will control Hormuz and rebuild its missiles . They have every reason to accelerate nuclear weapons development. Bombing 200 more targets will change none of this.
We have more than 2 options it’s not just invade or give up. But the other options suck too.
We’re likely going to concede Iran control of Hormuz and build pipelines around it (through Iraq and Syria ) to circumvent it and reduce Irans leverage. But Irans proxies the PMF in Iraq can just attack those oil pipelines….
My guess, we do a big bombing or a limited SF raid of an island and then leave the region calling it victory while we build the pipelines.
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you can still jerk off to me if you don’t like me
🪄Zatanna Zatara@spaceghost
If all your buddies hate me or whatever, you should just unfollow me! No hard feelings. I’ve noticed that people have a tendency to stick around for a bit but then slowly start trying to find ways to engage with me negatively to show off for their pals. We can avoid that whole process if you’re brave and just soft block/unfollow me ♥️
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@NavyStrang People on Twitter: Why is defense procurement broken
Also people on Twitter: Let's use a system we no longer support and make bespoke munitions
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I’m going to address this as succinctly as possible…
No.
Andrew Follett@AndrewCFollett
You know what would be really useful now? Big gun battleships that could camp out out in certain maritime chokepoints and inexpensively blow things up while being damn hard to hurt. BB-64 would be perfect for this mission.
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@MattBowen41 That is what my team was supposed to do, but we sucked and it didn't look like that
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We see it now in the state playoffs. Tough to prep for. Even tougher to simulate in practice.
OPM🏁@T0niKuk0c
Imagine going to HS game in the 80s/90s just to watch both teams do this all game…
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@HaikuJonah @JonahDispatch Doesn’t the fact that he got a pardon for some unknown crime invite a high level of scrutiny?
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I’m totally fine with examining Anthony Fauci’s role in Covid stuff and things.
But I’d like somebody sane and competent and not actively visually self-checking for colon polyps to do it, which rules out Rand Paul.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman Yeah it didn’t work, empire + immigration = folly
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One problem with the claim that freedom of movement should be restricted to preserve “cultural compatibility” is that freedom of speech, association, exchange, etc. can also disrupt prevailing cultural norms. But no libertarian defends restrictions on those freedoms.
Julie Borowski@JulieBorowski
Some libertarians support open borders. They believe people have a right to migrate and that the government shouldn't restrict immigration. Other libertarians support restricting immigration because we have a welfare state. Their argument is that if the welfare state were eliminated, open borders would no longer be a problem. I no longer think that. Even without a welfare state, unrestricted immigration can create challenges. Cultural compatibility matters. A society depends on shared norms like trust, respect for the law, and nonaggression. If you admit large numbers of people who don't share those norms, you'll likely face problems that didn't exist before.
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@Jwestengaard @cafreiman Exactly. It's always funny when people bring up Rome as a failure of immigration when their empire was based on assimilating non-Roman peoples.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman The Visigoths mustered the will to venture eastward…
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@Aviation_Intel Pedantic take: Pratt and Whitney is a subsidiary of RTX. Pratt and Raytheon are peers.
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Will The F-47 Have To Fly Initially With Inferior Engines?
The timelines for a next-gen fighter engine and the F-47 appear out of sync, which could lead to a stop-gap engine, something with historical precedent.
twz.com/air/will-the-f…
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@ARN0LD_WEBER >you are obviously an idiot
Well I am arguing the correct position so that certainly reflects poorly on yourself.
Take a shower, ice up, and try to compete harder next time. Use this as an opportunity to learn.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman Indians self govern. Therefore corruption reflects badly on them. But that wasn't the point I was making. If you're argument for immigration is that they have skills that the country lacks. You are obviously an idiot for taking those people from places with high rates of fraud...
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@ARN0LD_WEBER @cafreiman You're making a very common mistake assuming fraud in India has to do with Indians and not the Indian system. In the US we have significantly more robust institutions that are better than India. It's the reason that "low skill" workers make much more in the US.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman Qualifications fraud is massive in these countries (some Indians were arrested with 100K fake degrees earlier this year) so many of these "doctors" won't be qualified.
Also these people very often hate America and only care about their own people. Look at jury outcomes vs tribe
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@ARN0LD_WEBER @cafreiman Ya that's Denmark not the USA. Assimilation is much easier in the US because of its cultural hegemony. When people move here they know the deal. Go to any hospital in the US and you see the value of immigration - foreign born doctors and nursing assistants.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman That massively depends on where they are from (if they are from liberal countries such as Europe it's fine) the problem is not only are they not. Look at Denmark:
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@ARN0LD_WEBER @cafreiman Ok. No one argues immigrants are all perfect angels. They are just on average a net benefit to the country receiving them.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman That's just not true. Look at the welfare spending and the charity scams perpetrated by foreigners
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@ogre81 @JulieBorowski So your solution is having a population of 0. While will technically solve the problem, doesn't seem very feasible.
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@DavidNorrish @JulieBorowski First, I want bad-behaving native-born Americans expelled. Second, just because many first-gen immigrants are well behaved (because, as you said, self-selection) it doesn't mean their children and grandchildren will be. Third, many are misclassified as white in crime reports.
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Some libertarians support open borders. They believe people have a right to migrate and that the government shouldn't restrict immigration.
Other libertarians support restricting immigration because we have a welfare state. Their argument is that if the welfare state were eliminated, open borders would no longer be a problem.
I no longer think that.
Even without a welfare state, unrestricted immigration can create challenges. Cultural compatibility matters. A society depends on shared norms like trust, respect for the law, and nonaggression. If you admit large numbers of people who don't share those norms, you'll likely face problems that didn't exist before.
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@nominalthoughts @sweeenie I wonder if people would call Trump more decisive, or if everyone just accepts he sucks. At least some people like Mamdani.
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@sweeenie You could probably find a politician who was more divisive during the civil war, imo
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@ARN0LD_WEBER @cafreiman Probably true, but the people that do it are different than the people that want to. The people that do it are the people we want here.
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@DavidNorrish @cafreiman This isn't true. Almost everyone wants to be in places like the US because they are rich. Not because they like the US or they subscribe to the ideas of the declaration of independence.
It's difficult for an average westerner to understand how poor other countries are.
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@ogre81 @JulieBorowski Of course not. But you could say that about native born Americans and we seem to want them too. We have evidence that immigrants have lower crime rates than natives and are on average quite successful professionals.
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@DavidNorrish @JulieBorowski That's not true at all. There are lots of people who come here who we don't want here. South and Central American cartel members come here all the time. Is it your suggestion that because they want to sell drugs, rape, murder and pimp girls in America, it's a good thing for us?
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@Hrt1095 @JulieBorowski Right, but they do. That's where the positive selection bias means.
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@DavidNorrish @JulieBorowski Yes! If they are from a culture that doesn’t have similar values we should not admit
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@Hrt1095 @JulieBorowski You'd argue that having highly motivated people that like the USA moving here is not a good thing?
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