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📊 95% confidence in my opinions, ±5%.

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Standard Disputation@SDisputation·
How many people died every year because the USAID budget wasn’t bigger? This shit is critical. We literally hold the fates of every human being in the world in our hands. And all we could do was commit $44 billion a year to saving poor people across the world? Think of the hundreds of millions of people that have died because we were too selfish to spend $500 billion of our citizens tax dollars on USAID every year. We could have saved everyone, man.
Nicholas Kristof@NickKristof

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington. The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust. Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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WanderWit@TheWanderWit·
Sounds like you're mad that you got educated. Yes, quite unimpressive. Wanna play a fun game? No one ask this guy to look up the countries the Tomahawk has been used in in it entire history. Very impressive lineup! The point of those examples was to show how stupid your logic is, which I can still apply to many other systems as well. No one cares their stuff isn't "tested". Despite the fact none of those SAMs were "combat tested" until 20+ (!) and 10+ years later after their service entry, the US still mass produced them and had them widespread in operational service throughout the fleet built up over years. But they "didn't know for sure" according to you, yet they still produced them in the hundreds over decade(s). But like I said, I doubt you'd accept my labeling of them being "useless/garbage" prior to these missiles "combat uses" would you? Everything else said here is just useless slop. US has zero experience against any modern peer; irrefutable fact. Spamming goatherding insurgents with TLAMs/JDAMs unimpeded for 20+ years isn't impressive or relevant. And like I said, you're a retarded drone. I'd ask you right now to show me said "Chinese radar/SAM systems" Iran apparently possesses, but like the other 60+ tards I've asked over 3 weeks, conveniently won't be able to. Sorry that reality does not conform to your needs.
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James Raab 🇺🇸🇺🇦
James Raab 🇺🇸🇺🇦@JamesRaxz·
The US military has sat on things before for this exact reason, yes. This is nothing unusual. There is a real cost to this war. Lest you forget, we all discovered together that Destroyers were carrying around a stealth TLAM. And we all got our first good look at RQ-180.
Big_Zukini 🇮🇱🇺🇦@ArielZuk1

@bigseb31213 "Let's not use any weapons because adversaries could study them"

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Standard Disputation@SDisputation·
Your anger is a bit confusing given I just made a pretty obvious point and I think your efforts may be better spent trying to get laid than trying to dunk on an X account that has like 100 followers. In any case, I know you think dropping JDAMs and TLAMs is unimpressive but that's only because the US military makes it look easy. Combat testing is the only thing that matters and the US has that in spades. The systems you used to refute that point are in fact being tested in the real world as we speak, which is what I said is important. We now know for sure that they work in a combat scenario, and we probably have some useful data that can be used to improve them. Chinese "stealth killer" radar systems, on the other hand, appear to have failed their real-world test. They either didn't work as designed, or they knew they were inferior and continued to try to sell them to partner nations anyways. Show me the last time the Chinese carried out 7,000 sorties in three weeks from aircraft carriers and bases thousands of miles away while coordinating aerial refueling and electronic attack platforms, launching hundreds of cruise missiles and drones, sustaining all the required logistics from halfway across the world, rapidly developing and processing targets, integrating operations with a regional ally, while thoroughly testing IADS utilizing land, sea, air, and space-based sensors, and on and on and on. Our adversaries might be able to observe from afar and get some useful data, but that's nothing compared to what US forces are learning. I can assure you that the real-world experience they're getting is a massive advantage and is going to inform future doctrine, training, and material acquisitions.
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WanderWit
WanderWit@TheWanderWit·
@SDisputation @JamesRaxz Thanks for agreeing you couldn’t refute. Now please continue to huff your AI slop, and let the adults speak on these topics. Thanks.
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WanderWit@TheWanderWit·
By this logic, SM-3/6 and ESSM were all useless garbage SAMs prior to their first combat uses in only the last 2-3 years. By the time SM-3 and 6 were first used in “combat” in early 2024, they were already operational widespread and mass produced in hundreds for 20 and 10+ years respectively. But they weren’t “tested”. But I bet you wouldn’t agree with me would you? I can extend this logic in many areas. Just because something is not “tested” doesn’t mean shit. Be careful what you wish for. Your opinion is already irrelevant by being yet another drone implying Iran apparently has “modern Chinese equipment”, which conveniently you wouldn’t be able to provide if asked. Stop blabbering like a retard because they’re spamming JDAMs and TLAMs on yet another militarily inferior country unimpeded.
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Jostein Hauge@haugejostein·
I live right next to the US embassy in London. They built an actual moat around it. Who builds a moat around their embassy? Countries that do bad things and expect retaliation. Or countries who do diplomacy as if we’re in the Middle Ages.
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Melissa Chen@MsMelChen·
Iconic moments in Trump diplomacy You think he won’t really go there but then he does
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Standard Disputation@SDisputation·
@Will_Tanner_1 We could use all the money we would have spent on feeding and housing violent criminals to install solar panels and windmills on our prisons and save Gaia.
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Will Tanner@Will_Tanner_1·
Plus, we can use organic hemp ropes that are recyclable! Hanging all recidivist criminals within days of a guilty verdict would not only make nearly all crime go away, but is the climate and budget friendly alternative to a lifetime of imprisonment!
FischerKing@FischerKing64

People always say we should abolish the death penalty because it ‘costs more than imprisoning people.’ That’s only because of an insanely long appeals process. They never say how much $$ we would save with quick hangings and not housing people for 30 years before execution.

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Alex Hollings@AlexHollings52·
I think people don’t really appreciate what a massive undertaking securing air supremacy over Iran really is. Iran is 2.7 times the size of Ukraine, 3 times the size of France, 4 times the size of Iraq, and they’ve been preparing for this fight for a half century.
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Standard Disputation@SDisputation·
@CCW4COs How the fuck did the flawless operation in Venezuela cause Marines to lose confidence in the DoW?
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Center on Conscience & War@CCW4COs·
She reported that decline of confidence in the Department of War began with the Venezuela operation and intensified with the Minab school massacre…
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Center on Conscience & War@CCW4COs·
We have spoken with the spouse of an infantryman in the 31st MEU currently headed towards Iran. With her permission we are sharing some details of the conversation 👇
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Standard Disputation@SDisputation·
@dmbkparker Yes, but only because I’ve flown a helicopter. I remember the first time I tried to hover, I couldn’t do it. Kept pitching forward until we were staring at the ground and the instructor had to repeatedly take over.
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Dan@dmbkparker·
Do you think if I put you in a helicopter you could successfully takeoff and land? No instruction. You can watch as many YouTube videos as you want before we go.
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Tandy@dantypo·
Homes are also almost double in size, have poured concrete basements, have air conditioning, twice the amount of wiring, an extra bathroom, a kitchen twice the size, 2 car garages…
Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com@FluentInFinance

Median family income in the US increased from $10,000 in 1971 to $106,000 today, a 10x increase. However, the median cost of homes increased from $25,000 to $445,000, a 17x increase. And the median cost of cars increased from $3,600 to $50,000, a 14x increase. The median cost of college increased from $2,900 a year to $45,000, a 16x increase. And the average cost of healthcare per person increased from $350 to $14,600, a 42x increase. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

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Bowtied Mastodon@BowTiedMastadon·
The number of older people who share their wish they’d had more kids far outpaces those who say they’re glad they stopped. That’s before getting into marital, health, or mental issues caused as a byproduct of tube tying, snipping, or chemical castration/infertility.
Chris Koerner@mhp_guy

UPDATE, 3 years later: I no longer feel this way. I really regret not having more kids. If you think you can handle it - mentally & financially, & are confident in your skills as a parent, just keep having kids. I'm still in my 30s and am 2/3 done having 4 kids at home :(

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EducatëdHillbilly™@RobProvince·
@CatoInstitute @David_J_Bier This is why democrat cities drop all charges and don’t prosecute illegals. So they can quote this fake stat. When they finally kill someone you get the “arrested 40 times” headline.
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Cato Institute@CatoInstitute·
“Immigrants—even illegal immigrants—are half as likely to be incarcerated for crimes. According to DHS, only about 3% of illegal immigrants have any criminal convictions,” said Cato’s @David_J_Bier in testimony before the Senate Budget Committee. Read full remarks: ow.ly/tGhb50YtzNi
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