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@NickPpgg @EvolutiaR Europe doesn't have a 5th gen programme, but it has two 6th gen ones. Patriot is proven & effective, but Europe has an arguably better alternative with SAMP/T. Introducing a second system for the same job is expensive, but worsen relationships & the cost becomes worth it...

@MagicalBeaker @EvolutiaR Agreed but why are there European countries buying the F-35 and Patriots? It's not because these are US equipment that they but them.

100,000 American troops in Europe = a free ride for Europeans? Let's check the facts. 🔹 American military bases are not free Germany, Italy, Spain, and Romania pay for the infrastructure, land, utilities, and civilian personnel of US bases. Germany alone contributes over $1 billion annually to support the American military presence on its soil. 🔹 Europe is the largest customer of the American defense industry F-35s, Patriot missiles, HIMARS, Apaches — all purchased by Europeans with real money. Every security alarm in Europe translates into contracts for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing. 🔹 American bases in Europe don't only protect Europe Ramstein in Germany coordinates operations across Africa and the Middle East. Sigonella in Italy covers the Mediterranean and North Africa. Romania secures the eastern flank and the Black Sea. These are global American strategic assets — not neighborhood security for Europeans. 🔹 Command is American, not European NATO is always led by an American Supreme Commander (SACEUR). Europe contributes troops, bases, and money — but America holds the controls. Those who control the structure are not the ones getting a free ride. 🔹 The nuclear umbrella is not altruism American nuclear deterrence in Europe keeps the dollar as the world's reserve currency, keeps European markets open to US corporations, and legitimizes American hegemony against Russia and China. But what would actually happen if America withdrew its troops from Europe? 🔹 For America — immediate strategic losses Without bases in Europe, American response time to any crisis in Europe, Africa, or the Middle East grows from hours to days. Ramstein, Sigonella, and Incirlik cannot be replaced by aircraft carriers. Infrastructure built over decades disappears overnight. 🔹 The American defense industry loses its biggest customer A Europe without the US umbrella will build its own defense industry — and fast. Airbus Military, KNDS, Leonardo, and Rheinmetall will take the contracts that Lockheed and Raytheon currently win. Billions of dollars shift from America to Europe. 🔹 The dollar weakens Dollar hegemony is partly sustained by American global military credibility. A withdrawal from Europe signals to the world that America no longer guarantees the postwar order. Alternatives — the euro, the yuan — become more attractive as global reserve options. 🔹 Russia wins without firing a single shot Not necessarily through immediate invasion — but through political influence, energy pressure, and the gradual destabilization of countries on the eastern frontier. The Baltic states, Poland, and Romania enter a security grey zone that no one can guarantee quickly. 🔹 China watches and draws conclusions about Taiwan A precedent of withdrawal from Europe sends a direct signal to Beijing: American commitments are negotiable. The cost of deterrence in the Pacific rises exponentially. Withdrawal is not isolationism. It is strategic abdication. America would not be leaving Europe because it no longer has interests there. It would be leaving while ignoring that those very interests are what make it a superpower. The "free ride" narrative doesn't describe Europe. It describes exactly what America has in Europe.

@NickPpgg @EvolutiaR US military equipment is great, true But it's not the only good option. Rafale, Typhoon & Gripen, all great Meteor probably the best a2a missile in the world Leopard and Challenger the equal of Abrams Astute is world class Storm Shadow is world class Type45 is world class Etc...

@EvolutiaR That's too optimistic about Euro companies benefiting from the USA leaving NATO. They don't offer anything competitive (in terms of capabilities and affordability) against the F-35, Patriots,... Euro countries first need to spend hundreds of billions to catch-up on the techno.

@WilsonJame63184 @Politicsworld @allenanalysis I mean.. Other than Jeffrey E himself? I world probably point to Trump, who was not only repeatedly mentioned in the epstein files, but previously admitted to, no, *boasted about* walking in on girls while they were changing?

@Politicsworld @allenanalysis Who was a Bigger Pedophile than Creepy Joe Biden?????

🚨 Norway just did what the rest of the world won’t. Former PM Thorbjørn Jagland was taken into custody today after losing immunity over Epstein ties. First real detention linked to this scandal. Accountability isn’t impossible. It’s just been avoided by our officials here in the USA. 🇺🇸

@tjbate2000 @mwt2008 @JustinOnWeb @BBCr4today Why do we need as much nuclear capacity as renewable?

You will need roughly the same split of SMR rotating as solar and wind to be a viable economy. AI data centres are 24/7/365. Smart meters will never work. There is no sustainable, economically viable solution that relies only on solar and wind, especially not in the UK. Henry Ford showed us how to do SMR modular nuclear...start prioritising sites now...

What a strange question @JustinOnWeb asked on the @BBCr4today programme this morning about Chinese-made solar panels. The carbon payback period for modern Chinese-made panels installed in the UK is around 1–2 years, depending on roof orientation and shading. After that they produce almost pure net-zero electricity for decades. ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/is… Panels typically last 35–40 years. Most have 25- or 30-year performance warranties and degrade at only 0.3–0.5% per year, so they still generate 85–90% of their original output after 30 years. Installing solar is not “swapping” dependence on imported gas for imported panels. Gas has to be imported every day, at volatile global prices, and burned continuously. A solar panel is imported once, paid for once, emits once during manufacture, and then generates free clean electricity for 40 years. It ends the cycle of permanent import dependence rather than replacing it. #r4today #NetZero

@bookchicktoo @johnkonrad The data is wrong, of course. The UK, Italy, France and Spain all run carriers.

@johnkonrad You definitely come with the data…

Our biggest geographic threat would be Canada. The NYPD could defeat the Royal Military alone. Not joking. Seriously I’m not. There’s certainly enough hard Canadians to muss our hair but they would probably join our side and the government took all their guns. NATO has: ❌ No strategic bombers ❌ No B-52 equivalent ❌ No long-range maritime strike fleets ❌ No mass stand-off strike capacity ❌ No independent deep-strike logistics It has two carriers but doesn’t have enough escort ships to protect them. This would be an air war. NATO has a half decent Army but there is no bridge to Greenland so it’s useless. Their space and cyber capabilities are an utter joke. So this would be a Naval War Canada doesn’t have a Navy. It has 3 submarines that would sink long before reaching Greenland, one ancient diesel sub that maybe can get underway and zero warships that could sink a USCG cutter. That leaves the European Navies NATO (minus the US) actually tried really hard to protect shipping from the Houthis and could only field a maximum of THREE warships (on rotation) in the Red Sea at one time. Three. 1, 2, 3 Mostly small frigates. And one of those frigates broke down in the middle of a firefight and only by the Lord’s grace did not get hit and sink. It was Danish. They didn’t even really try to fix it once she limped home. Now NATO does have 8 nuclear ballistic missile submarines but only 2 are deployed at a time. One is British. Goole “UK nuclear missile tests go plop” and ignore them. Even if one of their warheads miraculously does work it’s sitting atop an American manufactured missile so we can probably just hack their systems and turn it off. That leaves one French submarine against the entire United States military. The French Navy is IMHO by far the least pathetic of the bunch so that’s maybe a problem. Bottom line is… I’m not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops.

@brashua431973 @elonmusk That ignores the reality of money in pockets. $100 for someone who earns $1000 a month is huge - it might be the difference between eating and going hungry, or paying rent and becoming homeless. $100k for someone earning $1m is not going to have the same impact.

@elonmusk There should be a flat tax of 10% for everyone. If you make a thousand a week you pay 100 dollars. If you make a million bucks you pay 100 thousand. It's proportional and .uch fairer than the current system.

I paid so much in taxes one year that it broke the IRS computer (actually). Too many digits. They had to update the software to get it processed.

@PsychoSteveJr @pauljunk @hamids No they aren't, not for 2025. Toyota holds the 1 and 2 spots globally. In the US tesla only just breaks into the top 10. In the UK it's nowhere to be seen. In Europe it's not much better. Tesla sales peaked acouple of years go and are falling. @grok can you validate/verify this?

@pauljunk @hamids The model three and model Y are the best selling cars in the world. You are going to be increasingly more unhappy and bitter in the next few years when you see what they’re about to do next. I Feel sorry you have some much bitterness in your life.

It's important to recognize that $1.9 Trillion worth of car revenue from all the other car companies, combined, is valued at less than $1.6 Trillion. Or approximately 0.8x sales. $TSLA revenues are ~$95 Billion. If it received similar valuation to avg car industry, it would get ~$75 Billion valuation. So the remaining $1.5 Trillion part of Tesla's valuation is completely based on the potential of Robotaxis and Optimus. So anytime someone says "Tesla's valuation doesn't even take into account the incredible potential of Robotaxis and Optimus," be sure to correct them and let them know that "actually, those 2 business opportunities with $0 in current revenue are being valued at roughly $1.5 Trillion!"

@SamaHoole @grok what does the latest scientific research say on this topic? Are seed oils as dangerous as this post suggests?

1907: Electric lights replace candles. Procter & Gamble's candle business collapses. They pivot to soap but animal fats are expensive. They need cheaper alternatives. Enter cottonseed oil. Cotton seeds contain oil, but it's toxic to humans - gossypol, a natural pesticide. The seeds are agricultural waste, fed to cattle in small amounts or discarded. But chemically extract the oil, heat it to extreme temperatures, hydrogenate it with pressurized hydrogen gas, and you get solid white fat that looks like lard but costs pennies. They patent it in 1907, launch Crisco in 1911. Crystallized cottonseed oil. Industrial waste transformed into soap substitute. Except they don't market it as soap. They market it as food. Problem: nobody wants to eat textile manufacturing waste processed with industrial chemicals. Your grandmother cooks with lard and tallow like humans have for thousands of years. Solution: Convince America that animal fats are killing them. Procter & Gamble spends millions on marketing. Cookbooks, radio shows, free samples. They target Jewish communities advertising Crisco as kosher - "neither meat nor dairy!" But the genius move: 1948. The American Heart Association has $1,700 in their budget. Procter & Gamble donates $1.7 million. Suddenly the AHA has funding and influence. And suddenly they're very interested in dietary causes of heart disease. 1961: The AHA issues first dietary guidelines. Avoid saturated fat from animals. Replace with vegetable oils. Recommended oils: Crisco, Wesson, and other seed oils. Who benefits: Procter & Gamble. Who funded the AHA: Procter & Gamble. The conflict is blatant. Nobody cares. Never mind that humans ate animal fats for millions of years without epidemic heart disease. Never mind that seed oils oxidize rapidly and integrate into cell membranes creating inflammation for years. Industrial cottonseed waste is now "heart healthy" and butter is "artery-clogging poison." 1980s: Trans fats are discovered to be catastrophically unhealthy. They directly cause heart disease. Procter & Gamble's response: Quietly reformulate, keep selling seed oils, never acknowledge their "heart healthy" product spent 70 years actively causing disease. No apologies. No compensation. Just reformulate and continue. Modern research shows seed oils cause oxidative stress, inflammatory cascades, mitochondrial dysfunction, increased cancer risk, and neurodegenerative disease. Your body requires exactly zero grams. They didn't exist in human diets until 1911. But Procter & Gamble needed to sell soap alternatives and accidentally created the largest dietary change in human history. We traded animal fats that built civilizations for factory waste that causes disease. The soap company won.

@doh247 @DefenceHQ @grok who made these claims? Were they legitimate?

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 23 December 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: ow.ly/LGNR50XNfO7 #StandWithUkraine

@JayRassee @IndieChris71 @MatthewStadlen @RealDonKeith Oh boy, you're going to have a hell of a realisation when your learn about driving licenses and all the road safety laws...

@IndieChris71 @MatthewStadlen @RealDonKeith No they don't deserve to die. But if you live by the gun.....most people with guns in US are responsible users? Just like most drivers are safe drivers.

Australia took away its citizens’ guns, but 10 people at Bondi Beach are dead anyway because terrorists don’t care about gun laws. The only thing the Australian government did was make sure its unarmed, law-abiding, citizens are now sitting ducks, unable to defend themselves.

@Drew43698320 @OfAthenry @LittleCongress Interesting - because there is a lot of evidence that government agents keep lying: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

@MagicalBeaker @OfAthenry @LittleCongress Oh I agree with you. But curiously, in every one of these cases where the left has claimed it was just a peaceful protester not interfering whatsoever, the video has supported ICEs version. Curious, that.

ICE cut off her wedding ring. Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe. She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move. Seconds later, they threw her to the ground, handcuffed her, and hauled her away. She spent five hours in leg shackles at a federal building. Agents cut off her wedding ring and threatened to pepper-spray her in the truck. Her husband spent all day trying to find where they’d taken her. Federal officials wouldn’t tell him. Her "crime" was simply standing on a public street, watching, and asking questions. Read that again: here in Minnesota, a U.S. citizen was arrested, restrained, and disappeared for hours, not for interfering, not for resisting, but for asking a question. If they can arrest Sue Tincher for standing on a public sidewalk, they can arrest anyone. Immigration attorneys said they’re seeing constitutional violations every single day now. I’m running because we need leaders who will call this what it is- un-American, unconstitutional, and unacceptable. Sue Tincher stood up. I’m standing up. We must all stand up. mprnews.org/story/2025/12/…

@jaybird11c @LittleCongress What about "love thy neighbour"?

@LittleCongress There are two golden rules in life, everyone knows to treat others the way you want to be treated, some still don’t. The other less talked about is mind your business, if she would’ve done that, nothing would’ve happened to her.

@Drew43698320 @OfAthenry @LittleCongress Remember folks: the government never lies...

it's a lot worse than that, obviously. These asshats will make up anything to rile up the mentally ill that make up their base. "Susan Tincher was arrested after she assaulted a federal agent, tried to break through a security perimeter set up for public safety, ignored lawful commands, and became violent" - from Tricia McLaughlin

@EcoWashrva @rshereme @grok are there any treaties covering the above?

@rshereme This article is “selective news “ yea this is all true, as is the assurance from both the USA and Ukraine that Ukraine will not join NATO or any European alliance (later EU). Russia wanted a buffer nation between itself and the rest of Europe. This was agreed upon WHOLLY.

On this day, 31 years ago, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. Under this agreement, Ukraine relinquished the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom, and russia. Before the Memorandum was signed, renowned political scientist and international relations scholar John Mearsheimer warned that Ukraine should keep its nuclear weapons. He argued that this was the most effective way to prevent a future russian-Ukrainian war, describing such a war as a potential “catastrophe” that could lead to repeated conquest of Ukraine and “undermine peace across all of Europe.” Despite these warnings, Ukraine was pressured by the US into signing the Budapest Memorandum and dismantling its nuclear arsenal. As part of the agreement, Ukraine destroyed its fleet of long-range strategic bombers and transferred more than 1,000 cruise missiles. The United States even assisted in destroying Ukraine’s bomber fleet. In return, Ukraine received “security assurances” from the US, the UK, and russia. Russia, of course, has brutally violated these assurances along with dozens of other treaties. In fact, the same missiles Ukraine surrendered to russia are now being used against Ukrainian cities. And now, instead of honoring those commitments, the United States is pressuring Ukraine to surrender its own land to the aggressor — offering another set of “assurances” that will collapse the moment they are tested. Budapest was a historic mistake. Repeating it today would not bring peace — it would pave the road to the next, even bloodier war.

@cudsotm @DanielConlin6 @rshereme So without nato expansion as an excuse, how do you rationalise Russia's history of invading its neighbours?

@DanielConlin6 @rshereme Sorry, failure to blame "NATO expansion". Bad Bot Post.

@jasonmonroe_ @ItsThomAnt @PeterSchiff IIRC, per capita more Swedes have military training than Americans. It's very misleading to say they have no military.

@ItsThomAnt @PeterSchiff They have no military and very few companies in the Top 100. They’re not innovating their benefiting from others.

If you want to help the poor, then lower taxes on the rich. What helps the poor is a productive economy that makes goods and services more abundant and less expensive, while creating employment opportunities. The capital investment that makes that possible comes from the rich.

@SteadtlerA58435 @ItsThomAnt @PeterSchiff @grok is this a fair assessment of live in Sweden when considering things like poverty levels, happiness, bankruptcy, etc, alongside rates of sexual assault and career opportunities? And how do the immigration levels from Sweden to the US compare with other countries?

@ItsThomAnt @PeterSchiff People escape Sweden for the USA because of the rapes and glass ceiling from businesses never expanding.

@birdzone24 @C_3C_3 Didn't Kathy stop worrying for Obama a few months prior?

Yes, Barack Obama participated in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during September 2014. He attended the 69th session in New York City, where he delivered the opening address to the General Assembly on September 24, 2014, focusing on global challenges like Russian aggression in Ukraine, violent extremism (including ISIS), Ebola, and climate change.

Things are getting interesting… Jeffrey Epstein to Kathryn Ruemmler: “You need to talk to boss.” Who was Kathryn Ruemmler’s boss? Barack Hussein Obama

@a1asaint @krissyfokksu @kevinabotha @adalluch Now why would you claim anyone is an "illegal"?

This is exactly what I am fighting against.

@SrgtHulka @hankgreen How often did Biden send the national guard in for internal police actions within a state?

“Nazi” isn’t a slur. It’s a word that describes real people who earnestly believe in their ideas. Their ideas are disgusting and hateful, but of course they often do not realize it. I keep running into racists who think that it’s not white supremacist to think that white people are inherently superior to other races. No…that’s the whole definition!! The fact that they believe it earnestly and don’t think it’s an idiotic, hateful belief doesn’t mean it’s not an idiotic, hateful belief. Nazi isn’t a word that means “bad evil boogeyman” it means “someone who believes in their own racial superiority, extreme protectionist nativism, the purifying of society by eliminating undesirables, expansionism, active suppression of dissent, and total state power held in the hands of a very small group.” Make sure the people you’re cheering for don’t believe these things because otherwise…