Never fear, the draft will cover the shortfall
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Imagine an only white military, at what…half its typical strength? And that draft would surely have to include only white, cis, straight men.
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You’re forgetting prison battalions.
Undesirables get drafted straight to jail, and sent to the meatgrinder.
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Does she not see it?
An unelected bureaucrat that has been given more power than Congress is answering questions in the oval office while the elected guy just sits there.
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I had completely neglected the reality that we’re speeding toward a WH40k future. The commissar driving the less desirable troops ahead of him I suppose really does fit the timeline.
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Remember the XFL? That was going to be football without more aggression and less planning. Manly. It made football great again. That’s what they want for the US Army.
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spent a lifetime of dark nights pleasuring himself to the idea of a government that does nothing for anyone
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Just look at his executive orders…the safety and security of the US and domestic chaos…Putin making out like a bandit
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What they apparently want, based on all the years of propaganda from Tucker Carlson and the like, is the Russian army. Of course, that proposition sounded a lot better when the Russians weren’t suffering a loss rate that made the Somme look a picnic while being turned into (literal) pig food in Ukraine…
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I think this is at least part of the real reason AP is in the cross-hairs…
It is not common practice for automakers — in China or elsewhere — to sue their customers. But Tesla has pioneered an aggressive legal strategy and leveraged the patronage of powerful leaders in China’s ruling Communist Party to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability.
This is the guy in charge of your government’s chequing account.
Edit: Oh look, there’s Mr. Musk mid-2024 in the not-so-oval office of the Premier of 
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I can’t really help myself watching the markets. The core inflation numbers were announced at 8:30am EST, they were higher than expected, 10Y bond prices dropped (daily and 30m data CME Futures below), which means the markets think that interest rates are going up.
At 8:25am EST, the Guardian reported on a Trump posting about interest rate policy, that they should be lowered, contrary to what the markets think the Fed will do.
I’m adding this to my data set that points to a leak of financial data to the White House. You can put millions of dollars into bond futures in a couple of minutes to take advantage of this kind of move. Does anyone believe that the current administration and their staff are not above that kind of profiteering?
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“And its purpose was to make it look like we give a shit about diversity, equity and inclusion. Now that it’s no longer profitable to pretend we care about those things, we’ll stop that kind of pretending.”
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The kids are alright:
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Until they catch measles.
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