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Yeah I suspected there's a bit of truth in there on the first part, the second bit seemed more like pure propaganda as they're needs to be some crazy explanation for the lack of defectors.

both established advanced air combat schools to try and teach their pilots similar tactics (Top Gun in America and the 1521st Aviation Base in Turkmenistan for the Soviets).

I did not realize the soviet's also setup an equivalent.

Alright well this hubris reminds me of when I was taking with a former air force pilot years ago. He was at least a lot less ridiculous than this individual in the article. What stood out to me was that basically he said they'd win for sure because the Soviet/ Russian pilots weren't trained right because their respective military was too afraid they'd just leave with the planes. He also added the ones that were any good were also too by the book with no freedom to operate independently based on the mission.

It's something I feel like I've heard once in an article shared here about the Chinese pilots as well. Not sure if that's just kool-aid moving through the system and how true it is exactly. I'm sure some of it is doctrine related and most of it is kool-aid.

Yeah, I saw you were quoting a Fair.org article so figured I'd read the archive link first. What a whiff.

I definitely agree, with some of your points remind me of what I read this morning on Michael Robert's blog and additional ones that are all correct.

What is puzzling many is that the US economy at least is apparently achieving a ‘soft landing’ from the pandemic, with inflation down, unemployment low and average real incomes beginning to rise, but the American public still seems depressed and uncertain about the future.

The problem is that inflation has only fallen by half and remains well above the pre-pandemic level of under 2%. And that fall is almost entirely due to the end of supply blockages caused by the pandemic and the eventual fall in energy and food prices. As many have explained, it has had little to do with the monetary policy of the central banks.

The misery index may be down, but most households in the US, Europe and Japan are still suffering the after-effects of the pandemic slump. Prices in Europe and the US are higher by about 17-20% compared to the end of the pandemic. Jobs may be plentiful, but in general they do not pay well and are often part-time or temporary. Moreover, the continuing war in Ukraine and now the horrendous decimation of Gaza could lead to a reversal of the past fall in global supply chain pressure – according to the New York Fed index.

The hope of the optimists is that AI and LLMs will kick-start a ‘roaring 20s’, similar to that experienced in the US after the end of the Spanish flu epidemic from 1918-20 and the subsequent slump of 1920-21. But some things are different now. In 1921, the US was fast-rising manufacturing power, sweeping past war-torn Europe and a declining Britain. Now the US economy is in relative decline, manufacturing is stagnating and the US faces the threat of the rise of China, forcing it to conduct proxy wars globally to preserve its hegemony.

Sometimes I remember when I had that level of brainworms and really bought the tech koolaid.

Now reading this is just incredible, I trust China a lot more than the west on this. And either way I think 'AI' in it's current iteration isn't a game changer. Especially when everything I've read I think China has like a whole portion of their court system setup for IP and patent protection and stuff.

It's honestly continually astounding when we get numbers like that showing how pathetic the defense industries production capability is.

Update on Greg Joseph with the Israeli shoes: Missed a 49yrd field goal.

Vikings offense is so bad I'm guessing he'll get another cracks at it unfortunately. Would love it if he couldn't hit any of them wearing those things.

Edit: Vikings offense is indeed bad, Greg Joseph hit a field goal. Very upsetting to see him 1/2 and not 0/2

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This Sunday against the Raiders, various people within the Vikings organization will be supporting Israel on their feet. Kicker Greg Joseph’s cleats and sneakers that will be worn by the Wilfs and team CEO Andrew Miller.

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Some context is the kicker is a white South African. The Wilfs are NJ based real estate "developers".

I mean it's probably incorrect and a typo then. But if that's somehow Lockheed Martin's actual cost to manufacturer the plane that would mean they're pocketing 100mil per plane.

I doubt Lockheed Martin would give just the production cost out and would want to hide that though.

Last year was also 50% only as well I think. So it means they've basically made no progress whatsoever. Although I suspect there's really no desire to actually complete the audit.

The service is also looking for new anti-ship missiles. This spring, it announced plans to buy 268 Joint Strike Missiles over the next five years, which an official said would "bridge that gap" until it acquires more of the larger Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, which the Navy and Air Force both want and Lockheed Martin is scrambling to build.

Looks like we've got a new Lockheed Martin grift to pay attention to. Can't wait for the hijinks! I'm guessing it won't be anything cool and instead be like it won't track the object on a cloudy day or something.

"The stacking of effects starts in cyber, then there's a space, then there's an air, there may be a surface, and there may be a subsurface component, with electronic combat happening — all needing to arrive on the target coincidentally," Wilsbach said.

"In a dynamic environment where aircraft and ships and perhaps ground units from the Army, with satellites traveling through space, all have to synchronize in time and space so the effects occur at the same time on the target — so you get munitions on the target to destroy and hopefully sink the ship, as an example — that we are working on constantly," Wilsbach said.

Sounds like this individual just got back from a Silicon Valley retreat. Whole lot of words for not meaning much of anything.

Thousands of Egyptian fans of the Al-Ahly Football Club, based out of Cairo, chant in solidarity with Palestine.

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Yeah reminds me of this earlier in the year. I caught wind of it because I follow MLS. ~~Was weird because I remember the follow up stories and discussion being the fans didn't mind and thought it was neat or something like that.~~

Can't find any follow up stories I'd probably have more luck if I knew Hebrew or Polish, but he got 23 total appearances with the club after being only a few in after the salute.

Former MLS Player Denies Using Nazi Salute To Celebrate Goal In Israel, Apologizes For Misinterpretation

Also found this one about the Tel Aviv club: Israel’s most racist soccer club isn’t shouting ‘death to Arabs’

The racism at the club is further enabled by the fact that Maccabi flies under the Israeli media’s radar, which instead prefers to focus on the antics of Beitar Jerusalem fans, particularly “La Familia,” and the complete absence of Arab players in the club’s entire history. But the decision of Maccabi Tel Aviv players to wrap themselves in the Israeli flag following Tuesday’s match shouts out the subtext that Arabs have no place here. In other words, those Maccabi players are no less racist than members of “La Familia.”