History, Politics And Current Affairs

SecDef has just announced he is reducing the number of 3 and Four star politicians in uniform by 30% INITIALLY.

IMO, FWIW there is nothing a 3 or four star Admirals does can not be done adequately by a Rear Admiral Upper Half.

rtoldman wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:01 pm watching the video on deaths during covid - I call bs on this one. My inside source says it was difficult but absolutely nothing like the video.

Care to elaborate on your Inside Sources? Most of my "Chinese" business ties were with Taiwan and pre CCP take over of Hong Kong.

Paul I found this article that seems to agree with some of Lei's observations. Please note it is dated 2023. Scenario of a collapse of the CCP By James J.Y. Hsu 許正餘 The ultimate end of a situation in which communists are in charge of a capitalist economy is economic depression, with China’s economic...

She seems to think that Xi is hanging on by a thread with respect to his control of the military. I'm not sure how much of that I believe. Could be Xi is trying to weed out the marginal loyalists by getting them to act prematurely. Paul Paul my crystal ball is very, very murky so I certainly would ...

Thanks Mike. I sure do miss that man. Stu was both a very understanding friend and great teacher.
We are all greatly diminished by his far too young passing over.

One more reason for me to hate the Chicomms and the demoRAT party.

Recommend anyone who is interesting in Red China today to watch Lei's Real Talk on Youtube. She seems to know what she is talking about.

I am reading the best book on the US industry in WW II ever written. FREEDOM'S FORGE: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the ...

Looks like it's an effort to get a carrier named after Clinton, with a bone thrown to the R's for the second Bush. Fairly stupid, especially in the waning days of the Biden Presidency. Since the Biden Administration was perfectly happy to change names of ships in service, how hard do you think it w...

We have far too many of our own but a whole lot of them are threatening to leave the USA and migrate to the UK. You withstood the Blitz so I think you can handle them. UK immigration laws are just as painful to deal with as US ones. There is zero chance of any of them making it over here to stay un...

Trade your passel of near-rabid MAHs for some of our utter nutters ? There's David Ikke, who, after a successful career in sport, got it into his head that UK Royals are 'Lizard People'. (Hey, that would probably be an improvement, given eg 'Charlie Oath-Breaker'...) There's an 'investigative repor...

Senior Chief clutching his pearls. Wow. Y‘all keep calling out lefties as crybaby snowflakes but when something happens that you don‘t like your reactions are pretty similar, just with more chest-beating and knuckle dragging, and the occasional mass murder fantasy thrown in. It‘s a shitshow, on bot...

Just read news story that your Mother Humping, Whitey hating Labor party shit Heads are coming to MY COUNTRY to assist that Maoist, no nothing, A Hole, Mattress queen's election scum. If the Dementia Joe Admin actually followed the law the INJUSTICE Dept would arrest them as foreigners committing e...

Been reading up on the status of the Independence class of LCS. Seems that after 20 years the NAV has worked out the bugs :lol: :lol: :lol: . Getting rid of the Freedom class because there was no way in hell any fix to the combiner would make it reliable is a good call. Also limiting the Independenc...

Thanks Craig. The RN has succeeded. It makes no sense to me but I guess I'll have to live with it.

I would be very grateful if someone would explain the numbering system for RN hull numbers. It really confuses me.
Thanks

There is an old saying that goes. Amateurs study strategy and tactics. Professionals study logistics.
just read a great book about Logistics in the US Civil war.

The Quartermaster by Robert O'Harrow

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Good to hear from you, Sir. Hope you're still enjoying copious amounts of stogies and single malt! Belushi TD Yes I am but I have cut down on the single Malt. Let us just say when my pants suit off the circulation to my mind section it is nature's way of telling me to loose weight. :x Unfortunate s...

Drunknsubmrnr wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 3:47 pm You actually got rid of that Sonata?

It looked like it was still in pretty good shape.

Kevin I was almost in tears; like putting down your favorite mount.