Made 1 long post on the ED article, the F-35 deserves a small bit of reference:

Foxtro Alpha was Tyler Rogoway.

I’m a humble, shitpoast commentator and I put forth more research effort into a talking point (the inane ED bit) Terrell used than he did. I don’t get payed to do this, either. (http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/1797281860)

A good argument shouldn’t use bad facts; the facts check out in the same way figures don’t lie, but liars figure.

This $84M on ED floating around the internet is highly en vogue but apparently no one is doing the literal 5 minutes of Googling and reading to flesh that out.

The active-duty components are only spending…

But it’s good it is.

I’m on cell phone only ATM — here’s an idea to do: adjusting for inflation or finding prices in a Constant-Year dollar, how much horsepower do you get for so much dollars. Can pick any model but might as well do the Mustang.

One wonders when some intrepid Captain decides the SPY-1 will make a fine addition to escalation-of-force measures.

Genius and madness so often go hand-in-hand.

I’m confident Tesla will come through but they’ve built up so much hype around the Model 3, I get this very subtle fear in my mindbrain:

Rolodex;

Throughout the SouthWest there are manned checkpoints on major interstates.

If the sanctity of the American electoral process was a fact, Voter ID laws wouldn’t be fought by the Left as hard as any anti-gun legislation is by the Right.

There is something to be said for a dual-track strategy.
Better relations as an end unto itself has some merit. We can still kill each other in a nuclear hellfire, and avenues of communication set up during the Cold War long ago shutdown; we should rekindle some of these channels.
Our interests align with respect to…

The same way technology embargoes in the Reagan years helped national security; keep the Soviets/Russians mired a half-generation/generation+ behind our state-of-the-art tech.

Many times in geopolitics, sanctions, trade restrictions, limiting sales of high-tech items has the unintended effect of encouraging an enemy…

You’re being pedantically literal.
The national anthem is physically sung while players are on the field; it’s an off-the-field (READ: NOT GERMANE TO THE GAME OF FOOTBALL) issue.

Smack talk about how another player is is an off the field issue?

(don’t think this needs a spoiler alert because I’m being vague; but warning)

Capable backups cost a ton of money, because the premium on the position is SO high.

You insist the locker room argument is BS; let’s agree to disagree.
If I’m right I’ve demonstrated a fairly exhaustive breakdown of why Kap remain’s Joe Q. Public.

If you’re right there’s still everything else: he is a distraction,…

I should admit Minnesota, when I typed that, was the weakest example and I was contemplating fluffing that out.
But their roster is a good one, even if Bridgewater never does recover, they went out of their way to scoop up Bradford for a playoff push.

“Win now” is a bit of a subjective word that people impart their…

No need for a coordinated blackout strike, even though it would be easy, since Moscow’s ABM would be providing that for us.