Somewhat late, but just saw this piece in the Federalist! A third of DC Circuit judges are foreign born. In common: before being appointed (by the usual suspects) they had little to no experience as a judge, and they all hate Trump! Coincidence? A must-read!
I wonder if the mass drone strikes on critical infrastructure in Russia (particularly large long range drones) was a method to ‘tie down’ Russian AA assets that could have been sent to Iran.
I happened upon this quite in Moon of Alabama ( MOA ) article
I imagine it is accurate
Regarding the United States Assistance to Ukraine estimate at 119.7 Billion
"""" US contribution - assistance already provided to us from 2022 (according to the Kiel Institute, US assistance to Ukraine in 2022-2024 is estimated at $ 119.7 billion) """"
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This also perhaps bolsters the estimates on aide provided to or required by Israel
A prior note I had written:
I asked GROK what the war cost Israel up to January 1 2025 And If 100 Billion was a fair estimate 40 billion military 60 billion economic losses
both military costs and losses economically eg: from tourism, investment to housing refugees from west bank
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Ask GROK :
"Conclusion
Yes, $100 billion USD by January 1, 2025, is a fair estimate—possibly conservative if Lebanon’s toll or economic ripple effects exceeded expectations. A range of $90–110 billion USD better captures uncertainty,..."
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I think a fair conclusion:
Trump is Desperate to Get Israel $$$$$
That is $ 200 BILLION USD for wars Israel and Ukraine and continuing
Or, Trump is serious about moving away from Europe and making the Middle East "investment grade", as Steve Witkoff told Tucker Carlson repeatedly. Witkoff also said that he does what Trump directs him to do. What Witkoff said was true enough that a GOP fundraiser is now calling for his ouster. And the WSJ was upset about his positions.
Depends on the meaning of the word "peace." My belief is that Trump would welcome cooperation with Russia--but with Russia in a subordinate position. I believe that he will find out that the Russians are serious about being treated as equals.
One of the consequences of the 3 year war in Ukraine is that Russia has faced lots of US/NATO armaments and devised various countermeasures; particularly with respect to electronic interdiction. The upcoming confrontation in Iran will pit the best of the US arsenal against top notch Russian AD systems, which may now include the new S-500. If so, those ancient B-2s could be in for a rude surprise and even the submarine launched Tridents/Tomahawks may not make it through. In other words, if the attack fails spectacularly, it will be a huge blow to the US military's perceived dominance. Russia has recently launched new military satellites, so my guess is that Iran will have plenty of advanced notice and intel on the attack when it happens. After the Signal leak, all of this could spell doom for Hegseth's tenure at SecDef.
Agreed. There are a lot of problems with an attack, and especially when there are so many reasons why it could go wrong. That's from a strictly military standpoint, as you note. There are geopolitical reasons and economic reasons why it's a really bad idea, too.
Agreed. And I'm starting to think what was unthinkable two months ago: he fully deserves it. Anyone playing with WW3 and the lives of millions/billions of people like he is deserves a bad end.
It seems to me that Iran doesn't actually *need* nuclear warheads when it has already demonstrated that it can reliably strike Israel with hypersonics and thus take out Dimona at any time, irradiating Israel for decades if not centuries. Iran can withstand multiple nuclear strikes, tiny Israel cannot.
Fair point, but I cannot fathom Israel being clueless about our secret sauce so to speak. They don't want to spend money for weapons when we give them the money to buy ours. Additionally Israel uses the USA as their defense not unlike Europe.
"The US treats events as being without context or history. Russians--and most of the rest of the world--take history very seriously."
Well, not so fast.
We are being rushed into accepting the silencing and removal of those who would criticize US foreign policy (as inseparable from the highest priorities of our greatest ally) because that criticism is now deemed a national security threat by the Secretary of State. Calls for nonviolent protest are now treated as an incitement to violence.
We are being rushed into accepting the need to bomb bomb bomb Iran to protect our greatest ally.
And it is predicated on the evangelical embrace of a specific interpretation of history before Christ. We are at a point in time where our evangelicals believe Christ is to be fulfilled by the Law and the Prophets, rather than that Christ fulfills the Law and the Prophets, fin. We are living in opposite-land. We think we are being very "historical" with a history older than "Holy Rus".
The two things that jump out at me are the hypocrisy and the silence. MAGA folk were outraged when peaceful Trump supporters and opponents of the Plandemic were arrested, but now that we are doing exactly the same thing, it's absolutely fine. And as if that isn't bad enough, we are sleepwalking into a horrific conflict and...crickets. Where's Congress? Where are the Dems?
Yes. The dual citizenship issue is largely ignored by the vast majority of Americans, but there are those like Samuel Huntington who feared that DC, especially of the Jews/Zionists would lead to the conundrum we find ourselves in. In 2003 Federal bureaucrats launched a campaign to to rewrite and weaken the citizenship oath which had been in place 1795. In it's original form, the oath embodies two central ideas concerning citizenship. First, citizenship is exclusive, individuals can change their citizenship but they cannot have more than one at a time. Second, citizenship is a distinctive status conferred by a country's government, involving rights and obligations that distinguish citizens from non-citizens. The exclusivity principle was undermined by the rise of powerful forces (who might they be?) promoting dual loyalties, dual identities, and dual citizenship. The distinctive status of citizenship was eroded by extension of rights and privileges of citizens to non-citizens and by the claim that citizenship is not a national status conferred by the state on individuals but a transnational right of individuals against states that they carry with them wherever they choose to reside. This has substantially devalued American citizenship. This has occurred all over the West, but the greatest impact has been on the USA. I think this is one of the reasons more immigrants carry dual citizenship and are unwilling to assimilate and changing the fabric of this country. We have long had an identity crisis that's been ignored and the chickens are coming home to roost.
As noted above this is unlikely to go anywhere with Trump in the white house. Our social fabric is being destroyed by the change the Bush administration ushered in during his tenure.
Certainly we know the Internet (TCP/IP) was founded by DARPA to build networks able to survive and route around nuclear attacks. Cisco et al began building the commercial version we use today.
"Long before they signed the deal that would make them all billionaires, Rappaport met co-founders Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik and Yinon Costica as soldiers in 2001.
They were recruited to Unit 8200, the elite intelligence division of the Israeli army that has also become a world-class tech incubator."
"It is precisely the military experience of Kela’s employees that makes them attractive, said Brandon Reeves, a general partner at Lux Capital. The percentage of engineers at the five major U.S. defense companies who have been in combat is negligible, he said, 'but if you take Kela, I would imagine it rounds to a hundred percent. It’s a different DNA.'"
The consolidation of US and IL security interests is nearing completion with just a few holdouts at the Pentagon. There will be a mop-up operation.
USA outsourced it's security to Israel and we keep subsidizing them to the point they run this country. the antisemitism policy that makes it illegal to criticize Israel, Zionism or Jews will be extended beyond the universities and into the private sector thereby freedom in America dies and we will be enslaved by Zionism. We given them the money to buy our politicians and they have spent the money on rope to hang us first the it will be their turn.
Somewhat late, but just saw this piece in the Federalist! A third of DC Circuit judges are foreign born. In common: before being appointed (by the usual suspects) they had little to no experience as a judge, and they all hate Trump! Coincidence? A must-read!
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/25/a-third-of-all-dc-district-judges-were-not-born-in-united-states/
Can someone explain: How can "snap-back provisions" be relevant, given that Trump withdrew from JCPOA?
I believe any of the signatory nations can trigger it.
I wonder if the mass drone strikes on critical infrastructure in Russia (particularly large long range drones) was a method to ‘tie down’ Russian AA assets that could have been sent to Iran.
I happened upon this quite in Moon of Alabama ( MOA ) article
I imagine it is accurate
Regarding the United States Assistance to Ukraine estimate at 119.7 Billion
"""" US contribution - assistance already provided to us from 2022 (according to the Kiel Institute, US assistance to Ukraine in 2022-2024 is estimated at $ 119.7 billion) """"
===============================
This also perhaps bolsters the estimates on aide provided to or required by Israel
A prior note I had written:
I asked GROK what the war cost Israel up to January 1 2025 And If 100 Billion was a fair estimate 40 billion military 60 billion economic losses
both military costs and losses economically eg: from tourism, investment to housing refugees from west bank
========================
Ask GROK :
"Conclusion
Yes, $100 billion USD by January 1, 2025, is a fair estimate—possibly conservative if Lebanon’s toll or economic ripple effects exceeded expectations. A range of $90–110 billion USD better captures uncertainty,..."
==============================
I think a fair conclusion:
Trump is Desperate to Get Israel $$$$$
That is $ 200 BILLION USD for wars Israel and Ukraine and continuing
Or, Trump is serious about moving away from Europe and making the Middle East "investment grade", as Steve Witkoff told Tucker Carlson repeatedly. Witkoff also said that he does what Trump directs him to do. What Witkoff said was true enough that a GOP fundraiser is now calling for his ouster. And the WSJ was upset about his positions.
So “peace with Russia” was just a trick all along.
Depends on the meaning of the word "peace." My belief is that Trump would welcome cooperation with Russia--but with Russia in a subordinate position. I believe that he will find out that the Russians are serious about being treated as equals.
He will. The idea that Russia is somehow “lesser” than the usa is ludicrous.
Yep. A Trumpian peace.
One of the consequences of the 3 year war in Ukraine is that Russia has faced lots of US/NATO armaments and devised various countermeasures; particularly with respect to electronic interdiction. The upcoming confrontation in Iran will pit the best of the US arsenal against top notch Russian AD systems, which may now include the new S-500. If so, those ancient B-2s could be in for a rude surprise and even the submarine launched Tridents/Tomahawks may not make it through. In other words, if the attack fails spectacularly, it will be a huge blow to the US military's perceived dominance. Russia has recently launched new military satellites, so my guess is that Iran will have plenty of advanced notice and intel on the attack when it happens. After the Signal leak, all of this could spell doom for Hegseth's tenure at SecDef.
Agreed. There are a lot of problems with an attack, and especially when there are so many reasons why it could go wrong. That's from a strictly military standpoint, as you note. There are geopolitical reasons and economic reasons why it's a really bad idea, too.
I have a really bad feeling that this whole thing is going to blow up in DJT’s face.
This is a shared feeling.
Agreed. And I'm starting to think what was unthinkable two months ago: he fully deserves it. Anyone playing with WW3 and the lives of millions/billions of people like he is deserves a bad end.
It seems to me that Iran doesn't actually *need* nuclear warheads when it has already demonstrated that it can reliably strike Israel with hypersonics and thus take out Dimona at any time, irradiating Israel for decades if not centuries. Iran can withstand multiple nuclear strikes, tiny Israel cannot.
How do you know they haven't sourced this missile technology from Russia or that Russia has sold them some of these missiles?
Doubtful. Russia won’t share this with anyone.
Fair point, but I cannot fathom Israel being clueless about our secret sauce so to speak. They don't want to spend money for weapons when we give them the money to buy ours. Additionally Israel uses the USA as their defense not unlike Europe.
And Israel's spy network in the US is as widespread as the Chinese one is. Dual citizens.
Bingo!
"The US treats events as being without context or history. Russians--and most of the rest of the world--take history very seriously."
Well, not so fast.
We are being rushed into accepting the silencing and removal of those who would criticize US foreign policy (as inseparable from the highest priorities of our greatest ally) because that criticism is now deemed a national security threat by the Secretary of State. Calls for nonviolent protest are now treated as an incitement to violence.
We are being rushed into accepting the need to bomb bomb bomb Iran to protect our greatest ally.
And it is predicated on the evangelical embrace of a specific interpretation of history before Christ. We are at a point in time where our evangelicals believe Christ is to be fulfilled by the Law and the Prophets, rather than that Christ fulfills the Law and the Prophets, fin. We are living in opposite-land. We think we are being very "historical" with a history older than "Holy Rus".
The two things that jump out at me are the hypocrisy and the silence. MAGA folk were outraged when peaceful Trump supporters and opponents of the Plandemic were arrested, but now that we are doing exactly the same thing, it's absolutely fine. And as if that isn't bad enough, we are sleepwalking into a horrific conflict and...crickets. Where's Congress? Where are the Dems?
Yes. It's frightening to watch the commensuration of Tren de Aragua with Mahmoud Khalil. It's not accidental, it's a choice, with intended effects.
Seems totally innocuous, right?
Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie
Today I introduced HR 2356, the Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act.
If we continue allowing dual citizens to run for federal office, candidates should disclose to voters ALL countries in which they hold citizenship.
TM is a sly one!
I propose an amendment, proof of Natural Born Citizen status required or you aren't allowed to run for president or vice president .
Yes. The dual citizenship issue is largely ignored by the vast majority of Americans, but there are those like Samuel Huntington who feared that DC, especially of the Jews/Zionists would lead to the conundrum we find ourselves in. In 2003 Federal bureaucrats launched a campaign to to rewrite and weaken the citizenship oath which had been in place 1795. In it's original form, the oath embodies two central ideas concerning citizenship. First, citizenship is exclusive, individuals can change their citizenship but they cannot have more than one at a time. Second, citizenship is a distinctive status conferred by a country's government, involving rights and obligations that distinguish citizens from non-citizens. The exclusivity principle was undermined by the rise of powerful forces (who might they be?) promoting dual loyalties, dual identities, and dual citizenship. The distinctive status of citizenship was eroded by extension of rights and privileges of citizens to non-citizens and by the claim that citizenship is not a national status conferred by the state on individuals but a transnational right of individuals against states that they carry with them wherever they choose to reside. This has substantially devalued American citizenship. This has occurred all over the West, but the greatest impact has been on the USA. I think this is one of the reasons more immigrants carry dual citizenship and are unwilling to assimilate and changing the fabric of this country. We have long had an identity crisis that's been ignored and the chickens are coming home to roost.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/27/rep-thomas-massie-introduces-bill-requiring-federal-candidates-to-disclose-dual-citizenship/
As noted above this is unlikely to go anywhere with Trump in the white house. Our social fabric is being destroyed by the change the Bush administration ushered in during his tenure.
https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1904998677296431160
Nicole Shanahan is  close to saying every major Big Tech Company was Created and funded by DARPA
• Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle etc..
Certainly we know the Internet (TCP/IP) was founded by DARPA to build networks able to survive and route around nuclear attacks. Cisco et al began building the commercial version we use today.
Not Al Gore?
https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/wiz-google-deal-cybersecurity-cloud-80ec455d?st=Eqmde4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
"Long before they signed the deal that would make them all billionaires, Rappaport met co-founders Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik and Yinon Costica as soldiers in 2001.
They were recruited to Unit 8200, the elite intelligence division of the Israeli army that has also become a world-class tech incubator."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/silicon-valley-invests-in-israeli-startups-in-bid-for-u-s-defense-market-09d47bb4?st=VWDznT&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
"It is precisely the military experience of Kela’s employees that makes them attractive, said Brandon Reeves, a general partner at Lux Capital. The percentage of engineers at the five major U.S. defense companies who have been in combat is negligible, he said, 'but if you take Kela, I would imagine it rounds to a hundred percent. It’s a different DNA.'"
The consolidation of US and IL security interests is nearing completion with just a few holdouts at the Pentagon. There will be a mop-up operation.
USA outsourced it's security to Israel and we keep subsidizing them to the point they run this country. the antisemitism policy that makes it illegal to criticize Israel, Zionism or Jews will be extended beyond the universities and into the private sector thereby freedom in America dies and we will be enslaved by Zionism. We given them the money to buy our politicians and they have spent the money on rope to hang us first the it will be their turn.