Yeah, I'm totally over-reacting to think these folks would happily throw people in camps.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoSen. Jim Banks refers to American citizens as "the babies of invaders" and compares them to Nazi spies and terrorists
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I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser | Hachiman Defense Substack https://hachiman.substack.com/ | Formerly covered defense @ Popular Mechanics. Weapons person.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago
"The War China Might Choose" explores a new Taiwan conflict scenario. #China #Taiwan https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/war-china-might-choose
The War China Might Choose | Foreign Affairs
A new Taiwan option.
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The Pentagon claims the Iran war cost $37.5 billion while independent analysts estimate over $100 billion. A democracy cannot hold its government accountable if the true cost of its wars is hidden, writes Cato's Benjamin Giltner. https://ow.ly/tB7w50ZwaqS
Secretary Hegseth’s $37.5 Billion Iran War Claim Doesn’t Add Up
Independent organizations and the public must continue to investigate and bring to light the actual costs of this war. Transparency in government, any semblance of it, is mandatory for a democratic government.
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Happy There Will Come Soft Rains Day to all who celebrate. (Especially those in Allendale, California.) short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
Zelenskyy says relations with Japan have fallen short of ‘high expectations’ www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08...
Zelenskyy says relations with Japan have fallen short of ‘high expectations’
The Ukrainian leader had hoped for more following “significant political changes” — an apparent hint at Tokyo’s evolving defense posture.
japantimes.co.jp
🚨Japan's annual defense white paper is out🚨 => Japan defense report says China challenge must be met with ‘overall national strength’ www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08...
Japan defense report says China challenge must be met with ‘overall national strength’
Tokyo’s annual defense white paper says that cooperation with allies and like-minded nations is crucial to Japan’s own security.
japantimes.co.jp
It was a shooting my M1 Garand and barbecue brisket kind of day.
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Three Marines headed to a Naha beach for a pickup soccer match instead intervened in an alleged assault, treated an injured Japanese man and stalled the suspect until police arrived.
Marines provide first aid, stall assault suspect near Okinawa beach
Three Marines intervened in an alleged assault, treated an injured Japanese man and stalled the suspect until police arrived.
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Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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ehhhhh........ I mean the problem is that while I hate parts of this I don't in fact hate the outcome. We've known that we've needed icebreakers for more than two decades now and neither the Coast Guard nor the Navy were capable of doing anything about it.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d agoPresident Trump decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers, worth almost $7 billion, after a game of golf with Finland’s president. The question, experts say, is how many the U.S. really needs. nyti.ms/4hK355K
Something I’ve missed: Japan’s suicide rate per capita has fallen by nearly half, from 29.3 in 2008 to 15.4 in 2025. In 2010 the US Marine Corps and Japan had roughly the same suicide rate, even though just one was at war. www.nippon.com/en/japan-dat...
Number of Suicides in Japan Falls Below 20,000
The total number of suicides in Japan decreased below 20,000 in 2025, reaching its lowest point since records began in 1978. However, the number of schoolchildren who took their lives remained high.
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Well, this is interesting. A jumbo sized LCAC hovercraft capable of carrying 600 tons. Also capable of taking vehicles directly from from the stern ramp of a RO RO. youtu.be/Ij5X9K21j3s?...
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The planner in CENTCOM that had been forgetting to add the word “decisive” to the CONOP slides this whole time.
Drake & Lil Yachty Looking at Laptop
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And so ends yet another week with no routine news briefing at the Pentagon. Despite an active conflict with Iran, there have been zero briefings since May 5.
If this ever happens to me just throw a gun down.
WKRN News 2@wkrnnews2.bsky.social · 6d agoVideo shows Maury County first responders rescue man who fell 20 feet in septic tank
I see these small 47 foot boats in the surf all the time across the street from my house. These guys plunge into big waves for hours, I’m not surprised their brains are getting beaten up. Why the Coast Guard isn’t aware of the problem is baffling, but not surprising I guess.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d agoU.S. Coast Guard rescue crews can suffer brain injuries from the relentless pounding of waves. The service has never studied the hazard that waves may pose to the brain and knows little about the force of the hits or the consequences of years of exposure.
#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory Today in UFO History - The Mystery of the 'Flying Discs' July 31, 1950 — 1/ The CIA translates and retains an article by Eduard Ludwig, a German scientist living in Chile,
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u... "Some skeptics of Ms. Stevens, locally and nationally, heard the exaggerated Midwestern twang of a schlocky “Saturday Night Live” impersonation, with its raised a’s and disappearing g’s" Her accent sounds completely normal for Michigan.
How Haley Stevens’s Accent Became a Flashpoint in Michigan’s Senate Race
How the politics of raised a’s and disappearing g’s briefly came to dominate the Michigan Senate race.
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