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Maggoty

@ Maggoty @lemmy.world

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  • Russia is not on Trump's tariff list

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  • Why? Isn't that the easiest lowest hanging fruit possible?

  • Russia is not on Trump's tariff list

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  • If I'm a politician and I'm putting tariffs in place, the one place getting annihilated by a 1,000% tariff is the place I've already sanctioned into the ground. Is that performative? Maybe. Would it prevent headlines like this? Yep.

    Makes you wonder what's going on in the swamp.

  • Friendly reminder

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  • Jokes on them. I got a hard time for a formation in hell.

  • while we were watching for threat from China, here comes Philippines with a steel chair!

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  • You could look at it as them building future US military bases...

  • How to love

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  • I had to check the sub. I was loading the proverbial shotgun. You got me OP. :)

  • Rand Paul Fears Trump Tariffs Could Mean 1930s-Style Republican Wipeout: ‘We Lost the House and Senate for 60 Years’

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  • Your treating this as if the same people are voting different ways. It's usually much more along the lines of voters staying home one election and voting in another.

    Edit - autocorrect got naughty!

  • Israel announces expansion of military operation in Gaza to seize ‘large areas’ of land, ordering residents to leave | CNN

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  • Tell me with a straight face that Schumer isn't celebrating this.

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  • Haha yeah I've always said the real test is the 12 mile march in 3 hours. If you can't walk, you ain't infantry. But the Army, (my ex), in all it's wisdom wants to measure all this other stuff. I could get on board with a weighted drag and a sprint too but it's really not necessary.

  • Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE

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  • Hand washing clothes with a scrub board.

  • Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE

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  • Hello officer? I'd like to report a suspicious person in my retirement community!

  • Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE

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  • I get zero points. Elder millennials rally at the landline we'll have two drinks and fall asleep at 10pm!

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  • Wow I am officially old. Link to old ass memes here.

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  • Yeah, we did also practice other ways but it wasn't a requirement. Our requirements were grinding endurance stuff like pack all your stuff and carry it 12 miles. Then do a running rifle qual. (You're running until it's your turn to shoot, or really more like shuffling in this case)

    And the women were certainly hard, they just didn't get the same level of training because civilians couldn't handle the thought of them fighting. Which is ridiculous. They ended up on the front lines anyway, just less prepared.

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  • Yup. Every soldier needs to be able to fight. The last 20 years has seen enemies actively avoid attacking combat arms units and going after traditionally non combat units wherever possible. That and the ability to press anyone into the frontline is why everyone needs to be able to pass the test.

    Also, to make things even more interesting, combat units already hold their soldiers to a soft standard that's higher than non combat units. You won't get discharged for not meeting it but you will do extra exercises, get held back on promotions, and not go to schools for additional skills. If they thought their women weren't making the standard they literally just wouldn't promote them, and they'd highly encourage them to change jobs.

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  • I'm not going to down vote you over it because most people outside the military don't know. But the Army just spent 10 years making a fitness test that more closely resembles combat tasks. Hegseth is not saying this in good faith.

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  • That's good for a few paychecks in the black couch industry...

  • Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) just began a filibuster - Live Stream

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  • They were doing appointments according to C-Span.

  • Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine

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  • They still only have 20 percent of the country. After years. At this rate they will run out of people before Ukraine runs out of territory.

  • Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine

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  • Europe has 450 million people. It will be easier for them than Russia with 146 million people. Stop spreading FUD.