Nobody Cares: PRS

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Russians shooting down passenger planes again.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

why did i just learn a month later that russia launched the first icbm used in combat

 

[Sheera Khan]

Because it wasn't really an ICBM. At a max. range of 5000 km it is more of an IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile). Bad enough, sure - but the americans are safe. And that is all some media outlets are interested in ;-)

 

[Noodles]

I mean, doesn't Russia contain a continental border? Technically a hand tossed grenade could be an "InterContinental Ballistic Device".

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

til Elon is a communist.

 

[Soen Eber]

I mean, doesn't Russia contain a continental border? Technically a hand tossed grenade could be an "InterContinental Ballistic Device".

They'd need a pretty large hand grenade to take out Ramstein AFB, roll on-roll off ports in the Netherlands, and the Maschen marshalling yards. Much easier to send a nuclear IRBM in to do the job while Soviet troops blitz through the Fulda Gap.

Those IRBMs were commissioned for Soviet war planning before the Berlin Wall came down, and were designed to pretty much pancake European and British infrastructure. Soviets could then stroll through Germany (with no defensible eastern border) fast enough, a few weeks probably, so that France and the low countries (WITH a defensible eastern border) would sue for peace before Soviet supply columns got overstretched, before American reinforcements could steam to the soon to be non-existant Ro Ro ports which would need several months to rebuild, before the United States could pivot to focus entirely on Europe. They were planning for a quick war, perhaps a few months at most, making the defeat of central Europe a thing before the U.S. could gear up fast enough to get involved beyond the scope of troops which were already committed.

They've got thousands of those things. Way, way more than they need for a conventional war.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Running into assholes all day?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Running into assholes all day?

Maybe Truth Social will let her make an account there...

 

[Lexxi]

Running into assholes all day?

I'm confused by the message:

As a reminder, Bluesky requires that users do harm to others, including spamming, scamming, phishing or otherwise disrupting the Bluesky experience for other users.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

5 Ways to Directly Give Aid to Incarcerated Citizens (Besides Luigi Mangione)

Thanks in part to the now infamous alleged killer, the American public is learning just how much incarceration costs.

badgirlsbimonthly.substack.com

 

[Soen Eber]

5 Ways to Directly Give Aid to Incarcerated Citizens (Besides Luigi Mangione)

Thanks in part to the now infamous alleged killer, the American public is learning just how much incarceration costs.

badgirlsbimonthly.substack.com

A takeaway:

Incarceration itself costs, with 40 states and the federal Bureau of Prisons charging incarcerated people for their own lodging, also known as “cell rent,” ... Such was the case with Shelby Hoffman, a Florida woman charged with drug possession and sentenced to 7 years in state prison. Yet, although she was released in ten months, the Florida law allows for each day of the original sentence to be counted towards the debt. Hoffman’s debt thus totaled over $127,000 in unpaid cell-rent.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Daniel Schuman (@americalabs.org)

Yesterday the House Ethics Committee okay'd using campaign donations as members' pocket money. It also wiped away other apparent rule breaking, including using official funds for personal use and forcing federal employees to babysit and take care of pets. It's the New Years' Eve Ethics...

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The New Years' Eve Ethics Massacre

The House Ethics Committee's decisions let congressmen put campaign cash in their pockets and make other allegations of misusing their offices disappear.

firstbranchforecast.substack.com

 

[Free]

Oh! Slapping Trump on the way out!

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Okay, "Same military base" is Fort Liberty, formerly Ft Bragg. Currently about 30,000 people are stationed there. That's down from closer to 45k during Viet Nam. They were both there at different times, as were a significant portion of the US military at one time or another. It's like reporting "Both New Yorkers have taken the subway."

 

[Noodles]

Okay, "Same military base" is Fort Liberty, formerly Ft Bragg. Currently about 30,000 people are stationed there. That's down from closer to 45k during Viet Nam. They were both there at different times, as were a significant portion of the US military at one time or another. It's like reporting "Both New Yorkers have taken the subway."

Yeah, I know very little about how the military isnset up, but I recognizen"Fort Bragg.". Like, as in "I think that is the main or major training place or something so that doesn't mean much."

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

New York Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social)

Moments before the truck exploded, eyewitnesses say they heard a man say “Latinx” and give his pronouns.

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[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Free]

Not really "ha ha" funny, but...

Congress Has the Opportunity to Do the Funniest Thing Ever

The Speaker election looks tight. The presidential election certification is just days away. Could Republicans impose their own January 6th through sheer obstinacy?

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[WolfEyes]

Yeah, I know very little about how the military isnset up, but I recognizen"Fort Bragg.". Like, as in "I think that is the main or major training place or something so that doesn't mean much."

Ft Bragg was special forces.

Fekking idiots even changed the name of Ft Polk.