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Not like the INF was really enforcing anything anymore. All hail our mighty protector, Mutually Assured Destruction.
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facialimpediment posted:
Thanks for this. I fell asleep reading this and had a pretty good nap. This may be a cure for insomnia.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:What really fucks with people is getting paid a bonus but no withholding is taken out so come tax time they'ree miffed as why they now oww I don't have those kinds of issues thankfully. My 2,000 Christmas bonus gets taxed the same as my regular wage on payout, so I'm just a wee bit bummed when I only get 1,000 
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Big five were the original nuclear powers: Britain France China Sov’s USA
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Your tax bracket depends on total yearly income. When you get more than usual taken out of a check because of bonuses or OT its because your estimated income has changed. I still hate the fact that i have to take a yearly withdrawal from my inherited 401k which fucks with my bracket E: a lady i work with had to explain to her 19 y/o daughter why she couldnt claim 11 on her taxes when she only had 1 kid.....or rather why she owes a lot in taxes now Reign Of Pain fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Feb 1, 2019 |
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No, Big Five as in big five acquisition/modernization programs post-Vietnam. Abrams, Apache, Blackhawk, Patriot, Bradley.
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What about the Big Five of the Safari: lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and cape buffalo? Alternatively, we could bright back the Big Seven: Nagato, Mutsu, Nelson , Rodney, Colorado, Maryland and West Virginia
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What about Big 5, the non-defunct regional sporting goods store that served Washington stage for decades?
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gently caress you deathy I was looking something up about them before making a similar post
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Can somebody explain this dummy what the INF is for? If I understand correctly, both the USA and Russia have long range nuclear missiles that can provide the mutually assured destruction. Can those long range missiles not hit targets closer to the launch sites? Why do you even need intermediate range missiles? I'm a big dumb and don't understand this. Edit: I guess at the very least, the treaty reduces the total amount of nuclear weapons, which is good. But is there anything more to it?
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Intermediate range missiles travel lower and faster, like 5 minutes from a Russian launch to Berlin. Because of this they’re harder to react too with positive confirmation. If you think a bunch of missiles are minutes away from striking do you retaliate or do you wait? Hence why everyone had the bright idea of just banning them since if nobody had them you couldn’t accidentally misidentify a launch and kick off the apocalypse.
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I don't think they're meant as nation destroying missiles as much as stuff for smaller scale stuff, more mobility and stuff like that. Probably more tempting to use in a losing battle and likely to escalate to the big ICBMs getting launched, so maybe it's best to limit the temptation. Like the Cuban Missile Crisis was moving these sort of missiles into range of the USA, or when the USA moved some into Turkey iirc. ICBMs are more easily accounted for and relative easy to track, whereas these smaller ones can basically be put anywhere and create a lot of uncertainty, which is not a good thing when the possibility of like a complete apocalypse is on the line. At least that's my understanding! efb mods changed my name fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Feb 1, 2019 |
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M_Gargantua posted:Intermediate range missiles travel lower and faster, like 5 minutes from a Russian launch to Berlin. Because of this they’re harder to react too with positive confirmation. If you think a bunch of missiles are minutes away from striking do you retaliate or do you wait? Okay but why is this destabilizing / why does the US care? Can't they just kick back, take five, and go check if someone's still answering the phone in Berlin before launching everything?
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https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1091...ingawful.com%2F
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aphid_licker posted:Okay but why is this destabilizing / why does the US care? Can't they just kick back, take five, and go check if someone's still answering the phone in Berlin before launching everything? It is destabilizing because it removes decision making time and removes incentive to not fully commit the entire strategic arsenal. Also, you're pretty casually writing off a city of millions.
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EBB posted:It is destabilizing because it removes decision making time and removes incentive to not fully commit the entire strategic arsenal. Also, you're pretty casually writing off a city of millions. I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed
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aphid_licker posted:Okay but why is this destabilizing / why does the US care? Can't they just kick back, take five, and go check if someone's still answering the phone in Berlin before launching everything? This is why Europe haaaated the idea of localized tac nukes and intermediate range missiles. Fear US would sit it out if the then-USSR didn’t touch US land with ordnance.
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Torrannor posted:Can somebody explain this dummy what the INF is for? If I understand correctly, both the USA and Russia have long range nuclear missiles that can provide the mutually assured destruction. Can those long range missiles not hit targets closer to the launch sites? Why do you even need intermediate range missiles? I'm a big dumb and don't understand this. aphid_licker posted:Okay but why is this destabilizing / why does the US care? Can't they just kick back, take five, and go check if someone's still answering the phone in Berlin before launching everything? They're first strike weapons meant to strike military targets, decapitate leadership, paralyze response, destroy static long-range nuclear missile silos. They're strictly offensive weapons and not a deterrent.
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MAD still works even with hypersonic weapons guys. Russia is showing them off to build national pride, not as a serious use case. Putin isn't stupid, he know if he ever used one offensively, especially with a nuclear payload of any size, poo poo would roll downhill fast. And decapitating attacks are largely useless due to how the chain of command works, that's just Clancy stuff.
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Bolow posted:They're first strike weapons meant to strike military targets, decapitate leadership, paralyze response, destroy static long-range nuclear missile silos. They're strictly offensive weapons and not a deterrent. Yeah, the Soviets back in 83 thought the Pershing IIs could be launched from west germany and hit Moscow in about 8 minutes (to my recollectionm and also their estimates on the pershing's range was optimistic). There would hardly be time for the radar operators to pick up the phone and dial the number before it hit.
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Sure would be a shame to lose that $5000 out of pocket limit that turns into an infinite limit when the insurance company denies all claims as a rule.
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Sherrod Brown: Medicare for all not 'practical'quote:Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) took a shot at some of his fellow Democrats on Friday, saying that "Medicare for all" is not a practical idea. 
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Mr. Buttgag went on a CBS morning show and finally said the thing that I thought would be the obvious argument: every other successful western country has some form of Medicare for All, so why can’t we?
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How are they this terrible? Yes, this is what the base is clambering for, lower the age of eligibility. You morons, you idiots edit Fallom posted:Mr. Buttgag went on a CBS morning show and finally said the thing that I thought would be the obvious argument: every other successful western country has some form of Medicare for All, so why can’t we? Butt-edge-edge has hit the ceiling for a Democrat in Indiana so this is his best hope. I just wish he would endorse the burning down of Notre Dame in his city.
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Opinion: ‘Medicare For All’ only sounds like a winner until people realize it means a smaller bonus for me, writes @BruceDBroussard
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Fallom posted:Mr. Buttgag went on a CBS morning show and finally said the thing that I thought would be the obvious argument: every other successful western country has some form of Medicare for All, so why can’t we? what about the poor insurance companies? it wouldnt be fair
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I'm for not pussy footing around. Rich people are mostly poo poo. Tax them and use the proceeds to fix healthcare.
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:theyre all so scared Yeah it's that economic anxiety again
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trick rich people into thinking that breaking big rocks into smaller rocks is the newest thing in exercise
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Tryzzub posted:trick rich people into thinking that breaking big rocks into smaller rocks is the newest thing in exercise
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Poors love big rocks, so breaking them into smaller rocks will deprive the poors of their lovely big rocks.
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https://facts.elizabethwarren.com/ Hmm I dunno if this is a good idea
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Hot Karl Marx posted:https://facts.elizabethwarren.com/ No one gives a poo poo about what's on a candidates website
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2019 has a really potent undertow. https://twitter.com/virginianpilot/status/1091444446183477248?s=19 The governor's office has been silent about it this far. The running joke is that it got missed during the campaign as too many Republicans would get shown the picture and vote for Northam.
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facialimpediment posted:2019 has a really potent undertow. So, Gov. Fairfax when?
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yeah he's probably toast all hail fairfax
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Seriously, how the gently caress do you miss that? Though I'm still glad I voted for him over Gillespie. Cause any dipshit telling you they are one in the same is stupid as gently caress. Still wish Perriello won the primary though.
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EBB posted:It is destabilizing because it removes decision making time and removes incentive to not fully commit the entire strategic arsenal. Also, you're pretty casually writing off a city of millions. Bolow posted:They're first strike weapons meant to strike military targets, decapitate leadership, paralyze response, destroy static long-range nuclear missile silos. They're strictly offensive weapons and not a deterrent. Basically this: mlmp08 posted:This is why Europe haaaated the idea of localized tac nukes and intermediate range missiles. Fear US would sit it out if the then-USSR didn’t touch US land with ordnance. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Feb 1, 2019 |
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