The PLCAA offers basic protections against nuisance lawsuits. Much like one shouldn't sue Makita for a crazy murdering someone with a sawzall, one shouldn't sue S&W for a crazy murdering someone with a gun.
I would like to start with the chain of command that insisted a battleship turret be installed on the flight deck.
It's the tip of a shaped charge warhead, though that particular one does look awfully like a barrel.
What you’re missing is the understanding that this will keep getting worse, till we are all dead
Apparently the climate scientists are missing that understanding too, as I have yet to see any of them claim such.
Yeah, I think someone in Saudi Arabia looked at the expenses for The Line‡, and then put out a number that sounds nice and would help with that massive outflow; but like you said, didn't trifle with a more realistic target. Meanwhile, Russia is pumping with whatever hasn't been hit by a drone yet, as they can use every ruble they can get; depressing the price.
‡I still can't get over how, instead of building up an industry in Saudi Arabia to vary the economy, instead they went for a vanity mega-project to ... attract tourists?
when we’re all dead from climate change
Would you mind sharing an article from a climate scientist that claims all humans will die? What I have seen is that life will get harder, certain crops will not grow in certain areas anymore, resource-related wars will increase, and weather events will get stronger and more numerous. What I have not seen is that these things result in the extinction of humans. Which is a vastly different statement.
Yeah, I still don't want my computer screen recording everything I do. Nor do I want the computer of everyone I give my personal details to (think DMV, ISPs, utility companies, etc) to also screen record all the information I give them. This is a massive security nightmare.
Brave Browser + AdGuard is also good at blocking youtube ads.
Everyone dying from climate change is not what climate scientists are predicting. Lying about reality will not help the cause.
I'm confused who this is for. Even many who agree with them don't appreciate vandalism of art and art galleries.
Ah, that is a nice upgrade. Having half the chip with less cache was kinda....weird. Really made the single CCD chips (the 6 and 8 core variants) the best option, as one didn't have to think about what cores were fast and which ones weren't.
Saudi Arabia ready to abandon $100 crude target to take back market share
> Oil price falls as kingdom prepares to raise output from December
Not this specific link/story, but some of the recent sanctions specifically target things Russia has been doing to get around prior sanctions. Such as sanctioning specific dark fleet vessels, sanctioning new entities that have been created to evade prior sanctions, and putting pressure/restrictions on banks to not just rubber stamp transfers to obvious shell companies.
Yeah, I think that is going to wait till after the election. I believe Biden is worried it would give more ammo to Trump. Hopefully we see it then. These self-imposed rules are really frustrating to watch.
Europe has also been providing aid very heavily of the non-military variety given they have more spare civilian capacity than military. This includes power generation and transmission to Ukraine, parts, etc.
The recent Perun video also talked about how ~50% of power generation is still online in Ukraine, due to it coming from nuclear plants. Still not enough to fully power the country, particularly if transmission is not kept online, but that is a better picture than I previously thought it was.
most creative work
DaVinci Resolve is pretty good. Works on linux and certainly has more features than I need by a long shot. I think Adobe products are the main bottleneck for creative work on linux. Though, the Adobe set of products are so darn expensive, it's really not a great solution if literally anything else can do the job instead.
Thing was a rolling corpse, but they wanted to be 100% sure!
I just saw you added a link to what those air-to-ground munitions are: JSOW glide bombs. Russia has been using their glide bombs to good effect, I'm glad to see Ukraine is getting more† as well. They are one of the proven effective tools for this war, given the non-permissive air environment both countries find themselves in.
†They have had access to the small diameter glide bomb
Glad to see Ukraine is getting more and more support. These will also be easier to integrate into their systems since they are now operating F-16s, a platform that has already been integrated with this weapon system. So, we don't need to figure out how to get them to play nice with soviet systems like the MiG-29 as was done for things like HARM anti-radiation missiles. IIRC, they ended up adding a tablet into the cockpit to interact with the HARMs, but even then they could only use a subset of the missile's standard functions with it.
Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut, Israel says - Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates
Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week.
> Israel claimed it killed a commander of Hezbollah's missile and rocket array.
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon To Equip Ukraine's F-16s
JSOW was always the most likely standoff munition to equip Ukraine's donated F-16s and it can provide precision attack capabilities over about 70 miles.
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion
Another source with more info: https://nationalpost.com/news/iranian-ambassador-to-lebanon-lost-eye-pager-blast-hezbollah
> Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon lost one eye and suffered serious injury to the other when a pager he was carrying exploded on Tuesday
Bundeswehr No Longer Procuring Swiss Arms Due to 'Neutrality' in Ukraine War
Ein Brief aus Deutschland schlägt hohe Wellen. Schweizer Unternehmen seien ausgeschlossen, sich für eine Beschaffung der Bundeswehr zu bewerben, heisst es.
Title (auto translated):
Germany no longer wants armament from Switzerland
A letter from Germany makes a big wave. Swiss companies are excluded from applying for procurement by the Bundeswehr.
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Article Contents (auto translated)
A Swiss company wants to participate in a large German tender of 100,000 stationary multispectral camouflage equipment for the Bundeswehr. The catch: The company's production facility must be on the EU territory, it means the tender.
The company thinks a mistake. The European free trade association Efta with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway was probably forgotten. It is addressed to the Federal Office of Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr.
This is followed by the disillusionment: the Efta states had not been forgotten. They were deliberately decided in favour of a production facility in the EU. One will not deviate from that.
Letter explains German "Lex Switzerland"
A short time later, a letter from Germany to the Federal Armaments Armour Armour Armament Armours found, which "Le Temps" reported on. The Federal Office, which is under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Defence, wanted to avoid an effect as in the case of ammunition for the cheetah air failure, which is under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Defence. A production facility in the Efta states has been deliberately excluded. The multispectral camouflage equipment was one of the central technologies for the Bundeswehr. In addition, they would have to be able to pass on to a partner country in the event of war.
With the letter to the hickhack between Germany and Switzerland, the German Federal Office referred to around 12,000 shots for the cheetah flight anti-aircraft armor. Germany wanted to pass it on to Ukraine. It had bought it in Switzerland, it needed the country's blessing because of a non-re-re-export statement. For reasons of neutrality, she said no.
The letter is proof that there is a "Lex Switzerland" in Germany: the country no longer buys arms products from Switzerland. Arms head Urs Loher formulated it drastically at "Le Temps": "Switzerland is no longer trustworthy for Germany. In the German parliament, for example, "Swiss Free" is apparently used in the same breath as "China Free."
Parliament has already decided in the Netherlands not to buy any more arms from Switzerland. Similar considerations are also available in Denmark and Spain. It is not yet clear in the VBS whether the German letter is a shot in front of the bow or just the beginning. Civil derivable blame
In the case of the bourgeois parties, the situation ensures mutual recriminations. "We are definitely destroying the Swiss arms industry," says FDP President Thierry Burkart. The left had been working on it for decades with the tightening of the War Material Act. "The SVP is now their enforcer, because with the misinterpretation of our neutrality, it prevents the transfer of defence equipment from European states to Ukraine."
Burkart had submitted a motion in 2022, in which he called for a non-re-export declaration to be completely waived if the delivery to states which were committed to our values. "It has nothing to do with neutrality if other countries want to support each other with weapons that they bought in Switzerland years ago."
The SVP passes the hot potato to the middle. "The damage caused the defects to the war material law," says President Marcel Dettling. "The middle thing about it is due to it with its hat and hott: it intensified the law with the left, but wanted to return after the war has become." Without tightening, the export competence would have remained with the Federal Council. "This policy lacks longevity."
The People's Party had been opposed to an increase in the law, but then had no exception to Ukraine, because it was not prepared to deliver in war zones. "Now we are offering a hand that countries that have purchased armaments in Switzerland may be able to export them again after a period of five years."
The center takes the government to its duty. "The Federal Council may authorise the export of weapons purchased from Switzerland to other countries, based on Art. 184 and Art. 185 of the Federal Constitution," says President Gerhard Pfister. "The general increase in the arms export law still allows this. But the SVP FDP Federal Council does not want to do that." And Parliament has not yet succeeded in finding a solution that was capable of majority.
Pfister counters the SVP accusation with a counter-question: "Why is it now fighting against the deliveries of protective vests for reasons of neutrality, but wants to allow the re-export of weapons?"
The Swiss company now wants to produce in an EU country (aargauerzeitung.ch/lyn)
Russian Vehicle Crashes and Bursts Into Flames While Chased By Drone
First maneuver kill I have seen by a drone.
Gazprom's revenue fell by 30% last year with a net loss of $6.9 billion, the largest in 25 years.
Gazprom's revenue fell by 30% last year with a net loss of $6.9 billion, the largest in 25 years.
Israel Jets Carry Out Long-Range Retaliation Strike On Houthi Oil Depot In Yemen
The attack, one of Israel's longest airstrikes, comes a day after the Houthi's first lethal long-range drone attack on Israel.
The Houthi rebels attacked two tankers departed from Russia.
Vox: 5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race
A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.
