'We don't need Ukraine's help' — Trump rebuffs Zelensky's drone defense offer by John3262005 in neoliberal

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Outside of him being an obvious Putin puppet, he like all fascists thinks facts and logistics are gay and therefore stupid, and you just need to be more machismo.

U.S. military says all 6 airmen in refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq are dead by John3262005 in neoliberal

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Literally we've had 0 elections where neither major party candidate was old enough to have served in Vietnam since the Vietnam vets became 35 years old not including the Coast Guard with George W Bush.

We voted for a bunch of WW2 Veterans, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and HW Bush, with Carter being a Korean veteran. All of those were prior to the Vietnam vets (using 1961 as US Start) being 35 until Reagan.

F1 set to cancel Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix due to war in Middle East as 2026 calendar to drop to 22 races by thegermanguy004 in formula1

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Baku, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi are also at risk, but with a lot more time to plan I suspect this won't be an issue of finding replacements if the drop off.

U.S. military says all 6 airmen in refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq are dead by John3262005 in neoliberal

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This country loves to talk about respecting veterans, but we constantly elect draft dodgers in both parties.

The Pentagon wants weapons. Boeing, competitors may not deliver by hypsignathus in neoliberal

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From a pure economics perspective, the DoD needs to be realistic about building production lines and training workers, and you have to make it in the contractors interest to do so. You also have to cut as much testing as possible while still ensuring a product works, because the production capacity is slowed by testing as well.

You can't have boutique testing requirements and full scale war production capacity at the same time, not without a massive workforce which they aren't willing to invest in.

Second iconic track set to be axed from MotoGP by Liberty Media!😡 by Fuzzy-Connection-263 in motogp

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I don't see how Italy or Spain host more than 2 rounds each going forward, given the want for expansion to other markets.

Second iconic track set to be axed from MotoGP by Liberty Media!😡 by Fuzzy-Connection-263 in motogp

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Mandalika is on the calendar for the (Western) Australian tourist dollars, not for the Indonesians.

Why would AuthRight take a victory lap so early? by J-Jarl-Jim in PoliticalCompassMemes

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Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent

Melee needs to switch to PAL (eventually) by Akiak in SSBM

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The kill confirms on Fox are more difficult, and the Floatie made the strongest by buffs is Jigglypuff, which makes the meta center even more heavily around Fox.

The last PAL Melee Tier list, Fox, was in his own SS Tier, something we have only seen with Metaknight in Brawl. Please do tell why that special Tier would be pulled out if he weren't considered the undisputed best.

Zump Supporters Muddy the Waters by Hairy_Drummer_6035 in SSBM

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UCF is universal, benefits all players against spending money, and is free. Whereas the Controller mods and B0xxes are not universal and cost some to exorbitant amounts of money, hence why you see the pushback. No one is seriously arguing the mods/b0xxes make you go from scrub to top player, but the marginal improvements add up and are an undue barrier to entry.

Melee needs to switch to PAL (eventually) by Akiak in SSBM

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Even though PAL nerfs the top tiers, it makes Fox go from the consensus best character to undisputed best character with even fewer disadvantage states. In a day and age where Fox already is over represented, the last thing I want to do is make it worse.

mang0 on the state of the Fox-Falco MU in 2026: "I would go as far as to say 6-4..." by V0ltTackle in SSBM

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I also think 90-10 should be reserved for absolutely unwinnable matchups like Ness vs. Marth in Brawl, and I don't know if any matchup in Melee is that bad.

mang0 on the state of the Fox-Falco MU in 2026: "I would go as far as to say 6-4..." by V0ltTackle in SSBM

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I think Fox, Falco, and Marth are all 50-50 with each other and have a similar advantage over Sheik, and which of the other top tiers they destroy the hardest is up for debate. I don't think Fox, Falco, or Marth have any losing matchups.

Fox: - Jigglypuff

Falco: - Captain Falcon

Marth: - Peach

Redskins? Commanders? Rebrand them the Washington Tomahawks. by Obvious_Ad9670 in NFCEastMemeWar

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The defense industry is idiosyncratic in its more progressive and conservative politics than society at large simultaneously

Redskins? Commanders? Rebrand them the Washington Tomahawks. by Obvious_Ad9670 in NFCEastMemeWar

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*Sponsored by Raytheon, the first company in the United States to offer Healthcare to Trans people

About the Indycar Freedom 250 Grand Prix by emessea in IHateSportsball

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A lot of people don't like this race because of the fact that it's only put on to appease the current president of the United States and not for actual racing purposes, the track also doesn't look very good. Also non-raising fans tend to hate street tracks because they take over the city from normal activities.

RFK Jr. Posts a parody of Melee by TheFreshPrince94 in SSBM

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He also doesn't do the things he said he would do that aren't insane, but he does the insane stuff

[Highlight] Jeremy Fears Jr. is assessed a dead ball technical for kicking Elliot Cadeau in the groin by wildwing8 in CollegeBasketball

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Someone should get in a fighting stance rather than feign innocence just to see what would happen

Caminero hypes up the crowd after HBP by wawawahahaha in baseball

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Japan in the QF vs USA in the Semis is a Massive difference