Nonsense. Having the European NATO forces stronger is a straight up trade of US resources spent to European resources spent (peace dividend for the USA but long overdue cost to Europe). Much better stability, having Europe not totally dependant on the USA for defense.
Single pole (one superpower left) is not a stable situation. The EU/NATO can make a second leg. Their interests are not exactly aligned with the USA.
China clearly intends to be a another. We'll see how they survive their impending economic crisis.
We're not pulling out of NATO. We have taken a position to force the euros to pay their fair share of their own defense. Long past time. Russia won't be happy about it at all.
The Europeans have been eating a 'free lunch' _far_ too long. In the end though nothing fundamental has changed about MAD. Russia can only nip at the edges of their former Warsaw pact allies. Don't have the conventional forces or money to do anything more, without even bringing NATO nukes into the picture.
They would ultimately 'win'. But it would cost them their entire Navy and many cities (even if Taiwan hasn't built a few nukes). Taiwan would be a wasteland along with Hong Kong, Beijing and the entire Shanghai metro area.
It is MAD. Taiwanese aren't going to roll over and die. Do you remember the cold war? Biological weapons have long been the "poor man's nukes".
More on point, Mainland China's economy is in a huge bubble. That would pop for sure, then mainland China would have a revolution on its hands, which is liable to happen anyhow.
Japan would assemble it's A and H-bombs. Trump not being a complete pussy would also help put uncertainty into the Chinese minds. Another reason the thank dog the Bitch didn't win.
If you honestly think the Chinese could load an army onto container ships without everybody knowing it, you are nuts. It would just be a sunken container ship full of corpses.
Taiwan has chemical and biological weapons (maybe nukes?). Mainland China is posing for domestic politics.
If Taiwan wasn't capable of defending itself, the mainland would have invaded _decades_ ago.
Right now, any war would be a guaranteed pop of mainland China's economic bubbles. The entire central committee would be hanging from lampposts before the end of the week and they know it.
Movie cameras have been able to switch focus between two planes once per frame for many decades. IIRC Hitchcock was a pioneer (in that and many other things that are common today).
The democrats will take exactly the wrong message from that and go hard left next president. Trump will be two terms unless he dies or gets sick of not being able to just do everything he wants and goes home.
In the late 1940s it made complete sense for the USA to pay for the defense of western Europe. The world has turned a few times since then. Europe can pay for it's own defense and simultaneously reduce the relative power of the USA and Russia. You should be all for it.
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When was the last time starving artists etc could afford to live in SF? 1970 (eight to a room)? 1960 (four to a room)?
Much of the whining is coming from trust fund kids whose trust no longer comfortably covers SF rent. Those are the ones hating on tech workers.
Nonsense. Having the European NATO forces stronger is a straight up trade of US resources spent to European resources spent (peace dividend for the USA but long overdue cost to Europe). Much better stability, having Europe not totally dependant on the USA for defense.
Single pole (one superpower left) is not a stable situation. The EU/NATO can make a second leg. Their interests are not exactly aligned with the USA.
China clearly intends to be a another. We'll see how they survive their impending economic crisis.
How big is the Rusky economy?
We're not pulling out of NATO. We have taken a position to force the euros to pay their fair share of their own defense. Long past time. Russia won't be happy about it at all.
The Europeans have been eating a 'free lunch' _far_ too long. In the end though nothing fundamental has changed about MAD. Russia can only nip at the edges of their former Warsaw pact allies. Don't have the conventional forces or money to do anything more, without even bringing NATO nukes into the picture.
Duh, one is widely known in computer geek circles.
They would ultimately 'win'. But it would cost them their entire Navy and many cities (even if Taiwan hasn't built a few nukes). Taiwan would be a wasteland along with Hong Kong, Beijing and the entire Shanghai metro area.
It is MAD. Taiwanese aren't going to roll over and die. Do you remember the cold war? Biological weapons have long been the "poor man's nukes".
More on point, Mainland China's economy is in a huge bubble. That would pop for sure, then mainland China would have a revolution on its hands, which is liable to happen anyhow.
Japan would assemble it's A and H-bombs. Trump not being a complete pussy would also help put uncertainty into the Chinese minds. Another reason the thank dog the Bitch didn't win.
If you honestly think the Chinese could load an army onto container ships without everybody knowing it, you are nuts. It would just be a sunken container ship full of corpses.
Publish papers. Have those papers be cited often by other papers that are also cited often.
More or less like Google's page rank algorithm. But without the 'link circles' in dank corners (at least in theory).
In this case, it would help to know the difference between 'strong AI' and 'machine learning'.
Taiwan has chemical and biological weapons (maybe nukes?). Mainland China is posing for domestic politics.
If Taiwan wasn't capable of defending itself, the mainland would have invaded _decades_ ago.
Right now, any war would be a guaranteed pop of mainland China's economic bubbles. The entire central committee would be hanging from lampposts before the end of the week and they know it.
What? The sheep have actually been gaining in income (1%) while the wolves aren't allowed to take with both hands (bene sucking parasites).
The middle class are getting squeezed, but that's about globalizm.
Gridlock voters are not Ds or Rs. They want DC paralyzed as that is the 'least damage' mode for the federal government to be in. About 20% of voters.
Having either party in charge of House, Senate and Executive is _bad_,
Why are you buying Sony products? Scumbags still belong in jail for shipping virus infected DVDs and CDs.
Rift and Vive both do what you are asking for.
Movie cameras have been able to switch focus between two planes once per frame for many decades. IIRC Hitchcock was a pioneer (in that and many other things that are common today).
Cut vertically; up and down your arms, not across.
When Russia is at war, the winter is on their side, unless they are fighting Finland.
No. Also year 1, CA east of the coast range and the coast north of SF and south of LA succeeds from 'Loony CA' and rejoins the USA as a new state.
'Loony CA' tries to stop them, but have no guns. They chant but nothing happens.
The midterms will be swung by gridlock voters.
The democrats will take exactly the wrong message from that and go hard left next president. Trump will be two terms unless he dies or gets sick of not being able to just do everything he wants and goes home.
You realize that 2% of GDP defense spending is the number that the Europeans agreed to? (Only England does.)
That the USA never committed to forever defending Europe? (While they relax in a hammock.)
That the USSR is no more?
No more free rides, they should thank us for keeping them from speaking Russian 60 years ago, and get on with defending themselves.
Take your blinders off. All of them were assassination preventers. None more than Gore.
Based on The Onion's reporting, he sounds kind of cool.
In the late 1940s it made complete sense for the USA to pay for the defense of western Europe. The world has turned a few times since then. Europe can pay for it's own defense and simultaneously reduce the relative power of the USA and Russia. You should be all for it.
What do you expect them to do that they aren't already doing?
Just like Clinton was 'most likely' going to win the electoral college vote?
The fact is Hillary lost on turnout. Racist blacks didn't turn out for a cooked white woman like the did for a crooked black man.
Money is power. By GDP.
If you're going to split hairs, the USA is a constitutional republic.
Pure democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on 'what's for dinner', it doesn't work. Needs hard limits on the power of the majority.
Two years.
Yes I know the math on the Senate isn't good in two years. But the 'gridlock' voters are a strong 20%. Watch the house swing.
We're selling bags of dog food over the internet again. 'Book to Burn' ratios are back. Don't tell me you think that's a good thing.
It's not an unqualified failure, 'The Money Store' took a cool couple of billion out of the DuPont family. Nice job 'redistributing the wealth' IMHO.