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You think that's the only purpose of these aircraft? Got anything any other ridiculous observations to share? Ukraine has demonstrated over and over again that it knows how to use coordinated forces..

Because it's an unimportant issue. And by the way, you specifically said it only applied to a small minority - those who call themselves woke. So by your own words it's unimportant. And your reply about money is utterly inane and one of the lamest version of "both-sidesism" I have ever read. It's clear that in regards to this, you've got nothing. . Republican politicians feign alarm about the future of social security when there's a simple solution. Tax wealthier Americans via a resumption of SS taxes above a certain income threshold and tax some other tax avoiding transactions of the wealthy to finance it. Americans overwhelmingly support raising taxes on the wealthy to do this. Yet somehow, it's a huge fight to make it happen. Why do you think that something that enjoys so much electoral support is so difficult to enact?

Aircraft are not useless when used in a coordinated fashion with other forces. They are nearly useless in the case of the Russians, who have proven to be incompetent at implementing such coordination. Is the Russian Air Force Actually Incapable of Complex Air Operations? More than a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Air Force has yet to commence large-scale operations. Inactivity in the first few days could be ascribed to various factors, but the continued absence of major air operations now raises serious capability questions. One of the greatest surprises from the initial phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the inability of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) fighter and fighter-bomber fleets to establish air superiority, or to deploy significant combat power in support of the under-performing Russian ground forces. On the first day of the invasion, an anticipated series of large-scale Russian air operations in the aftermath of initial cruise- and ballistic-missile strikes did not materialise. https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations Nothing has significantly changed since this article was written.

You're just further proving my point. When it comes to the money, we know whose interests right wing politicians are out to protect. Whether they're in the MAGA camp or not.

More nonsense from Comer

You mean it crashed into the Afghan Sea and so was comparatively well preserved?

Thanksf for echoing how right wing politicians play to emotional issues to distract voters from the fact that when it comes to money, it's the wealthy whose interests are dearest to their hearts.

Well, it wasn't really some big banks. It was the top 25. Which would should include all the banks deemed systemically important before Dodd Frank was relaxed. But I do agree that the standards are now too low for smaller banks.

That was my guess, too.

Not possible after the financial crisis of 2008.

Thanks for the correction. However, under the Obama admnistration the largest commercial banks did sharply and continue increase their liquidity far above the Basel requirements following the financial crisis and even after recovery was well underway https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/economic_brief/2016/pdf/eb_16-01.pdf Not sure what happened under the Trump administration

I think the ignorance of so many of the right wing's rank and file is best exemplified by that famous sign a tea party supporter brandished: "Keep your government's hands off my Medicare"

It ought to be a private consideration, but clearly it's not. Large depositors got bailed out even though their deposits weren't covered by FDIC insurance. That means ultimately it's the taxpayers who are liable instead of large depositors or the banks. If companies need to store large amounts of easily accessible funds, that's what short term T-bills are for. And it's irrelevant, that in this case most likely the Feds won't end up subsidizing the collapse. The Feds intervened because of the threat to the system. Not because they knew that they were most likely going to be fully reimbursed.

If this is relevant, then it only shows how poorly commanded Russian troops are.

I'm not sure what you mean by "what happens to Dominion's business? Why would the lawsuit interfere with Dominion's business? I don't think an admission by Fox at this juncture is necessary or significant. The evidence is overwhelming that they promoted falsehoods. The legal issues at stake aren't about whether Fox promoted falsehoods or not, but rather whether they did so purposely with reckless disregard for the truth and/or out of actual malice.

I don't think Dominion chose Delaware. Fox News is incorporated in Delaware. It's the legally appropriate venue.

I'm wondering if the US might gift Ukraine with a few long range missiles anti-ship missiles.

Given your record in this forum, it's clear you have a very elastic notion of what centrist means.

First off, you didn't even bother to answer the fact that you seem to be assuming that the shortage of labor is confined to construction workers. In fact, previously the visa rules for other jobs such as workers in the health care sector have been relaxed for over a year. How has that workout out? Healthcare staff shortage main factor in near-record job vacancies https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/13/healthcare-staff-shortages-fuelling-near-record-job-vacancies-across-uk-economy Second, Brexit has consequences. Long-term consequences. As for your raising of the illegal immigration issue, you replied to my comment about the "success" of Brexit by countering with the governments relaxation of visa rules. Nothing about illegal immigration in my comment and it's irrelevant to the issue I raised.

So, that deficit of 1.3 million workers is mostly in the construction trade.? And even if the UK offers those visas, who's to say how many will take up the offer? 'I don't feel welcome anymore': EU citizens explain why they are leaving the UK in their thousands https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eu-migration-uk-brexit-referendum-latest-net-fall-figures-why-racism-hate-crime-brexodus-government-a7911196.html

Definitely a success! Critical hiring crisis' as labour shortage threatens economic recovery A lack of workers is threatening to undermine the economic recovery as bosses warn of a "critical hiring crisis". Almost 1.3m job vacancies were on offer in the three months to January, a record high according to the Office for National Statistics. Suren Thiru, head of economics at the British Chambers of Commerce, warned: “With high economic inactivity indicating that many people have left the jobs market altogether, chronic staff shortages are likely to weigh on the UK economy for a sustained period." lack of workers is threatening to undermine the economic recovery as bosses warn of a "critical hiring crisis". Almost 1.3m job vacancies were on offer in the three months to January, a record high according to the Office for National Statistics. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/15/critical-hiring-crisis-labour-shortage-threatens-economic-recovery/

Also the reports said the jet sprayed the drone twice with jet fuel. Maybe an attempt to degrade the quality of the video coming from the drone's cameras?

From the CNN article: When the camera comes back online in the footage, the view is again pointed backward, and the propeller is shown damaged from the collision https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/us-military-video-drone-russian-jet/index.html

Any pilots here know why the Russian jet would discharge fuel as it closed in on the drone?

This is actually a much more informative article https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/us-military-video-drone-russian-jet/index.html