"Low readiness rates afflict other branches of the Germany military as well. For example, Germany is currently expanding and upgrading its fleet of Leopard 2 tanks. However, according to NTV, out of 244 Leopard 2 tanks already in service, only 96 are combat-ready, ..."

"Of 14 new A400M transport planes, sometimes none are in operational condition."

quick, someone call erdogan

Meanwhile, over 70 years prior in peak wartime

https://i.imgur.com/Tn56xgr.png

^Panther Tanks in a single regiment, 1943

This is a bit misleading

Parts do not become priority unless getting the tank back up on readiness. There is an incentive to place gear in non operational status to get parts that would take longer to get of it was not priority

`Net neutrality repeal: everyone is dead.
Cutting taxes: everyone is dead.
Cutting foreign aid: everyone is dead.

Democrats should support those policies because we all know that dead people always vote Democratic`

"My prediction, which I hate and which I'm sorry for, is that the #MeToo backlash will be far more powerful than the #MeToo movement. And that's because the backlash from all these other movements was more powerful than the original. And I'd say that social media driven by the so-called advertising media is fundamentally incapable of doing anything positive for society as it stands. "

https://amp.businessinsider.com/jaron-lanier-interview-on-silicon-valley-culture-metoo-backlash-ai-and-the-future-2017-12

Not sure Microsoft is an improvement.

AFAIK they didn't get rid of the backstabbing culture implemented by Ballmer.

yeah the mid level management in MS is horrendous

but I mostly wanted to highlight the quip "And I'd say that social media driven by the so-called advertising media is fundamentally incapable of doing anything positive for society as it stands. "

I guess he's in a cozy enough job he is immune to it.

I think the most interesting part is:
>Sergey [Brin] told me, “We don’t want people writing all of these controversial essays,” because I’ve been writing tech criticism for a long time. I’ve been worried about tech turning us into evil zombies for a long time, and Sergey said, “Well, Google people can’t be doing that.” And I was like, really?

indeed, I forgot about that part

it's interesting also because during the james damore "scandal", there was someone that asserted that sergey hated the SJW culture but felt powerless to stop it without destroying his company

and this does not really support that claim

Hi guys I am part of the skeptic community

I am so skeptical that I say we need more government control

These slimy corporations are the problem and the only fix is too have more government power

Please join us as we fight the corporations

That are the real problem

aw, and just when I was cheering for the apparent imminent dismantling of the EU project

almost literally, after reading https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/eu-launches-disciplinary-proceedings-against-poland/ and more than I care to admit of http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/document.cfm?action=display&doc_id=49108

lol

so I guess I won't be joining @ethan

destroy eu when?

I mean, I understand that I am a fool, and that my mind is incapable of many things, but if the EU actually adopts the councils recommendation and starts literally sanctioning Poland, the only outcome I can think of is that both Poland and Hungary trigger article 40

50*

@folk they make it hard to leave then disapline them

and czechia and slovakia does it in solidarity

@Deleted User exactly

I don't understand what the scientist says

yeah

and also since I recently became an advocate for the dismantling of most of the UN, that's another reason I won't be joining someone who thinks we need more government control

I think the scientist is a troll

or atleast not being sincere

also he didn't provide any ways of "joining" him, whatever that means

that too