And what assets does current foe have that are capable of tracking an aircraft carrier on such journey in real time, and what is their current resource subscription situation for those assets?
The main foe at the moment is Russia, and they surely know where the carrier is. If Iran is interested at all, they get the information from their allies in Russia.
"My current car is an electric Jaguar"
the i-Pace crossover? i still think it's the best looking BEV yet made but Jaguar didn't do enough with it
Yes, an i-Pace. Brilliant car. Compared to today's EV lineup it needs some upgrades (longer range, faster charging, Apple Carkey, wireless carplay and Android audio), but it is just such a nice place to be - and drive.
Korean cars these days are well made
Consumer Reports reliability ratings don't reflect that.
When I think of American cars, I think of poorly made and bad handling.
ok, so your "knowledge" comes from memes.
US cars have impressive showings in both teh supercar segment (and for a fraction of the price), and the sports car segment.
Korean cars are in the top half of the brands in reliability reports, while most US brands are clustered near the bottom. Strangely enough with the exception of Tesla, which has a bad rep for build quality here.
When it comes to handling - I've never driven a US made supercar or sports car. I was talking of SUVs and sedans, and for those the US cars I've tried (Fords, Cadillac, Pontiac, Chevrolet) have been universally bad. I've had a Hyundai, which was OK+. My current car is an electric Jaguar, which has really nice handling.
Korean cars were, for years, just poorly made shitboxes.
Then they became the poorly made cars that handled poorly but at least you got a lot of features for cheap.
More recently, they became the poorly made cars that handled decently and sometimes even quite well with lots of features for cheap but not super cheap. And the materials inside are still pretty awful.
So when there's blood in the EV streets, nobody's going to the Hyundai or Kia dealers. People only went there for the super good subsidized deals.
I learned to drive stick in a Hyundai Excel. I mean, they named it after accounting software, which tells you how cheaply made it was.
I drove some other shitty Korean car all over Spain and Portugal. Can't remember the model, but I had no problem with speeding because doing so was impossible.
I had a Korean made Chevy EV, the Spark EV, for a few years. It did the job, but it was not a great car. The most plastic seats I've sat on since a Datsun wagon. Questionable handling. Nice motor, though. GM built it in the USA, supposedly.
Korean cars these days are well made, and well equipped - rather than the long, confusing, flexible, and expensive accessory list you get from European and American car makers they tend to group them into 3-4 levels with the latter having the kitchen sink. They have long warranties (7 years for Kia here) because they stand behind their "these are well made cars" claim. As for handling, the ones I've had/used aren't on the level with the best European cars - but they are far, far better than anything American I've ever driven.
When I think of American cars, I think of poorly made and bad handling. I had some while I lived in the US and when I've been vacationing there or on conferences - and I'd never buy one again. Even before the "I'd rather avoid American products"-phase now that Trump is supporting Russia and threatening democratic countries.
As for EVs - I'v had EVs for 9 years now. They're absolutely great, and I won't buy a fossil car again. Fortunately, most others here do the same. The air is so much better near the roads/crossroads, and I can smell when a fossil car passes by.
The content of the Epstein files must be pretty bad for Trump, considering how much work he is putting into not releasing them despite a law to do so. In July 2025 Seth Meyers claimed: We’re just one Epstein story away from Trump announcing that UFOs are real, and it looks he's going down that path now.
Here's one case where the answer to a question in the headline certainly isn't "no".
First, as you do not attempt to defend it I assume that you admit that "sponsoring other countries"
Incorrect. As to your second point, I won't dignify that TDS drivel with a response.
OK, then. My first point - that the US isn't sponsoring the Canada by buying from them - is of course correct. By not recognizing that - or that tariffs aren't paid by foreign countries, but by US residents and businesses - it seems like you are the victim of TDS: Believing everything he says, and following it.
Your view on trade is warped by stock-market investor perspective, where trade is flow of goods and increased productivity due to a local specialization. That view obscures that reducing labor costs is directly tied to reducing worker's quality of life. Shipping jobs to foreign countries may be good for shareholders, but it is not good for blue collar workers. Likewise, tariffs might not be good for the shareholders but if they bring jobs back to US they are good for blue collar workers.
First, as you do not attempt to defend it I assume that you admit that "sponsoring other countries" (in this context Canada) is flat out wrong - just as wrong as claiming that other countries pay the tariffs, rather than Americans. Trump is economically illiterate, and others who know better - e.g. the secretary of the treasury. - don't dare to correct him.
Second - most of the countries Trump hate have better conditions for blue collar jobs than the US. Including Canada, Europe, Japan, etc. Public healthcare, vacations, sick leave, unions, and better pay. China and other poor countries (e.g. Bangladesh, India) differ here. As for tariffs bringing back jobs - they also make goods more expensive for everyone, and of course loses a lot of jobs that are exporting goods. I'm looking for a car - it was never going to be a US car, obviously -not good enough - but these days being assembled in the US are also disqualifying. Just as I paid extra to avoid US products for a rehabilitation last summer.
Free trade leads to better outcomes across the board. If the US - the "original free market nation" - can't compete, they need to look at the reasons. More STEM and less stupidity ("MAGA", conspiracy theories, antivaxxers, birthers, etc) is a good start.
One in five Americans can't afford their heating bills. Do you think US should be sponsoring other countries while this is domestic situation?
The US wasn't sponsoring Canada, that was just basic economic illiteracy. As for why Americans can't afford heating and healthcare, that's caused by national US policies.
I mean how insane is it that our Government made the decision that in 2026 business with CHINA was a safer bet than business with the USA? Madness.
It is madness that PM Carney decided that antagonizing US is the right move for Canada. All heated rhetoric aside, Canada currently enjoys one of the lowest tariffs of any country while still enjoying its domestic protectionism for dairy/etc. and while not having to spend any money on military that afford many social programs that are above and beyond what is available in US. You might not like to admit it, but US subsidizes Canada's standard of living a great deal and reduction in these subsidies is warranted.
Trump antagonized Canada, not the other way around by talking about Canada as the 51st state, and trying to pressure them into his failing state by tariffs not respecting earlier agreements. When you're antagonizing everyone, don't be surprised if they look for other partners.
Many other countries are still subject to the whims of communist enemies in the WHO.
Throwing around the word "communism" doesn't make it accurate. Sure, China is run by the communist party but it's not very communist anymore - they mostly left that behind in order to have economic growth. Today, it's more like a dictatorship where you can get rich, do most things, and own most things as long as you don't threaten the power of the ruling class (AKA "the communist party"). And beyond that, there isn't a lot of communism around - fortunately. It was a complete economic and humanitarian failure, and should be on history's scrap heap alongside fascism and nazism.
It's unfortunate for Americans that didn't vote for this nonsense have to live through the experience of knowing our country is now a villain on the world stage. There have always been things to be ashamed of, but until now it's always been easy to at least convince yourself the US does more good than bad. That is unfortunately the past now.
It should be noted that "not voting for this nonsense" isn't the same as not being a part of it - the people who thought "I don't like Kamala", and didn't vote for "sane person with whom I disagree with a lot" when the opposition was Trump are also at fault. Not opposing Trump is just pure insanity, he's speedrunning the US into 1930s Germany and making "idiocracy" look like a movie magically brought back from the future.
Emissions need to be tracked at the destination, not at the source. These statistics are just as bad as people thinking "oh, Norway stopping production of oil and gas would lead to lower emissions". In reality, it would just give more money and influence to nations that are almost universally bad - with the exception of Canada, Norway, and the UK they pretty much all are.
Another "sideeffect" of measuring this way is that e.g. Italy, Ireland, and Spain would be considered "zero emission"... which they certainly aren't.
We do need to lower usage of fossil fuels dramatically, but we need to do so by building green energy - nuclear, solar, wind - as well as improving technology. The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.
they are too busy calling X11 users fascists to fix their Wayland bugs.
If the reality weren't so incredibly sad, this would be a hilarious comment.
Sometimes, Slashdot could really use a "sad, but true" moderator state...
I may yet see the total collapse of the US at the hands of the Democrats in my lifetime. And I doubt I have 2 more decades left in me.
This makes no sense whatsoever. For one, you are seeing the collapse of the US in real time at the hands of the republicans right now: Military threats against allies, rewriting history (Jan 6th), turning the GOP into a cult, threats against media outlets criticizing Dear Leader, constant lies, corruption on a scale never seen before in democracies, murders of citizens, sanctioned masked gangsters operating in the streets similar to the SA in Germany in the 20s, killing of foreign people in boats far away from the US with no evidence of anything, unsanctioned (by congress) military actions for oil, banning tourists if they have criticized Trump, etc etc..
That aside, this is not why malls are struggling. They are struggling because a lot of trade has moved online. In addition, whole categories of traditional goods are almost eliminated by new technology - streaming of audio and video killed off most of the record and movie stores (and are working on cinemas), video games are mostly sold digitally, books are both less popular and a sizable chunk is just digital etc.
As an actual conservative, the whole transformation of the GOP from a somewhat conservative party to a right wing populist party and then to a nutjob cult is weird and frightening.
1 Sagan = Billions & Billions
