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In an excellent piece of analysis from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), research fellow Justin Bronk offers a number of insights into Russia’s air superiority struggle. While the article warrants reading, here are some important conclusions from Bronk’s essay: -Russia’s small stockpile and long resupply timelines for precision-guided munitions have limited their air force’s ability to conduct viable strike missions. As Bronk points out, this isn’t just a problem today, but also means Russian pilots have very limited experience leveraging these types of weapons. -A lack of targeting pods makes precision strikes difficult, meaning most fixed-wing assets may be...

Abstract On February 28, Russian troops, aided by pro-Russian local militia, occupied important sites across the Crimean Peninsula under the pretext of “protecting Russian people.” Now Crimea is under Moscow’s de facto control and the Russian parliament has voted to annex the region into the Russian Federation. The failure of the Obama Administration’s Russian “reset,” the unilateral disarming of Europe, and the U.S. reduction of forces and disengagement from Europe have led Russia to calculate that the West will not respond in any significant way. The Administration can demonstrate America’s commitment to its NATO allies and support for the Ukrainian...

Full Article less graphics EWTN Sues Obama Admin EWTN SUES Obama Admin In a remarkable decision, EWTN is suing the Obama Administration over the Contraception Mandate. This extraordinary act, as well as near unanimous outcry from other Faiths, is sparking a Religious Liberty controversy that the Obama Administration, seemed willing to take on. "We had no other option but to take this to the courts," says EWTN President and CEO Michael P. Warsaw. "Under the HHS mandate, EWTN is being forced by the government to make a choice: either we provide employees coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs and...

Entire article follows (less graphics) "Poor" Romney Can't Win VIDEO HERE Please watch this video...It is Instructive. This video illustrates the power of the MainStream Media to devastate a person with a deluge of attacks that clearly take out of context, comments by the convicted person. Romney has been convicted. Romney's big win in Florida convict him of being the presumptive nominee. The same MSM is assuming Romney is the winner and they are beginning the transition to attacking the Republican nominee. Republicans know this tune. The melody of love songs for McCain as the "reasonable moderate", has been given...

The Clear Conservative Path To GOP Nomination (Graphic Here) Romney had a big victory in Florida, but it wasn't as big as Fox News and the Establishment want to persuade conservatives: 1. Florida Delegates were only 50 versus 100, due to Florida violating Primary rules. 2. Ron Paul didn't campaign in Florida 3. Santorum had personal affairs to tend to and campaigned little in Florida and went to Nevada. The Path (Click Here) These factors lead to a bigger percentage win for Romney, which the GOP Establishment will play up as a huge victory. It's not a huge victory, it's...

Debt Lies By Obama...True Chart Shown From the Washington Post: on the obvious Lies in the Chart above. "... this chart, originally created by the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Our friends at PolitiFact did a pretty thorough takedown of it in May, giving it their worst rating: “pants on fire.” They even caught the Pelosi people in a bad mathematical error, based on the fact that the Democrats calculated the numbers as if Obama took office a year later than he did." The Obama Administration has failed so miserably, that...

Full Article Follows, less graphics From the AP, "the Pentagon faces some $500 billion in reductions in projected spending over 10 years — on top of the $450 billion already under way." This is the result of Obama's Defense cuts and the failure of Republicans to extract themselves from such a trap as the SuperCommitte. Boehner is no Gingrich, when it comes to House maneuvering. "...eliminating one of three "legs" of the U.S. nuclear arsenal — would force a historic shift in nuclear planning. Panetta said he would be forced to eliminate intercontinental ballistic missiles, the globe-circling missiles based in...

Full Article Follows (less graphics) 5 European Socialist Virtues that are Turning US into Italy Germans love David Hasselhoff, but they will not love being the financial strongman of Europe. They will be expected to bail out Portugal, Greece etc...and now Italy. America can't afford to bail out Italy, we have California to worry about. For generations, Liberal Democrats have extolled the virtues of Europe and pointed to Europe as the "shining city on a hill". Now, you rarely hear that yelled from the mountain top. However, Obama and Pelosi's reign in the House have done far worse. They are...

Full Text of Article (less graphics) follows: Laffer Shoots Down Critics on Cain 999 for WSJ In an Opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Supply Side economist and Reagan advisor, Art Laffer, looks at the number and concludes it is real stimulus for the American economy. Cain's plan will bring in the same revenue as the current tax code on a "static basis." This means that given no assumptions for extra "dynamic" growth, the 999 Plan will meet revenue needs. But, Laffer strongly believes that the Cain Plan will bring in more due to the intrinsic economic positives of...

Full Article less graphics follows: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011 GOP Debate: What Cain Can Expect Tonight Cain's 999 Plan is taking heat from all sides...Left, Right, Establishment beholden to the current Tax Code, and deranged RINOs like Joe Scarborough, who have sipped one too many Upper East Side Chardonnays. Of course we know that CNN will be on its best "Protect Obama at all costs" behavior. They will focus on half-truths and obvious misinterpretations of the Cain 999 Plan. More important will be the Circular Firing Squad bullets coming form the GOP Candidates. Questioning Cain's Economic Recovery Plan is valid...

Full Text of Article (less Graphics) This is IT...The Great Socialist Communist Revolution...EPIC FAIL Comparing media coverage of the Tea Party versus the "Occupy" movement is too easy and not the real story. The Occupy movement is about chaos, destruction, occupy and take over. This rabble's preference is not the vote, but the violent disruption and hopeful overthrow of Western Civilization and The United States of America. Communist Party USA is in: "This is an exciting time! Thousands of mainly young people have been occupying Wall Street for three weeks already, and the “Occupy Movement” has spread to more than...

Full Article Follows - less graphics The Secret to Herman Cain's 999 Plan Success The most recent Wall Street Journal Poll shows Cain leading the Republican Primary, 27% to Romney's 23%. At the most recent debate, the Cain 999 Plan dominated the debate and discussion. Though the plan was roundly attacked by the moderators and competitors, Cain's Economic Plan wasn't damaged. What is appealing about Herman Cain's 999 Plan? "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."...Albert...

Full Analysis Article Follows Take Heart Sarah Palin Fans Update: Palin's Devout Followers Palin will wield incredible power in the upcoming election. She will endorse somebody in the race and she will pick who she sees as the most conservative and transformational candidate. In the long term, she will remain a political rock star to the Tea Party and Conservatives. But more importantly, she will have heavy influence with GOP, conservative and Tea Party activists. Longer Term: 2016 or 2020 are still in play...Palin is very young. I have incredible respect for the Palin fans, of which I am one....

Full Article follows: Cain Perry or Palin: Where do Conservatives go? Assuming that Romney is rejected by ideological conservatives, except for a last resort stable fall back, conservatives will be making a huge decision and will start solidifying their support behind Cain, Perry or Palin. This vacuum will be filled soon. Within the next couple of months. The "four more of Obama" fear is opening up the space and despite recent scientific data which challenges Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, the law of Election Physics will speed up the process. Conservative Republicans know they have Obama (Jimmy Carter II) on...

This is a new Facebook page created to inform people that MLB is under increasing pressure from the Player's Union and Hispanic baseball players to boycott Arizona. They have already gotten a misinformed strong denouncement from MLB Players Association. They are seeking to boycott the 2011 All Star Game in Arizona, as well as the Spring Training Cactus League and the Arizona Fall League.

The NY Slimes article based on an unproven claim of something that didn't happen eight years ago is disgusting. The innuendo-laced hit piece shows to what extent the Liberal Media will go to ensure a socialist like Obama get elected President. Forget the fact that they held this story since December. Forget that Rush Limbaugh and anybody that follows politics knew they would do something like this. But remember just how far and vile the liberals in media will go to regain power and maintain power. This is an all out declaration of war on Republicans and conservatives because the...

The Democrats have used race as a trump card for many years. They have also manipulated and used minorities in unethical manners. They way they have stirred up racial resentment and votes by arousing fear is a form of racism in itself. This abuse has led to policies that are not meant to be fair, but actually based on race to garner votes. More recently, the extreme multculturalism and politics of race has morphed into the Super Delegates. The Super Delegates were a response back in the Mondale years of a Party that cried racism yet stood relatively heterogeneous in...

There is a landslide election coming of monumental proportions and of both repairable and irreparable damages to the houses of Republicans, Conservatives, and George W. Bush. All three of the houses are at fault for not protecting their individual houses. The House of Conservatism sees what is going on and is both lashing out and beginning to repair the damages. The House of the Republican Party has got half a foot in the house and half a foot outside searching for its way. This House will be severely damaged but will be able to repair itself over time. The House...

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Without Davis, Hedrick can't equal Heiden February 16, 2006 BY JAY MARIOTTI Sports Columnist TURIN, Italy -- Chad Hedrick's dream of becoming the 21st-century Eric Heiden is over. Which means Shani Davis' national nightmare might be beginning. With Hedrick reduced to shouting in frustration Wednesday, an American team without Davis was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the team pursuit competition in Olympic long-track speedskating. That quickly, so went Hedrick's chances of equaling Heiden's legendary 1980 record of five Winter Games gold medals. And that ominously, the focus turned to Davis, the South Side native and 2005 world all-around champion. Saying...