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Monday morning fox(bat)-and-hound

by | Nov 28, 2022 | Mondays | 1 comment

Ugh. Monday. Right after Thanksgiving, too – I suppose this must be the inevitable price to be paid for all of that good cheer and happy FEELZ from the best American holiday of the year. (To my great amusement, I heard one of my coworkers on Friday say that he was having a big dinner party that night as his own way of celebrating Thanksgiving – he looked rather sheepish when I gently pointed out that it was, in fact, the night before. This is what happens when American holidays don’t STAY in America.)

Still and all, this was inevitable, so let’s get on with making it more bearable – with an especially air-heavy Great Monday Browser Killer.

Last week, we featured the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, the greatest aircraft ever built, in my not-at-all-humble opinion. The title for second-greatest aircraft ever built is a hotly contested one – I reckon there are good arguments to make for Concorde, or the F-22, or the B-52, or the Boeing 747.

But, for my money, the only one that comes anywhere close to the title of second-best, is the only one that ever came close to first-best – the amazing MiG-25 Foxbat.

Now, the Foxbat was not quite as powerful as the SR-71 and could not achieve the same top speeds. So it could not catch the Blackbird, at least initially – but eventually, it COULD catch UP to the Blackbird and then shoot it down with high-supersonic air-to-air missiles.

The development of the MiG-25, and its eventual successor, the two-seat MiG-31, forced the US to avoid direct movements into Soviet airspace, and forced America to cancel its idea of using the SR-71 as a potential kinetic energy bomber. That involved dropping, basically, a solid steel ball or rod directly from 88,000ft up, at speeds exceeding Mach 3 horizontally, which would impact with nearly the energy of a serious nuclear bomb, but with zero radiation and no fallout.

The Foxbat was one of the greatest achievements of Soviet engineering, and it is not difficult to see why:

The Soviets saw the flaws in the MiG-25, but they also saw its great value, and built on top of the basic framework of the Foxbat to create the even more potent, and far more well-rounded, MiG-31 Foxhound:

That video is actually outdated by some degree, because the MiG-31K variant, which is essentially an upgraded MiG-31BM, which in turn has much more powerful radar, tracking capabilities, and interdiction abilities, carries the Kh-47M2 Kindzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile. This allows the Russians to hit any fixed target up to 2,000Km away from the launch point. And given that the Russians have now stationed 3 of the MiG-31K aircraft in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, they now have the ability to wipe out targets all over Europe.

In summary, the MiG-31K is by far the most dangerous air-to-air interdictor and missile launch platform in the world right now. The only one that comes anywhere close is the Su-57, which MAY already have shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 with an R-37M hypersonic air-to-air missile at a staggering range of over 400Km.

For too long, the West has considered the Soviets to be technologically inferior, inefficient, overly militarised, corrupt, and incompetent. There is SOME truth to these stereotypes, but in the main, Soviet failures were very greatly exaggerated after they lost the Cold War. Today, Western elites have transferred those tropes over to the Russians. And that is a colossal mistake.

From the Russian perspective, they did NOT lose the Cold War, not exactly. They came to an accommodation, an understanding – and then their entire system crashed around their ears as its internal contradictions became too great to reconcile. The Russians wanted peace with honour – the West wanted outright victory and the right to stand triumphant over the corpse of a destroyed and vanquished foe.

But the Russians were never vanquished, not really. They “lost”, yes, but they have never considered themselves to be conquered. And they certainly don’t think that way now. They understand full well that they don’t need the West – but the West needs them.

This is why the Russians will continue to develop outstanding aircraft like the Su-57 and the MiG-31 variants – and, eventually, the 6th-Gen successor to both aircraft, currently designated the MiG-41 hypersonic-capable interceptor. We’ll see what happens with that. But I would not bet against the Russians developing a truly revolutionary aircraft – they’ve done it before, as they proved with the MiG-25 and the MiG-31, and they can easily do it again.

Mighty Wings

Let’s stick with the aviation theme for a bit and look at some other really interesting aircraft:

This guy gets quite a few things wrong about the F-22. Ultimately, the F-22 was scuppered because it is simply not cost-effective, AT ALL – that is true. But the reason why it is not cost-effective is because it is stuck using old technologies that cannot be easily upgraded to modern net-centric warfare standards.

Nor is it accurate to claim that the F-22 is the best dogfighter in the skies. The Su-57, in its fully upgraded form with proper engines suited to its airframe, is likely to be even more manoeuvrable. And that’s before we get to the fact that the Su-57 MAY already have an air-to-air kill to its name – the Raptor has no such credentials. Moreover, the Raptor isn’t actually as good at defeating enemy radar as Americans think – the Russians already have the ability to detect every “stealth” aircraft ever made, and the ability to engage them at range.

Ultimately, the F-22 is simply way too expensive relative to the Su-57, which is less than one-third the price for, actually, a HELL of a lot more plane, and the upcoming Su-75, which looks capable of taking on the F-35 and winning.

Here’s a video about one of the most radical helicopter concepts ever created:

And, from back when the Limeys actually built legendary aircraft:

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Dawn of Battle

The Male Brain has plenty to keep us busy this week. We start with a Cracked special about movies where everyone is really attractive, and amazingly stupid:

This one from The Babylon Bee is absolutely hysterical, especially if you think it through:

Dawn Pine‘s comment wins the day: “Don’t forget to oil them”.

Also, remember, your gun doesn’t mind in the least if you handle or finger other guns, and doesn’t care if you buy accessories for your other guns. And your gun most certainly does not mind if you have a side-gun. In so many ways, then, guns are just better than women.

Moving on before we go WAAAAAAAAYYYY too deep down that particular rabbit-hole – Reason explains the Law of Unintended Consequences in detail:

Another one from Reason about things that truly horrorise libertarians:

Big Think puts the lie to the notion that “survival of the fittest” determines evolutionary prowess – that is simply not true, cooperation plays a big part in human and biological development:

If you want to understand how to craft a truly GREAT villain, then pay attention to this video from StudioBinder:

Poli-ticking Off

Mark Dice tells the woketards where they can stick their idiotic theories about Thanksgiving:

The dynamic duo over at Redacted note that the UK, which ordered strict (and stupid) lockdowns for the Coof, is now faring far worse than the SCANDICUCKS in Sweden, which is shocking enough – but the data really drive the magnitude of the discrepancy home:

Jackson Hinkle takes the Neo-Tsar VERY seriously when he talks about the war – unlike the Kiev Krackhead:

Дед Сварливый Говорит!

Grandpa Grumpuss grumps, grumpily about the power of the real economy in an actual war, especially in light of the serious and serial failures of American military production:

It’s All Greek To Us

The good gentlemen of The Duran break down the breakdown of the European Union:

China Syndrome

China Uncensored reports on mass protests at iPhone factories in Commieland:

Digging to China points out that Chinese gazillionaires are becoming a relatively endangered species of late:

There are good reasons for this. The CPC is cracking down HARD on celebrity culture, ostentatious displays of wealth, and what they consider to be “socially disruptive” trends. And I have to say, they do have a good point.

The Bald Truth

Brian Berletic of The New Atlas explains the Russian strategy of smashing Ukraine’s power grid and the effect this is having on Banderastan’s ability to fight:

Semper Fi!

Maj. Scott Ritter interviews none other than the legendary Chechen commander, Apti Alaudinov, Hero of the Russian Federation and close compatriot of Chechen WAAGH! Boss Ramzan Kadyrov:

Gotta love the Chechen Orks.

Warrior’s Rage

Col. Douglas Macgregor reckons the Russians are gearing up for a MASSIVE winter offensive, and based on the evidence, it’s hard to argue with that:

Righteous Rantery

Lord Razor of the Fist Clan celebrates the liberation of the God-Emperor’s Twatter account:

The inimitable, irrepressible Katie Hopkins reckons the way out of Britain’s broken system, is to change the system to something that’s basically just as bad:

I don’t disagree with Katie very often, but I very much do on this subject. The fact is that proportional representation is not of any use if idiots can vote for whatever they want with effectively zero cost. The answer to the failings of dumbocracy is not MORE dumbocracy – it is timocracy, which would be at least a useful step in the right direction, whereby people have to EARN their right to vote by having skin in the game.

That, by definition, means most women would automatically lose the vote – as would most men, by the way. By restricting the vote ONLY to those who have skin in the game, and by balancing out powers using institutions that represent them, along with those who do NOT have that right to vote, at least some of the worst abuses of power can be checked and stop-cocked.

But ultimately, the only approach that really makes sense, in the context of the extreme breakdowns of dumbocracy that we see today, is the Rule of One – a king, basically.

PJW has had quite enough of virtue-signalling a the World Cup, as have the rest of us:

Dr. John Campbell points out the alarming reality coming out of the USSA about not-vaxxed people dying at HIGHER rates than not-not-vaxxed ones:

Warriors of Faith

The Dizzle explains that Andrew Tater-tots has actually figured out exactly what Izzlam really is:

Dr. Jay Smith from PfanderFilms and his friends Mel from Sneaker’s Corner and Prophet Murad reckon they now understand where and how the original Christian Aramaic lectionaries that became the Koran, were corrupted:

Al-Fadi from CIRA International and Lloyd De Jongh confront the horrifying reality of shariah law:

Manly Men of Manliness

Terrence Popp takes a break from pissing all over feminism to explain what a good woman looks like:

The late, great Kevin Samuels had an absolute classic on his show back when he was still alive:

Burn Paedowood to the Ground

Midnight’s Edge explain how the House of the Devil Mouse systematically and completely destroyed the billion-dollar brand values of the Marvel and STAR WARS franchises:

Overlord Dicktor Van Doomcock reckons that Iger’s return to the Devil Mouse spells the end of Disney, and I think he’s probably right:

I think he’s completely wrong about Chapek, though. I never believed that Chapek was even remotely interested in excising the corporate cancer of woketard ideology within Disney. And I think it’s high time we stopped believing this ridiculous nonsense that Chapek was somehow playing 4D chess to outmanoeuvre his opponents within the company – CLEARLY, if that was the case, then he FAILED spectacularly.

Gary from Nerdrotic is quite happy that DEM RANGZ O’ POWAH!!! flopped so spectacularly, because it was nothing but a really diverse turd-sandwich:

Ryan Kinel notes that Disney’s failure is now complete:

The Drinker has a very bad feeling about Avatard 2 (yes, that was deliberate):

Reading Too Much Into Things

Your “Science is F***ING WEIRD” moment of the week is from The Male Brain, and looks at the ways in which you can rewire a man’s brain to turn him into, basically, a woman:

The effect of the detailed connectivity of a neural circuit on its function and the resulting behavior of the organism is a key question in many neural systems. Here, we study the circuit for nociception in C. elegans, which is composed of the same neurons in the two sexes that are wired differently. We show that the nociceptive sensory neurons respond similarly in the two sexes, yet the animals display sexually dimorphic behaviors to the same aversive stimuli. To uncover the role of the downstream network topology in shaping behavior, we learn and simulate network models that replicate the observed dimorphic behaviors and use them to predict simple network rewirings that would switch behavior between the sexes. We then show experimentally that these subtle synaptic rewirings indeed flip behavior. Interestingly, when presented with aversive cues, rewired males were compromised in finding mating partners, suggesting that network topologies that enable efficient avoidance of noxious cues have a reproductive “cost.” Our results present a deconstruction of the design of a neural circuit that controls sexual behavior and how to reprogram it.

That is some weird science right there. We even have a video about the whole thing:

Your long read of the week is from Maj Scott Ritter, and expresses his deep disillusionment, from the perspective of a lifetime practitioner of the art of war, with the peace movement:

I hate hypocrisy. While I marched and worked with the peace movement, I’ve never been in the peace movement—I’m not a pacifist.

I believe that the world is full of rabid dogs and, like Atticus Finch, sometimes people are called upon to put them down, violently.

I believe in both the need for war and, frankly speaking, the inevitability of war. To think otherwise is to be ignorant of the human condition. I believe that any society worth defending should be prepared to wage war in its legitimate self-defense.

I believe that if a nation goes to war, it should fight to win—there is no “fair fight” principle, but rather simply kill or be killed.

And my goal as a warrior is to kill the enemy as efficiently as possible, with as little harm inflicted on my side. I believe in modern weaponry, professional warriors, and high levels of readiness that can only be achieved by training for war during times of peace.

And, as someone who has experienced war in all its awful reality, I believe that war should be the absolute last option, only undertaken after every possibility short of war to resolve the issues at stake have been exhausted. I believe that it is far better to have old men and women exhaust their vocal chords than their younger counterparts bleed out on a battlefield. Hot air isn’t lethal—hot steel is.

I know that the modern-day incarnation of the fraudulent movement that calls itself “peace” or “anti-war” is neither—their little blue and yellow flags prove this. They openly support war, enthusiastically endorsing the provision of billions of dollars’ worth of military assistance from the United States and its European allies to Ukraine, despite the fact that this aid only feeds the meatgrinder that is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, condemning hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to death, and tens of millions of others to the kind of suffering that is the lot of civilians caught up in the conflagration of human conflict.

“I stand with Ukraine” has become the epitaph of tens of thousands who otherwise would be alive today were it not for the so-called “peace movement.”

Let’s be clear: if you stand with Ukraine, you stand for the precipitous expansion of NATO, of outside powers fomenting illegal coups designed to overthrow the constitutional authority of a sovereign state, and the empowerment of white supremacist neo-Nazi ultra-nationalist movements who worship the memory of mass murderers whom they have elevated to the status of national heroes.

You stand for murder, rape and torture. You stand for the incessant shelling of civilian populations for eight years, killing thousands, including women and children. You stand for fake diplomacy, using negotiated agreements as a shield for genocidal action.

In short, you stand for war, but you don’t have the integrity to admit it because, in all honesty, you stand for nothing.

I stand for war, and as such I seek to avoid war. I will exhaust all options short of war to prevent war. I support ceasefires. I support negotiated deals like the Minsk 2 accords. I support pre-emptive diplomacy that puts finding the path toward a new European security framework ahead of secret preparations for war.

Linkage is good for you:

And some more from Dawn Pine:

MUH RUSHIAN KAHLOOOOOZHUN!!!

The Neo-Tsar met with the mothers of servicemen fighting in the Banderastan War – including mothers of recently slain Russian warriors – which is something that you will NEVER see a Western leader do:

This speaks volumes for the nature of Russian society, and the character of the Neo-Tsar himself. He is NOT the cartoon character of a wicked and evil tyrannical despot that the West consistently, and idiotically, and completely inaccurately, paints. He is in fact a wise man with the gift of the common touch – and an inordinate level of wisdom, astonishing amounts of patience, and tremendous strategic acumen.

This is not a man to be trifled with. Nor, however, should we fear and loathe him. Putin is a man with whom the West can make deals – provided that the Western leaders recognise him for what he is:

A Russian nationalist, a patriot, a devout Orthodox Christian, and a father who loves his children and his people.

The problem is that the West has become so degenerate, so twisted and evil, that it can no longer recognise these virtues and accept them. Nor can it treat other great powers as equals, or accept that there are other models of growth and development from the neoliberal, debt-driven, financialised, corporatist model that the Western world has embraced.

Those Who Fail To Learn From History…

History lessons of the week:

Your Great Man of the Week is Clovist, the King who essentially founded the country that would eventually become France:

Given our well-known views of the Frogs around here, that might not be something to celebrate, of course.

HALO Nation

Slayergod Remy aka Mint Blitz is having a LOT of fun with the latest HALO Infinite updates:

Learning at the Master’s Feet

Nerd of the Rings looks at the high king of the Valar:

Bring on the Grimdark

The Remembrancer, uh, remembrances the Death Guard legionnaire who became possessed by a terrifying Warp-spawned daemon and turned into a walking abomination:

That’s Not Gone Well…

Wazzocks gonna wazzock:

Kitchen Nightmares with the Angry Scot:

Comedy hour:

You must admit, it IS a rather novel solution – not a very good one, admittedly

Meme Warfare

We begin with some sportzball memes from The Male Brain:

Dora can be annoying, but she is spot on (unlike the player)
I’m not sure what is actually going on, and probably don’t want to know
Sign of the times: guys are becoming girls in attitude
I can believe it

Man, I can’t wait for this stupid World Cup thingamy to be over and DONE already. I don’t even watch any of the matches, yet the woke cringefests about wearing armbands and LGBTQWTFISTHISSHIT shirts and other crap is EVERYWHERE.

I sincerely hope that every Western nation loses HORRIBLY in every group stage and some country where homosexuality merits the death penalty actually wins. That’ll show the butt-buggerers that literally NO ONE outside of their own degenerate clique actually supports them.

And some tech recession memes from Dawn Pine as well:

Onward:

Notice anything specific about their (((ethnicity)))?
Look at all that diversity!!! Also, I don’t call him Brolon for nothing, y’know.
It’s really hard to believe that Rob Reiner was once actually very funny – though he was ALWAYS a liberal twat
Holy shit, that’s actually terrifying
AAAAAARGH MY EYES OMFG KILL IT KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!!!
Men are better at literally EVERYTHING – including being women
O RLY?
In fairness, they’ll sell you beef dogs if you ask nicely – with a glass of camel piss on the side

Headlines of the week indicate that Clownipornia Man can’t count:

Your “Explains Quite a Lot” moment of the week:

Your “No Shit, Enola” moment of the week:

Your “Communist Flock” moment of the week:

Your “You Might Be A Redneck…” moment of the week:

Your “Tragic (But Hilarious) Irony” moment of the week:

I’m going to celebrate by eating steak, with steak on the side, topped with steak, with BACON for dessert
Have you noticed that Disney Princess bra sizes vary in INVERSE proportion to their kill count?
And KEEF. Let’s not forget Keith Richards.
Ayup
WANT

Most viewers may find this next one extremely disturbing:

Yeah. Sorry.

There are two kinds of people – those who think that DIE HARD is a Christmas movie, AND THOSE WHO ARE WRONG.

Does this count as one of your Five Daily Portions?
I’m thinking this needs to be a weekly addition to this compilation now

Praise for Pastafarians

Sofia Loren in her prime… we need to see a LOT more of that:

Oooof. Lord, have mercy.

Animal Planet

Your aminules are adorkable moment of the week:

And also your animals are absolute DICKS moment of the week, to balance things out:

And finally, your “Meanwhile, in Russia” moment of the week:

The Lords of Steel

Gym beast props this week go to the legends, Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall, for their epic goofing off in a Planet Princess:

Good LORD, but I hate the f***ing Smith Machine…

Ass-Kicking of the Eight Limbs

The ONE Championship fight between Panyapak and Savvas Michael ended in a spectacular KO:

They See Me Rollin’…

If you want to watch some really high-quality BJJ, then here you go:

Palate Cleansers

The FAIL is Strong With Them

Shuffle Off

Jump-Starts

No doubt about it – that girl is GOOD.

Gingervitis Injections

Livin’ in the Land of the Metal Gods

Also Einstein: “I fear that someday people will post my pic on the Internet with bogus made-up quotations in Comic Sans font”
Title track off their new album – a VERY GOOD album, actually, though far too short

Rock Out With Your Glock Out

Hot Totty

And finally we arrive at the Instathot for the start of the week – though she’s going to have a very difficult time competing with La Bella Sophia up there. This here is Dasha – origin unknown, age unknown, though probably also from Belarus, like last week’s starting Instathot (who is apparently good mates with her anyway).

OK, lads, back to work, quit yer gawpin’.

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1 Comment

  1. Spencer Hart
    Spencer Hart on November 28, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    5 for 5 on the ladies with guns this week. All look fit, attractive, capable, and have good trigger discipline.j

    The type to have at your side if the world turns into a low-budget 1980s post-apoc movie.

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