>We must understand our identity to be fundamentally rooted in a set of ideas, not the racial or ethnic identity of our ancestors
- Francis Fukuyama
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Full report is a 124 page PDF
>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
>The United States and its allies face a serious and growing threat from an authoritarian axis led by China and Russia that will erode U.S. power and security if it is not effectively countered. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have ordered the People’s Liberation Army to be ready to conduct a successful invasion of Taiwan by 2027, and Russia continues to wage an aggressive war in Ukraine and a sabotage campaign across Europe that includes assassinations, bombings, and subversion. This report outlines a U.S. defense strategy of flexible engagement built around a two-war planning construct and a rapid shift to a wartime industrial footing to counter an axis led by China and Russia. It prioritizes the Indo-Pacific first and Europe second, as well as deterring and, if necessary, defeating two major powers simultaneously with significant allied and partner involvement. To do so, the United States should focus on several steps:
>Expand and modernize its force structure to deter two multi-theater wars, one in the Indo-Pacific against China and another in Europe against Russia, while preparing for contingencies in the Middle East, Latin America, and other regions;
>Develop a new offset strategy focused on Air-Sea Battle in the Indo-Pacific and Air-Land Battle in Europe that blends advanced and lower-cost unmanned systems with long-range precision strike and nuclear modernization;
>Adopt a posture prioritizing dispersed, mobile, and survivable U.S. forces;
>Accelerate reforms to the defense industrial base to operate with greater speed and production capacity.
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Some at college or university are testing no better than ten-year-olds
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>As an intense heatwave sent temperatures above 40C this week in cities from Bordeaux to Nantes, far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen accused leftist parties and green activists of ideologically opposing air conditioning at the expense of public health.
>“It is absurd to have people die because of the heat,” said the leader of the Rassemblement National party. “If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations — hospitals, care homes and schools.”
>Far-left leader and rival candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon hit back: “Absolutely not. Installing air conditioning everywhere would only mean increasing the damage,” he said, alluding to the risk of increased carbon emissions.
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tl;dr:
this screen is for gamers who want to start experimenting with 6K. You care about decent colors, high resolution, AND high refresh rate and DON'T stare at text all day. If that's the case it's a GREAT screen.
>If you're an office, productivity user, it's a massive relief that Samsung fixed the color consistency issues present on other screens, and there are no blue splotches where the color white should be, but I can't recommend it due to the brightness shifting, aggressive vignetting effect when looking at this screen.
Edit: Not my review/video - just found it on Youtube
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Part 4/4 of "How China Is Devouring Europe"
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EU's Chips Act 2.0 incoming