It cost Israel more than $1bn to activate its defence systems that intercepted Iran’s massive drone and missile attack overnight, according to a former financial adviser to Israel’s military....
You’re touching on the most common misconception. Most people would pay less in taxes than they currently do in insurance premiums. The cost of healthcare would go down in the US with single payer. Even the ultra conservative Koch family funded Cato Institute found this to be true.
There is way too much profit motive in the US healthcare system. So much so we pay double what other nations do for some procedures with generally worse outcomes. Last report I saw is the US spends 16% of GDP on healthcare. The next closest nation was Japan at 10%. Yet the US was among the lowest life expectancy of all G20 nations.
Because they wouldn’t admit that. What they did say is costs over next 10 years with single payer would be $36T. Without then admitting the cost of keeping our current setup is estimated at $42T.
Dealerships are purposely not selling EVs. They make most of their money on service. EVs have so many fewer parts there are less points of failure.
The manufacturers are mad enough about this some have been buying out and closing dealerships. GM has been doing it a lot with Cadillac and Buick in particular so far.
.ml is a shit hole instance. Everyone rightfully ridiculing this post risks getting preemptively banned on ml because their dipshit tankie mods are that soft.
Iran intentionally caused all of this when they had Hamas attack in October. The whole point of Hamas starting shit was to derail peace talks between Israel and the Saudis. With one of the main focus areas being an official Palestinian state.
EV GTI is exactly what I’m waiting for. VW claims 2026 so first US availability is probably 2027. My current GTI is in good shape so shouldn’t be a problem to hold out 3 more years.
The issue is heavy artillery focus in an offensive capacity is a bad way to fight now. NATO can and does go for air superiority right away. Fighting Russian style with artillery bombardment is WWI stuff. Air support can quickly neutralize such a force.
NATO doesn’t spec for artillery focus like Russia and therefore doesn’t need that level of shell production. The catch for Ukraine is most of their equipment is inherited Soviet Union stockpiles. And they don’t have a large enough air force to attempt air superiority. So they’re stuck fighting against Russia using similar systems and strategy.
When Ukraine receives F16s next month some need for artillery will start to decrease. F16 can be used in an attack role. And Ukraine will be receiving HARMs missiles which will help knock out even more of Russia’s air defenses. Which potentially snowballs into Ukraine being able to do more close air support. If that happens, they can hopefully start shifting artillery to being used defensively. Using it for offense and defense as they are now is what’s outstripping supply.
The Biden administration said Friday that is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers....
Cars have nearly nothing to do with this. It started with the industrialization of farming.
Farm towns existed at normal intervals because it took a much larger labor pool to manage them. 200 acres was a lot to manage about 100 years ago. By the 1970’s 400 acres was a normal sized family farm in the US.
Modern machinery can cover nearly 200 acres in a day. There is no reason to have thousands of people per small town anymore. It takes a tiny fraction of that manpower to achieve the same output.
Saw this today, and … well, I’m not going to be so forgiving to people suggesting to vote Third Party rather than vote for Biden. If Trump wants me to do something, and you want me to do that same something, that tells me you’re aligned with Trump.
Some of the Fallout games maybe? The world would allow for a variety of protagonists and timeframes if you don’t directly follow a particular game storyline.
Israel's defence against Iran attack overnight 'likely cost over $1bn' (www.middleeasteye.net)
It cost Israel more than $1bn to activate its defence systems that intercepted Iran’s massive drone and missile attack overnight, according to a former financial adviser to Israel’s military....
Kia is paying dealers to sell EVs – that could mean deals for buyers (electrek.co)
I've never seen this angle of Tiananmen Square's tankman before. Figured I would share. (lemmy.world)
Don’t sneer at white rural voters — or delude yourself about their politics (www.vox.com)
Clyburn hits Johnson, Trump after joint meeting: ‘Outright lies’ (thehill.com)
Iran launches dozens of drones toward Israel (www.jpost.com)
Inb4 lemmy supports Iran
EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US (electrek.co)
China funneling billions into BYD to crush European and U.S. competitors, study says (www.ifw-kiel.de)
Study download (pdf)...
Basic request (lemm.ee)
Wonder what he did before the Kremlin’s barbaric invasion forced him into war.
Unequipped and outgunned, Ukrainian military often can’t evacuate its wounded (kyivindependent.com)
The main reason for the absence of medical evacuation is simple and gruesome: The fighting is just too intense....
The betrayal... it hurts... (sh.itjust.works)
We sadly depleted our strategic teal reserves by the year 2000 (lemmy.world)
Biden to forgive $7.4 billion more in student loan debt for 277,000 borrowers (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration said Friday that is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers....
An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue (newrepublic.com)
We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay....
Ah, the Nordic spring. (lemmy.world)
Trump allies launch secretive scheme to divide Biden support: report (www.msn.com)
Saw this today, and … well, I’m not going to be so forgiving to people suggesting to vote Third Party rather than vote for Biden. If Trump wants me to do something, and you want me to do that same something, that tells me you’re aligned with Trump.
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud (www.bbc.co.uk)
unsure why we are surprised lol (lemmy.cafe)
What game stories would hold up best if they were adapted to a novel?
Some top ones for me would be Brother: aToTS, Blasphemous, Portal, and FF9....