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Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Abbot Mythos - February 20, 2026, 04:33:44 PM

The POSOTUS has a lot to whine about this morning:

7 key things to know about Trump's tariffs after the Supreme Court decision

As per this article:

"The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump overstepped his authority when he ordered tariffs on imports from nearly every country in the world, using a 1970s "emergency" statute."

So, on to his 'Backup Plan.'

#22

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 20, 2026, 01:44:13 AM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

Weapons and defence already started and will increase every year, what i mean is:
All energy, water, electrical, medical etc have quietly been told no more azure, google cloud or AWS. We got a consultation and it was "when can you have extracted non eu services"

I suspect the more innertia or pushback businesses provide, the more aggressive the eu level legislation on this stuff will be.

They dont just want defence independence, they want everything down to Mastercard out of Europe within a decade

Wise.

#23

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 20, 2026, 01:43:48 AM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

An RFP for a Made-in-Canada drone communications system has crossed my desk, and although there's no NDA, it's obviously intended as a proof-of-concept for military use.  Somebody in the chain of procurement has been spooked by something.

Movement away from the American sphere is in progress everywhere, both overt and otherwise.  How tangled up we still are when the Anschluss commences, remains to be seen.

I don't yet believe an Anschluss is inevitable, but I'm a hopelessly naive optimist.

An Anschluss implies at least the appearance of a referendum.  That's not going to happen.

Also, and trust me on this, you can't build weapons fast enough.

But it is also worth mentioning that frontage equations require 81 infantry divisions to MINIMALLY garrison Canada.  We have 12.

#24

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by Faust - February 19, 2026, 11:42:47 PM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

Weapons and defence already started and will increase every year, what i mean is:
All energy, water, electrical, medical etc have quietly been told no more azure, google cloud or AWS. We got a consultation and it was "when can you have extracted non eu services"

I suspect the more innertia or pushback businesses provide, the more aggressive the eu level legislation on this stuff will be.

They dont just want defence independence, they want everything down to Mastercard out of Europe within a decade

#25

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - February 19, 2026, 09:10:46 PM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

An RFP for a Made-in-Canada drone communications system has crossed my desk, and although there's no NDA, it's obviously intended as a proof-of-concept for military use.  Somebody in the chain of procurement has been spooked by something.

Movement away from the American sphere is in progress everywhere, both overt and otherwise.  How tangled up we still are when the Anschluss commences, remains to be seen.

I don't yet believe an Anschluss is inevitable, but I'm a hopelessly naive optimist.

#26

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 19, 2026, 08:13:45 PM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

Allow me to suggest moving faster than that.

#27

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Greenland Invasion Thr...

Last post by Faust - February 19, 2026, 07:40:29 PM

In terms of investment the EU has realised it has to stop having infrastructure tied in with American companies, that will be permanent but its going to take about 5-10 years

#28

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Regarding 'Merica's Actual...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 19, 2026, 04:39:15 PM

That all sounds like you are assuming Bill wasn't availing of the services on pedo island

If anyone was, he was.

#29

Apple Talk / Re: Tales from the Cutting Edg...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 19, 2026, 04:23:13 PM

Things that got said at work today:

Billy:  "Maybe he wasn't walking on water.  Maybe he was just standing on a whale."

Lauren:  "I'm not judging you, boss.  I am just asking HOW you headbang to Taylor Swift's Ophelia.*

Hamish:  "I have 99 problems.  And each of those problems has 99 sub-problems.  And all of THOSE have 99 sub-problems."  It's sub-problems all the way down."



* She was in fact judging me.  I could see it in her eyes.

#30

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Hard Lessons to be Learned...

Last post by Doktor Howl - February 19, 2026, 04:14:28 PM

Yeah its grim that american politics is playing out in tweets.

Not as grim as foreign policy playing out on Truth Social.