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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:This poo poo is bananas. The guy's tweet is kind of overhyping it. Ballard wanted to go look for the Titanic. He approached the Navy for technical assistance and IIRC, one of their submersibles. They said sure, but you need to also go to the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks (they already knew where both were), and see if it's possible to bring them back up to the surface. They figured because he was acting as a civilian and not a member of the navy, the Russians wouldn't bother surveilling him or whatever. So it's not AS cool as say the Glomar expedition, but still cool. Also I got to see Ballard speak a couple of times since he was a professor emeritus at my school and occassionally showed up to give lectures. The one on the Bismarck was some incredibly cool poo poo. Sobering too.
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facialimpediment posted:Christie was the #1 choice. lmfao
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Handsome Ralph posted:The guy's tweet is kind of overhyping it. Ballard wanted to go look for the Titanic. He approached the Navy for technical assistance and IIRC, one of their submersibles. They said sure, but you need to also go to the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks (they already knew where both were), and see if it's possible to bring them back up to the surface. They figured because he was acting as a civilian and not a member of the navy, the Russians wouldn't bother surveilling him or whatever. My dad still has his finding the titanic laserdisc. It was one of the only times his interests and mine lined up as a kid. It spends a good amount of time on the machinery and science of going that deep to find something. Like robot arms on a sub, now here's a few minutes of searching the exterior. Worth a watch if you can find it. Not sure if its on any stream but I'm pretty sure it got a DVD release a while back.
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BigDave posted:Question, if that would actually happen, would the secret service stop the FBI or US Marshalls from arresting him? FWIW I'm mutuals with a former Secret Service guy on twitter so I asked him how they'd respond if someone tried to arrest the president and he said: "Hand him over as long as the warrant is valid. Go along with him to booking." Obviously this might depend on who's on duty and in charge at the time but unless Trump has been stuffing the secret service with his cronies then I imagine it'd go down like he said.
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facialimpediment posted:About an hour ago, Christie was the #1 choice. RIP By weight?
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No because Huckabee wasnt considered
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FBI responded to reports and stuff saying Flynn was entrapped into lying. The FBI basically said "dude, he was lying for weeks before we got there." https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1073670358094544896?s=19 Popehat disclaimer: never talk to the FBI without a lawyer
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Again, I say; "You asked for a miracle, I give you the F.B.I."
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facialimpediment posted:FBI responded to reports and stuff saying Flynn was entrapped into lying. The FBI basically said "dude, he was lying for weeks before we got there." The best part is this, "The FBI agents gave the defendant multiple opportunities to correct his false statements by revisiting key questions." They literally gave him multiple chances to come clean, receipts visibly in hand, and he still loving double downed on his lie. What a loving moron.
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Lawyer: LTG Flynn, in this situation, it is illegal to lie. DOJ: So, about your- LTG Flynn: MY HAIR IS MADE OF PASTA, I CAN WRAP MY DICK IN A KNOT, AND I AM A SMART PERSON https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1073675830109372416?s=19
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Oh this explains it a bit. He basically thought "Trump's president, nothing will happen to me. The FBI is on my side." https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1073675208421187590 lol, Popehat probably had a seizure reading that.
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I feel like at some point, he would’ve gone to someone and said “when is the President going to tell the FBI we’re all good? *winks*” But that would presume he’s not a colossal idiot.
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In addition to the racism and contempt for civil society, I think Flynn probably has some serious mental health issues. He's done too many blatantly stupid things to not have.
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highdea: why is "baby it's cold outside" still in common seasonal play when we've all acknowledged how rapey it is?
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Man what a loving idiot he is. Jesus Christ.
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Who are you going to believe- me, or your lying signals intercept of me committing some light treason?
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Entire floor at DC Court sealed off https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt--politics/entire-floor-federal-courthouse-sealed-off-for-mystery-case/JyerATnO5wL4gJKcS6nVJP/ Speculations are that Mueller subpoenaed Trump and he is fighting it. Oral arguments supposed to be heard today I think. Might get crazy real quick
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EBB posted:highdea: why is "baby it's cold outside" still in common seasonal play when we've all acknowledged how rapey it is? Dude our President is a rapist. A rapist is on the Supreme Court. By and large America doesn't give a gently caress about rape Short answer - tradition
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Flynn definitely fell deep in the rabbit hole of authoritarianism
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EBB posted:highdea: why is "baby it's cold outside" still in common seasonal play when we've all acknowledged how rapey it is? Haven't you read the thing going around where it's explained in the context of the time the song was written that a woman, in order to consent, actually had to put up a token fight in order to not be considered a whore?
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McNally posted:Haven't you read the thing going around where it's explained in the context of the time the song was written that a woman, in order to consent, actually had to put up a token fight in order to not be considered a whore? It really is amazing none of the older generation grew up to have boundary issues ya?
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EBB posted:highdea: why is "baby it's cold outside" still in common seasonal play when we've all acknowledged how rapey it is? to own the libs, why else e: the really weird thing about it for me is that i had literally never heard the song until this year, but i guess because someone complained about it it's now a treasured classic that shall never be removed from the holiday music canon Fister Roboto fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Dec 14, 2018 |
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Also “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was the thing that pushed Sayyid Qutb, the philosophical father of radical Islam and an influence on the genesis of modern day jihadism, over the edge. So you can basically make the argument that the song was responsible for 9/11. In 20 years, we’ll find out that the people who nuked Fort Lauderdale were radicalized by how loving garbage Love Actually and “All I Want For Christmas Is You” are.
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The song doesn’t bother me. We have bigger fish to fry than decades old song about courtship.
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LingcodKilla posted:The song doesn’t bother me. We have bigger fish to fry than decades old song about courtship. oh okay
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Eartha Kit is awesome but Santa Baby is the worst of the old Christmas standards. Obviously there's worse out there if you widen the net to include celebrity Christmas albums.
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This just seems like the liberal version of people losing their poo poo over Starbucks cups. Meh.
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Handsome Ralph posted:The guy's tweet is kind of overhyping it. Ballard wanted to go look for the Titanic. He approached the Navy for technical assistance and IIRC, one of their submersibles. They said sure, but you need to also go to the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks (they already knew where both were), and see if it's possible to bring them back up to the surface. They figured because he was acting as a civilian and not a member of the navy, the Russians wouldn't bother surveilling him or whatever. Yeah, this was overhyped. It was basically common knowledge that the Navy requested Ballard find those two in exchange for helping him with the Titanic. Nowhere near like the Glomar Explorer and K-129
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Casimir Radon posted:Eartha Kit is awesome but Santa Baby is the worst of the old Christmas standards. Obviously there's worse out there if you widen the net to include celebrity Christmas albums. Santa Baby is gross. She’s amazing looking in the old video though.
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Everything Christmas related is gross because gently caress consumerism
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maffew buildings posted:Everything Christmas related is gross because gently caress consumerism
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maffew buildings posted:Everything Christmas related is gross because gently caress consumerism same It warms my heart but I guess it’s also sad to see people have to publicly announce “hey family I’m too broke to get you anything for Christmas soooo yeah”
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EBB posted:highdea: why is "baby it's cold outside" still in common seasonal play when we've all acknowledged how rapey it is? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/a3gkmy/is_there_historical_context_that_aids_us_in/ Spoiler: It's rapey if you want to view it that way, but in the context of 1944, it's not. Also beaten by a meme.
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