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Dante80 posted:2016 and yes, drones have become a lot better now. That's what I get for not checking the source. I still would have expected better in 2016, but yeah the smaller drone problem really kicked off after 2014 ish, so 2016 they were still probably getting used to how to handle these things It is a drone, not ideal to shoot down enemy hardware, but if it's literally flying in the CVN's airspace I would be surprised if they didn't knock it down.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Do you ever post anything that isn't "the GOP is going to win <insert upcoming election here> in a landslide"? NYC is not going to vote for a loving Republican. He's forum-banned from D&D already for right-wing trolling, so I think the answer to your question is not a complex one. I assume a mod will be along shortly to bipartisan applause.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:40
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skeleton warrior posted:It was the tragedy of the commons playing out live in front of us. If the moderate/business wing of the party had winnowed down to even just two candidates prior to New Hampshire or South Carolina, one of them would likely have won (definitely if there was only one moderate/business wing), with Cruz a weak third, and Super Tuesday would have been a fight. I agree, and I'd argue that it was roughly parallel to the 2020 Democratic primary, in which there were several people splitting the moderate/business base of voters and donors, giving Bernie the lead - except the Democrats had Obama to sort things out.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:41
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The Angry Bum posted:And yet he's growing a large following of supporters in New York City of all places. Him and Greg Abbott are considered to be the TRUE heroes of Covid because they didn't shut down their entire state. That's how badly DeBlasio and Cuomo messed up. The rest of the state Democrats haven't fared better either. Though the upstate parts are doing well, NYC and it's surrounding counties have been thoroughly beaten down with unnecessary restrictions by Cuomo, like he has something against the part of NY that actually votes Democratic and put him into office. No way any Democrat wins mayor of NYC in this environment and don't be surprised if the Governorship and state assemblies follow suit going solid Republican. Is our governor Greg Abbott, the guy whose state froze to death in February because his dumbass "no regulations" beliefs meant not making power companies spend piddly amounts winterizing after multiple failures in smaller storms, really a hero in New York If true drat yall are dumb as hell.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:43
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To be fair the dumbass no regulations policy was started in '99
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Apr 21, 2021 19:45
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Civilized Fishbot posted:I agree, and I'd argue that it was roughly parallel to the 2020 Democratic primary, in which there were several people splitting the moderate/business base of voters and donors, giving Bernie the lead - except the Democrats had Obama to sort things out. How did Obama stop Bernie's lead? Is this some alt-history 2016 stuff? Also even if Obama somehow engineered Biden's win (he didn't he barely was involved and people saying he got Pete etc to drop are wrong on their timing) I highly doubt Trump would be willing to do the same as that would not benefit him in the slightest?
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Apr 21, 2021 19:46
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Orthanc6 posted:That's... very surprising. I realize drones can be tiny, but we've known for years now that drones of any size can be used for reconnaissance and attack. And heck, airports have developed a bunch of methods for getting rid of drones in their airspace. Keeping the airspace directly above a CVN clear of enemy aircraft of any size should be top priority, I think a lot of people dropped the ball on this one. if this really was a consumer drone from bestbuy or whatever, the military, airports, cops can all broadcast a signal that tells the drone to either land now, or fly back to its start point and land. airports might also have a bird of prey expert with a trained attack bird attack the drone.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:46
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Rare good news. That's pretty impressive and we've certainly not plateaued yet. Here in NC, we're still 2 weeks away from the point where the vast majority of people will be able to start getting 2nd doses. It will be interesting to see when the plateau does happen though.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:50
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PhazonLink posted:if this really was a consumer drone from bestbuy or whatever, the military, airports, cops can all broadcast a signal that tells the drone to either land now, or fly back to its start point and land. In hindsight, given how far away fleets usually sail and how fast they move, it probably is a dedicated Iranian military drone in order to have the range and speed to keep up. But thing probably isn't too much bigger than an off-the-shelf drone, just going by the fact that it managed to get this close. Also, giving Falconers an entirely new purpose in the modern world is kind of the best.
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Apr 21, 2021 19:52
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Sir Lemming posted:That's pretty impressive and we've certainly not plateaued yet. Here in NC, we're still 2 weeks away from the point where the vast majority of people will be able to start getting 2nd doses. It will be interesting to see when the plateau does happen though. The availability here in NC is pretty good, me and like a dozen friends all were able to get appointments nearly instantly in the past week it seems to be just about everywhere if you really want it.
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Orthanc6 posted:In hindsight, given how far away fleets usually sail and how fast they move, it probably is a dedicated Iranian military drone in order to have the range and speed to keep up. But thing probably isn't too much bigger than an off-the-shelf drone, just going by the fact that it managed to get this close. its probably a pretty big drone given that it is moving faster than the carrier, itself moving at speed, and the jerky camera movements indicate the camera is zoomed in pretty far thus the drone is probably pretty high up military observation drones, especially ones which go more than a dozen miles out to sea, tend to be the size of small aircraft and not just the cheapo things you buy for kids e: found a pic of a common iranian observation drone with people for scale /arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com/public/U667DYTAW5DS7MKXUU34BP7TOY.jpg)
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socialsecurity posted:How did Obama stop Bernie's lead? Is this some alt-history 2016 stuff? Also even if Obama somehow engineered Biden's win (he didn't he barely was involved and people saying he got Pete etc to drop are wrong on their timing) I highly doubt Trump would be willing to do the same as that would not benefit him in the slightest? Also, one important difference is that Trump was able to solidify his lead because of the GOP primary's winner-take-all rule. Bernie's lead was more tenuous because of the proportional allocation rules in the Dem primary. Even if Pete and Amy had stayed in past Super Tuesday, it's not clear that Bernie would have ended up with the most delegates
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PhazonLink posted:if this really was a consumer drone from bestbuy or whatever, the military, airports, cops can all broadcast a signal that tells the drone to either land now, or fly back to its start point and land. They just need a Russian larper with a spear
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1384942337395249155 The GOP fiscal equivalent to "the next six months" is apparently "$600 billion". Let's see if they're that predictable.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1384942337395249155 It'll be roads and highways and nothing else, and probably some measure that anybody spending money on things not for cars be thrown in gitmo
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Sir Lemming posted:That's pretty impressive and we've certainly not plateaued yet. Here in NC, we're still 2 weeks away from the point where the vast majority of people will be able to start getting 2nd doses. It will be interesting to see when the plateau does happen though. So far it’s actually a national achievement to be proud of. Quite possibly even exceptional. The fear is that it peters out before we hit the thresholds for herd immunity.
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Apr 21, 2021 20:03
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It'll be the Trump plan of giving a bunch of tax cuts to corporations and asking nicely that they please spend the surplus on infrastructure
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Apr 21, 2021 20:03
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Rust Martialis posted:The GOP fiscal equivalent to "the next six months" is apparently "$600 billion". Let's see if they're that predictable. I bet they'll suggest a bit over $1 trillion, paid for with some sort of tax cuts, and definitely no social programs whatsoever. Also I bet no climate change whatsoever.
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Apr 21, 2021 20:05
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zoux posted:To be fair the dumbass no regulations policy was started in '99 I mean yea but he's been governor for six years, he owns it now. Also I said "beliefs", not policy, he didn't start the policy but he agrees with it. and it's not like he is trying to fix the problem, he blamed the outages on wind power and AOC
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How are u posted:I bet they'll suggest a bit over $1 trillion, paid for with some sort of tax cuts, and definitely no social programs whatsoever. Also I bet no climate change whatsoever. Still, getting the GOP to propose a trillion in spending represents a tectonic shift in Capitol dynamics compared to the past, uh, 40 years.
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zoux posted:Still, getting the GOP to propose a trillion in spending represents a tectonic shift in Capitol dynamics compared to the past, uh, 40 years. except if biden said 'great, we're going to use this plan word for word' they still wouldn't vote for it. its smoke and mirrors.
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Apr 21, 2021 20:08
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Is the infrastructure plan to pass it through reconcilliation because I really want those student loan reforms to come into being.
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Hollismason posted:Is the infrastructure plan to pass it through reconcilliation because I really want those student loan reforms to come into being. Probably, unless you magically get 10 Republicans to go along with a bill that doesn't suck complete rear end
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Epic High Five posted:It'll be roads and highways and nothing else, and probably some measure that anybody spending money on things not for cars be thrown in gitmo I'm betting they never reveal anything because they can't agree on anything, same reason they kept putting off Infrastructure Week for 4 years
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socialsecurity posted:How did Obama stop Bernie's lead? Is this some alt-history 2016 stuff? Also even if Obama somehow engineered Biden's win (he didn't he barely was involved and people saying he got Pete etc to drop are wrong on their timing) I highly doubt Trump would be willing to do the same as that would not benefit him in the slightest? I was under the impression that he got Pete etc to drop out. I guess I was misinformed. I wasn't saying Trump would ever do what Obama did - I was saying Trump succeeded in 2016 because the GOP's moderate/business wing didn't have an Obama to coordinate their efforts.
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Civilized Fishbot posted:I was under the impression that he got Pete etc to drop out. I guess I was misinformed. What happened was Pete dropped out first, presumably of his own volition, and Obama called him afterward and implied he should endorse Biden. Which Pete was probably going to do anyway, it's not as if he would have backed Bernie
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Apr 21, 2021 20:14
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Epic High Five posted:It'll be roads and highways and nothing else, and probably some measure that anybody spending money on things not for cars be thrown in gitmo it will repeal the reconciliation procedure
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Apr 21, 2021 20:15
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Doctor Butts posted:It's gonna be walls. evilweasel posted:it will repeal the reconciliation procedure The thing about all these joke answers is that I genuinely see them happening. If the GOP doesn't try for an insane beyond-the-pale proposal, it's more likely they just didn't think to include one, as opposed to having the idea but also the good sense to not include it. e: Owlspiracy posted:again, its not a real bill. the republican party will not even vote their own bill. it is solely a messaging play for them to say "we tried!" because biden is no longer gullible enough to believe that he can negotiate to win republican votes. if biden supported the republican bill 100% as written they would find another obstacle and move the goal posts again. But actually, this.
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Epic High Five posted:It'll be roads and highways and nothing else, and probably some measure that anybody spending money on things not for cars be thrown in gitmo It's this. Also some bridges because they're roads, but no dams that aren't also roads. Doctor Butts posted:It's gonna be walls. And this. Plus it will ban defunding police, ban abortion, and make funding trans anything illegal.
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I wonder if Republicans learned their lesson by offering only something that's pitifully not enough. If they do promise 1 trillion$ I think if its clean and has no poison pills its worth considering to be able to pass via regular order no?Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Merrick Garland is ordering a broad DOJ investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. Seizing records, personnel files, and seeking testimony. America really dodged a bullet by not electing Trump to a second term eh, Merrick Garland was actually a drat good choice it seems.
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Raenir Salazar posted:I wonder if Republicans learned their lesson by offering only something that's pitifully not enough. If they do promise 1 trillion$ I think if its clean and has no poison pills its worth considering to be able to pass via regular order no? the bill will never pass. it is not real. how gullible are you to even ask this.
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Owlspiracy posted:the bill will never pass. it is not real. how gullible are you to even ask this. Why wouldn't it if 10 Republicans agree to vote for it?
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Raenir Salazar posted:I wonder if Republicans learned their lesson by offering only something that's pitifully not enough. If they do promise 1 trillion$ I think if its clean and has no poison pills its worth considering to be able to pass via regular order no? Yes, but honestly getting "Actual Dominionist Empire Seeker William Barr" out of that AG chair was a loving imperative if this country was to survive at all. I think Garland will also go after domestic terrorist/ white supremacists hard given his history.
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Just ban beef and soy importation from Brazil, problem solved!
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The Angry Bum posted:And yet he's growing a large following of supporters in New York City of all places. Him and Greg Abbott are considered to be the TRUE heroes of Covid because they didn't shut down their entire state. That's how badly DeBlasio and Cuomo messed up. The rest of the state Democrats haven't fared better either. Though the upstate parts are doing well, NYC and it's surrounding counties have been thoroughly beaten down with unnecessary restrictions by Cuomo, like he has something against the part of NY that actually votes Democratic and put him into office. No way any Democrat wins mayor of NYC in this environment and don't be surprised if the Governorship and state assemblies follow suit going solid Republican. This is one of the most removed from reality posts I’ve read in a long time.
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