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Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

Maybe a dumb question but if China were to make a move on Taiwan that resulted in the US navy losing ships, wouldn�t that be the end of their export economy? I�m sure they could still sell to India or Russia but would guess the impact of tens of thousands of factories being unable to produce for a furious western market would offset benefits of gaining Taiwan.

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Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

ded posted:

aussie nukes are going to have to train in us navy classes. god loving help them.

CROIKY DINKUM THE ZOOMIES ARE OUT AND NOW ME DINGO IS A DINGLOW

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Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Hyrax Attack! posted:

Maybe a dumb question but if China were to make a move on Taiwan that resulted in the US navy losing ships, wouldn�t that be the end of their export economy? I�m sure they could still sell to India or Russia but would guess the impact of tens of thousands of factories being unable to produce for a furious western market would offset benefits of gaining Taiwan.

There is no way that the US will stop buying poo poo from China.

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Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Important news:

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bengy81: May 8, 2010

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

Important news:

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lightpole: Jun 4, 2004; I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Is it just a public opinion thing, or is there anything preventing Australia from putting together nuclear power generation? If I'm not mistaken, that continent is about as tectonically stable as it gets so the risk should be minimal.

Same as with the submarine program, same as why the US justifies the MIC, the Jones Act, etc. Once you lose that expertise or fall so far behind, its extremely expensive to rebuild and can take decades.

Australia lost most of their (nuclear submarine?) capability from construction to operation apparently and re-establishing that is going to be tough. Even establishing something like a domestic car/airplane industry is a nightmare using China as an example.

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Blind Rasputin: Nov 25, 2002; Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

According to the articles I read the Aussie�s main issue with France was that the French engineers figured if you�re building a submarine in Australia, the conning tower would go on the bottom of the boat.

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Silly Newbie: Jul 25, 2007; How do I?

Hyrax Attack! posted:

Maybe a dumb question but if China were to make a move on Taiwan that resulted in the US navy losing ships, wouldn’t that be the end of their export economy? I’m sure they could still sell to India or Russia but would guess the impact of tens of thousands of factories being unable to produce for a furious western market would offset benefits of gaining Taiwan.

As Midjack said, the US has to buy from somewhere, and has a hungry market. The US no longer importing from China or China-umbrella areas will sink the US long before it sinks China.

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Eej: Jun 17, 2007; HEAVYARMS

Jaguars! posted:

Oh hey, my theory that it was named by a single corporate idiot in an impenetrable fog of cocaine and buzzwords was almost certainly correct.

This is the case for all drug brand names btw

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Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Nick Soapdish posted:

Re-interment of dead WWII from French soil to US

Oh, that's what I thought it was lol

Best Friends posted:

It's a product that everyone needs, but some people are afraid of it. Some of those who are afraid of it are afraid of anything that punctures their skin. Forgettable would be a massive, massive improvement imo. It's a massive own goal. Like, arguably the worst possible name

Given how many of these idiots are tattooed or pierced, I'm not sure they've got much of a leg to stand on

Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Sep 18, 2021

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Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

someone doesn�t think the name spikevax is cool. That poster must not be in the moderna mafia.

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boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Ric Flair has been accused of sexual harassment connected to an incident in 2002. I don�t have a lot of details but I can guarantee you that if the cover starts coming off of the WWE like it has for Hollywood, there�s gonna be a lot of people having their childhoods ruined.

I think us Stone Cold fans are safe. He seems like a progressive type. But who the gently caress knows.

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Ric no

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

lol

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gregg-prentice-anti-mask-florida-election-official-dies-of-covid-and-takes-gop-software-secrets-with-him

quote:

Just a day after testing positive for COVID-19, a Florida Republican official who battled against mask mandates, attacked the vaccine, and railed at CDC officials has died in Tampa.

Gregg Prentice, who was 61, led the Hillsborough County Election Integrity Committee�and his sudden death has sent the local GOP scrambling as it no longer has access to essential campaign finance software without his help.

In a Sept. 14 letter to the Federal Election Commission, the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee reported it might not be able to file its monthly financial reports as required�because only Prentice knew how to do it.

�Gregg�s software converted data from our Quickbooks software to supply the information needed by the FEC,� it states. �Unfortunately, Gregg passed away suddenly from Covid-19 on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Gregg did not share the software and instructions with our officers. We will have to enter the August data manually, and according to the information we have received from our FEC analyst, Scott Bennett, we may likely have to re-enter the data from our first 7 months of 2021.

�We will be struggling to get all of this entered in the proper format by our deadline on Sept. 20, but we will try to do so with our best effort.�

Along with others in the Hillsborough County Election Integrity Committee, Prentice was a vociferous critic of the vaccine, mask mandates, and COVID-prevention measures. He railed against top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, vowing in a Twitter post to �end Faucism.� He also insisted the U.S. needs �more socialist distancing than we do social distancing� and that the pandemic was created to destroy small businesses.

A spokesperson for the Hillsborough Republican Executive Committee has reportedly said that Prentice�s wife and daughter have also caught COVID-19.

Meanwhile, as the local party reels, Prentice�s associates have spread their own wild conspiracy theories�presented without evidence�on how the official died.

Friend Jason Kimball blames Tampa General Hospital for the 61-year-old�s death, alleging staff �illegally intubated� Prentice the day before he died. During a Sept. 13 Tampa City Council meeting, Kimball requested an investigation be launched. However, members of the City Council denied any wrongdoing or mistreatment from the hospital.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 14:10

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

I forgot the Nature Boy was still alive.

Jerry Lawler is too, for all the health problems he's had over the years.

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aphid_licker: Jan 7, 2009

Would be funny if they realized while doing it manually that the secret software was adding some lightly illegal special sauce of some sort to the reports

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Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

boop the snoot posted:

Ric Flair has been accused of sexual harassment connected to an incident in 2002. I don�t have a lot of details but I can guarantee you that if the cover starts coming off of the WWE like it has for Hollywood, there�s gonna be a lot of people having their childhoods ruined.

I think us Stone Cold fans are safe. He seems like a progressive type. But who the gently caress knows.

Well besides that domestic abuse thing.

Also if you thought Hollywood was bad�. Man when the wrestling floodgates open�Hollywood will seem quaint. Granted if you remotely like pro wrestling you know pretty much everyone you liked is a horrible scum.

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devmd01: Mar 7, 2006; Elektronik
Supersonik

I guess that ric flair drip really does go woo on a bitch.

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Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

devmd01 posted:

I guess that ric flair drip really does go woo on a bitch.

After a ride on Space Mountain.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 14:32

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Nah. They're no worse than what hollywood produces, it's just more highly concentrated when you start mixing steroids in. Celebrities of all flavors are just awful people.

I mean, I haven't heard about a wrestler going to Epstein Island yet.

Ric Flair, the origins of the Woo girl

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Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

Everyone being riddled with TBIs doesn't help

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mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004; Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration; Nap Ghost

As a thought experiment, some friends and I were trying to think of a celebrity over the age of say 25 where we�d really, actually be surprised about an allegation of abuse or sexual misbehavior, and the list was maybe 1-2 people between us.

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Icon Of Sin: Dec 26, 2008

Did it begin and end with Keanu Reeves? :v:

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://www.wsfa.com//app/2021/09/16/alabama-health-officials-give-covid-19-update-friday/

quote:

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - For the first time in recorded history, the state of Alabama in 2020 saw the number of deaths surpass the number of births �and actually by quite a bit,� said State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris.

There were 64,714 deaths and 57,641 births in 2020.

Harris, holding his weekly update on the state�s efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, said data going back more than a century showed it was the first year in which the births and deaths data was flipped. He added it could happen again in 2021 if the state continues with its current trend.

�The numbers of deaths have, unfortunately, not declined at this point,� Harris stated of Alabama�s death rate, which includes at least seven pregnant women.

Alabama�s hospitalization rate has declined over the past two weeks from a surge high of 2,890 to 2,223, as of Thursday, but Harris warned some of the reduction can be attributed to the state�s ongoing daily reporting of double-digit deaths.

Nationally, Harris said 1 in 500 Americans has died as a result of the pandemic, a number he called �staggering.�

In an effort to keep those with COVID-19 from getting sick enough to need hospitalization, Alabama has been working to increase the number of locations that provide monoclonal antibody treatments. However, the federal government is now tightening control over product allocation.

On a call Monday afternoon with health leaders from every state that federal officials announced that all monoclonal antibody products would have to be ordered through states� health departments, not through antibody providers, and that each state would be allocated shipments based on their case numbers, Harris said.

Harris added that federal authorities have explained that if a state doesn�t use at least 70% of what�s ordered, that state�s future supply shipments will be decreased.

Harris said the change has caught every state off guard and said there will probably be some patients who will need the treatment but will be unable to get it due to shortages.

Alabama�s vaccination rate continues to increase. About 1.9 million residents are now fully vaccinated, pushing the state over the halfway mark in terms of those who are eligible for the shots. That moves Alabama ahead of three other states. Additionally, Alabama has 2.3 million residents who have taken their first dose, ahead of eight states in terms of first doses.

ADPH reported 3,972 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, adding to the more than 761,000 cases confirmed since March 2020.

The pandemic has claimed a confirmed 13,048 lives.

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A Bad Poster: Sep 25, 2006; Seriously, shut the fuck up.

Fewer Alabamans seems like a "nature is healing" kind of thing tbh.

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GD_American: Jul 21, 2004; LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AS IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Is it just a public opinion thing, or is there anything preventing Australia from putting together nuclear power generation? If I'm not mistaken, that continent is about as tectonically stable as it gets so the risk should be minimal.

Anti-nuke sentiment in Australia is long and persistent; the populace used to freak out about US nuke subs making port calls.

A Bad Poster posted:

Fewer Alabamans seems like a "nature is healing" kind of thing tbh.

https://twitter.com/robertjamesii/status/1438700506306781185

GD_American fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Sep 18, 2021

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aphid_licker: Jan 7, 2009

Do monoclonal antibodies work? In the end if they do and antivaxers will take them over the vax for whatever weird reason then gently caress it, crank that poo poo out, better than horse paste from a public health pov

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maffew buildings: Apr 29, 2009; too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

I'm not sure they won't just oppose ANYTHING the government supports them taking and the right wing mediasphere may just spin up on that one next if it does work

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facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

aphid_licker posted:

Do monoclonal antibodies work? In the end if they do and antivaxers will take them over the vax for whatever weird reason then gently caress it, crank that poo poo out, better than horse paste from a public health pov

Yes, monoclonals are basically the only decent medical treatment specifically for COVID-19 - at about $2100 a dose. They're not at all foolproof, and they actually, seriously help. But vaccines are like $10-20 a dose.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/15/health/monoclonal-antibody-treatment-distribution-change-contracts/index.html

Also the J6 rally is a total flameout.

https://twitter.com/djusatoday/status/1439253560991092744?s=19

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1439272323538984961?s=19

# ? Sep 18, 2021 18:09

CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

facialimpediment posted:

Yes, monoclonals are basically the only decent medical treatment specifically for COVID-19 - at about $2100 a dose. They're not at all foolproof, and they actually, seriously help. But vaccines are like $10-20 a dose.

The people taking monoclonal treatment are largely the people against socialized health care. So who is eating the cost of monoclonal treatments right now, the government, insurance companies, or the idiots that refuse to take shots?

# ? Sep 18, 2021 18:11

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

Is it just a public opinion thing, or is there anything preventing Australia from putting together nuclear power generation? If I'm not mistaken, that continent is about as tectonically stable as it gets so the risk should be minimal.

Their legislature is hard against it.

They'd rather burn more gas and coal.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 18:20

piL: Sep 20, 2007; (__|\\\\); Taco Defender

Milo and POTUS posted:

I'm gonna look dumb as hell, but what's this a reference to? if It's the times article, I'm not dealing with a got dang paywayll

I wanted a more complete answer for context as well and so did some digging. From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Rusk

Wikipedia posted:

France versus NATO

After President of France Charles de Gaulle withdrew France from the common NATO military command in February 1966 and ordered all American military forces to leave France, President Johnson asked Rusk to seek further clarification from President de Gaulle by asking whether the bodies of buried American soldiers must leave France as well.[81] Rusk recorded in his autobiography that de Gaulle did not respond when asked, "Does your order include the bodies of American soldiers in France's cemeteries?"

# ? Sep 18, 2021 18:28

Wrong Theory: Aug 27, 2005; Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code

Comrade Blyatlov posted:

CROIKY DINKUM THE ZOOMIES ARE OUT AND NOW ME DINGO IS A DINGLOW

Have you heard an Australian pronounce aluminum? Now I want to hear Aussies read off radioactive elements lol.

The Ric Flair thing is nothing new, he was already sued by the woman I believe and I think they settled it out of court (unless there is something new). There was a recent episode of Vice's Dark Side of the Ring that went through what happened. He got drunk and exposed himself to a flight attendant (I read, haven't watched it yet). Tommy Dreamer for some reason defended it and now it looks like he was fired from Impact. Weird timing for Ric because he is out of the WWE and speculation was he was going to AEW to manage Andrade (his son-in-law). I am certain Tony Khan won't let that happen now.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 18:58

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

The people taking monoclonal treatment are largely the people against socialized health care. So who is eating the cost of monoclonal treatments right now, the government, insurance companies, or the idiots that refuse to take shots?

Looks like the feds are paying for the treatments, with insurance/states/locals charging for any potential administration costs. DeSantis is mad because the Biden HHS is taking back over distribution, because there's not enough to go around and the southern anti-masking states are eating up 70% of the supply between just a few of them. DeSantis specifically sent up dedicated monoclonal infusion sites while inviting antivaxxers to speak at his press conferences too.

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Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

Texas is getting hit with the regeneron nerf hard as well and boy are people mad about not being able to get the experimental treatment after ivermectin fails

# ? Sep 18, 2021 20:25

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

facialimpediment posted:

Looks like the feds are paying for the treatments, with insurance/states/locals charging for any potential administration costs. DeSantis is mad because the Biden HHS is taking back over distribution, because there's not enough to go around and the southern anti-masking states are eating up 70% of the supply between just a few of them. DeSantis specifically sent up dedicated monoclonal infusion sites while inviting antivaxxers to speak at his press conferences too.

DeSantis has some strong financial ties to the regeneron corp as well iirc.

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Melthir: Dec 29, 2009; I need to go scrap some money together cause my avatar is just sad.

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

Nah. They're no worse than what hollywood produces, it's just more highly concentrated when you start mixing steroids in. Celebrities of all flavors are just awful people.

I mean, I haven't heard about a wrestler going to Epstein Island yet.

Ric Flair, the origins of the Woo girl

I have some bad news for you about steroids and Hollywood. You might want to have a seat.

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

https://twitter.com/TheBigPharaoh/status/1439229920916484108?s=20

# ? Sep 18, 2021 20:56

ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Melthir posted:

I have some bad news for you about steroids and Hollywood. You might want to have a seat.

"Kumail Nanjiani worked very hard and had a healthy diet"

E. Or did you mean epstein? What was that old Norm Macdonald quote "I wanted to be funny like a Woody Allen movie not a Woody Allen marriage"

ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Sep 18, 2021

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CRUSTY MINGE: Mar 30, 2011; Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Melthir posted:

I have some bad news for you about steroids and Hollywood. You might want to have a seat.

I'm aware. How many wrestling "stars" are now actors?

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