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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

M_Gargantua posted:

Wait so they evac'd a Hilux but left tons of allied Afghans?

The story has more details about it (RedState had yelled about something similar - except slanted to "y u no evac Americans"). A whole lot of the military/civilian evacuation flights were half-empty because of the logjam at the airport. Said logjam was a Stephen Miller special - processing speed for SIVs was essentially nil throughout the Trump administration and the early months of the Biden administration were essentially the same as the process was still completely broken. And it's not like an emergency process is going to get everyone out when you're about 30 feet from Taliban and manning a guntruck just to keep them honest.

Best to read the funny story without thinking too hard about it, you'll always find a plot hole full of pain.

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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?

Is T90 on there?

e: huh, half a million over 2 years according to reddit. Not sure if I expected taht much

Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Oct 7, 2021

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!
Are there any updates on the moderna booster shots?

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/baltimoresun/status/1445841874632196098?s=21

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.

Pine Cone Jones posted:

Are there any updates on the moderna booster shots?

I believe they've been submitted for approval and are on the board's agenda with the 5-11 pfizer and the j&j booster.

Of note, iirc, the spikevax third shot is half the dose of the first two so it hopefully won't wreck people as bad.

Also, of note, spikevax is still doing well if you're not old or immunocompromised. I'm ready to get mine, too. Just waiting on the go ahead from the VA and I'm rolling in for my stick.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Just a perfectly normal world we live in :smith:

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Pine Cone Jones posted:

Are there any updates on the moderna booster shots?

CVS just gave me a 3rd dose of Moderna for being over 18 and working outside the home so you don't have to wait for booster-specific guidance if you don't want to

Its full strength though so i got hit harder than I did with the 2nd dose

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


Richard Bong posted:

A guy who shot at cops during the protests was acquitted. Minneapolis PD basically did drive bys in unmarked vans and a legal gun owner fired back.

https://twitter.com/mdvancleave/status/1445530570298036231?s=21

:stare:

Glad the dude was acquitted because that is some serious bullshit on the cops part. Guy's incredibly lucky.


Of course this dude was from Cumberland, of course.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Richard Bong posted:

A guy who shot at cops during the protests was acquitted. Minneapolis PD basically did drive bys in unmarked vans and a legal gun owner fired back.

https://twitter.com/mdvancleave/status/1445530570298036231?s=21

This reminds me of the drive by paintballing thing, which gets non-police arrested.

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021/06/wild-spree-of-drive-by-paintball-attacks-reported-across-syracuse-at-least-2-injured.html

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
I don't even know what we do as a nation get accountability in law enforcement and actually reigning them in since they'll meet protests with violence and our elected leaders are totally cool with it and will continue to back them doing violence :(

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".

Duzzy Funlop posted:

I'm not so much surprised by the amounts these streamers are getting, but absolutely floored by the order of streamers earning the highest amounts.
Shroud, for example, was one of the folks (along with Ninja and other big names) to be bought out with an exclusive deal by Mixer when Microsoft decided to throw down the gauntlet, and then was offered yet another multi-million dollar payoff when Mixer folded and the userbase was "sold" to Facebook gaming, giving the big names golden parachutes if they decided to opt out of the takeover. So seeing him not even breaching 100k/month is a surprise.

I have no idea how XQC is the top earner on that list, nor any clue how he makes almost 20x of what Pokimane makes and how Ninja and Shroud are not on that list.

Also lol @ the amount of poo poo Hasan is gonna eat despite being the only one on that list living with his mom, telling his viewers to avoid ad-breaks, not streaming casino content, and making GBS threads on capitalism 24/7.

That tweet mentions that donations, sponsors and such aren't included in the payout, but should really highlight casino deals, because those have the biggest impact. On casino sponsorships and streaming deals, streamers can make 100k/month alone by streaming semi-legal (or straight-up illegal, depending on the case) gambling to their teen/pre-teen userbase.

Thats straight subscriber income isn't it? Xqc has one of the highest average view counts. Ninja didn't transition all the viewers from Fortnight. Its an absolutely brutal business.

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

:dukedog:

maffew buildings posted:

I don't even know what we do as a nation get accountability in law enforcement and actually reigning them in since they'll meet protests with violence and our elected leaders are totally cool with it and will continue to back them doing violence :(

I have a solution: disarm the police as a pro-2A action. Only the populace should be armed, not the government.

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007

maffew buildings posted:

I don't even know what we do as a nation get accountability in law enforcement and actually reigning them in since they'll meet protests with violence and our elected leaders are totally cool with it and will continue to back them doing violence :(
I don't think people appreciated my bitterly sardonic JUST VOTE! posts as democratic mayors in democratic cities were defending this bullshit in the summer of 2020. But fuckem.

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

maffew buildings posted:

I don't even know what we do as a nation get accountability in law enforcement and actually reigning them in since they'll meet protests with violence and our elected leaders are totally cool with it and will continue to back them doing violence :(

Yeah but crime actually went UP in places where they defunded* the police!!

*Well, where a few people suggested defunding the police. It didn't actually happen anywhere.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Handsome Ralph posted:

:stare:

Glad the dude was acquitted because that is some serious bullshit on the cops part. Guy's incredibly lucky.

Christ, I missed this when I looked at the initial vid. Thank loving god.

lightpole posted:

Thats straight subscriber income isn't it? Xqc has one of the highest average view counts. Ninja didn't transition all the viewers from Fortnight. Its an absolutely brutal business.

I assume so, so straight pay-outs per month via average concurrent viewers and time-streamed, I guess. Doesn't include any metrics regarding the time-streamed as aphid licker pointed out, but it still doesn't add up in my head initially without doing the math (because lol @ actually doing any math on streamers).

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

lightpole posted:

Thats straight subscriber income isn't it? Xqc has one of the highest average view counts. Ninja didn't transition all the viewers from Fortnight. Its an absolutely brutal business.

Going to assume subs and ad revenue

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?
Free Guy is actually and surprisingly not-over-the-top and pretty well done.

It - equally surprisingly - doesn't ham-fistedly try to be something else that's already been done ad nauseam, it just kinda does it's thing and it works as an entertaining movie.

I somehow heard nothing about it until the posts earlier today, and expected it to be a less-lovely ready player one, but it's somehow the polar opposite.

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?
Also, Taika Waititi owns by default, I think

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Well at least it wasn’t surfacing over a Japanese vessel this time.

https://twitter.com/aviation_intel/status/1446207098165989378?s=21

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Google isn't the direction I'd go to get away from this kind of corporate bullshit. It'll probably be t-mobile and I'll just pay more every month.

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

can't help but note the orange county pipeline break is technically in international waters in the indo-pacific region

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Kesper North
Nov 3, 2011

EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY
I don't think she was dragging an anchor.

ASAPI
Apr 20, 2007
I invented the line.


What is this?

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

ASAPI posted:

What is this?

The Abyss

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

[-]
Hit a mountain, captain relieved of command, etc.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

That's MH370

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy



Is this from Sphere?


Woof Blitzer posted:

Hit a mountain, captain relieved of command, etc.

The Abyss started with a nuclear sub crash, heh.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur

Godholio posted:

Google isn't the direction I'd go to get away from this kind of corporate bullshit. It'll probably be t-mobile and I'll just pay more every month.

T-mobile has personal information breaches practically annually. You'll definitely get free credit monitoring if you're with them long enough.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1445728535239294983?s=21

Democrats will definitely release a strongly worded condemnation of this and I wager some fiery tweets will even go viral.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Senate GOP harrumphed a bit, then allowed the debt ceiling raise to clear 61-38, then the full bill passed 50-48. It gets kicked back to the House, then the ceiling is no longer a catastrophic event

until December :toot:

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Well at least it wasn’t surfacing over a Japanese vessel this time.

https://twitter.com/aviation_intel/status/1446207098165989378?s=21

Just one question for the Captain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0vkKy504U

PookBear
Nov 1, 2008

Duzzy Funlop posted:

Also, Taika Waititi owns by default, I think

He left his wife to get with someone 15 years younger

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

MazelTovCocktail posted:

Well at least it wasn’t surfacing over a Japanese vessel this time.

https://twitter.com/aviation_intel/status/1446207098165989378?s=21

If no other ship is reporting a collision what are the options other than a seamount?

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

hobbesmaster posted:

If no other ship is reporting a collision what are the options other than a seamount?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zbpL3LeW7k&t=42s

Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Oct 8, 2021

NJersey
Dec 1, 2008

PookBear posted:

He left his wife to get with someone 15 years younger

so?

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAOSnEf9dW0

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

That Works posted:

Is this from Sphere?

The Abyss started with a nuclear sub crash, heh.

It is Sphere. I don't blame anyone for not seeing the film...but the book is good.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

shame on an IGA posted:

can't help but note the orange county pipeline break is technically in international waters in the indo-pacific region

Nah that's a little far. Think about a circle centered in Malaysia.

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Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Godholio posted:

It is Sphere. I don't blame anyone for not seeing the film...but the book is good.

Eh, I did not like the ending at all, what with it being a second cousin of the awful "my third wish is that none of this had ever happened."

Barely teenage me preferred Congo. The book, not the movie. The movie was just godawful.

Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Oct 8, 2021

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