December 2021 CE: WTF, FL?

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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?

Screaming about castle doctrine as I slam a mag into my ar-15.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 19:37

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# ? May 28, 2024 10:48

CainFortea: Oct 15, 2004

Tornado rips the house roof off
Texan shoots an elephant gunt at it
Broke into the wrong god drat rec room didn't you you bastard!

# ? Dec 11, 2021 19:58

BIG HEADLINE: Jun 13, 2006; "Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

Milo and POTUS posted:

Screaming about castle doctrine as I slam a mag into my ar-15.

NOT TODAY, AEOLUS! :clint:

# ? Dec 11, 2021 19:59

bulletsponge13: Apr 28, 2010

CainFortea posted:

Tornado rips the house roof off
Texan shoots an elephant gunt at it
Broke into the wrong god drat rec room didn't you you bastard!

This is a good reference.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 20:07

ghost story: Sep 10, 2005; Boo.

Shelters in Texas depends on where - when I lived near the panhandle we had one. When we moved to east Texas, we couldn�t have one. Different dirt and water tables.

I would imagine thats also the case in these places - some places you can have them, some you could but it would be a pain to get it dug, others its just not really a thing.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 21:12

Terrifying Effigies: Oct 22, 2008; Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

You'd need a pretty good shelter to get through this:

Mental Hospitality posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEbUhcX4ATs

Yeah, Mayfield is gone.

Even the old school brick buildings that you'd expect to have a 50s era fallout shelter sign tacked to them are bombed out.

It's looking to be close to some of the current record holders if not beating them.

luchadornado posted:

300 mile track. Not saying a tornado was down the whole time, but that's a long-lived supercell.

I think this is the first time I recall seeing a three-body scatter spike from debris:

Sirotan posted:

Holy gently caress

https://twitter.com/T_Hofelich/status/1469525957941895173

# ? Dec 11, 2021 21:32

fknlo: Jul 6, 2009; Fun Shoe

In December no less. God drat.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 22:18

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1469766454669201415?t=PBi_5mL6YNNapfY4wzjCrQ&s=19

# ? Dec 11, 2021 22:33

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

facialimpediment posted:

Tornado made a town go kerpoof:

https://twitter.com/bclemms/status/1469662822795816968?t=lZpBPYcjadwz2qDb5RYY4g&s=19

I thought we were getting a new Fallout for a minute.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 22:34

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

fknlo posted:

In December no less. God drat.

It's going to keep happening and it's going to get worse.

# ? Dec 11, 2021 22:55

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

well the US rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement so this should take care of itself sooner than later

# ? Dec 11, 2021 23:38

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCain...utm_name=iossmf

Meant to post the screenshot earlier today. She also posted some other loving doozies.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:22

PeterCat: Apr 8, 2020; Believe women.

https://www.military.com/daily-news...018-battle.html

military.com posted:

New details of a harrowing 12-hour battle in Afghanistan emerged this week as an F-16 pilot was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for helping to repel an elite Taliban unit during the deadly firefight.

Dozens gathered Sunday in the main hangar of the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing to honor Lt. Col. Michael "Fist" Coloney, more than three years after the actions that earned him the nation's fourth-highest medal given for valor.

In an awards ceremony speech, Coloney called April 30, 2018, "a very stressful day."

"I could have used some Gold Bond powder," he added.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:55

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

Gold Bond is for Air Force flyboys only. Navy gotta find their own nut powder.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 00:58

Robert Facepalmer: Jan 10, 2019

I'm sure there is a great story behind that callsign.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:06

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

Robert Facepalmer posted:

I'm sure there is a great story behind that callsign.

Well explains why he wants Gold Bond. :v:

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:10

Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

Robert Facepalmer posted:

I'm sure there is a great story behind that callsign.

Air Force loves making callsigns a pun on your name, so it's probably just the fact that his last name has "colon" in it.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:21

Soul Dentist: Mar 17, 2009

Is his last name pronounced like his rank? :haw:

# ? Dec 12, 2021 01:33

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

Soul Dentist posted:

Is his last name pronounced like his rank?

Lmao

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:05

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 there a Mike Olon here. I'm looking for Mike Olon

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:05

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

My head is saying his name is pronounced like "Kearney" but I can definitely believe people butcher it worse.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:44

Bored As Fuck: Jan 1, 2006; Fun Shoe

Colony baloney

# ? Dec 12, 2021 02:51

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Wingnut Ninja posted:

Air Force loves making callsigns a pun on your name, so it's probably just the fact that his last name has "colon" in it.

There's usually also a thing going on where they have an innocent explanation and then The Real Story

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:24

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

It'll be fun when the Supreme Court ends up kicking this action because "guns are in the constitution, but abortion isn't"

https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1469865007517089798

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:26

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

facialimpediment posted:

It'll be fun when the Supreme Court ends up kicking this action because "guns are in the constitution, but abortion isn't"

Your honor, the constitution clearly states Arms and we are not suggesting that collectors give up their body part collections.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:33

PeterCat: Apr 8, 2020; Believe women.

facialimpediment posted:

It'll be fun when the Supreme Court ends up kicking this action because "guns are in the constitution, but abortion isn't"

https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1469865007517089798

Well, one is explicitly in the Constitution, the other isn't.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:34

Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

If a fetus is a person then I don't understand why an abortion ban isn't a violation of the 13th amendment, given that it forces women into servitude of another person.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:36

PeterCat: Apr 8, 2020; Believe women.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

If a fetus is a person then I don't understand why an abortion ban isn't a violation of the 13th amendment, given that it forces women into servitude of another person.

This is always a fun one because it gets into the gripes that Men's Rights groups make in regards to child support.

Besides which, there is a difference between service and servitude, which is why the draft is legal and not considered slavery.

Also, are you seriously arguing that parents should not be legally required to care for their children?

You know what would help? Comprehensive sex ed and making any and all forms of contraception freely available to anyone who wants it.

That and making abortion freely available in California, but all that would require money and Newson and the Democrats to put their money where their mouth is.

PeterCat fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Dec 12, 2021

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:42

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

PeterCat posted:

This is always a fun one because it gets into the gripes that Men's Rights groups make in regards to child support.

Besides which, there is a difference between service and servitude, which is why the draft is legal and not considered slavery.

Also, are you seriously arguing that parents should not be legally required to care for their children?

If parents could give up their kids easier their would be less dead kids from neglect.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 04:48

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

Crab Dad posted:

If parents could give up their kids easier their would be less dead kids from neglect.

I'll never give you up son, no matter how much I neglect you.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 05:20

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

ded posted:

I'll never give you up son, no matter how much I neglect you.

Just tell someone when you step out for a pack of smokes k?

# ? Dec 12, 2021 05:34

ASAPI: Apr 20, 2007; I invented the line.

Bored As gently caress posted:

Colony baloney

Thank you for this.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 05:37

PeterCat: Apr 8, 2020; Believe women.

Crab Dad posted:

If parents could give up their kids easier their would be less dead kids from neglect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k_56dpP3H0

# ? Dec 12, 2021 05:56

Butter Activities: May 4, 2018

Marshal Prolapse posted:

Well explains why he wants Gold Bond.

Personally I�d recommend coconut oil for that.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 06:34

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

https://mobile.twitter.com/nytimes/status/1470076412027625478?s=21

Thank you Jack Ryan

# ? Dec 12, 2021 18:37

stackofflapjacks: Apr 7, 2009; Mmmmm

maffew buildings posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/nytimes/status/1470076412027625478?s=21

Thank you Jack Ryan

Any choice quotes for us poors' without nyt?

# ? Dec 12, 2021 18:47

MRC48B: Apr 2, 2012

quote:

But people who saw the task force operate firsthand say the 2019 strike was part of a pattern of reckless strikes that started years earlier.

When presented with The Times�s findings, several current and former senior Special Operations officers denied any widespread pattern of reckless airstrikes by the strike cell and disregard for limiting civilian casualties. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the military�s Central Command, which oversees operations in Syria, declined to comment.

As bad strikes mounted, the four military officials said, Talon Anvil�s partners sounded the alarm. Pilots over Syria at times refused to drop bombs because Talon Anvil wanted to hit questionable targets in densely populated areas. Senior C.I.A. officers complained to Special Operations leaders about the disturbing pattern of strikes. Air Force teams doing intelligence work argued with Talon Anvil over a secure phone known as the red line. And even within Talon Anvil, some members at times refused to participate in strikes targeting people who did not seem to be in the fight.

TLDR: black unit gets told to make omelettes, smashes shitload of eggs, everyone up top ignores eggs because they want the omelettes for their slideshows.

quote:

Tactics changed late in 2016 when General Townsend took command and, in an attempt to keep pace with a rapidly expanding offensive, moved the authority to approve strikes down to the level of on-scene commanders.

Within Task Force 9, that authority was effectively pushed even lower, a senior official with extensive experience in Iraq and Syria said, to the senior enlisted Delta operator on shift in the strike room � usually a sergeant first class or master sergeant.

huh, I wonder what happened in 16 that let the dogs off the leash... :thunk:

quote:

But the Delta operators were under enormous pressure to protect allied ground troops and move the offensive forward, the former task force member said, and felt hobbled by the safeguards. So in early 2017, they found a way to strike more quickly: self-defense.

Most of Operation Inherent Resolve�s restrictions applied only to offensive strikes. There were far fewer restrictions for defensive strikes that were meant to protect allied forces under imminent threat of harm. So Talon Anvil began claiming that nearly every strike was in self-defense, which enabled them to move quickly with little second-guessing or oversight, even if their targets were miles from any fighting, two former task force members said.

also:

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# ? Dec 12, 2021 19:08

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

maffew buildings posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/nytimes/status/1470076412027625478?s=21

Thank you Jack Ryan

Look say what you want but that scene in Patriot Games ruled.

# ? Dec 12, 2021 19:13

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

JACK RYAN ensures I am FREE (freedom is screaming at 17 year old McDonald's employee as adult man)

# ? Dec 12, 2021 19:29

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# ? May 28, 2024 10:48

Grip it and rip it: Apr 28, 2020

MRC48B posted:

TLDR: black unit gets told to make omelettes, smashes shitload of eggs, everyone up top ignores eggs because they want the omelettes for their slideshows.

huh, I wonder what happened in 16 that let the dogs off the leash...

also:

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

lol great work guys. Lets create an incentive for command to question whether defensive strikes are actually defensive. That's going to end well

# ? Dec 12, 2021 19:39

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