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mobby_6kl posted:I'm just disappointed, I know we could do it. yeah? who did the US fight in that one
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 01:55 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 13:40 |
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vaginite posted:Anyone else think it's odd that a big chunk of our space program and communications infrastructure is controlled by a private citizen that's gakked on ketamine all the time no because I read Catch 22 Disco Pope posted:<watching the post-apocalyptic episode of Family Guy while drinking Diet Coke> you don't know what you're talking about that was American Dad
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:00 |
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Coolguye posted:18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments. aka the logan act. it's not used often because frankly nobody is loving dumb enough to do what's talked about therein but in the 1850s some rich rear end in a top hat got indicted on it because he sent a letter to a mexican politician and undermined a US treaty currently under negotiation. a rich man with a politicized interest undermined a US effort by pulling private strings. very similar to what musk has done. Well this discussion suddenly became a lot more heated for no clear reason.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:16 |
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What if we just drop Elon off in Lviv or Kyiv and have him explain to the citizens there what a smart and good guy he is, and how he has the world’s best interests at heart?
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:25 |
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lol I see these freaks on reddit and poo poo going "But Elon did the right thing! ITAR!!!!" and I'm like, dude, no DoD in any administration, nor any NATO ally, nor sane, sensible country is ever going to prosecute you for providing Starlink to Ukraine. Not even a Trump 2024 admin would prosecute Elon for hypothetical arms trafficking laws, not just because he's insanely rich and famous, nor would it actually fall under ITAR law anyways, but also because unless the government is literally a Russian asset, it's not going to happen. Elon and our own government are constantly doing illegal poo poo and nothing will ever happen.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:30 |
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Coolguye posted:18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments. aka the logan act. it's not used often because frankly nobody is loving dumb enough to do what's talked about therein but in the 1850s some rich rear end in a top hat got indicted on it because he sent a letter to a mexican politician and undermined a US treaty currently under negotiation. a rich man with a politicized interest undermined a US effort by pulling private strings. very similar to what musk has done. I genuinely was not aware of the Logan act, and it's the first time I've heard it brought up in the context of this Starlink controversy. Reading the text of it, it certainly seems like it could possibly apply. I guess it would depend on the nature of the conversation he had with the ambassador, and it'd be very interesting if had somehow got their hands on a recording of it. I truly didn't ask you that in bad faith, I know this ain't D&D but unless I had a history of disingenuous posting itt I don't think it's fair to claim that. Ignorance of obscure American law ≠ Bad Faith.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:31 |
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zone posted:
https://youtube.com/shorts/DnRkrzOonSc?si=Xsl-Z8Pwaop_Ed06
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:31 |
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-time/story?id=103031722quote:The Biden administration is likely to send Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, to help in its fight to repel the Russian invasion of its territory, according to U.S. officials.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:36 |
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PinheadSlim posted:Played too much Skyrim and think that if you accidentally kick someones chicken the entire town will murder your rear end suddenly a swarm of cuccos appears over the Finnish border
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:36 |
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ComfyPants posted:https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-time/story?id=103031722 hells ya
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:40 |
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Mederlock posted:I genuinely was not aware of the Logan act, and it's the first time I've heard it brought up in the context of this Starlink controversy. Reading the text of it, it certainly seems like it could possibly apply. I guess it would depend on the nature of the conversation he had with the ambassador, and it'd be very interesting if had somehow got their hands on a recording of it.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:42 |
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i really, really wish the US would just sail a gerald ford through the dardanelles into the black sea and dare russia to do something about it lol
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:43 |
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Coolguye posted:ok sorry then, it definitely seemed like yet another instance of "prove to me you're not a complete fuckin' moron" that SA tends to love for some reason. nah I get it, we've had enough driveby bad faith shitposts itt, didn't take it personally
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:46 |
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:59 |
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ComfyPants posted:https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-time/story?id=103031722
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 02:59 |
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ComfyPants posted:https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-time/story?id=103031722
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 03:04 |
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Good
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 03:07 |
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They're really just glorified food trucks. You could squeeze a few forward operating burger bases in between the MRAPs on the plane. Can't wait for our next war, where Colonel Sanders' brigade will be drone-dropping KFC family buckets into active combat zones.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 03:40 |
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 03:51 |
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repsnake posted:They're really just glorified food trucks. You could squeeze a few forward operating burger bases in between the MRAPs on the plane. Can't wait for our next war, where Colonel Sanders' brigade will be drone-dropping KFC family buckets into active combat zones. Hit 'em while they're shittin'
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 04:06 |
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The problem is this: the Constitution doesn't specifically say "laws apply to you if you're wealthy." This was done on purpose.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 04:20 |
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repsnake posted:They're really just glorified food trucks. You could squeeze a few forward operating burger bases in between the MRAPs on the plane. Can't wait for our next war, where Colonel Sanders' brigade will be drone-dropping KFC family buckets into active combat zones. Wolfgang was doing it first https://www.forces.net/news/wolfgang-bratty-man-legend-cold-war
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 05:38 |
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ORBITAL DROP SNACK TROOPER
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 05:38 |
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:ORBITAL DROP SNACK TROOPER lmao don't disparage the good name of the 47th Ohio Gravy Seals like that
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 05:41 |
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Meanwhile Canadian Forces have in their kit at all times the materiel to set up a temporary tim hortons
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 06:08 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:Meanwhile Canadian Forces have in their kit at all times the materiel to set up a temporary tim hortons Canadian forces needed to hitch a ride to Afghanistan
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 06:34 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:Meanwhile Canadian Forces have in their kit at all times the materiel to set up a temporary tim hortons
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 06:34 |
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HonorableTB posted:i really, really wish the US would just sail a gerald ford through the dardanelles into the black sea and dare russia to do something about it lol Right now the USS George H W Bush is patrolling the Mediterranean and would be the likely candidate to go there, but also can just chill near Greece and Turkey and send planes that way.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 06:51 |
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CannonFodder posted:I wish we could send the Kitty Hawk in there just to see how she would fare against an equal opponent, because she was the last non-nuclear powered aircraft carrier, but she was decommissioned and sent to salvage. Sad to see her go. Russia does not possess anything that would be considered an equal opponent to the Kitty Hawk, much less the H W Bush
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 06:57 |
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not even shoes can hit the bush
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:12 |
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ded posted:not even shoes can hit the bush
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:22 |
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Ukraine captured a fully new T-90M. Lol Just Lol
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:29 |
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quote:he officials also said the Russian military had moved key command posts and headquarters to better-protected positions out of range of Ukrainian artillery. Well we just gotta ATACM.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:32 |
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ATACMS if you got 'ems
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:35 |
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Ukraine captured a fully new T-90M. lmbo the Pentagon is gonna pay them a pretty penny for that one I'd wager
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:35 |
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Well we just gotta ATACM. Still using unsecured channels, huh? Reminds me how in the beginning Russia bragged about their super advanced new comms system, which they couldn't use because the advancing grunts cut down the GSM towers that were required for it to work, so they had to revert to caveman communications.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:43 |
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Burns posted:I am sure whatever Elon's end will take form it will be exceedingly ironic. No, no, no. moronic.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:50 |
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Alan Smithee posted:yeah? ComfyPants posted:https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-time/story?id=103031722 mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Sep 9, 2023 |
# ? Sep 9, 2023 07:52 |
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I'm surprised they're getting atacms before m26. It seems like the m26 would be extraordinarily useful with the current status and there was a lot of chatter about them a month ago.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 08:23 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 13:40 |
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I hope this is the straw that breaks Musks back.
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# ? Sep 9, 2023 08:27 |