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shame on an IGA posted:how much have how many past iterations of this thread poo poo on EMALS cause it's a lot There are a lot of legitimate gripes with EMALS, but this rant is more like someone complaining about the F-22 because it's not more F-18s and they were really cool in Top Gun. At an event where he's asking people to put him in charge of the military.
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Cadet Bone Spur is once again a master of strategy.
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I'm enjoying him calling for John Deere. Something tells me that's the only manufacturer he knows of
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I'm enjoying him calling for John Deere. Something tells me that's the only manufacturer he knows of Nah he has thoughts about construction equipment. Trump: I know 'more about Caterpillar tractors than the people that work there' One of his stock anecdotes in 2015–2016 was that all his real estate developer buddies were buying Komatsu and not Caterpillar.
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hobbesmaster posted:And if anyone has seen that door, please email the ntsb, thanks! poo poo like this is really fuckin freaky: https://twitter.com/SeanSafyre/status/1744138937239822685
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The freakiest thing is who among us doesn’t have their phone lock itself after a few minutes?
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Platystemon posted:The freakiest thing is who among us doesn’t have their phone lock itself after a few minutes? Seriously
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Bobo can't hang out with Mr. Public Rub 'n Tug anymore so she's beating on her ex: https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1744038241357930687 Platystemon posted:2017 Trump for comparison, What did magnets do to one of his resorts to make him hate them? Platystemon posted:Nah he has thoughts about construction equipment. I can't stand his "I know more about () than the () do" diatribes. He lost me in '16 going "I know more about war...than the generals...".
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Platystemon posted:The freakiest thing is who among us doesn’t have their phone lock itself after a few minutes? I’m better it was either stuck on the boarding pass screen that keeps it on or the password was the same as everyone’s luggage and they realized that punching that in is technically a crime before talking to the feds
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https://twitter.com/Jacquel48206879/status/1744059369715634247 Alternative facts?
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Well, why didn’t they check in with the Beringians before just hopping in their boats and floating down the coast?!?
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/Jacquel48206879/status/1744059369715634247 To be fair a whole lot of illegal immigrants over 300 years ago were a major problem
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/Jacquel48206879/status/1744059369715634247 The great plains lions, direwolves, cave bears, mammoths, and giant sloths are all going  right now.
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Platystemon posted:The freakiest thing is who among us doesn’t have their phone lock itself after a few minutes? My girlfriend, for some loving reason. Why yes she’s always out of battery.
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FrozenVent posted:My girlfriend, for some loving reason. Be careful she doesn't slam fire. 
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CBJSprague24 posted:Bobo can't hang out with Mr. Public Rub 'n Tug anymore so she's beating on her ex: That's when he lost you?
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/Jacquel48206879/status/1744059369715634247 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows 1010 years ago. Checkmate, libs.
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IMO it has to be at least fifteen hundred to credibly argue plural “thousands” via rounding.
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Maybe he's a full-on eco-fascist and rejects the legitimacy of the paleolithic peopling of the Americas?
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drat Trump is going to get wrecked even worse by late night talk show hosts in his second term
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maffew buildings posted:drat Trump is going to get wrecked even worse by sundown rant show hosts in his second term Fixed that for you.
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maffew buildings posted:drat Trump is going to get wrecked even worse by late night talk show hosts in his second term Do those chat shows even carry any meaningful impact anymore? They whole lot seem so painfully dull and air so late. Granted, my point of reference are old Letterman Top Ten books that serve as backseat reading material in my wagon, and why yes, I go to bed most nights by 10:30pm. More oatmeal and black coffee, please.
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No they don't, which is the point I'm pretty sure
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I'm sure fallon will bring on seinfeld again to do an amazing piece on dating 15 year olds in your 40s and how it can bring the trumpers and the left together
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I feel like there's a pattern about Russia, the right wing culture wars, and brics member states that also being majorly fossil fuels dependant that I'm not smart enough to fully grasp. https://www.miningreview.com/coal/the-realities-of-coal-demand-in-brics/ https://x.com/VuslatBayoglu/status/1734269542648398084?s=20 https://x.com/VuslatBayoglu/status/1732454290218787166?s=20 Iran just got BRICS membership. Argentina, which I believe has some oil, declined joining BRICS recently but they apparently have a loose cannon in the presidency so who knows what their politics will bear as tensions on Israel-Palestine-Iran get worse.
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Wasabi the J posted:I feel like there's a pattern about Russia, the right wing culture wars, and brics member states that also being majorly fossil fuels dependant that I'm not smart enough to fully grasp. The BRICs aren't really to the point of operating under a general geopolitical consensus like Europe and the US/Canada are. To take your I/P example, India is squarely behind Israel (which aligns with Modi's domestic agenda of Hindu nationalism) and is contending with Iranian hostilities in the Indian ocean; China is neutral (needing to court MEA for political and economic reasons while also wanting to maintain their own campaign to crush the Uyghurs); Russia is gleefully playing both sides against each other for their benefit in both Ukraine and building economic ties within MEA; and Brazil is somewhat supporting the Palestinians. Even putting that aside, India sees China as a major threat and has formed a defense partnership with the US, Australia, and Japan. Brazil maintains close diplomatic and economic ties to the US and is taking an aggressive posture against Venezuela's attempts to annex Guyana (knowing the US will back them diplomatically and possibly militarily), which is in direct opposition to Russia's military and economic support for Maduro's regime. And the EU, US, SK, and Japan are all China's four biggest trading partners (Russia is 10th, Brazil is 11th, and India is 13th). Being in the BRICs club does allow them to benefit from bypassing western sanctions and red-tape when feasible, but it's more a marriage of economic convenience rather than a unified geopolitical bloc. psydude fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Jan 8, 2024 |
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In German news: farmers mad Why farmers mad? Because they're going to be losing agricultural diesel subsidies (slowly and over time) What farmers do? Block traffic Public reaction: So brave, ARE HEROES  https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-farmers-block-roads-highway-ramps-protest-subsidy-cuts-2024-01-08/ Quick callback to last year: "Last generation" protesters mad Why protesters mad? Because we're loving up the planet for literally everyone What protesters do? Block traffic Public reaction: T̵̡̬͙̰̝̥̩̭̄̑͗̽͘O̶̧̜͔̣̓́̄̎̽̒͗̔Ŕ̸̢͌́T̴̡̛̖̝̞̝͕̀̆̾̚Ư̸͎̠̹̈́͋̊̇̆͠͠R̴̼̱̹̤͙͆̋̐̇̈́È̴̡̲̟̻̗̐ ̷̮̿̏͂̔̀͝Ṭ̸̘̦͎̑͌͑̚Ḩ̴̳̩̮̒́̄̽̽̐͜͜E̷͉̮͐̉M̵̲͇͎͓̂̍͠ ̴̡̨̪͓̆̃̓̇̚Ǎ̴͔̤̠̻̞ͅN̶̨̗̤͎͐̐̈́́͝D̴̢̜̠͙̮͑͗ͅ ̴͙̇̇͑͂̇͠M̴̙̦͚̜͑͊͌̈́͜͜U̶̼̦̰͚͚̐̂͌̆̎͛̕Ŗ̸̪͔̹̥̼̺̓̾͋̐͝Ḑ̸͎͔͚̝̊͑͒̈̌E̴̛̛̖̪͍͚͖͈̳̿̒͆̇̐̚ͅR̴̢̳̠͚͌̎̽́̾͘ ̸̤̺̓̀̽͋̊̓͝T̵́͒̀̋̅̾̈́͜͝Ḧ̵̗̰̝́̔̄͂̏̆͘E̸̼̬͎̗̘̼͎̺͒̅Ȋ̶͙͔̰̙̰̎͛̿̚ͅR̴̢̢̢͓̼̹̮̬̓́͆͝ ̴̺̲͎͖̬̥̿́͋̉́͗͊F̷̢̮͍̦̔̾͝͝A̸̰͙̾M̷̢̨͖̮̫̞͙͈̔̆͌Ǐ̶͉̝͕̐͝L̴̩̤̤͎̬̻̀I̸̟̪̲͓͔̟͇̩͘È̶͙̬̤̪͈̱͊̎̉̊Ś̸̗̲̼̜͈͓̩̈̊́̄̏͘ 
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Well I think I mean vis-a-vis our domestic right wing culture war on green energy, and the actual players against the US in cyber warfare, but that last post also adds to my allusion to an organized effort globally to keep the money going certain places, usually spearheaded by far right populist voices.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:In German news: farmers mad Wow sounds like here! Seattle had a protest on I-5 calling for a ceasefire of the I/P war…the news coverage didn’t even mention Israel or Palestine, just “Protest in Seattle has been removed” and all the commenters were calling it an ‘insurrection’ and/or calling for the violent murder of all the (50-100) people involved.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:In German news: farmers mad i mean, without diesel subsidies, its going to raise food prices and thats something an idiot can grasp. an idiot cannot grasp the idea of the world dying, so obviously theres going to be a disproportionate reaction from the idiots
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stackofflapjacks posted:Wow sounds like here! Seattle had a protest on I-5 calling for a ceasefire of the I/P war…the news coverage didn’t even mention Israel or Palestine, just “Protest in Seattle has been removed” and all the commenters were calling it an ‘insurrection’ and/or calling for the violent murder of all the (50-100) people involved. Stopping interstate traffic seems like a really bad way to try and shift public opinion on a topic. I can't think of a single time it was ever helpful in the US.
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My Spirit Otter posted:i mean, without diesel subsidies, its going to raise food prices and thats something an idiot can grasp. an idiot cannot grasp the idea of the world dying, so obviously theres going to be a disproportionate reaction from the idiots Charging the market rate for food? What is this a free democratic state? I loving hate government subsidies because the same people who get them in the states are first to whine about welfare. How about we change the name to welfare from subsidies and then listen to all the blubbering on why it’s different.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Stopping interstate traffic seems like a really bad way to try and shift public opinion on a topic. I can't think of a single time it was ever helpful in the US. I think it only works for a topic that people already have majority-hardened opinions about and didn't know it was a thing going on. So it works for the German farm subsidy topic - vast majority might be in favor of it and didn't know it was going away. Those people are willing to ignore the assholeishness of the traffic blockade. Anything that doesn't have that large majority won't get that benefit of the doubt. Example: Biden gave a speech today at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, SC, a historically black church. The pastor specifically said at the start to hold any commentaries and protests about anything else because it wasn't the time/place for them. Two white people interrupted Biden's speech yelling about the Israeli war. (Edit: looks like there was a third protestor, a black woman, so not just white protestors) facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Jan 8, 2024 |
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uh this doesn't sound good for Boeing's QA: https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1744455383584997603 quote:United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings.
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Jesus christ, loose bolts? I wasn't even aviation mechanics rated, I worked on some stuff inside the plane, and they would have fist-hosed us with sandpaper if we didn't sign eldritch pacts with our souls stating we torqued every single last bolt, screw, and fastening. Of which every single last one of them for the entire airframe was on a huge rear end check list that had to be taken step-by-step, in order, one at a time, with a buddy system, both of us signing off on it. Then every single last tool that was even allowed to be in the building had to be returned to it's designated, serialized place on a wall that had black foam cutouts over a red spray-painted board backing. That wasn't even working on the loving airframe!
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Grip it and rip it posted:Stopping interstate traffic seems like a really bad way to try and shift public opinion on a topic. I can't think of a single time it was ever helpful in the US. Sure it might not be the most effective means of protest but what is up with the general public turning into pure beacons of rage slavering for the crunch of protesters under their tires in this specific case? Traffic being so dogshit in general yet a concept without an easy single target for ire? Suddenly someone in the road with a sign become that target?
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Grip it and rip it posted:Stopping interstate traffic seems like a really bad way to try and shift public opinion on a topic. I can't think of a single time it was ever helpful in the US. Doing anything that inconviniences people is arguably the most effective form. They were out there, they were in the news, they caused a real, physical impact with their protests. Given that the US already seems to be wholly full-throated support of Israel, I don't think any outrage over a traffic delay is going to push the needle any further in that direction.
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