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Vasudus
May 30, 2003
TRUMP

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Nice and hot piss
Feb 1, 2004


Make america great again! *rips a confederate fart*

M_Gargantua
Oct 16, 2006

STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES

Exciting Lemon
Too dumb to find the Reichstag, so theyre setting anything convenient on fire to own the libs

Sure is a lot of smoke

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Soulex posted:

Why is an official government social media page being used to attack another government official?

Why are using immigrant kids we stole from their parents as bait? Why is Harley-Davidson offshoring production? Why isn't the US involved with the UN human rights council anymore? Why are we starting trade wars with half the planet's industrialized countries?

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/1013906392141520896

Of loving course this is the professional consultant class reaction

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/1013906392141520896

Of loving course this is the professional consultant class reaction


Doc Hawkins posted:

It's pure projection.

Vasudus
May 30, 2003
Which is extra amusing because if there's anything I've learned about the industry so far, is that it doesn't matter who is in the administration: there's always money to be made. For every ICE contract that gets shut down, there's another somewhere else to carry the load. Very rarely will the ~elite consulting class~ ever actually flat out lose on a deal, long term.

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".
July 5th is Bloody Thursday so please spend some time in solemn reflection, in solidarity with labor, over those killed in the struggle.

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones

Soulex posted:

Why is an official government social media page being used to attack another government official?

2018 is why

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

Soulex posted:

Why is an official government social media page being used to attack another government official?

Eh, that's about the least dumb thing. They already have a print shop so that senators and representatives can print up big posters for basically any loving reason.

https://twitter.com/floorcharts?lang=en

https://twitter.com/FloorCharts/status/1013834967342776321

https://twitter.com/AmeliaFrappolli/status/1012459042260865024

https://twitter.com/FloorCharts/status/1012037301365628928

https://twitter.com/FloorCharts/status/1011793711217463296

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

I'm at work and cant really google it, but does anyone have an update on the US/Iraqi offensive into Syria?

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

bulletsponge13 posted:

I'm at work and cant really google it, but does anyone have an update on the US/Iraqi offensive into Syria?

We defeated ISIS last year after Trump told the generals how to win.

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

psydude posted:

We defeated ISIS last year after Trump told the generals how to win.

I'm sure they are just going to visit old friends, or maybe a vacation.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
Scouting potential new hotel/golf course locations.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

LAZERGUNS

https://gizmodo.com/china-claims-to-have-a-real-deal-laser-gun-that-inflict-1827284198

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

psydude posted:

We defeated ISIS last year after Trump told the generals how to win.

loving :lol: just remembered, 30 days until he defeats ISIS because of his very stable genius brain. How many years ago was that anyway?

Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

Oh, look: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bs-ac-cn-flag-request-denied-20180702-story.html

I keep finding new ways to be surprised.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

I love these stories - I could build you a compact laser with enough punch to do that. A little CO2 job. Slight problem, I'd need a truck to carry the battery pack.

It's the same as their rail gun, I'd love to see the power system for that.

Immanentized
Mar 17, 2009

Spineless loving representative

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

:dukedog:

Hexyflexy posted:

I love these stories - I could build you a compact laser with enough punch to do that. A little CO2 job. Slight problem, I'd need a truck to carry the battery pack.

It's the same as their rail gun, I'd love to see the power system for that.

Yeah, isn't the problem with our rail gun that in order to use the thing it would need its own nuclear reactor for power? That and the barrel would need to be replaced after 5 shots or so?

Stanley Goodspeed
Dec 26, 2005
What, the feet thing?



what about when they all go to grab their weapons out of the little laser-rifle teepee they made in front of the chow hall and a laser-corporal drops his and the samsung note battery cooks off like a tiny lithium hiroshima??

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Stanley Goodspeed posted:

what about when they all go to grab their weapons out of the little laser-rifle teepee they made in front of the chow hall and a laser-corporal drops his and the samsung note battery cooks off like a tiny lithium hiroshima??

I was thinking that their airborne invasion of Seattle suffers 65% casualties before they even jump due to the batteries on their rifles bursting into flames while still in flight.

This has also got me wishing for a Command and Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour mood that combined the US laser general with the Chinese troop general. :fap:
:

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

:dukedog:
I guess that'll just make a microwave gun that much more useful. Turns every enemy rifle with a battery into a grenade.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

A Bad Poster posted:

I guess that'll just make a microwave gun that much more useful. Turns every enemy rifle with a battery into a grenade.

I may or may not be building one of those soon while I'm working on an experiment with phased arrays. (Same problem if you want to weaponise them as the lasers, power draw is nuts.).

That railgun that was scheduled for your ships is just about the only electronic weapon that's been designed that mostly works. It's a really nice bit of kit even if it didn't pan out.

Cugel the Clever
Apr 5, 2009
I LOVE AMERICA AND CAPITALISM DESPITE BEING POOR AS FUCK. I WILL NEVER RETIRE BUT HERE'S ANOTHER 200$ FOR UKRAINE, SLAVA

Hexyflexy posted:

That railgun that was scheduled for your ships is just about the only electronic weapon that's been designed that mostly works. It's a really nice bit of kit even if it didn't pan out.
Wait, did the rail gun get cancelled? I thought development is still ongoing.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
It's still in development. Or at least, they're still paying for development.

Jaguars!
Jul 31, 2012


There was an absolutely massive brawl between Australia and the Philippines in the Basketball world champs qualifier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ORnb1y-iJE

:eyepop:

crazyivan45
Apr 30, 2008
Bahahahaha! Between this and Harley it’s so refreshing watching MAGA chuds have to choose between their furher and their favorite brand


Walmart boycott campaign launches after outcry over 'Impeach 45' clothing - Fox News https://apple.news/A3hY8g6YkTVS8pHfr3SHpNw

UP THE BUM NO BABY
Sep 1, 2011

by Hand Knit

crazyivan45 posted:

Bahahahaha! Between this and Harley it’s so refreshing watching MAGA chuds have to choose between their furher and their favorite brand


Walmart boycott campaign launches after outcry over 'Impeach 45' clothing - Fox News https://apple.news/A3hY8g6YkTVS8pHfr3SHpNw

2018 is weird

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene

Walmart's online stuff is basically what happens if you connect Microsoft's racist AI to cafepress

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/1013844576963121153

aphid_licker
Jan 7, 2009


Wait til you see the emergency refugee measures Angela Merkel's party just negotiated with itself to stave off a party split. This entire continent is completely losing it.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

If there's one thing to know about Denmark, it's that they take Christmas very seriously.

DAS Super!
Jul 26, 2007
You should probably pay more attention to your log.
/
:backtowork:
Looks like Canada is going to be the lone sane country in the world.

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

DAS Super! posted:

Looks like Canada is going to be the lone sane country in the world.

Didn't they just elect Rob Ford's brother to a position of power.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost
I can't imagine just how nuts the US would also be if the US had a similar percentage of migrants/refugees.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
Wait until climate refugees become A Thing :discourse:

psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Wait until climate refugees become A Thing :discourse:

I'm fine with erecting border walls at the Georgia line to keep Floridian climate refugees out.

warsow
Jun 28, 2009

5 hours of childcare daily Monday through Friday for free isn’t that bad.

And they will learn the language and culture of their new home country, which the kids would theoretically pass onto their parents through osmosis?

Sounds pretty sane and reasonable.

:shrug:

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UP THE BUM NO BABY
Sep 1, 2011

by Hand Knit

warsow posted:

5 hours of childcare daily Monday through Friday for free isn’t that bad.

And they will learn the language and culture of their new home country, which the kids would theoretically pass onto their parents through osmosis?

Sounds pretty sane and reasonable.

:shrug:

I'm sure similar things were said of residential schools in Canada

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