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NPR just had a piece positing that Biden running for re-election is not going to be a victory; younger voters are outright saying they won't vote if we are just repeating the last election. There is real concern among some in the Dems that they are losing the younger vote specifically because there has been no real progress, and America isn't in a much different spot that 2020 in the grand scope.
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DNA Test- Money, time. Closing the case and calling it? Cheap, looks good.
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facialimpediment posted:
So what I'm hearing is I need to take matters into my own hands. How much helium to lift 350 to shooting altitude.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Calm down there Lawnchair Larry. I'm sorry I care about the security of America!
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Feb 3, 2023 00:02
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gently caress you guys, that poo poo was art.
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Feb 5, 2023 06:35
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I think you should let him start a thread about war crime theory, so he can lay out his beliefs and arguments, and background on how he came to to these conclusions. Even if he doesn't enter in good faith, the rest of the forum might enjoy the discussion.
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Feb 7, 2023 18:46
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bird food bathtub posted:Isn't there some nuance to this? I got the impression that the movie was heavily implying that the government of earth actually steered that asteroid towards Buenos Aires to whip people into a 9/11 style frenzy. My vague memories are that they never really came out and said that, but that they left it really open to interpretation in that the bugs didn't have that capability to strike earth. That's one theory put forth by fans post 9/11. In the film, the given reasons were that they launched it because human ("Mormon Extremists") violated a neutral zone. I don't recall any implication one way or the other- they explain the Bugs basically just 'shoved' the asteroid to attack Earth. To me, this implies they are more advanced than the Fed wants to portray.
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Feb 7, 2023 21:50
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It wasn't FTL. It was knocked out of orbit, and physics did the rest.
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Tiny Timbs posted:Then the thing that did the knocking had to be FTL, or else they launched it years or decades in advance. They used a plasma burst to start the process, according to the FedNet in the movie. E- I'm only repeating what was presented
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He's not a mascot, but I just want to share my favorite picture of Detective Tubbs Lumpkins, MD. This is the night my wife brought home an abandoned 2 week old kitten, who I refused to name until her first vet appointment- where we found out she was younger than we thought. "What rescue cared for her?" "My husband." "Wow. He did an amazing job. Any experience?" "He'd say the Infantry. He just loves little furry things " 
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Feb 10, 2023 21:28
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CommieGIR posted:Aw, Tuxedo kitten <3 She's not great at being a cat. I was a first time single mother- I did the best I could. Lol My wife smiles because I am still so god drat proud she cleans herself properly. I used to sit with a cup of warm water and toothbrush and groom her when she was tiny. She's fully grown, but still small because formula and love only does so much. She's also nearly fearless- she takes no poo poo from out our other older cats, or our 3 pups. Hank is my home. She comes when I call her, and chills on my shoulder like a monkey. 
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Feb 10, 2023 21:45
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CBJSprague24 posted:If the big hoss in the background is anything like the 100 pound black lab we had when we brought in a stray kitten, its reaction will be something along the line of "HI NEW FRAND I DOG". It was. They are still buddies- he just doesn't try to carry her out by her head anymore. The good Detective assumes everyone is his friend and that they enjoy truffles, where he licks and sniffles his friend. He accidentally murdered a guinea pig by trying to cuddle it.
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Feb 11, 2023 00:08
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A weekend of UFO shoot downs was not on my 2023 Bingo card
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Feb 12, 2023 02:50
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This is all our own poo poo to get the public riled to increase welfare for Raytheon and Lockheed.
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Feb 12, 2023 02:56
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I just want to die as a grizzled old man in the intergalactic space war! I'll take either Starship Troopers or Randy Quaid ID4.
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Carter was one of the better Presidents we've had. He seems like a good man who got put above his pay grade, and did the best he could with what he had. I'll admit I'm not terribly well read on him or his administration. I'll also admit that the soldier part of me has a bit of undying admiration from an interview he did. He was asked if he could change anything from his Presidency, what would have been. "I would have sent one more helicopter." In reference to Eagle Claw. I've never seen any writing to support it, but from what it looks like from my limited studies, the loss at Desert One and the Failure of Eagle Claw broke him as a man, understandably.
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Feb 19, 2023 18:13
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CommieGIR posted:Another case of don't meet your heroes. That Character started long before SVU. He appeared on Homicide as the same exact character, and on a bunch of other shows as the sane character but unnamed. I think he appeared on X Files as Munch, too. He also got a concussion and stitches from Hulk Hogan.
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Feb 19, 2023 22:37
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orange juche posted:lmao the Belzer v. Bollea case back in the day, Belzer shouldn't have gotten a penny, man got put in a sleeper hold after begging Hogan to do it, and Hogan refused, only doing it after being heckled by the crowd, Belzer, and Mr. T. Hogan slipped while setting Belzer down and Belzer cracked his head on the concrete and he sued Hogan for 5 million dollars for injuries. Hard disagree. A major part of professional wrestling is control and safety of your partner. Hogan was negligent because of his ego and the stigma that wrestling is fake.
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There is a near zero chance we don't have observers, either physical or electronic at critical sites. poo poo, in every war we've fought, the enemy put eyes on our poo poo. It's like 101 level poo poo. I imagine with the advances in radar and similar tech, we can probably tell details about poo poo from return signature, but that's the Club Carrier assuming things from the Sky Shaman
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Feb 20, 2023 18:16
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Donkey Wash, Monkey Rinse https://youtu.be/gALaxb1ScJ8 Or this song, which always strikes a very sad emotionally chord. I can't put my finger on it, but it reminds me of some hurt in my past, and gets me every time. Veracruz https://youtu.be/48y-2wdlj6o God drat do I love me some Zevon. This song...gently caress. "Don't the sun look angry at me?" Desperados Under Eaves https://youtu.be/5yJaEPzugHk As far as I could tell in my limited research, he never paid his bill. E- terrible picture of my tattoo 
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I love this because I had a doctor give me news in a very similar way. https://youtu.be/LbhYqV17CoQ bulletsponge13 fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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In honor of Zevon Appreciation Evening, a stupid little art thing I did. E- while in Iraq, I sent a girl flowers with the card saying "Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money. The poo poo has hit the fan. XOXO" Which might not have given the best impression
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Pine Cone Jones posted:For some reason, I always thought that that "I have to leave" was a way of him communicating that he knew he was on his way out. He had no clue. That whole Album was about getting older, and he was thinking about the end. It was a few years later that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Mesothelioma. I cannot recommend his final appearance on Letterman. It's available on YT, and is amazing. Warren was the only guest, and it's crazy to hear this man just be so exposed about his coming demise. He does a few songs, too. If you want a real tear jerker, look up Dawes cover of 'Desperados Under the Eaves' on Letterman, when David shares an incredibly touching story.
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Pine Cone Jones posted:Makes sense. I dunno if I'll look that up right now, there's enough for me to worry about with my dad in that regard. Thank you though. Sending you love and good vibes.
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Milo and POTUS posted:I liked that Roland song but man I never liked werewolves in london Pretty same. The song gets slightly more enjoyable when you find out the Werewolves in question are male escorts.
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Not how I pictured him, but then again I made my action figures of him and Van Owen.
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Nah, I did a version with a head. I took 1/6 scale figures and gave them period accurate equipment and weapons. I actually had an entire mercenary team set up like that. I was 22 at the time. Lol In my head Canon, he was left for dead, but found by a Simba Witch Doctor.
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A fun easy to consume popular history on the Stanleyville Crisis is 'Save the Hostages!' A contemporary piece published in paperback by Readers Digest, largely detailing broadstrokes. Mad Mike makes an appearance, as do the Belgians, and CIA air assets. It also has some fair coverage on some of the culture of the Simba/Banta fighters. It suffers from some period racism, but it is largely lacking the expected grossness.
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And it's like a drat near 100% chance it was a sympathic response to gun fire, which is one of the scariest things you need to worry about. It's hard to predict and hard to remedy. None of this would have happened had the police been honorable and used the blade.
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orange juche posted:I don't think the cops shot him till he ignored commands and came at them swinging his Hanzo steel That's not what it says. It says Officer Boom Boom shot at the same time as LL. The way it is very specifically phrased is very telling. Could be wrong. Note- I'm not saying it was a bad shoot- I'm saying the way they phrased it, it looks incredibly suspect. And the specific word choices lead me to believe they are presuming the shoot is borderline. I'm probably wrong, just running scenarios from familiar situations. 40mm fires, about a quarter to a half second following the other guy shot, his brain processing the info as "I heard the shot, it's been too long, it's not working, shoot shoot shoot" because his Fight or Flight pegged out. Dollars to Donuts, if there is body cam footage released, there will not be enough time to register the effects of the baton round before dude gets perforated.
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I'm harsh, but I am not trying to drag the officer if my scenario is correct. That is a cascade of failures in tactics, training, planning, and control. None of which would change the fact that yeah, it's not my fault Punchy never finished The Last Samurai. It's one of those things where it's just a poo poo hand played out.
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I follow a few guys who are instructors in the Sniping community, specifically Army. The guy who was head instructor at Benning (moved on) had been saying for years that basic skills and fieldcraft have been degrading at a steady pace because of GWOT. He was specific that because of the focus on urban/semi-urban sniping, guys can't stalk. They are loving up basic poo poo, failing to adequately camo equipment, over reliance on cool guy looks and gear, not enough on the basics of the craft, like Intel gathering, and "half of what makes us Scout Snipers". He came up under Pre-GWOT doctrine. Not in the field, I can't say. I can say that I am witnessing an incredibly similar scenario in the Infantry. There are so very few guys left with the institutional first hand experience, that lessons will have to be learned the hard way. "Why does the book say do it X? Y is what makes more sense." ::humps 5k:: "OH. That's why the book says to do X." I have a friend in the Infantry (NG) still, and he's heard guys bitch about "finding places for 3 more mags" because they all use micro rigs, because their SL used micro rigs, because he started when he was always in arms reach of a truck in 2009.
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