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Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Be prepared
Fun Shoe

LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

In honor of Smash Mouth losing its one of a kind lead singer, let’s all post our favorite songs by artists with actual talent that are also dead.

Warren Zevon’s Lawyers Guns and Money is my submission.

https://youtu.be/F2HH7J-Sx80?si=uM2Hm4bwoVBlmOEX

Great song, too. I'm partial to Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, too. And of course Werewolves of London.

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Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Bored As gently caress posted:

Great song, too. I'm partial to Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, too. And of course Werewolves of London.

If I was a wrestler I'd use "Johnny Strikes the Band" as my entrance music.

Vorkosigan
Mar 28, 2012


Desperados Under The Eves and Mohammed's Radio are go-to bedtime songs I sing my kiddo

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Vorkosigan posted:

Desperados Under The Eves and Mohammed's Radio are go-to bedtime songs I sing my kiddo

Desperados Under the Eaves and Tule's Blues both gut punch me.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Alabama's 2024 house election maps just got tossed by a federal court who has appointed a special master to draw the new districts for the next election. The two hundred page opinion was penned by two trump judges and laid out in exacting detail for survival on appeal.

Coasterphreak
May 29, 2007
I like cookies.

Mr. Nice! posted:

Alabama's 2024 house election maps just got tossed by a federal court who has appointed a special master to draw the new districts for the next election. The two hundred page opinion was penned by two trump judges and laid out in exacting detail for survival on appeal.

The cynic in me says it got tossed out because there was still a majority black district, can’t have that

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Coasterphreak posted:

The cynic in me says it got tossed out because there was still a majority black district, can’t have that

Nah. They appointed a special master to ensure at least two districts are majority black. A federal court doesn't just strip a state legislature of their authority for nothing.

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
rip united airlines flights

https://twitter.com/united/status/1699114871231549674?t=LWe9x4QIRTF7UPx3GNdT0Q&s=19

ardiem
Apr 26, 2022

we're so back??

https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1699117819554574626

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?
What could go wrong with a quick reboot?

Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.
Hold on to yer butts.

Wrong Theory
Aug 27, 2005

Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code
:tinfoil:

So the government opened a website for people to look at Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) called the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office: https://www.aaro.mil/ The Reporting Trends info is kinda cool. A lot of Alien balls. If you go down to Cases there are videos of UAPs in action. All that's missing is the X-files theme as a MIDI embedded in the page that you can't control the volume of. I want to believe.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1698920565069771196?t=Hk8cVEbHz7A3Z37sxv3lZA&s=19

How the gently caress broken is your special military operation that you're going to North Korea for weapons?

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
Double deuce for proud boys' Tarrio - 22 years to set the highest sentence for J6ers to date.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1699179453614629024?t=wfL5IOJ9lP98Gp7VBPqstg&s=19

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





facialimpediment posted:

Double deuce for proud boys' Tarrio - 22 years to set the highest sentence for J6ers to date.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1699179453614629024?t=wfL5IOJ9lP98Gp7VBPqstg&s=19

Get rekt

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007




This exact same thing happened in 2007 with them. O'Hare was ridiculous that day.

facialimpediment posted:

Double deuce for proud boys' Tarrio - 22 years to set the highest sentence for J6ers to date.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1699179453614629024?t=wfL5IOJ9lP98Gp7VBPqstg&s=19

eat poo poo

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

facialimpediment posted:

Double deuce for proud boys' Tarrio - 22 years to set the highest sentence for J6ers to date.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1699179453614629024?t=wfL5IOJ9lP98Gp7VBPqstg&s=19

hosed around, found out.

Nuclear Tourist
Apr 7, 2005

facialimpediment posted:

Double deuce for proud boys' Tarrio - 22 years to set the highest sentence for J6ers to date.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1699179453614629024?t=wfL5IOJ9lP98Gp7VBPqstg&s=19

*Narrator's voice* he found out.

Saul Kain
Dec 5, 2018

Lately it occurs to me,

what a long, strange trip it's been.


Wrong Theory posted:

:tinfoil:

So the government opened a website for people to look at Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) called the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office: https://www.aaro.mil/ The Reporting Trends info is kinda cool. A lot of Alien balls. If you go down to Cases there are videos of UAPs in action. All that's missing is the X-files theme as a MIDI embedded in the page that you can't control the volume of. I want to believe.

This is cool. Did you see the flyby with the little silver orb?

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Ba-dam ba-DUMMMMMM

Tarrio should have caught another 5-10 years for possessing >10 round rifle mags (extremely loving illegal in DC) branded with the Proud Boys logo as well. Still can’t believe the USAO let him plea that down.

Either way, too bad, so sad. Hope he feels every second of his time in prison.

The Eyes Have It
Feb 10, 2008

Third Eye Sees All
...snookums

Saul Kain posted:

This is cool. Did you see the flyby with the little silver orb?

That one reminds me of chasing an eye floatie (or weird bubble in this case), except if your eye was a robot camera that didn't have to stop looking down so soon.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1699187730276643009?t=DF295BT5pH0n3oIpUo71-Q&s=19

:lol: sweat more, bitch.

Wrong Theory
Aug 27, 2005

Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code

The Eyes Have It posted:

That one reminds me of chasing an eye floatie (or weird bubble in this case), except if your eye was a robot camera that didn't have to stop looking down so soon.

The one with the 3 orbs moving in unison I first thought had something to do with the glass lenses in the camera, a reflection bouncing around but they should move as the camera does because then the glass would be moving. Instead they kind of move on their own but together and I don't know what to believe. The cell phone? footage in the cock pit was crazy too.

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

CBJSprague24 posted:

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1698920565069771196?t=Hk8cVEbHz7A3Z37sxv3lZA&s=19

How the gently caress broken is your special military operation that you're going to North Korea for weapons?

maybe he needs reliable nukes?

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

The Suffering of the Succotash.

Dismiss suit? Are criminal proceedings ever called suits?

My Spirit Otter
Jun 15, 2006


CANADA DOESN'T GET PENS LIKE THIS

SKILCRAFT KREW Reppin' Quality Blind Made American Products. Bitch.

A.o.D. posted:

Dismiss suit? Are criminal proceedings ever called suits?

i bet you he read "united states government vs donald julio trump" and his amphetamine addled brain parsed it as a lawsuit, something hes used to seeing.

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?

Wrong Theory posted:

All that's missing is the X-files theme as a MIDI embedded in the page that you can't control the volume of. I want to believe.

What about a website under construction gif with an alien in a hardhat

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
It’s early yet, but Lee is a storm to keep an eye on.





Models have it not continuing its straight path, but instead turning toward north and east. We’ll see.

Platystemon fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Sep 6, 2023

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
AP has a decent article on the Bidens’ COVID situation.

Doctor Jillian Biden tested positive on Monday and had travelled with her husband through Sunday, but he tested negative Tuesday morning. That’s why you might see him masking intermittently on TV.

Wonder Free
Jun 19, 2006

Throw some D's..
Both the ECMWF and GFS have it as a weaker hurricane by the time it gets close to the East Coast. Those are calling a landfall or raking up the coast from DC or RI depending on the model. That’s 10 days out though so that’s far enough out that it could wind up hitting Florida or going into the gulf or curving out East even more.

The big risk at this point is to somewhere like Barbuda in that upper corner of the Antilles while it is still a major. Any track shift West and it could mess those places up. Once they start flying on and around them then the track usually shifts a good bit.

NOAA is going to start flights on Friday out of St Croix probably. They tried to call me up for it but I’m too busy up here with non-flying stuff.

Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Be prepared
Fun Shoe
Sincerely thank you for your hurricane posts. They're extremely informative and interesting in a nerdy fun knowledge way, but even more useful, they're helpful for us so we're better able to prepare for the hurricanes.

Thank you.

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?
Have we tried politely asking the storms to leave us alone

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Have we tried politely asking the storms to leave us alone

NOAA at least used to have an article on the FAQ page on their website for 'Why don't we nuke hurricanes?'

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Why don’t we just draw a new track for the hurricane in permanent marker?

MA-Horus
Dec 3, 2006

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

Have we tried nuking the hurricane

Sy Borg
Sep 20, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Cythereal posted:

NOAA at least used to have an article on the FAQ page on their website for 'Why don't we nuke hurricanes?'

Here’s the link to their FAQ

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd-faq/#Legacy

“Some NOAA Staffer” posted:


Nuclear Weapons
During each hurricane season, someone always asks “why don’t we destroy tropical cyclones by nuking them” or “can we use nuclear weapons to destroy a hurricane?” There always appear suggestions that one should simply nuke hurricanes to destroy the storms. Apart from the fact that this might not even alter the storm, this approach neglects the problem that the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems. Needless to say, this is not a good idea.

Now for a more rigorous scientific explanation of why this would not be an effective hurricane modification technique. The main difficulty with using explosives to modify hurricanes is the amount of energy required. A fully developed hurricane can release heat energy at a rate of 5 to 20×1013 watts and converts less than 10% of the heat into the mechanical energy of the wind. The heat release is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes. According to the 1993 World Almanac, the entire human race used energy at a rate of 1013 watts in 1990, a rate less than 20% of the power of a hurricane.

If we think about mechanical energy, the energy at humanity’s disposal is closer to the storm’s, but the task of focusing even half of the energy on a spot in the middle of a remote ocean would still be formidable. Brute force interference with hurricanes doesn’t seem promising.

In addition, an explosive, even a nuclear explosive, produces a shock wave, or pulse of high pressure, that propagates away from the site of the explosion somewhat faster than the speed of sound. Such an event doesn’t raise the barometric pressure after the shock has passed because barometric pressure in the atmosphere reflects the weight of the air above the ground. For normal atmospheric pressure, there are about ten metric tons (1000 kilograms per ton) of air bearing down on each square meter of surface. In the strongest hurricanes there are nine. To change a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square meter inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billion (500,000,000) tons for a 20 km radius eye. It’s difficult to envision a practical way of moving that much air around.

Attacking weak tropical waves or depressions before they have a chance to grow into hurricanes isn’t promising either. About 80 of these disturbances form every year in the Atlantic basin, but only about 5 become hurricanes in a typical year. There is no way to tell in advance which ones will develop. If the energy released in a tropical disturbance were only 10% of that released in a hurricane, it’s still a lot of power, so that the hurricane police would need to dim the whole world’s lights many times a year.

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?

Elviscat
Jan 1, 2008

Well don't you know I'm caught in a trap?


Thanks for this! I love science!

I'm somewhat amused by the quote breaking the 10¹³ notation though. "All of humanity uses electricity at a rate of 1013 watts!" Or about one average space heater!

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Trump suffers loss in second E Jean Carroll defamation case - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66733736.amp

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Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



bulletsponge13 posted:

Trump suffers loss in second E Jean Carroll defamation case - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66733736.amp

Of note, this is actually the first case that was put on ice by Bill Barr's horseshit. As such we have a weird situation where a 2022 case already determined the outcome on liability for a 2019 case.

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