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orange juche posted:She'd make a good VP Trump wouldn't miss an opportunity to crow about her disability while  ing every chance he got, too. Sure, it'd play for the 35-40% who would vote for him even if they were on fire and he was dousing them with gasoline, but it'll alienate just as many.It'd be painful to hear all the loving pundits being armchair OSHA planners, though. 
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A Bad Poster posted:I want to know what the NYPD counterterrorism unit would have done to stop 9/11 from happening if they had existed before 9/11. I'm guessing jack and/or poo poo. I'd imagine they're constantly looking for angles to justify the over-funding of their department. "FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE! ...you know, other than the 7-8 lines *before* us. GIB MONEES PLZ!"
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Midjack posted:I really have to wonder what these cheese dicks think they are doing that the military, law enforcement, and intelligence communities don’t already do more and better. The counterterrorism division oversees a range of activities including: The Technology and Construction Section which The Training Section which provides counterterrorism training about how best to bullshit the city for more funds and give the mayor the ability to feel like he's more than just a big city's mayor. The Threat Reduction Infrastructure Protection Section (TRIPS) which develops specific defensive strategies for various locations in the city and how best to position themselves for lucrative post-LEO jobs with the same contractors they're colluding with. The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Section which conducts tests and research on new counterterrorism technologies which will never be used because if there ever is a major CBRN threat these guys will be the first to get out of the city with their families. The Maritime Team, which designs counterterrorism systems for the city's harbors, this includes the Tactical Radiological Acquisition Characterization System (TRACS) which maps background radiation and likely helps organized crime smuggle poo poo in. The NYPD SHIELD Unit which provides information and training to the public on counterterrorism because if there's one thing the NYPD is stellar at, it's information sharhahahahahsdfhsdfhjdhsfshdhahahahahahaahahahah!!!!! The Emergency Preparedness and Exercise Section, which liaises with the NYC Office of Emergency Management the same one that Rudy HQed in the World Trade Center. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Aug 4, 2020 |
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Cugel the Clever posted:It's still very early on and the damage radius is enormous. Expect the number of killed and missing to rise. There's always an "asterisk" factor for explosions like this because even though matter can't ever be ~completely~ destroyed it can drat well sure be pulverized and vaporized by massive overpressures. And using Nukemap just as rough guide, it looks like it happened in one of the best worst places to minimize immediate deaths.
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Kazinsal posted:At the same time, the things we *do* know about it -- 140 m crater diameter -- points to more like 5 kilotons of TNT equivalent Maybe if it was in the middle of a desert testing site. My guess is the ground the warehouse was on was loosely-packed and sandy/rocky, plus the crater's only going to get bigger now that it's exposed to the tides.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:lmao at the cops absolute helplessness in the face of the SHIELDWALL "They could have guns behind that barrier." "You know what? I think I heard a slide racking." "I did too." "So did I." ~Kent State Redux~
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Platystemon posted:Watch trick‐or‐treating happen anyway. WON'T SOMEONE ~PLEASE~ THINK OF THE CANDY COMPANIES?!?!?!?!?! There's already Halloween-themed candy hitting the shelves. I think they're hoping that selling it sooner might cushion the loss. But yeah, really looking forward to the parents taking video of their crying kids who didn't get any candy because "no one would open their door" and how this is proof of  .RFC2324 posted:I thought the outdoors thing was still considered somewhat effective (when combined with masks and social distance)? It's a practice that entails a group of children (who won't want to wear a mask because it'll ruin their immersion) yelling/screaming TRICK OR TREAT at you before putting their ungloved hands into a bowl full of wrappers. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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Hyrax Attack! posted:To add to concerns about holidays, Thanksgiving travel is gonna be what? Like 10% of usual? That, combined with the ongoing lack of business travel, makes me think we're gonna see several massive airlines go under or merge for survival. Alaska just extended their "buy one seat, get [half] the row free" promo, so yeah, it's gonna be interesting.
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facialimpediment posted:I hereby declare that the derecho contains a ROLLING WALL OF gently caress and you don't want to mess with that ROLLING WALL OF gently caress Also, remember if you lose power for a few days, you can claim spoiled food on renters/homeowners' insurance.  You mean the National Department of Scapegoats?
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So it dawned on me earlier. Hillary's poking her head into the picture not because she wants Secretary of State again... ...it's because she wants Chief of Staff. "Gatekeeper" to the President, hundreds of staffers to yell at and torture, able to enforce her will on countless Democrats...
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bengy81 posted:You know it's gonna be DHL, just because they have the worst drivers and software for logistics. Lasership.
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Arven posted:I'm just curious what's gonna happen when 10s of millions of trump supports stop receiving their physical social security and disability checks. Them doing anything about it would require wresting themselves out of their recliners.
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Bored As gently caress posted:https://youtu.be/4TogbPPyQQM They can make all the videos they like, the message is the same: we deserve/want a *competent* fascist.
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Defenestrategy posted:Conservative propaganda at this point is an all or nothing thing. Either the person looking at it will easily be swayed or they'll reject, if they where gonna be swayed in the first place THEY WHERE NEVER GONNA VOTE NON-REPUBLICAN SO WHY EVEN CARE WHAT THEY THINK. Democrats: "But we're right and they're wrong! Here, we've got a 13,522 page analysis we commissioned to prove it with graphs and charts that has a fifty seven word title and three hundred word subtitle authored by seven really smart guys who have fifty eight PhDs between them! Just read it!" Republicans: "I'll consider lowering your taxes a bit if you let me loot the country for my billionaire donors and keep being unconscionably evil to brown people." (gets elected) BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Aug 17, 2020 |
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The Electoral Map from 1972 is...something, too.
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shame on an IGA posted:So I got curious about "low intensity sectarian conflict" and scaled the casualty numbers from The Troubles onto the united states. The Irish weren't nearly as well or ubiquitously armed as the US is. Sure, they had ~specialty~ items like plastique and RPGs, but nowhere near the guns and numbers. Pretty sure you could ratchet your numbers up by at least an order of magnitude.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:The US is also much more vulnerable to easy to carry out infrastructure damage that would lead to a huge number of indirect deaths. Given that so many bridges in this country are almost to the "don't blow on it funny" stage...
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facialimpediment posted:Speaking of Fringe (watch that show, holy gently caress): Where We Go Now?
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LongDarkNight posted:Cocaine at the DNC has got to be primo. Sustainably sourced fair trade yayo!
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I get a distinct "slapfight" vibe from both Hunter and Junior. That kind of "we THINK our fighting looks badass when in truth we look like Lightsaber Kid without the stick" vibe. Or the "can't make Dad look bad by actually doing any real damage" style of fighting.
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ded posted:pook isn't wrong It was funnier to imagine him getting arrested on that glorified dinghy pictured earlier. Seeing his Bond Villain wannabe yacht just makes me cringe at how many Epstein-ings have taken place on that thing. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Aug 21, 2020 |
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facialimpediment posted:Duckworth said a thing so therefore I post the thing here. Surely the cop was the better choice over the wounded warrior. -_-
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1297174218552102918?s=20 That looks like the wildflower patches between opposing interstate lanes. Guys, I'm beginning to think Melania has absolutely no sense of style. 
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Thomamelas posted:Their daughter has been tweeting about emancipation. Yeah, imagining living in that house...Mom works for Trump, and Dad is butthurt that we don't have a *competent* fascist in the White House that makes him feel better about being a Republican.
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I've yet to see it reported on any medium that doesn't print anything they read in a tweet, but allegedly/supposedly KJU is in a coma and his sister's now the de facto leader of North Korea. What does that make this, the third time he's died/been at death's door?
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ded posted:Seems to happen any time he isn't seen in public for more than a week. Dude dies more than Phil Coulson. It's bad even when RT starts dunking on a semi-major customer of Russian goods and services: https://mobile.twitter.com/RT_com/status/1297836046789554178
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ded posted:I still haven't heard an explanation as to how removing mail sorting machines saves money. Electricity! 
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Doc Hawkins posted:i feel like this story may follow them for a while CUCK 469 Course ID J1550NH3R80085 Professors: Falwell, Becki and Falwell, Jerry Jr. (observing/'emeritus') Open Slots and Wait List: Contact Professor
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Doc Hawkins posted:102 imo Nah, there definitely had to be *some* "prerequisites."
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egyptian rat race posted:Lynchburg feels like an otherwise decent town aside from the University who treats its employees and students like poo poo. ...and the whole 'the name of the town' thing. John Lynch was better than his brother Charles, whom the practice of lynching was named for, but he was still a slaveowner.
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The biggest danger here is a Wisconsin jury taking pity on a "scared" kid and "not wanting to ruin his life." Here's the other thing to consider. He fled across state lines after committing a crime. That makes it a federal case. "I'mma pardon him. Boys will be boys, y'know? I said that first."
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Midjack posted:I predict it doesn’t go to trial for at least a year and he walks on state charges. Feds decline to prosecute. And in the meantime, we're probably going to see a bunch of "his name is 
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GoGoGadget posted:Doesn't charging the kid with 1st degree murder mean they have to show it was pre-meditated? Yeah, I'm worried it's an over-reach.
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It means he was filming Black Panther while undergoing treatment for Stage III colon cancer. And Endgame was last year.
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If you want to see something cool tonight, NROL-44 launches in ~20m: https://youtu.be/wPu0OMqwDsU It's a Delta IV Heavy *night launch*. It's worth watching. EDIT: Launch is on hold, window expires at 6:25am Eastern. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Aug 29, 2020 |
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Launch is back on, less than 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPu0OMqwDsU
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Scrubbed due to abort Yeah, since it aborted at ignition it's gonna be the better part of a week before there's another attempt since they have to change out the engines. -_-
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US Berder Patrol posted:How did that whole hurricane thing go? Is Galveston still there? There are two more (potential) storms on the way. Give it time.
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Discussion Quorum posted:The most active season on record was 2005. That's the year they ran out of alphabet and had to use Greek letters. Katrina hit at the end of August. We just got through the letter M. Nana and Omar are up next.  HE COMIN' BigDave posted:everything is pointless, nothing matters, we'll all die slow and painful deaths, and the memories of our existence will quickly fade into nothingness Eat Arbys.
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M_Gargantua posted:So looks like an activist was just shot and killed in Portland. More info pending, but, real sad news https://twitter.com/pdxalerts/status/1299922444866580480
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