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Medically-retired Marine. Biochemist and Mathematician. Here for the science and the snark, in varying degrees of each.
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I didn't know there was a Cakey Smurf...
That Walter Reed closed all but one access point surprises no one whose ever served. It was a 96. The only people left on base during a 96 are those who are on watch. So they don't need to open a lot of gates for incoming traffic. "Go home. Go on a trip. Don't be the dumbass in the barracks."
The fact that you think Bernie using the n word is "saying mean things" says everything we need to know. And yes, Bernie will scare off white voters. Ask Gillium. Or Barnes. Now, go cosplay your racist mental disorder somewhere else. It's not an identity. Even if it's all you are.
It's not my fault you didn't do any research into who put her on the debate stage, or who was funding Sanders campaign. You just liked them because they were white and were willing to lie to you rather than treat you like an adult. The left's fetish for liars should be studied.
Tulsi Gabbard's campaign was funded by neo nazis. Sanders endorsed her AFTER that fact was made public. Then again, Sanders campaigns have been funded by Trump to help him win, so it makes sense.
You probably do, but Campaign Math is 5th Grade Math. You lean toward where the most votes are...and that's toward the center. Not AT the center, just toward it. If you lean leftward, you are leaning AWAY from where the most votes are...and you LOSE. Don't have to be from Maine to know that
Not many. The only path a dem have is through suburban housewives, not scaring the shit out of them so they'll stay home. The further left the candidate, the more likely they'll show up to vote against them.
Wait - you think a white man selling a book where he uses the N word is just "the southern strategy?" Son, even the author of the southern strategy knew by 1980 "you couldn't say n***** n***** n**** any more, that hurts you." So you're saying Bernie is more racist than Lee Atwater. GTFO.
That's because Sara got connected to Defund. Republicans spent their campaign money on signs that said "Vote Sara Gideon, Defund the Police" Same thing will happen with Platner. There aren't enough Black voters to bail him out. This will be like when Swearingen won the WV dem primary.
When he said poor southern whites were "given n****rs to hate, look down upon" in his 2015 book he sold to fundraise for his Presidential campaign, was that truth, or was it fairness?
The time to start asking questions was before the election, but the media valued its access more than it did democracy. The only President who has never shown us a single medical or tax record. And the media simply didn't care. They chose ratings over the safety of their families.
If Platner wins the Primary, Collins will get reelected. The reason Gideon lost was because she was too far to the left and got connected to Defund. Republicans will show up to vote against Platner because Bernie supports him, even if they hate Collins.
That was a tepid endorsement. He was too busy selling his books to actually do anything beyond his own stump speech and say "yeah, I guess". And then his wife was suggesting a Bernie write in campaign and his decrepit ass was saying that people who voted for Trump weren't racist.
The Republicans never run against Democrats directly. They tie Democrats to the left and then run against the left, attacking the Democrat by association. Because unlike Democrat voters, Republican voters know that a vote AGAINST the Dems counts the same as a vote for the Republicans.
Anyone on here a commercial pilot or member of a flight crew? My GF were talking about how we've both left books on airplanes after we finished reading them, but we have no idea what happens to them. Do they get thrown out? Turned into lost and found? Is there a flight lounge library?
That Daniel Craig was the first Bond to truly capture who Fleming thought Bond was: a broken man who accepted their role as a disposable tool of the British government. He wasn't supposed be suave or charismatic. He was what Bruce Wayne would've become if his parents were only "British wealthy".
Someone said that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was the origin story of "I do my own research!" and I damned dropped my phone from laughing so hard.
I do have this one. Not exactly what you're asking for, but close.
And if we reform SCOTUS, that burns up the entire 2 years Dems have complete control. The media will not frame it as anything other than a power grab, and the right will unify behind a message, and you can bet it won't be "its the senate minority's fault." Remember: only Dems have to earn votes.
Because voters don't give Democrats the time needed. Part of the problem with this is that even if Republicans lose the house, senate, and white house - they control the courts and the media. The courts will never let Dems do what Rs are, and the media will not blame Rs for not stopping them.
Breaking News: Servicemembers get holidays too. I never was stationed at WR, but I know that the commands I was at we were damned near ORDERED to leave base during 96s. "Go home. Go somewhere. Don't be that dumbass that hangs out in the barracks the whole time." No one's coming ONTO base.
I think one of the hardest things for young scientists to learn is that your findings only apply to your methodology, and aren't universal truths. The second thing I think it's hard for young scientists to learn is you will be wrong a LOT more than you will be right in this field.
It wasn't near as cut and dry as people like to retcon it to be. But the real turning point is when Mass voters elected Brown. Then our options were very limited, because we couldn't challenge the house version at all.
The problem is that the media and voters are like the Uvalde Police, too afraid to confront the Republican mass shooter in the classroom, and instead demand that the Democrat teacher Jason Bourne them to death using nothing but a rubber eraser because they took away anything that could be a weapon.
Marketing departments may sell. Lobbyists may lie. But if you want the truth about what a company REALLY believes - Look in the underwriting department.
This post aged well and it’s so tragic that it did.
They don't care, because they voted for Trump to punish Dems for being too pro LGBTQ+. Muslims are historically conservative, and only shifted to Dems after Bush invaded. They're just returning to their roots. Note the date on the article.
I have a rule: If a REPUBLICAN features you in a campaign in a swing state, you're not someone who the Democrats should give a microphone to. Mentions of Beto in the "the Democrats will let X take away your .." messages to my home in NC were 3rd behind Bernie and AOC.
Harris' enemies were - MAGA - corporations - the rich - Netanyahu - Police And the left then decided that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and sided with them to help get Trump reelected. And now they're angry because Republicans are not willing to obstruct Trump like they did from 2017-2020
Kamala Harris would not be secretly trying to deport innocent children to Guatemala if she was our president instead right now.
We did that with the Art III judges, and as a result Republicans were able to use that agreement to put Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett on the Supreme Court. Then voters blamed Democrats for not forcing Ginsburg to retire, even though Republicans would've blocked her replacement. Wrong rock.
Voters have this idea that democracy is like a bicycle on a flat road, that if they get bored and decide not to ride, it'll just fall over and they can pick it up and ride later. In reality democracy is like riding a bicycle uphill, and if you stop the bike will tumble down to the bottom.
No, the problem with creeping authoritarianism is that voters refuse to give Republicans any responsibility whatsoever and demand that Democrats not only fix things, but stop Republicans from breaking them. Then they refuse to recognize how hard it is to keep a doomsday cult from breaking things.
I'm a white man, but my former barracksmate (who was Black) and I were driving on base, and I "California stopped". Immediately got pulled over. He sat upright like he was in church and was getting called to testify. I was worried about the ticket, he was worried about leaving alive.
Dems did that. Dems told voters VERY clearly what would happen if Rs won. Voters called them liars and put them in the minority, and now are so afraid of Republicans that that they demand Dems push the "undo 2024" button that they must have misplaced. Dems have no reason to trust voters.
Why? Voters couldn't even accurately blame which party ended COVID protections (Republicans), abortion rights (Republicans), and which party kept Trump out of jail (Republicans). Hell, Republicans have a majority of every branch and Dems are STILL getting blamed. Voters need the filibuster.
It wasn't in the grand scheme of things. It was entirely related to the healthcare system. Then Republicans added 600+ amendments to it during the committee hearings. Suddenly it was deciding how many hours of work were "full time" and other things.
If we had ended the filibuster, Medicaid wouldn't cover transgender care. Democrats managed to get that stripped out because of the Parliamentian. And there would be no COVID vaccine, since Republicans would've killed the ACA that funded it in 2017. Dems use the filibuster too.
Romney vetoed that healthcare plan and then took credit for it after the Dem legislation overrode his veto.
Except one of his "60 senators" was an independent who Dems primaried out and was who McCain wanted as a running mate.
I'm guessing that to maintain a constant level of G, they have to compensate the changes in centripetal force based on the ballast. "ISS burns up in orbit because NASA forgot to calculate volume of piss" is the headline we deserve.
That's because if you look at their rank and see an E, the part about mopping and scraping paint is redundant. :)
[Me the first time I learned engineers like to use 10 m/s² for G because being able to do back of napkin calculations is more important than being accurate at the initial stage of development]
You 5 years ago: "Why is Amazon only selling them in 2 packs? I only need one!" You today:
Who would want to put THAT on their resume? So - you worked at NASA, wow! That must've been exciting. ... I reported on piss. I'm sorry?
Most likely. Or in volume and they've converted that given what the density of water is at that level of atmospheric pressure. But either way I highly doubt that it's actually calculated in lbs.
Yeah, I'm thinking this is 90% them taking the piss and 10% actual piss.
There's a part of me that REALLY hates Mythbusters for their "challenge everything" mindset, because they completely forgot to tell people that until you DISPROVE the previous conclusions, those conclusions remain valid. Just "doubting something is true" isn't the whole scientific method.
Well, chemistry tends to prefer to work in mass because density is not uniform. A kg is a kg is a kg. But a lb is a kg relative to the force of gravity. And the gravity on the ISS can vary based on whatever its set to emulate. So it really makes no sense to me why it's in pounds at all..
This week, Oversight Committee Dems are meeting with many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We will listen to their stories and continue our work to seek justice against anyone responsible for these horrific crimes.
I only knew it as a rumor, because I never read McCain's book. But it doesn't surprise me. The RNC chose Palin because they thought that Dems were going to have a PUMA problem. But Hillary saved the country when she released her delegates at the convention and asked them to vote for Obama.
Pelosi passed the public option. It was in the version of the bill that Lieberman killed. And it takes 60 votes to pass legislation that's been filibustered. Not 51. Because if you had your way, Reps would've abolished the ACA in 2017 on a simple majority vote. And there'd be no vaccine.
Friendly reminder: Dems DID shoot Lieberman out of a cannon. They primaried him out of office in 2006, only for him to win on an independent bid after the Dem and Rep split the vote. Then Dems had no choice but to caucus with him. Also, if you believe the rumors - McCain wanted him for VP.
Part of me wonders if that's not a NASA knee-jerk reaction to the Mars Lander debacle. "All information given to the US must be in imperial units. Even if it won't make any sense? ESPECIALLY if it won't make any sense."
Counterpoint: Sam Walton -> his idiot children The only thing historically worse than 1st generation dictators are 2nd generation dictators.
It completely makes sense when you realize that the left blames Dems for what the right does because they want to destroy the party. Biden was able to do progressive things without destroying capitalism, which if it were allowed to continue would've made the left completely irrelevant.
This part. We're both military types. You don't NJP a sailor on gold team because blue team didn't do their jobs. The only thing that does is destroy ship morale.
I don't care if they blame Democrats for things that are THEIR FAULT. But stop blaming Democrats for what Republicans do. But the reason that they can't give the GOP agency is that then they would have to admit they failed to inform voters about just how dangerous Trump and a GOP trifecta was.
It really seems that people forgot that the Trump administration's initial reaction was to not do anything about COVID because they thought it would only decimate Democratic majority cities. And the left's was to call it "boomer remover' and think it would help them win the Democratic primaries.
RFK Jr may be orange now, but orange is NOT the new Black. And that was Michelle Obama's actual mistake: suggesting white families could do better at raising their kids while being Black.
What brought up #4 ?
Writers strikes were to Trump what the Academy of Fine Arts was to Hitler. Change my mind.
Fetterman racially profiled and pointed a shotgun at a Black teenager before he had his stroke. But "progressives" didn't care because he promised them legal weed. "I'm okay with racism, but I draw the line at federal laws against getting high".
And yet your entire timeline is slandering Dems, so why should we believe you? You blame Dems for what Republicans do. You blame Dems for Republicans saving Trump. How is that any different than seeing a rape victim and asking if the dress they were wearing wasn't really to blame?
Why didn't you vote to put Trump in prison then? Hillary wins - Trump's in prison. Kamala wins - Trump's in prison. Dems never had power because Republicans controlled the Supreme Court. And they controlled the Supreme Court because the left decided they could risk Trump in 2016.
Go check out the UAL meeting minutes. Its the same thing, interspersed with bragging about how they gold plated their yacht or something similar. BRIC is sniping, and the UAL is dick measuring.
Really though to have an economic alliance with 4 countries that if they had the economic means, they'd be at war with each other.
BRICS still isn’t a thing. It was a Goldman Sachs marketing pitch to drum up investment in developing economies, then some people ran with the label because they like the idea of a broad, powerful, anti-US, anti-West, anti-Global North, whatever you want to call it, alliance. But it isn’t one.
The most relatable parts about this post is that the user A) remembered they made a relevant post B) couldn't remember anything about it other than "Sonic" C) searched their account for "Sonic" and scrolled D) feels awkward now for how many posts about Sonic they have made
Yeah, it got Khive in a YUGE fight. I mean, it threatened to destroy the entire movement, long time allies blocked each other... It was a huge mess. @chrislongview.bsky.social and @admiralmpj.bsky.social might remember more details than I...
Which is a position that's so steeped in privilege that it makes me want to break something... What that means is that either A) they're suicidal B) they're counting on Democrats to protect them, the same Democrats they just disavowed. It's this attitude that makes me think they need to suffer.
Sun Tsu wrote whole chapters on this very subject. What exactly do they think siege tactics are? Vibes? Letters? Pathetic.
"She didn't earn my vote" is the 21st century version of "I was just following orders." There was a chance to stop this and not give Netanyahu the President he wanted in control of the federal government. Those voters chose to not stop the evil that was Trump. They deserve nothing but scorn.
You know he actually sponsored legislation to turn Medicaid over to the states just to get rid of CHIP? His M4A bill also would've defunded CHIP (and Tricare, Medicare, etc) which would've meant after it was ruled unconstitutional by the Republicans on SCOTUS - we'd have no healthcare at all.
The media AND Trump both wanted Bernie as the nominee. The media because Bernie has so many soundbites to make fun of. Trump because to quote John Kasich "We'd win all 50 states". Ken needs to do something about open primaries, because Republicans gamed the fuck out of them in 2016.
This is because if the media was honest and admitted that the reason the Democratic minority cannot stop Trump is not because of Dems but rather is the fault of voters who refused to recognize Trump for the threat he was and gave his party complete control - they'd lose viewers.
So wait, are you telling me voters actually didn't vote in a Republican majority in the house and senate while the Republicans also controlled the Supreme Court? Whew, that's a relief. I thought for a moment there that the American white voters were a bunch of fucking morons.
No, there hasn't. 2193 (cisgender) + 4 (transgender) = 2197.
If they had done this prior to November, it would've mattered. But now, it doesn't. The problem is that if Ali and MSNBC were honest, their news coverage would be "Trump is a menace to society, voters failed America and Dems have no power to stop them, and now the weather." Bad for ratings.
Right now? Nothing would change. Until voters start pressuring Republicans to stop Trump and Vance, nothing will change. The problem is that Dems could replace every member of the senate with their favorite fighter, and it would have no effect. Because Republicans control 100% of government.
COVID was an excellent example of how the left and right teamed up to attack the Democrats. The right would sue to block mandates, refuse lockdown orders, fight to block tests and supplies from going to families, and ultimately defunded all federal COVID programs. The left - blamed Democrats.
I'm old enough to remember when Politico claimed that Biden was going to shun Harris for Jamie Dimon in 2020. I haven't paid them dust since. Too many people start at "my priors are 100% correct, and work backwards from there, discounting anything that challenges them.
A large part of that is because the more poor a family is, the less likely they are to avoid going to a doctor for preventive care. So they would hold off going to the hospital until they were really sick and could go to the ER. And by then the options were limited at best.
Why do you think you won't be in prison for providing material support to a terrorist group? Trump, who you helped put in office by slandering Dems, has made it very clear that his administration sees no difference between Palestine and Hamas. You're free because you help the GOP win elections.
Actually, you're no different. You're both enemies of the world, because the result of your actions were the same: Trump in power and Netanyahu getting the government he wanted. "She didn't earn my vote" will be this generation's "I was just following orders."
And yet voters blamed Democrats for Republicans refusing to vote to convict, Republicans for refusing to cooperate with subpoenas, and Republicans for deciding that a President was a king. That's the crux of the problem. Republicans never get blamed for what they do. By voters OR the media.
Except unlike yours, mine aren't opinions. They're facts. Voters are mad at Democrats because they refuse to be honest with themselves. They are the cause of this. They gave Trump power. They gave Trump a majority in every branch. And the only people that can stop Trump are Republicans.
Republican's superpower is they never have to earn their votes if they can survive a primary. Which means that Republicans spend almost ALL of their political efforts persuading people to NOT vote for Democrats. Their voters will always show up, even if just to cancel out a liberal vote.
The delays caused by Schumer and Jeffries have ignored for what opportunities they were to voters, a chance to persuade Republicans to side against Trump. The only way to stop Trump is to get the help of Republicans. Your rallies and protests are actually less effective than what Schumer had done.
We do know what they've been doing. We also know the truth the media won't tell you: That it doesn't matter. Stopping Trump is 100% on the GOP. Not Democrats. Because that's what voters decided in 2024: to give 100% of control to Republicans. It's the voters who are failing democracy.
The time to stop Trump was in November. Now the only thing we can do is survive him. There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING a Democrat in office can do to stop Trump that a citizen can't. And the media knows this. But they also know that if they told the truth, they'd lose ratings.
We need voters who care more about their rights than they do being entertained. Rights are earned and preserved, not given freely. Frankly - we deserve this because we've taken our rights for granted for too long. And it's not Democrat's fault. It's ours. Consequences breed growth.
The problem is that you don't know what Schumer's job is, because the media had a vested interest in lying to you about how important the Supreme Court was in what it enabled a minority party to do. So you keep assuming Schumer has levers he can pull but won't. But no one does.
Why is he only attacking the party 50% of the time that controls 100% of the power? Here's the inconvenient truth: Nothing, from letters to speeches to press conferences to riots will change that Republicans control 100% of the levers of government. The only group that can stop Trump is the GOP
"First Contact", not Origins. Sorry.
And DS9, talks about the war, but again in more vague terms and more as a general societal collapse, rather than a nuclear war. Origins talks about a nuclear war and the resulting collapse that forced them to start working on warp technology. Star Trek's canon is is a bit of a mess.
"I took your living wage, deducted the cost of rent, food, medical insurance, and this is what's left." Behold the NET living wage.
No, voters and the media are the Uvalde cops. Democrats are the teachers stuck in the room with the mass shooter. They have seniority but not authority. And they're being blamed for not Jason Bourne-ing the mass shooter after the voters took away anything that could be used as a weapon.
