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811.
by giardini 2y ago
Apologies to all but acdha: just realized that, in this thread, I was speaking to the wrong end of the horse!8-((
812.
by giardini 2y ago
TFA says "Some ammunition can take out a helicopter ..." which is true enough. I merely pointed out that most anything can "take out a helicopter". Attachment of this discussion to the Ukrainian conflict and DOD is yo
813.
by giardini 2y ago
The real questions are: - Did Starbucks bill Thompson for his drink before the shooting? - If so, did they refund any charge (since he presumably did not pick up the drink)? - Can Starbucks legally refund money to a credit card account
814.
by giardini 2y ago
I simply must remark on some details[brackets mine] FTFA: >"Some ammunition can [1]take out a helicopter or [2]blow straight through an armored tank followed by a concrete building, out the other side, then explode, hitting targets
815.
by giardini 2y ago
Jumped the shark there, dude! But some of these posts are hilarious over-the-top horseshit. Seriously... Get a grip. For all we know the shooter was pissed b/c his girlfriend was banging the health insurance executive while babysitting
816.
by giardini 2y ago
Likely a placebo effect.
817.
by giardini 2y ago
How about everyone cease posting about health insurance? To do so is unrelated to the search for a named suspect in a murder . Once there is a named suspect we MIGHT be able to speculate about motive. The shooter could be a jealous boyfrie
818.
by giardini 2y ago
I was disappointed b/c it was not clear. OP could have instead stated: "...former president Park Geun-hye was secretly a religious cult member." which is shorter and clearer.
819.
by giardini 2y ago
Where's the Gibraltar Wave Farm? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar_Wave_Farm Perhaps omitted since Gibraltar is a British possession and therefore not in the EU?
820.
by giardini 2y ago
All that beautiful farmland tied up to be ruined by war. WTF is wrong with the Russian people? One nut-ball gains power and the whole country falls down prostrate in obedience. Perhaps Lenin, Stalin, et al killed off all the independent t
821.
by giardini 2y ago
No one understands increased productivity? The video is OK but the title is misleading.
822.
by giardini 2y ago
Have they issued any warrants for Hamas leaders for the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel?
823.
by giardini 2y ago
Absolutely nuts! Why, when I was a kid we ranged through the city, adjacent forests, rivers, lakes, streams, and over peoples' fences without provocation from anyone except other roving gangs of boys (upon whose detection a dirt-clod b
824.
Generative AI doesn't have a coherent understanding of the world(news.mit.edu)
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825.
by giardini 2y ago
Half the population has an IQ below 100. On another note: Winston Churchill: "...it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time..." But I am incr
826.
by giardini 2y ago
As one of my friends says, Democrats were running around yelling 1."Women have the right to abortion." and 2."Everyone has the right to alter their own gender!" and, while I support the above [well, not exactly: I prefer
827.
by giardini 2y ago
Is this article unduly alarmist (the URL target is certainly inflammatory)
828.
by giardini 2y ago
I'm a Texas resident and this article about Texas and Texas drivers is horseshit filler. It is little more than "a day in the life of a traffic officer and a remedial driving trainer". Been the same for 40 year at least.
829.
by giardini 2y ago
Drones are easily brought down with shotguns and variants. And there's nothing preventing arming a drone with a repeating shotgun as well - an anti-drone drone. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2
830.
by giardini 2y ago
Fascinating! I've never hear of sortition. Likely zero chance of implementation in USA but also surprising that the founding fathers of the the USA apparently avoided serious consideration. Seems they may have dropped the ball on this
831.
by giardini 2y ago
wakawaka28's post (above) is sadly uninformed with a number of errors, and was likely made in anger. So I apologize to everyone: I sometimes bring out the worst in some people. Some notes: - Yes, I did date myself by my use of the term
832.
by giardini 2y ago
[I'd pointed out that hiding behind a car's engine block is not optimal and likely a waste of cognitive and physical energy but the "you don't have a clue" statement by wakawaka28 rileD me...] wakawaka28 says >&q
833.
by giardini 2y ago
>"... in a firefight, police are taught to hide behind a car’s engine block"< So the cop should possibly orient himself so that his/her head, heart and lungs [and maybe even his/her nuts, if (s)he has 'em] a
834.
by giardini 2y ago
kaikai says >"I do hope that you can understand the difference between knowing and understanding the rules, and blindly following the rules."< You could have done either: known and understood the rules or blindly followed t
835.
by giardini 2y ago
kaikai says "It’s wild what people will do in order to keep people from getting something they don’t “deserve,” even when it’s literal trash." But you haven't "stood in the other man's shoes" and seen it from
836.
by giardini 2y ago
Why?
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by giardini 2y ago
Where's the beef? The video shows something spinning inside the cylinder and then a drawing of two circles connected by a line . WTF!? What altitude did this reach?
838.
by giardini 2y ago
What else is important?
839.
by giardini 2y ago
Taiwan has 4 nuclear plants that IIRC they've chosen to not run *purely for political reasons*. The (imo crazy and crooked-as-hell) "green party" is currently in power). Once another party takes over, the nukes will likely be
840.
by giardini 2y ago
"...Bible (the non fiction parts..." How do you spot the "non fiction parts"? I like the King James Bible for the language and the stories but I think all of it is fiction.

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