sheikhnbake

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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The FGC-9 was used extensively in Myanmar for that exact purpose. The rebels would set up ambushes with FGC-9's and recover better firearms for future use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGC-9#Users_and_use
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
True. I used to do it regularly.
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
I mention 7.62 specifically because most folks not familiar with 3D printed firearms are unaware that such a thing is even possible. 9mm 3DP guns have hit the news cycle repeatedly, less so for higher power cartridges. IIRC, there's a
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
Depends on what the intended use is. 3DP firearms have proliferated internationally and have been used against conventional militaries. Agreed they aren't a replacement, but practical use cases exist.
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
> When he went a few seconds over his allotted 3 minute time limit, the city ordered Blanchard arrested and transported to the county jail. The city charged Blanchard with trespassing
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
3D gun printing has come a long way in a short amount of time. 3D printed lower receivers can weather several hundred rounds of 7.62 at this point
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
At this rate, I'm convinced our future AI overlords will put humanity down much more humanely than we are/will
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
You're preaching to the choir. The oligarchy has indeed thoroughly captured the fourth estate
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
Protests have been steadily breaking records each time they occur. Protests have been occurring across the country since he took office. This has all been widely publicized
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
That would require a level of class consciousness that has been violently suppressed for decades. Although maybe there's some hope based on continual record breaking no kings numbers
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
They weren't nonsense until we had people in positions of power decide that they were. At the end of the day, pieces of paper are just pieces of paper.
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The fatal flaw in our separation of powers is that even if congressional dems had a super majority, congress is powerless to enforce anything. And the press has been covering Trump's rhetoric and the war pretty heavily.
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
I hate to break this to you, but before the current regime, the Shah was violently enforcing no burka/niqab dress codes. The Shah that was installed by the West
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
RIP Magawa
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
You voluntarily got involved in a political discussion when you lamely attempted to assert that some things aren't political. The fact that you have decades of experience on this ball of mud and still espouse the things you do is embar
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The dismissal is based on decades of lived experience and seeing the same things over and over again. You aren't attempting to engage in good faith and clearly aren't interested in discussing anything more in-depth so my dismissal
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
It's not projecting when it's based directly on your comment history. I used to spout the same things about two decades ago. Hopefully you wise up at some point.
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
> a conservative, not a nazi who regurgitates pro-billionaire talking points and thinks the poor just need to lift themselves up by their bootstraps, with some christian persecution complex sprinkled in You aren't fooling anyone, ex
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The UK achieves this by having a diet relatively unchanged from that of Londoners during the Blitz
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
> I am surprised that the lay American gets so surprised that they do not like the American administration so much. Don't be. Most americans can't read above a 6th grade level
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
It should also be mentioned that a significant amount of Iraq's chemical weapons were given to Iraq by the US. Iraq destroyed the munitions they hadn't already used in Iran or against the Kurds. Then UNMOVIC was sent to Iraq to in
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
1/5th are below the voting age, but minors have also been demonstrating pretty heavily, particularly against ICE
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
We don't have to define it because we've won every day since the war started. Glorious leader said so
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
Hardware and equipment aside, there's been an ongoing purge of personnel in the DoD (DoW) since the admin took office. The pentagon was recently described as 'like game of thrones' due to military personnel getting axed over
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
Even if they don't, US war planners now have to factor the possibility of hidden AA defenses in their risk calculus moving forward. So no matter what, a win for Iran to some degree
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
> while the population just watches it happen... About 1/5 of America voted for this guy after seeing the trainwreck of his first admin. At the same time, protests response is continually growing and breaking records as economic dis
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
'‘Comrade Nation Builder’: How China views Donald Trump’s indictments in US' http://aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/25/comrade-nation-builder-h...
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
Iran has been preparing for this for decades. I wouldn't be surprised if they held a hidden reserve for air defense and let the USAF 'get comfortable' before redeploying
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
US doesn't have an expectation of privacy in public spaces. This allows for filming of anyone/anything in a public space. Following a specific individual or vehicle in public doesn't make a difference. Simply filming in publi
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by sheikhnbake 6mo ago
The 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals have recognized the First Amendment right to record law enforcement in public. The inclusion of drones and vehicles doesn't really change that.

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