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I kinda meant threatening people's families was a good way to get the opposite response for what you're going for, and also possibly preemptively killed.

I've been seeing a lot of strories about homicides are way up, but the FBI made it weird how they want to collect the data and the big cities just can't be bothered to report it correctly any more.

Back in '92, during an exercise in the Med, my ship accidentally slammed a Sparrow missile into the bridge of an allied ship (wasn't my fault). Rumor has it we had peeps over there to help.... but also assess how effective our missile was in a real-world situation. That's what I picture a lot of. No...

I cant help but think the US forces are watching the Drone Wars.... Ukraine, Huthis, this, and taking a lot of notes.

I wouldn't be entirely surprised if we cancelled the next-next aircraft carrier, for a drone robot ship.

Drone swarm is a shitload cheaper than a single $10M missile.

Can you imagine the thought process?

"Hey, we haven't killed any jews lately. I'm starting to feel twitchy. Where can we hit some women and children next week?"

Mossad is generally pretty good at figuring shit like that out.

Good argument for his point.

I missed all of that.

why did Israel hit the Syrian embassy?

Take what? I missed the instigator.

My 2011 F-150 has been paid off forever, and was very well maintained. Engine still purrs like a kitten. I'd keep it forever.

And I learned recently the frame is rusting out.

God dammit.

It's always good government when they need to trick people as a matter of course.

I better put a pin in Northern Exposure and watch this while it's hot.

So is anyone else besides me bemused at the FAFSA problems? I just learned General Dynamics was paid $181M to change the input form, and change the calculation equations a little bit. Even if im understating it, as I understand it still interfaces with the IRS, holy shit, they had years and a couple...

I choose to believe the oj tweet was real.

Government: damn we pay a lot in Medicare and Medicaid for peeps. Other government: yeah we do. Gov: how can we reduce those costs? Other government: IDK, education programs for healthier living? G: nah fam, the people we support are damn dumb and don't listen. OG: Can we force them to eat better an...

Are there many employment vectors out there that require zero skill or education, and don't involve holding a shovel? Most of these people couldn't hold the weight of a shovel.

"It's just socialized education, but with extra steps."

Which I'm not entirely against.

But I can see there's nuances to it, and arguments to be made.

Can you imagine any politician running for high(ish) office.... anything higher than local mayor, and their thought process is purely "I want to do some good!" No one is spending millions to get elected for a $250k salary, with the Rockwellian ideal of simply making the world a better plac...

I know I have a habit of believing that all politicians are corrupt, and all of them are taking bribes and lining the nests, but only because it's true. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/sam-randazzo-recently-charged-in-ohios-biggest-corruption-case-found-dead/ I'm a First Ener...