CayceG

An active duty US soldier set himself on fire yesterday in front of the Israeli embassy as a protest against the genocide. He died of his injuries. While he was burning he yelled "Free Palestine."

Police response involved one guy trying to put him out with a fire extinguisher and another guy pointing a gun at him yelling "get on the ground."

I hesitate to put it on the level of Andor, but it is compelling storytelling with good characters. It's still got dramatic moments but they play differently than dramatic moments in Andor. 

I highly recommend Bad Batch anyway. 

The comprehensiveness and interweaving of the Star Wars canon does make "catching up" more of a chore than it needs to be. But it's something that I do recommend people who are interested in the overall story to do eventually. 

On my list too, but I got booted off the Disney+ that I was mooching, so I gotta find another plug. 

Just now, Nokra said:

I'm curious, what would you have liked to see instead? 

Understand that I get Jon Stewart's role here: He's an entertainer and not a journalist. But I think framing this as a "isn't Tucker such a dope for being a shill to Russia" isn't what I want, despite this harkening back to when Jon Stewart dumped on Tucker so bad it got his CNN show cancelled. 

He took down Tucker point for point (cheap groceries/he spent half the weekly salary of a Russian, neat shopping carts, accepting Putin's framing of issues, "Hitler"/"of course.") which is good. But I just don't think Tucker is an important piece of the puzzle here. The real meat is the false reality the Russian propaganda has constructed around not just the war in Ukraine but the issue of NATO and their history at large. 

Stewart touched on it with respect to Russian nationalism becoming allies with the far right and many Republicans in the culture war. And there's a larger tie-in between that and the Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But that horse has been beaten to death by now. 

So, for what I wanted to see... I don't really know that I wanted to see it at all. I've seen others dump on Tucker for this plus all the other stuff he's done. I don't think this is anything new. And it certainly doesn't say anything new about the war or Putin's justification. 

I didn't find that Daily Show segment worth anything. Even with it being aimed at Tucker, it was more just clowning on him for being a shill--which is something we knew already. 

I find that Jon Stewart has outlived his usefulness with respect to our political landscape.

20 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

Jesus. A man rescued some women who were still in Andiivka and has shared the video of them leaving the city. Russia now has the city surrounded and Ukraine is withdrawing completely (if they haven't already completed). Russia likely lost 2x as many dead as when they took Bakhmut...but they still have taken it. This is the first city to fall since Bakhmut. 

 

https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1758949767223148781?s=20

 

EDIT - How do you embed twitter, now? Anyway, watch if you can.

At the end they say they delivered them to Pokrovsk. That's the next city over in Ukrainian held territory and it's where some friends of mine were from and lived up until the new invasion. 

lol

lmao

20 minutes ago, elbobo said:

 

why is putting a nuclear warhead in orbit difficult, they are small compared to most satellites?

 

I understand the threat it poses both immediate and for the future of weaponizing space but is it actually a major technical achievement?  

Well, outside of it being EXPLICITLY against the Outer Space Treaty, having a nuke parked in space makes for a real big challenge in maintaining the equipment and making sure it's in good working order. And recovering it/taking it out of service means you deorbit a satellite and then have to pick through the wreckage to find a nuke...

25 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

If it's a "space laser", I'd shrug.

 

If it's a space-based EMP or really effective ASAT weapon, I panic.

Space-based EMP would literally just be a nuke since EMPs don't really exist.

34 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

@CayceG @MarSolo  @CastlevaniaNut18

 

Uh oh. Orhers think the game was rigged!

 

The president is making fun of you, idiot.

The trouble with that is at the front SpaceX can't turn off Russia's Starlinks without hitting Ukraine's since the proximity is too close. 

5 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I'm honestly just joking 😆 

Nothing about your posts make anyone think you are anything but serious. 

1 hour ago, TheLeon said:

Don’t forget that she’s only “dating” Kelce so that when the Chiefs win the (rigged) Super Bowl, she will have a massive platform to endorse Biden. Because, you know, that’s the only way for her to get her message out to millions of people. 

44 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I have a bad feeling you're correct about the game being rigged. 

You people are out of your minds. 

The new head of the military was the commander who led the defense of Kyiv during the initial phases of the invasion. So I'm cautiously optimistic. 

Za and Ze simply don't trust one another. 

Fuck man. He was great. And he was having so much fun making The Mandalorian  

I did not enjoy it!

I get it's a brand showcase, but it really didn't strike me as funny at all. 

3 hours ago, SoberChef said:

Still waiting on tax credits for people being responsible and NOT further populating our already crowded planet. Oh that's right, we're punished for not creating more consumers, my bad.

What'd you do last night?

Anything you wanted, right?

That's your tax break. 

This attitude among other people without kids makes me sick.

God dammit. 

7 hours ago, Chadatog said:

Last week's QAA podcast was the history of this and the current hellscape that is the US cadaver and body part market.

It was a very good episode and the presenter is a wonderful woman that I've had the pleasure of hanging out with! She's very well-versed in the subject. 

The Connies need to hurry up and get built. They're perfect for this. 

This facility is also an hour or more outside of Nashville. There are no local resources. 

I have no clue what to say other than just to lament how we treat people who need significant medical behavioral help. 

This is what the LCS was built for with its optional Hellfire missile launcher. 

Oh well  

4 hours ago, silentbob said:

They updated last week to 90secs before midnight

Technically it moved from 100 seconds to 90 seconds LAST year. The update for 2024 was just a week or so ago and they elected not to move the hands. 

But this stuff in Yemen is absolutely not at all the biggest threat of existential conflict or crisis. It's just another in a series of "kinetic actions" in the Middle East that might expand in scope. 

1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

 

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1753011305466740859?s=20

 

Video of the hit from multiple vantage points—it looks like at least 2-3 drones hit it. Another ship promoted to submarine. Image of the ship sinking:

Beautiful shot.