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2)…wanna bet the cop was driving at a high rate of speed, in a vehicle without lights and sirens?

I wouldn’t bet against it but I’ve had the same thing happen. Buddy was driving and it was a bright sunny summer afternoon. We were doing all of 30MPH and an old lady pulled out onto the road maybe 20’ in front of us. The Samurai we were in was totaled and so was her Buick. She didn’t die but she did spend a couple of days in hospital. I bounced my head off the windshield so hard I was knocked out and I bent the passenger door out a good 4" with my right arm / elbow. My buddy was also knocked out from banging his head off the windshield even with his seatbelt on. That can happen when your vehicle is suddenly gets 18" shorter.

I’m not defending the cop but sometimes drivers just do dumb shit, especially older ones.

You know if James Lindsey tried this shotgun method with mainstream publications too he might just find holes in publishing are just everywhere?

You should check into what he did back in 2018. 😉

Here’s an archive link to sidestep the paywall: https://archive.ph/0CMkb

Here’s the biography and credentials of the primary expert: https://cass.independent-review.uk/about-the-review/the-chair/

I can understand being angry with what’s happening but I don’t believe there’s any question about that persons medical expertise and credentials.

What an idiotic take.

I don’t think so. The “woke right”, which is different than regular MAGA, is following the same oppressor / oppressed language that has gained so much traction on the other side of the political aisle. You may not agree with who the “woke right” is claiming as oppressors, or even the claim that they are oppressed, but James Lindsay just proved that the language resonates with both groups. He’s not happy about it either, hence his comments that the “woke right” is corrupting conservatism.

Time to call Epirus and get a couple of their LEONIDAS systems in there.

…which is why he was reluctant to enforce them before now.

That’s certainly part of it but the 2nd half of the article touches on the ramifications to other parts of US and Western foreign policy and relations. If the US goes full on, such as direct sanctions on buyers of Russian O&G there would be deep impacts to China and India, two countries where we are already trying to thread a foreign policy needle.

It is, unfortunately, a balancing act.

Shush, this article isn’t about US Politics.

But they never write this stuff about their allies in saudi arabia.

Who exactly is the “they” you are referring too?

Here’s the BBC from last year.

Here’s Amnesty International in September.

Here’s the AP News in March of 2022.

Your Conspiracy Theory is rejected.

Unfortunately we can’t just build something out of particles like this.

Yet. We can’t do it yet. Now that we know it’s possible under the right conditions maybe we can figure it out with a century of effort.

Assad was a butcher and however he was overthrown it’s a net positive for the people of Syria.

Habits in general have nothing to do with “productive workers”. Literal children in socialist societies can care about their habits such as brushing their teeth or being to the breakfast table on time. A teen may consciously decide to install in themselves a habit of reading one chapter of a book every day. A new religious convert may work to create a habit of praying 3 times a day.

People, even children, can also decide to work to unlearn habits. The new atheist that works to stop praying 3 times a day, the dad who decides to stop the “bad habit” of smoking, the child who stops the habit of bugging their parents for a toy every time they are at the store.

So I think you need to back up and work out why you believe habits, good or bad, only relate to work as it doesn’t seem to be true.

Windows 10 installs are GROWING while Windows 11 are actually shrinking.

As someone whose been in the industry a long time I promise you that is not going to last. Starting in January the number of Windows 11 installations will start rising quickly while Windows 10s starts dropping off just as fast. With W10 going EoL in October anyone in a regulated industry will be forced to switch to a supported OS.

Yes I’m aware that you can hop to W10 LTSC for $30 but that is absolutely not going to change much since PC hardware from 2019/2020 is at or near EoL, both physically and from an accounting perspective, so it needs replacing anyway and that new hardware will come with Windows 11.

That’s simple enough, create a process where CO2 is removed from the air and turned into oil. The chemistry of the individual steps is already known and achievable, the hard part is the energy input required to make it work.

Edit: Okay so I typed the reply and then went and read the paper. Turns out that what I described is kinda-sorta what they’ve done, although it’s certainly not a finished or industrially viable process at this point.

If this happens to two or three more CEOs over the next couple of months, they’ll change their position on gun control,

Say what? Nearly every CEO who is willing to talk about firearms is already pushing for more Gun Control with both their words and their money. The obvious exceptions are of course Firearm CEOs and maybe Elon Musk.

Seriously, have you ever looked at whose funding all of the Gun Control efforts and Politicians in this country? It’s a veritable whose who of Democrat Billionaires and CEOs.

Hold onto your socks, because here we gooooo…

You forget who those Armed American Civilians virtually ALL voted for.

Don’t believe the hype, there’s plenty of Armed American Civilians who didn’t vote for that guy. They are not the real majority they are just noisy.

What is Bubba going to do with his Ford and his AR when a fuckin’ tank rolls down the middle of 23rd Avenue?

Where is the fuel coming from to keep that tank rolling and how is it getting there?

How about when a drone hits his buddy with three fingers and all the pipe bombs?

Where does that drone operator live? Where are the parts for that drone coming from, how are they getting there, and who is assembling them?

The US Military runs on logistics and those logistics chains are entirely dependent on civilians playing along. This is why true Civil Wars are Nation Breakers.

I honestly fear that our military will do something like this.

Your fear is overblown. The US Military would get chewed up and spit out by Armed American Civilians. We outnumber them by at least 50 to 1 and there would be nowhere for them to retreat too in between engagements. Their logistics would be entirely cutoff and they wouldn’t even be able to go home because their neighbors (at least some of them) would be waiting.

They could try but realistically it would be over (in most places) in like two weeks.

Depends on the reason. If’s a clear and justifiable one then I’ll try and help, otherwise I’ll do what the authorities are requesting.

If it’s NOT a clear or justifiable reason then I may have to give my old friend Thomas Jefferson a call.