This is… huh. As pointed out by others, imagine the media firestorm if Trump had babbled out something like this:
We coulda had the platinum plan but instead we get this: pic.twitter.com/61oav6TpTe
— Malcolm Fle✘ (@Malcolm_fleX48) February 22, 2021
All sales are final.
United Flight 328 out of Denver was a it more exciting than usual yesterday. The engine disassembled shortly after takeoff; imagine how thrilling that flight would have been had it done so well out over the Pacific on its way to Hawaii.
… you ain’t black. So sayeth the most popular and non-senile President in American history.
.@JoeBiden suggests many minorities just aren't smart enough to "get online." pic.twitter.com/FVKMjk8rse
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) February 17, 2021
How Joe Biden Thinks Black People Use Computers pic.twitter.com/f4fiNkd5Ma
— Rob Smith 🇺🇸 (@robsmithonline) February 19, 2021
It’s really remarkable… the left has been burning the midnight oil for *years* proclaiming that anyone who wants low taxes, limited government, gun rights, objective reality, cops and non-crappy comic books are racist white supremacists. And yet, who is it that you can consistently rely upon to talk down to anyone darker-complected than a paper bag?
The Lock Picking Lawyer is always a channel worth watching. And if you ever find yourself in need of defeating a lock, he might well have a video that can show you how to do it… and often how to do it *very* quickly. Some locks turn out to be ridiculously easily defeated.
Such is the case here. This is not a practical lock, but a lock meant purely as a gift. It is a keyless lock that, once closed, is supposed to never be opened again, to demonstrate the permanence of love. He opens it in about three seconds.
Burning down a brick-and-mortar science fiction bookstore was not good enough for the modern book burners; now they’re going after publishers who publish wrongthink in order to prevent those books from getting printed in the first place. In this case, Baen Books which has the temerity to publish some authors who are libertarians and even GASP conservatives.
Once again the transitory nature of life is driven home to me by one of my computers giving up on doing its job. This was my dedicated internet computer, an HP that has a plastic case that has been falling apart for a year now (apparently a common problem with that model). It still runs, but it has decided that it no longer wants to actually connect to wifi, which kinda defeats the purpose of an internet computer. It might be tomorrow or longer before I’m up and running again. This is being tapped out on my phone, which is a pain.
UPDATE: Aaaaaaaaaaaannnnd now it’s working again. Hmmm. Should I trust it to keep functioning? Hmmm. I think I’ll put as much faith in its continued functioning as I would in the continued proper functioning of a career politician who has recently stumbled across a sane policy position. in other words: still gonna hunt down a replacement.
Last year the ore carrier “Stellar Banner” ran aground off Brazil (February 2020). The decision was made to scuttle the vessel, and in June of 2020 it was sunk in deeper waters. This process took 20 minutes… but most of the actual sinking occurred in a matter of seconds:
Once it started going, it went down in a hurry.
He’s been fighting lung cancer for a while. Get ready for a tidal wave of gloating by The Worst People In The World.
UPDATE: As Expected.
Some actual wisdom:
Keep in mind, their hatred of Rush is really a hatred of you. Their celebration of his death is the hatred of the ideas he shared with millions of people. They hate you as much as they hate him, and that hate stems from an ignorance they have no desire to cure.
— Brandon Morse (beep/boop) (@TheBrandonMorse) February 17, 2021
Difficulty: stuff’s in Finland.
I was directed to an online auction of space replicas. The first items were things like 1/72 scale Space Shuttles and 1/72 scale Saturn V’s and Atlases and Redstones… nice enough, but nothing out of the ordinary.
BUT THEN…
And…
And…
And…
And…
And…
And not last and certainly not least:
Gimme gimme gimme gimme…
Where would I put a 1/10 scale Saturn V if I had one? I have no friggen’ clue.
The auction appears to be a bankruptcy auction:
Online bankruptcy auction under the authority of trustee Mr. M.W. Schüller of Lexington Advocaten in Hoofddorp concerning the inventory originating from the bankruptcy of John Nurnimen Events B.V. at Schiphol. The goods are located in Finland.
“John Nurnimen Events” still has a functioning website, but was declared bankrupt in the Netherlands, so I’m a bit confounded as to what’s going on here. On one hand I’m saddened that such a collection of awesomeness was apparently not a profitable enterprise; on the other hand… it’s Finland. I’m unclear that that would be the best place for such a thing. The specific website for the “NASA – A Human Adventure” traveling exhibition is offline, though it’s archived.
Opening bids on all these things are 100 Euro each. I have no idea what they’ll go for, though I imagine shipping costs could be a bit spendy.
If you find yourself in this situation… find yourself *away* from it lickety damn split. You’re asking to be used as a lightning rod.
Bonus rounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYq41HtUWWs
