Bubbles’ protest at an empty parking lot lot is even more ridiculous in video form, where you can clearly see:
1: The other side was an empty lot, not a concentration camp
2: There were far more photographers than protestors
3: The friggen’ gate was *open.*
Let’s talk about photo ops pic.twitter.com/17zxQnyqSi
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 2, 2019
A lot of movies have a scene with Someone being chased by enemies; Someone jumps into a body of water to escape, swims deep, and catches a bunch of bullets fired from above. This is patent nonsense; water will stop most bullets in just a foot or three, if not a matter of inches. But it seems that if you design your bullets properly, you can get meaningful travel through water measured in *dozens* of feet. Supercavitation forms a thin layer of gas around the projectile so that the projectile seems to be traveling through a gas rather than a liquid, massively dropping drag. In some high speed torpedoes this gas sheath is created by ejecting gas from the nose. But bullets do this by carefully shaping the nose; the shaping causes the water to boil into a vapor.
Just the thing for the Navy to use to take out incoming torpedoes, nearby mines and pesky scuba divers. Now you can use your AR-15 for fishing. Neato.
Eighth in the series. Read after the break…
Adidas-UK’s PR department thought they had a winner: an online promotion where Twitter users could get their handles put onto a shirt, the images auto-re-tweeted by Adidas. It took a fraction of a second before the trolls came out with new offensive Twitter handles that Adidas automatically retweeted to the world.
Gosh, who could have seen that coming. I’m shocked. SHOCKED.
You’d think people would learn a thing or two from Boaty McBoatface.
Very possible that the threat is merely the usual online bloviating. But given the state of things, it’s equally likely that acid attacks are the next stage in the far left’s hatred of normal people.
People are forever saying that if such-and-such were to occur, they’d take up arms and go hunt down the opposition. This, too, is usually mere chest thumping with no actual followthrough. If things turn real bad real fast normal people will often get violent, but if things get real bad real slow, normal people will usually just sit there and take it. I have no idea if the current progression of leftwing violence to straight up domestic terrorism is fast or slow as such things go, but I won’t be the least bit surprised if straight up street battles are in the near future. If you were a conservative/right winger/Republican/nationalist/any-other-damn-thing out in public and someone in a mask came within throwing distance of you… what would you do, knowing that there is every reason to believe that Antifa and the like are ready to commit mass murder?
The history of people like Antifa gaining power is a history of blood, pogroms, planned famines and death camps. It is something that has made a lot of people scratch their heads in confusion over the years… “why didn’t they fight back, rather than just marching off to their deaths?” It may be something we’ll get to examine up close relatively soon.
… is being pushed again.
Murals painted in 1955 are to be removed and hidden away because racist students are upset. From the Tufts press release:
In an open forum last year, students spoke about feeling alienated by the murals and questioned the university’s support for imagery that undermines its values of diversity and inclusion—a response especially important because Alumnae Lounge is a frequent gathering space for awards ceremonies and other events.
“Students have told us that they don’t want to receive awards in Alumnae Lounge because they feel excluded, and that’s important to hear,” said Deborah Kochevar, senior vice president and provost ad interim.
Yes, it’s important to hear so you know which students aren’t there to actually learn anything useful but are merely being coddled.
The Orion capsule abort test seems to have been a success. It was certainly damned impressive looking. The test vehicle looks a lot like an early Polaris.
Full Orion AA-2 test video. All major events completed within two minutes.
It really did look totally as advertised! Presser in a few hours. pic.twitter.com/M1BaQ4i7hH
— Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) July 2, 2019
Seventh in the series. Read after the break…
… and self-important SJWs will take your whole culture from you.
Poor ol’ Colin is upset that the shoes have US flags on them:
Nike nixed the released of the Air Max 1 USA after having already sent the sneakers to retailers because the protesting quarterback said he felt the use of the Betsy Ross flag was offensive and carried slavery connotations
UPDATE:
There is a smidgeon of good news coming out of this…
“Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation’s independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism. It is a shameful retreat for the company. American businesses should be proud of our country’s history, not abandoning it.
“Nike has made its decision, and now we’re making ours. I’ve ordered the Arizona Commerce Authority to withdraw all financial incentive dollars under their discretion that the State was providing for the company to locate here. Arizona’s economy is doing just fine without Nike. We don’t need to suck up to companies that consciously denigrate our nation’s history.”
Just an FYI: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is running classic science fiction movies on Tuesday nights in July.
July 2: “A Trip To The Moon,” 1902; “Metropolis,” 1926; “Di Frau Im Mond,” 1931; “Things to Come,” 1936; and bunch of “Flash Gordon” serials.
July 9: “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” 1951; “The War Of The Worlds,” 1953; “Forbidden Planet,” 1956; “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” 1956; “It Came from Outer Space,” 1953; “The Thing From Another World,” 1951; “Earth vs the Flyign Saucers,” 1956
July 16: “Destination Moon,” 1950; “For All mankind,” 1989; “Countdown,” 1968; ” From the Earth to the Moon,” 1958; “First Men In the Moon,” 1964; “20 million Miles to Earth,” 1957, “Them!” 1954; “The Blob,” 1958; “The Fly,” 1958
July 23: “The Time Machine,” 1960; “2001,” 1968; “Five Million Miles to Earth,” 1968; “Marooned,” 1969; “Twelve to the Moon,” 1960; “Village of the Damned,” 1960
July 30: “Close Encounters of the third Kind,” 1977; “Star Wars,” 1977; “Star Trek II,” 1982; “Solaris,” 1972; “Logans Run,” 1975; “Westworld,” 1973; “2010,” 1984