Future War

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Sep 172021
 

A fan film set in the “Future War” of the first two Terminator films. Nothing at all resembling a plot; it seems to be a proof of concept film to see if the people working on it can replicate the look of the world  from those two movies. And while there is some definite low-budget “video game” feel to it… had this come out after Terminator or Terminator 2, we would have eaten it up.

The only Terminator big budget movie I would actually consider seeing now, after the woke disaster that was “Dark Fury,” would be one set in the proper original Future War timeline. With a good budget and modern techniques, it would be easy enough to put de-aged/deep-faked Michael Biehn as Reese, Schwarzenegger’s original Terminator and Michael Edwards as John Connor from T2 into the film.

 

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Britain leads the way in modern justice

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Sep 162021
 

As the government of Britain actively works to replace the English (and Welsh, and Scottish) culture with something more glitteringly diverse, old, stale notions of criminals receiving trials and punishments that don’t involve hacking bits off are going by the wayside. in their place, exciting new ideas in dealing with criminal activity, ideas that aren’t constrained by cisheterowhitenormativecryptolibertarianpatriarchal concepts like “law and order.”

Man has hand ‘chopped off at the wrist after Whitechapel vigilantes corner him’

Any comments along the lines that summarily chopping off peoples hands in the streets is not a good idea means you are an -ist and a -phobe.

 

Note that the suspected thief is not from the same community/culture that lopped his hand off (reportedly a Caribbean import was caught trying to rob Bengali imports). So culturally specific responses to crime are not being restricted to members of that culture.

 

Enoch Intesifies

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SpaceX Does It Again

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Sep 152021
 

SpaceX just launched the “Inspiration4” flight with four passengers in a Dragon capsule. What sets this apart: all four are private citizens (space tourists), not government employees or military folk. The capsule is not rendezvousing with the ISS, just floating on its own; consequently it didn’t need a docking adapter and it was fitted with a sizable cupola so the passengers will get a hell of a view. The flight is meant to last three days and reach an altitude of 575 kilometers, higher than anyone has flown since the Apollo days.

Note: Still no “Starliner” flights…

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Ummmmm…

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Sep 142021
 

Just an accusation  at this point, but…

Milley secretly called Chinese officials out of fear Trump would ‘attack’ in final days, book claims

I heard people yapping about this on random scraps of talk radio while trekking back and forth across Iowa today. “Treason” was a word tossed around a lot. I always managed to miss the context of the discussion, so I assumed that it was the usual hyperbole. But then…

“Gen. Li, you and I have known each other for now five years. If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time,” Milley added, as reported by the book, “Peril,” which is set to be released next week. “It’s not going to be a surprise.”

UMMM…

The claim is made that a US General called a Chinese counterpart and said that he would provide the Chinese warning  of American military actions. It seems he did not actually provide any such warning; and it is of course possible that he was simply lying for some reason. But offering to provide aid and comfort to the enemy, even if you don’t actually do it… that’s a bad look for anyone, never mind a military man. Never especially mind the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Nowhere near enough to start tossing around trials for treason. But more than enough – if confirmed, and if confirmed to have been done without the Commander In Chiefs approval – for a summary reduction in rank to Private and then drummed from the service for insubordination. Considering his spectacular failure in Afghanistan and delusional belief int he threat of white supremacy, he really needs to be presented with an opportunity to explore new career options in the food service industry.

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Bigger story with less coverage

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Sep 142021
 

Why do I shrug at the “January 6” narrative? Because *actual* cases of terrorism and sedition like the one below go largely unreported by the media (certainly not getting the coverage of a Viking LARPer acting the fool in Congress), even though the actual events and actual motives were far worse than a bunch of chuckleheads wandering around the halls of power uninvited.

Former Washington state Democrat organizer federally convicted over terrorist attack on railroad

The attempt was made to cause trains carrying hazardous materials to derail and/or blow through road intersections without setting off the crossing guards, thus putting cars and trucks at risk of getting hit. Derailing a tanker train in a city is a good way to create a massive disaster. This was not just attempted murder, but attempted *multiple* murder in the service of leftist political goals.

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LESS

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Sep 132021
 

An animation of one of the Lunar Escape System concepts. The idea was that if the lunar module ran into some sort of trouble and couldn’t launch back into orbit, the ascent stage could be torn apart and jerry-rigged into a minimalist launch system… essentially a couple of lawn chairs stuck to a few propellant tanks and a rocket. Could it have worked? Sure. Would it have worked? Ehhhhhh….

If it’s “do this crazy thing or give up and die,” I can see the Apollo astronauts getting straight to work.

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