I have no idea who this guy is. But the story plays out almost exactly as you’d expect. Sometimes you *can* judge a book by it’s cover.
The comments section has some Wisdom For The Ages.
The WTFery continues, this time with a trailer for a stop-motion movie that Phil Tippet began working on before Jurassic Park. Say what you will about the trailer… it’s not one of those where the trailer basically lays out the whole plot, where you come away thinking that there’s no point in actually watching the movie because you’ve already got it all.
At about 3:58 in this video you can see the worlds largest aircraft take off as seen by a near-suicidal drone. Yow.
Huh.
Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn calls for a moment of silence “for my fallen colleague, officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries he sustained in the line of duty defending the Capitol of our beloved democracy” https://t.co/2RJjqvCz6u pic.twitter.com/iTF7sAXsLI
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2021
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So he starts off by saying something manifestly untrue. Who would give any credence to anything else he has to say?
Even in the world of Disney Star Wars:
Now if they could hire someone to fix the sequel trilogy…
A PDF catalog of the various rocket motors produced by Northrop-Grumman. This includes the Orion, castor, GEM, STAR, ASAS, RSRM and others.
https://www.northropgrumman.com/wp-content/uploads/NG-Propulsion-Products-Catalog.pdf
Includes basic data (including thrust/time curves) and illustrations. Curiously absent are prices and whether or not they take PayPal or Bitcoin. And what’s the shipping cost of, say, a dozen SLS boosters to my island volcano lair?
🚨WANTED for ROBBERY: On 7/24/21 at approx 9:05 AM, in the vicinity of Pitkin Ave and Barbey St in Brooklyn, the suspect approached a 68-year-old male, assaulted him, causing a broken wrist & nose, then removed his property. Any info? DM @NYPDTips, or call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/SLpC72eRhS
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 25, 2021
Nope.
The summary here is that shipping costs are higher, leading to an increase in the cost and decrease in the availability of toys, just in time for Christmas. How much of a change are we dealing with? Wellllll…
On July 1, the Drewry World Container Index reported the average price for shipping a 40-foot container of cargo by sea costs about $8,400, up 346% compared to this time last year.
Shipping a container from Shanghai to Los Angeles costs more than $9,100, a change of more than 272% from last year.
Gosh, that’s too bad. Cheap crap that enriches the Chinese Communist Party is getting more expensive? Whatever shall we do?
Hey, here’s a thought: maybe the United States could, and I’m just spitballing here… actually MAKE STUFF AGAIN?
It’s not just an idea for toys. We rely *far* too much on China for prit near everything. When the Chinese decide to conquer Taiwan and trans-Pacific comes to a grinding halt, it won’t just be Pokemon cards and model kits that we’ll run short of, it’ll be tools and computers and medicine.
Ummmm…