@George-K said in Hypersonic: @Doctor-Phibes said in Hypersonic: I'd be very surprised if the US is behind on military development technology for pretty much anything, to be honest. Indeed. "Make your enemy think you're falling behind" is pretty standard strategery. So much so that even your own citizens might be convinced it’s alien technology. Just ask Georgio Tsoukolos.

The best comedy has an element of truth.

Wait... What if they all declare themselves to be "transgender?" That would work, right?

The issue has to have a Constitutional premise.

I mean, we are talking to Venezuela and Iran, FFS! Is there a single environmentalist that believes the US drilling and transporting oil won’t be significantly more responsible than Venezuela?

So, let's give them money!

@Horace said in VRBO goes identitarian: For the last checkbox, they misspelled "any of the above". POTD

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@Mik said in Happy Hyena: That was the high point of my trip to the Keys. The second night a gorgeous very young male cat showed up and was clearly very hungry. Did he have six toes? Maybe one of Hemingway's cats? LOL

What does "being followed" mean? I do not think that anyone says that this flight was strictly a commercial flight.

Taiwan offers a reward to mainland Chinese pilots who defect. Even in the 1970's they were offering about USD $1MM in gold to the pilots.

I seriously can not believe that he is going to Venezuela and Iran for oil…

@Larry said in That was a valid point from Trump...: @taiwan_girl said in That was a valid point from Trump...: Yes, saying what would have happened if Presdient Trump was still president is impossible. On on side, President Trump (in my thinking) moved the US back more into an isolationist type of mentality. So, President Putin would have probably done the same thing, maybe even earlier, thinking that the US would have a minimal response and would not have wanted to get involved at all in another foreign conflict. US relations with NATO countries were strained also On the other side, President Putin may be like a lot of criminals - he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, so he doesnt really care what is happening outside the bubble of Russia. He is going to do what he is going to do, regardless. How you manage to miss so much astounds me. I am glad I am able to astound you!

Works for me...

@George-K said in This is what leadership looks like: (contrarian hat on) OK, DeWine is probably a good and reasonable man. What this story describes is undoubtedly a good thing, and he deserves praise for his efforts. But... Leadership isn't about doing the easy thing. It's about doing the difficult thing. This decision is, though absolutely correct, easy. He did the right thing, and bless him for that. (contrarian hat off) He got his disagreeable reps in during the first year.5 of the pandemic.

Sorry for my impertinent remark earlier today. It could have been much, much worse. He could have put the dog on the top of his car... ...or eaten it.

She's full of shit anyway. No self-respecting man would appear in public with hair that frizzy.

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