Posts posted by atomheartbevo
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43 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:
somebody posted some photos upthread of some shrapnel holes. Yep
And they looked external (as in shrapnel punching into the fuselage/wings, instead of exploding outward).
The fact that the Iranian government was so quick to say they wouldn't be sharing the blackbox with Boeing/etc. was a sign as well.
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6 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:
3 days of official state sanctioned mourning for a terrorist scumbag but let's see if the Iranian government will admit to the truth or continue their brazen lying about the cause. What an embarrassing display. 60 people die in a stampede at the funeral of the scumbag and now they shoot down a passenger jet. The value the Islamic government has for ordinary lives is nil.



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23 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:
Significant Risks. Jim Spencer. Tornados in January??
PHD makes his long awaited return in 3, 2, 1....
Paging Mr @phdhorn, you have a telephone call at the front desk!

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52 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:
was this actually confirmed?
The US government didn't come out and say it, but a bunch of reporters with sources in the Iraqi government stated so, and the fact that the bases were completely in lockdown within 4 minutes of launch tends to give credence to that.
Rough math says that the main missiles launched at Al Asad (Fateh-110) travel at Mach 3.5, with a range of 300km, so at max they were in the air for 4-5 minutes. That's not a long time to get 1,500 troops, plenty of whom were asleep, completely under serious protection at 1:45am.
Interesting note: If the DOD is correct (yeah, I know), the four missiles that failed were fired at Erbil and were the Qiams (longer-range scuds), and the 6-10 fired at Al Asad were the Fatehs, shorter-range, truck-launched, and homegrown, and all hit Al Asad.
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8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:
I haven't kept up -- are the structures that were hit ones that were previously occupied by US soldiers? In other words, can we assume that the advanced warning was the primary reason we didn't lose anyone?
They tipped the Iraqi government off in advance, who naturally tipped us off (but I'm sure we had systems watching Iran as well). Given the location of those buildings, including the hangars that were hit, and that we have around, 1,500 troops there, there were definitely areas that were hit that, during the day, would probably have Americans in them.
This is one of the bases that Trump visited last month.
We didn't/don't have Patriot/Avenger systems there.
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1 hour ago, Newy25 said:
Just to sum up the Iranian response:
1. Fire on US bases, either miss entirely or cause no damage
2. Shoot down one of their own passenger jets killing their own citizens
Their military seems like it kind of sucks.
Did you not bother looking at the satellite photos? Most of their missiles hit actual structures.
If Iran's missile attack was as shitty as everybody makes it out to be, there should be a string of impact craters dotting the countryside between Iraq and that airbase (and the wreckage we've seen pictures of are the early stage(s) of that missile and not the actual warheads that impacted the airbase), and there should be plenty of craters in runways and open areas. Instead, there's plenty of destroyed buildings.
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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:
Here's a question I have. CNN has stuff other than news. Anthony Bourdain, documentaries about culture (movies, music, the decades, etc), and various other human interest programs. Does Fox have ANYTHING like that? Or is it just 24/7 old person propaganda? I can't imagine their demographic is much interested in anything other than yelling at clouds.

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1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:
Everybody I know that is still in, and most who are out (there's a few Trumpkins, but abandoning the Kurds took the wind out of their sails) does not think this way at all - they do not want a war with Iran.
I'm going to take a wild guess that Banks was an officer. Maybe even Air Force or Navy.
It's nothing against many officers, or the AF or Navy, but you're typical soldier or Marine has a far different take on many different topics than officers. When I saw that poll showing that only 42% of service members are happy with Trump, I fully believe it. People try to make your typical 18-25 year-olds who are doing the shit jobs, and who will be in the shit, as 100% loyal to the President. They are not. For every few that are happy about going to war or whatever, there's a bunch who judge the chain-of-command up to, and including the President, by how hard they make their lives.
I was in under Clinton. We didn't give a shit about him getting blowjobs or being impeached, outside of a chuckle about his choice of interns. It was about getting paid and getting laid, and doing what we needed to do to avoid getting shit duties or whatever. 9/11 moved the needle for plenty of service members, and they were actually gung ho and proud to serve and willing to take on shit assignments, but Iraq really soured a lot of these folks on things.
And regardless of whether Banks was an officer or not, he's a Representative, so I'm fairly certain he's at least knowledgable enough to know that Iran of 2020 is far superior to Iraq of 2003. If he's not, he should be at least intelligent enough to know that Iran had far too many direct hits on that base with what is supposed to be their lesser missiles to make folks comfortable.
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1 hour ago, Okie State said:
And yet I know people who actively choose Kroger or Randall's over HEB. Don't ask me why.
Put a Whataburger in next to a McDonalds, and those people will still choose McDonalds. It's conditioning - for the longest time in the Sugar Land area, it was basically Randalls or Krogers, and it was like a sports team thing - people who went to one, wouldn't acknowledge the other.
1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:Rating WMT above Publix is ridiculous. The only thing WMT has over Publix is their online pickup is pretty extensive at this point but otherwise, Publix is far superior.
WMT is everywhere though, and plenty running into Wally World for a small item end up grabbing a few groceries. Still, it's cool that some local/regional chains are able to adapt and are beating them. Hell, I've seen some HEBs and Krogers that are damn near adding a mini-Walmart to their store. Weird seeing clothing in a Krogers.
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3 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:My favorite, once it's opened next year, will have a beer garden
https://www.heb.com/static-page/south-congress-remodel

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1 minute ago, hornbri said:
Why the ? in the subject? Didn't we all already know this?
Fixed (And fixed the list). Did thread originally on tablet and accidentally added that.
3 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:SEC! folks will try to talk up Publix, which is better than Kroger, but not by much. And that's not saying a lot. HEB slays Publix.
Yep. And we find ourselves doing the curbside service with HEB most of the time these days.
HEB is (kind of) to other grocery chains what Walmart was to TG&Y. Wait, that's not a good comparison.
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1 minute ago, Native Horn said:
Agree 100% with this assessment. Also reminds me I need to go pick up dinner. Anybody know if they're open today?
When I visit family in Houston, and we inevitably end up at a Krogers or Randalls (although more and more HEBs are popping up), I don't know what it is overall, but it just bugs me. And not just the "put in your phone number to get the discounted price we have listed on the shelf" either.
It's worse when we visit other states.
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1 hour ago, miguelito said:
14,580. We REALLY need some rain to wash this shit out, if even for a day or so. It's looking like the rain event tomorrow will be mostly east of the cedar forests and San Antonio. And after that, it's never going to rain again.
Sorry for your losses. So, in theory, we are supposed to get rain and high winds tomorrow. Could those winds put a lot more pollen in the air, and the rain put it on the ground/gutter/sewer/creek/etc.?
Because every time something like this happens, everybody says "oh, this will help prep another round of pollen in a few days!"
anyways,

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https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/h-e-b-is-no-1-u-s-grocery-chain-new-data-study-says/
QuoteOn Wednesday, national data science firm dunnhumby ranked Texas-based H-E-B as the number 1 grocer in the U.S. for the first time.
According to dunnhumby, H-E-B topped its list which ranked the grocers based on the annual Retailer Preference Index, or RPI. The index evaluates retailers based on several factors, including price, quality, convenience and speed.
“One of the most important findings is that leading traditional regional grocers are experiencing a resurgence in customer preference, by winning with relevance and convenience,” said Jose Gomes, president of North America for dunnhumby. “If they can compete on price and quality — the value core for grocers — they are especially well-positioned to fend off the growing threat of nontraditional players. This also leaves them better insulated against an economic downturn. In the end, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to winning in this market, and retailers with customer-first strategies are most likely to fare best.”
The 2020 ranking of top U.S. grocery chains are:
- H-E-B
- Trader Joe’s
- Amazon
- Market Basket
- Wegmans
- Costco
- Aldi
- Sam’s Club
- Walmart
- Publix

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H-E-B is No. 1 U.S. Grocery Chain
in Business and Markets
Wow, that's going to shake things up in Lubbock. I remember when I lived there, it was pretty much United or Albertsons, and both sucked.