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atomheartbevo

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  1. Iran announced they are joining the SEC.
  2. Fox News is all in on war with Iran so I expect we will be going to war shortly.
  3. The Iranian leadership gives no shits about their people, otherwise they wouldn't have morality police beating the hell out of women (and/or killing them) for not dressing modestly enough. They can get their families to Moscow (and rumors are some have done that, although I have my doubts). So that leaves the lives of the actual leadership. Not every dictatorship ends with a quick flight to Moscow like it did with Syria. If Trump actually keeps up with the "unconditional surrender" angle, the Iranian leadership all saw what happened to Gaddafi and Hussein when they were driven out of power by Western military might, and if it's not outright capture by citizens and the shoving up the ass of red hot pokers like Gaddafi, it'll be turned over to the civilian population like Hussain. Some of them are nuts enough to decide they are going to take down a lot of innocent people on their way out, and they have a shit-ton of missiles and at least some nuclear material. I wouldn't put it past them if things go down that road.
  4. Whether it’s mines in the Persian Gulf, or terrorist acts against Americans, or something even worse (dirty bombs, etc. - pull out the Tom Clancy playbook), it’s pretty fucking clear that A) Netanyahu is driving this, at least in part, out of his own political survival and B) there is no exit strategy. The lack of exit strategy is the bigger problem.
  5. Shit, Alfalfa's girlfriend from The Little Rascals passed away Betsy Gay Dead: ‘Little Rascals’ Child Star Was 96 Not sure we have any of the original gang still around. Used to love watching those as a kid.
  6. Oh fuck that. I've not had the best experiences there, and this gal I was banging on the side, maybe 20-25 years ago, she got the worst diarrhea ever in her life from an Allsups burrito (she ate 2 or 3 burritos, and I think some potatoes, but it sounded like all it took was one burrito). Just seeing that photo you posted makes me cringe. Think it was the Stratford Allups, but tried to block out the story, so thanks for reminding me.
  7. Related to the above article about production pauses Tesla stock falls after report EV maker is pausing production in Texas Tesla Plans to Pause Cybertruck, Model Y Production July 4 Week - Business Insider
  8. from that article: Now, Musk is on record saying that Tesla will only launch the service in a limited area in Austin and even avoid certain intersections that Tesla is not sure it can handle: We will geo‑fence it. It’s not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident it’s going to do well with that intersection. Or it will just take a route around that intersection. In addition to geofencing, Tesla is also utilizing teleoperation to control vehicles with human operators remotely. We reported last year when Tesla started building a “teleoperation team.” Despite Tesla originally planning to launch the robotaxi service on June 12, and now “tentatively” on June 22, the automaker posted a new job listing days ago for engineers to help build a low-latency teleoperation system to operate its “self-driving” cars and robots ======= Musk claims that Tesla is being “super paranoid” about safety, but you have to take his word for it. We have pointed it out before, but it’s worth repeating: Waymo tested its self-driving vehicles in Austin for six months with safety drivers and then for another six months without safety drivers before launching its autonomous ride-hailing service in the city. As for Tesla, it tested its vehicles with safety drivers throughout Austin for a few months. Then, Musk announced in late May, only weeks before the planned launch, that it had started testing without safety drivers. Despite many people being on the lookout for these driverless Tesla Robotaxis, they were only spotted for the first time last week. Since then, only two confirmed Tesla vehicles without drivers have been spotted testing. Furthermore, several of those vehicles were spotted with Tesla employees in the front passenger seat. While Musk claims that there are “no safety driver”, these “passengers” pay attention at all times and have access to a kill switch to stop the vehicle. They virtually operate like “safety drivers”, but they are on the passenger seat rather than the driver’s seat. Tesla is currently still in the “testing” phase based on the listing with the state regulators, which also mentions “no” safety drivers ---------
  9. Walter Isaacson thinks Tesla and X/xAI/twitter/whatever will merge at some point. Elon Musk biographer says major Tesla merger could be imminent: 'I think it's going to happen'
  10. I'd keep that on the down-low.
  11. So, a war that's been going on for 5-6 days is more urgent than a war that has dragged on for three years. And he wants to get a leader involved with peace negotiations, who is every day, and has been for the past 3+ years, directly ordering the murder of Ukrainian civilians.
  12. R. Kelly rushed from prison to the hospital after "overdose" that his people say was an attempt on his life.
  13. Pink Floyd 'Run Like Hell' is a decent option.
  14. Fucking Antigua Barbuda is going to get us in a shooting match. It's like the South Dakota School For Mining and Deaf Teachers getting sanctioned by the NCAA over one ineligible player because Alabama is faking grades for all of their football players.
  15. Iran knows Israel has the means to nuke them several times over, and that they would not get a chunk of Israel's nukes even in a first-strike. They also know that the US and others would get involved (the fallout might even trigger Article 5). They also know the Arab/non-Shiite world would get involved against them - fallout doesn't give a fuck about borders, but also none of them want nukes popping off in the Middle East regardless of fallout patterns. It's just all around a good way to ensure that the Iranian leadership will cease to exist, along with a chunk of Iran, and for all of their bullshit, I don't think they are that crazy - they like staying in power and being alive. Look at the fact that they aren't shutting down the Persian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz, even though multiple Sunni nations are allowing Israeli overflights. They also aren't attacking those nations for passively supporting Israel. Plus, their last friendly nation with decent power is Russia and Russia ain't doing shit to help them. I'm more worried about Pakistan losing a nuke or two, or some organization ginning up a dirty bomb and putting it on a cargo ship into a Western port than I am Iran trying to wipe Israel off the map.
  16. So you're saying they are on a treadmill?
  17. Was the Mexican dead or alive when you took it from him?
  18. I've been saying for decades that I'm going to get with Sela Ward, regardless of how many annoying restraining orders get in the way, but it isn't happening. Yet. Netanyahu barely survived a no-confidence vote last week only because he caved to the Orthodox part of his coalition and said he wouldn't draft their sons, so I'm a wee bit suspicious as to the timing of this war.
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