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Captain Ron

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  1. Connections Puzzle #723 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,445 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1226 6️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #705 β†’ 10 points! 🎲: 3️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ https://thricegame.com
  2. "Nevertheless, she persisted" She keeps up that work, I will keep voting for her.
  3. You’ve had the hat for 10 years. You’ve had the presidency for nearly 5 of the last 10. So… why isn’t America great yet? You keep chanting β€œMake America Great Again.” But let’s audit what you’ve actually done with that time, money, and energy. βΈ» THE TIME DRAIN: A NATION OF WASTED HOURS Let’s break it down: Rallies β€’ Avg rally time (travel, standing in line, event): 8 hours β€’ Avg engaged supporter: 2 rallies/year β€’ Core base: ~10 million people 8 hrs Γ— 2 rallies Γ— 10M = 160 million hours/year That’s: β€’ 18,250 years of productive human time per year β€’ Enough to build 50,000 houses annually β€’ Mentor 1.6 million teens weekly β€’ Earn 3.2 million college degrees Right-Wing Media Obsession β€’ MAGA-heavy viewers spend 15+ hours/week watching Fox, Newsmax, OAN, etc. (source: Nielsen + Pew Research) β€’ That’s 780 hours/year, or 32 full days The average American watches much less political content (approx. 2–4 hrs/week), and consumes a mix of topics. MAGA viewers, meanwhile, are trapped in an endless loop of rage-farming. Social Media Screaming β€’ MAGA users spend 25% more time on Facebook than the average American (Meta internal data leaks show political rage is the #1 engagement driver) β€’ They’re significantly more likely to post, share, argue, and consume political content instead of, say, learning skills, earning money, or helping their communities. βΈ» THE MONEY DUMP: FLAGS, HATS, SCAMS, & GRIFTS β€’ Avg MAGA follower spends $300–$1,000/year on Trump gear, β€œLet’s Go Brandon” junk, political merch, livestream donations, NFT scams, Trump steaks, etc. β€’ Conservatively: $500/year Γ— 10M supporters = $5 billion/year That’s: β€’ 2.5 million community college scholarships β€’ 40 million school lunches/week β€’ Housing for 300,000 veterans β€’ Dozens of hospitals in rural America β€’ Orβ€”hellβ€”even basic infrastructure in your own towns Instead? You bought a 3rd flag for your truck. βΈ» THE ATTENTION SUCK: MINDSPACE YOU NEVER GET BACK You had: β€’ A decade to develop a skill β€’ A decade to help a neighbor β€’ A decade to serve your community β€’ A decade to build something But instead, you screamed into Facebook threads, got worked up over drag queens and gas stoves, and donated to millionaires pretending to be victims. βΈ» Patriotism Isn’t Performance. It’s Purpose. You’ve had: β€’ The hat β€’ The power β€’ The time β€’ The money But what did you build? The most anti-American thing you can do is waste America. You were born with rights people die forβ€”and you spent them on merch, memes, and messiah complexes. βΈ» It’s not the immigrants. It’s not the media. It’s not the deep state. It’s what you did with the gift of living here. Maybe instead of buying another hat, you should’ve bought: β€’ A shovel β€’ A book β€’ A therapy session β€’ A community garden kit β€’ A ticket to a city council meeting Because freedom is wasted if it’s only used to scream and shop.
  4. And he was hired today. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6386230/2025/06/02/tottenham-ryan-mason-west-brom-manager/
  5. Dude, look over there - it's the Quayle Monster! We might be up until 11!!
  6. Maybe Tesla needs to hire the team from Excel? You know that Excel is a man - it thinks everything is a date.
  7. BTW @Brian Fantana you were discussing the failure of Starship and I thought you would find this video interesting (linking, not embedding to save space): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1sysOBFDkw The TL;DW: The raptor engines of the Super Heavy aren't powerful enough and are being pushed to their limit. This, combined with the heavy weight of the craft results in the vibrations which damaged Starship in all the flights thus far. There is a lot more in the video - but they basically note that a lot of design decisions are causing problems due to more weight: 1. Starship is made of Stainless steel - SUPER HEAVY compared to aluminium and titanium (Space Shuttle) - that decision is causing issue. 2. The landing chopsticks - cool - but you have to carry all that extra fuel - this is even a bigger issue when you realize just how much distance has to be covered for the return flight (how down range it is). There were a few other things, but all the stuff that "looks cool" cause weight issues.
  8. I watched the video - I would argue that it POTENTIALLY could absolve FSD as the cause of the crash. MAYBE But not fully (because even guy in the video say that it could have been the FSD system doing this). AND It really raises another issues with FSD that is a problem 7:10 of the video (until about 7:35) - FSD and Autopilot it sounds like does not give warnings when disengaged inadvertently. He outlines in that clips that the NHTSA did analysis of crashes, there were 43 instances that Autopilot was inadvertently disengaged by the driver and they did not know. That shouldn't be a thing. If Autopilot (or FSD) are disengaged through the system deciding they should be off, then the car should alert the user. There should never be a debate on the state of these systems, and the user should know OR there should be a log of "WE SOUNDED THE FSD DISENGAGED ALERT". The system just being off is not a valid state.
  9. Actually he nails it right at 2:30: This was indeed a Full Self Driving Crash. End of argument, he said it, here's that clip cued up, you can stop 2 seconds later. https://youtu.be/JoXAUfF029I?si=KLjvVmRlHfychouH&t=150
  10. Connections Puzzle #722 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Wordle 1,444 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1225 5️⃣8️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #704 β†’ 10 points! 🎲: 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ https://thricegame.com
  11. You just got a trophy, what more do you want? .
  12. Sounds like they are pushing a decision until later this week. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/05/31/ange-postecoglou-tottenham-future-decided-next-week/
  13. Connections Puzzle #721 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Wordle 1,443 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1224 5️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #703 β†’ 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ https://thricegame.com
  14. Yeah that’s the news reports too.
  15. Warfare It’s about a mission in Iraq and really odd. The movie really lets you see how war can be, but it kind of felt pointless (you don’t get why they are in the mission). Amazing editing, cinematography and sound.
  16. Does this really count? They only beat a terrible Inter team. /sarcam
  17. Leon Lett thought that was a bad miss.
  18. Connections Puzzle #720 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 1,442 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1223 5️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #702 β†’ 9 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ https://thricegame.com
  19. Isn’t that supposed to be Whatchew readin’ fer? (Ok I took liberty on the fer part, Bill didn’t go THAT hick).
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