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Captainant

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  1. https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/trump-airforce-boeing-ngad-f47 President Trump, the 47th president, claimed "the generals" picked the F-47 designation, calling it "a beautiful number."
  2. It's 100% the same dynamic. Being too fucking fragile to handle a different idea gracefully, or being too fucking cowardly to meaningfully defend your own voiced opinion is the same melted snowflake on surly or in a country club. Granted, I'm not a silver spoon type and only know about the country club world from marrying into it. Much like Greek Life in college, paying dues to climb an arbitrary hierarchy and have friends seems like a great way to meet shitty people. Definitely some good people there too, but a way higher asshole-by-volume than us filthy wage earners
  3. This dynamic exists with my in-laws where they voted for trump and constantly make little comments about how the border is getting cleaned up or this or that, but they get real quiet when I ask about my FIL's brother whose marriage may now get annuled for the crime of being homosexual. It's the dynamic in the DT -they just want a safe space where they can make little shitty jokes to each other unchallenged, so they can reinforce their world view more effectively. Hell, an aunt on that side of the family randomly flew to Israel last week and yesterday we got a panicked text asking for prayers because the area she was in was taking rocket attacks. Who the fuck but a dumb clout chasing idiot would travel to a warzone and then be shocked when they could become collateral damage? But of COURSE she needed to go! The spirit called her! The same spirit that calls her to speak in tongues on command, of course.
  4. So with regards to the ending of the episode....
  5. Made that motherfucker hold the damn door
  6. And of him just BOLTING out of the room after setting down the binder lol. Lotta good comedy in this episode, even in the middle of some pretty heavy stuff. Really great stuff out of Stiller, I'm stoked for the next season
  7. What a goddamn episode holy shit what the fuck
  8. The trump administration promised to invoke the insurrection act within 90 days to "obtain complete operational control of the southern border". Deploying an AEGIS DDG will certainly fuckin' further that particular mission.
  9. But I have been assured repeatedly that price gouging never happens
  10. Britain issues a travel warning for US https://www.newsweek.com/britain-issues-travel-warning-us-deportations-2047878 The U.S. has a range of entry requirements, including needing an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) approval for short-term visits under the Visa Waiver Program. Failure to meet these requirements can result in travelers being denied entry, detained, or deported. British citizens planning trips to the United States are encouraged to regularly check the FCDO website for the latest travel advice and seek guidance if they are unsure about their visa status. The guidance comes after Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old U.K. citizen, was detained and deported from the U.S. and returned to the U.K. on March 18, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Burke, a cartoonist, had been backpacking across the United States, sharing her journey on Instagram, where she posted about her stays in Portland and Seattle. Her father, Paul Burke, voiced concern in a Facebook post, explaining that his daughter had no criminal record and was on her way to Canada when she was denied entry due to an "incorrect visa." She was then refused reentry into the U.S., classified as an "illegal alien," and detained by ICE.
  11. That's kind of a favorite gag of mine in the John Wick movies. Like, EVERYONE in Central Park is apparently an assassin and gets the excommunicado notification at the end of the first movie
  12. if you're on iphone, you can click the lock button 5 times to "secure lock" it and require a password to get in. Or just a good ol' fashioned reboot whenever the cops ask to see your phone. It's non-destructive and complies with their request so they can get bent
  13. Really really dumb. And not backed by any facts whatsoever. Classic GOP.
  14. Holy shit that is terrifying how fast the fire spread. On residential lawns no less
  15. Posted in the rain thread ironically, but should have been here: San Jacinto county fire is 10% contained at 2000 acres going, per the last update https://share.watchduty.org/i/44281?ts=1742445022000 Stay safe woodlands and kingwood surlyites
  16. He's almost like a MAGA derka when you put it that way
  17. 3:30 AM on a Tuesday is less of a blitz and more of a 3 man front with everyone else dropping back lol
  18. They grow by slapping buzzword labels onto their products and services. See: blockchain, AI, et al. And they ALWAYS restructure debt and reduce opex/SGA costs because hey, keep costs low right? Who cares if that cost center or loss leader was holding up a customer base, or actually creating revenue greater than the expenses?? CUT THEM COSTS WE NEED TO GROW!! I see that sort of thinking everywhere in the wake of PE buyouts and wherever a consultancy has sunk in it's fangs. It's really more that not everything needs to grow and be a big business. That's like arguing an ecosystem should only have apex predators and no small animals and bugs or flora. The rush to growth for the sake of growth has been the direct cause of sooooo many otherwise healthy businesses to blow up and implode under their own weight. Businesses should stop acting like it's a supremacy sprint out there. That supremacy impulse is driven by PE pukes coming in and NEEDING to get their money back now that they put it into your business.
  19. It's windier than fuck out in Houston. Wildfire is burning in San Jacinto county https://abc13.com/post/san-jacinto-wildfire-crews-battle-fire-0-contained-sam-houston-national-forest-200-acres-burned/16052624/ 300 homes threatened so far Edit: up to 2000 acres and 10% contained https://share.watchduty.org/i/44281?ts=1742445022000
  20. Upon more reflection, I'd like to correct my earlier statement - PE isn't dead-focused on next quarter; it's focused solely on growth. Growth at all costs. It's that empty reflex to do nothing BUT grow - not improve the service or product UNLESS it will lead to growth. It's that shitty mindset that turns everything into a mini Glengarry Glenn Ross with high pressure and stakes for no reason but to hopefully squeeze another morsel of growth. In biology, a thing that grows forever unbounded is just cancer.
  21. uhhhhh..... A flamethrower? Probably more worldbuilding about "the table", the description said it takes place during John Wick 3: Parabellum. It's really cool that we get a posthumous performance from Lance Reddick since they shot his scenes before he passed
  22. Ok, an actual trailer was posted now. It's on the official Lionsgate Movies YT channel so I'm pretty sure it's not AI slop
  23. Totally normal free market activities
  24. Future justice Aileen Cannon will fix any judicial problems that trump is facing, duhhhhhh
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