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10 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Musk is the kind of guy, that if he finds out that brown-eyed people see in color, or he realizes that the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, had three shifts, and that Data was the night shift because he needs no sleep, that Rike ran the morning shift, and that Picard ran the afternoon shift, he'd immediately go out on twitter and start telling everybody like that was some kind of new information, even though most of us of his generation knew these things back in the 90s or even late 80s.

 

So...

I did not know that...

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17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Musk is the kind of guy, that if he finds out that brown-eyed people see in color, or he realizes that the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, had three shifts, and that Data was the night shift because he needs no sleep, that Rike ran the morning shift, and that Picard ran the afternoon shift, he'd immediately go out on twitter and start telling everybody like that was some kind of new information, even though most of us of his generation knew these things back in the 90s or even late 80s.

 

Austin Powers Nerd GIF

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Posted
1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I'm totally sure this isn't just the world's most clumsily transparent attempt at intercepting sensitive communications. 

Plus this little detail because why not boost revenue in more than just sales:

"According to Wired, Starlink supplies key support to scam centers in Southeast Asia with "criminals running multibillion-dollar empires across Southeast Asia appear to be widely using the satellite internet network." Wired identified more than one hundred Starlink devices in use at just one center, KK Park in Myanmar."

 

--source Wiki & https://www.wired.com/story/starlink-scam-compounds/

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Musk seems like a guy who was elite at identifying good ideas built out by other people, then using daddy's millions to overtake them and claim all the credit for work he never did and has no idea how to do. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Plus this little detail because why not boost revenue in more than just sales:

"According to Wired, Starlink supplies key support to scam centers in Southeast Asia with "criminals running multibillion-dollar empires across Southeast Asia appear to be widely using the satellite internet network." Wired identified more than one hundred Starlink devices in use at just one center, KK Park in Myanmar."

 

--source Wiki & https://www.wired.com/story/starlink-scam-compounds/

Sounds like a good way to get a decent location for an air strike.  C'mon, Navy, earn that flight pay.

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Posted
4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

What a fucking LOSER you are.  As I understood it, the only relevant TNG question was "Counselor Troi or Dr. Crusher?"

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And of course, the correct answer was always "both."

Is Ro Laren a fucking joke to you?

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Posted
25 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Sounds like a good way to get a decent location for an air strike.  C'mon, Navy, earn that flight pay.

Oh, and yeah, lets forget about Sanctions on Burma. YES, I called it BURMA.

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We need to just go ahead and repeal the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it's embarrassingly hypocritical at this point.

From Wikipedia:

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.

Explain how this isn't exactly what our government is doing directly.

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Posted
1 minute ago, Texaskimo said:

We need to just go ahead and repeal the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it's embarrassingly hypocritical at this point.

From Wikipedia:

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.

Explain how this isn't exactly what our government is doing directly.

Well sir, that clearly says US citizens can't bribe foreign officials. It doesn't say anything about being the ones TAKING and SOLICITING bribes. You must be woke.

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Just now, TexasHooch said:

Beat me to it.

Yeah, it is dead. On the other side, who really wants to do business with us?

And back to Musk and Burma. There are one or two sanctiouns in place. From AI.

The US government has imposed sanctions on Myanmar, most recently in response to the 2021 military coup. These sanctions target individuals and entities involved in the coup, as well as those who support the military regime. The sanctions also include restrictions on trade and investment with Myanmar.

 
Key aspects of the US sanctions on Myanmar:
  • Executive Order 14014:
    This order, issued in 2021, was the basis for the new sanctions regime following the coup.
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  • Targeted Sanctions:
    The sanctions target individuals and entities linked to the military regime, including leaders, officials, and businesses.
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  • Asset Freezes:
    The sanctions freeze assets of designated individuals and entities in the US.
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  • Trade Restrictions:
    The US has imposed restrictions on trade and investment with Myanmar, including restrictions on exports of goods and services.
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  • Recent Sanctions:
    In January 2024, the US government announced sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the military regime, three years after the coup.
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  • Ongoing Actions:
    The US continues to issue business advisories and expand sanctions, particularly targeting those supporting the regime's violence and repression.
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Impact of the sanctions:

The sanctions aim to limit the military regime's access to funds and other resources it can use to sustain its power and commit atrocities.

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  • The sanctions are intended to put pressure on the military regime to end its human rights abuses and engage in a peaceful political transition.
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  • The US government has stated its commitment to supporting the Burmese people in their pursuit of freedom and democracy.
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    Examples of recent sanctions:
    • The US has prohibited financial services to MOGE, a state-owned oil and gas company that is a key source of revenue for the military regime.
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  • The US has sanctioned additional jet fuel suppliers in Myanmar, further limiting the regime's access to resources.
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  • In May 2025, the US imposed sanctions on a Myanmar warlord, his two sons, and the militia he leads, for facilitating cyber scams, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling.
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For more detailed information, you can consult the following resources:
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  • U.S. Department of State: The website of the U.S. Department of State provides information on the Burma sanctions program.
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  • Global Sanctions: Global Sanctions provides a summary of US sanctions on Myanmar.
Posted
25 minutes ago, Texaskimo said:

We need to just go ahead and repeal the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it's embarrassingly hypocritical at this point.

From Wikipedia:

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.

Explain how this isn't exactly what our government is doing directly.

Trump is bribing foreign governments to benefit Starlink

Trump doesn't own Starlink, Elon does

LOOPHOLE

(Just ignore all the bribing Trump does that directly puts money into Trump Co)

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Posted
2 hours ago, Texaskimo said:

We need to just go ahead and repeal the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it's embarrassingly hypocritical at this point.

From Wikipedia:

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.

Explain how this isn't exactly what our government is doing directly.

 

I think technically they are extorting the foreign countries, not bribing them. 

Checkmate libtards. 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Pretty easy. 

Next big UFC event... Drone bomb that fucker to dust

You need to stop it with this. You can't be posting this kind of shit here and not expect a knock on the door at some point. 

Posted
41 minutes ago, immamac said:

You need to stop it with this. You can't be posting this kind of shit here and not expect a knock on the door at some point. 

What?? I thought this was the party of freedom and joking around!

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Posted
7 hours ago, immamac said:

You need to stop it with this. You can't be posting this kind of shit here and not expect a knock on the door at some point. 

Is this serious? We can’t be assholes and speak in hyperbole here anymore? 

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You can't be wishing death and public attacks. No. That's always been a rule. This isn't in the defense of anyone in particular,  but it is also the internet and its not like law enforcement doesn't have access here. 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, immamac said:

You can't be wishing death and public attacks. No. That's always been a rule. This isn't in the defense of anyone in particular,  but it is also the internet and its not like law enforcement doesn't have access here. 

In fairness I wasn't wishing it. I was just answering the question on how to defeat American fascism. 

You hear that G-Men?? Not wishing it. Not at all. I don't even have a drone

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Hermanator said:

In fairness I wasn't wishing it. I was just answering the question on how to defeat American fascism. 

You hear that G-Men?? Not wishing it. Not at all. I don't even have a drone

If you're wishing to yourself in the privacy of your own brain, it's perfectly okay. Perhaps focus your private loathing on

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109 Stratford Reserve Place, Austin. goddammit Westlake Hills

 

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Posted
12 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

 

Anybody ever read that Philip K. Dick story called "Autofac"?  Post industrial apocalypse brought about by automated factories that don't stop making and delivering shit no one needs, completely stripping earth of its resources. Unused worthless crap piles up as humans wage a guerrilla war on the autofacs.  Ultimately, fighting over the last few resources left, the autofacs go to war with each other and end up destroying each other. Humans investigate the ruins of the nearest autofac, and discover it is self-replicating. 

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47 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Anybody ever read that Philip K. Dick story called "Autofac"?  Post industrial apocalypse brought about by automated factories that don't stop making and delivering shit no one needs, completely stripping earth of its resources. Unused worthless crap piles up as humans wage a guerrilla war on the autofacs.  Ultimately, fighting over the last few resources left, the autofacs go to war with each other and end up destroying each other. Humans investigate the ruins of the nearest autofac, and discover it is self-replicating. 

One of Amazon's early forays into Television was a show called Electric Dreams, which had Philip K. Dick stories as it tried to be like Black Mirror. This was one of the episodes. 

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On 4/30/2025 at 6:50 PM, Parliament said:

 

1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Anybody ever read that Philip K. Dick story called "Autofac"?  Post industrial apocalypse brought about by automated factories that don't stop making and delivering shit no one needs, completely stripping earth of its resources. Unused worthless crap piles up as humans wage a guerrilla war on the autofacs.  Ultimately, fighting over the last few resources left, the autofacs go to war with each other and end up destroying each other. Humans investigate the ruins of the nearest autofac, and discover it is self-replicating. 

 

51 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Humans are autofacs too. 

That one made it into the Amazon anthology a few years back.  Was a good one.

Posted
32 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

One of Amazon's early forays into Television was a show called Electric Dreams, which had Philip K. Dick stories as it tried to be like Black Mirror. This was one of the episodes. 

We enjoyed those. 

Posted (edited)
12 hours ago, Chopper said:

If you're wishing to yourself in the privacy of your own brain, it's perfectly okay. Perhaps focus your private loathing on

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109 Stratford Reserve Place, Austin. goddammit Westlake Hills

 

google maps has pics of all the cars in the cul de sac.

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