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[Soycast Guy]

Far more believable than aliens or an Iranian mothership

Iranian mothership no, but Chinese mothership? I’d believe that.

It sounds likely, and this would be such a massive bomb to end the Biden shitshow with that it sounds right up the alley of clown world.

Is it odd that I’m so desensitized to crazy shit that I hear this, and don’t even panic?

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

I don't recall this ever happening to me in school or anyone else's school that I know of. Forcing all the kids in the school to strip their clothes in front of each other and get pumped with vaccines on the spot? Is that some fucked up modern LA shit or something?

Scoliosis check, spine check, that shit. They did it in grade school a few times. It was no big deal at the time.

Now, though, I wouldn't trust the school system at all.

Oh, and the nuclear thing?

It's a medical device calibrator.

Not exactly something that explodes when dropped by some drooling Haitian nurse.

 

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How the hell do you lose a nuclear device in the modern era, and over such a large space as the drone BS is supposed to be? If the U.S. is good at anything, it's keeping tabs on it's nuclear capabilities to the point where Three Mile is a nothingburger and nuclear convoys have more arms and men than most militaries full stop.

Figure one, below: One of the Biden Admin's staffers dedicated to keeping tabs on nuclear shit:

 

[John Badman]

Figure one, below: One of the Biden Admin's staffers dedicated to keeping tabs on nuclear shit:

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I thought xhe was in prison for stealing women’s suitcases from the airport.

 

[Day of the Cope]

https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/world-news/prisoner-filmed-by-cnn-being-freed-from-syrian-prison-was-actually-notorious-assad-regime-torturer-report/

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>dude with a kempt beard and clean finger nails isn't actually a Syrian prisoner

In the words of the only plumper in India: No shit.

 

[CarlosDanger]

Trump with some more late night shitposting.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Biden sent folks to meet HTS.

Blinken and Sullivan must be aware that Trump will keep HTS on the terrorist list and defund them.

 

[Sexy Peach Emoji]

How the hell do you lose a nuclear device in the modern era, and over such a large space as the drone BS is supposed to be? If the U.S. is good at anything, it's keeping tabs on it's nuclear capabilities to the point where Three Mile is a nothingburger and nuclear convoys have more arms and men than most militaries full stop.

Odds are the FBI got the budget for drones and are using them for manhunts/security now, especially after Ukraine has shown drones are increasingly important for nation security, especially around weaken infrastructure points like power stations and whatnot.

The government loses track of stuff very easily.

 

[Introvertigo]

https://www.edition.cnn.com/2024/12/16/politics/trump-immunity-hush-money-conviction-merchan/index.html

▼quote:​ Donald Trump’s felony conviction in the New York hush money case should not be tossed out because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Judge Juan Merchan ruled Monday. Merchan’s decision rejected one of several avenues that Trump’s lawyers have taken to try to dismiss Trump’s May guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The judge did not, however, rule on a motion from Trump’s attorneys to dismiss the conviction because Trump has now been elected president. Instead, his 41-page decision focused on the question of presidential immunity. Merchan wrote the Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump should receive broad immunity for official acts during his time in office did not mean the conviction should be dismissed, ruling that the evidence presented by the Manhattan district attorney’s office was not related to Trump’s official conduct as president. The evidence contested by Trump’s lawyers, the judge wrote, related “entirely to unofficial conduct” and should receive no immunity protections. “This Court concludes that if error occurred regarding the introduction of the challenged evidence, such error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt,” Merchan wrote. “Even if this Court did find that the disputed evidence constitutes official acts under the auspices of the Trump decision, which it does not, Defendant’s motion is still denied as introduction of the disputed evidence constitutes harmless error and no mode of proceedings error has taken place.” Trump transition spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that Merchan’s decision “is a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity, and other longstanding jurisprudence.” Trump’s lawyers are likely to appeal Merchan’s decision, one of several potential motions for dismissal that could leave the case tied up for months or even years. Merchan still has to rule on Trump’s argument that his status as president was a “legal impediment” to further criminal proceedings and the case should be dismissed as a result. Trump has yet to be sentenced following his May conviction. Prosecutors have already agreed the president-elect would not be sentenced while he is in office, but the district attorney’s office has argued in legal filings that the felony conviction should still stand. Prosecutors wrote that while the sentence could be delayed or modified, dismissing a jury’s conviction altogether would be an unwarranted “extreme remedy.” Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records over payments to his then-lawyer Michael Cohen to reimburse a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, in order to keep her from speaking out about an alleged affair before the 2016 election. Trump has denied the affair. Trump was initially scheduled to be sentenced in July, but that was postponed twice as a result of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, pushing a sentencing date back until after the election. Trump’s lawyers argued that the conviction should be dismissed on the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision because prosecutors relied on evidence from Trump’s official conduct in the White House. Merchan rejected that claim in his decision, writing that the evidence they contested was not tied to Trump’s official acts as president. In his decision, Merchan walked through several pieces of testimony that Trump’s lawyers claimed should not have been heard at trial because of the immunity decision, including from White House aides Hope Hicks and Madeleine Westerhout, as well as Cohen. Merchan wrote that it was “logical and reasonable to conclude that if the act of falsifying records to cover up the payments so that the public would not be made aware is decidedly an unofficial act, so too should the communications to further that same cover-up be unofficial.” Merchan disclosed in a letter to the attorneys Monday that Trump’s defense team alleged juror misconduct early this month, but that Trump’s team has not filed a motion to dismiss the conviction based on the allegations. The judge wrote Trump’s lawyers would need to file a proper motion if they want him to act on it. Details of the allegations could come out in filings Merchan ordered the attorneys to release about the purported issue, with redactions. “Allegations of juror misconduct should be thoroughly investigated. However, this Court is prohibited from deciding such claims on the basis of mere hearsay and conjecture,” Merchan wrote. “This Court cannot allow the public filing of unsworn, and admittedly contested statements. To do so would threaten the safety of the jurors and violate the agreed upon Order Regulating Disclosure of Juror Information.”

 

[Betonhaus]

Is it odd that I’m so desensitized to crazy shit that I hear this, and don’t even panic?

I don't really see how it could be an issue.
If they use it to dirty bomb a Democrat stronghold they will lose voters and part of the nation will laugh
If they use it to bomb a republican stronghold the death toll is much lower, they just started a civil war, and their voters won't be of any help.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

There was a thing where the schools would do Scoliosis Checks and depending on how old you are every one was just lined up like a 1940 military recruitment check and you got your hearing/vision/spine check assembly line style.

I'm a zoomer and had to do that. they had those annoying headphones that played birds chirping to check your hearing. Is it not done anymore?

 

[Sneed's Feed n Seed]

0.267 mCi of Ge-68 ain't shit. Sure it would suck if you, say, ate it, or held it next to your gonad or thyroid gland for a long time, but it's the last thing I'd worry about. How drones could possibly pick that shit up is more interesting to me. It's a weak source.

 

[George Lucas]

I'm a zoomer and had to do that. they had those annoying headphones that played birds chirping to check your hearing. Is it not done anymore?

I remember this but I never had to show anyone my underwear.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

0.267 mCi of Ge-68 ain't shit. Sure it would suck if you, say, ate it, or held it next to your gonad or thyroid gland for a long time, but it's the last thing I'd worry about. How drones could possibly pick that shit up is more interesting to me. It's a weak source.

is a orphan source the story now?

anyway NEST's dectectors are good enough to sniff out people who take radiation treatments. If they are flying any of their manned aircraft the callsign will be FLYNET.

 

[Sneed's Feed n Seed]

Wow. Long integration time, or am I just underestimating photons/second here? Fuck it, napkin math time.

3E7 gammas per second. I guess a scintillator could work there.

 

[Romulus augustulus]

I remember this but I never had to show anyone my underwear.

We didn't have to take our pants off but did have to take off our shirts for the spine board thing.

 

[Vaclav]

Why do democrats/BLM/etc always choose the worst people to venerate into martyrs to ruin peoples lives? What purpose does it serve to try and turn a veteran saving an entire subway car of people into a killer? So that people are afraid to man up and become heroes the next time? Do they actually get off on leaving the populace scared for their lives every single day?

This is an interesting topic. The explanation that makes the most sense to me is that they do it for the same reason that PETA likes to pull offensive public stunts.

Their activist model is not based on "let's convince everyone" because they know that most people will not accept their goals. What they want to do is create a group of fanatical followers who will act as a vanguard to bring about the desired revolution.

When they chant "We support black criminals!" and cheer for someone like George Floyd, or have men in lingerie twerk in front of preschoolers, they're purity-testing their supporters. Are you so much of a true believer that you're willing to accept this? The progressive thought leaders all say this is good, so you agree don't you?

When people accede to things that fly in the face of common sense out of group loyalty, it strengthens their bond to the group and makes it harder for them to leave. Leaving would mean admitting to themselves that they were tricked into supporting idiocy by con artists. Extreme acts also show a level of conviction that will attract potential recruits, often listless people who feel a lack of purpose in their lives and are drawn toward someone offering an easy solution to the world's problems.

In other words, these movements want to build cults of people who will obey without question. It's a powerful strategy but it starts to fall apart as it gains exposure and people get wise to the ideological sleight of hand. BLM is a one-trick pony and the flaws in their reasoning are now well known, they'll have less and less traction until they change up their approach significantly.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

hy do democrats/BLM/etc always choose the worst people

When you are taught all your problems stem from black people being kept here to pick cotton, and not being sent back to Africa to build pyramids, it's easy to find excuses.

 

[FlappyBat]

Even if this Court did find that the disputed evidence constitutes official acts under the auspices of the Trump decision, which it does not, Defendant’s motion is still denied as introduction of the disputed evidence constitutes harmless error and no mode of proceedings error has taken place.

Such a fucking faggot. Trump wasn't even allowed to try and suppress the evidence based on immunity and the judge writes this shit.

 

[Scale Smerch]

Trump with some more late night shitposting.
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oh how I missed the Orange Man. Canadian politics just isn't the same without 500 lbs of pure American greatness nonchalantly skull-fucking our Liberal elite at every waking moment.