groolthedemon

So yesterday was the 9/11 anniversary. There was also a school shooting on the same day this piece of human garbage was rightfully shot in the jugular. I read and scour the news every day and use Google News as an aggregator. So does my wife. You had to scroll down about 10-15 stories to even get to the school shooting, and I swear... I didn't see much coverage about 9/11 at all. Not like they usually do every year. But here we are with Charlie Kirk's stupid fucking face plastered everywhere as if he is someone to be admired. 9/11 and the aftermath of the war on terror DESTROYED this country. As far as I am concerned, the terrorists fucking won. All progress made up to that point began to faulter and collapse as the divisions between people beating the drums of war in that time and those that didn't want to necessarily go to war or a multifront full scale war grew further and further. That was the straw that broke the camel's back leading us to now, where a bigoted, misogynistic, homophobic, piece of shit like Charlie Kirk even makes the fucking headlines. What a fucking time to be alive.

So, can we call reaping what you sew getting "Charlie Kirked" now? Watching the media and Trump already canonizing this guy as a martyr is sickening. Seriously. "Oh... he got young people into politics... he was a cultural icon... what a tragedy..." Like, never mind that this piece of trash was just another bigoted mouthpiece for the establishment literally poisoning America. I don't have any sympathy at all for him or the rest of his ilk. Fuck 'em all but six.

It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century. A half-century has passed since Earth began moving its burgeoning population into gigantic orbiting space colonies. A new home for mankind, where people are born and raised.

And die.

Nine months ago the cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, called Side 3 proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Initial fighting lasted over one month and saw both sides lose half their respective populations. People are horrified by the indescribable atrocities that had been committed in the name of independence.

Eight months had passed since the rebellion began. They are at a stalemate.

My old Sony Dream Machine alarm clock can tell me when my cell phone pings a cell phone tower or is about to get a text when it is sitting next to it. The unshielded wires on the speakers make them go pppbbbpppbbbschzzzzzz... pppbbbpppbbbbschzzzzz...

It's like Breaking Bad. I didn't watch it until like five or six years after all the hype died down. I really enjoyed it, but on my own damned terms.

On May 25, 1953 the Grable test under Operation Upshot Knothole fired the W9 nuclear artillery shell over 6 miles downrange at Frenchman's Flat detonating at 15 kilotons. The artillery shell weighed roughly 803 lbs. This was 1950's technology that could still fit in the back of a pickup truck and level a city. I'm sure they're a lot lighter and a lot more powerful today. So, yes. If we could do it in '53 we could definitely do it today, but with orders of magnitude more destructive force and likely lighter weight.

Edit: I did some more digging. For instance, the W88 warhead aboard MIRV's on nuclear subs today have an explosive force of 475 kilotons with a mean average weight of 400 lbs for comparison. Though, most of that weight is probably shielding for reentry, so you could probably cut it back significantly if you're just putting it in a car trunk.

Both are solid choices. I also like Thom Hartman.

First one: Makes my propulsion system look cute! Second one: DEPLOY PLAID CAMOUFLAGE!

Yeah this is a real image. It's all post-processed smoothing from subtle movements captured on what was probably a 3 photo HDR bust by a camera phone. Meanwhile, some of the issues are literally artifacts from compression and the rolling shutter.

Is it a cloud or something like Mayflies hatching and it is a swarm of them?

The FASTNESS

I had East of Chicago, played some NMS, and watched Jacksepticeye play more Death Stranding 2. I'm in my mid 40s and Friday nights still feel the same to me.... I guess it can be that way for everyone if they really want it to. Take back your Friday nights and just be a kid again.