It’s “DEI” because black Alabamans were pushed into sub standard areas and neglected. This program was supposed to (minimally) address that.

That movie is funny, but not in any way accurate or truthful. Half of the story is Boyd’s bitterness at having his own designs laughed at and the other is him not understanding how procurement and testing even work.

For example, in the move the protagonist discovers that vehicles meant for destructive testing had their fuel replaced with water and dummy ammunition. Boyd frames this as cheating to minimize possible secondary explosions. The reality is that fuel and ammo are removed from these vehicles so that they can be studied afterwards more easily. Penetrations into the magazine or fuel tank are easier to see when those components are not confetti.

Wait are the Russians monitoring him for espionage, or to help him not jerk off?

This is stealth overturning of Brown v. Board.

When they write the history of American decline Trump will be a footnote, but Clarence Thomas will get a chapter.

This person could only bring sympathy from an anti-capital punishment absolutist. For those of us who oppose capital punishment because the Sate gets it wrong so often, we have to acknowledge some times they get it right.

Am I a hypocrite? DAE want them to end capital punishment the day after they fry Dylan Roof?

Is the snake OK?

the war left an indelible mark on the American psyche that is still festering today

I’ve seen some of these docs in the “Turning Point” series and it’s not impressive. This seems like another boiler-plate History Channel doc where we gaze longingly at our reflection in the Vietnam war and bravely ask: what does this say about me?

I couldn’t get very far through this briar-patch of buzz-words. But the collapse of the Soviet Union was brought about by material economic conditions, not by jumping up and down on their own dicks the way America is handling it.

I suspect the apt model for America’s future is the British Empire.

accusing others of speaking in bad faith

You’re not allowed to talk about bad faith in a debate forum? I don’t understand. How could that do anything besides shield the sealions, JAQoffs, and grifters?

And please don’t tell me it’s about “civility”. Bad faith is the civil accusation when the alternative is your debate partner is a fool.

In my lifetime truck-driving has gone from a respected and well compensated blue collar carrier into a Mcjob.

And not because the work is unimportant. In fact it’s because so many industries rely on truckers that their compensation has been squeezed.

Speeding doesn’t shorten travel time unless the distances are significant (hundreds of Kilometers). So speeding to a hospital is more likely to lead to a crash than save time; it’s irrational and emotional.

Haven’t you ever noticed that car you blew past pull up next to you at the red-light?

There’s going to be a lot more of this. If you deport Mom and or Dad, young children will often be forced to go.

They’re still citizens though right? Sooner or later the regime is going to start stripping citizenship. Will/Can the courts hold up the 14^th?

Leni Riefenstahl never died and Dinesh D’Souza is in the sunken place.

IDK, a zipper is pretty dangerous when I’m steering it, never mind full self driving.

The US is behind in this tech because we didn’t think we needed it. I wonder what changed the Pentagon’s mind? Perhaps they’ve been impressed by what Russia has done in Ukraine.

I found this game to be pretty mediocre overall.

The early-game motorcycle is not good. A big part of the game is upgrading your bike, and this is fine, but early game you’ve got a motorcycle that can’t outrun a dog, skids like you’re on black ice, and needs a fill up every three minutes. By the end of the game that bike is a joy to ride, but it’s weird to make a first impression like that.

The combat mechanics are good, but there’s the weird progression thing again where early weapons are stupidly bad. A single shot form an M4 was way more powerful than from an M14. If you’re like me, that’s annoying.

The zombies are what they get right. They’re fast and scary and they will destroy you. The hordes are challenging sandboxes of destruction that these developers nailed.

This is not a victory. America can only be defeated by sending home body bags, not bills.

Do they really think they can exhaust our will to spend money on weapons?

Your comment is so important because billions of people around the world are starting to think of Xi as the leader of a more stable, more rational, more equitable global order.

Xi couldn’t have purchased this any treasury or captured it with any army.

You cheated not only the game, but yourself. You didn’t grow. You didn’t improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.