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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

And uh Tokyo Drift? Really?

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Seriously? Ok one more attempt. Trump is the leader of the republican party. The people in the republican party selected him as their leader. I don't know how to make it any clearer but I'll try with a tiny fib: Trump is the republican party. The republican party is Trump.

Trump tells his party "hey write up this legislation, do it because I'm the leader of the party that you are in". Notice that part "because I'm the leader of the party that you are in". That's not "because I am president", it's "because I'm the leader of the party that you are in". And by and large, the republican party will do that. They will listen to their party leader (the one they selected) and write up the legislation, try to pass it in the House of reps, try to pass it in the senate, and then it will land on Trumps desk.

To be more specific, the party will meet, they will discuss what they want to do, listening heavily to what the president/leader wants to do because it was his "vision" for america that got them elected, then write up legislation.

A third party candidate does not have party members in the house or senate that will do that.

If that doesn't make sense to you, you have some reading to do. I think I'm out.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What? Trump was the leader of the party and had a cult following through and through. You're making no sense.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And even if the candidate wins, then what? They have no say in Congress. It's the House of Reps and the Senate that passes legislation. Your new third party candidate can only choose to sign or to veto bills passed by the House and Senate.

Beau on it https://youtu.be/-KX8xddKfeM

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I think the differentiator is Saudi official. Government official, not merely a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Copying my comment from another thread:

The right is very good at picking a name and holding it up to "win". They do this because they can't deal with statistics.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

The right is very good at picking a name and holding it up to "win". They do this because they can't deal with statistics.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

You know that's interesting turn of phrase that doesn't make much sense.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

We were cooking wayyyyyyyyyyy before agriculture.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Agriculture is different than cooking.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mean our evolution really kicked off so to speak from outsourcing our digestion. That meant more calories could go to the brain. That's the aspect I'm focused on.

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Really excellent video discussing the politics of neutrality, don't let the country balls fool you.

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It is believed that the plot was designed as a last-ditch attempt by the Montenegrin pro-Serbian and pro-Russian opposition to prevent Montenegro's accession to NATO,[5] a move stridently opposed by Russia's government that had issued direct threats to Montenegro concerning such eventuality.[6][7][8][9][10] This theory was re-affirmed by the court verdict handed down in 2019.[11]

On the eve of 16 October 2016, the day of the parliamentary election in Montenegro, a group of 20 Serbian and Montenegrin citizens, including the former head of Serbian Gendarmery Bratislav Dikić, were arrested;[12][13] some of them, along with other persons, including two Russian citizens, were later formally charged by the authorities of Montenegro with an attempted coup d'état. In early November 2016, Montenegro's special prosecutor for organised crime and corruption, Milivoje Katnić, alleged that "a powerful organisation" that comprised about 500 people from Russia, Serbia and Montenegro was behind the coup plot.[14] In February 2017, Montenegrin officials accused the Russian 'state structures' of being behind the attempted coup, which allegedly envisaged an attack on the country's parliament and assassination of prime minister Milo Đukanović.[15][16]

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The Scorpion is a tandem-seat twinjet aircraft with an all-composite material fuselage designed for light attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. Production costs were minimized by using common commercial off the shelf technology, manufacturing resources and components developed for Cessna's business jets; such as the flap drive mechanism is from the Cessna Citation XLS and Cessna Citation Mustang, the aileron drive mechanism is from the Citation X.[3][6][7][8][25] Textron AirLand calls the Scorpion an ISR/strike aircraft, instead of a "light attack" aircraft. The joint venture also states the Scorpion is intended to handle "non-traditional ISR" flights such as those performed by U.S. fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Scorpion is designed to cheaply perform armed reconnaissance using sensors to cruise above 15,000 ft, higher than most ground fire can reach, and still be rugged enough to sustain minimal damage.[26]

The Scorpion is designed to be affordable, costing US$3,000 per flight hour, with a unit cost expected to be below US$20 million.[22]

Vs F-16 "more recent variants starting at $25 to $30 million but potentially reaching $60 to $70 million with improvements." and $22,000 per hour.

Vid of it https://youtu.be/q7qwQGksyPk

They hope it will replace the A-10.

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He might have run in 4 years. But assuming he doesn't want to run against an incumbent, he'll have to wait 8.

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Richards graduated from Thousand Oaks High School. In 1968, he appeared as a contestant on The Dating Game, but was not chosen for the date. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1970. He trained as a medic and was stationed in West Germany where he was a member of a theatrical group called The Training Road Show.[12] He became interested in performing after taking a theatrical class in seventh grade.[13]

After being honorably discharged, Richards used the benefits of the G.I. Bill to enroll in the California Institute of the Arts and earned a Bachelor of Arts in drama from the Evergreen State College in 1975.[14] He also had a short-lived improv act with Ed Begley Jr. During this period, he enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College and continued to appear in student productions.

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It’s in English, I have no idea why the description is in Russian.

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The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as "poorer inhabitants of the rural districts ... men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks".[12] Hats were usually worn and they protected that wearer's head from the sun, but also provided psychological protection by shading the face from close scrutiny.[13] The back of the neck however was more exposed to the sun and allowed closer scrutiny about the person's background in the same way callused working hands could not be easily covered.

By 1900, "rednecks" was in common use to designate the political factions inside the Democratic Party comprising poor white farmers in the South.[14] The same group was also often called the "wool hat boys" (for they opposed the rich men, who wore expensive silk hats). A newspaper notice in Mississippi in August 1891 called on rednecks to rally at the polls at the upcoming primary election:[15]

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Not actually a shower thought, saw an old document that labeled it air-port. I don't think I would have ever made the connection.

(I've found people can be rude about word breakdowns, but I'm posting it anyway. Be better.)

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by someguy3@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Why is there no hair? It's completely surrounded by hair. The entire rest of the head (except parts of the actual face) is covered by hair. Other animals have hair.

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