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by TimothyC
2022-06-17 10:15am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Replies: 1943
Views: 246631

Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border

Macron, Scholz and Draghi pledge arms and EU path for Ukraine in Kyiv visit. <Snip> One of my friends noted that Macron is for victory when he needs a domestic win, and for peace when he thinks it can get him a Nobel prize, which is still better than the slow-walking the Germans have done.
by TimothyC
2021-11-26 10:52am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger
Replies: 18
Views: 6486

Re: Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger

There is also the sentencing phase to get through. Until that's over and seen as just on some level we aren't quite done with this. All three men got felony murder (a charge resulting from when someone dies in the commission of a felony, even if the person charged did not commit the action that end...
by TimothyC
2021-10-17 08:46pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Star Trek Lower Decks Thread
Replies: 68
Views: 31677

Re: Star Trek Lower Decks Thread

You mean besides their unexplained presence/role on the ship and their tank taking up an inordinate amount of space on a ship that's already pretty small? :lol: It's not as though they were like the Xindi aquatics who would have the run of their respective ships. Cetacean Ops has been referenced se...
by TimothyC
2021-09-30 03:10pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: MARVEL's What If...? (spoilers possible)
Replies: 40
Views: 17812

Re: MARVEL's What If...? (spoilers possible)

I think the part that disappointed me the most in episode 8 is that they didn't get Michael Shanks to do the Ultron voice.
by TimothyC
2021-09-28 09:29am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Babylon 5 Reboot
Replies: 36
Views: 20912

Babylon 5 Reboot

JMS has posted on twitter that he's working with the CW to do a reboot of Babylon 5 . He is very clear that this would be a reboot and recasting rather than a continuation (he brings up that some of the various actors and actresses that have died over the years since the show's ending). I for one, ...
by TimothyC
2021-08-26 01:13pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city
Replies: 209
Views: 63633

Re: Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city

US election rules allow dead people to be voted into office in certain circumstances and it does happen from time to time (usually immediately followed by a governor appointing a replacement until another election is held) Broomstick, this only applies to Senators. The constitution requires that va...
by TimothyC
2021-08-25 10:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city
Replies: 209
Views: 63633

Re: Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city

Congress as a whole might be able to discipline them (to the extent that what they could be called that) but the only way to remove someone from Congress would be 1) election recall (that has to come from the people the congressperson represents, not from anyone in DC), 2) impeachment and convictio...
by TimothyC
2021-07-04 01:44am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Bill Cosby freed from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned by court
Replies: 14
Views: 4807

Re: Bill Cosby freed from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned by court

Not nearly as bad as judges deliberately letting rapists go free. Are you talking in a more general sense, or in the specific sense as it relates to this case? Are there crimes that are so terrible that it doesn't matter if civil rights are violated in the pursuit of punishing the perpetrators? the...
by TimothyC
2021-07-02 10:25am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Bill Cosby freed from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned by court
Replies: 14
Views: 4807

Re: Bill Cosby freed from prison after sexual assault conviction overturned by court

It's not that clear cut, the evidence of a deal is the press release of the first DA saying he wasn't going to prosecute Cosby. There is no official signed agreement in any file or anyone's possession, there is no legally binding agreement to be ignored, merely Prosecutorial Discretion On page 66 o...
by TimothyC
2021-05-12 06:42pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264943

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

Ohio is moving toward a June 2nd lifting of state-wide public health orders. The Governor also announced that for those between the ages of 12 and 17 will be eligible for a series of five scholarship drawings that will result in a four year full-rides to any state college/university. For adults, the...
by TimothyC
2021-05-10 03:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264943

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

My hometown is at the point where they are now going to be offering house calls for those who want a covid shot but have transportation issues in an effort to improve the uptake. I don't know how successful this is going to be, but I'm glad to see it happening.
by TimothyC
2021-04-30 01:19pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: The most advanced private space company of the present time
Replies: 11
Views: 8401

Re: The most advanced private space company of the present time

Is it really fair to call Boeing a private company given their longstanding integration with the US military industrial complex? If you want a candidate - Rocket Lab for small satellites. Reusable, high launch cadence. SpaceX wouldn't have existed anything like it does today without the COTS contra...
by TimothyC
2021-03-16 11:41am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: Superman and Lois - Anyone Else Watching?
Replies: 36
Views: 20410

Re: Superman and Lois - Anyone Else Watching?

I'm not sure how much the show is set in the new Arrowverse, and how much of it is "we have this actor and this actress to play the roles".

I'm enjoying what we've seen so far, but like any show at this point I'm staying about an episode behind, and trying to not get hooked.
by TimothyC
2021-02-14 09:04pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump/Republican Coup Thread
Replies: 527
Views: 104297

Re: Trump/Republican Coup Thread

All those who voted against are either secure for the next 4-6yrs or retiring, iirc. Murkowski is up for reelection next year. Murkowski has cover from Alaska's new Top-Four Primary + Ranked Choice Voting system. The top four candidates from a unified primary will advance to the general election, a...
by TimothyC
2021-01-04 08:34am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections
Replies: 2322
Views: 764690

Re: SUPERTHREAD: 2020 United States Elections

So what happens if Democrat members of the House and Senate are prevented from entering and voting, but there are enough Republicans to form a quorum? Could the vote still proceed? Would a vote still be legally valid? Ok, so, the electoral college has already voted. What happens on the sixth is the...
by TimothyC
2020-12-30 12:46pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Can I really post anything here?
Replies: 16
Views: 12283

Re: Can I really post anything here?

If that was the truth, SpaceX wouldn't be anywhere near where it would be; do I need to tell you the stories about when they were a young company, and trying to get quotes on previously flight-rated hardware components (valves) and the company kept giving them bullshit prices so they went and devel...
by TimothyC
2020-12-28 10:54am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Dump: Internal Policy (Thread I)
Replies: 2022
Views: 707897

Re: Trump Dump: Internal Policy (Thread I)

At least he signed the Omnibus bill. Now we get to see if Congress is going to override the veto on the NDAA.
by TimothyC
2020-12-28 09:35am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Can I really post anything here?
Replies: 16
Views: 12283

Re: Can I really post anything here?

Maybe I'm too naive and impressionable, but still, I was impressed by the achievements of a young, only 3-year-old company. Yes, maybe the technologies are not new, I'm just too happy about new companies. I don't know, it gives me pleasure. It gives me hope that with the emergence and development o...
by TimothyC
2020-12-23 11:59am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Can I really post anything here?
Replies: 16
Views: 12283

Re: Can I really post anything here?

Um, yes, I know it all, the first post is a quote from an article on the Skyrora website. Actually, here is this article As I understand it, the news is not in the engine itself, but in the estimated costs of creating such equipment so that it can be used not for Billions of dollars, but a relative...
by TimothyC
2020-12-22 01:35pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Report board software problems here
Replies: 1353
Views: 729997

Re: Report board software problems here

In firefox mobile on android, the cookie clearing has to be done via the browser, not the site, which is problematic because said version does not retain the fine-grain control of cookies that the desktop version has.
by TimothyC
2020-12-16 12:50am
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Astronomers Discover Cosmic 'Superhighways' For Fast Travel Through the Solar System
Replies: 8
Views: 8086

Re: Astronomers Discover Cosmic 'Superhighways' For Fast Travel Through the Solar System

Eternal_Freedom wrote: 2020-12-15 12:03pm Pretty sure I read about this years ago, though IIRC that was a series of minimum-fuel trajectories using slingshots and Lagrange points.
From what I understood of this paper, that's what it is.
by TimothyC
2020-12-14 07:28pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2
Replies: 737
Views: 264943

Re: COVID-19 ongoing thread part 2

SB found the news.. It seems another of our member,Stuart Slade has passed on. While he pulled a lotta shit over Salvation War, the Thai General and then misleading on French carrier and other warship details, he was still one of our more visible rightwing member who spread a amount of intellectual...
by TimothyC
2020-12-12 07:49pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Stuart Slade has died
Replies: 26
Views: 24727

Stuart Slade has died

I know the opinion of him around here is low, but he died on the 10th, from what I've heard was Covid.
by TimothyC
2020-11-19 01:17pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Third Cinci council member arrested this year
Replies: 1
Views: 3584

Third Cinci council member arrested this year

'I can deliver the votes': Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld arrested on corruption charges FBI agents arrested Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld early Thursday on federal charges accusing him of accepting bribes in exchange for favorable votes on development deals. Sittenfeld, a ...
by TimothyC
2020-11-15 08:35pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Will Trump end up as a 'secondary' president to the GOP?
Replies: 90
Views: 31770

Re: Will Trump end up as a 'secondary' president to the GOP?

Ralin wrote: 2020-11-15 07:16pmNew York et al are part of the United States. It's right there in the name.
In this particular case, United States means the federal government singular, not states plural.