This type of analysis assumes that the U.S. doesn't know these issues and does what it does anyway because, like a feral dog, all it knows is to instantly gratify all passing impulses it experiences. You just can't allow yourself to believe that the U.S. is run by competent people, can you? The idea crushes your pride and without your pride, what do you have?
Let's wait 6 months and see where we're at in January. I suspect not anywhere you want to be.
@WarArchiveClips No modern army would ever do this maneuver. Not even the Russians, and they're about as unconcerned with hardware or human resource losses as anyone can be.
@GTeaman@ZacksJerryRig This guy is DEFINITELY not on China's side. It's just that Elon is playing dirty games. Legit games. But still dirty games.
Just FYI, this guy's main business is making electrified wheelchairs for the disabled. For profit. Look him up on YouTube. Rad dude. Not a filthy Communist
You're collecting back-door tax revenue for the city while there are plenty of murders left to solve. Oh, but those don't promise a nice financial windfall for the county, do they? Yeah, you need your badge melted down and used as a paper weight. Along with your career. You'd be better for society selling shoes or dental floss in Tijuana.
It's to remind you that he's a psychopath who fundamentally enjoys killing, not some 'dark knight' type morally off-white good guy. His interest in murder simply aligns with society's needs some of the time, but that doesn't make him a cop without a badge. Just a killer who happens to be helpful at times. And he will turn on you in the blink of an eye.
The whole point is that when such a guy offers more justice than the law then you're fucked. You've let things degenerate to the point where mass murderers are getting grossed out by the system.
@DisrespectedThe We make more than we use. Right now that oil gets sold internationally and so we can and do have shortages. During a serious oil crisis that would stop and we'd ban oil exports for X amount of days/weeks/moths. Then prices would rapidly drop because... we make more than we use.
@alphafox Because it's better than a wood framed home in every way that counts. We don't use it because it would wreck a lot of businesses dedicated to building, warrantying and repairing dog poop stick frame houses.
@n0tf0rpr0fit1@CritZion@Ne_pas_couvrir It won't. Everyone is having Mad Max fantasies every time some moron on one side or the other does something crazy. Truth is most folks just want to go to work, make money, and spend it on drugs, sex and rock 'n roll. It's kind of a universal for Americans.
To be more precise, since carbon dioxide dissolves and mixes in air evenly, you don't get pockets of 'bad air' in a modern home. This means that a small 1 to 2 inch gap at the bottom of a door is sufficient to keep the air in the room oxygenated - you just need the air to mix at the interface. But when you block that, suddenly inspectors start failing you for a CO (certificate of occupancy) when building a new home. I've been failed for that because my guy thought it'd be nice to have hermetically sealed bedrooms.
@Siriuszbusiness@facefuklibtards That's what I'm saying. If I've got the experience then I'd rather have a helper supplying me with ammo than a nincompoop spraying gray matter at me the first time he bobs his head over the berm. Those were some tricky angles and the gunner had it handled.
You have TEN times the luxury I had on my boat. My rack was 70% the size of yours. I had no galley. My shower was a bucket. In the Keys in July with no fan, no power of any kind in the boat. Literally crying in the middle of the night because the humidity and heat was making me throw up. Got the runs for two weeks and the only thing that saved me was the 30 gallons of water I happened to have onboard.
Oh, and I didn't have thousands of sailors watch my back. I was just alone. Broke. Homeless on the water in a vessel that had more roaches than sand on a beach.
It was hell.
What were we talking about again? Oh yeah. I'm a stupid man who makes stupid decisions.
@Shit_Exploding Yeah and they use some ridiculous oxidizers in their fuels so if you're down wind your grand kids will be born with tonsils on their ear lobes and hooves on their feet... or it'll just kill the shit out of you and your neighbors.
@MagneticNorse The difference between rich and wealthy? This mofo is rich. A wealthy dude? You'll never even know he's got money. He drives an 8 year old sedan and wears a Casio... but plays in the same arena as Musk.