Thomas A VandenOever

Just another guy, 2A, non-native Texan, ex- Chairborn, ex SP4 mafia, REMP, ex-punk, metal-head, loud & abrasive, did stupid stuff before the internet.

[🇺🇲Brad Miller🇺🇸 @BradMiller06]

@CollinRugg

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

@PhantomPlatypus Aren’t magazines with over 10 rounds in them for handguns illegal in California?

Looks like his is way more than a 10 round mag.

How could this happen?

[Phantom Platypus @PhantomPlatypus]

@CollinRugg But California’s gun laws are so strict, how could this have happened?

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

"I had to remind him [50 Cent] that he is a black person so he can't vote for Donald Trump" - Chelsea Handler

[Thomas A VandenOever @TAVandy1]

@AdameMedia Not enough yet!

[The Epic BULLSHIT must stop @thatguyinflarda]

@AdameMedia @ColourBuddy369 How is stating the truth “racism”. There are zero “innocent” Palestinians. They all support Hamas and until they rise up and defeat Hamas from within, every one of them will be a pawn in their own destruction.

[molly cosmo @CGuarente]

@AdameMedia @ColourBuddy369 https://t.co/5gP07YYWnc

[molly cosmo @CGuarente]

@AdameMedia @ColourBuddy369

[Max 📟 @MaxNordau]

@AdameMedia Are they still cheering?

[SM Rose @smr0se]

@hishertheythem @AdameMedia @MGP5Y Hamas has clearly stated that Palestinians are not their responsibility. An unusual stance for a once elected government.

[Antapaws 🙈🙉🙊 @antapaws1]

@hishertheythem @AdameMedia @MGP5Y With a surrender from HAMAS.

[Laird Aaron. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @LordAaron6]

@hishertheythem @USAproudmama @AdameMedia @MGP5Y Very famous quote from a former Israeli PM: "We will eventually forgive you for killing our sons. We will never forgive you for making us kill yours."

[James Peterson @hishertheythem]

Being weaker than your enemy and taking more damage doesn't make you more virtuous. It speaks nothing to your cause.

This is what it takes to defeat an enemy in war. By now most governments would have surrendered to save their civilians. But most governments wouldn't have their fighters intermingled with the population so there is that.

Hamas is clearly not most governments. Obviously their plan is to turn public opinion against Israel by sacrificing their innocents. Israel doesn't seem to be blinking.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship weighs 5000 tons on liftoff

[Michael Rutchland @MRutchland]

Elon is at it once again! He rocks and really understands… 🚀🔥😎

The incident with Starship's heat shield on its fourth flight serves as a stark reminder of the immense challenges and risks involved in pushing the boundaries of space exploration. It's a testament to the complexity of designing a reusable spacecraft capable of withstanding the extreme conditions of atmospheric reentry.

Elon Musk's foresight in identifying a potential vulnerability in the heat shield demonstrates the importance of meticulous engineering and rigorous testing. While the failure is undoubtedly a setback, it also provides invaluable data and insights that will inform future iterations of Starship.

This incident underscores the iterative nature of innovation. Setbacks and failures are inevitable, but they serve as crucial learning experiences that ultimately lead to progress. As SpaceX analyzes the data and refines their designs, we can expect them to emerge with an even more robust and resilient Starship, bringing us closer to achieving the dream of interplanetary travel.

As we eagerly await further updates and videos from SpaceX, let's remember that the path to progress is often paved with challenges. It's through overcoming these obstacles that we achieve greatness.

[Xander 🚀 @MoonManX22]

@Erdayastronaut @elonmusk We worked so hard on those tiles! To see them bring the ship home is beyond words. Our work is far from done. This is how humanity becomes multiplanetary! #Starship

[@JosetteCaruso Josette Caruso @JosetteCaruso_]

A handful of high-profile Democrats in the Senate and House previously supported the notion of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — the agency tasked with enforcing immigration law in communities and at the border.
Despite their previous calls for ICE to be scrapped, there has been little resistance or pushback from Democrats about ICE enforcement under President Biden as the border crisis continues to wreak havoc on U.S. citizens, cities and communities.
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — two Democrats who sought their party's nomination for president in 2020 — are prominent leaders who previously led calls for ICE to be abolished outright, or broken up during former President Donald Trump's tenure in the White House. In 2018, during an appearance on CNN, Gillibrand said: "I don’t think ICE today is working as intended. . . . I believe that it has become a deportation force, and I think you should separate the criminal justice from the immigration issues."
"I think you should reimagine ICE under a new agency with a very different mission and take those two missions out," she added at the time. "We believe that we should protect families who need our help and that is not what ICE is doing today, and that’s why I believe you should get rid of it, start over, reimagine it and build something that actually works."Warren also took issue with the agency in 2018, writing in a Facebook post in June 2018: "[Trump's] deeply immoral actions have made it obvious that we need to rebuild our immigration system from top to bottom, starting by replacing ICE with something that reflects our values."
Though he didn't directly call for ICE to be abolished, a 2019 plan released by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats and sought the party's nomination for president in 2016 and 2020, included breaking up ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Deportation and enforcement would return to the Department of Justice, customs matters to the Treasury, and naturalization and citizenship to the State Department under Sanders’ proposal. Several House Democrats also called to "terminate" ICE under Trump and expressed their support for the agency to be "abolished."
House Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., introduced legislation in 2018 that would have led to ICE being "terminated" and called for the establishment of a commission "tasked with establishing a humane immigration enforcement system." It never received a vote in the House.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Successful soft landing of the Starship Super Heavy rocket booster!