The News Thread

[tagradh]

I have a vague memory of thinking that drafting was something to do with checkers.

We should replace war with checkers.

 

[CiG]

To the elite, they're basically interchangeable.

 

[Baroque]

Well, trump just cancelled the two most ambitious NASA missions. Losing motivation to work here. Just yesterday I was wearing my Europa mission t shirt.

 

[Dak]

Defunding NASA seems at odds with America First rhetoric. What about a "new moon landing"?

 

[Baroque]

new moon landing would be almost no step for mankind, while finding liquid water on Europa would have been the next giant leap

 

[Dak]

new moon landing would be almost no step for mankind, while finding liquid water on Europa would have been the next giant leap

That's why I used the quotation marks. Some new badass space leap you would think would really appeal to Trumps ego.

 

[rms]

new moon landing would be almost no step for mankind, while finding liquid water on Europa would have been the next giant leap

thought there was water on that moon, just was sulfur or some crazy element/molecular structure instead?

 

[Baroque]

thought there was water on that moon, just was sulfur or some crazy element/molecular structure instead?

there is frozen water but liquid water is theorized below the surface, not yet proven.

 

[Dak]

Frozen Water World - Starring Kevin Costner's daughter as the voice for the Disney animated production.

 

[CiG]

I'm not sure why space exploration would appeal to Trump.

 

[Dak]

I'm not sure why space exploration would appeal to Trump.

Uhh, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MURKA!

 

[CiG]

But he's one of those practical types, I think space exploration as a concept is too broad or philosophically vast for a man like him.

 

[Dak]

But he's one of those practical types, I think space exploration as a concept is too broad or philosophically vast for a man like him.

I'm super practical but practical includes needing to get out of this solar system in a few hundred million years.

 

[CiG]

I'm super practical but practical includes needing to get out of this solar system in a few hundred million years.

You're modern practical, he's vintage.

 

[no country for old wainds]

space exploration is the last thing trump would do imo, however building intergalactic weapons to defend the US from alien invasions is probably a top priority. or maybe just make the aliens build a forcefield for us.

 

[CiG]

If he's listening to Pence, maybe an intergalactic crusade is on the agenda.

Fingers crossed NASA. (North American Space Anglicanization)

 

[Talos of Atmora]

or maybe just make the aliens build a forcefield for us.

"The forcefield just got 10% stronger."

- Donald Trump 2019

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ng-report-on-the-baltimore-police-department/

 

[Dak]

I wonder if it strikes anyone else as odd that police behavior (assuming mostly white officers) is a serious problem in a city where blacks outnumber whites by slightly more than 2:1. It's also a problem in a city with historically high crime rates.

 

[Dak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...bd624a-f86c-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html

The dissonance is astounding. Plus racism.

Problems caused by an influx of people into one place from some other different place:
1. Don't know the language
2. Increased job competition which drives down wages
3. Won't have money sent to them from another country
4. Burdens government services
5. Many criminals in the mix

But on the magic dirt of America, none of these are problems here!!!!!