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Yesterday - January 17, 2025
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity.
Apart from obviously double-checking for leaks, we will add fire suppression to that volume and… Show more
8:14 PM · Jan 16, 2025 //
Elon Musk @elonmusk
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It’s harder than it looks
Ryan Saavedra @RealSaavedra
CIA Director Nominee John Ratcliffe yesterday: “There's only one country in the world that can parallel park a 200-foot rocket booster. The Chinese can't do it. The Russians can't do it. We do it.”
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2:05 AM · Jan 17, 2025. //
anon-9s7n
10 hours ago
Explosions in tests can be just as useful as non explosions. Sometimes more so. The success of a test flight is whether you learned what you needed to change to make it better and safer. I'd say this was successful.
The debil
10 hours ago
Unfortunately, it takes failure to have true success, no matter what the endeavor.
If you do not learn from failure, you are on the path to greater failures. //
Random US Citizen The debil
8 hours ago
Thomas Edison: “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work”
These two women are a symptom of a disease being suffered by so many people in our society. They are faceless participants in this degeneracy and the driving force behind this normalization of extremism. //
According to E! News, Phillips said her earnings are "in the millions" after her 100-man stunt. Billinger says she earns roughly $750,000 a month on her OF account.
That means there are thousands and thousands of people, most of them men, giving up their money to subscribe and watch these women debase themselves in these extreme ways. As sick as Billinger and Phillips are, these subscribers are pushing this to happen. Every new sign-up is an encouragement. //
With face-to-face interaction taken out of the equation, we have become something other than people. Phillips and Billinger aren't two women with emotions, personalities, and humanity, they're entertainment.
In the same way the slaves and prisoners were in the Colosseum, watching them be destroyed in real time isn't registering due to the mental detachment. What we're watching in front of us is grotesque and horrible, yet it's so normalized for too many because the internet has allowed us to view this kind of thing for years without having to put ourselves anywhere near it. We can be a faceless observer from the safety of our homes who, upon getting what we want out of it, can click away and not have to worry about any of the consequences afterward. //
But if I'm being honest, I'm not entirely sure how this gets better altogether. If Phillips and Billinger were to suddenly realize the error of their ways, find God, and become the most vocal anti-porn advocates you've ever heard of, then there would be two more women to take their place. If you were to take down the OnlyFans platform, others would rise up.
I don't know how to fight this, and fear this is going to be a problem that either gets better after it gets severely worse, or Christ returns.
In the meantime, the only thing we can do is guard ourselves against it by making sure people understand how damaging this stuff is, not just to view but to take part in.
Bondi is a terrifying woman if you're a Democrat, and just how scared of her Democrats are more than came through in their questioning of her. They would hardly ever let her speak. When she started giving answers they didn't like, or when she'd checkmate them, they'd either talk over her or immediately move on.
You only do that when you have an unmitigated contempt for the person you're engaging with, and I'm pretty sure that this contempt stems from their fear of Bondi. They are terrified that she will do to them what they did to Trump, to Republicans, and to us.
Their strategy isn't necessarily to stop her confirmation — which is more than likely going to happen — it's to set up narratives that make Bondi seem like she's abusing her position in order to weaponize the justice system against Democrats. Yes, this is exactly what the Democrats did during Biden's administration, but they're still hoping they can sell this narrative in an age where the legacy media has lost a great deal of its power.
If they can get social media clips circulating of them warning Bondi against doing such a thing, and admonishing her for Trump even thinking about doing it, then when a Democrat is inevitably caught up in something they can appear on networks with a "see, I told you she was corrupt" and a "Trump is everything we warned everyone about" for good measure. //
So if they did nothing wrong, then Democrat politicians have nothing to worry about. She will maintain the honor of her position... but if you did break the law, then don't be surprised to have a one on one meeting with justice as arranged by Pam Bondi. //
LDRider
12 hours ago
Bondi. Pam Bondi.
Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan and Deputy Archivist William J. Bosanko released the following statement today on the Equal Rights Amendment and the constitutional responsibilities for administering the ratification process:
“As Archivist and Deputy Archivist of the United States, it is our responsibility to uphold the integrity of the constitutional amendment process and ensure that changes to the Constitution are carried out in accordance with the law. At this time, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions.
“In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice affirmed that the ratification deadline established by Congress for the ERA is valid and enforceable. The OLC concluded that extending or removing the deadline requires new action by Congress or the courts. Court decisions at both the District and Circuit levels have affirmed that the ratification deadlines established by Congress for the ERA are valid. Therefore, the Archivist of the United States cannot legally publish the Equal Rights Amendment. As the leaders of the National Archives, we will abide by these legal precedents and support the constitutional framework in which we operate.
“The role of the Archivist of the United States is to follow the law as it stands, ensuring the integrity of our nation’s governing institutions. Personal opinion or beliefs are not relevant; as the leaders of the National Archives, we support established legal processes and decisions.
In his view, it will be the aftermath when people want to quickly rebuild and come face to face with California’s progressive bureaucracy that will red-pill thousands of Democrats. //
One of the podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis is the Versus Media Podcast by Stephen L. Miller, who you may know as @redsteeze on Twitter/X. In a recent episode, Miller suggested that the reason the media is working overtime to deflect blame for the fires is because they know that if California goes red, Democrats will never win another presidential election.
Don’t think it couldn’t happen. Florida, Iowa, and Ohio are solidly red states now but were considered swing states just a decade ago.
But one of the most interesting exchanges was with new Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), who was able to unseat Jon Tester in Big Sky Country, and he was impressive in his questioning of Hegseth. It was hilarious, but it also got to the most important quality that a SecDef needs to have.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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SENATOR TIM SHEEHY: How many genders are there?
HEGSETH: Two.
SHEEHY: I know that well, I'm a "she-he (Sheehy)." What is the diameter of a rifle round fired out of an M4A1?
HEGSETH: 5.56.
SHEEHY: How many pushups can you do?
HEGSETH: I did 5 sets of 47 this morning.
SHEEHY: Most important strategic base is in the Pacific?
HEGSETH: Guam.
SHEEHY: How many rounds of 5.56 can you fit into the magazine of an M4 rifle?
HEGSETH: Standard issue is 30.
SHEEHY: What size round is the M9 Beretta standard issue sidearm for the military?
HEGSETH: 9mm.
SHEEHY: What kind of batteries do you put in your night vision goggle?
HEGSETH: Duracell.
SHEEHY: You represent what warfighters deal with every day on the battlefield. You understand them. What happens is - decisions made in rooms like this cause d*ad 17, 18, 19-year-old Americans. Your priority is warfighters. I support you.
On January 27, 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment. I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.
It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex. //
Note the date of the Virginia's ratification: January 27, 2020. The original Congressional resolution that sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification included a ratification deadline of seven years. The original deadline was March 1979. There was an extension, passed by a simple majority — not the two-thirds majority required for constitutional amendments — and signed by President Carter.
However, the president has no role in the passage and ratification of constitutional amendments, as the Supreme Court decided back in 1798. //
Even the interns running the White House social media accounts and press releases have to understand that this "affirmation" means less than nothing. The Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified. It is not the law of the land. It remains as it was: a failed effort to amend the Constitution. Again, the President of the United States has no role in amending the Constitution. It is, as MacBeth said, "...a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." //
The President of the United States has no authority to make any such decree, and Joe Biden can "affirm" this until his eyes fall out and it means a grand total of nothing. This administration is leaving as it lived: with no knowledge of the Constitution and how this republic is supposed to work, and only a tenuous connection with reality. //
mdavt
2 hours ago
Hasn't the Archivist stated she will not abide by any such order?
RedPanda mdavt
an hour ago
Yep!
As a nation founded on the revolutionary truth that “all men are created equal” with rights that come not from man but from God, we will never be indifferent to the suffering of our fellow man. But ultimately, under President Trump, the top priority of the United States Department of State must be and will be the United States. The direction he has given for the conduct of our foreign policy is clear. Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions:
• Does it make America safer?
• Does it make America stronger?
• Does it make America more prosperous?
Under President Trump, the dollars of hardworking American taxpayers will always be spent wisely and our power will always be yielded prudently, and toward what is best for America and Americans above all else. //
Rubio struck a very serious tone as he discussed the foreign policy priorities of Donald Trump, and competently answered all of the questions from the panel. Rubio's answer to a question from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) showed what the power structure will be like in the new administration:
"The foreign policy of the United States will be set by the president, and my job will be to advise and execute."