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#11
Tell a Joke or two / Re: the other jokes
Last post by Gawdzilla Sama - Today at 07:00:12 AM
Quote from: Unbeliever on February 06, 2025, 06:53:50 PMI recall that radiomen worked in the safest place on the ship, due to their high importance to any missions.
And if you don't believe that just ask them.

I was helo'd onto my next boat (Reeves) in the IO. Me (a pit snipe), and six twidgets. Sounded about right.
#12
Sorry, what did you say? There was a terradyctle or something flying around my lamp.
#13
Quote from: Hydra009 on February 06, 2025, 07:27:50 PMBeyond the headlines: Mass deportation news appears more recent than they were to create misleading impressions

Getting accurate recent ICE figures has been...tricky

So if I'm understanding correctly, some of the mass deportations we're hearing about are actually years or decades apart, and ICE isn't booting out nearly as many people as they're making it look like right now.

The question I want answered now is, to what purpose? Scare immigrants? Look more impressive to Trump and his base? Some combination thereof?
#14
Political/Government General Discussion / Re: Election Thread 2024
Last post by Unbeliever - February 06, 2025, 10:53:44 PM
I wonder when "the Reichstag" will burn, and exactly what that will be.
#15
Tell a Joke or two / Re: Post your funny pictures h...
Last post by Hydra009 - February 06, 2025, 10:29:51 PM


ADHD should be better represented in fiction.
*visualizes a brave adventurer trying to save the world, but getting stuck at some stage of the plan and being overwhelmed with the enormity of the task and all the pressure.  "But if you don't, we'll all die!"  "I know that, and I'm trying , believe me.  But I just can't." 
*visualizes an apple and rotates it like a skyrim inventory item*
*visualizes South America and Africa connecting, the landmass is shaped like a dinosaur and makes roaring sounds*
#16
Political/Government General Discussion / Re: Will Putin Invade Ukraine?
Last post by Hydra009 - February 06, 2025, 09:49:49 PM
There are still some smart cookies in Russia.  Lotta sidelong glances before speaking the truth.

#17
Tell a Joke or two / Re: Post Funny Videos
Last post by Hydra009 - February 06, 2025, 09:26:57 PM
#18
Political/Government General Discussion / Re: Election Thread 2024
Last post by Hydra009 - February 06, 2025, 07:27:50 PM
Beyond the headlines: Mass deportation news appears more recent than they were to create misleading impressions

QuoteThe lawyer noticed a strange pattern. In almost every state, at least one press release from Ice's website appeared in Google's top results. Nebraska, for example, surfaced links for two press releases. One said "ICE executes federal search warrants in Nebraska", the other said "ICE fugitive operations team arrests 44 absconders". Both displayed their dates of publication as 24 January 2025 on Google search. But when the lawyer clicked through to the report, the actual dates of publication were August 2018 and June 2008, respectively.

"I've now done it in all 50 states ... and I've done it in multiple cities. And it's the same thing," the lawyer said. "They all had the last update of 1/24/2025 and they were all popping up at the front of the algorithm."

Getting accurate recent ICE figures has been...tricky

QuoteICE also has not explained what's happening to the migrants who are arrested. NBC News reported this week that some migrants arrested by ICE under the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign have already been released in the United States, on a program that monitors them.

Kocher said questions about the data are especially important to ask because the administration has a "political incentive right now to put numbers out, to try to show that they're doing something."

"That incentive may mean that they put something out that's not true, rather than taking the time to get it right," Kocher said.
#19
Tell a Joke or two / Re: the other jokes
Last post by Unbeliever - February 06, 2025, 06:53:50 PM
I recall that radiomen worked in the safest place on the ship, due to their high importance to any missions.
#20
Tell a Joke or two / Re: the other jokes
Last post by Gawdzilla Sama - February 06, 2025, 06:17:39 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on February 06, 2025, 04:08:30 PMNo, never got on a ship. I was a radioman, but I was able to stay stateside.
We had two radiomen in our PBR flot. One at each end of the five boat squad.