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Biff moved to Florida?

This guy dibbed a vacuum. The Smoking GunFlorida Man Guilty Of Vacuum Cleaner SexJULY 13--A Florida Man was found guilty today of having sex with a vacuum cleaner outside a home in a gated resort community near Disney World, court records show. Kevin Westerhold, 51, entered a no

And, of course, also the fact that both parties are offering complete morons for candidates!

Oh, that’s right, those Russian paratroopers in Kyiv were peacekeepers.

Yeah it would be really fucking nice if for a change we didn't have literal invalids sitting in some of the 500 most powerful positions in the country. The gerontocracy needs to come to an end. It's absolutely bananas that the people with the least skin in the game are running everything.

Add a sandwich maker attachment and Hoover would be vacuuming up big bucks.

Yeah, that is one of the things I really admire about Europe. Their recent attempts to strip Microsoft from their tech stacks has been admirable. I went with Linux after having no previous experience with it. Once I saw what Windows 7 was going to become with Windows 8, I was over it. Windows XP and 7 were the last major versions I used on my own hardware (I skipped Vista). Windows 8/10/11(?) seem like they are becoming ever more focused on data extraction from their user base along with migrating literally everything to a SaaS model. On that topic, I understand the need for some software to be run as a service, but the model has been adapted (IMO) to realms where it serves literally no purpose other than to capture user data (for monetization) and/or place utility behind a paywall that was otherwise free or better than the current, modern offerings. See Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint, etc. 99% of computer users have no need for a Windows machine. The old refrain of needing Windows because Linux couldn't run certain software like Adobe, or AutoCAD are now no longer relevant - namely because those products are now paywalled as SaaS which you need to interact with through a web browser! Even the refrain to gaming is no longer relevant as Windows gaming has declined (as I understand), and much of gaming is now done through the web anyway. 10+ years ago I bought a cheap second-hand laptop off of Ebay and installed Linux (https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/). Does all my spreadsheeting, word-processing, internet browsing, etc. Plays all the music I need it to. Whatever. It'd even game if I was in to that. Also, the computer hasn't worn out like Windows machines and Mac phones (computers) seem to strangely do every few years...weird. As far as Mac goes, that's just a proprietary skin on top of UNIX anyway. Ultimately they're beholden to the same fundamental problem that Microsoft is. Namely that they need to control access to what they see as "their" customer: i.e. they own you, and need to make sure the price to leave (or access you) is high. Hence you can't install whatever software you want, and ultimately you need to interact with the services they provide in the manner they have chosen / designed. What's worse is that most of that is invisible to users.

Not anymore, the 2024 electorate was approximately... (Source) Generation Birth Years Share of Eligible Voters Gen Z 1997–2012 ~17% Millennials 1981–1996 ~31% Gen X 1965–1980 ~25% Baby Boomers 1946–1964 ~27% Silent Generation 1928–1945 ~4%

It is incredible how much that generation refuses to let go/understand that they are far less qualified than people in their 50s and younger. I see it in every aspect of life - refusal to even consider someone in a younger generation may actually know more/be better qualified in a specific role, job, etc. Politics at all levels is a primary example.

How strange that the Baby Boomers are the largest generation and voting block.

Agreed, but the real fault lies with the fucktards that keep re-electing them!!

Uh I beg to differ Red_Dawn_1_9_Movie_CLIP_Paratrooper_Invasion_1984_HD.mp4

paratroopers do not take over a country.

What a shit showing for the final game. Didn't play like Americans at all. No grit, no heart. Perhaps all the political shit with the red card messed with their heads. It was extremely disappointing. Guess I'll root for...Spain.

I thought they reported he was killed in Iran War 1. Good to see him make a cameo in Iran War 2.

That dude who ducked wins the luckiest guy of the year award...but then when he touched the hot barrel is LOL.

It's a double-edged sword, but as Brabus so correctly pointed out, the impetus is on the military to protect sensitive and/or classified material. The same argument can be made about PA wanting to release information just so they can look good. I don't consider the media to be spies (well, not ALL of them), but we all know there is a lot of information our adversaries learn about us through open source reporting (a commonly cited intelligence community rule of thumb has long been that 60–90% of useful intelligence can originate from open sources). Those of us who have been on here for a while remember Rainman’s famous recommendation when it comes to the media (“never talk to them”) but they are not the only ones trying to extract info from us. “Loose Lips Sink Ships” and “Never Pass Up The Opportunity To Shut The Fuck Up!” remind us how important OPSEC is, especially on forums such as this one. Steve is a well-known and respected aviation journalist who has contributed a lot to this forum; but he’s not the USAF and shouldn’t be expected to protect its secrets like the rest of us. That’s our job! And I don’t fault him for sharing things, that’s his job!

RIP Lady G

Let’s recap on what Pooter’s arguing: AIPAC is evil/a conspiracy/aligned with foreign actors/etc. because they oppose candidates who don’t share their values/desires and they support candidates who do…like literally every lobby group and PAC in America. It’s a sign some dark actor is controlling our government. If you want to make a credible argument along these lines, then feel free to say all the same things about every PAC out there. At least you’d show a consistent viewpoint - care to do so? Israel has massive influence and control in our government because we give “the most FA” to them. Except that number is 4.7% cumulatively since 1948; yawn, doesn’t even reach the level of “weak argument.” Giving FA to the only ally we can rely on with shared objectives in a region, so we can advance our agenda in said region is crazy, fraught with dark motives and definitively means this ally is controlling us. So for consistency, you should be against FA entirely. Are you? That’s the highlights anyways.

I thought Iran was out of: Missiles Bombs Drones Mil aircraft Mil ships I also thought Iran had few, if any: Working radar Sensors But, like the Energizer bunny, they just keep going and going...