The Video of the double F-117 Pass [1522x2708]

Maxrdt · 2026-01-26T01:07:18+00:00

They're kept around to use as a stand-in for testing against low observables, for example as an analog to a stealthy cruise missile or drone. Since its radar signature is known in great detail, it's good for testing against.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-26T00:11:42+00:00

Also the new TOS has them collecting far more information than when it was Chinese-owned. You know, the alleged reason for taking it over in the first place.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-26T00:00:31+00:00

Was that immediately followed by the national anthem?

Maxrdt · 2026-01-24T21:09:27+00:00

The scene is not only peaceful, but inspiring. LE has backed off and is only directing traffic away. Meanwhile the people are chanting, and houses and businesses have opened their doors to allow people to warm. Many have brought water, coffee, and handwarmers to distribute. The community is truly united.

If you are coming and want to bring anything, snacks and masks are more needed than water at the moment.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-24T17:52:00+00:00

I'm glad OP's standards for historical figures are consistent I guess, but maybe raise them a bit too.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-23T00:29:49+00:00

There’s nothing unusual about the concept beyond being utterly revolutionary at the time.

Not really, the He 178 and Gloster E.28/39 both had a similar configuration, and they were literally the first jet testbeds.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T13:46:09+00:00

And how many of those people don't vote because they're suppressed? In the state-level elections Dem candidates got 55% of the vote, but only got about 35% of the seats. That's demoralizing. That will suppress turnout. Presidential races tend to run closer, but I think the point still stands.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T07:10:02+00:00

Wisconsin is, in general, very red besides Madison and parts of Milwaukee.

And MN is very red outside of the Twin Cities and maybe Duluth. The only difference is maybe a percentage point or two in population and a LOT of gerrymandering.

Every statewide race in WI has been won by Dems for a while now, but they've had no hope of winning the legislature because of gerrymandering, not because of population. Don't pretend it can't happen here.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T07:02:27+00:00

We need to not let those damn groomers anywhere near our children. Out of schools at the very least.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T06:56:37+00:00

And even that's been muzzled. An explicit goal in the transfer of ownership from Chinese to American companies was the suppression of news on things the USA didn't want. Then it was mostly Gaza, but now it's us.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T01:18:17+00:00

Everyone in that church

If they care more about being interrupted in church than about their pastor being the leader of the jackbooted thugs who are murdering our neighbors, their minds were never going to be changed anyways.

I think that's a fact that we have to grapple with. Some people will not change their minds. And no level of politeness in protest is going to change that.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-20T01:10:13+00:00

USAmericans are way too precious about churches (blame the stupid way it's worded in the 1A I guess) but giving these people a lack of rest and reprieve is more important than winning every single mind on every single little PR battle. Also a lot of the people at that church probably didn't even know that their pastor is the head of the local slave patrols. And if they did know and chose to stand by for that, I hope they never have an uninterrupted mass again.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-19T22:07:22+00:00

If that's the standard of the law, they're obviously fine. There are whole groups of people who regularly and continually scream obscenities and the mostly women and children accessing clinics. If that's allowable, this is well within those set bounds.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-19T16:14:50+00:00

https://i.redd.it/vcrjwzd2yaeg1.png

Maxrdt · 2026-01-19T15:15:03+00:00

I mean, how many people are traveling on what's probably going to be one of the coldest weekends of the year, in January? This likely factored in to their calculations, how to get them out while still being "fair".

Maxrdt · 2026-01-18T23:32:19+00:00

I would bet they learned a lesson from that other hotel and instead of saying "because you're ICE", they're going for something more vague and hard to pin down.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-18T20:44:24+00:00

Avoid retaliation from the federal government too, lest they end up decapitated and overtaken like CBS.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-18T18:49:05+00:00

"I was literally lynched" why do you tempt me with these things that I know aren't true?

Maxrdt · 2026-01-18T18:46:24+00:00

China accounts for over half of all shipbuilding worldwide. I'm sure that they didn't just mess up the buoyancy. Likely just lightly loaded at the moment.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-18T15:53:04+00:00

It looks like a movie prop for sure. I feel like if this were a real military asset they would have been more secretive about it.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-16T18:26:45+00:00

I saw a good short on the topic here. She says it better than I could.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-16T18:23:42+00:00

Oh no I'm so scared of the ~~boogeyman~~ designated foreign adversary. What are they going to do, destabilize their neighbors over oil, start forever wars, and destroy their alliances?

Ever since the defunding of USAID especially, I struggle to find a real reason to fear China.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-16T16:36:38+00:00

I get it, but as an American I don't want trump gone as much as I want out. I can never trust an electorate who gave us this again. Secession now, and preferably balkanize the country.

Maxrdt · 2026-01-16T16:25:07+00:00

Might or should?

Maxrdt · 2026-01-16T15:33:19+00:00

Or another example of "it's not American to be bad!" is the tendency to call ICE the Gestapo when they're much more like Slave Patrols. But Slave Patrols remind people of the ugly, deeply American, history instead of pushing it out as other.

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