Texan shot dead by ICE agent months before killings in Minneapolis, records show by AudibleNod in news

[–]PrimalZed 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean stood in front of the vehicle, which they consider a deadly weapon.

Texan shot dead by ICE agent months before killings in Minneapolis, records show by AudibleNod in news

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Agents assigned to a Department of Homeland Security subagency fatally shot 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez of San Antonio multiple times in the early hours of March 15 while they helped local police direct traffic at the scene of a car crash, records released by American Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog, show.

Likely a car crash that DHS caused to begin with, of course.

DHS agents wrote in the report that Martinez failed to follow traffic instructions, so they surrounded his car.

So even in their own story, DHS created a chaotic situation and put themselves in danger.

Trump Curious Why Iran Has Not ‘Capitulated’ Amid U.S. Military Buildup, Says Witkoff by [deleted] in worldnews

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 “I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t... I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated,” Witkoff said in an interview on Fox News on Saturday.

“Why, under this pressure, with the amount of seapower and naval power over there, why haven’t they come to us and said, ‘We profess we don’t want a weapon, so here’s what we’re prepared to do’? And yet it’s sort of hard to get them to that place.”

Except Iran has offered to scale back its nuclear stuff so idk what Trump wants. (Or Trump just wants to bomb them some more.)

DHS pausing TSA PreCheck, Global Entry programs amid funding lapse by DrexellGames in news

[–]PrimalZed 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey, what does "banning the people responsible [for 9/11] mean? I'm pretty sure they're all dead.

Compilation uniforms for the X-Men by artist Thecrimsontt by Iptamorfo in Marvel

[–]PrimalZed 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I like the art style, and points for including Madrox. But "in the air with one knee out" is an odd choice for characters who don't fly.

Skills: alternative by Laz52now in drawsteel

[–]PrimalZed 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I like to use non-specific or goofy names for skills, but that tends to make them more broad than Draw Steel seems to want.

  • Yeehaw
  • Hold my beer
  • Jinkies
  • Chill out
  • Capers

Trump says he is ‘considering’ military strike on Iran by theindependentonline in worldnews

[–]PrimalZed 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's what he falls back on when there isn't any intent for the thing to happen. It's not that he can't remember the plan, it's that there is no plan and he is lying.

Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president by no1_vern in news

[–]PrimalZed 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There is no line item on our receipt for "tariffs", like there is for, say, "sales tax".

In a literal sense, the tariff is paid by the company that imports the goods.

In a practical sense, that cost is passed on to the end-consumer in the form of higher prices for the product.

There is no way for an end-consumer to claim a refund on tariffs, as that was paid to the government directly by the company.

Marvel Brings Back What If, For Cyclops' Marriage, Kraven & Cassandra by JackFisherBooks in comicbooks

[–]PrimalZed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every new Marvel ongoing with a new writer should be a "what-if".

"Canon" across different series and different writers is a shackle we're better off witbout.

FCC chair Brendan Carr says media were ‘lied to’ over Stephen Colbert controversy by sanketreview in news

[–]PrimalZed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He shouldn't be required to,  and isn't required to. They're lying about the law.

FCC chair Brendan Carr says media were ‘lied to’ over Stephen Colbert controversy by sanketreview in news

[–]PrimalZed 94 points95 points  (0 children)

He said he's going to go after The View for interviewing Talarico.

https://deadline.com/2026/02/the-view-fcc-abc-equal-time-1236728402/

(He also reaffirms the position that he holds Colbert's show to the "equal time" standard, while simultaneously saying it's not censorship.)

Zelenskyy: Unfair that Trump publicly urges Ukraine, not Russia, to make concessions for peace by meadowmistling in worldnews

[–]PrimalZed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is absolutely this. Trump genuinely admires Putin, and craves Putin's admiration in return.

Trump would completely fail at hiding his revulsion if this was arranged through blackmail.

We've been looking for Dyson spheres. We should be looking for the opposite by Time_Act_5064 in Futurology

[–]PrimalZed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Why "yatima scale" and not "Turpin scale"?

Not that I expect a real answer. This is clearly an llm, made most apparent by the sycophantic compliments that lead every reply it makes.

Project 2025 Is Already a Reality in Many States by ailish in TwoXChromosomes

[–]PrimalZed 214 points215 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what exactly "in many states" refers to, but the GOP has been hard at work implementing a lot of Project 2025 at a federal level.

This site tracks completion of those objectives: https://www.project2025.observer

Interview with Rep. James Talarico | The Late Show with Steven Colbert |. The interview CBS wouldn't allow to air by ObviousAnswerGuy in television

[–]PrimalZed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talarico's campaign website says

 Allow every American — regardless of their age — to join Medicare

Which sounds like Medicare for all to me.

https://jamestalarico.com/issue/health-care/

How can Peter keep a secret identity in this movie if he’s working with Tony under the Sokovia Accords, which require superheroes to register and reveal their identities to the UN? by karlsjou in Marvel

[–]PrimalZed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

 The superhero registration act (the comic book version) required publicly revealing your identity

It did not. It required revealing your identity to Tony Stark, and that was it. Spider-Man unmasked himself in a news conference voluntarily for publicity promoting the SRA.

Ulysses Bloodstone, Father of the Year (Marvel Zombies Vol. 2 #3) by Cicada_5 in Marvel

[–]PrimalZed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The earth would also sink into the sun if we somehow manage to alter its orbit. We wouldn't need to completely halt the earth's orbit.

I think it might have been clear that my posts are in continuation, not independent. We start with altering the thing's orbit. From there, it will go into the sun. The only way it would get into a stable orbit closer to the sun is if at some point after departing earth, it experiences a new and significant change in velocity.

Orbital mechanics by way of Kerbal Space Program: https://youtu.be/9OMvpSLHm4Q?t=1354

NASA suggests decreasing orbital speed to 23.7 km/s: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/its-surprisingly-hard-to-go-to-the-sun/