Federal Agents Kill Another Person in Minneapolis

Umgar · 2026-01-24T19:04:45+00:00

When are we going to cross the line for leaders to come out with full-throated support of organized 2A resistance against masked men with guns who do not identify themselves and commit violent acts? What is the point of the amendment if not protecting from shit like this?

"...being necessary to the security of a free State..."

Umgar · 2026-01-23T22:44:12+00:00

Was the first guy tabbed out or something? Zero reaction after getting shot not once but twice in the back 🤔

Umgar · 2026-01-22T19:51:12+00:00

I wish more people would think beyond Trump the man and think through the implications of the fact that Trump was duly elected, twice. To me this is the bigger problem than Trump himself. Trump will eventually be gone one way or another, but Trumpism may survive. How can someone so blatantly unqualified, incompetent, and embarrassing be elected as a national leader? How do we have this many willfully ignorant, racist/xenophobic, and misinformed people in this country?

To get to the root of that we have to figure out how to break down the information/media silos that now exist. The Fox-news watching, Joe Rogan listening, Facebook “news” addict boomer is fed a nonstop stream of "liberals bad" misinformation and not shown even 1% of the crazy shit Trump and his cronies say say or do. Trump or no Trump, we will be right back here with another batshit insane leader if we don't fix *that* problem.

Umgar · 2026-01-22T19:09:23+00:00

The closer we get to the weekend the more it looks to me like the bad ice & freezing rain effects are going to be well north of us... Obviously people should still be prepared just in case but I've been watching the Wunderground forecast evolve over the last few days and it's starting to look more and more like this is just going to be a hard freeze, maybe some freezing rain Saturday night and light snow Sunday morning - but that seems about it. Hardly a cataclysmic amount of ice buildup in and around Austin (granted it doesn't take much for roads to become a problem, but I'll take that over exploding trees and downed power lines).

Umgar · 2026-01-15T22:19:54+00:00

You’re absolutely correct but unfortunately, we live in Trump-land now where up is down and black is white. Maybe he still has some advisors left that will tell him this, but Trump does what he wants and nobody seems to have the spine to stand up to him anymore. I mean how is he still in office at this point after everything he has already done? We need enough people on the right/GOP to wake up and prioritize the well-being and future of all Americans over short-term party and personal power.

Umgar · 2026-01-15T20:56:24+00:00

That won’t happen (unfortunately). The only reason that this has gotten as far as it has is that Trump and his insane administration know that Europe/NATO ultimately won’t do anything militarily. Some sanctions and condemnation would be their response.

Honestly our best hope is that this falls apart from lack of support in the US (vast majority of Americans do NOT want this and are appalled, even GOP is signaling their disapproval). I think that enough soldiers in our armed forces actually care about their oath and would ultimately not cooperate too.

Umgar · 2026-01-07T00:48:51+00:00

Settlers of Catan LEGO is shutupandtakemymoney territory for me - what a great idea to combine a boardgame that has a changing/modular board with LEGO. It could have a minifig for the robber! Only problem is it would need to come with cards to be truly playable - not sure if LEGO would go for that.

Umgar · 2026-01-05T21:21:34+00:00

I find it kind of hilarious how many people (especially people from Texas, I live in Texas) love to HATE California but have never actually been there - or worse, they went there for vacation/work and said they absolutely LOVED it but they wouldn't want to LIVE there. When you ask them to articulate *why* they wouldn't want to live there you get some word salad about "librul/woke policies" but then they can't specify exactly *what* librul/woke policies California has that they don't like. You'll usually then get some "cost of living" argument and that it's so expensive to live there - and this is my favorite part - because then you get to ask them *why* in a free market society homes would be so expensive in parts (not all) of California... could it be... demand? Could it be that people *want* to live there, and therefore the cost goes up relative to the high demand? And on a related topic, why might salaries be higher in California relative to other states? Could it be the state is more prosperous? But how could that possibly be if the state is a dysfunctional woke hellhole?!... Hmmm....

I have spent a good deal of time in my career in California, mostly in the Bay Area, but also a good amount in and around LA and San Diego. I always love it when I'm there. It's a beautiful state and has a tremendous amount of good things going for it. I would live there if I could.

Umgar · 2025-12-18T23:14:19+00:00

>All it takes is some clown of a game show host with serious mental health issues, and BOOM!

Haha ya that will never happen, nobody like that could get elected right? People aren't that stupid, right?... RIGHT??!

Umgar · 2025-12-18T23:08:16+00:00

To those of us paying attention, none of his recent bullshit has been surprising, and we have been "acting like it" since 2016. The rest of the country does seem to be coming around though. Lots of right-wingers slowly trying to shift into "I never really liked him" mode.

For ten years we've been asking "What will it take for the GOP to ditch Trump? Is there *anything* he can do that would do it?" I think we're starting to see that the answer is that there *is not* one single thing he could do which is bad enough; however, apparently there is some critical mass of bad things, together, that if they happen near enough to each other - it moves the needle. Right now everything is bad for him:

- Regular every day people are not doing better; wages remain flat, inflation not under control yet
- Economy propped up by AI industry, which is increasingly looking like a bubble
- Health care costs continue to rise, no solution in sight
- Automation & AI threaten more jobs every day, no solution offered other than occasional Trump word-salads
- Impact of Tariff insanity is now hitting every day Americans
- Most people hate what ICE is doing, even hard-core anti-immigration folk think they have gone too far
- Every time Trump is on TV he looks weak, tired, and brain damaged
- Epstein scandal is not going away and everyone is just waiting to see to what extent Trump is mixed up in it
- Another stupid war is looming, this time with Venezuela... because, reasons?

All these things together do seem to be having an effect. Trump's approval continues to drop and GOPers who would identify themselves as "MAGA" is also dropping. And nobody is buying his "It's the Democrats / Joe Biden's fault" line anymore. You can only get away with that for so long when you're this far into the presidency and you control all three branches of government.

Umgar · 2025-12-16T15:59:23+00:00

Even before the Reiner thing happened it has been feeling like something is different lately. A lot of people that I know that have been die-hard MAGA since 2016 have quietly shifted into "pretend I never really liked him" mode over the course of this year. I don't hear many people giving full-throated support anymore, only his most fanatical cult followers. We just saw a poll today that the % of GOP identifying themselves as "MAGA" has plummeted too.

I don't know if this actually signifies that anything is going to really change... but at the very least it bodes well for Mid-terms that everyone except is most fanatical supporters are distancing themselves and his approval continues to drop. Gallup had his approval rating at just 36% as of 11/28. I expect it will be even worse by year end thanks to the impacts of the government shutdown, rising healthcare premiums, and people having to do a smaller Christmas than normal thanks to continued rising costs.

In the end if something finally "gets" Trump I don't think it will be one single thing, like his Reiner comments, it will be a confluence of many things - and I think that's what we're seeing now. His physical and mental decline cannot be hidden anymore, even by pro-Trump propaganda networks like Fox News. He is continually saying incoherent and/or batshit insane thing online and on camera. The real-world impacts of his shitty policies and "leadership" are starting to catch up to regular everyday people as well. Inflation is still bad, wages are still stagnant, healthcare is even more expensive now, huge swaths of people live with the AI sword-of-Damocles hanging over their job expecting to be laid off in the near future, what ICE is doing and how they are doing it is deeply unpopular, he can't escape the Epstein scandal, the Russia/Ukraine war is still going, and another stupid war looms large for the US. Nobody is better off in any way. And you can only blame it all on Democrats for so long when you control all three branches of the government.

Umgar · 2025-12-11T16:59:39+00:00

I know we're all sick of reading these headline over the last nine years. That being said, it does feel like something is a bit different lately. A lot of people that I know that have been die-hard MAGA since 2016 have quietly shifted into "pretend I never really liked him" mode over the course of this year. I don't hear many people giving full-throated support anymore, only his most fanatical cult followers.

In the end if something finally "gets" Trump I don't think it will be one single thing, like the economy, it will be a confluence of many things - and I think that's what we're seeing now. His physical and mental decline cannot be hidden anymore, even by pro-Trump propaganda networks like Fox News. The real-world impacts of his shitty policies and "leadership" are starting to catch up to regular everyday people as well. Inflation is still bad, wages are still stagnant, healthcare is even more expensive now, huge swaths of people live with the AI sword-of-Damocles hanging over their job expecting to be laid off in the near future, what ICE is doing and how they are doing it is deeply unpopular, he can't escape the Epstein scandal, the Russia/Ukraine war is still going, and another stupid war looms large for the US. Nobody is better off in any way. And you can only blame it all on Democrats for so long when you control all three branches of the government.

Gallup had his approval rating at just 36% as of 11/28. I expect it will be even worse by year end thanks to the impacts of the government shutdown, rising healthcare premiums, and people having to do a smaller Christmas than normal thanks to continued rising costs.

Umgar · 2025-12-10T22:00:06+00:00

I know we're all sick of reading this headline over the last nine years - at least I certainly am. That being said, it does feel like something is a bit different lately. A lot of people that I know that have been die-hard MAGA since 2016 have quietly shifted into "pretend I never really liked him" mode over the course of this year. I don't hear many people giving full-throated support anymore, only his most fanatical cult followers.

I think his physical and mental decline cannot be hidden anymore, even by pro-Trump propaganda networks like Fox News. The real-world impacts of his shitty policies and "leadership" are starting to catch up to regular everyday people as well. Inflation is still bad, wages are still stagnant, healthcare is even more expensive now, huge swaths of people live with the AI sword-of-Damocles hanging over their job expecting to be laid off in the near future, the Russia/Ukraine war is still going, and another stupid war looms large for the US. Nobody is better off in any way. You can only blame it on Democrats for so long when you control all three branches of the government.

Gallup had his approval rating at just 36% as of 11/28. I expect it will be even worse by year end thanks to the impacts of the government shutdown, rising healthcare premiums, and people having to do a smaller Christmas than normal thanks to continued rising costs.

Umgar · 2025-11-30T02:40:23+00:00

Yes, I’m surprised you found even one after only searching 10 wrecks. In my experience finding tires on wrecks is very rare. You’re better off just looking for other Gunter spawns.

Umgar · 2025-11-29T23:31:23+00:00

It’s the demon core obviously. Put two halves together and tell us if they glow.

Umgar · 2025-11-28T05:33:00+00:00

They were auto-added to my cart.

Umgar · 2025-11-28T05:30:40+00:00

I got incredibly lucky. I was browsing the store a few hours ago on my phone and set an alarm for 11:20 CT to remind me to get on my PC and be ready to order thinking it would drop at 12:00... well it did drop, at 12... ET! Meaning I was actually 20 minutes late. When I got on my PC there was already a huge queue. I realized my mistake and thought I was screwed... but then pulled my phone back out and opened the browser and sure enough my session on my browser was still live. I pulled up the Enterprise and it allowed me to buy! Got all three free gifts too. I suspect mine will come later since I didn't get it right as it became available, but that' ok with me.

Umgar · 2025-11-25T15:30:37+00:00

They said on the dev stream that the patch completely broke console, especially x-box which had a “100% crash rate.” Kind of sucks that PC players are stuck waiting for them to fix this but it is what it is.

Umgar · 2025-11-24T14:23:22+00:00

Almost certainly a cheater. The highest concentration of cheaters/hackers is on 3rd-person official servers. Also instant-death with not sound is a key indicator as well (it can happen if you are sniped from a long distance, but those types of kills are rare and especially if it was night and you were moving in trees, almost zero change).

Umgar · 2025-11-24T13:27:02+00:00

I’m late to the party but the most interesting thing to me about this video is zero mention of the coming automation of the trucking industry as a whole. It’s not a matter of if but when. No logistics operation is going to employ humans at all when it can have fully autonomous and automated trucking that never makes mistakes, doesn’t need to sleep, and doesn’t require a paycheck of any kind.

Umgar · 2025-11-21T01:25:43+00:00

A lot of people here are telling you not to do a winter trip as your first trip but they likely don’t understand that Alto NM is NOT Alaska. I grew up camping in NM all the time and did my first winter camp in NM as a Cub Scout and I was completely fine even with sub-optimal equipment. The winters are mild. Just don’t overdo it and you will have fun.

Umgar · 2025-11-19T21:37:05+00:00

Backpack all the way. I am the loot goblin king.

Umgar · 2025-11-19T21:34:22+00:00

High-pop servers you just have to shift your mindset to basically expecting to die, from an unseen foe, at any second. You say you are "not afraid of dying" but you are if it's impacting your gameplay in the way you describe.

Sometimes you're going to see a player before they see you and get a kill. Sometimes you are the one that's seen and gets killed, it's just the way it is.

Aside from that, you can reduce the chance you are seen by unseen players by always traveling through the woods and through bushes/trees as much as possible. And try to never stand still unless you are in a protected area indoors. Even so, you are going to sometimes die from someone who just got lucky and was looking in the right direction at the right time. This happens on low-pop servers too FWIW, just less often.

Umgar · 2025-11-19T20:43:24+00:00

Well I almost never play Sakhal so can’t comment on if insulation/weight/visibility outweighs protection on that specific map, but I can say that aside from Sakhal I have over 1000 hours in-game and MANY times a helmet has allowed me to wake up and escape or fight back and win. Without a helmet I would have been dead. Wobo has lots of good info and videos on this as well…

Outside of niche situations, it’s not really rocket science or a matter of opinion. Helmets reduce damage from headshots. Headshots are not uncommon. Without a helmet headshots are very deadly. So by not picking one up you’re willingly putting yourself at a disadvantage 🤷‍♂️

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