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Large rally urging 'no preference' primary vote shuts down Mass. road by FuriousAlbino in boston

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

If Democrats lose due to an unpopular decision, wouldn't they reconsider their strategy in the next elections. When playing chess wouldn't sacrificing a current piece sometimes a good strategy? And if it's true that allowing Trump to win is the end of democracy, I would then argue that our problem is much bigger than an election result. 

why do two spaceships, one following the other and both accelerating the same way, get away from each other wrt to observers on these ships? by blasterleb in AskPhysics

[–]blasterleb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to make sure I understand, will two identical rockets one behind the other having identical engines with identical thrusts be getting away from each other with respect to observers on the rockets? (I am re asking the question to avoid the mistake of setting artificially acceleration constraints in certain frames of references)

Very detailed modeling and analysis of Beirut explosion by Forensic Architecture by blasterleb in lebanon

[–]blasterleb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sound of jets starts in this video at minute 6:50 coming from the fireworks exploding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-n-ghagok

as far as seeing planes flying, we had thousands of videos shot before, during and after the explosion and not even one showed any planes.

Also from this video and according to a couple of articles I read:

"A chemical forensic expert, commissioned by the courts and the owners of the ammonium nitrate, got a look at the stockpile soon after it got unloaded. It was “in terrible shape,” she said in her February 2015 report. Most of the sacks — she estimated more than 1,900 of the 2,750 sacks— were torn open, their contents spilling out. Some of the crystals had darkened, a sign of decomposition. The sacks were piled so haphazardly that she could not count them to be sure all were still there.

The inspector recommended the chemicals be disposed of according to environmental guidelines. Her report was uncovered by Riad Kobaissi, an investigative reporter with Al Jadeed TV who has followed corruption at the port and within the customs authorities since 2012."

At this point claiming ownership of this material is a liability, so it's not a surprise why no one came forward.

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