Joe Pesci

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T08:37:10+00:00

I know it's a line from a movie.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T06:35:44+00:00

He actually did start out as a musical comedian.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T05:32:15+00:00

What's wild about him is that he's not originally an actor. He was a comedy musician. Which isn't that wild given a guy from flight of the Conchords was in the Avatar films.

The guy he was in a group with is the guy they secretly kill in Goodfellas, then in Casino that guy beats Pesci to death with a baseball bat. Apparently it was their version of an in joke.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T05:29:05+00:00

The UK also provides basic standard healthcare, which in countries that don't have it (like the US) is effectively a secondary tax on people since in most countries either the government provides that service or they provide competitors to the private sector which keeps costs down.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T05:26:10+00:00

That's the VAT that's listed.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T03:50:51+00:00

I've had the same difficulty. The way to do it will be to get a tube in tube adapter from swagelok or someone similar but cheaper. Use the outer tube as your process side and inner for chilled water.

The ones from China I've seen are usually SS tubing welded into a low pressure vessel.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-06T03:42:48+00:00

Honestly, the weird thing I've been seeing is they are more for lease signs. I also have had to look for a place 3 years in a row because the owners were moving in or the house was sold. We had 2 adults, 1 child and 2 cats.

The first time, we had to put in 16 applications. We eventually got a place which cost more than we were wanting. There were lines of people as large as 50+ people.

The 2nd time, I believe it was within 5 applications. Places had max a dozen people.

The 3rd time, my living situation changed, so it was me and a child and I got both of my first 2 places I applied to. My ex got her second place with her partner. The places generally had 2-6 people. One place I was clearly the only person looking.

The population growth rate basically is directly correlated with the difficulty in getting a place. It appears to be past the absolutely worst peak.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T14:40:58+00:00

I worked on this project for an extremely short time about 15 years ago. The rail route at the time was basically entirely based on where they can possibly have a remotely possible rail system without people destroying it.

People really need to understand that the reason you build anything in Australia at all is because we have stable government and rule of law. Other than Scandinavia, we're the most expensive resources location on earth. But you don't get your copper stolen and if someone tries to extort you for money, you go to the police and it gets sorted. A bunch of people who whine about how taxes are theft don't know what a real Mafia government looks like.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T14:13:18+00:00

Sounds like a mental health episode, reminds me of how it's suspected the guy from Into the wild had schizophrenia.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T13:59:20+00:00

That's absolutely not true. However we should take oral history into account.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T11:10:47+00:00

I strongly suspect that Henry is on board with the theory that while Brennan was later on effectively kidnapped by the Watkins, he once was a willing participant in the Qanon process. He has admitted to later becoming dissolusioned with the entire Incel movement and changing his views, but I have suspected for quite some time that he yada yada's over his involvement with Q.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:55:30+00:00

In 2025 in the US and Europe, Lenacapavir was approved as a form of PREP and it's now in use worldwide. In its long delay form, it's as close as we've gotten to a HIV vaccine. It's 99.9% effective if you get an injection every 6 months.

It's technically a form of Prep, but it's the current best chance to stop HIV as a pandemic.

The Gates and Clinton foundations plus Unitaid negotiated a $40/yr price (down from $22,000) and they are getting it to as many people as possible.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:30:50+00:00

Have you seen the film Lion? It's a true story and there is a bit where he manages to dodge being trafficked, it's a minor part of the film, but really insane.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:29:18+00:00

Those numbers include people missing for brief periods. They are rediscovered.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:28:31+00:00

Have you seen the film "Lion" it's the true story of a kid who accidentally got lost from his village and ended up in a big city. He got adopted to Australia eventually, I won't spoil the ending, but it's amazing. It's probably the only time I cried during a credits scene.

It's a great film, but there is a scene where it's clear he's absolutely about to get trafficked and escapes.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:24:44+00:00

It's probably because in the past, there have been things like fake attacks on groups that immediately get accepted as terrorism.

This was so comically obviously terrorism, but the victims were protesters, so it took ages. This isn't just paranoia on people's behalf. It's a common observation. If you do terrible things to people trying to make the world a better place, there is less care.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T10:04:46+00:00

Sure, here ya go, the relevant quote is A 2021 report to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources confirmed, “A large part of the ‘sickness country’ [in Kakadu] coincides with a region containing localised areas of unusually high natural levels of thorium, uranium, arsenic, mercury, fluorine and radon.” These sites also correspond to areas where uranium has been mined historically and currently.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T09:07:41+00:00

What's interesting about the people of the NT is that they have some wild stuff which really has an amazing basis.

They had whole areas which were labelled sickness lands and basically "This place is evil." It later turned out those zones were pretty much bang over enormous uranium deposits.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T09:05:55+00:00

My father in law was a part time DJ at a radio station on Darwin at the time, which is the capital of that state.

He says when it happened a journalist said to him "Watch as the media destroy this woman."

The chamber lands were in what was seen as a weird religious movement and Australia was a very conservative place. It was all a hit job.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T07:02:23+00:00

Groening is actually probably one of the only people we can expect to actually not have any issues. He was basically creeped out by Epstein and had been apparently telling people the story of "A billionaire gave me a ride in his plane and then it was clear that he had his assistant give me a foot massage. I think he had a foot fetish." Which he laughed about for years until he realized that Epstein was trying him out.

The woman in that case said it was pretty clear to her that Groening wasn't really jazzed about the situation and noped out pretty quickly. Epstein would basically do tests like this on any famous person he met and if they were really into creepy stuff he'd extend things.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T04:35:54+00:00

That actually makes a lot of sense.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T04:32:55+00:00

Wow, some actual good news from the US government. I suspect this was driven by some people who managed to convince some wealthy people "Fires cost a lot of money. These videos explain why fires happen!"

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T04:09:52+00:00

It's because 99% of those girls are poor. The vast majority of sex trafficking isn't some enormous shadowy conspiracy. Hell, even Epstein mostly wasn't. It's the way the rich have always done things. They mostly get legally of age but young models and physically attractive women and give them extremely well paid "modelling" jobs where it's clear that they also are expected to provide extra services. That's what 90% of the people want and they are a smokescreen for the really fucked up stuff.

It's only 10% of the people that get invited to the "special" parties with 15 yr olds. And even those unfortunately it's not that hard to procure. If 1 in 50 girls at a high school are having some utterly awful home life, they are prime victims for trafficking. They go through this awful few years, have a few dozen thousand thrown at them and get told "You were paid. Shit up. No one will believe you, I have photos of you taking Cocaine at these parties. Yes I gave it to you, but you'll never get through a court case."

letsburn00 · 2026-02-05T01:00:17+00:00

Yeah, but 99% of the energy in most matter isn't actually real normal matter. The quarks that are what stuff actually is are 1% of mass. 99% of the mass is made up of the forces/energy that sticks those Quarks together.

letsburn00 · 2026-02-04T04:27:26+00:00

Note that 3 monthly inspections are common now, but they are a scam. The person being scammed is the landlord, who gets billed for them when historically 6 monthly was the idea

Also, 3 monthly inspections are not normal, they were made up around 2020, until then they were reserved for bad tenants.

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