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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It would be an impressive way to pick a much worse running mate than Vance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Beaumont, so good odds of being a conservative.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I imagine they still have fissile material in them, since that is hard to move without intelligence agencies catching wind. Other parts, rocket fuel, etc. very well may have been stolen.

But we should treat them as though they still have nukes, even if we think our defenses could overcome them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nobody should believe Frank Luntz about anything.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A lot is riding on this, given the unprecedented impact of the last debate i expect a lot of people will be watching.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The headline doesn't really match the article which actually points out that the US doesn't have a 3D printed gun problem because firearms are already readily available there. The 3D printed gun problem in Europe originated in Europe, it didn't spread from the nonexistent problem in the US. The US has a problem with weapon modifications that break or sidestep existing restrictions, but despite the article's take, this isn't limited to 3D printed mods.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Well this is an unfortunate reminder that Dick Cheney is still alive.

[–] [email protected] 322 points 1 week ago (40 children)

So his son was being investigated for making threats to shoot up the school and he decided that the best gift was a gun that could allow his son to act on those threats.

Charging him in connection with the shooting seems appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's funny because i went to a DoDD school and I never took it. I think only the ROTC kids did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It definitely started with Reagan.

While he didn't originate the expression he did go on TV to quip “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

Which is such a deeply stupid thing to say, but it perfectly characterized Reagan's animosity towards the bureaucracy that makes our country function. He did immense damage to that bureaucracy in his tenure, politicizing department heads that had previously been professionals, crippling useful programs like welfare and greenlighting wasteful ones like Star Wars. Conservatives are eager to make the government as ineffective as they claim it to be.

Project 2025 will be this and so much worse, but this trend really took off with Reagan.

Just add it to the pile of reasons why that man's grave should be spit upon.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago

"There is nothing we can do to stop this!" says only country where this happens.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My dad has said since I was a kid that the secret to US political stability was the professional bureaucracy keeping everything running no matter who was in charge.

The really bad part is that once it's fucked it is exceptionally hard to un-fuck it. The people who leave find other work or retire and there is no private sector equivalent so you just lose all the expertise. This plan will cripple our country for a generation if it's allowed to come to fruition.

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