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Balex

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  • Barack Obama praises Texas Democrats as state legislature moves to end special session without passing new electoral maps

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  • Why is that a bad thing? Should Democrats stay in their echo chamber and Republicans stay in theirs?

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  • It's also frustrating that people keep saying SpaceX "relies on taxpayer money" as if we're just giving them money for no reason. It's all contracts! SpaceX only gets money for providing some kind of service. They're not being bailed out or anything. The Musk hate is justified but so misdirected.

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  • How are there so many people in this thread talking with such confidence and yet know absolutely nothing? SpaceX is the reason NASA doesn't need to rely on Russia to get astronauts to and from the ISS, so that's one huge benefit. And Starlink is in such a low orbit that their orbits are constantly decaying and will burn up in the atmosphere without any orbit corrections. So there will never be a chain reaction crash.

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  • What do you mean little to show for it?

  • State Department reveals plan to buy $400m in ‘armored’ Teslas in biggest contract of 2025

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  • I respect the integrity to do that!

  • State Department reveals plan to buy $400m in ‘armored’ Teslas in biggest contract of 2025

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  • Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons

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  • There's no mention of bunker buster or Wisconsin on that page.

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  • I think the main issue is that there is a discrepancy between what a male and female has to do in order to pass. I do agree though, if a woman is able to meet the requirements she should be able to do whatever a man can.

  • Elon Musk's Appearance at Donald Trump Rally Mocked: 'Cringing'

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  • I thought it was in reference to Dark Brandon.

  • Walk-thru

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  • Where are they? I want to pull up with my homie and surprise him 🤫

  • Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere

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  • But SpaceX has literally lowered the cost of a launch by an order of magnitude. They also are flying one of the most successful rockets ever flown.

  • Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off Southern California coast

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  • Evolution isn't some sentient force striving for perfection. There is a lot of retarded stuff that we have evolution to thank for. This could just be a side effect of some other trait that normally helps the fish survive. Plus, earthquakes don't happen often enough to affect evolution in the long run.

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • What do you mean from that distance? By the time he shot her they were <5 feet apart.

    You're right, it doesn't change the fact that the cop completely failed at controlling the situation and she is now dead because of that, but it muddy's the water and creates conversations that don't need to be had (like this).

    I don't know why you seem to think that getting boiling water thrown at you would be like taking a hot shower, but that could seriously mess someone up for life.

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • Nope, she still had the pot in her hands up until the point he shoots her. You can even see steam coming off the ground after she gets shot.

    I don't think either of their lives are more or less important than the others, but I do think the officer has the full responsibility for how that situation plays out.

    I just hate the dishonesty about the situation, it makes your criticism look weaker. You can 100% criticize the cop without lying about the facts.

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • I think y'all need to rewatch the video then. Keep in mind that I agree that the cop fucked up big time and should've handled the situation differently, but it does more harm to not get the facts right. He didn't shoot her when he was standing away and she was at the sink. She ducked behind the counter, he got closer so he could see her and make sure she's not doing anything sketchy, and then he shot her as she was starting to stand back up with the pot in her hands still. Also I don't like the defense that it's bonkers to assume she couldn't do harm to one or both of them since there are two of them. There are plenty of videos of people doing crazy shit even when outnumbered. That's the scary thing about these situations is that things can become very bad very quickly.

    I do agree with your last point though. She could still be alive if the whole situation leading up to the shooting was handled differently. But I think it's silly to deny that there was potential for harm and that the cop had any right to be worried about the pot of hot water.

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • Are you saying a knife couldn't be threatening just because it's used in a diner? What a stupid comment. Again, I'm not justifying the shooting, I think the cop fucked up to let it even get to that point, but don't pretend like it was just a "pot of water". You can still criticize the officer without lying about the facts.

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • Wtf are you talking about? Are you denying that a pot of boiling water would be easy to throw at someone and severely mess them up?

  • ‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see.

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  • Come on... It was a pot of boiling hot water. If she did throw it at the cops that could do a lot of damage. I'm not saying it looked like she was going to throw it and I don't think the shooting was justified, but don't pretend like the cops would've just "gotten wet". It doesn't look good when you lie.

  • Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles

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  • I read aggressive as in accelerating aggressively. Possibly to get around people?