I_Jedi

I'm trying to understand Iran's plan here, as stated by the article.

It takes at least a month to get from Iran to California, so any movement of the drones must have happened during the buildup or earlier. It feels like sleeper agent theory to me.
Why would Iran risk getting fucked up by the Coast Guard by launching the drones by boat? The crew will all end up dead or captured by doing it that way, since there's no friendly ports around. Wouldn't it be better to send the drones out from some compound Iran bought on land, in the Californian desert somewhere?
Even if Iran has a boat under their total control, they can use it better for supplies than military action. If we're going with Iran sleeper agent theory, it would be better to unload the drones onto some beach somewhere, and then have the Iranian agents move the stuff into their compound. Or, as you say, have some "unaffiliated" dockworkers hand the stuff off to the Iranian agents.
If Iran builds the drones on-site or legally orders some drones in the US, then there's even less need for a boat.

Where was the vessel loaded with drones, and then floated from?

How did Iran get the "unidentified vessel" there?

How is Iran going to get the drones over there?

Oh, that's easy. Find some kids who gambled and make an example out of them on national TV. Problem solved!

Have you done Japanese -> English translations yourself? For example, if a character is named "79", how would you subtly show that the character's name is literally "Earth", in English? (地球 = ちきゅう = ち＊きゅう = 7＊9)

Wow! My poll says the same thing!

Pretty sure these guys want to make an Assassins' Creed gacha game.

Ezio limited banner is up for the next month! Soft pity (odds increase) at 80 pulls! Hard pity (guarantee pull) at 160 pulls! Pull for Ezio today! Ezio will not go to standard when his banner ends!

Well here's something interesting.

According to Trump, 52% of voters support the war. His source claims that "Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Republicans say the U.S. military operation against Iran should last at least a few more weeks, an opinion 32% of Democrats agree with, and 50% of voters not affiliated with either major party".

Smells like a poll Trump paid for.

In typical Trump fashion, it would be replacing a problem with a much bigger problem.

"Iran is very pissed and wants my head" becomes "All of Iran's neighbors are pissed over the nuclear fallout and the Iranians that survived want to kill every American they can find".

Much appreciated. I believe that it's possible to own a shotgun in Japan for the purpose of hunting, but getting one is extremely regulated and difficult.

Source

Unlike places like the US, people in Japan aren't really supposed to have guns. So if some dude kicks your door in, threatens you with a knife, and then you shoot him with a gun you're not supposed to have, you could still go to jail for illegal possession of a gun.

Even the Yakuza are hesitant to use guns.

Having done it myself, I find several big issues with Japanese -> English translation:

Honorifics. Referring to someone with -kun or -chan or -sama or -bucho all have very different connotations. Sure, you could just include the honorifics as is but I don't think that many people unfamiliar with the Japanese language know what -kohai means.
Culture: Even if the translation is perfect, characters may act in bizarre ways for Westerners. "He knows that guy is evil, so why doesn't he shoot him?" "Shooting people is very serious shit in Japan." "Well no one told me!"
Puns: The big one. To give an English -> Japanese example, how do you translate the joke, "I no that!"? Joke being, the "no" implies that the speaker doesn't actually know what "that" is, with the "no" taking the place of "know" since they sound the same. "No" in Japan is "iie", and "know" is "shiru". They don't sound alike at all, so how do you do it? Japanese is filled with puns like this, and most of them are completely lost on Westerners.

That said, I do support translators for giving Westerners a variant of the Japanese version. But there's no mistake that a lot is lost.

He's definitely the sort of guy who would nuke the world just to stay out of prison.

We all know that Trump loves knee jerk reactions with horrible consequences...

500% spike at Papa Johns holy.

Starcom: Nexus

It sorta counts if you're okay with a 2D KSP.

You have to plan out your ship design, like KSP. And you have to exploit weaknesses in enemy ships to take them out. You also have to deal with inertia when flying around.

Trump actually made a tweet just now on the name:

It’s not the Save Act, it’s The Save America Act! A MUCH better, and more important, name!!! President DJT

Trump wants some of that Patriot Act branding.

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