18 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

I think the most natural assumption is that the Space Force has been active for many decades, that we already have rods from god and much more, that we will never know how much $ or which line-item lies are really expenditures for it (so that our enemies likewise will not know,) and that all of it was, is and will continue to be paid for by taxpayers.

Interesting!  So I Googled it:

U.S. Space Force estimated to cost $13 billion in first five years: memo

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-space/u-s-space-force-estimated-to-cost-13-billion-in-first-five-years-memo-idUSKCN1LX2GZ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force estimated start up costs for a proposed U.S. Space Force, a new military service backed by President Donald Trump, will be around $13 billion in the first five years, according to a Department of Defense memo seen by Reuters.

The Air Force, the U.S. military branch that takes responsibility for space, authored the Sept. 14 memo outlining a proposal for “a lethality focused organization that will field space superiority capabilities.”

[...]

The memo estimated that creating a Space Force will cost in excess of $3 billion in the first 12 months with an additional $10 billion needed over the following four years. The U.S. Air Force estimated that there could be more than 13,000 people in the new “Department of the Space Force.”

________

But the Air Force already handles these responsibilities, so Donald Trump is adding an unnecessary program costing taxpayers money.  What's the difference between him and a Democrat when it comes to this?

Space Force:  The Theme Song!

Space Force is catching some momentum:

Trump's vision for Space Force may get boost

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/17/donald-trumps-vision-for-space-force-may-get-boost/

President Trump moving ahead with his plans for a separate military space command, a step toward his goal of creating a new U.S. Space Force, according to multiple reports.

[...]

Mr. Trump could sign the order for a Space Command as soon as Tuesday, White House officials said. The planned space command, which was first reported by CNN, does not need approval from Congress, as would be required to create a formal new military branch.

[...]

I want to know #1 how much this is going to cost and #2 who is going to pay for it?

2 hours ago, william.scherk said:

It didn't work at all. Perhaps more people think Trump is an illiterate idiot, but the 'pattern interrupt' seems to have worked to deflect thinking about Trump's greater problems only insofar as they are Trump cultists or QAnon fanatics. 

Exactly!  Mostly what I've been reading about is inteachment.

6 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

People haven't learned yet that President Trump does these misspellings on purpose to hijack the media.

Whatever they were talking about before, they are not anymore. Now they are talking about President Trump and his spelling.

To use the well-worn analogy, all the air got sucked out of the room.

(The technical term for such a misspelling is "pattern interrupt.")

This is a trick as old as the hills, my little covfefe. It's been explained in the mainstream time and time again and it still works on those doofuses.

 

Michael

 

To be honest, when Trump unleashed covfefe I thought at first he was screwing with everyone, but still I can't be sure he didn't fat-finger "coverage".  Too many late-night cheeseburgers has plumped up those tiny digits 

37 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

There is no straw-man KorbenKeatingShit-For-Brains cannot cut down.

So does that mean you do or don't believe that an iceberg in Antarctica was cut by a laser beam?

Laser cut iceberg---it's about THE TRUTH people:

Believe!

1 hour ago, BaalChatzaf said:

The entire rig comes to a screeching halt when the inner wheel has rotated once. Which means the combined wheel does not make it to the other side. 

Gotchya

5 hours ago, Jonathan said:

11 hours ago, Jonathan said:

And the word "unrolls" is important in that it means that the circles become the lines as they roll, as depicted in the Wolfram animated diagram that people have been posting.

its an idea that Ellen addressed a few pages back asking people to imagine strings wrapped around the wheels and unfurling when contacting the surfaces on which they roll.

Hmmm. Let's take that a step further. Referring to the animated diagram above, the two wheels are cable spool cylinders, rigidly affixed to one another. Red represents cables, which are unbreakable and do not stretch. The beginning end of each cable is affixed, at the starting point, to the surface on which its wheel will roll. Each cable is wrapped around its wheel exactly once, and the other end of each cable is then attached to its wheel aligned with the starting point. Thus, we have two different lengths of cable -- each is the circumference of the wheel around which it wrapped.

Now, we apply an overwhelming force to push the wheels forward and unfurl the cables as the wheels roll. Given that all items in the scenario are unbreakable, cannot be stretched or otherwise distorted in form, and that the wheels must move due to the overwhelming force, what will happen? What MUST happen, and why?

If marks were to be placed on both wheels, and their movements traced, what paths must they trace?

J

Here's a diagram of the above cable/spool concept:

What must happen when the wheels roll in the direction of the arrow?

J

Jonathan,

If everything in the scenario is unbreakable and can't be distorted in any way---which includes the spools themselves from crushing, the axle from bending, and the wheels becoming unaffixed---nothing can make them move.
 

17 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

I don’t think you are striking the right tone here at all

For different reasons, you're right:  I'm not a conspiracist.

shrug

29 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

Have you learned the meaning of false flag yet?

Can you tell the difference between what is reality and what isn't?

1 hour ago, Jon Letendre said:

I love the way you proudly bathe in ignorance while holding the superiority pose.

You are the joke, Keating.

 

So who engineered the whole story?  It's a multiple choice question:

a) pedophiles

b) elites

c) satanists

d) satanist pedophile elites

Choose carefully!

So you make a ridiculous claim the the latest news story is a false flag conspiracy, and I'm the one that needs education? 

What a joke

1 hour ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

William,

You once said you wanted a recent example of a false flag. Well, you're looking at it.

Unfortunately, this is a false flag made by idiots who can't even shoot straight and, what's worse, it's a Hail Mary pass to get media attention to bump some lame-ass stuff damaging to the Democrats off prime time instead of hiding an actual dastardly deed, but there it is.

Friggin' amateurs...

In the same vein, there's a highly racist robocall going around in Florida aimed at Gillum. It's attributed to one eminent group called "Road to Power" in Idaho that's supposedly a white supremacist group. I listened to part of their recent podcast (on Bitchute) to see what they were about and this is another staged bullshit fake-out. The guy started preaching that we need to abolish freedom of the press and put the all the press under government control.

The problem is, white power people just don't talk like that.

Friggin' amateurs...

This shit is not even worth debunking. Everybody sees what's going on. 

I hope they enjoy their Blue Wave bye-bye...

 

Michael

I'm a bit confused, so are you saying that the news about packages targeting the Obamas, Clintons, and others is fake news and a false flag?  If so, then why does Trump say the packages exist?

UFO Sighting Filmed In Myrtle Beach in South Carolina:

Was the UFO sent by evil Leftists?

I wonder!?!

Maybe SOROS was behind it?

So many unanswered, plausible questions!

16 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Korben, you're boring. Your attempts at trolling are so anti-creative. The idea with trolling is to get someone's blood boiling, not to anesthetize them. 

Do you have anything of substance instead of your stupid games?

What is it about Trump that has gotten you so emotional? Do you disagree with his reducing and eliminating regulations? His lowering of taxes? His walking away from the global warming fear-mongering and power-grabbing? Are you angry that he's waged a tariff war with the goal of eliminating tariffs?

Have you listened to his speeches? Have you not heard the philosophical similarities that he has with Objectivism? Perhaps your emotions are so out of control that you refused to hear them? They get in the way of your enjoyment of hating Trump?

Try to express yourself like a grownup. You complain that Trump isn't an intellectual. Well, show us some of your alleged intellect, and address some substance.

J

Jonathan the conversation ended yesterday, why are you still talking?

Not All Of Trump's Presidential Alerts Were The Same...

6 minutes ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:

4 hours ago, KorbenDallas said:

Do YOU realize you're on an Objectivist site?!?  LOL

Korben,

Go ahead and troll if you value that way to spend the unrepeatable moments of your life.

Please do not insult the site.

That's not a request. 

You're here for free. I'm not.

You don't set the rules. I do.

You claim to be an Objectivist, so I'm sure you understand what private property means...

Michael

I didn't insult the site, the sentence was an in an exchange with Jonathan, here is the full context:

4 hours ago, KorbenDallas said:

4 hours ago, Jonathan said:

You do realize that you're on an Objectivist site, no??? High self-evaluation is considered a good thing in these parts. Ever heard of Ayn Rand? Heh. Ever read her self appraisals? Heh. Trump is only mildly narcissistic in comparison to the average O-ist.

J

Do YOU realize you're on an Objectivist site?!?  LOL

Donald Trump is NOT Objectivish in any way, and people here are the minority that they support Trump and are Objectivish.

35 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

3 hours ago, KorbenDallas said:

Oh no, I'm KorbenKeating!  Jonathan, for ripping Objectivists as you do I find it hilarious you're trying to cut me down by comparing me to a character in a fiction book.

Um, huh? Try to be coherent. Try to communicate.

Okay, so, your complaint is that I rip on Objectivists, so therefore my comparing you to a character in a fiction book is somehow something that I should not be doing? Um, non-sequitur there, bud.

Do you know what you were trying to say? Maybe try thinking it through a littler better, and then work on using words properly to form a clear and complete thought, and then successfully communicate that thought.

J

Huh?  That was coherent.  Do you know how to read?

54 minutes ago, Marc said:

Here here !!!!!! 

Only one thing though is that our own fearless leader MSK was the lone one on the planet publicly stating that Trump was real and on the verge of being President ! 

I know one idiot who called for Rubio as the next President 

Who are you talking about?

5 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

Shouldn’t you be polling, weak little social metaphysician?

Yes!  I should!

1 minute ago, Jon Letendre said:

2 minutes ago, KorbenDallas said:

LOL who is dense?

You are, Peter.

Moron

3 minutes ago, Jon Letendre said:

7 minutes ago, KorbenDallas said:

You're a sad person Jon

Thank you, Peter.

Coming from you, that’s an earned honor.

LOL who is dense?

17 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Didn't the character of Howard Roark rip on another character in The Fountainhead for tallying opinions? Wasn't he proud to be in the minority, especially when he was a minority of one?

KorbenDallas is sounding like he should be called KorbenKeating.

J

Oh no, I'm KorbenKeating!  Jonathan, for ripping Objectivists as you do I find it hilarious you're trying to cut me down by comparing me to a character in a fiction book.

And for the record, after I stopped listening to the Trump Worship going on on this website, I independently looked at Trump and came to a judgment of him.  He's a narcissist, doesn't use reason, and uses power, manipulation, and control tactics to succeed in life.

37 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Um, you think that I set up the game? Heh. Go back and read the history of our brief exchange.

Got it now? M-kay. Now ask yourself the same questions that you just asked me.

Ah! It's starting to sink in, isn't it?

J

LOL you apparently don't understand what I was asking you.