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18th June 2018, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Trump's space cadets
Yes, kids! You too can be a space cadet! The US military now have yet another Trumpian silliness to deal with. Not content with wanting a big parade, now he wants to "win the battle for space". Even though space is legally neutral territory. But that may have slipped his smooth, tiny mind.
This has got to be even sillier than Reagan's Star Wars project. Which suggests Donny is announcing it purely as a diversion from the child-separation border farce which is setting like new concrete boots around his tiny feet just now. Discuss!
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18th June 2018, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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If any Martians try to sneak into the USA with their children, their children will end up in an abandoned Walmart!
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18th June 2018, 08:25 PM | #3 |
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"Separate but equal"???
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18th June 2018, 08:28 PM | #4 |
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18th June 2018, 08:59 PM | #5 |
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The moon is legally neutral territory. Space is not. There are no treaties or international agreements related to orbital weapons, except that weapons of mass destruction may not be based in space. There are plenty of military activities going on already related to space, from satellite surveillance systems to anti-satellite weapons systems. I wonder if this is a change driven by military need, or by marketing. "Space Force" sounds cool, but the US Air Force Space Command already exists and probably does the same thing. |
18th June 2018, 09:30 PM | #6 |
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18th June 2018, 09:35 PM | #7 |
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I predict a long slow death by planning.
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18th June 2018, 09:55 PM | #8 |
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The US Air Force can't be remotely pleased about this.
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18th June 2018, 09:56 PM | #9 |
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The White House made a spiffy video for the Space Force, just like they did for the Summit in Singapore:
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18th June 2018, 11:56 PM | #10 |
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One of these things is not like the other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsRjQDrDnY8 That clip 'might' be a little highbrow for the US presidolt in charge, maybe he could get someone to explain it to him in words of one syllable or less... |
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19th June 2018, 01:53 AM | #11 |
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19th June 2018, 01:56 AM | #12 |
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Doesn't matter. That "space treaty" deal was obviously a bad deal for the USA. Donny is going to negotiate a bigly huge winning deal with the Martians and Venusions and all the other countries that have been screwing the US over for years on this. If only the Democrats will stop obstructing and get with the program! WIN! MAGA!
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19th June 2018, 02:02 AM | #13 |
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Can you send a SA envelope to th WH for a plastic badge?
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19th June 2018, 02:15 AM | #14 |
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19th June 2018, 05:22 AM | #15 |
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Holy Crapola, is there no end to the stupid of this plonker?
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19th June 2018, 05:27 AM | #16 |
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It should clearly have naval ranks.
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19th June 2018, 05:32 AM | #17 |
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I think this is a great idea. Every 50’s kid’s notion of high adventure! “Bullard Of The Space Patrol!” “Lucky Starr!”
Brave space-fighter pilots zipping off to do patrols from the orbiting space-station/aircraft carrier.... Sure, the logistics are a bit dicey, but Musk should be able to come up with something.... |
19th June 2018, 05:34 AM | #18 |
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I just hope that Trump himself designs the uniforms. Can you imagine?
Actually, it'll probably be Ivanka, won't it? I suggest something like this: |
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Captain Kremmen of the Space Corps!
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It sounds all the world like a Saturday morning cartoon from the 70s or 80s that some exec thought would appeal to 12 year old boys.
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That's ridiculous, thinking our country would set policy based on childhood cartoons. It's not like our President has the mind of a child!
In other news, the government has announced a new national investigative agency to replace the corrupt FBI: Mystery, Inc. ETA: When asked about the agencies plans for starting up, the spokesman of the new team replied "Zoinks!" |
19th June 2018, 06:44 AM | #23 |
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In the 23rd century he will still be honoured as the visionary founder of the great US Space Farce. His beaming holographic form will deliver rousing speeches to new graduates of the Space Accademy who hang on every word about how he came to be know as the greatest president in history.
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Totally unrelated, Space Force will be headquartered in a secret underground mountain base. Member of Space Force will summoned for missions using special signal watches.
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Why a wall? Think big. How about a death star? That would make those Chinese and Canadians think twice about tarifs on American goods.
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"Not many people know this ... I do, because I've looked into it. I always research things. That's why I'm very, very smart. Not many people know ... there's no air in space. That's what they say. How can the Air Force operate in space if there's no air? It's right in their name." |
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He thought up the name all by himself, apparently. Amazing what a two-year-old will come up with when left with a packet of crayons for long enough.
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Beaten by Alex Jones: “When humanity is on a thousand worlds there iwill be statues of Donald John Trump on most planets and the mark of Space Force... [incoherent rant about elite secret science and stuff follows]”
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So you are General Dunford or other top Pentagon leaders tasked with making something from this lunacy where do you start? To be a fly on the wall in those meetings.
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