Was that his name?

Alex baumgardner jumped from the balloon from basically space, why haven’t they figured out a way to do it from low orbit yet?

100% the correct answer.

I got both of mine yesterday. And as I drove away, I was thinking about how much the government will make this free and accessible as long as they know it will save them immensely on the back end.

Has we won a debate?

I’m shocked anyone cares this much about pageants still.

A fellow podcast addict user, I see.

I put the finals on yesterday and had to nope out due to second hand embarrassment at the entire thing.

I think people just don’t like bots? The information it provided is generally correct about politico, it is reliable and left center.

Looks like die hard 2 is getting a sequel.

UK should shut down Twitter/x until shithead shows up to explain.

Ah. So just like a rich kid. Thanks.

No. Is he a football player or some other athlete? The governor’s son or something?

Who is Tim Herrington? Why is he getting special treatment?

Incredible that the IOC thinks the US will still be a viable country in 10 years.

Bradford pears were used a lot in my area, but were ultimately invasive. I think putting more native shrubs or bushes might help some since their drip like can be kept smaller than a tree’s.

It’s a problem I have to deal with regularly at work. So many parking lots had low canopy trees that just all died off at about the same time due to being in parking islands.

The problem with planting trees in boulevards or in parking lot islands is that they cement and asphalt don’t allow a lot of water to filter through to the roots. They might be fine for a little while, you might be able to nurse them along if you find a way to water them. But ultimately, they will all die off earlier than they should.

Oh man. My first IED was very strange. We were driving on what we called route kill zone, and there was some traffic. And then we came to an overpass and seemingly everyone else took the off ramp. Came out the other side and just blammo. I saw the vehicle in front of me get pushed a lane over and then disappear into smoke and dust. I locked up the brakes so I wouldn’t smash into them.

Turned out there was a sniper down the road and a can full of guys with RPGs on the bridge behind us. But we had no casualties or significant vehicle damage, so they apparently dipped. We hightailed it to a rally point that was literally 500 meters from where the attack happened. Front vehicle thought we were the ones that got hit.

I was scared when I was a 19 year old doing a patrol through Sadr City in 2003, while manning the .50 cal and having dozens of kids suddenly show up and throwing rocks at me. Did I waste them even though I would have been justified because it wasn’t uncommon that patrols would go through markets and peopled start throwing produce and mix a grenade in?

No. Because I was well trained and realized that life is precious. And I was dealing with those rocks a lot longer than 1.6 seconds.

Or aliens