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[–] CharlesDarwin 6 points 1 day ago

They are lining up to get on their knees.

This is when you know acquiring that much wealth and power is a sickness. These assholes could stop "working" today and be just fine. But they need MORE.

Billionaires should not even be a thing. If we truly Make America Great Again, like it's the 1950s, let's just bring back the 92% tax rate on these motherfuckers....

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

This is legit like lords travelling to the coronation of the king they heaved on the throne, to kiss his ring and remind him whom he depends on.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] 9tr6gyp3 16 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The most surveilled area in all of America during that moment. No way anyone gets through all that security.

[–] RizzRustbolt 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They can't stop all of us if we rush 'em.

[–] awalrus 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] 9tr6gyp3 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So you would go to his inauguration and do what exactly?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago
[–] RizzRustbolt 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hugs.

He obviously needs one.

[–] 9tr6gyp3 1 points 1 day ago

A little hug? Or a big hug?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The recent failures of the Secret Service honestly suggest otherwise. We're not sending our best.

Nepotism and buying your way in has infected every level of our government for far longer than people want to believe. We long ago lost real competent people in charge.

We've had generations of people able to essentially pay for credentials through things like legacy admissions and a pet industry where students at prestigious universities pay poor students at regular-ass universities to do original research for them so their plagiarism cannot be caught since it's an original paper.

Are we really so shocked that the people running the show don't actually know what the fuck they're doing anymore?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I dunno, all the drone geofences on DJI got turned off for some convenient reason. They can’t stop 1000 drones

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Even on autopilot, how to navigate without the GPS/GLONASS? Jammers are real thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

If you have line of sight you could communicate with a laser, hard to jam light. Probably require a bit of modification though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Frequency hopping, direct sequence spread spectrum, ultra-wideband, cellular.

[–] Metz 2 points 2 days ago

Whats with Inertial Navigation Systems? No need for outside signals. Afaik they tend to drift after a while, but a quick search says a high-end INS is still accurate to the meter at a distance of 50km (~30 miles). That sufficient to hit a group of meaty target.

[–] LaunchesKayaks 1 points 2 days ago

Go big or go home?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Not horizontally, at least.

[–] vegeta 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now if only Luigi could be there..

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

perhaps he can be there in spirit

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago
[–] FiremanEdsRevenge 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're gonna take turns putting Trump's dick in their mouths.

[–] CharlesDarwin 2 points 1 day ago

I bet they throw elbows on who goes first.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Seeing that picture is not how I expected to start my day.

[–] xc2215x 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First two are no shock. I was not expecting Bezos though.

[–] CharlesDarwin 1 points 1 day ago

He was bending the knee even before the election.