@pageservant @IndianaGPA wasnt "over engineered" it was that they werent as efficient as they are now. you can make more power with less fuel or less displacement than you could back then. which increases the stresses on all components.
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@Apexseals
these aren't the droids you're looking for.
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@IndianaGPA Had one - the hand crank was a real pain-in-the....one day, some how, the mower caught fire and that solved the problem.
But you are otherwise right; EVERYTHING older was better built - washers, dryers, motors, engines - they say 'over engineered' but they worked and lasted.
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I honestly don't understand why they stopped making this model. It feels like technology went backwards instead of moving forward. The older Briggs & Stratton designs were simple, reliable, and built to last, and now it seems like everything is more complicated but not necessarily better. 🤔
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@ReviewsPossum thats the thing, these companies chose to just make vehicles bigger rather than develop more efficient engines.
this is literally the result of them being cheap.
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Those giant pickup trucks you complain about exist because Obama made it illegal for them to be small through emissions regulations based on vehicle weight.
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban
These trucks are ridiculously stupid. They have blind spots the size of Texas. They're inefficient, expensive, dumb luxury vehicles.
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@TiradeYT @justinaug09 @RedPill_Phil @HLC_actual Hahahahaha....wait youre serious? You REALLY think they were prosecuted for polluting? Rivers were starting on fire and Dupont was causing livestock deaths and massive birth defects from their pollution with zero consequences.
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The EPA was founded on the basis of stimulating US domestic industry in competition with Britain by literally granting pollution licenses to large corporations. Prior to the EPA we had tort laws where pollution of other's private property was actually prosecuted. The EPA is the reason we have pollution.
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All I’m saying is this country built a lot more cool shit before osha existed.
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@HLC_actual So you want to be one of the guys on the skyscraper, assembling those beams at 80, 90, 100, stories up without any safety equipment enduring those 30-40mph sustained winds?
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This is the sci-fi future I was promised.
SpaceX@SpaceX
Electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon
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@Brick_Suit have you served? have you gone to war? do you know anyone that has that thinks war is some kind of game or a movie?
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Ben Stiller, who made a comedy out of the Viet Nam war, now says, "War is not a movie."
Never go full retard Ben.
Ben Stiller@BenStiller
Hey White House, please remove the Tropic Thunder clip. We never gave you permission and have no interest in being a part of your propaganda machine. War is not a movie.
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@eevblog lol uprising, yes.....because that wasnt tens of millions of armed people needed to overthrow a government. they didnt have tens of millions of armed protesters.
or you get the military on your side, which they also didnt have.
any potential uprising/revolution would fail.
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@Apexseals Have you been living under a rock the last few months the uprising has been happening?
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And there it is. I'm old enough to remember the Iranian revolution that destroyed the country. Good luck to the Iranian people from here on out.
The White House@WhiteHouse
"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei..." - President Donald J. Trump
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@cappicard @eevblog were they actually celebrating or was it mourning, because i'm seeing a lot more videos of mourning and cries for vengeance than celebrating.
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@eevblog @Apexseals Not to mention the Iranian people are celebrating in the streets tonight.
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@Eviltrkeyslice @eevblog cool, thats likely all of the people in the actual leadership positions. then you have the people in the secretary or second position that step up to replace them. much like what the u.s. does.
then you have the third people in line, and the fourth, and fifth, ect..
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@Apexseals @eevblog They lost 39 of their top leaders in the first strike.
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@PepcMax1969 @pronounced_kyle and yet it has yet to get into orbit, which it needs to do to fulfill its mission requirements for nasa.
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@Apexseals @pronounced_kyle Its capable of putting payload to orbit, we all know this
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@TonerousHyus @esaagar yes, because you're in the chain of command regarding munitions stockpiles and use. right?
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@esaagar The US has roughly 275k AIM-9s. Something we're barely even using atm because so few drones make it out of Iran atm.
Lemme know when we "run out"
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Trump is already talking to the NYT about cannibalizing global stocks of munitions/interceptors
A glimpse into how bad the situation already is
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@DavidV_81 @eevblog cool....thats still not enough to cause the collapse. there's likely still people that will step into those positions. much like how the u.s. gov has people that will be promoted to the position above them if the person is incapacitated or killed.
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@robert_zubrin why would they dance, the next in line will step into the leadership role and will continue the previous policies of killing protesters.
we accomplished nothing.
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Democrats are making a huge mistake in rushing out and denouncing Trump for attacking the Iranian regime.
Yes, it’s unconstitutional. But if the regime falls and the people dance in the streets celebrating their liberation, the Dems are going to look really bad for opposing it.
That could be why Trump did it. He needs to shuffle the deck or face certain defeat in the fall.
It would be much wiser to fight Trump on his other unconstitutional policies, such as his illegal, demented and unpopular tariffs, and his use of the Justice department to persecute enemies.
Wait and see on Iran. If he lets the regime massacre the people when they come out, as his did last month, then blast him.
But for now, wait and see.
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@VrntPerception Yeah, I and many of my friends work in manufacturing....nobody i know is excited and planning to be all that busy this year....not a lot of overtime, so whatever capex youre looking at, doesnt seem to be in manufacturing.
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Checking back on our 10 surprises for 2026, the hit rate has been pretty good so far. However, the one thing we feel investors are becoming complacent on is the "Sell America" trade given 1) pretty extreme relative performance and 2) contrarian magazine covers from the Economist and Barron's this month.
Variant Perception@VrntPerception
In tribute to Byron Wien, we've released our annual 10 surprises for 2026 report. We define surprise as an event that the average investor would assign less than a 33% probability, but which we believe is “Probable,” having a 50%+ likelihood.
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@HLC_actual cool, didnt the people of iraq do the same thing when we came and saddam was executed?
how well did iraq go for us in the long run.
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Ok guys I didn’t think trump derangement syndrome was real…. But I’m starting to believe. You’re protesting for the release of a guy who the people of his country are celebrating is gone. This is wild.
BreakThrough News@BTnewsroom
NOW: Massive march in NYC against Trump's war on Venezuela
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@MenchOsint yeah except, can it take down multiples at the same time? what if 4 or 5 are launched at the same time, can it fend that many off? because what if that becomes the next phase if we go in again.
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OK guys, time to adress these rumors.
1) Helicopters of the 160th SOAR are equipped with the latest Laser Countermeasures System
2) it was 2am, MANPADS operators are not robots, they're not 24/7 ready to shoot. The helicopters entered Caracas very fast, they could have shot when they left, but couldn't take the risk to shoot helicopters carrying the president.
Chay Bowes@BowesChay
I'm informed by reliable sources that there were orders given to air defence forces in Venezuela not to fire on US Choppers, or Aircraft. It seems there was widespread infiltration / cooperation with the US forces from inside the Venezuelan military. Venezuela has over 4k man portable anti air assets, and 100 ground based air defence systems. Only one shoulder launched weapon was fired.
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@HLC_actual @pati_marins64 here's the fun question, do growlers blind IR MANPADS too?
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I’ll answer
1. Nobody the growlers had them fucking blind.
2. See first answer
3. Nobody they did fire but they missed because they suck
4. The spooky bois in the helicopters rocking 300 blackout and a freedom boner.
5. lol you just found out their military can’t scramble a counter offensive when all coms are knocked out in 30 minutes.
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There are many questions to be answered about Venezuela.
1 - Who gave the order to turn off the radars?
The VP with the Venezuelan military or the American government?
2 - Who gave the order to turn off the long-, medium-, and short-range air defenses?
The VP with the Venezuelan military or the American government?
3 - Who gave the order that no MANPADs be fired against the helicopters?
This could only have been done by the VP with the Venezuelan military.
4 - Who executed Maduro's entire guard?
The VP with the Venezuelan military or the American government?
According to the information, they were all executed in cold blood.
5 - Why were all the vessels, fighter jets, and more than 20 Venezuelan bases spared? Who gave that order?
This one is easy. This could only be part of a broader agreement.
Rotary-wing aviation is easy to detect by radars, and Venezuela operates more than 30 radars, with 9 new ones being installed in September.
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