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EX500rider

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22. Don't really read sig lines....and:

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #19)

Thu May 15, 2025, 07:24 PM

2 hrs ago

....and I've seen people here who were serious that we might blow up the moon and another who thought North Korea must be a workers paradise because "They look so happy in the pictures!" (started reading DU daily in 2005, didn't sign up till years later)

So yes, you might need the sarcasm emoji.

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George Carlin said it best: Initech Yesterday #7

A national treasure gone far too soon. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #12

Yes the US military industrial complex. Irish_Dem Yesterday #17

People/Corporations who give loads of "free speech" to all two parties. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus Yesterday #18

No thank you. I prefer my Medicare and Social Security. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #2

I'm surprised it's only $100 Billion a year, unfortunately. Silent Type Yesterday #4

Considering how old much of our nuclear weapons and delivery systems are, I'm surprised its not higher DetroitLegalBeagle Yesterday #5

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Two questions: where will this money come from... ananda Yesterday #8

Looks like the national lab in Los Alamos womanofthehills 4 hrs ago #21

How come nobody mentioned that Eloon is in nuclear weapons business? Wonder Why Yesterday #9

How exactly? EX500rider Yesterday #15

Some people just positively, absolutely need this: Wonder Why 6 hrs ago #19

Don't really read sig lines....and: EX500rider 2 hrs ago #22

and they don't make me feel, well, safer. twodogsbarking Yesterday #10

I went to grade school in the old "duck and cover" days but in Junior High School elocs Yesterday #11

Well... as long as we're spending it on something really, REALLY useful for once... Montauk6 Yesterday #13

Primarily maintenance - minimal upgrades. NoMoreRepugs Yesterday #14

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The older the ICBM's get, the less reliable they get, and maintenance gets harder & more expensive with obsolete parts EX500rider 5 hrs ago #20