bulletprooftiger

This feels like a BlueCo investment return move rather than an on-field move. I don't think CFC makes into the 25/26 UCL without Cucurella. He was not as effective this year, but he was still world class.

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What was the benefit to the taxpayer before SpaceX?

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National security. Being able to exclude hostile countries and companies from space. Charging companies that wanted to launch satellites.

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We're getting more innovation and return on that spend now than we ever were with NASA. Thus the reason we're now using SpaceX.

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I just don't know what innovation we are getting in return using SpaceX. SpaceX is putting satellites in space and ferrying people to the ISS. That isn't new. Sure, Artemis went around the Moon. But that was done 60 years ago. And we stopped doing it because there was no reason to keep doing it.

Not trying to be hostile, but my opinion of Musk is that he mostly is a salesman for the re-invented wheel.

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Did he go into my bank accounts and steal money from them to gather his wealth?

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How much do you like paying taxes?
How much did you like paying taxes to fund space exploration and satellite launches when those things were done by NASA with your tax dollars? At least that belonged to the government and not any highest bidder.

How much do you like paying taxes to fund space exploration and satellite launches when those things now belong to a private company?

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SpaceX has accumulated an estimated cumulative total of over $22 billion in federal government contracts, heavily depending on these funds for more than 75% of its total revenue. The company secures between $3 billion and $4+ billion annually through various active contracts with NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Space Force.Key Annual & Active AgreementsThe majority of SpaceX's funding originates from multibillion-edge indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) structures and major mission pipelines:Space Force & Defense: SpaceX holds multi-billion commitments for the Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) for threat tracking, alongside a $2.29 billion agreement for a secure Space Data Network.NASA Space Operations: The agency consistently obligates hundreds of millions to billions annually for Crew Dragon transport and Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) to the International Space Station.Artemis Program: SpaceX serves as the developer for the Artemis human lunar landing system, with active contract components valued at over $4 billion

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Amirite?

that must be why there is a McLaren (La tags) parked in the 201 St Charles garage. There is no other explanation for parking an expensive car in such a notoriously bad parking layout.

That sounds right.

I read that article over the weekend. It provokes conflicting thoughts and I don't think there is a right answer. I do not see a world in which I would allow my children to commit suicide. But what if the child had terminal cancer? Is it OK to allow that child to die earlier without suffering? Probably yes, right?

Was this girl's depression the equivalent of terminal cancer? That is harder to say because there is no perfect diagnosis for this type of mental disease. So it is easier to say there should not be euthanasia for teenage mental disease.

But, unfortunately, there are a certain number of children who commit suicide. There are also those that self-medicate with street drugs who reach the same result. Was this girl on that path? How much anguish and suffering would she and her parents have gone through without this process? Did allowing her to end her life with her parents consent save the parents the heartache of unanswered questions and her the heartache of putting her parents through it?

I get the sincerely held belief that suicide is a sin. But isn't it also a sin to allow intolerable suffering?

I assume it’s a bunch of Chinese and Indians

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Kids playing travel ball are a failure in fatherhood.

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It depends on what the parent expects out of it. If a parent thinks they are raising the next MLB all-star, then you are correct. If a parent is giving their kid an outdoor activity, away from screens, and an opportunity to interact with peers with similar interests, then it is an excellent parenting move.

Some vaccines work to prevent the infections that turn into sepsis.

It is not that the medical community doesn’t know or doesn’t have the antibiotics to treat it.

The issue is that sepsis comes on slowly and silently, then all at once. Most of the indicators are non-specific. Tachycardia, hypotension, high white count. It is those things all together that raise the suspicion for sepsis.

The lesson is not to distrust the medical community; it is to go get checked out when you don’t feel well.