sometimesitrip

u/sometimesitrip


r/space•

First and foremost, I have no education or experience in space sciences beyond my affinity of following those who do. Please think twice before saying "won't work" (something like, the old school scientist will say it is impossible, and the new school scientist will prove him wrong).

I understand that the US and Soviet Union both began work on spacecraft propelled by nuclear explosions. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Project Orion:

The vehicle and its test program would violate the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 as currently written, which prohibited all nuclear detonations except those conducted underground, both as an attempt to slow the arms race and to limit the

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r/atheism•

Q. What do you call a Muslim with a slice of ham on his head?

A. Hamed.

Q. What about a Muslim with 2 slices of ham on his head?

A. Mohammed.

Last week, a Muslim woman was seen shoplifting. She was caught on camera. Police are looking for a woman with dark eyes.

Q. How do you separate a Muslim man from a Muslim boy?

A. With a crowbar.

A Muslim woman was walking past this building site in Mecca when a group of Muslim builders shouted, "Show us your face."

An advertisement in a local UK paper: "4 Talibans required as mudflaps. Must be flexible and willing to travel."

Q. How do you save a drowning Jihadist?

A. You don't know? **GOOD! **

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r/food•

Cook time is 7 minutes, prep time is ~2 minutes. End result is supposed to look like this(sorry I couldn't wait to grab the camera before I nommed).

  • .25lb 90/10 ground beef
  • 1 slice Finlandia Swiss cheese
  • 1 Tbsp Jack Daniels BBQ sauce
  • Hamburger bun (but any type of bread will do!)

What really makes my burgers "perfect" is the texture. I achieve this by how I shape the patty... Or rather how I don't shape the patty. Simply take a knife and cut out the proper amount of hamburger from the packaging you bought it in. You should end up with a nice square patty. If the beef you bought was piled on higher than 2", you can go ahead and smoosh this square down s

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r/politics•

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.

This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened b

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r/guns•

Here is the letter I wrote to my representative in the House:

A belated congratulations on your election to the house! As a member of the constituency that voted for you, I have a concern that I would like to thoughtfully bring to your attention.

There is currently a bill, H01561, that is advocating the addition of a microstamping feature to firearms. Since this is a very "anti-gun rights" state, I understand that that little stands in the way of adding more restrictions to the lawful ownership of firearms. I could speak for an hour on the gun rights issue, but I will simply state the fact that vehicular accidents cause more deaths in the Commonwealth than firearms, and will move

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r/IAmA•

I am a state park ranger who works seasonally on an island. I am from a colder climate, so our parks are usually only staffed by interpretive rangers during the summer. Right now I am unemployed. I planned on going back to school (I'm just about halfway through with my degree, although I switched majors twice) but a few things came up and I couldn't afford it. I will be going back in either April or June, or depending on how my foot heals, I may be enlisting in the Air Force for the Montgomery GI Bill (and to travel).

I've wanted to be a ranger my entire life, and last year was my first season as one. I am an interpretive ranger, which means I run educational tours and programs for the publ

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r/guns•

I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I believe, based on what James Madison and Thomas Jefferson wrote, that the second amendment has less to do with the individual's right to own a gun, and more with the right of the people to have the means to overthrow their government if it becomes too tyrannical.

But I'm a bit mixed up about how I feel about people being able to purchase artillery, tanks, missiles, machine-guns, and nukes. I'm not sure (outside of guerrilla warfare) how the people could overthrow a government if it is in control of a modern military with only small arms.

Maybe one of you can help me out.

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r/politics•

Why the Turrurusts Hate Your Freedums:

If there is anything I desire for the reader to understand from this post, it is the concept of the term blowback. Essentially this word refers to a seemingly random attack on a civilian population. I say seemingly because the ideological factors behind the attack are unknown to the public—because the attack is the result of clandestine operations. The September 11th, 2001 attacks are a shining example of blowback. You can read the Wikipedia article for yourself, but in this post I will attempt to describe certain actions of the United States government and the resulting ‘blowback’.

The roo

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