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[Doomblade187]

Please note that Gabbard has dropped out of the race.

Edit: Gillibrand.

[Doomblade187]

Gabbard or Gillibrand?

Uh.
Gillibrand, I think.

[Andux]

Correct; Gabbard is still in (AFAIK) but failed to qualify for the next debate.

[wierd]

Countdown to useless LEOs for vital communication satellites in 3... 2...

(or, How I stopped worrying, and learned to love the Space Marines)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/politics/trump-space-command/index.html

[Reelya]

Trump refers to them as warriors, so Space Warriors.

[wierd]

Well, that will make Games Workshop happy at least.

[Frumple]

Will it, though? Aren't they pretty enthusiastic about hammering copyright issues?

Imagine how happy their lawyers might be to get to take a swing at the american government. Protected copyright even against the POTUS is a pretty hefty feather in the cap!

[wierd]

That would be trademark, not copyright.

[Rolan7]

If "god-emperor" Trump uses their trademark without permission, would that be "steal reign"?

[wierd]

Trump cant be the god-emperor.

He was offered the golden throne and refused.

[Iduno]

Will it, though? Aren't they pretty enthusiastic about hammering copyright issues?

Imagine how happy their lawyers might be to get to take a swing at the american government. Protected copyright even against the POTUS is a pretty hefty feather in the cap!

Punching down seems like something Games Workshop would do.

Trump cant be the god-emperor.

He was offered the golden throne and refused.

Why? Would have matched his shower.

[smjjames]

Just saying 'Space Marines' seems too generic for Games Workshop to make a fuss over. If Trump put them in bulky suits of armor that are clear ripoffs of WH40k and he claimed it was completely his own idea, yeah, Games Workshop wouldn't be happy about it.

It's possible he has seen the word WH40k (in full or acronym) at some point, but I doubt he'd know what it is.

I wonder if he thinks people would be trained to actually physically fight in space like shooting each other in spacesuits in orbit because that ain't gonna happen for a long time. Also, I wonder if the kessler effect is going to act as a bit of a MAD-like negative incentive since everybody's stuff is going to be affected.

Though I guess whoever gets heavily armored sattelites up there first during that is going to have an initial edge.

[PTTG??]

Trump leaked sensitive information again, this time by either revealing that the US is sending spy planes over Iran, or by revealing that the US found a way to overcome atmospheric interference in satellite photos. All in all, it just goes to show that Trump is a frequent liar, not a skilled liar.

[smjjames]

It wouldn't even be a surprise that they've flown spy planes over Iran, and it's not technically classified because the President mentioned it basically automatically declassifies it. As for 'atmospheric interference', it's called 'a clear day' ya silly.

It's still really weird to pre-empt it in the fashion that he did, like he couldn't resist not stabbing Iran in the eye over it regardless of the intel breach issues doing that raises.

[PTTG??]

I mean, it specifically looks like he got bored in a meeting and took a picture of a briefing photo on his phone. And yeah, he is allowed to do that. It's just a damned stupid thing to do.