Disney’s live action of The 3 musketeers.

it’s definitely a classic comedy… and if you’re into reading classics, it’s based on le trois mousquetaires, by Dumas. well. as based-on as anything dinsey does; but one thing they absolutely did capture was Dumas’s ridiculousness (which itself, as putatitively historical fiction, may have captured the ridiculousness of certain classes of people- namely politicians like the Cardinal, royalty like the king, and the people who fought for them.)

In the books, though, D’Artagnian has to serve 2 years in another military outfit and- perhaps ironically- the king places him in the cardinal’s guards just on the advent of war. (A war, which see’s our 3 musketeers and D’artagnian having lunch in no-man’s land as they lay siege to an english castle. Over a bet.)

FIFA gave him a peace prize, though. And then one of their muckety-muck dumbfucks got out of some charges that were pending.

take your pick:

• deployment to Minneapolis (under what trump himself has called an invasion.) (don’t believe his lies. the only unrest here is brought by federal agents violating the shit out of our rights.)

• initiating what is certainly an act of war in Venezuela.

• Same for Denmark should that happen.

• using the military to engage civilian ships in Venezuelan waters with lethal force rather than using the cost guard for police actions.

Also to your specific example, yes, it is. Constitutionally, the president is not allowed to initiate wars without approval by congress. This has been pissed away for longer than I’ve been alive, using ‘authorizations’ but it’s still largely there. (Korea, Vietnam. Iraq/Afghanistan, etc.) the only currently still active war authorization is related to the 2002 authorization meant to go after the people behind 9/11, and any attempt to link that to Venezuela is going to be a lie. (never mind Greenland and the rest of NATO.)

You dont have to obey illegal orders.

In fact, UCMJ makes it quite clear: you have to refuse them.

It’s really disconcerting that our president can’t even pass a fucking Turing test.

Someone above and behind him got shot. You can see it in the videos that it was with the fist shot.

I’m saying he wasn’t the target.

It’s more aerodynamic than a brick.

Yes, the cockpit was under sling to make space for cargo, but they didn’t have to make that look like a beluga nose.

Is it just me, or does using soviet-era aircraft in roles it wasn’t technically designed for just scream desperation on their part?

Honestly, I’m not entirely convinced that the bullet missed at all.

IT CAN’T BE THAT GOOD!

(Tifoe was responding to a woman screaming from an open apartment window… IIRC)

and beards.

I dunno why, but this guy always makes me feel insecure in my masculinity. (I can’t grow a beard to save my life. Not an attractive one, anyways.)

what’s hilarious about the movie is it did, in fact, manage to capture the absolute absurdity of the books, even if that’s probably the only thing accurate from the book.

“This sash is a gift from the Queen of America!” is such a great line, too.

Also for the record, this was the OG Reichlieu:

So I have to say, Curry definitely nailed it.

honestly, I’d settle for a cat that looks at me like that.

I mean, don’t tell my partner I said that… she’s soooo much better. (she’d also probably dump me for the cat, if we’re being honest.) (just so people don’t get the wrong idea, we just aren’t at a place in our lives where a cat would be comfortable.)

one of these?

edit: apparently the Super Guppies were replaced by the BelugaXL

Which, like, can you imagine the conversation between whoever designed that nose profile and their boss… “It’s more aerodynamic boss. honest!”… “it’s not because we’re calling this thing a beluga?” … “maybe not just…”

The idea was that it would make figuring heading and speed hard to figure out. The guns were reaching at ranges where you needed to know that fairly accurately to land a shot even close to that.

The reason the dazzleflage went away was radar, which didn’t care about paint or even being close enough to be seen.

This is really a conversation you should have with a doctor, and not randos on the internet.

But there’s a few things- you seem to have had a massive carb load (the fried rice), which can make you drowsy (even if the rice is a low glycemic carb, enough is still going to spike your blood sugar.)

Your body then responds by producing insulin, which reduces blood sugars, if blood sugar shot up quickly, the body works to bring it back into balance quickly.

Which, 13 hours later led to low blood sugar and wanting to eat something.

The reason you need to talk with a doctor is because none of us are going to adequately diagnose anything wrong (and it could be more than a potential for diabetes or being prediabetic.)

With your mention of your father that is a risk factor so it might be a good idea to check anyhow.

The dizziness is an indication of low blood sugars, by the way. Which a can of soda is a frequent form of first-care.

13+ hours is a long time to go without some kind of food intake (or drinks.), though, so you may want to take a look at your eating habits if it’s a regular occurrence and doctors don’t see anything alarming.

I was out at the snelling fed building protest.

One of the guys had an absolutely brutal comment.

The goon said something to the effect of “we will find where you live and meet you there.” As they’ve been doing this entire time.

Guy replied: “I’m staying at your mom’s house.”

The goon sputtered and was too angry to say anything… so Guy says “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t say things like that about your sister.”

Giraffe guy would have been proud!

Just for the kids in the back: the protests here have all been peaceful, with only a very small number of non-peaceful acts by not-ice.

And most of those have been proud boy motherfuckers from outside the state stirring shit.

So… if it’s something that’s going to set on a shelf or something like a wh figurine, you don’t need to prime with acrylic or enamel.

If it’s something that’s going the handled (like say, a cosplay prop,) your mileage will vary.

I’d recommend printing off small test parts to see how the paint cures and such. I use small shot-glass-size vase mode prints. (Any one the vases will work, but I suggest anything with more complex contours and a few hard edges.)

Then they get double use as a glue pot when I’m doing glueups with barges cement or similar adhesives (and painting too.)

If you find you do need primer… the stuff I’ve found to work best is rustoleum filler-primer. (Yes. The spray can.) you’ll lose surface details, since it’s designed to fill that in, but makes a wonderful foundation.

Also scuff the surface with a coarse sand paper before you do anything else. This will give whatever base layer you’re using a bit more to bite into.

It’s also important to note that things like rub n buff and metallic paints lose their metallic finish if you use most clear coats on them.

Iirc there’s some kinds of clear coat that are fine, but it’s like one product/brand.