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Tina Fey on Protesting After Charlottesville - SNL
Holy Fuck!! Google "Trump Bonwit Teller":
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90137202/hey-remember-when-trump-destroyed-precious-art-history
New York Times:
"Plain as the building might be, the entrance was like a spilled casket of gems: platinum, bronze, hammered aluminum, orange and yellow faience, and tinted glass backlighted at night. In 1929 American Architect magazine called it “a sparkling jewel in keeping with the character of the store.”
"Upon learning about the historic building’s imminent demolition, and recognizing the cultural value of its ornamentation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art convinced Trump to remove portions of the historic facade and donate them to the institution."
"Soon he was backpedaling, after realizing that it would take two more weeks and $32,000...to properly take the reliefs off the building. Using his fake alter ago, a “Trump spokesperson” named John Baron, he told the New York Times in 1980: “The merit of these stones was not great enough to justify the efforts to save them.” His construction workers chopped up the metalwork with torches and let the sculptures fall to the ground to crack into smithereens."
Two, 15 foot high, irreplacable, Art Deco bas-relief sculptures smashed by Trump to save $32,000 in costs to remove them.
Nephelimdream (Member Profile)
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Nephelimdream (Member Profile)
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LeMelons 2017: Racing and Destroying $300 Cars
I once watched a demolition derby where everyone had 100-200 dollar cars. fun stuff.
bjornenlinda (Member Profile)
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A Little Demolition
This is totally *eia. There's a reason why this is not a usually demolition procedure.
Chernobyl NSC Arch Being Moved Into Place
The primary goal of the NSC is to prevent the reactor complex from leaking radioactive material into the environment and the secondary goal is to allow a future partial demolition of the old structure.
So I take it the other half of the building doesn't pose a danger? Or are they deconstructing that later and then sealing things off? Or building another arch to confine the other half?
eric3579 (Member Profile)
"To allow the market mechanism to be sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment, indeed, even of the amount and use of purchasing power, would result in the demolition of society. For the alleged commodity, "labor power" cannot be shoved about, used indiscriminately, or even left unused, without affecting the human individual who happens to be the bearer of this peculiar commodity."
Polanyi, The Great Transformation
US Navy SEALs Combat Swim
Wikipedia
"The combat side stroke is a relaxing and very efficient swim stroke that is an updated version of the traditional sidestroke. The CSS is a mix of sidestroke, freestyle and breaststroke. The combat side stroke allows the swimmer to swim more efficiently and reduce the body's profile in the water in order to be less likely to be seen during combat operations if surface swimming is required. The concept of CSS has been that it can be used with or without wearing swim fins (flippers), the only difference being that when wearing swim fins the swimmer's legs will always be kicking in the regular flutter kick motion without the scissor kick. This stroke is one of the strokes that can be used for prospective SEAL candidates in the SEAL physical screening test (PST), which includes a 500-yard swim in 12 minutes 30 seconds to determine if the candidate is suitable to go to the Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL school.
Basics
The combat side stroke utilizes the three main fundamentals of swimming:
Balance: There are two things that affect your balance in the water - the head and lungs. Most people when swimming, especially when using breaststroke, will swim with their head up[citation needed] which forces their hips to sink down which is like they are swimming uphill and is a sign of being less comfortable. However, if the body is flat/horizontal or more parallel to the water-line it is far more effective and will allow the swimmer to feel more comfortable in the water.
Length: The taller the person is, the faster the speed through the water. As a result, it is important that the swimmer is fully stretched horizontally in the water, as this will reduce the body's drag through the water and allow a higher speed.
Rotation: In most sports, such as baseball, when the batter swings the baseball bat they will rotate the hips to increase the power of the swing. The same principle is applied to swimming. If the swimmer engages the hips and uses the body's core muscles it will increase power."
You rather nailed it.
Clueless question; this style of swimming because it's really energy efficient? Because it makes less wake and is stealthier? Because it's harder to hit someone swimming like this in the water with gunfire?
Sorry, I'm not sure why they settled on this stroke...He says faster and more efficient---but---any engineers/biomechanics/hydrodynamics folks who tell tell me why?
Regular People Wrestle Sumo Champions
Heaviest Japanese bloke in history is a world-class athlete. Says it all about a people's attitude to (somewhat) healthy living, really.
Over here, you'd only hear about someone of similar weight if they were lifted out of their appartment using heavy machinery and, possibly, a demolition crew.
Mordhaus (Member Profile)
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Two Power Plant Chimneys Take Each Other Out
Demolition engineering == performance art!
Putting words in peoples' mouths
Finally, President Schwarzenegger! I've been waiting for this since 'Demolition Man'.
eric3579 (Member Profile)
Competitive Slackline Tricking https://youtu.be/iRezj9BOEBQ
https://youtu.be/7QDMaTGsOBo
The Racism Of Mass Incarceration http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/404890/prison-inherited-trait/
Queens of Brooklyn: The NYC Girls Dominating Youth Chess https://youtu.be/Kxdoh1a5dwc
https://youtu.be/ge4HNwOpfRk
A most beautiful demolition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnG3jh6KTQ
https://youtu.be/XYUEW3_WvH0
Building under construction suddenly collapses
Sure that wasn't a controlled demolition? They seemed to be waiting for it, but I suppose something else could have alerted them.