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US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight months
  • Christ, don't encourage the Federal Reserve to print even more money.

  • Supreme Court to weigh whether regulators were heavy handed with flavored e-cigarette products
  • A couple of Winnebagos, and a handful of Airstreams maybe.

  • Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift
  • No it was pure corruption the way it was. Congress is supposed to write the laws, and the Judicial Branch is supposed to interpret those laws, not the unelected federal bureaucracy.

  • US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
  • Hundreds of millions of tax dollars spent giving aid and comfort to our enemies, someone should be going to prison for this.

  • Can Biden be replaced as Democrat nominee? Who could replace him?
  • I wouldn't wish that horror on anyone, not even my worst enemies.

  • Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
  • Federal agencies creating and enforcing laws is not democracy... Only congress can create legislation per the Constitution.

  • How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment
  • Make tires out of ground up bureaucrats, they're organic and biodegradable, and there's an endless supply of them.

  • Climate goals could make gas heating obsolete. So why do gas companies keep adding customers? Building more gas infrastructure is like investing in video rental stores 15 years ago, says expert
  • Gas is cheap, gas is efficient, gas is clean, and gas is reliable.

    If you want your electric bill to be ludicrous switch to electric heat.

  • Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI
  • I'd be more worried about finding which foreign governments and or intelligence agencies are using these extremist groups as proxies to sow dissent and division in the west, and cutting them off.

  • 2 killed, 8 wounded in mass shooting outside Arkansas grocery store
  • Not giving up my rights because criminals break the law.

  • The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
  • Easy to cheer them on when they're talking other peoples money...

  • H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One
  • and many don’t trust government.

    For good reason. Really hard to trust politicians when they're all bought out by corporations (especially Pharma and health insurance) and billionaires.

  • How PEI Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Roundabout | The Walrus
  • Take this:

    Add several weeks of freezing weather and snow accumulation and you get this:

  • Supreme Court rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful
  • Rich people want to take away the ability of us poor commoners to resist their oppression and defend ourselves.

  • US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks
  • Machine guns were already legal to own, I can't even remember the last time one of those was used in a crime.

  • www.jpost.com IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation

    Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were rescued in a joint operation by IDF, Shin Bet and police's Yamam unit.

    IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation
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    Rowsdower

    In Memory of Bruce J. Mitchell (1945-2018)

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    Know him? He was delicious!

    I made some trail mix out of rat droppings and hair.

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    May the 4th be with with you!

    To celebrate this amazing holiday, here is Han shooting first.

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    [DS9] Runabout Entering The Gamma Quadrant | 4K

    Screenshot from DS9 - 101/102 - Emissary

    Processed with the Orb of Enhancement:

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    Raw:

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    [NLD] Fireflies E07X Canon FFL351A (Beamshots in description)

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    Also, in an attempt to provide some comparison data, and to find out what is too heavy to comfortably carry, I have weighed an arbitrary selection of common lights to compare it to the E07X.

    Based on these results, the weight is good, the flashlight is balanced well, and it feels good in the hand. I'd say the E07X fits nicely in the large coat/hoodie pocket carry category. It's fat head and thick tube make it uncomfortable in a pants pocket however, so you'll want to make use of the clip and clip it to a belt/webbing/pouch etc. Overall I'm impressed with it, it's a solid addition to my lineup, the new FFL emitters are spectacular, and I appreciate the improvements over the old E07.

    All weights are with a full complement of batteries

    Lights: Acebeam X45: 710g BLF LT1: 626g Emisar D18: 480g Sofirn SP36: 432g Noctigon K1: 378g E07 TiCu: 310g Emisar D4SV2 (26800): 260g Sofirn SP33S: 238g -> E07X Canon: 200g <- Emisar D4k (Mule): 136g Sofirn IF19: 94g Sofirn SC21: 58g

    Batteries: 26800: 116g 26650: 96g 21700: 66g 18650: 44g

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    For All Mankind (1989) | An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. [1h20m]

    archive.org For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between...

    For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16245170

    > ! > > For All Mankind (1989) > > - Not Rated > > - 1h 20m > > An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. > > The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world. >

    For the best viewing quality on Archive.org, it is suggested to download the file directly from the 'Download Options' page instead of watching via the built in player.

    If you are experiencing really slow downloads on Archive.org, try using a VPN with a server near California, or use a download manager (eg: FDM).

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    [Documentary] For All Mankind (1989) | An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. [1h20m]

    archive.org For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between...

    For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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    For All Mankind (1989)

    • Not Rated

    • 1h 20m

    An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world.

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    MST3K - #913 - Quest Of The Delta Knights (Remastered) FULL VERSION

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    A remastered and upscaled version of the never commercially released MST3K episode Quest For The Delta Knights. Possibly, the best quality version anywhere outside of the vault with the MST master tapes in it.

    This is the fully reconstructed version, with intro, host segments, and credits. Multiple sources of varying quality were used to piece everything back together, for technical reasons the frame rate of all the clips was converted to 24fps to match the movie frame rate.

    Enjoy!

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    Arena (1989/Laserdisc) - Full Movie - LaserVids [4K]

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    Arena ----

    1989 - PG-13 - 1h 55m

    A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.

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    Director: Peter Manoogian

    Writers: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo

    Stars: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Claudia Christian, Armin Shimerman, Marc Alaimo

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    Storyline:

    Steve Armstrong is a human short-order cook in a fast food restaurant on a "starstation" where the most popular arena fighting tournament in the whole galaxy is held. Members of various alien species fight one on one, often dirty, to become the ruling champions of the galaxy. The restaurant's sole waiter and Steve's boss is Shorty, a short four-armed scheming humanoid alien. When Steve saves Shorty from a particularly unpleasant and violent alien guest, they're both fired by the restaurant's automated A.I. for brawling. Shorty shows gratitude and they become friends. However, without jobs, they'll both be kicked off the space station. Thankfully, Quinn, a human female no-nonsense fighting promoter, who's in quick need of new fighters, hears about Steve's fight with the alien guest and offers him sponsorship. Human fighters have traditionally been defeated easily by naturally tougher alien fighters in previous tournaments and Steve would be a real underdog. Shorty manages to convince Steve to take the offer and after some initial difficulties, Steve proves to be a really tough fighter with an actual tiny chance of success. In the eyes of humans all across the galaxy, who feel inferior to the various alien races, Steve becomes their idol and champion of humanity. Steve doesn't really want all this attention, but he understands the hope people put in him. Rogor is the tournament's crooked organizer, who's complete control over the competition and the players is shaken by Steve's surprising success. He offers one of his deals to Steve as well, but he refuses. Rogor then comes up with a plan to get rid of Steve for good, if he gets to the finals. Rogor's rat-faced yesman Weezil is eager to help. Meanwhile, beautiful Jade attracts Steve's attention.

    Notes: Source is a pit-perfect Laserdisc capture, upscaled to 4K for best possible quality playback on YouTube.

    Direct download link

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    ST: DS9 - Behind The Scenes (1993/LaserDisc)

    archive.org ST: DS9 - Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc)Includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season.All the videos, songs, images, and...

    ST: DS9 - Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/14455918

    > ! > > As ST: DS9 airs its pilot episode, PM airs this 50 minute documentary as a way to spark excitement about the new show. It includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season. > > In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary". > > ---- > > To my knowledge this was only aired on TV once in 1993, then was released on VHS shortly after in the US and UK, and has never been re-issued on any newer DVD releases. > > It just so happens that it was also released in Japan on Laserdisc, and I happened to find it while looking through my collection of discs. To watch this in the best possible quality, I have digitzed, restored, and upscaled this rare find to for viewing on modern devices. > > Enjoy! (and download it before it disappears) > > Note: The audio is in English but there are Japanese subtitles in the picture. > >

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    ST: DS9 - Behind The Scenes (1993/LaserDisc)

    archive.org ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc)Includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season.

    ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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    As ST: DS9 airs its pilot episode, PM airs this 50 minute documentary as a way to spark excitement about the new show. It includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season.

    In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".

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    To my knowledge this was only aired on TV once in 1993, then was released on VHS shortly after in the US and UK, and has never been re-issued on any newer DVD releases.

    It just so happens that it was also released in Japan on Laserdisc, and I happened to find it while looking through my collection of discs. To watch this in the best possible quality, I have digitzed, restored, and upscaled this rare find to for viewing on modern devices.

    Enjoy! (and download it before it disappears)

    Note: For the highest quality viewing experience, download the 1.5GB .mkv file and play it in your software player of choice.

    Note: The audio is in English but there are Japanese subtitles in the picture.

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    Which one do you choose?

    I know which one I'm going to, but I'd take both of these over any other coney joint in the state.

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    Star Trek on LaserDisc, if you've got the right equipment, it looks amazing! (samples in the description)

    Star Trek on Laserdisc

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    *Available in TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and theatrical release flavors.

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    It's guaranteed very few Star Trek fans have ever seen these, they are as hard to find as it gets. What we have here is Star Trek on a fully analog video format that isn't plagued by digital artifacts found on streaming platforms and early DVD releases (such as the DS9/VOY releases), nor does it have any of the quality issues found with VHS tape.

    The elephant in the room here is cost, so don't go searching Ebay/ZenMarket just yet. As with most analog hifi things, you have to spend a lot to get high quality results. Laserdisc is no exception, and it's even worse because of the rarity of the discs and the equipment all having antique status.

    That being said, in my quest to transport myself back to the 1990's, I have amassed enough equipment and specialty gear to capture Laserdiscs in stupidly high quality, and have uploaded the results for normal people to see. Now the preferred way to watch these is in their native resolution with a high end LD player hooked directly to a retro Trinitron CRT or Plasma TV, but these direct disc captures will be the best possible viewing method on modern display devices.

    Voyager LD Sample YT -- VOY LD Sample Direct Download

    DS9 LD Sample YT -- DS9 LD Sample Direct Download

    Hardware used for capture:

    • Pioneer CLD-D704
    • Domesday Duplicator
    • Windows PC (i9-10900k/RTX-3080/32GB RAM)

    Software used for processing:

    • ld-decode
    • Hybrid + Vapoursynth
    • Premiere Pro
    • Audition
    • Topaz
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    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) (Non-MST3K Version)

    archive.org Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTie

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTieThe mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian gov...

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTie

    [!](https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/23571/ID8085RG/Overdrawn-at-the-Memory-Bank)

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank - (1984)

    The mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped in the virtual reality simulation. He must find a way out before he expires.

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    In the regimented world of the future, five major corporations wield total control over men's minds and actions. But a few men still remain strong enough to resist and romantic enough to dream.

    Aram Fingal (Raul Julia) is just such a man. Refusing to submit to the mindless monotony of his world, Fingal punches up endless reruns of "Casablanca" on his video display terminal. Until, in a strange mechanical mix-up his identity and Rick Blaine's become FUSED within Novacorp's computer bank.

    Fingal is suddenly plunged into a parallel reality within the central computer. Only now, "Casablanca" is not just flickering fiction on his screen, but a frightening reality. Now, the Fat Man throws "real" poison darts. Now the police shoot real bullets and Pierre really die. Now, Rick Blaine is a FLESH AND BLOOD hero headed straight for identicube destruction!

    Starring: Raul Julia

    Color--Running Time: 85 minutes

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    This made-for-public-television classic and MST3k favorite is presented unriffed, uncut, and digitally restored, with approximately 12 minutes of footage that was cut from the MST3k version.

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank never made it to DVD, and never got any kind of an high quality HD release... Until now, this movie was only available on out of print VHS tapes, and an ultra-rare Laserdisc release, which was used for this restoration project.

    Due to Youtube's low streaming quality, we suggest using this direct high quality download link

    Youtube link

    Screenshots:

    [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/)

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