Archangel

This is human trafficking. This man was bought, sold and transported against his will, and without due process.

For today, at least. /s

Of course there were. They just weren’t sure what the effects of being in space were going to be on his mind and body. They had no idea if he would lose his mind in free-fall, or if he’d suffer a stroke from the g-forces required to reach orbit, or just simply pass out. So the first flight was set to autopilot. It was as much a live human experiment, as it was a test of their equipment. But he definitely had the code to unlock the controls if he needed to.

Bottom line is, he had been a pilot for most of his life, and was fully trained to operate that craft with or without the safety protocols in place. The training that all those early astronauts/cosmonauts went through was insane. The levels of physical and mental competence they expected from them, was more than any standard training given to regular pilots.

It’s not like they just grabbed some celebrity off a stage and let them experience free-fall for 11 minutes, so they could plug their upcoming concert tour.

The difference is, Gagarin was actually capable of piloting the craft.

Wait. Are we seriously saying that Katy Perry and Gayle King are on par with Yuri Gagarin now? This just gets funnier by the minute.

No. They weren’t “trained to travel in a spacecraft”. It was fully automated. They were just passengers on an 11 minute flight.

Seriously, if that makes them astronauts…then everyone who’s been on an airplane, is a pilot.

One is that it plays directly into notions of national/racial exceptionalism. “Our country/race is better than all the rest. Other nations/races should have to pay exorbitant fees just to do business with us.”

Except that’s not how tariffs work.

Every accusation is a confession.

As in…he’s the “victim” of human trafficking.

Twitter, of course. Elon’s already made it quite comfortable for them over there.

It’s almost like “fighting government waste”, was just some bullshit excuse to get away with cheating customers. Who could have seen this coming?

Criticizing the president is protected speech. Retaliation by the government in response to that criticism is illegal.

Well, that’s a weird coincidence.

“El-mo”? More like “El-NO”! Amiright, guys?

How can you arrest a non-immigrant under an anti-immigration law?

JFC.

Everyone around the world needs to start selling their US bonds. Call in every single one. Fucking tank them.

I’m pretty sure this is textbook sexual harassment.

Guy’s probably already dead.

Ooh, ooh…I did that.