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farraday posted:Do your best, I'd love to win back Frank Underwood's seat. Will do. I'm terrible on phones but pretty good in person. So when it stops raining (it's been raining off and on for nearly four days now) I'll knock doors. https://archieparnell.com/ If you can't volunteer throw some cash his way. It's sorely needed because the dems aren't throwing much money his way.  edit: Dog tax.
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Raylen posted:The west coast doesn't have any good BBQ Wrong.gif Johnny Reb's is pretty good in general and has the best brunswick stew I've ever tasted. Lucillle's is pretty drat good as well and has the best jambalaya I've had anywhere including multiple places in New Orleans that were highly rated, mainly because Lucille's uses all smoked meats for their jambalaya simmers it all in the spices. I think the only place in NOLA that could even compete was The Gumbo Shop. Overall the best BBQ I've ever had was in Lexington, KY at Red State BBQ. Best loving ribs and sauce I've had in my life.
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He's a nut. He's crazy in the coconut.
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If Quist doesn't win after he has pretty much everything going for him, I'm gonna be very sad 
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RandomBlue posted:Wrong.gif The best jambalaya in this state isn't even within an hour's drive of New Orleans. New derail? 
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He's the Commander in Chief. As far as the military is concerned - and really ought to be concerned - he can tell the whole world where the SSBNs are. The consequences for that should be political (and potentially getting first struck by the Russians I guess), not the military throwing a tantrum. I get the appeal though, given that Congress is doing negative amounts of institutional oversight.
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Queering Wheel posted:If Quist doesn't win after he has pretty much everything going for him, I'm gonna be very sad I wouldn't say he's had "everything going for him"; it's still traditionally a beet-red district.
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Kilroy posted:I don't buy that people want to vote for a winner or that if we just beat the GOP over the head with AHCA and Trump and all the rest, and that that is enough to provide Democrats with a victory. Nor do I think that a victory so achieved would accomplish much of what I want accomplished: when you run that sort of campaign (where you don't stand for much), then even if you win you don't have much a clear mandate to do anything (because you didn't provide a clear vision during your campaign). You just sort of won by default. You tried the rope-a-dope tactic and it happened to work that time. I'm not saying run a campaign based on the fact that the Dems won some special elections. Run the campaigns based on policies and platforms and positive messages. The perception that Democrats have support and the GOP is running scared will already be taken care of by the media coverage of the special elections, etc., so long as some effort is expended to keep that momentum. All I'm saying is perceptions matter - if Democratic voters don't think that the GOP is beatable in their district, they're much less likely to put in the effort to vote, even if they like the platform. Winning requires both winning people over to your message and convincing them that a vote for you is actually worth their effort. Doubly so when Republican voter suppression methods are the law of the land! Kilroy posted:... then acting on your platform once elected and doing everything you can to accomplish as much as you can. Democrats mostly don't do any of that poo poo and they need to start. Stickman fucked around with this message at 07:58 on May 25, 2017 |
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Boon posted:Oh? You've never seen or set foot on Mauna Kea? Your ideas of mountains must be so quaint. I'm from Florida and I'm proud of our tallest mountain, a landfill on the highway between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. 
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mango sentinel posted:1) SSBN subs don't need to be close to their prospective targets, they're basically armed with ICBMs. They tell their people its a roaring success anyway. Maybe all they need is something big an shinny to take off from he ground and look powerful.
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May 25, 2017 07:55
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RandomBlue posted:Wrong.gif Ummm, I was joking around with the whole dumb geography derail. But I wasn't joking that the West Coast has the worst BBQ. The ribs suck here in the Bay Area. Some of the best BBQ I ever had was when I was stationed in North Carolina. Except for the smell from all the drat pig farms and the polluted rivers, the pork there was great.
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What the Christ. I was catching up from like page 38 and reading this stupid debate about whether or not Ohio was "east coast" (it's not you loving moron) and skipped to a couple pages before the current page and that guy is still arguing about it. What a time to live.
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May 25, 2017 08:01
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Queering Wheel posted:If Quist doesn't win after he has pretty much everything going for him, I'm gonna be very sad Remember, the Republican Candidate beat up a member of the "left-wing media". Many Republican voters will see that as Gianforte sticking up for himself. Add on to that he represents a British newspaper (foreigner sticking their nose into American affairs) and the reporter's first response to getting punched was, "You broke my glasses!" makes him appear as a nerd who deserved what he got.
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Ramos posted:I'm from Florida and I'm proud of our tallest mountain, a landfill on the highway between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. gently caress, I had a field trip to that mountain in elementary school. Had a bunch of garbage seagulls trying to get in the bus windows. Florida is not as magical a place to grow up as the post cards indicate.
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I really really hope Quist's campaign runners are on the ball enough to message this in reference to the AHCA and CBO score. Instead of just the attack because that alone can parse into a lot of off-message stuff and a lot of Montanans won't give a poo poo if they think all the fuss is because their rep punched a nerd. The quantifications and conclusions in that report are harrowing, and they've been given the mother of all opportunities to tie it around this guy's neck. After talking about the realities of the bill, just roll the tape and point out the question he was being asked. Bhaal fucked around with this message at 08:24 on May 25, 2017 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:What the Christ. I was catching up from like page 38 and reading this stupid debate about whether or not Ohio was "east coast" (it's not you loving moron) and skipped to a couple pages before the current page and that guy is still arguing about it. It's so dumb I'm actually welcoming the ahca now
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Ramos posted:I'm from Florida and I'm proud of our tallest mountain, a landfill on the highway between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Does that beat Britton Hill, our natural highpoint? (only 145 feet IIRC) If so that is Florida as gently caress.
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spunkshui posted:They tell their people its a roaring success anyway. NK has made real measurable progress on it's nuclear arsenal over the last few years and it will not be long before their capability matches their propaganda. What then?
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I honestly can't wait for Trump to return so he can sync back up with the daily new cycles and send out some really stupid tweets
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Boon posted:NK has made real measurable progress on it's nuclear arsenal over the last few years and it will not be long before their capability matches their propaganda. What then? You can finally relieve your blue-balls?
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May 25, 2017 08:19
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VitalSigns posted:You can finally relieve your blue-balls? Maybe. We'll see. What's your recommendation?
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Well the administration has managed to piss off British intelligence: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40040210 That's two of the five eyes now.
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crayon85 posted:Well the administration has managed to piss off British intelligence: Actually, I think the only one we haven't alienated yet is New Zealand. Remember that Trump poo poo all over Turnbull because he heard he was a 'liberal.'
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May 25, 2017 08:23
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Boon posted:NK has made real measurable progress on it's nuclear arsenal over the last few years and it will not be long before their capability matches their propaganda. The first part of this is true, but I think that second part's a bit of an overstatement. It's unlikely that they'll be able to produce enough warheads and delivery vehicles capable of reliably reaching the U.S., to pose the true existential threat that they advertise. (unless you were joking, in which case sue me, it's late!)
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Majorian posted:The first part of this is true, but I think that second part's a bit of an overstatement. It's unlikely that they'll be able to produce enough warheads and delivery vehicles capable of reliably reaching the U.S., to pose the true existential threat that they advertise. I mean, we're kind of back to the idea of what existential means? Cease to exist? No. Cease to exist as we currently understand? Yeah probably. A cloud where Honolulu used to be would be pretty loving game-changing in the history of the US and the world. But that's not really a serious concern for me. My take is that the capability is an effective deterrent, can be further produced (and exported) and is an extremely effective bargaining chip for a country without much to lose. The DPRK possessing that capability is a complete game-changer in a region of the world which possesses 60% of the world population, 5 of the top 7 most powerful militaries, by far the highest concentration of trade, and the greatest gathering of disputes. Boon fucked around with this message at 08:34 on May 25, 2017 |
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Boon posted:Maybe. We'll see. Do it in the privacy in your own home, and wash your hands afterwards. Oh and make sure anything you stick in has a flared base.
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Old James posted:Remember, the Republican Candidate beat up a member of the "left-wing media". Many Republican voters will see that as Gianforte sticking up for himself. Add on to that he represents a British newspaper (foreigner sticking their nose into American affairs) and the reporter's first response to getting punched was, "You broke my glasses!" makes him appear as a nerd who deserved what he got. Yeah that's what I fear. The typical red state Republican seems likely to identify with a violent thug who beats up innocent journalists.
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Ramos posted:I'm from Florida and I'm proud of our tallest mountain, a landfill on the highway between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. When the ocean reclaims us, at least a literal trash heap will remain. God bless
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Boon posted:Maybe. We'll see. A volunteer invasion force of internet warhawk infantry to go get the WMDs. 10-year minimum commitment. You have to be an 11-bang-bang. You're allowed to nut on Kim's face while yelling "mission accomplished" E: any of the Kims
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Boon posted:I mean, we're kind of back to the idea of what existential means? Cease to exist? No. Cease to exist as currently we understand? Yeah probably. When people talk about "existential threats" in this context, though, they usually mean something closer to the former than the latter. By the latter definition, 9/11 was an existential threat, since it hosed our country's brain and changed a lot of stuff going forward. But it never had a chance of wiping out all or most life in the U.S., it didn't make it any more likely that another power would conquer us, it couldn't have seriously diminished our military or economic strength (at least directly), etc. The same would be true of a North Korean nuclear strike. It would suck, harder than probably anything the U.S. has ever experienced on its own soil, but the country would survive, for the most part.
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RandomBlue posted:Wrong.gif Believe me, I know bbq *names two soups*
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Raylen posted:The west coast doesn't have any good BBQ Hello, person who hasn't ever heard of tri-tip.
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Aliquid posted:Believe me, I know bbq *names two soups* sides are important when deciding the best bbq restaurant. as long as he's in lexington, he's doing fine. edit* oh gently caress that was ky, not NC, gently caress that heresy
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Majorian posted:When people talk about "existential threats" in this context, though, they usually mean something closer to the former than the latter. By the latter definition, 9/11 was an existential threat, since it hosed our country's brain and changed a lot of stuff going forward. But it never had a chance of wiping out all or most life in the U.S., it didn't make it any more likely that another power would conquer us, it couldn't have seriously diminished our military or economic strength (at least directly), etc. The same would be true of a North Korean nuclear strike. It would suck, harder than probably anything the U.S. has ever experienced on its own soil, but the country would survive, for the most part. Yeah, I 100% agree - see my edit on the same post (sorry). Also, VitalSigns just kind of has it out for me on this particular topic because my experiences give me a perspective that he doesn't have but mocks anyway. Full disclosure, I'm posting from Japan right now because part of what I do is support the Naval component command that manages the Japanese alliance and supports the DoD and DoS in planning for the Korean peninsula contingencies like Non-combatant evacuation operations. Boon fucked around with this message at 08:45 on May 25, 2017 |
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Nah I pretty much have it out for all the chairborne rangers who love 'splosions but would rather send the men and women I used to serve with out to face them while they watch the carnage in the safety of their living rooms. It's nothing against you personally.
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VitalSigns posted:Nah I pretty much have it out for all the chairborne rangers who love 'splosions but would rather send the men and women I used to serve with out to face them while they watch the carnage in the safety of their living rooms. It's nothing against you personally. I'm an actual Naval Officer, and if something pops off in the region, guess who's ending up there.
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Does that beat Britton Hill, our natural highpoint? (only 145 feet IIRC) Mount Trashmore is 225 feet tall.
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Majorian posted:Hello, person who hasn't ever heard of tri-tip. Nope, never had it before but I'm not a California native. I'll have to try it out. But only one example for what constitutes good West Coast BBQ is not going to sway me to change my opinion. Boon posted:I'm an actual Naval Officer, and if something pops off in the region, guess who's ending up there. Having fun in Yokosuka or Sasebo? Are there still protests when the nuclear powered aircraft carriers dock there?
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Lol. "I'm in the Navy! I'm an officer! I'll be able to see the war from my very own TV!" I know it's not easy to change branches but you could at least try if you feel that strong about it. I'm sure the men and women of Honolulu will sleep easier knowing you're saving them from certain doom.
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^^^ What's your problem man? Raylen posted:Nope, never had it before but I'm not a California native. I'll have to try it out. But only one example for what constitutes good West Coast BBQ is not going to sway me to change my opinion. Yokosuka but I miss Sasebo sometimes, that steak place with the old man is still my favorite meal of all time. I'm going to be taking off pretty shortly but I'll be back in January and I'm thinking of heading down there to see if the old guy is still around. I haven't seen any, but the Reagan isn't in - I'm told they're still ongoing but things have changed a lot after Fukushima. Boon fucked around with this message at 08:55 on May 25, 2017 |
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