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"Maybe she's not still a 10" was my Valentine's Day card for 5 years. Strangely enough I didn't have a Valentine's Date for those 5 years.
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Sep 10, 2015 14:56
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Bait and Swatch posted:Also, Iran's conventional forces are quite limited. The hundreds of thousands of paramilitary forces are not, and the insurgency and assymetric attacks they could wage are the primary threat. Invading Iran would be pointless and the aftermath would be incredibly bloody. While I'm sure the US could invade Iran if they through enough resources at it, Iran does have one significant advantage over Iraq when it comes to defending themselves: 
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Sep 10, 2015 15:34
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Drakhoran posted:While I'm sure the US could invade Iran if they through enough resources at it, Iran does have one significant advantage over Iraq when it comes to defending themselves: Just wake me up when every Golden Corral is outfitted with a saffron fountain.
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Sep 10, 2015 15:41
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I like how even though he is objecting to Trump's misogynist insults and defender her, Crowder is still able to accidentally slip in some of his own.
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Sep 10, 2015 15:43
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Big McHuge posted:Bleached Turtle Scrotum is one of the best things I've heard in a while. Turtles don't have scrotums. I'm just pointing out that Crowder is dumb and highlighting my pendanticalness
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Sep 10, 2015 15:54
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radical meme posted:Saudi Arabia and other majority sunni states. Here's an interesting article on how ridiculously easy it would be to kick the poo poo out of the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf. The thing with an aircraft carrier is that you don't need to move one anywhere near where you're planning to attack. They can stand off at a range well beyond whatever punt boats and civilian kamikaze planes Iran can put up and do their mission just as effectively as they would a few miles offshore. Not saying that attacking Iran is a good idea or that it'd be easy, but Van Riper's tactics wouldn't really be applicable during a hot war.
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Sep 10, 2015 15:59
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radical meme posted:Saudi Arabia and other majority sunni states. Wouldn't Russia and China funnel as much funding and military hardware into Iran as they could without being caught in that scenario?
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Sep 10, 2015 16:10
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Keeshhound posted:Wouldn't Russia and China funnel as much funding and military hardware into Iran as they could without being caught in that scenario? Russia, maybe. Depends on the situation. China, probably not.
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Sep 10, 2015 16:16
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Keeshhound posted:Wouldn't Russia and China funnel as much funding and military hardware into Iran as they could without being caught in that scenario? I agree with Zeroisanumber, Russia probably yes. Does China sell arms, military equipment to any country? I really don't know the answer to that.
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Sep 10, 2015 16:37
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radical meme posted:I agree with Zeroisanumber, Russia probably yes. Does China sell arms, military equipment to any country? I really don't know the answer to that. Maybe North Korea? Edit: Quick googling says China is the third biggest arms exporter. http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/china-becomes-worlds-third-largest-arms-exporter/?_r=0 quote:The leading buyers of Chinese materiel were Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, which received more than two-thirds of China’s total exports. China also sold armored vehicles, and transport and trainer aircraft, to Venezuela; three frigates to Algeria; antiship missiles to Indonesia; and major arms to 18 African states, the report said. RoyKeen fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 16:47
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I was thinking the prospect of cheaper oil from a greatful Tehran might sway them.
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Keeshhound posted:I was thinking the prospect of cheaper oil from a greatful Tehran might sway them. In order to get oil to China, they'd have to ship it. Same thing with weapons. I doubt that Uncle Sam would be letting any ships into Iranian ports during a war.
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Sep 10, 2015 16:58
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radical meme posted:I don't have the knowledge or background so I'll defer to war geeks on whether or not Van Ripper cheated, which is kind of comical in itself imagining a bunch of high level officers sitting around a table screaming, "nuh uh, you cheated, you don't get to win". Still though, I can't imagine the U.S. military even recommending an invasion of Iran. We've got evidence of Russian involvement in Syria right now, just imagine what they'd do too help Iran bleed the U.S. dry if we started a ground war in Iran. In some thread months ago there was a story about how from ~2006 to the end of the Bush admin the head Admiral(s) of the Navy explicitly forbid having more carriers in the Gulf at any one time, specifically so that we couldn't launch an attack on Iran. The service itself knows how bad it would be, but the mix of profiteers and utter loving morons who think that the surge working temporarily somehow validated the whole Iraq war (until Obama "messed it up") do not care. Basic things like Iran's population/size compared to Iraq, let alone the state of it's military and population are completely ignored. A basic comparison of statements made by these same fellows in the Bush admin to what actually ensued should render the whole argument moot, but here we are. Our media sucks.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:00
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Conservatives.jpeg I can just imagine them trying to hit escape or click somewhere else on the page, and finally closing the browser tab. Anything not to click "I'm a liberal."
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Sep 10, 2015 17:02
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Pervis posted:In some thread months ago there was a story about how from ~2006 to the end of the Bush admin the head Admiral(s) of the Navy explicitly forbid having more carriers in the Gulf at any one time, specifically so that we couldn't launch an attack on Iran. The service itself knows how bad it would be, but the mix of profiteers and utter loving morons who think that the surge working temporarily somehow validated the whole Iraq war (until Obama "messed it up") do not care. Basic things like Iran's population/size compared to Iraq, let alone the state of it's military and population are completely ignored. Holy poo poo.
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radical meme posted:I don't have the knowledge or background so I'll defer to war geeks on whether or not Van Ripper cheated, which is kind of comical in itself imagining a bunch of high level officers sitting around a table screaming, "nuh uh, you cheated, you don't get to win". Still though, I can't imagine the U.S. military even recommending an invasion of Iran. We've got evidence of Russian involvement in Syria right now, just imagine what they'd do too help Iran bleed the U.S. dry if we started a ground war in Iran. you shouldn't quote Van Riper as an example of why an amphibious invasion against a modern nation well equipped to defend its coastline with anti-ship missiles is a terrible idea the bigger problem is that all those bullets flying in the gulf would gently caress with a huge percentage of the world's oil flow
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Sep 10, 2015 17:07
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radical meme posted:I agree with Zeroisanumber, Russia probably yes. Does China sell arms, military equipment to any country? I really don't know the answer to that. The Iranian air force has some Chinese-built MiG-21 derivatives, I think, but I don't see China going to the mat for them if we lose our minds and start a war with Iran.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:49
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An elderly Sikh gentleman was attacked in Chicago for being Muslim.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:52
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CommieGIR posted:An elderly Sikh gentleman was attacked in Chicago for being Muslim. Edit - No one charged yet, we'll have to wait to find out.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:29
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Wasn't there also a recent firebombing of a Sikh temple by anti-Muslim folks in recent memory? Or an attack of some sort. It really does make me facepalm pretty hard because it's like...a guy with a dark tan complexion and a turban is not automatically a Muslim. I know Sikh things look Muslim but they're actually, you know, kind of a bit different.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:38
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Wasn't there also a recent firebombing of a Sikh temple by anti-Muslim folks in recent memory? Or an attack of some sort. It really does make me facepalm pretty hard because it's like...a guy with a dark tan complexion and a turban is not automatically a Muslim. I know Sikh things look Muslim but they're actually, you know, kind of a bit different. Yes, in Wisconsin. It was a shooting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting
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Sep 10, 2015 18:42
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CommieGIR posted:Yes, in Wisconsin. It was a shooting. Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking of.
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Sep 10, 2015 18:54
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The wiki article makes it look like the shooter wasn't explicitly anti-Muslim; he may have picked targets based on the paper-bag test. Also it makes me sad that the Hammerskins aren't a dwarven LARP group.
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Sep 10, 2015 19:16
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Bravo Glenn Beckquote:“I’m going to say it. I don’t care what Sarah Palin says any more. Sarah Palin has become a clown. I’m embarrassed that I was once for Sarah Palin. Honestly, I’m embarrassed… I don’t know who she is any more, I don’t know what she stands for. I saw a clip of her talking to Donald Trump. What the hell is that? I don’t even know who she is any more.” http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-is-embarrassed-that-he-ever-supported-clown-sarah-palin/
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quote:Mike Huckabee for months has been peddling a faulty understanding of how the law in America works. The former Arkansas governor insists that unless a local, state, or federal lawmaking body, like your city council or the U.S. Congress, passes a bill and it is signed into law, it isn't law. In other words, everything is illegal unless a law makes it legal. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/mike_huckabee_just_said_the_dred_scott_decision_remains_to_this_day_the_law_of_the_land
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I would be afraid of what Republicans could do if they didn't spend 3/4ths of their day writing legalese fan fiction that explains how what they want to do is already a law.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Bravo Glenn Beck People are saying the Bernie/Hillary rift is causing problems but these guys are outright devouring each other.
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Sep 10, 2015 19:50
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Necc0 posted:People are saying the Bernie/Hillary rift is causing problems but these guys are outright devouring each other. We need to collect examples of the Gop and Dem primaries being compared without much caveat. A gargantuan name candidate vs a shockingly strong progressive challenger orrrrrrrrrrrr Donald Trump being your frontrunner out of nowhere and sending your entire field into a series of panicked ill advised moves while he flips tables and offends everyone but racist scum*. Yeah hard to choose which one I'd rather be caught up in. Real head scratcher. *oh and the media is starting to catch on to what it means when a Republican says racist awful dogwhistle poo poo with a bullhorn and ends up shooting up in the polls. Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 20:00
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Necc0 posted:People are saying the Bernie/Hillary rift is causing problems but these guys are outright devouring each other. Maybe online, but not in any real-life instances I've noticed. I think most Bernie supporters understand the sheer political force behind Clinton, and most Clinton supporters understand his populist appeal. (And perhaps wish she'd adopt more of it.)
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Sep 10, 2015 21:00
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:I think most Bernie supporters understand the sheer political force behind Clinton, and most Clinton supporters understand his populist appeal. (And perhaps wish she'd adopt more of it.) I've made several $1 bets on the primary that say differently, but even my friends who are very strongly pro-Bernie aren't going to hold a grudge against Hilldog once the real election campaign begins.
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One of my newest favorite things is the usual right-wing media shills breathlessly pointing out "Trump, Carson and Fiorina are on top, and what do they have in common?? They're all outsiders! Wake up and see how REAL AMERICANS are sick of politicians!" The same people who eight years ago were screeching nonstop about how Obama was a political rookie for not being a Senator long enough and was utterly unfit to lead because of it.
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Sep 10, 2015 23:06
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Hazo posted:
This is completely false. They said he was unqualified because he was just a community organizer. 
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Trump and Bernie are undeniably benefitting from the ugh factor, but yeah, throw another grain of objectively demonstratable hypocrisy on Republican Beach. Trump in particular is awesome because now it's not just the party being called out for being a bunch of petty anarchists, it's their voters too now. They cant toss out excuses fast enough to explain why they're so enamored with someone with zero real policy positions. Even better, on top of a bunch of fake dumb positions he also has a bunch of past positions that they're out there deploying the doublethink on to justify loving him. And what amazing thing did he do to become the beloved leader of tea party America? Acted like a big rear end in a top hat racist and refused to back down over it. That's about it. I can't think of a better revenge than this for the GOP handing their party over to white identity politics and forgetting that was just supposed to be lip service. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks. Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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So, surprising to no one, the counseling the Duggars sought for Josh involved telling him his sisters were at fault, and their specific cultish sect has a charismatic leader with a list of sexual harassment allegations a mile long. People who followed Prester John's threads about growing up in a fundamentalist cult atmosphere will feel right at home with this article describing the Duggar's close connection to the Institute in Basic Life Principles headed by Bill Gothard.quote:In IBLP seminars, girls were taught that boys were “almost unable to control their lust,” Rose said. “It was our responsibility to help them control it by dressing modestly. And if we didn’t, we just got what we had coming to us.” Also, the reason this is in this thread: quote:Yet in Discovery and TLC’s hands, the Duggars became the sanitized poster children for this insular, authoritarian, and increasingly discredited religious sect, packaged as innocuous for a mass television audience. And IBLP used the Duggars’ fame to promote its teachings. The Duggars, said Leigh, were Gothard’s “model ATI family,” and were “held up as ideal in the IBLP world.” Though IBLP hasn’t rebounded to its glory days, many recent enrollments were loyal viewers who’d been inspired by the show, according to Leigh, who has discussed the matter with recent staffers at IBLP headquarters. As depicted by TLC, the Duggars were a loving, virtuous family—and their biggest fans wanted to know their secret. ErIog fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 23:33
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Phone posted:The two things I know about Pasadena: 3: 
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Zeroisanumber posted:I've made several $1 bets on the primary that say differently, but even my friends who are very strongly pro-Bernie aren't going to hold a grudge against Hilldog once the real election campaign begins. Yeah no kidding. I live in California so since this state is going blue pretty much no matter what I'll probably vote third party if Sanders doesn't get the nomination, but if I lived in a swing state I'd hold my nose and vote for Hillary with zero hesitation.
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Anyone who watches an edited family tv show and wonders why that family seems so happy and perfect needs to be euthanized for the safety of the rest of us.
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Hazo posted:One of my newest favorite things is the usual right-wing media shills breathlessly pointing out "Trump, Carson and Fiorina are on top, and what do they have in common?? They're all outsiders! Wake up and see how REAL AMERICANS are sick of politicians!" Doctor Butts posted:This is completely false. I'm pretty sure it was the darkness about Obama that they didn't like. Some sort of shadow hanging over him or something.
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