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psydude posted:Because nothing says Republican Wave better than the smallest voter turnout in 72 years. I think that's largely due to gerrymandering making Congressional elections pointless.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Hmm, well I don't know about that, but how about this. Diggin his new avatar
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I would like the option to vote NO on feinstein, i don't really care who the gently caress it is just not her
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BRING BACK DICK! Nixon in '16 
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Zeroisanumber posted:If Hillary strokes out there's the off chance that he'll be president. God drat I want cocktail time in the White House with First Lady Sandra Lee.
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:BRING WTF is dis poo poo? 
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There has to be something more interesting going on than election politics/news.
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King Abdullah has pneumonia.
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Godholio posted:King Abdullah has pneumonia. And Salman, the second in line, is 78 and has dementia. The third in line, Muqrin, will probably end up running the country. I dunno much about him, but I wonder how long they'll be able to maintain these low oil prices since I've read that the Saudi budget is based on oil revenues funded by oil at like $87 per barrel.
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Godholio posted:Yes, just the Marines. And they made that decision KNOWING the gun wouldn't be fully integrated. That's one of the ways they're being loving stupid. This cross-post is relevant... iyaayas01 posted:That said, it's worth mentioning that the program office's IOC report for the F-35 explicitly calls out CAS as being one of the mission sets that the system must be capable of performing prior to declaring IOC. That's true for all three services. So yeah, according to the program office themselves the F-35 is supposed to be able to perform CAS in order to declare IOC. That's not me or Winslow Wheeler or Pierre Sprey or some other crackpot defense thinker saying that, that's the F-35 JPO themselves. Also the Marines aren't declaring IOC in 2016, they're still set to declare IOC by the end of this year (July '15 is objective, Dec '15 is threshold). Air Force is 2016 (Aug '16 objective, Dec '16 threshold), while the USN isn't until 2018/19 (Aug '18 objective, Feb '19 threshold). So according to the F-35 JPO, by the end of this year the F-35B will be capable of conducting "CAS, Offensive and Defensive Counter Air, Air Interdiction, Assault Support Escort, and Armed Reconnaissance" with a weapons loadout solely consisting of AIM-120C-7, GBU-32, and GBU-12. Okay...that seems a little limited to actually be able to truly carry out the full range of those missions, but okay whatever, it's USMC Aviation we're talking about here. Also worth bringing up that the most recent DOT&E report (published in Jan '14, includes data through FY13) makes mention of "non-operationally relevant workarounds" as the only way that weapons delivery accuracy tests were getting completed with Block 2B OFP, and that the only way that all required weapons tests would be completed on schedule (Oct '14) would be development of the software to a point where it was operationally relevant...I haven't seen anything publicly announcing the full completion of those tests on schedule. Block 2B weapons integration testing likely won't be completed until April '15...how in the hell you complete weapons integration testing in April and then declare IOC 3 months later in beyond me. Also the threshold value for Aircraft Availability rate that is supposed to be required in order to declare IOC is 50%...but as of the most recent DOT&E report the -B's average AA rate at its only "operational" base (Yuma) is south of 30%. Oh, and ALIS still sucks and isn't capable of operating anywhere other than a CONUS base with established infrastructure...but no reason that would stop us from declaring the system operationally capable and ready to deploy because it's not like you need ALIS to be able to do literally anything with the aircraft from a mx/log perspective, oh wait. But like I said, there I go again expecting people to follow the rules in acquisitions and actually hold contractors accountable when the pieces of poo poo they manufacture fail to meet established requirements. I'm looking forward to seeing the excuses and leaps in logic that takes place to make sure IOC happens on schedule to avoid a schedule breach...just like I'm looking forward to seeing the tap-dance that takes place to avoid a breach based on the failure to meet the required AA rate. fake edit: I just finished reading through the operational suitability section of the DOT&E report (i.e., measuring effectiveness of mx/log stuff, i.e. my current job on a different platform) and holy poo poo  . Really looking forward to the 2014 DOT&E report to see if any of this poo poo has improved.
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West coast ports are on the verge of a lockout. Shits about to get real(expensive and delayed in the midst of post holiday restocking) http://www.pmanet.org/wp-content/themes/pacificmaritimeassociation/pdf/newsinfo_AverageAnnualEarnings.pdf quote:How much do West Coast longshoremen earn? holy poo poo
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holocaust bloopers posted:142K average a year to work the docks? Goddamn. If you guys had the balls to mutiny you might be able to make that kind of money too.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:West coast ports are on the verge of a lockout. Shits about to get real(expensive and delayed in the midst of post holiday restocking) they've been without a contract since summer, iirc, so yeah they're fed the gently caress up smart of them to wait until after christmas, to help them with the public opinion
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:they've been without a contract since summer, iirc, so yeah they're fed the gently caress up The Wire season 2 was loving terrible.
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holocaust bloopers posted:The Wire season 2 was loving terrible. Bullshit, it was the most interesting season. Not the most action filled, but interesting. (Full Disclosure- I grew up in Baltimore, so its level of interest may be geographically biased.)
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bulletsponge13 posted:Bullshit, it was the most interesting season. Not the most action filled, but interesting. (Full Disclosure- I grew up in Baltimore, so its level of interest may be geographically biased.) God it was boring as gently caress. Had I watched The Wire as it originally aired, I'd have been furious.
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holocaust bloopers posted:The Wire season 2 was loving terrible. I hated it the first time I watched through it but once I watched it again it became loads better
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:I hated it the first time I watched through it but once I watched it again it became loads better Ya it might be better to revisit it now that I'll be wrapping up season 4 tomorrow. 5 is absolutely not worth my time from what I've been told.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Ya it might be better to revisit it now that I'll be wrapping up season 4 tomorrow. It's worth it
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A "bad" season of The Wire is still better than 99% of the poo poo that's on TV. Season 5 is still well worth watching even if it's not quite as good as some of the previous seasons. e: If nothing else the series finale is well worth watching, and the exploration of the newsroom is very interesting if a little flawed. Remember that David Simon made his living in part as a reporter, so if there's one thing that he knows it's a newsroom. Season 5 is still the best exploration of the newspaper business depicted on TV. iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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^^^I like The Wire but I don't love it. FAT SLAMPIG posted:It's worth it "WELL GET ON WITH IT MOTHERFUCKER"
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holocaust bloopers posted:The Wire season 2 was loving terrible. It's better if you pretend the port cop was the same one from Fargo.
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Yeah, it's not the best season, but it's still good and worth it
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:they've been without a contract since summer, iirc, so yeah they're fed the gently caress up A lockout is when owners refuse labor access to work. In either case, I'm playing the worlds tiniest violin for dudes that make a pretty deece 6 figs for a job that requires very little skill(a job that requires so little skill that anywhere else they would make $14-$20/hr). Operating container handling equipment is so simple that even I can do it.
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Stevedores/longshoremen are mostly just unskilled labor, I'm fairly shocked they make that much. Qualified crane operators I can sort of understand as you *gasp* are expected to be sober and aware of your surroundings, also generally requires experience to be efficient enough
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justice4trayvawn posted:Stevedores/longshoremen are mostly just unskilled labor, I'm fairly shocked they make that much. Qualified crane operators I can sort of understand as you *gasp* are expected to be sober and aware of your surroundings, also generally requires experience to be efficient enough I ain't gonna bedgrudge somebody the ability to get fat checks for not doing a whole lot. A lot of guys in suits manage that. Also IT.
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holocaust bloopers posted:God it was boring as gently caress. Had I watched The Wire as it originally aired, I'd have been furious. I'm looking to check it out. A friend just said there was a marathon on HBO recently, which I missed. How does it compare to Southland? Because god drat Southland ruled and shouldn't have been cancelled in favor of whatever bullshit TNT queued up to replace it.
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Panzeh posted:I ain't gonna bedgrudge somebody the ability to get fat checks for not doing a whole lot. A lot of guys in suits manage that. Also IT.
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Panzeh posted:I ain't gonna bedgrudge somebody the ability to get fat checks for not doing a whole lot. A lot of guys in suits manage that. Also IT. Hint: They're educated, in demand and probably don't smoke a ton of meth
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justice4trayvawn posted:Hint: They're educated, in demand and probably don't smoke a ton of meth Ohohohohoho you'd be surprised, champ.
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CBJSprague24 posted:I'm looking to check it out. A friend just said there was a marathon on HBO recently, which I missed. The Wire develops slowly. It's not entertaining in the sense that something like Breaking Bad is. Season 2, as we were just talking about, is a complete switch from season 1. Some love it, most hate it. 3 and 4 are loving awesome.
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The Wire takes a good 3-4 episodes to get its hooks into you.
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:The Wire takes a good 3-4 episodes to get its hooks into you. I would describe it as a show that starts in season 2. Throws you right in the deep end.
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I believe they are available in HD 16:9 now also Season 2 and 5 were definitely not the greatest imo but not like in skip it completely territory....just not as good as the other 3
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justice4trayvawn posted:I believe they are available in HD 16:9 now also Yea the remastered versions are out.
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Beadie, Darlin... Accurate representation of old Port Authority now MdTA cops.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:West coast ports are on the verge of a lockout. Shits about to get real(expensive and delayed in the midst of post holiday restocking) I wish I rook a picture of the bay area a couple of weeks ago, so many cargo ships at anchorage.
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