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  1. 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    How exactly did Nunes get to be the chair and now ranking minority member of the House intelligence committee? Both parties have nuts in congress but usually their influence is kept to a minimum.  Sheila Jackson lee as an example. I don’t know if she wants to be a chair but I don’t think she’s been offered the role on any committee.

    was Nunes selected or did he just get lucky and no one else wanted it?

    His distinguished academic career in political science and international relations, as well as his law degree.  

  2. 5 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    It’s like, almost freezing this morning. 
     

    At the risk of killing us all, this has to be one of the mildest winters in Austin I can ever remember. If it doesn’t get real in February the skeeters are going to suck us all dry this summer. 

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  3. Officers told journalists that the troops knew a few hours in advance that they were going to be hit.

    And they only targeted American areas of the air base, which is only about a quarter of the entire base.

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/middleeast/iran-strike-al-asad-air-base-exclusive-intl/index.html

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    United States troops at the Al-Asad air base in Iraq were aware that an Iranian attack was imminent, allowing them to take shelter two-and-a-half-hours before missiles struck on Wednesday, CNN has been told during an exclusive tour of the devastated site.

    Most troops were either flown out of the base or sheltering in bunkers by 11:00 p.m. local time Tuesday -- shortly before the first of four volleys of missiles began at just after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, officers said during the first tour by journalists of the air base.

    Yeah, they were really fucking accurate

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    The attack lasted around two hours, only targeting the US areas of the air base, which comprise around a quarter of the Iraqi base.

    Officers called it a "miracle" that there were no casualties at the blasted site, with missiles landing just a few meters from bunkers, and some essential personnel remaining outside throughout.

    It is the first time troops at the base have spoken in detail of the moments before the attack, revealing that they were able to seek shelter in bunkers shortly before missiles struck.

    US troops knew there was going to be an attack on their base -- they just didn't know what the nature of the attack would be.

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    Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi previously said Iran sent Iraq an official verbal message that an attack "had begun or would begin shortly," on unspecified US military locations.

    An Arab diplomatic source also told CNN that Iraq gave advance warning to the US on "which bases would be hit" after Iranian officials passed on the information.

     

  4. 2 hours ago, Jack Straw said:

    we all know that every single Republican who said they “do not approve” of Trump in those polls will vote for him anyway. 

    Piggybacking on this, and tying into my insecurity comment - Trump's obsession with polls is another solid indicator that he's insecure as hell.  If he was as popular as he tries to convince people that he is, he wouldn't need to be telling people, but I can't decide if he's doing that for the benefit of his followers, or if he's trying to convince himself.

    In fact, from a political point-of-view, it may serve his best interests to be posting stuff that would make his base feel like he's slightly behind and that every one of their votes is going to count when the time comes.  If he keeps pushing this notion that he's as popular as he claims, some of his base may get complacent and skip voting.

     

  5. 8 hours ago, Goredho said:

    Yeah, that one is complicated.  I do think he honestly believes he’s a genius, called upon by a higher power and the best President that ever graced America with his leadership.  I think the root of his incessant lying is because his self-image is so diametrically opposed to reality.  He has to manufacture a reality that supports his view of himself and feels extremely uncomfortable when anything threatens it.  It’s why he has to go to LSU v Bama after the World Series, kill an Iranian general before impeachment can be ramped back up, tell everyone his inauguration was the biggest, etc...

    I think it ties into what Red Five said - Trump isn’t quite consciously aware of his insecurity, and everybody around him is afraid of telling him to tone it down on twitter and in speeches.  

  6. 6 hours ago, HenryJames said:

     

    Mike Lee and Gaetz are catching a lot of shit over all of this.   In a sane world, they’d be thinking “holy shit, I don’t want to be associated with these idiots”.     Actually, Lee might stick to his beliefs.   Gaetz was brought to heel. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Goredho said:

    His only skills are a lust for conflict, a self-confidence that is as unshakable as it is unwarranted, a savvy understanding of base human nature, a knack for media manipulation and a complete void of conscience that allows him to operate unconstrained by ethics or morality.

    Trump has little self-confidence.   He is constantly looking for positive feedback and positive reinforcement from Twitter, Fox News, Republicans in Congress, his cabinet.    He is drawn to men who act more powerful than him.  In theory, he should be the most powerful man in the world, but he acts subservient to people like Putin, Lil Kim, the Saudis   

    Rarely does a day go by where he doesn’t display his utter lack of self-confidence on twitter for all the world to see.  

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    8 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Meh. That was very underwhelming. 

    The weather lady on KVUE is not.   Mariel Ruiz I think.   Aggy,  but not holding it against her.  
     

  9. 18 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

    I'm not going to argue that and really feel like we'll see the same things repeat if Biden wins the nomination.

    Biden doesn't have decades of hatred from the GOP and more than a few independents like Hillary had.

    Trump knows this.  That's why Trump is so fixated on Hunter - he's doing everything he can to gin up the same level of hatred and angst against Joe Biden as he tapped into with Hillary, and he and the Republicans just can't do it.

  10. 4 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:

    The GOP is trying to implement a 100 year plan right now so they can maintain power after demographic change.

    No they aren't.    If they gave a shit about the demographic change, which is happening faster than they expected, things would be a lot different.  Instead, they are doing plenty of things that are turning off a shitload of young people, minorities, etc. and they have no care in the world.  

    Those two dozen or so Republicans that are retiring from Congress are not doing so for shits and giggles.

    Right now, the store is on fire thanks to them, and they are looting the cash registers as they run out the door.

  11. 13 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:

    We have another 2 or 3 years before the Trumplicans will be able to completely manufacture evidence

    Trump administration leaks like a sieve, they can't keep anything quiet. 

  12. 3 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

    I mean the weather forecast is so severe for both Austin & Houston that weather.com has no advisories up for either location.

    They don't want to spook the herd into jamming the highways to Houston and Dallas.

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