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elfenix

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  1. 13 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I am confused when I see people say this.  I can ninja edit and I've come back 10s of minutes later and still been able to edit.  

    any edit i do gets "edited x minutes ago"

     

    like right now

  2. 17 hours ago, youdunnf'dup said:

    I don’t understand the big deal with shitting in public. I get it, the bathroom is gross sometimes because other people have used it. But if I’ve gotten to the point where the idea of taking a shit has crossed my mind, I’m throwing some toilet paper on the seat, washing my hands, and getting the fuck out of there feeling relieved. I don’t understand someone being such a germaphobe that they’d rather hold in a shit for an hour (or a few hours) just because of the bathroom. And no, I’m not talking about the gas station bathroom that hasn’t been cleaned in a week. I’m talking about the public restrooms that cleaned on a regular basis. 

    just be sure to flush your ass gasket down as well.

  3. 4 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

    Care to retort you fucking moron. I have a coherent world view. What the fuck is yours .

    your world view is that the US should meddle in internal iranian affairs to get rid of the mullahs when it was US meddling in internal iranian affairs that brought you the fucking mullahs to begin with.  how the fuck does that make sense?  US meddling brought you the mullahs and british meddling brought you the saudis.  that's a great fucking track record.

  4. 15 hours ago, ChampKind said:

    Ignore the fancy plate. Smoked brisket burger with shiner bock brisket chili and cheddar. There’s chili under the cheese and on top.

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    i thought we were only doing fancy pickles

  5. 7 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    I'm not talking about charity, I'm talking about the billions in aid the gov't gives (which I think should be spent at home first).  That could be to keep the barbarians at bay, and it could be just humanitarian aid for the sake of aid, but I'm optimistic at times when I shouldn't be.

    a) empire upkeep is self-interested.

    b) lots, and i'd imagine the vast majority, of US government aid is being spent at home.  we're not handing people bags of cash.  we're buying f-15s from boeing.

  6. 8 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    All true, but as horrible countries go, we do a lions share of giving around the globe.  Ain't no way that's all in self interest. 

    What's the alternative to a world without an American super power ?  I've said it before, we're the modern day Roman empire.

    no one is saying the american middle class is stingy with its charity dollars.  that's different from american leadership's empire building.

    dan carlin summarizes america's duality with empire in the american peril episode.  interesting listen.

  7. 9 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    What country ever acts in anything less than its own interests (SEE: Vatican City as a shining example of always looking out for its own) ??

    none.  but the US is this weird place where we can't admit that we're not a shining city on a hill, so we have to tell ourselves that we're declaring war on spain and taking all of its colonies and adding them to our own empire without the consent of the governed while killing plenty of them in order to protect the people we're killing.  not for the benefit of United Fruit.  or Conoco.

  8. Just now, Jhawk said:

    We sanctioned their oil.  Big deal.  We have sanctions on half the countries on the planet or companies within those countries and no one is accusing us of intervening in an effort to topple a government.

    which is why we colonize protectorate intervene sanction in order to protect democracy, it's totally not about serving our own imperial interests, not at all

  9. 6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    I plan on making gumbo with duck for Super Bowl Sunday, and using rendered duck fat for the roux.  I've always used canola oil for my roux.  Anything particularly different I should do when using the duck fat?

    save some for popcorn.

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  10. 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

    Think about this: there is a major political party in the US, currently in power at the highest levels that, internally, says this about itself: "If eligible voters are actually allowed to vote, we will lose."  That's how fucking bankrupt the party is -- it's central electoral strategy is NOT to have winning ideas, but to insure that people are not allowed to vote against its shitty ideas.

    JFC.

    who are the underwriters on that one?

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