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thrillhammer

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  1. How much you want to spend? I think I know a place that has one.
  2. your mom has never complained about my package.
  3. so i don't understand this bill that just passed. restaurants can deliver booze? that does that mean you can pick up the phone and order a cory's coffee and odd duck will bring it to you? that's bizarre if so. if the drink costs $11 at the bar, how much would it cost delivered? or are they talking about you being able to order a whole bottle of clyde mays whiskey and have it delivered? if so, why would you do that? somebody help me with this please.
  4. sounds like a scene straight out of deliverance. you definitely don't want to take a gun, due to weight plus legality, but i always have a bigass blade. i always camp, and sleep in my tent with, my geology hammer that I've had since college. but i never backpack with it because i don't use stakes in my tent backpacking. every ounce counts. you can wear the blade on your belt though, so it won't count as packweight.
  5. I assume you know what the f in fica stands for. 75-90% of payroll tax, depending on your state, go to the fed. there is little to no direct local benefit from a company being in your city. corporate taxes, payroll taxes, all go to the fed. where the community benefits, and where local leaders place their bets, is that they will reap gains (more significant than the subsidies they gave up) in sales taxes (retail), gas taxes, property taxes, etc. the company might sponsor the local little team, or the pbs station (tax breaks, once again for the corporation) - indirect benefits like that. what Alexandria argued, and is a legit concern, is what will happen to the people born and raised in these communities once the people making $150k/yr move in? it's called gentrification. where will the poor people go? what will the community look like 10 yrs from now? newer, shinier, a lot like every other suburb in America. sometimes the pros don't add up to the cons. contrary to conservative philosophy, it's not always about money. there is quality of life. there is the uniqueness of a community - the architecture, the culture, the history.
  6. the interesting thing was the dude had 23 posts and 22 +reps. that's a pretty stellar record. something smells fishy.
  7. justin was the only one with an asian background and he gone. sad to see him go. i was certain that adrienne and sarah were among the weakest chefs for most of this season. their timing has been impeccable on coming through right at the time they needed to.
  8. don't payroll taxes go to the fedl? what percentage would have gone to the community to make this "worth it"?
  9. apparently, the concept of a river as a border is foreign to you. the river is not ours. it's a border, therefore shared. they take water, we take water. they have boats on it, we have boats on it.
  10. Garrison's is less than 24, and it's plenty oaky, rich, dark, and flavorful to me. I know it get it's knocks here but I think it is damn fine whiskey, much better than Balcones.
  11. i think both you and hooker have your minds made up and search the internets grasping for evidence to support your position. you're trying too hard. you want her to be stupid, so bad. the trumpster says take the guns first, then issue the warrant, clearly ignorant of the rule of law. yet you don't think he's stupid? that's because you don't want to. you want to believe he's smart. smart people say dumb things. she's been in office 2 months. last year she was a bartender. she's new to the limelight and not used to a microphone being in her face 18 hrs a day. she'll get wiser, but to say she's dumb is disingenuous. as for this specific example, maybe what she meant was if the community was willing to give huge tax breaks to a major corporation, maybe they could find it in their heart to to give tax breaks to a food bank, or low income housing, or a library or a school. in that sense the money is available because their finger was on the trigger for it already. i think it's similar to obama saying "you didn't build that". you guys laughed at him and said what an idiot. but the thing is he was right. our entire economy is based on government funding, government tax breaks, government incentives. ask jerry jones who built his stadium. you did. ask michael dell who built his corporate complex. just like amtrak or usps, many corporations are propped up by the government. boeing and lockheed would file for bankruptcy tomorrow if we pulled our government contracts. as we've all said on this board for years government spending is a jobs bill. the rightwingers stand on their soapbox and shout about big government and lets's make it smaller, without realizing the ramifications of that. if amazon was so benevolent, and wanted their headquarters in nyc so bad then why did they opt out because of tax subsidies? they're on the tit just like every other corporation you bow down to and worship like they can do no wrong.
  12. i'm more into loops. two nights is plenty for backpacking. fucking water is heavy. i ain't carrying more than three days worth. There's a trail out in west texas you can do. I forgot what it's called. Goes right through Caprock Canyon state park. It intrigued me for a fleeting moment until I remembered how heavy water is.
  13. uh no, she is far from an idiot. she's young and brash, and full of enthusiasm and that will likely wane in the coming years. so, she will get more politically smart, but she is plenty book smart and street smart already. if you don't like her, I feel sorry for you. fasten your seatbelt and stock up on popcorn because she's going to be around a long time.
  14. #NotActuallyAThruHike
  15. picking out barrels for what? you got a store?
  16. no, but his feelings were hurt.
  17. she may not be. alone in the rain and dark with no food or shelter? it would be tough for any of the players to stick it out in that challenge. i definitely think an older player is better adapted than a younger one though, so hopefully she does come back. and this time hopefully doesn't take everyone's laundry down to the beach to sun dry.
  18. I can see Russia in the White House!
  19. Survivor needed to do something to shake things up. The show had gotten a little repetitive. Same rewards, same challenges, etc. I like the idea. It will be interesting to watch people come back in the game that were backstabbed. Might actually even change the way people play and who they vote off, knowing they might come back in with a vengeance.
  20. i've been looking for that one high and low myself for the past couple of months. to no avail. my new unicorn is old charter oak. it's a new line from wheatley at buffalo trace. he's going to use a different oak, instead of standard white oak, for each release. this first release, that came out in january, is mongolian oak. i've read what the second one will be but can't remember it now. anyway, it's proven to be as difficult to find as btac. fuckers.
  21. i saw this was coming on tonight. only one texan, another girl from baylor again. they must be recruiting that campus heavily.
  22. i watch enough fox and oan, and listen to enough washington journal on cspan, to know his base is still alive and well, and fervent as ever. our one advantage, besides that he is a bumbling buffoon, is that we took him lightly the first time. no one in the world thought he had a chance of winning, including him. my advice would be to recognize that they are a force to deal with, and come up with a plan to deal with them.
  23. no matter who the nominee is, i think we have a hard road ahead of us. the trump machine is still going strong, and he uses the office to stump and campaign unlike any other. though there might be cracks, i see no significant breaks in his base or support. if clinton had won just michigan and pennsylvania she'd be president. there are states the dems could flip, but it will not be easy. conservatives say you will have to peel the trump away from their cold, dead hands before they'll give him up.
  24. watched it over the weekend. cried several times during it. what a truly unique and special man.
  25. where in the hell? I'm guessing you're bank account is $400-700 lighter than it was.
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