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NotActuallyALonghorn

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  1. 15 hours ago, thestud said:

    Always made me laugh when the oldtimers and the city boys would come in and bitch about square toes not being true cowboy boots and just a fad. Go back and look at any historical artifacts, pictures, or even movies (Tombstone for one) and all you'll see are square toe boots. And you'll see them for the very reason you mention, they're wayyyy more comfortable. And as far as "duck billed" goes, there have always been two variations of the sq toe: the French toe which is a more narrow square, and the broad square which has come back into popularity in the last 12-15 years.

    They didn't make them that way back then because of comfort. It was a carryover from cavalry style boots and likely a combination of lacking the technology to make a proper toe box and shapes not really having changed that much from the days before left and right lasts. Some shoe and boot historians believe that it was German immigrants brought the techniques to make a proper toe box over with them and allowed toes to become narrower with a taller toe.

  2. I think if we went with a direct election or more proportional election system that bypassed the states for the executive branch then there would need to be clear and concrete limits on the powers of the executive branch. Especially given that the executive branch nominates federal judges. I would have then judges elected by the Senate instead of merely confirmed or have a system in which the states each select a representative for the sole purpose of creating a body to select judges. As it is now, the Senate and the electoral college are the only two real influences the states have on the federal government.

    Getting rid of the first past the post electoral system in some form could have good consequences. I would propose something along the lines of lumping both senators together in the same election, but each citizen only being allowed to cast a single vote. Maybe have each congressional district represented by three Reps in an election where you only get to cast one vote and the top three are the winners.

    Also, for those who wish to abolish the second amendment, that would likely have led to a quick end to our nation, as having a militia and armed citizens was pretty important in our early history. The alternative would have to be having a standing army strong enough to repel foreign and domestic threats. I feel like that would have had negative consequences as well.

    And of course abolish slavery and bestow equal rights on all citizens, to include all races and both sexes.

    While we are throwing stuff at the wall, unless someone has actually had the ability to vote on the system that punishes them, their constitutional rights cannot be stripped even with due process after any sort of incarceration is completed. And accountability for crooked prosecutors and state actors who withhold evidence or otherwise try and prevent a fair trial for the accused.

  3. You can buy a plug at any hardware store that will have all three.

     

    Edit: You should also be able to buy a complete cord that has all three. But you will need a way to secure the cord to the lights so that it can't be yanked out and there are no exposed wires.

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  4. I never got to watch past the second season of this when it came out, so I've been working through the series on Netflix here lately. Has there been a better western series than this in the last 20 years? I'm thinking not. We need more shows like this. Maybe something exploring a mining town like Virginia City and how the Comstock Lode grew into one of the most modern mining operations of its town.

  5. On 7/30/2018 at 7:53 PM, Jkwellborn said:

    I feel like any decent gun should be capable of 1 moa these days.

    Yeah, at least if it's a platform that lends itself to accuracy. Obviously not all lever guns and such will be that good. But you would probably have to build up a load to get there with some guns versus using factory ammo.

  6. On 7/28/2018 at 10:08 PM, BigHorn'13 said:

    We live about 15 minutes away from anything. We get into the car. 

    Me- jesus this thing is on E and the gas light is on. 

    Her- I'm not afraid. *points at dashboard* We've got 20 miles until we're empty. 

    Luckily we got a new gas station near the house about the time I got married. 

  7. 8 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    3 putt is pretty notorious for knee-jerk reactions in threads involving criminals and criminal law.

    If the big difference between normal self-defense and "stand your ground" is duty to retreat, as it appears that it is, it isn't "horrible," per se, but it does seem to slightly promote more violence.

     

    It would seem that the reasonableness of the fear of imminent harm or death would always be a jury question, and by no means a slam dunk for the defendant.

    The duty to retreat isnt the only difference. With stand your ground you cannot be the aggressor. An important part that lots of folks leave out.

  8. Dude should have certainly been charged with assault, not shot. There was clearly enough time from when the old man went for his gun to when he pulled the trigger for the other dude to cease being a threat. He retreated and changed posture completely. At that point the threat had ended and the old man was no longer justified in using deadly force. And there was plenty of time for him to recognize that. It's not like the dude flinched at the last moment. He had time to take like two steps back and put his hands out.

  9. 13 minutes ago, hpslugga said:

    As the shooter calmly drew his weapon, he had assumed a fixed position to more or less steady his aim. Meanwhile the decedent took fully 2 steps backwards in an obvious sign of retreat starting from the moment he saw the guy was drawing something until a full second before the weapon fired. His hands were clearly visible and was not in any position to further demolish that little toad. At the very best, you could argue that he had the right to shoot-to-wound, and even that's ridiculous on its face. But shooting for the purpose of killing him? That's not self-defense, that's just murder. A 14-year old cannot understand that, but an adult can. You're making this too easy.

    That guy was not thinking "oh my god, this guy is gonna kill me, I need to defend myself." By the calmness of his actions starting with shifting around into that fixed position, he was thinking "that motherfucker shoved me? I'll show him!"

    This. Except the shoot to wound thing doesn't exist.

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  10. On 7/20/2018 at 2:56 PM, DDD Dad said:

    Surprised this series doesn't have its own thread. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and am loving it.  The performances are all pretty good.  Carlotta (Charlotte) played the lesbian hookup of the assassin in Counterpart, and it's interesting to see her in a different (and much more prominent) role.

    The Russian countess/singer looks like an older Maria Sharapova.

    Yeah, Babylon Berlin was pretty cool. Between it and Peaky Blinders I almost started looking for some interwar European guns to add to the collection. So many .32s and such. They really didnt worry about having enough power back then.

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