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Chad Fuck

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I wonder if the low intercept rates on the anti-ship missiles and S300/400 missiles are because they were in areas without much air defense or if those are tougher to hit for some reason. I assume the anti-ship missiles are low altitude "sea skimmer" types? 

    Or the Uke's are running out of AA ammo because of US foot dragging.  Which I guess is the same as your first premise.

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  2. Recorded phone calls for the most part.  But a Lubbock office did sent us a transit letter although I lied a bit to them on the underlying premise.  It’s a start, is my point 

    Fucking A we have to have Maquis right here in the US of A in 2024.

    Where do we sign up?
  3. 20 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    That is a fascinating question. I’ve often told friends and family members that we will not come together again as a nation until we have some large foreign war to fight that involves the entire country.     See how after the Civil War that animus lingered. For example, Vicksburg did not celebrate the Fourth of July until World War II because that was the day they fell to Grant.    80 years is some grudge.  

    The Spanish-American war resulted in more unity, or at least, a common foe, and the Great War involved the entire country drafted and working together toward a common foe. I guess we hate each other less when we jointly hate other people more.  While I think I’m right, that is a really shitty way to develop unity in a country.

    This is a historical truth about humans that you can find over and over.  It's not unique to the US.  When people don't have an external enemy to focus upon, they'll focus on internal enemies.  That usually doesn't work out well for the polity eating itself.  

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  4. 13 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    Huh, how about that. Kinda like a buncha 60+ year old white guys telling a woman how her ectopic pregnancy is no big deal or if she clinches her thighs together she can repress her menstrual blood and other nonsense they haven't the slightest clue upon.

    C'mon.  Bruen put everyone on notice that the right leaning SCOTUS justices are clearly and decisively ready to substitute their opinions as subject matter experts on whatever subject pleases them.  In Bruen they made themselves into inept historians.  Now they'll just extend that to...well, everything.  

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  5. 20 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

    If I were industry, if you get past the basic rah-rah "dur....deregulation is good!!!" this is ultimately going to be terribly destructive in that I will never be able to understand the regulatory playing field I'm operating in.  There is never a controlling standard any more, especially at the federal level. How do I allocate capital in the that environment if I'm constantly having courts picking and choosing through technical rule decision making. What's to keep agencies in Democratic administration from constantly testing the court on decisions, attempting to find a definition consistent with the statutory language, forcing me back into to court over and over and over again?  

    More long term, the court is putting itself at extreme risk in the case of a major politically shift, of finding itself on the end of Congresses gun and having it's jurisdictions and funding dramatically regulated. Since every decision seems to say "The executive branch is too powerful, Congress must decide!" What happens when Congress writes a law and removes the Supreme Courts jurisdiction? Robert's and the conservatives are betting the current political dynamic will continue unabated, but as Stalin quipped about the Pope "How many armored divisions does he have?"  That is also true of the judiciary. 

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  6. 48 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    #letthemfight

    I know Pakistan has nukes.  And the Iranians are savages.  But this crap in the ME has been going on for 70 years.  Until we let them thin eachother out, it won't change.

     

    12 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

    70?

    Try 7,000

    and it will never end

    ^This.  

    Alexander the Great laughs at your notion of time.  

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  7. Just now, dcbc said:

    I'm not very familiar with the MIJ stuff.  My kid has a MIJ 52 Tele.  The MIJ reissues were what Fender America set as the standard when they started production up again in 86.  The notion was that if we can't build them better than the Japanese historics, we shouldn't sell them.  Some of the finest American Fenders were the 1987-early 1990 American Standards.

    They still make great stuff.  I had a 62 RI Fender Jazz bass that was my go-to play out bass until I could afford to trade up.  I bought it off eBay from a guy who imported the ones made for sale in Japan.  Wound up selling it to a guy for his church band.  It stood up with any of the American made models.  

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  8. The "are you better off than you were four years ago" is REALLY not a place they want to go. On his way out the door, the economy was in the trash, we were in the middle of a pandemic, he had just been impeached again, and we were cleaning up the Capitol from his attack there. 

    Ahem, the truth doesn’t matter anymore. Antifa out front shoulda toldja.
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  9. The Bradley always got a bad rap; even their engine.  Its 903 Cummins V8 was always regarded as a turd by American farmers and truckers.  Seems to be doing OK in the Bradley.

    Like any modern weapons system. They initial versions come out and have bugs. Neigh sayers throw up their hands and shout “government waste boondoggle!” Then the kinks get ironed out, and the focus turns to the next weapons program. Since a kid I’ve seen this happen with Bradley, Blackhawk, V-22, F-22, F-35 and I’m sure there are others that I’m forgetting. With all our foibles, we are still the top weapons maker in the world.
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  10. I've always wanted a MIJ Strat

    I’m a big proponent of those from the 80s. I had a friend buy a LPB MIJ Strat around 88. It was his first real guitar. He still has it because it’s still a great guitar, even though he now has a bunch of vintage guitars to go with. Great look, feel and sound.
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  11. Pretty sure it’s still a gelato.
    On another note, I’m grateful Disney dropped another 10 new episodes of Bluey this weekend.  That will keep our youngest occupied.  Plus we have science fair and Pinewood Derby stuff to do.

    Pwd is proving difficult when it’s too cold to paint in the garage!
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