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  1. @30 second mark you could edit in a record scratch and a "That's me, how did I get here?"
  2. In reference to Roy's old England football "kit" Jamie: "I got them to change the e to a u"
  3. I don't think this is correct. Ron is a product of the Florida GQP. He is a symptom, not the cause of the decay. Sure he is throwing red meat to his base, but If you think a Florida congressman from Ft Myers gives a husky fart about Orlando, you're dreaming. Orlando is a large city home to woke people with too much melanin. Sure they want those liberal cities to fund their lifestyle and syphon funds to their communities. But if their donors (corporate or otherwise) tell them to fuck Disney, they'll line up to give 'er a go... no matter the consequence. Why think about that, when you can hurt some people and get rich doin it!
  4. Enis Vern Hatfield? I'll see myself out now.
  5. "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." -m Gandhi
  6. I wanted an icy stare and a "Futbool is death!"
  7. No wonder my Grandmother voted for him! NOT Women couldn't vote back then... Sad trombone
  8. So, tell me again how the US was pulled into ww2... Oh yeah, We sailed across the Pacific and parked a Gun boat in the harbor of a TRUELY isolationist country and FORCED them to trade with us. Spoiler... they didn't like it (I know this is a simplistic take, but it nicely contrasts the ideas of an isolationist country) Teddy Roosevelt's big stick... global projection of power You know, VERY isolationist stuff. I do know that in the US in the years immediately preceding ww2 the US was looking to avoid getting sucked into another "European" war. (like a lot of other countries) It didn't help that a lot of Germans had immigrated to the US and opposed going to war against the father land. (also fuck those nazis!) Lindbergh, ring a bell? More to your point, but not gonna post the whole thing... here's a link Germany and the America First movement
  9. I'm not telling my grandkids shit about Shaggy/Surly
  10. I don't know how this has anything to do with what I was talking about. But we killed the Rosenburgs... I don't think that was a devisive issue, then or now. Agreed. After the wall came down a lot of the Soviet programs to create divisions and mistrust of facts in the west were divulged. I wish I could find the program that detailed these efforts. Russians were trying to promote UFO hoaxes among other things. I wonder why the whole UFO thing is taking off again? HMMMM Well Ukraine is in Europe and they do vote for their leadership/politicians... so they are, by definition a European Democracy. I assume they aspire to become more free and democratic, but I'm not going to put them on a scale and make and uneducated decision about just how much of a valid democracy they are. I started watching the Yale courses video on the history of Ukraine, got 4 lectures deep before I decided I didn't have that kind of time to devote to the issue, so I'll be the first to admit to being uninformed. Also, the history of the region has little bearing on the legality of Russia's neo colonial aggression and Vikings or no, we, the US have more than a little strategic interest in aiding fledgling/emerging democracies in Europe. Agreed Lol, NO There have been periods in time where this is true, but I would argue that has not been even remotely true since the reluctant US involvement in WW1, so let's call it more than a century. Agree, but I do not think the counter offensive will be as dramatic as I and other hope for. Best case scenario is that Putin is yet another victim of the faulty window epidemic in Russia, and there is a dramatic and hopefully western shift in Russian governance. I fear that Russia will play for a stalemate so they can further destablize Ukraine and the Balkans.
  11. Give the Russians some credit, they've worked long and hard to purchase the allegiance of the "de-escalation" faction. They have gotten their talking points spread across the political spectrum. As poorly as the Russians have fought on the ground, they've done a hell of a job influencing Western countries populace. I sometimes wonder if the US was celebrating winning the cold war in the 3rd quarter. Remember when the "commies" wanted to take over Korea? Vietnam? What was the US reaction? Now a european democracy is getting eaten and the old Soviets are getting the band back together and we are dithering on our fainting couch. We have a chance to have 1 of our 2 enemies/global competitors wreck themselves on our OLD/OBSOLETE military stock and somehow/someway a not insignificant portion of our leaders are against the idea?! Our Grandfathers are rolling in their graves right now. Yes we have paid handsomely for the weapons, BUT: Most of the equipment is old/outdated and we were paying to have it stored/exercised Patriots are not outdated (as far as I know) but is anyone really against protect civilians from indiscriminate bombing? The defense industry should be drooling at the contracts to replace the old stuff (how are they not howling for this?) It was all sunk cost anyways contracted/built/used/replaced... it's not like saved cash. An old plane costs a TON to keep airworthy, tanks and trucks the same to a lesser degree. The US is never going to use these assets unless we are in a long grinding war with a rival super power... wouldn't it be great if there was one fewer of them around? I'm even more pissy because I was down in Miami/Aventura yesterday and the fucking Russians are all over the place. Just living the good life, not a care in the world. Hopefully they are earlier dissidents who got their money out and fled (booked a flight) to the west, but that seems a bit naïve. In other news, it's now illegal for Chinese nationals to buy property in Florida, but the Russians are still welcomed with open arms. And we are still not sure about arms to Ukraine. FURK
  12. I know a guy that made a handsome living selling cable contracts to developers for inclusion into the HOAs. "Oh the maintenance fee includes cable and internet! Wowwee!" Meanwhile they are still on 100mps up and will be for the next 20 years
  13. locodos

    Bimini

    Back in the day, coming into Bimini was just a quick stop at the customs dock... a few times we *might* have been too drunk to stand on ceremony so we just hoisted the Bahamian flag, docked up at Big John's, and went to the bar. There was a time you could trade chicken pound for pound for lobster and long neck Budweiser was the height of class. Like you mentioned, everything there (wine) is pricey, because everything has to come from somewhere else. Also Ice used to cost more than gas...
  14. locodos

    Bimini

    Are you flying around US/Bahamas with gummies?
  15. I'm enough of a grumpy asshole to make the 5' rope but you have to pay for 6' my raison d'etre.
  16. They haven't even addressed the rampant racist abuse european soccer fans hurl at players. That's been a huge problem that has made the news on many occasions, nary a mention on TL. I assumed the F-word episode was trying to do double duty. gasp! It's amazing "bad shit never happens, stop talking about it, why are you talking about it, that was a long time ago, OMG I'm so mad you're talking about it! That's why we treat you this way!!!1!"
  17. Rosewood ring a bell? No? Lilly white kids might feel bad about peepaw so you won't hear about that either.
  18. Cosplaytriots If there's one thing they hate, it's virtue signaling or violating the flag code!
  19. Only 4? Wait till you hear the stereos and train horns. I love when you see those guys trying to navigate the back country. With those offshore machines, I do wonder how much they end up paying per pound for Dolphin.
  20. That's nothing! Sorry for the derail, same exact vibe in MALD video. Plus MALD does not effectively prevent fumbling at all!
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