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  1. 20 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

    If you haven’t “lost it” at this point, you never had “it”.
     

     


    “It” being your humanity.

     

    Millions of guns matter more than the life of a human being people have allowed our country to go completely off the rails. I have contemplated living abroad for reasons completely unrelated to this, but seeing how cold and uncaring that millions upon millions of people in this country are really reinforces to me that going elsewhere to live would be the best choice.

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  2. 23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Global pandemic. Violent insurrection. Collapsing grid infrastructure. Massive land war in Europe involving a nuclear superpower. Battle raging at a nuclear plant. The vast majority of the GQP want TFG to run again, and he’ll win.

    Y’all ready for the ledge yet?

    I trust the rational people in this to stave off a world war.
     

    Also if he wants to run again I’ll happily vote against him again and so will enough other Americans who do not want him in the Oval Office again. 

  3. 1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

    To the extent there was still any question about whether Putin is still a rational actor who just badly miscalculated or is he insane, I think we have our answer.

    This seems like the kind of thing that the international community might have to step in on if this plant blows up. This is just all so sad to witness. 

  4. 15 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

    What Irwin said.  

    What thing should he be doing that he's not?

    I agree with what we have done thus far. I hope we keep letting other nations in Europe make the public decisions while we stay in the background doing work behind the scenes to aid the Ukrainians. I believe there is a lot we are doing to help the cause that we are not broadcasting and I am good with that. 

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  5. 15 minutes ago, Chopper said:

    They somehow ended up in a small town not too far from Pittsburgh. I got to Texas on my own in the '90s, thanks to some friends.

    BTW here's an interesting thread about why the russians are having so much trouble driving in northern UKR winter weather - they apparently suck at maintenance, particularly in this case, tires.

     

    Fantastic link man. This is the rare time that social media is doing good in connecting us as a world and educating us about seemingly mundane things that are actually a big deal. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, Deej said:

    Some dogs are meant for you. My dad passed in 2002. 2003 a friend came by the house and told me another friend had a puppy he needed to find a home for. Went to meet the dog and my friend mentioned the day the dog was born, which happened to be my dad's birthday.

    Maggie, the Heeler/Rottweiler mix. She was a great dog. 

     

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    Oh my gosh that’s a great story and man the adventures you must have had with her! What a great mix as well with heeler/rottweiler. 
     

    Reading stories about dogs, and pet family members in general, are the best. Everyone has at least one really cool story to share about their best friend. Thanks for sharing that one Deej.

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  7. 16 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

    Um, that's what the Commander of Bastogne told the Germans when they asked for our surrender during the Battle of the Bulge.

    Anthony McAullife was the acting Commander of the 101st Airborne at the time.   It was the equivalent of Fuck You.

    I am aware that McAuliffe said it and what it meant. It was a scene where they were relaying what McAuliffe said while Patton’s Army was on the march to Bastogne.

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  8. 3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    So when they seize something like this, is it gone forever or do they get it back if they play nice?

    I’d prefer they take that thing out into the North Atlantic and sink the thing on live TV. Let the other oligarchs decide just how long they would like to mess around before getting their own FAAFO moment.

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  9. Move that timeline up @hookemATL. My father passed away in April 2011 and his dog Autumn, a blue heeler, passed away two years later during the summer. My mom was adamant that she was not getting anymore dogs at that point. A month later I saw a listing on Craigslist for a German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix. It was a brother and sister that were around 5 months old. I should have gotten both of them in hindsight, but I took the male. They had named him Diesel. I went and got him and without telling my mom I brought him to her. It took her about 15 minutes to get past her no new dog decree. She was thinking of calling him Josey after the Clint Eastwood movie, but I said that his name was Diesel. She knew the dog was supposed to be with her because my dad, who was a mechanic his entire life, loved Diesel engines and had a work truck that was a diesel (1979 GMC Sierra with semi pipes and all just because he liked truck pipes). I guess that was kind of a sign for her with the name. Almost nine years later he’s still going strong and he’s getting to make memories with my niece. 
     

    Go find the dog that fits your family man. 

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  10. On 2/25/2022 at 9:54 AM, Sbbruin said:

    Lost this big boy one year ago today.  Still hurts.  

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    Thank you for posting this SBB. The hurt does not go away, but neither do the great memories. If I have a choice between spending the day with people or with dogs it’s not a real hard decision. They are so much better to us than we deserve.

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  11. 1 hour ago, Parliament said:

    That seems like alot.

    Well it’s not 801, but it’ll do. 
     

    On a serious note I am in awe of what they are doing. An entire country that is mobilized for war and doing it so they can remain free. We better be giving those men and women whatever they request in the way of weapons.

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  12. 22 minutes ago, immamac said:

    They couldn’t even take down ukraines sites and internet. They can’t even keep their kremlin website up. They are not good at cyber warfare either. 

    The mythical “Russian Bear” is just that, a myth. I am applying this not to the average Russian, but to their dictator and his sycophants who like to project an image of physical toughness. They are not tough. They just rule through fear like most bullies do.

  13. 25 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

    they set the bar so low the romneys and rubios can slither right over it. 

    I do not trust Rubio, but whatever. Romney I at least trust to tell the truth. I thought that’s him getting out there and being part of a BLM protest in 2020 when he could’ve done nothing showed that as a human being he is probably a good guy. I also thought he handled himself well in that airport fiasco where he was confronted by a couple of misguided constituents.

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  14. Thank you @idigTexas for your post up above. You never know who you might help by posting your own journey dealing with anxiety. I hope that you feel better and better each and every single day going forward. I think @cactusflinthead would agree that this thread exists so we can learn from each other and share our feelings here without any worry of being judged. Fantastic contribution with that post. Everyone else as well, but I just wanted to highlight that message.

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  15. 19 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Slovakia and Bulgaria said no, they can’t give up their fighters. The other issue here is that it’s just a count of each nation’s inventory (Slovakia only has 11– they crashed one in 2019).  On a good day maybe half of a fleet of MiG-29s might be ready to fly as these are maintenance heavy aircraft. 
     

    DT thread moves fast but has a lot more on this. 

    I wanted to tell you thanks you for the contributions you are making in both threads. I am learning more about what is going on over there through reading your posts as well as several other people who have a far broader knowledge than I do about that part of our world. I think there are many others here who can say the same thing to you as well. Please keep on posting as much as you can about all of this.

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  16. The young woman that spoke and was holding up that sign said her parents are still over there as well as her sisters, one of which is apparently 5. She said she is 16, but was pretty composed and I thought spoke well in the video. I thought that the donations for UNICEF might be good so that’s why that picture is posted. I will probably go back by there tomorrow and perhaps speak with a few of them. It can be good to hear someone’s story so you can better understand the depth and scope of what is happening half a world away from us and how it is affecting them. It’s also just good to be there for your fellow human beings in times of great sadness or situations like this. 

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