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Gatorubet

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  1. The Hague is going to have to build some stronger gallows.
  2. As a narcissist, he wants to be remembered as a president who did something fantastic, spectacular, that will forever be remembered. Since he is incapable of being a good president as his universally accepted by historians, something like buying Greenland is the only thing he can think of to get himself on Mount Rushmore.
  3. …and think of the complex legal issues when “no black ice” laws come up in a “sundown town”…
  4. when I lived in Washington state, it was a section known as the banana belt, or the Tri-Cities (Tri-Shitties). The mild winters usually had the temperature hovering around freezing. Which led to the common occurrence of snow melting during the day, turning into water and then freezing hard once the sun went down. “Black Ice” was the term for it, and you would be driving along only to hit a large section of highway that was a skating rink, and good luck hitting your brakes or trying steer out of it. Stay safe people
  5. in Louisiana, since Katrina, we have had a law that says that if you had your mortgage insurance at least three years, you could not be canceled saved for valid reasons like fraud or three claims in five years. The second alternative means that three legitimate storms, causing damage enough to make a claim in five years allows them to cancel you through no fault of your own. But the three and five year rule protects the insurance company. Enter the new business, friendly administration with the governor and insurance commissioner in the same party, and this year they changed the law and allowed insurance companies to back out of 10% of their policies per year for no reason. Even better, they’ve now made it illegal to do discovery or inquire the reasons behind the decision to cancel 10% of the policies. It is now deemed essential that cannot be discovered legally. So now they can simply decide to cancel policies because you’re black because you’re gay because they don’t like that you live next to the coast, or because the previous owner made too many claims and you will never find out the true reason why, even if the reason would otherwise be illegal. The claimed reason for passing this law is to give an incentive for more insurance companies to come to Louisiana. Our insurance commissioner until recently was a lobbyist for the insurance agency. This is not going to work out well for Louisiana and we are well on our way to massive numbers of people in our state being uninsured or having to pay $12k to $20k a year for insurance. At some point, we are going to need some sort of national mortgage insurance similar to the FEMA flood policy,that will require slightly higher premiums in the parts of the country that do not suffer the immediate climate change threats to help subsidize the rest of the country. The problem is it looks like the rest is in increasing danger as well, with everybody facing new unforeseen flood dangers, and seemingly 100 a year storm in a new area every year
  6. See what you said in bold. Now see what I said. From the polite rather non-inflammatory statement above you responded: So my question is, what the fuck is wrong with you today, man? Chill my brother. And since you maintain you’re the only guy with the big brain, I’ll just roll with that and bow out of the discussion.
  7. Since you picked today to battle various strawman I never asserted, who am I to stop you? This is rather odd, as you normally don’t post stuff anywhere near this level. And can I mark you down as approving foreign businesses taking over governments if they pass laws impacting 100% of their profits, since you rise to the defense of poor old UFC? You seem rather unperturbed as that entire concept. Smoke a joint, play with your pets and get back to me.
  8. Pro tip: never recommend a restaurant with the Chef is named “Gruel” Edit: Dammit! I’m late to the party again Surlygator
  9. 1931 is waaay after a bunch of different filibuster adventures, and after all of the various United Fruit Company excesses. Hell, UFC led a coup against Honduras president in 1911 for daring to pass laws that were negative to their company business. I do not view the mention of the totality of history in that area of the world as “revisionism” - at least when it comes to US involvement in their affairs.
  10. We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the DT posters are pussies. And Bob is an asshole. But he’s our asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes - assholes who just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way, but the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is that sometimes they fuck too much, or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show 'em that. But sometimes pussies get so full of shit that they become assholes themselves, because pussies are only an inch-and-a-half away from assholes. I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us inject politics into this thread, and allow us to criticize this asshole, we are going to have our dicks and our pussies all covered in shit.
  11. I think you absolutely minimize the impact of the College of the Americas Buddy
  12. And interestingly enough, that is exactly the Russian worldview. So he and Putin are extraordinarily simpatico on those points.
  13. I think that Texans know enough to rake their forest floors.
  14. from my post Katrina experience, jumping on a rental before prices go up is a great idea that you should share with any of your neighbors who’s homes did not make it.
  15. Would it be too much to ask for a picture of you pissing on the fire? …. with a sharpie in your butt if possible. edit: dammit. Brisket got the piss issue first
  16. Jim Cantore’s hair disagrees with you
  17. And while this is incredibly less important, there is a chance that his home and everything his family owns will be lost in that damn fire. This is truly a heartbreaking for so many people.
  18. I’m very worried after seeing all of those cars abandoned in the middle of the road that you can’t get around. I think I’m gonna be up tonight until he finally posts he is safe.
  19. I hear by nominate that Bruin should be considered Surly’s resident expert on procrastination
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