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  1. Vegas64
    I'm looking for rats here. Rats. 10k. Meat Shield. Blue eyes. Rats. 10k. Meat Shield. Blue eyes. Okay, we can move on now. Still stoned.
  2. Vegas64
    Labour and Tories seem aligned in foreign policy: they’re both pro-NATO, pro-Ukraine, and pro-Israel.
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    I think we've been hearing about how old and imcompetent he was the last two years, but it was by trolls, irreputable media sources, obvious antagonizers, and unserious people, so we just dismissed it as evidence 9,999,999 of disingenous political fodder from the far right. Seeing it actually happen on TV, in a slow car wreck sort of way, really shooketh a lot of folks. I think the shock has worn off but the stink from it still lingers. I thought it would be gone by now in this 24/7 media hype circus cycle we live in. In a way, the stupid disingenous media running the "Biden is senile" narrative worked against us because we weren't prepared for him to look and sound how very old men look and sound.
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    I think I needed more time to really and intentionally think about the number 10,000 and what that would look like in an arena and how it would play. Humans (at least, me) aren't really wired to be able to spatially think about huge amounts of numbers as psychologists have pointed out and famously the infographic showing our innate inability to reason $1 billion versus $1 million dollars. If the hunter has a rifle, with a scope and unlimited ammo I think you are right you have to choose him. For some reason I was thinking the hunter had a rifle, with a scope and 1 bullet. I went back and reread the prompt, I think I let the "1" confuse me. So, I think you are right. 10,000 rats + Hunter give you the most optimal conditions in what seems to still be a very low probability that you survive.
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    Not sure if anyone needs this (I wish I could have used it), but saw there is a quiet new Beta program you can get in on: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24190366/us-passport-online-renewal-beta-fast
  6. Vegas64
    They are telling you they are, in fact, not okay with her taking over if Biden dies.
  7. Vegas64
    And everyone who saw it coming will blame those who had their fingers in their ears and it will be 4 years of "run anyone but hillary and you win" redux. 2016-2020 remixed.
  8. Vegas64
    This is actually a tough question for me. When you assess the lethality of each line item, on their own merit, it's interesting. But then when you intersect them all in one arena, it becomes almost too complex. Too many permutations and variables. Will the 15 wolves you don't pick to defend yourself be distracted and canabalize their team by eating rats? Will the rats swarm the buffalos while you run from lions? Will the hawks eat all the rats? Will the hunter get a single clear shot against you before being mauled by your bear? Do you have to waste a pick by picking the hunter because that's a 100% chance of dying but also is 100% chance he dies in defending you and leaves you at 50% defense? Am I stoned?
  9. Vegas64
    By being Lebron's son a great teammate and having a winning attitude.
  10. Vegas64
    I mean, I am sure that American Express won't let me charge $5mm to Yachts R Us in Newport, California, if that is what you mean, but I just checked and threw an arbitrary number to see if it would let me charge it:
  11. Vegas64
    As someone said upstream your VP nom is usually just to shore up voters where the President is weakest or in most need and to compliment so as to de-risk as much as possible, instead of picking someone who would actually be the 2nd best President (or even a good President, potentially). This is a black swan type event where we actually needed both, but you still run with Kamala 10/10 times in 2020. Everyone can say they saw this coming with the age, but I think few truly felt it would come home to roost like it did on Thursday of the debate. We are still in somewhat of a shock to what we saw 8 days ago.
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    Also, maybe I'm just old fashioned, but isn't there still a distinction between a charge card and a credit card? My AMEX has no pre-set limit or credit limit, for example. And I'm expected to pay it off completely. Isn't that a difference?
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    My brother in Christ, the amount of cards I've had to do this for over the years range from Carter's, Old Navy, JCP, Macy's, NFM, Ashley's furniture, and Target. Instant close out the accounts but she didn't stop. Then she did it with the Sam's credit card and we've actually kept that one and get like $1000 in cash a year. Sorry I'm old and rambling, but yes, the memories. Also the guy's wife 100% took out the Ulta card and forgot about it.
  15. Vegas64
    Am I the only one who thought The Gray Man was awesome? Okay, I'll see myself out...
  16. Vegas64
    I think today is huge. He shows well today, we can put this all behind us. Glass half full: we can laugh at ourselves for being Chicken Little's come January 2025.
  17. Vegas64
    This is a great summary. POS rep. Being worth 8 figures (the inference he wants us to make by saying he’s Drake neighbor) is 100% a flex where I come from. But we are just poor common clay people.
  18. Vegas64
    Not to be that guy, but he’s saying he lives next to the guy, not that he rates him in anyways. You live next to the Aubrey Drake and not the Drake University, you are probably in a $10mm house in an exclusive gated community. Which of course is why he’s full of it if he’s saying that.
  19. Vegas64
    Well, I am 60. Bare with me, whippersnappers.
  20. Vegas64
    Biden needs a moment like this video where he unexpectedly displays some wit mixed with some self-deprecating humor. He needs to lead with it in the first debate, address the elephant in the room head on, and then wipe the floor on facts and quips. How Ronald Reagan handled questions about his age and mental accuity:
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    He's been out of the public eye for a long time now it seems, but I truly wonder how Bernie Sanders (82 years old) would speak and look on stage, in debates, etc. He always struck me as a lot more "with it" and articulate to begin with, so maybe that helps. And for those who think it's a foregone conclusion that Biden won't survive a 2nd term-- you guys are aware that people degrade and deteroriate but still live in that diminished state for many years. Sometimes many, many years. Haven't you all had grandparents that lived in their 90's? Heck, if ole Jimmy Carter is still kicking, I think Biden can go a minimum of 4 more years of living. Everyone calm down.
  22. Vegas64
    This is such an underrated point. I guess this is also why the eat dinner at 3pm and go to bed by 8pm.
  23. Vegas64
    To minimize Biden's performance as "old and just stuttered too much" is part of the problem. It's very clear there wasn't just a standard Biden stutter he's had his whole adult life. What America witnessed was a very real and stark decline in the cognitive ability to take thoughts from the mind to communicate with words in a quick and able fashion. As the poster above mentioned, it reminds America of their grandpa right before you take the grandpa's keys away. It's a hard thing to square. And it's not (all of the) American people's fault that is what they saw last night. That was a choice.
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    Serious question about how? It's easy. You run someone who has vim and vinegar. Someone who makes Trump look like the feeble old 80 year old against your quick wit, smart and sharp points, and cogent abilities. Bonus points for someone who is actually fit and can actually play golf and make Trump look like a fat old man.
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    But it IS their fault that they don't recognize the reality of it, whether it's rational or not. You play the game that's in front of you, not the one that is ideal or as it should be. You fight your opponent in real time, not in theory. If you know the "middle" are persuaded by stuttering, dog and pony shows, optics, soundbytes, appearances versus actual policy positions and governing wonkiness, then you need to strategize for THAT reality. If you don't know and are caught unawares, then you don't have the right strategists to win in the first place.

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