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11 minutes ago, MrX said:

It’s fucking bullshit. Mountain lions are already protected/regulated by the state just fine. 

So you're OK with 'hunters' sending out a pack of dogs to tree the lions just so the hunters can follow behind and blast it out of the tree?  How is that hunting?

Per CPW, that is how over 90% of all mountain lion hunts are done.

And nobody is coming for deer/elk/moose hunters.  I've got zero issues with them.

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21 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

There's no fucking way anything short of outbreak of war could shift that much in a few weeks. This is all pure garbage. These polls are just cooking whatever numbers they want. It's becoming apparent Harris will win comfortably, so they're cooking trump numbers to try to keep attention on themselves. 

Next election I’m writing some code that will crank out thousands of “polls” per minute. Each one will be anywhere from D+3 to R+3. I’ll sell each poll to the highest bidder and make bank. 

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2 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Oh, I know.  MIL used to have one that I couldn't stand (and I love dogs).  It always tried to bite me whenever I saw it. 

I love Dachys, but they are extra.  Loyal, amazing, athletic,  stubborn little shits that are smarter than you think.   Mine loved beer, had him last year in college.  He learned to drink out of the cups left around after a party.  That's when he figured out it was easier to lap up the beer from the ground.  So he would knock over and drink ANY beer left unattended ANYWHERE.  

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6 hours ago, The Dog said:

there are still late undecideds out there (believe it or not). while it shouldn't hurt Harris, it doesn't help.

At this point imho, 'late undecideds' can be translated as 'people who aren't going to vote, and likely never were going to vote".

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37 minutes ago, locodos said:

Dachunds are not to be fucked with...  They are hunting dogs.  They are mean little hate filled sausages when they are pissed.

Our last dachshund (great little dog) killed a possum once by biting its neck and thrashing it around until it died.  (It's what they're bread to do.)

Here is our current ferocious watchdog:

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33 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

So you're OK with 'hunters' sending out a pack of dogs to tree the lions just so the hunters can follow behind and blast it out of the tree?  How is that hunting?

Per CPW, that is how over 90% of all mountain lion hunts are done.

And nobody is coming for deer/elk/moose hunters.  I've got zero issues with them.

So ban mountain lion hunting using that method, or petition CPW to fashion a new rule about it. An outright ban on something that doesn’t seem to be a huge problem seems, pardon the phrasing, overkill. If there was any evidence the cat population was being impacted, it would be a different story. 

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3 minutes ago, MrX said:

So ban mountain lion hunting using that method, or petition CPW to fashion a new rule about it. An outright ban on something that doesn’t seem to be a huge problem seems, pardon the phrasing, overkill. If there was any evidence the cat population was being impacted, it would be a different story. 

There is no evidence that mountain lion hunting is necessary for population control purposes.  I'd ask why we should allow it at all?  Other than out of staters (who financed the majority of the anti-127 campaign) who want to shoot a trophy in CO.

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1 minute ago, Chewbacca said:

There is no evidence that mountain lion hunting is necessary for population control purposes.  I'd ask why we should allow it at all?  Other than out of staters (who financed the majority of the anti-127 campaign) who want to shoot a trophy in CO.

What’s a tag cost?   Can they just raise the price so that trophy hunters pay more for department conservation efforts?  At some price point, fewer tags will be bought. 

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5 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

If Trump loses and MAGA splinters, I wonder if the Rs would consider encouraging Arnold to be the new face of the party. 

I dunno if they would, but they should move in that direction for sure. But like JS1 said, he can't, and at this point he might tell 'em to fuck off even if he could.

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

What’s a tag cost?   Can they just raise the price so that trophy hunters pay more for department conservation efforts?  At some price point, fewer tags will be bought. 

I have no idea.  The state only brought in roughly $400k from lion tags, so it's not a huge loss.  I'd much rather pay more for my fishing license to make up for it.

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

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Possum-killing dachshunds, bans on hunting mountain lions, sexy Aubrey Plaza, missing "I Voted" stickers, alcoholic dachshunds, more sexy Aubrey Plaza.....

We need more Aubrey.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

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Possum-killing dachshunds, bans on hunting mountain lions, sexy Aubrey Plaza, missing "I Voted" stickers, alcoholic dachshunds, more sexy Aubrey Plaza.....

We are a JFK assassination theory away from having the perfect thread. 

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2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

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Possum-killing dachshunds, bans on hunting mountain lions, sexy Aubrey Plaza, missing "I Voted" stickers, alcoholic dachshunds, more sexy Aubrey Plaza.....

This is a winning platform. Brisket 2028! 

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5 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

We are a JFK assassination theory away from having the perfect thread. 

I guess the Brisket versus JFK Junior, political marching clubs can be distinguished by whether they have a dead bear or a dead cougar on the end of the pole. 

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Ah-nold weighs in. 
 

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I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. 

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. 

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. 

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea  - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. 

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

 

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