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Trabisnikof posted:What do Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Eqypt, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebannon, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Syria, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, United States and Yemen have in common?
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Khisanth Magus posted:My wife and I had half-seriously talked about relocating out of the midwest, but if weather is just going to get more extreme as global warming increases we may want to more seriously start looking. Earlier today I actually polled random places in the world looking for any place that was as cold as Iowa is right now. The only place I could find was a town in the extreme north of siberia, even McMurdo in Antarctica was warmer than us. Come to Chicago, we're projected to have more above-90 degree days than texas currently receives due to climate change
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Feb 18, 2015 00:08
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Trabisnikof posted:What do Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Denmark, Eqypt, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebannon, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Syria, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, United States and Yemen have in common? Almost thought you were quoting the "countries America has been to war with" line from Battle Royale 2.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:10
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Mister Macys posted:Almost thought you were quoting the "countries America has bombed" line from Battle Royale 2 until I saw Canada. We bombed them in the revolutionary war with arnolds expedition up there.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:12
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We really don't get taught enough history in Canada. 
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Feb 18, 2015 00:14
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Boon posted:In open conflict against ISIS? Very close! At war with ISIS and/or Boko Haram. Who needs nukes to start WWIII?
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Feb 18, 2015 00:14
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Salt Lake City is really affordable, we made it into the top 10 list. I paid 89k for my house which was before the housing boom, now it would go for around 105. If you're moving from a really expensive place everything here will seem dirt cheap. We also have low humidity and actually know how to plow our roads when it does snow. The downside of course, is the LDS-dominated state legislature but if you live in SLC proper it's very liberal (a district in SLC kept electing an out lesbian state legislator until she moved) and if you post here you probably already have a drinking problem so you won't notice so much!
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Feb 18, 2015 00:15
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pengun101 posted:We bombed them in the revolutionary war with arnolds expedition up there. And then again in the war of 1812 and then a couple of times between 1866-1871.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:24
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SubponticatePoster posted:Salt Lake City is really affordable, we made it into the top 10 list. I paid 89k for my house which was before the housing boom, now it would go for around 105. If you're moving from a really expensive place everything here will seem dirt cheap. We also have low humidity and actually know how to plow our roads when it does snow. The downside of course, is the LDS-dominated state legislature but if you live in SLC proper it's very liberal (a district in SLC kept electing an out lesbian state legislator until she moved) and if you post here you probably already have a drinking problem so you won't notice so much! Counter point: 3.2 beer.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:56
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DemeaninDemon posted:Counter point: 3.2 beer.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:20
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zoux posted:Well then who the gently caress is Hitler in this little morality play? Nasrallah standing on al-Baghdadi's shoulders wearing a long overcoat, trying to get into the movies with one ticket.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:23
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SubponticatePoster posted:By weight, not volume. So it's pretty much the same as any other beer. Also I'd like to introduce you to Epic Brewing. And we have a few good brewpubs here, plus Uintah Brewery's Polygamy Porter. Their slogan is "Bring some home for the wives!" I know I used that example as a difference between %mass and %volume when I taught chemistry. I'm talking about having to go to a state-run liquor store for your non 3.2-beer alcohol. Those often have lovely hours.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:24
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SubponticatePoster posted:By weight, not volume. So it's pretty much the same as any other beer. Ehh....4% abv is still ruling out a whole lot of good beers. That Epic Brewing outfit seem to have their heads on straight though. Given the name, I was expecting some horrible bacon stout-ish things.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:29
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State-run liquor is both a pain and a plus. A pain because only certain stores are open until 10pm (there's one a few blocks from my house, but it closes at 7 and I can't count the number of times I've wanted something only to realize it's 7:05 and I'm not drivng to the next closest one because even though it's only a couple extra miles I'm fuckin' lazy) and they are closed on Sundays/holidays. A plus because it's a goddamn monopoly and the state tells distributors what they're paying if they want to sell booze here at all. This leads to overall lower prices, surprisingly. There are always alternatives too, like going to said brewpubs and buying a growler (half gallon of beer) which you can do until those places close (at midnight or 1am) and they're open 7 days a week. We even have gay marriage, which puts us ahead of several other states! e: Epic is a good place, and the beer culture here is surprisingly robust. Not PNW robust, but definitely healthy. If you ever find yourself here you'll be able to find good beers.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:39
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My Imaginary GF posted:Come to Chicago, we're projected to have more above-90 degree days than texas currently receives due to climate change It's going to be in the negatives the next two days, shut up  (I don't think it ever hit 90 last summer by the lake and isn't going to again this summer)
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Feb 18, 2015 01:39
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A (hawkish) federal judge in Texas has blocked the expanded DACA program. Trying to learn more, considering starting a thread, lmk if there is interest.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:50
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If the southern states are so states rights get them immigrants out why don't they just kick them out themselves instead of being welfare queens and crying for the federal govt to do it?
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Feb 18, 2015 01:52
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Asproigerosis posted:If the southern states are so states rights get them immigrants out why don't they just kick them out themselves instead of being welfare queens and crying for the federal govt to do it? Because states are prohibited from enforcing immigration laws (and they secretly don't want to  )
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Feb 18, 2015 01:57
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Personally I'd be pretty happy with the death of homeland security, since that gross republican bloat project has always made me irrationally angry given that the dept of defense already existed.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:01
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SubponticatePoster posted:State-run liquor is both a pain and a plus. A pain because only certain stores are open until 10pm (there's one a few blocks from my house, but it closes at 7 and I can't count the number of times I've wanted something only to realize it's 7:05 and I'm not drivng to the next closest one because even though it's only a couple extra miles I'm fuckin' lazy) and they are closed on Sundays/holidays. A plus because it's a goddamn monopoly and the state tells distributors what they're paying if they want to sell booze here at all. This leads to overall lower prices, surprisingly. There are always alternatives too, like going to said brewpubs and buying a growler (half gallon of beer) which you can do until those places close (at midnight or 1am) and they're open 7 days a week.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:02
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Fried Chicken posted:You are unique in that then, I've lived in multiple state run liquor states and it has always been a smaller selection at higher prices I miss state run liquor in WA. It was cheaper too. Bottle of Jack is 2$ more at Safeway then it was at the WA liquor store.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:03
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zoux posted:Because states are prohibited from enforcing immigration laws (and they secretly don't want to God I'm remembering when some tea bagger idiots decided to really impose super strict anti-immigration laws in Alabama and Georgia and all the agriculture business poo poo a brick because a huge amount of illegals immigrants did leave the state and they ended up with rotting produce worth millions in all their fields cause they couldn't harvest it Dr. VooDoo fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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nobody will vote for Jack Conway he is a weak man who cannot lift his wife very high  Bevin '15
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Fried Chicken posted:You are unique in that then, I've lived in multiple state run liquor states and it has always been a smaller selection at higher prices Virginia's last republican governor tried to get rid of the ABC, but failed because it was cheaper for customers and higher tax revenues than otherwise.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:07
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PupsOfWar posted:nobody will vote for Jack Conway I'd be okay with elections being decided by tests of physical strength. If Republicans being backwards idiots can't disqualify them, their pasty, doughy bodies surely will.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:10
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SubponticatePoster posted:Salt Lake City is really affordable, we made it into the top 10 list. I paid 89k for my house which was before the housing boom, now it would go for around 105. If you're moving from a really expensive place everything here will seem dirt cheap. We also have low humidity and actually know how to plow our roads when it does snow. The downside of course, is the LDS-dominated state legislature but if you live in SLC proper it's very liberal (a district in SLC kept electing an out lesbian state legislator until she moved) and if you post here you probably already have a drinking problem so you won't notice so much! Boise is more or less the same except not quite as crazy regarding Mormonism at the state level (but still pretty Mormon).
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PupsOfWar posted:nobody will vote for Jack Conway Wait I'm confused why isn't he picking up Marcy
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Feb 18, 2015 02:14
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Quote of the night, "The Mississippi Klan salutes Alabama's chief justice Roy Moore, for refusing to bow to the yoke of Federal tyranny. The Feds have no authority over individual States marriage laws. The fudgepackers from Hollywood and all major news networks are in shock that the good people from the heart of Dixie are resisting their Imperialist, Communist Homosexual agenda!" ~ Brent Waller, Imperial Wizard of the United Dixie White Knights.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:22
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Asproigerosis posted:Personally I'd be pretty happy with the death of homeland security, since that gross republican bloat project has always made me irrationally angry given that the dept of defense already existed. It does more than just defense though, and there were some legitimate problems that were intended to be solved by its creation. It has also, of course, created new problems. But I'm not sure I'd be willing to scrap the whole thing and and return to the silo'd culture that existed prior to it.
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Joementum posted:Quote of the night, "The Mississippi Klan salutes Alabama's chief justice Roy Moore, for refusing to bow to the yoke of Federal tyranny. The Feds have no authority over individual States marriage laws. The fudgepackers from Hollywood and all major news networks are in shock that the good people from the heart of Dixie are resisting their Imperialist, Communist Homosexual agenda!" ~ Brent Waller, Imperial Wizard of the United Dixie White Knights. As if he needed more indication that he is on the wrong side with this.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:28
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Joementum posted:Quote of the night, "The Mississippi Klan salutes Alabama's chief justice Roy Moore, for refusing to bow to the yoke of Federal tyranny. The Feds have no authority over individual States marriage laws. The fudgepackers from Hollywood and all major news networks are in shock that the good people from the heart of Dixie are resisting their Imperialist, Communist Homosexual agenda!" ~ Brent Waller, Imperial Wizard of the United Dixie White Knights. Hmmm well he raises some cogent points. Have the fudgepackers from Hollywood responded?
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Feb 18, 2015 02:28
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zoux posted:Hmmm well he raises some cogent points. Have the fudgepackers from Hollywood responded? They're still busy choosing the right color for the ballots to elect a spokesperson to give the response. It may be a while.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:31
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Joementum posted:Quote of the night, "The Mississippi Klan salutes Alabama's chief justice Roy Moore, for refusing to bow to the yoke of Federal tyranny. The Feds have no authority over individual States marriage laws. The fudgepackers from Hollywood and all major news networks are in shock that the good people from the heart of Dixie are resisting their Imperialist, Communist Homosexual agenda!" ~ Brent Waller, Imperial Wizard of the United Dixie White Knights. Hmmm....
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ReidRansom posted:They're still busy choosing the right color for the ballots to elect a spokesperson to give the response. It may be a while. http://www.californiafudgefactory.com/ I look forward to hearing from them.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:32
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Franco Potente posted:Hmmm.... Someone's still fantasizing about a slave empire stretching from the Mason Dixon to the Tierra del Fuego.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:33
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computer parts posted:Boise is more or less the same except not quite as crazy regarding Mormonism at the state level (but still pretty Mormon). Fried Chicken posted:You are unique in that then, I've lived in multiple state run liquor states and it has always been a smaller selection at higher prices Anyway, I feel that instead of running away it would be more satisfying to get a bunch of degenerates to live here so we can push the Mormons into irrelevance  e: on an actual USPol note, there was an article today in the local about how Jon Huntsman is considering running against Mike Lee for his senate seat 
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zoux posted:Hmmm well he raises some cogent points. Have the fudgepackers from Hollywood responded? Is La Jolla close enough? 
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CommieGIR posted:http://www.californiafudgefactory.com/ Even better. My joke wasn't very good.
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Joementum posted:Is La Jolla close enough? At least he's wearing protection.
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ReidRansom posted:Even better. I fully expect them to send a box of fudge anuses. http://www.edibleanus.com/
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