Oh man... you aren't "Algae Bloom" in tourney, are you?

Sorry to hear it's been such an uphill battle. This is why I try to reach out to new players and help them as much as possible, we *all* have a better game when there are more players, and there will only be more players when people figure out how to play.

On the espionage thing - you have to have tech too. It's the same for research alliances. If you don't have a baseline of tech to build on you get no benefit. I have always felt that the espionage op is a bit underpowered - well not always, tech thief was a common strat at one point years and years ago - and yes, if you want to grab and deter grabs you should definitely have mostly jets and turrets, and some tanks.

Hhahahahaha

I am laughing like a high person right now. I am not high. That was funny.

lolwut? The Steelers and Ravens would like to have a word with you. For a 13 year stretch the Steelers were t10 in total and scoring D every year, and were t2 in at least one of those categories more often than they weren't.

What is the dr limit for bombing runs now?

When does that go away anyway?

How did laf and sof get so cozy? I don't remember it being that way. In fact when I left I think sof and md were the new server bully coalition.

I logged in and spent 10 turns, then tried to buy up and was dead by the time I did it. Lesson learned, I did things in these wrong order.

Did we miss this one?

http://www.stltoday.com/...0a-b1d6-8a6753e2fcb2.html

ROFLMAO

Tangentially related true story -

I was pitching a column to Cracked.com, and they rejected Fox news as a credible source, but were OK with CBS news. When I pointed out that of the two, only CBS had been guilty of fabricating documents to stir up animus against a sitting president, the editors didn't seem to get the point. After that convo I stopped even going to that site for a long time.

New England better pray that the slippage in Brady's game doesn't become more pronounced. He is coming off his worst passer rating season (injury year doesn't count) since '03, and his fewest TD passes since '06. It was also his second worst ever comp% season. He hasn't been able to throw a deep ball to anybody not named "Moss" for quite some time, and last year seemed to lose some zip on the shorter throws too. He also had a big dip in his Y/A, NY/A and ANY/A.

Also, if you guys aren't aware of "NFL QBs on Facebook," you should be.

http://profootballmock.com/...acebook-lets-talk-legacy/

Jerricho Cothcery
Jason Avant

Ford, I screw up the clip/mag thing pretty much all the time.



Eh, it's pretty freaking fun. I don't know about "dumb gun yokels," but the folks who come out for our shooting days tend to be upper middle class people who have large quantities of disposable income to spend on blowing stuff up. Since the idea of the shooting day is to have fun shooting stuff, the bump fire weapons were perfect. :) Shooting it definitely gives you the Kool-Ade man grin.

I wanted to vote for Gary Johnson in the last presidential election, so I did. I made the conscious choice to stop choosing "the lesser evil" and start voting for "the best candidate." Unfortunately we in the US have collectively bought into the narrative that "third party can't win," and it will remain true as long as everyone allows that idea to influence their vote.

I know a guy who has a sten gun and a tommy gun. The Thompson is beatiful, but too expensive to shoot regularly - .45 ain't cheap. The sten is kind of ugly, but amazing to fire. Sweet piece. 9mm full auto, recoil is practically nil. You can empty the whole mag (50 rounds) into a target the size of a teacup no problem because it is so easy to keep on target. I have fired ARs and AKs with "bump fire" and while it is really cool, it is a little tougher to keep hosing the same exact area.

Aside from the sten, my fave piece I have ever fired is an old black powder revolver, Union Cavalry issue. Shoots massive balls of lead, makes a big satisfying boom and large clouds of smoke. When fired in anything short of high noon sunlight it looks like you're holding a firebomb as it explodes. Neat effect. Not good for home defense as it takes too long to reload and isn't all that accurate, but it is pretty awesome anyway.

...I think Link was being funny?

I am a barbequeing fool. I love to bbq some chicken, some ribs, some everything really.

If you have fresh meat, it cooks better from room temp, so let it sit on the counter starting at lunch time if you are going to make it for dinner.

GMen son!

That is all.

Kicks like a mule. Classic thumbuster to load. Careful putting in the mag, you might lose digits.

Let me post this here so people can tell me what a terrible father I am.

http://www.fredericksburgparent.net/...one/1883-nice-shootin-tex

Yeah, I think I might know Dan a little, but what Donny said. If you are willing to do that in this situation, I am willing to spend my own resources to deliver summary justice.

Jimmy Kraut (named after my brother)

Getr a head of red cabbage, some apples and onions, some pork chops,, and get to work.

Dice the cabbage. Put it in a pot with 3 (or so) cups of cider vinegar and a roughly half measure of water. Add plenty of mustard powder. Stir and let simmer.

Meanwhile, sautee some diced onions and apples, preferably granny smith, with butter. Herbsi/spices can be added to taste here, I like a little bit of cinnamon and a very little bit of cardamom.

When the sauteeing is done, add the onions and apples to the cabbage. Next sautee some mushrooms in butter, no other seasoning. The mushrooms are going to go in some gravy.

The mushrooms aren't necessary, except I like mushroom gravy and fresh mushrooms make it better.

Boil some water for egg noodles. Add the noodles when the meal is almost ready. This ish takes a lot of time to make, don't expect to be ready in the time it takes water to boil!

The pork chops should be pan fried (basically sautéed also) while the cabbage mixture is simmering. I put a little bit of salt on the chops before I put them in the pan, and maybe some pepper, but that's it. Feel free to season it more, but bear in mind the flavors already present.

When the chops are nearly cooked, dump most of the cabbage mix on top of them in the pan. Let it simmer that way for a few minutes, until the chops are cooked enough to serve (in America, medium rare chops are the new normal).

Serve the chops covered in the kraut mixture with the egg noodles on the side, and put gravy on the whole mess to taste.

Gravy: You can get pork base in the same brand (better than bullion) I mentioned above. You can also get "mushroom gravy" packets in the grocery store. Either will work. Corn starch will thicken anything you make too thin. Add the mushrooms before you thicken it.

I like to cook. I bbq more than pretty much anything else, but I do plenty of other cooking too. Let's share ideas for meals!

Tonight for dinner, I made ground beef hash. It was pretty simple. I put roughly 2 lbs ground beef in a bowl and mashed in some salt, basil, Worcestershire and fresh ground black pepper. I sautéed this meat and made it into pieces while it was cooking, then put it back in the bowl (grease and all) and set it aside. Next I put two diced Vidalia onions into the pan and carmelized them. I then put the onions into a small bowl. Next I put five (5) diced white potatoes into the pan with some garlic, ginger, salt, pepper, basil and olive oil. While the potatoes were cooking, I poured in some of the beef grease. When the potatoes were cooked I put the onions and beef back into the pan. Then I mixed a rounded teaspoon of "better than boullion" beef base with 2 ounces of water and poured that over the whole mess. I mixed this over heat while broccoli cooked on the other burner.

In case you're curious, it was delicious. I have enough for lunch the next few days at work, and I am already looking forward to eating it. Changes I would make now that I did it: More Worcestershire, more pepper, more garlic, add sour cream to the whole mess before serving.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh, CPR lol (I told you I've been drinking) I have been CPR certified year in and year out since I first got my "emergency preparedness" boy scout merit badge... 21? 22? years ago.

No. I don't like Cuba, so I am going to wait you out.

If we hate all of our politicians, why do we keep electing them?

http://www.politico.com/...4_Page2.html#.U_QjkBN0wdV

I say frankly I don't know what your acronym speak means. I don't need any permits in my state for what I do with my guns. I do drill my children with Jeff Cooper's four laws of gun safety. I do practice shooting. I do go out of my way to ensure that others follow all safety rules on my family's range.

We did have an incident not that long ago, a guy gave his wife an M1 Garand without telling us that she was inexperienced, and without telling her the necessary rules of the range. I was *slightly* downrange of the muzzle for a round. The shockwave was... unpleasant. Actually, I am lucky I didn't fluff myself. It was terrifying.

To the above posts:

I am in auto finance. That means, when you buy a car at a dealership, I am the guy who tries to sell you the extended warranty (although we're not supposed to call it that), GAP insurance, and whatnot. Let me tell you, the "have it and not need it/need it and not have it" close is the best one I've got. The reason for this is simple - the first car I financed, I totaled and owed $3k to the bank after my insurance payout. Who budgets for that? Nobody. A few extra dollars a month to "not have to worry" about that expense is easy to justify.

What folks are saying here about guns is the same exact thing. Sure, the GAP company makes money (otherwise they wouldn't be in business) and most people never file a claim. That doesn't make the people who do file claims somehow part of a vast insurance company plot!

In fact, I just had a major repair to my car (2010 Ford Fusion, 43k miles) that was covered by my extended warranty. $0 out of pocket was WAY better than the several thousand it would have been otherwise.

All that I mean by this (and I know I'm rambling, I have been drinking) is that "not likely" is not nearly the same as "not possible," and given that gun ownership is a very rational choice.

This is sort of relevant. I thought about making a fresh topic, but I don't want to be "that guy" lol This guy, Jack Donovan, is a philosophical writer and focuses mostly on masculinity in the modern era. This is his latest essay. Probably his best one ever is "Violence is Golden," which is linked in the piece. FTR, Donovan is a homosexual. He rejects the term "gay" because he hates the connotation of the garish queen, and calls himself an "androphile." I only mention this because the go to response of left wing folk to Jack is "Republican retard!" and that is clearly not the case.

http://www.radixjournal.com/.../who-will-swing-the-blade

"An armed society is a polite society" -Robert Heinlein

TAN, I am sure you saw the story I directed at iScode on the other thread. With that in mind, protection of my children is #1 in my mind with firearms. Second of all, they are fun to shoot. My folks own a nice farm in VA with a gun range, and we have people out a couple times a year and put a few thousand rounds downrange. Everyone has a blast, and we blast a lot of fluff. Third, if SHTF those with guns will make the rules and make it through.

Have you looked into Connecticut Carry? According to them, there are literally 7x as many gun owners ignoring the law as are complying.

http://articles.courant.com/...fles-gun-registration-law

I cannot get the "open letter" to the state legislature to load, but it is pretty freaking ballsy.

Correia was only a finalist. So was The Wheel of Time. I am surprised it didn't win, since Tor managed to get the whole series nominated as one entry.

Yeah, but I am confident nobody at the Con that votes for the Hugos is holding forth on that 2a.

Second amendment. Right to bear arms. If you're not American probably not a fun convo lol, you should still read correia, he is very entertaining.

For a citizen reaction to gun control overreach, see Connecticut. They are a powder keg right now. Cops are refusing to enforce the law because 100s of k are refusing to comply.

See, I actually do admit when I am wrong! Who knew? :P

Ok, is that a real no or a "keep my position consistent" no?

TAN, I just want to tel you I looked deeper into the 12 witness thing... The person who reported it has recanted her claims. You were right about that part.

Although, the St. Louis paper has a lot of witnesses who back the cop. So although I might not know all the facts, enough is out there to start drawing conclusions. In reality, we probably never have *all* of the facts about anything ever.

I never claimed to. I just posted a relevant link. I don't think I have posted anything here directly related to "the facts" prior to what appears to be a relevant link.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/...ncounter-with-mike-brown/

Not familiar with this site but all claims linked to sources.

Anyone pay attention to this? The 2a discussion on the ferguson thread got me thinking about it. Larry correia is a huge 2a guy.

Whatever your feelings on the subject, the grimnoir chronicles is worth a read. You can actually see him maturing as a writer throughout the trilogy. The monster hunter books are fun too.

Tan, the afghanis have been holding off overwhelmingly superior militaries (is that the correct plural?) for a looooooooooong time.

Bombay is absolutely correct about the intent of the second amendment. You don't have to do much reading to discover what the founders had in mind. Just like freedom of speech and the press applies to the internet, the Supreme Court found in the heller case that the march of technology has no bearing on the right to bear arms.

When did it become radical to want to follow the us constitution in the us?

With the small teams on this server it is mostly peeps who know each other. Frequently they will have coordinated starts to be complimentary - ie tech rings, or in my case one front running commie Indy to deter grabs and do retals.

Correct, any laws restricting a citizens access to weapons is against the constitution. Thanks for recognizing that.

I can't understand a) how bar fights became the issue and b) why said fights are written off as "no big deal." I am a physically large person, big enough to intimidate off most morons, not big enough to get "picked out" by randoms with something to prove. I have had plenty of drunken fisticuffs, but never at a bar. Reason being, I know quite a few people who have been hospitalized with serious injuries following bar fights. When the Buffalo Wild Wings opened in my town, they had a guy die in a fight the first 6 months they were open. Funny thing about beer bottles, they are pretty fluffing dangerous. Alcohol leads to violence and poor choices, so you have picked pretty much the worst possible scenario to argue your "fights aren't that bad" point.

Another point - you don't have to shoot someone for the gun to do its job. See my story above. Just the thought that someone would be pointing a gun at the perp was enough to make said perp try elsewhere. Same deal with folks "feeling froggy." Nobody picks on the guy open carrying.

+1

Scode, I responded directly to your statement with an example that shows why your statement is horse puck. You didn't specify "situations like this" in your statement about needing a gun to defend your family. You just said if you need one you don't deserve to live. You are worse than nancy grace at this.

(Since you are not American, Nancy grace is a woman on cnn whose show is entirely comprised of hysterical fear mongering of the worst kind mingled with exploitation of every tragedy, always accompanied by huge screaming banners that yell breaking news even if the story is 3 years old)

You know how to get a hold of me if you ever need to vent!