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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump's Wall
« on: May 16, 2019, 07:17:32 PM »Quote
The bollards, or “slats,” as he prefers to call them, should be painted “flat black,” a dark hue that would absorb heat in the summer, making the metal too hot for climbers to scale, Trump has recently told White House aides, Homeland Security officials and military engineers.
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Trump has demanded Department of Homeland Security officials come to the White House on short notice to discuss wall construction and on several occasions woke former secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to discuss the project in the early morning
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Trump often brought up the construction of the barrier at unrelated meetings, and aides learned to bring prep books — and even sketches — to address his questions.
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Trump frequently delved into the minutiae of contracts and suggested that some of his friends in New York would have ideas on how to build it faster
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Approved barrier designs include a flat-panel anti-climbing surface that has been field-tested, but the president doesn’t like the way it looks either, arguing that sharp spikes would appear more intimidating.
Trump told one group of aides that the metal points would cut the hands of climbers and function as a more effective deterrent.
https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1129156847166992385
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: ytmnd
« on: May 16, 2019, 06:59:48 PM »
I miss the old internet.
https://twitter.com/bafeldman/status/1128720681967996929
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In retrospect, what was nice about YTMND was that it existed in a time before “content monetization” was a thing people cared about, and that lack of incentive made YTMND less of a horse race and more of a large-scale collaboration. Now, of course, large platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook are full of “creators” trying to “monetize” their “brand.” This is not in itself a problem, but it’s made riding trend waves an omnipresent, never-ending competition. YTMND was people trying to put their own spin on jokes, for no reason other than that it made them laugh.
https://twitter.com/bafeldman/status/1128720681967996929
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old
« on: May 16, 2019, 01:26:08 PM »I learned most of these via the internet or when I was three years old, but have confirmed with the field guide.
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
House Sparrow
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Wow! Brown-headed cowbirds are few and far between north of Oklahoma. My favorite brood parasite.
According to my field guide, the edge of their year round range runs right through Kansas. So, that makes sense. I'm in Ohio, which falls squarely within their year round range.
I spotted on of these recently. White-crowned Sparrow.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump owns Russia
« on: May 16, 2019, 12:26:00 PM »
Dax is a Russian asset. There's just no other explanation.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Thread for Democratic Socialists/AOC watch with 24/7 AOC updates
« on: May 16, 2019, 11:55:49 AM »
The $2000 US drug probably works much better than the $8 Australia drug.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Thread for Democratic Socialists/AOC watch with 24/7 AOC updates
« on: May 16, 2019, 11:46:03 AM »6588
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The impending war with Iran
« on: May 16, 2019, 11:43:57 AM »6590
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The trade wars begin
« on: May 16, 2019, 08:47:21 AM »
There seems to be consensus that China selling US bonds would neither be very good for China nor affect the US all that much.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/13/chinas-self-destructive-nuclear-option-in-trade-war-selling-us-treasury-bonds.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/13/chinas-self-destructive-nuclear-option-in-trade-war-selling-us-treasury-bonds.html
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Your opinions/rankings of the Democratic candidates
« on: May 15, 2019, 08:23:06 PM »6593
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Killing babies at 9 months
« on: May 15, 2019, 06:52:58 PM »6594
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: MAGA
« on: May 15, 2019, 06:20:13 PM »
No one's going to read any of it. These people will just be solicited for campaign donations.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2020 presidential candidate 'crats
« on: May 15, 2019, 05:12:14 PM »6596
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Killing babies at 9 months
« on: May 15, 2019, 04:58:54 PM »6598
The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2020 presidential candidate 'crats
« on: May 15, 2019, 12:50:33 PM »6599
Essentially Flyertalk / Re: are most television shows better than game of thrones??
« on: May 15, 2019, 12:29:37 PM »
Parker Plays > GOT
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: are most television shows better than game of thrones??
« on: May 15, 2019, 12:15:00 PM »
Pac-12 track and field championships on five different Pac-12 Network channels > GOT