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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117026: Mar 23rd 2016 at 7:57:17 AM

Why were you in Provo? There's nothing to eat in Utah.

Oh really when?
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#117027: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:00:32 AM

So, I gotta ask - how did Sanders go from 37% of the vote to nearly 40% by this morning, and who the everloving hell is the "Other" that 2.4% of Democratic voters voted for?

[down]

Ah - so I'm guessing the same goes for the Campaign Clown Car that is the Republican Primary, as there was a full 19.8% of "Other" votes?

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:11:07 AM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#117028: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:07:13 AM

According to Wikipedia there are several others who appear on the ballot.

Rocky De La Fuente, Martin O'Malley (withdrawn), Willie Wilson, Keith Russell Judd, John Wolfe, Jr.

Basically there are a few no names running who will show up on a couple of ballots in a few states.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:09:06 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#117029: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:16:54 AM

Why were you in Provo? There's nothing to eat in Utah.

Compared to the rest of the US, maybe. Compared to Brazil I was completely overwhelmed by the options present. It was the first time I'd drank Dr Pepper in like 10 years, just for one, and I could go eat a different fast food chain every day if I wanted to at affordable prices.

Also I was visiting relatives

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#117030: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:19:11 AM

Provo, incidentally, has the worst flag in the entire world.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117031: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:21:00 AM

Oh god they do.

Somebody saw that and let it happen, who let that happen?

Oh really when?
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#117032: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:23:07 AM

American local government is where vexillology goes to die. Maryland, Milwaukee, Pocatello...all horrendous.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#117034: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:24:36 AM

Well not necessarily the worst flag in general. It's a pretty decent gay pride flag or Reading Rainbow logo.

Incidentally, for my money, this is the best flag.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:25:05 AM by Hodor2

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#117035: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:28:49 AM

It does seem ironic considering in some parts of America flags have effectively become religious icons.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#117036: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:29:03 AM

[up][up]Is that a bear trying to split an atom? Because that would be pretty badass.

That Provo flag is not a flag, if you ask me. That's a shitty piece of Word Art. A flag doesn't need to be pretty or original or even representative, but it does need to be dignified.

[up]Well, considering the myth of "Manifest Destiny", not really. The idea of America has some serious pseudo-religious undertones to it.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:30:24 AM by Kayeka

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#117038: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:32:30 AM

[up][up]Yes, it is. It's from some Russian city that was big on nuclear weapons development.

Although, I'm actually getting the impression from the article on The Other Wiki that no real city ever existed there and right now, it's a nuclear waste storage site.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:32:56 AM by Hodor2

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117039: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:33:18 AM

In the south, can confirm that this American Civil Religion nonsense is real. And awful.

Oh really when?
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#117040: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:36:09 AM

[up][up]So Russian District 13?

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:36:43 AM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#117041: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:39:15 AM

A lot of the "other" GOP votes are people who voted early online or by absentee ballot and voted for someone who isn't in the race anymore, like Sen. Rubio.

That's why Gov. Kasich technically finished fourth in Arizona - Rubio got more votes than he did from early/online voters.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:40:36 AM by Bense

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#117042: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:41:35 AM

[up]That must have been really embarrassing - losing to the guy who has already quit.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:41:41 AM by Luminosity

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#117043: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:44:17 AM

So basically the Bible Belt is in fact the biggest den of sin in the entire Union?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#117044: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:44:41 AM

In response to the "What can we do about ISIS?" question, there is no simple answer.

Aside from deploying weapons of mass destruction to depopulate all Arab nations, we have to deal with the actual people and either find ways to sort the good/neutral ones from the bad or create a sociopolitical environment in those nations that lets their people do that work themselves.

We are talking about a nation-building exercise of unprecedented scale, requiring decades, millions of soldiers, and tens if not hundreds of trillions of dollars. Of course, there exists no political will for such an exercise.

Edit: It's important to remember that ideological and/or religious extremism is hardly unique to the Arab nations. Remember Y'all Qaeda here at home? Our terrorists and would-be terrorists might not be quite so well organized or funded, but they have the same underlying mentality.

The ultimate solution is to prevent people from being seduced by these ideologies. What causes that seduction? A combination of alienation from their parent culture and a lack of economic opportunity. Fix the economic opportunity and we're well on our way, and we have recipes to accomplish that.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:49:31 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#117045: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:45:37 AM

That's not Provo's current flag - they changed it last January. Now it's a light-blue field with a circle. In the circle is a green mountain over a blue lake (Utah Lake) with the sun rising behind it.

You can see it on Provo's Wikipedia page.

The old flag dated from the mid-'80s and was rated 143rd out of 150 flags by the North American Vexillogical association. They knew it stunk, so they changed it.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:47:59 AM by Bense

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#117046: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:47:22 AM

[up][up]Not only is there no political will I've got serious doubts we could do it. Maybe with a coalition but we'd need everyone, even local groups and people outside of NATO like the Russians.

Oh really when?
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#117047: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:47:28 AM

The Bible Belt is the closest you can get to living in hell. I know because I have the misfortune of living there.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#117048: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:52:46 AM

Which part of Florida do you live in?

Also hooray for unnecessary hyperpole!

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#117049: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:54:12 AM

The Panhandle. Specifically Marianna. I went to school in Chipley for two years, and I was genuinely worried about people coming after me with burning crosses.

I've already talked about this one story of a guy saying he wanted to beat up a Muslim girl I knew for being Muslim.

edited 23rd Mar '16 8:55:07 AM by AdricDePsycho

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Bense Since: Aug, 2010
#117050: Mar 23rd 2016 at 8:58:43 AM

If lack of economic opportunity is what causes Islamic terrorism, what explains Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed Atta, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and other terrorist leaders who were mid-class or wealthy and well-educated but still turned to radicalism?


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