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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Oh that.
Meh, they've been shooting at us a few days so we shot back. Nothing serious. Nobody has been deployed, no jets scrambled even. Just a few missiles.
It's also worth noting those missiles didn't "fall harmlessly in the water."
They were intercepted and destroyed by the Mason's active defenses. These weren't warning shots
edited 17th Oct '16 12:15:26 PM by LeGarcon
Oh really when?
Okay, that's the same article I was looking at, and there's still nothing about a separate October hoax. Then again, it does say that the Def Con warning site isn't actually run by the US Government, so just because it says we're at Def Con 3 doesn't mean we actually are. (Thank God.) So yeah, it still helps regardless.
edited 17th Oct '16 12:17:41 PM by kkhohoho
We were in DEFCON 3 after 9/11 if memory serves and we were far closer to DEFCON 2 then so this is fine.
This song needs more love.McCain vows permanent block on Supreme Court appointments
Fuck this party. Fuck anyone who votes for this party. Fuck everyone even remotely associated with this party.
New Survey coming this weekend!In theory, there is nothing stopping a Republican-controlled Senate from permanently blocking all Presidential nominations.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"60 votes are needed to end a Senate filibuster. For the Democrats to reach that level in this election, a total of 24 out of the 34 races would have to go Democrat (plus 36 Democrat seats not up to get to 60). At the moment, 538's Senate forecast gives the Democrats a median seat total of 51 (polls-only) or 52 (polls-plus); both forecasts put the odds of 60 total Democrat seats at less than 0.1%.
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Changing Senate rules to stop filibusters of confirmation votes was on the agenda when Democrats were most recently in control. I wouldn't put it past them to try it again.
edited 17th Oct '16 12:39:35 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Ayup. How well it works in practice, should Democrats choose to employ it, will depend on whether the media goes along and continues to blame Republicans for obstructionism, or keeps playing its "both sides have an argument" card, in which case public opinion could be swayed against the move.
edited 17th Oct '16 12:43:21 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"You're ruining Facebook and friendships with political rants
You don’t need to enrage your great-aunt Ida, who thinks Donald Trump will launch nukes the very day he takes office, by posting how you’re still a Bernie bro. Your co-worker from three jobs ago doesn’t care you think Hillary Clinton’s The! Most! Qualified! Presidential! Candidate! Ever! You haven’t found the smoking gun in Hillary’s emails, either; sorry, gumshoe.
Besides, you’re probably preaching to the choir and your friends who disagree with you have long ago silenced your missives. Facebook introduced the “unfollow” option in 2013.
A different Pew survey from August found that nearly half of Clinton supporters don’t have any friends who support Trump and 31 percent of Trump supporters don’t know anyone voting for Hillary. We’re already in our bubbles, why make it worse with your ranting?
I could definitely see them going with the nuclear option if it becomes obvious that they are blocking Supreme Court nominees simply because a Democrat is President.
Which I suppose is what they are doing now with Scalia's old seat, but at least they currently have the bad excuse of it becoming open less then a year before the next Presidential elections elections.
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Cry me a river. If you don't like the fact that people around you care about the election, then go hide in a cave until December.
edited 17th Oct '16 12:47:03 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

edited 17th Oct '16 12:10:19 PM by kkhohoho