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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jul 4, 2024 8:22:48 GMT -5
Happy Independence Day to all!
-M
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2024 10:49:36 GMT -5
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 4, 2024 11:14:08 GMT -5
Happy 4th of July, Neighbours! Have fun, and thanks for all the comics! The street adjacent to where I live is full of churches and all of them were having pre-4th parties with fireworks and hotdogs. You can't get more American than God, blowing stuff up, and ingesting copious amounts of pig anuses
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2024 18:25:40 GMT -5
This is how the Navy SEALs celebrate the 4th of July, every year, in Coronado..... They do a big public demonstration, with all kinds of spectacular stunts, like fast-roping from helos, jumping from helos into the water, waterborne insertions, high speed drop offs and recoveries, swift boat demos and jumps by the Leap Frogs precision parachute demonstration team. I caught their shows twice, in 1986 and '87, while on my summer midshipman training cruises. They pop out of the water, in front of the crowd, in diving gear and have someone dressed as their unofficial mascot, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, who comes out of the water and throws candy to the kids in the crowd. There is usually a bit where one of the divers misses the recovery attempt, from the high speed boat and a shark fin comes up behind him and he disappears under the water, to later appear, at the finale, riding in a boat, holding up a bloody shark fin and a sign that says "SEALS 1, JAWS 0!" They then have fireworks at the Coronado Yacht Club. They kind of paled in comparison to the artillery barrages and air strike demonstrations we saw at Camp Pendleton, a few days before.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 5, 2024 2:28:33 GMT -5
After several more days of seeing the rats in my garage, it's become clear that both of these statements are true:
1. They are destructive, disease-carrying pests who have invaded my home, and I want all of them dead and/or gone.
2. They are active, inquisitive little furry animals, so they're kinda cute.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 5, 2024 8:56:54 GMT -5
I know we're supposed to talk politics here, but I'm just gonna say, "YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank f**k!"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 5, 2024 9:22:29 GMT -5
I know we're supposed to talk politics here, but I'm just gonna say, "YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank f**k!" I, on the other hand, found it almost impossible to celebrate Independence Day three days after the Supreme Court essentially told us that we have a King.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 5, 2024 9:56:20 GMT -5
I know we're supposed to talk politics here, but I'm just gonna say, "YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank f**k!" I, on the other hand, found it almost impossible to celebrate Independence Day three days after the Supreme Court essentially told us that we have a King. I know...it's really bad sh*t, isn't it? Utterly appalling. It actually beggars belief that the Supreme Court could be so partisan and, frankly, undemocratic un-American. It was truly a "shaking my head in my hands" moment for me. As someone who really loves America and Americans it's hard to witness the dismantling of one of the basic tenets of the Constitution like that. It's all very worrying. On a related note, I was showing your excellent Facebook post on the subject to a few folks in a bar yesterday (we were talking about the Supreme Court's decision) and my friends were really impressed with your eloquence. My wife said, "that's such a well written post, and you can absolutely feel the anger coming from him."
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 5, 2024 10:01:46 GMT -5
Confessor, I've been listening to Nitzer Ebb and drinking Mtn Dew for days trying to forget about it. I've been THAT upset about the decision
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Post by Confessor on Jul 5, 2024 10:05:36 GMT -5
Confessor, I've been listening to Nitzer Ebb and drinking Mtn Dew for days trying to forget about it. I've been THAT upset about the decision Ha! Nitzer Ebb?? Jeez, you must be angrier than I thought! That's some pretty intense stuff (good music though, from the little I've heard). My go-to industrial indie record of choice for moments of extreme political disatisfaction is Primal Scream's XTRMNTR. Give it a go; it's probably the most intense and relentlessly brutal record I own. But it's great.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 5, 2024 10:30:47 GMT -5
Confessor, I've been listening to Nitzer Ebb and drinking Mtn Dew for days trying to forget about it. I've been THAT upset about the decision Ha! Nitzer Ebb?? Jeez, you must be angrier than I thought! That's some pretty intense stuff (good music though, from the little I've heard). My go-to industrial indie record of choice for moments of extreme political disatisfaction is Primal Scream's XTRMNTR. Give it a go; it's probably the most intense and relentlessly brutal record I own. But it's great. High-Functioning Flesh, REIN, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, and Ultra Sunn are some of my favorite new-gen Industrial/EBM bands (High-Functioning Flesh unfortunately split a couple of years ago which made me kind of sad)
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Post by Confessor on Jul 5, 2024 10:38:07 GMT -5
Ha! Nitzer Ebb?? Jeez, you must be angrier than I thought! That's some pretty intense stuff (good music though, from the little I've heard). My go-to industrial indie record of choice for moments of extreme political disatisfaction is Primal Scream's XTRMNTR. Give it a go; it's probably the most intense and relentlessly brutal record I own. But it's great. High-Functioning Flesh, REIN, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, and Ultra Sunn are some of my favorite new-gen Industrial/EBM bands (High-Functioning Flesh unfortunately split a couple of years ago which made me kind of sad) Thanks for the recommendadtions. I'm not usually that into this kind of industrial-ectro or industrial alternative rock stuff, but I do like it a bit -- Nitzer Ebb I know because of their association with Depeche Mode (and I'm a BIG Depeche Mode fan). Nine Inch Nails kinda do this sort of stuff too and I've liked what little I've heard of them as well. But yeah, those four bands that you named I've not heard at all, so I'll give 'em a go.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 5, 2024 10:50:04 GMT -5
I know we're supposed to talk politics here, but I'm just gonna say, "YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank f**k!" I, for one, am quite disappointed that Count Binface wasn't elected.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 5, 2024 11:00:14 GMT -5
I, on the other hand, found it almost impossible to celebrate Independence Day three days after the Supreme Court essentially told us that we have a King. I know...it's really bad sh*t, isn't it? Utterly appalling. It actually beggars belief that the Supreme Court could be so partisan and, frankly, undemocratic un-American. It was truly a "shaking my head in my hands" moment for me. As someone who really loves America and Americans it's hard to witness the dismantling of one of the basic tenets of the Constitution like that. It's all very worrying. On a related note, I was showing your excellent Facebook post on the subject to a few folks in a bar yesterday (we were talking about the Supreme Court's decision) and my friends were really impressed with your eloquence. My wife said, "that's such a well written post, and you can absolutely feel the anger coming from him." I appreciate that. It took me a few days to really digest the decision. But when the Fourth came around I had to put my thoughts down somewhere. Now I'll stop talking about politics.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 5, 2024 11:38:54 GMT -5
I know we're supposed to talk politics here, but I'm just gonna say, "YEEESSSSSS!!! Thank f**k!" I, for one, am quite disappointed that Count Binface wasn't elected. But Farage did, so it ain't all sunshine and roses. Starmer just has to outlast produce to have a better record than the most recent Prime Ministers.
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