Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

[Necronic]

I'm guessing that's because we have so little contact with the real world and immerse ourselves in stilted fantasy?

 

[GasBandit]

I'm guessing that's because we have so little contact with the real world and immerse ourselves in stilted fantasy?

Or perhaps because we come to realize that competition is essential and that self determinism is important to fulfillment.

 

[blotsfan]

Or because gamers are NEEEERRRRRRRDDDDSSSS!!!

 

[Frank]

Or perhaps because we come to realize that competition is essential and that self determinism is important to fulfillment.

Now, imagine those words coming out this "man".

 

[Necronic]

He is euphoric in his self determinism.

 

[GasBandit]

So despite our holier-than-thou finger shaking and dire warnings of the dangers of using chinese-manufactured routers due to their tendency to put backdoors and the like in them, turns out the NSA has been doing just that very thing with US-manufactured routers as well.

ARE WE READY TO DISBAND THE NSA YET??!

 

[Terrik]

So despite our holier-than-thou finger shaking and dire warnings of the dangers of using chinese-manufactured routers due to their tendency to put backdoors and the like in them, turns out the NSA has been doing just that very thing with US-manufactured routers as well.

ARE WE READY TO DISBAND THE NSA YET??!

That news couldn't have come out at a worse time than when it did. It was mere weeks after the U.S. government shot down Huawei's plans because they feared tampering and then they go and do the same thing.

Credibility, do you have it?

 

[GasBandit]

Credibility, do you have it?

Nope. Stick a fork in us, we're done.

 

[PatrThom]

Well, obviously it's ok when we do it...we're not evil.

--Patrick

 

[Chad Sexington]

I'm going to sell all my stuff and move to the equator

 

[GasBandit]

Russia's stepping up the pissing contest by announcing the US is banned from using their space rockets. Man, if only we had some sort of, I don't know, National Aeronautics and Space Administration to do our own orbital launches. Wouldn't that be something?

 

[PatrThom]

I'm going to sell all my stuff and move to the equator

Make sure you choose someplace high up, like maybe in the Andes.

--Patrick

 

[Chad Sexington]

Make sure you choose someplace high up, like maybe in the Andes.

--Patrick

Eh. If I die warm and near the ocean, I die happy.

 

[GasBandit]

I say we start building a wall from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, and then to the coast from both cities, and just lock those suckers south of there out and let em drown when the time comes.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Eh. If I die warm and near the ocean, I die happy.

 

[Eriol]

Make sure you choose someplace high up, like maybe in the Andes.

--Patrick

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/
You don't need to be all that high up. Current predictions are that even if 100% of ice melted, the rise would be 67m or so. Disaster for coastlines, but most of the land would be fine. Waterworld is a myth.

 

[PatrThom]

http://geology.com/sea-level-rise/
You don't need to be all that high up. Current predictions are that even if 100% of ice melted, the rise would be 67m or so. Disaster for coastlines, but most of the land would be fine. Waterworld is a myth.

You misunderstand. If you buy equatorial land that is really high up, then when the sea levels rise and the coasts are inundated, you can sell your obviously-way-above-waterline property for a nice fat profit to the panic-stricken folks and use that money to buy something closer to the freshly-vacated "new" coasts for mere centavos on the peso.

Capitalism. Whee.

--Patrick

 

[Chad Sexington]

You misunderstand. If you buy equatorial land that is really high up, then when the sea levels rise and the coasts are inundated, you can sell your obviously-way-above-waterline property for a nice fat profit to the panic-stricken folks and use that money to buy something closer to the freshly-vacated "new" coasts for mere centavos on the peso.

Capitalism. Whee.

--Patrick

"You can print money, manufacture diamonds, and people are a dime a dozen, but they'll always need land. It's the one thing they're not making any more of."

 

[GasBandit]

Although some Dubai resorts and Kansai International Airport would beg to differ, on a limited scale I suppose.

 

[PatrThom]

Although some Dubai resorts and Kansai International Airport would beg to differ, on a limited scale I suppose.

And the Netherlands!
(and New Orleans, I guess)

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Robed corpses making decisions about modern technology. Probably not the best system.

 

[PatrThom]

Robed corpses making decisions about modern technology. Probably not the best system.

Heaven forbid any of them, y'know, look up any terms or suchlike they aren't familiar with on some sort of global research look-it-up system, or anything.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Heaven forbid any of them, y'know, look up any terms or suchlike they aren't familiar with on some sort of global research look-it-up system, or anything.

--Patrick

It's not a question of mere lack of knowledge, I think it's frankly a completely incompatible mindset. Someone born in the 1930s learned to think in markedly different terms and manners than someone born 50 years later.

 

[GasBandit]

West Virginia 17-year-old defeats incumbent republican state delegate in primary election, "likely-ish" to defeat democrat challenger in general election.

 

[Reverent-one]

I hope her first order of business isn't to propose funding for some sort of winter sports complex.

...Actually, I kinda hope it is.

 

[Covar]

I hope her first order of business isn't to propose funding for some sort of winter sports complex.

...Actually, I kinda hope it is.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

 

[AshburnerX]

West Virginia 17-year-old defeats incumbent republican state delegate in primary election, "likely-ish" to defeat democrat challenger in general election.

Looking at the article, it seems like her State Senator daddy made it happen.

 

[GasBandit]

Processing advertisements at work this morning, I came across one labeled "Kesha for US Senate." Did a double take. DoodaWHATnow?

Turns out though it's not Ke$ha, just Kesha Rogers. Her campaign bought advertising on one of our stations.

And yeah, her platform's a bit... interesting to read.

1) Impeach Obama
2) "Crush Wall Street with Glass-Steagall."
3) Bring water/ice from Alaska to relieve the drought in Texas

 

[Shakey]

3) Bring water/ice from Alaska to relieve the drought in Texas

Hey, if Russia could do it for the Olympics, the US can do it for Texas.

 

[GasBandit]

Shamelessly copypasta'd from imgur:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...10-Year-Old-Holding-Hunting-Rifle-On-Facebook

Just because it does not look like a .22 to people who have no idea what they're looking at does not mean it isn't one. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...4_750001_750051_757786_-1_757784_757784_image

 

[PatrThom]

Just because it does not look like a .22 to people who have no idea what they're looking at does not mean it isn't one. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...4_750001_750051_757786_-1_757784_757784_image

http://www.waltherarms.com/products/tactical-rimfire-replicas/

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

 

[GasBandit]

So it turns out that 1 in every 10 british subjects are millionaires (20% of graduates).. because they own homes in a time of skyrocketing housing costs.

And that's in GBP, so add half again in USD.

 

[PatrThom]

I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

--Patrick

 

[Ravenpoe]

I feel like this graph is a little misleading. I'm assuming it's trying to show that the makeup of veterans in congress has been shrinking, but I think it's much more likely that WW2 and the following draft wars just created a major spike in overall veterans, and the decrease is just that spike bottoming out.