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

[Necronic]

In fairness a lot of the bumblefuck parts of Colorado are still stunningly beautiful and attract a lot of wealthy retirees and people who can satellite work. My wife went to go look at an internship opportunity in Pueblo and was completely blown away.

I remember touring School of Mines as a teen and just being awestruck.

 

[GasBandit]

The price to rent an apartment in colorado springs that didn't stink like urinal cakes and have late night gunshot serenades is what drove me to Texas. Well, that and the dotcom crash that left me unemployed.[DOUBLEPOST=1485298923,1485298888][/DOUBLEPOST]

In fairness a lot of the bumblefuck parts of Colorado are still stunningly beautiful and attract a lot of wealthy retirees and people who can satellite work. My wife went to go look at an internship opportunity in Pueblo and was completely blown away.

I remember touring School of Mines as a teen and just being awestruck.

There's a saying... when you live in colorado, you accept that a large part of your salary comes in the form of scenery.

 

[Dei]

In fairness a lot of the bumblefuck parts of Colorado are still stunningly beautiful and attract a lot of wealthy retirees and people who can satellite work. My wife went to go look at an internship opportunity in Pueblo and was completely blown away.

I remember touring School of Mines as a teen and just being awestruck.

Well, I'm talking about the parts that people joke might as well be called Kansas.

 

[GasBandit]

Well, I'm talking about the parts that people joke might as well be called Kansas.

And for the other end of the bumblefuck spectrum, a little googling tells me that the average 2-bedroom in Salida seems to go for $1300-1500 a month. It's easily half that down here.

But it ain't near as pretty.

 

[Necronic]

Shit Houston prices are already at that point. Kind of gone crazy over the last year.

 

[Hailey Knight]

I dread thinking how much money I've tanked into rent checks, but at the same time the housing in this area is lunacy, so even what I've paid in rent wouldn't be a drop in the bucket to paying off any halfway decent house.

 

[GasBandit]

Shit Houston prices are already at that point. Kind of gone crazy over the last year.

Yeah, but that's Houston, not the fuckstick end of nowhere tiny towns like Salida or La Junta. For Houston, you should compare more to Denver, where I think the going rate is more like 2 or 3 thousand a month.

 

[Necronic]

Yeah fair enough.

So I wrote a senator for the first time in my life today. Wrote Cornyn about NAFTA. As a Texan I'm pretty sure a flat out repeal of NAFTA would be disastrous for us, and I think Cornyn generally agrees.

Slid in an ice subtle dig on Cruz too about me writing to Cornyn because he was a "true representative of Texas in the Senate".

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Today is Bell's big "Let's Talk!" day, where people openly talk about mental health issues.

I wonder if they'd like us to talk about the woman who was fired by Bell after requesting time off for mental health?

 

[Covar]

How long have you lived there? How long do you plan to? Are you afraid of ending up upside down?

4 years this month. I don't really plan to move before I get married, although that's looking like it could be a while. I wouldn't mind having a yard for my dog, but I like the area I'm in and don't want to move out farther from Raleigh. I'm not concerned with being upside down I took my time looking for a place to buy and wound up purchasing a foreclosure property so I came out ahead just signing the line. Since then the North Raleigh area has grown quite a bit so my property value has increased pretty well (it's also the reason I don't want to move right now). I think like you I'm not saying buy property as much and as fast as you can, but if you're patient and use your head you can come out ahead vs throwing money at a landlord.

The biggest challenge in liquidity I'm running into now is that I would ideally like to rent my property if I were to move. I know I could rent it out pretty quickly, but I don't yet make enough to cover 2 mortgages in the worst case or satisfy the bank. So I'll bide my time.

 

[Eriol]

This video is from a (VERY) right-wing Canadian media outlet, but the point I think is fair, and very clearly stated about what happened in britain recently:

 

[GasBandit]

 

[Terrik]

Ah haha *slaps knee*. I'm sure we were alllll having that thought. Eh? Eh??

 

[GasBandit]

Ah haha *slaps knee*. I'm sure we were alllll having that thought. Eh? Eh??

Someone pointed out, though, that we're still waiting on cheap surplus 1911s from when they switched to the M9.

-_-

 

[AshburnerX]

Someone pointed out, though, that we're still waiting on cheap surplus 1911s from when they switched to the M9.

-_-

Ehh... they didn't fully switch over from the 1911 though. Some groups in the armed forces still use them, especially older officers.

Really though, there is no reason to buy a surplus M9 when you can already get a cheap Glock 17 that fires the same round for like half the price.

 

[GasBandit]

In all seriousness, I can't really see myself buying another pistol. Dad's still trying to get me to make the drive up to Colorado Springs to pick up the Ruger Mk II he gave me last year.

It's a beautiful gun, and so easy and fun to plink away with, and since it shoots .22 LR, you can play all day on the cheap.

 

[AshburnerX]

Isn't that what they based the Silenced .22 in New Vegas on? It is pretty.

 

[GasBandit]

Isn't that what they based the Silenced .22 in New Vegas on? It is pretty.

I believe so, yes. And while it isn't actually suppressed, like many .22LR guns, it's generally not loud enough to cause hearing damage. The thick barrel makes for such a good heft and eliminates almost all muzzle rise.

Funnily enough there IS a Mk 2 variant with an integrated silencer, but it looks a little ridiculous. The barrel is ridiculously long.

 

[PatrThom]

Dad's still trying to get me to make the drive up to Colorado Springs to pick up the Ruger Mk II he gave me last year.

Didn't we already have this discussion?

Isn't that what they based the Silenced .22 in New Vegas on? It is pretty.

I believe it's also what inspired the sleeper pistol from Metal Gear.
...which I've never played

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Didn't we already have this discussion?

We did, I was just remarking that the situation had not changed. I spoke to my father again recently, and he brought it up.

 

[Necronic]

Wtf isn't Sig a Swiss company?

 

[Krisken]

Wtf isn't Sig a Swiss company?

Since when is buying American the American way?

 

[Sparhawk]

Wtf isn't Sig a Swiss company?

Headquartered in Newington, New Hampshire.

https://www.sigsauer.com/company/

 

[Necronic]

Huh.

 

[GasBandit]

And Ruger is based in Connecticut. Whodathunkit?

 

[Tress]

To be fair, it is technically a German company. But much of their labor force is located in New Hampshire, as @Sparhawk said.

 

[PatrThom]

And Ruger is based in Connecticut. Whodathunkit?

Huh. All this time I thought they were in KY or TN.
Been following them on the NYSE since the 80's. Since then, it's increased to 1000% what it was worth then.
Man, I wish I'd had risk capital so often in my life.

--Patrick

 

[Eriol]

A 3-part report on the Panama Papers and how they relate to "interestingly incorporated" entities in Canada: Signatures for sale: A look at figurehead directors of Canadian corporations

Part 2 at least is fantastic. And disturbing.

 

[Frank]

A 3-part report on the Panama Papers and how they relate to "interestingly incorporated" entities in Canada: Signatures for sale: A look at figurehead directors of Canadian corporations

Part 2 at least is fantastic. And disturbing.

Blech, it's all so gross.

 

[Dave]

Just when you thought my racist brother couldn't get any more racist...

For everyone out there that believes an open border policy is the only way to go.

We will be having a reception for you, no closed border people will be allowed, at the St Louis Zoo. It's basically in the center of the country.

After everyone has assembled, we will be locking the gates so that no one will be able to leave until the party is over. And at the same time, we will be opening every single cage of every single animal on the premises. At the end of the party, we shall have you, if still alive, how you will then feel about open borders!!

It actually does not matter if you are talking about animals in a zoo or the animals from other countries. The stench of rotting corpses will be the same.

Emphasis mine.

 

[Gruebeard]

Isn't locking the gates to the zoo the metaphor for closing the border, while the open cages are a reference to interstate relations?

I'm confused how this is an argument against open borders.

 

[blotsfan]

The moral of the story is that the south needs to be put away for the sake of the country.

 

[Denbrought]

Your brother is a fuckstick.

 

[Krisken]

Just when you thought my racist brother couldn't get any more racist...



Emphasis mine.

So... he's a Nazi?

 

[Covar]

The moral of the story is that the south needs to be put away for the sake of the country.

Go fuck yourself.