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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #69

    If only they hadn't fucked everything up in 1919 and helped Germany recover along with the rest of Europe....Hitler could have spent his latter years painting people's bedrooms.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      If only they hadn't fucked everything up in 1919 and helped Germany recover along with the rest of Europe....Hitler could have spent his latter years painting people's bedrooms.

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      Renauda
      wrote on last edited by Renauda
      #70

      @Doctor-Phibes

      Yes I think we should have a good dunk on David Lloyd George, George Clemenceau and above all, Woodrow Wilson. While at it we can also dunk on Joseph P. Kennedy because we can.

      Elbows up!

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      • Doctor PhibesD Online
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        Doctor Phibes
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        #71

        Don't forget George Washington. If he hadn't bankrupted the French monarchy there wouldn't have been a revolution, and we'd all be happily sipping tea in Boston.

        I was only joking

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          Don't forget George Washington. If he hadn't bankrupted the French monarchy there wouldn't have been a revolution, and we'd all be happily sipping tea in Boston.

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          jon-nyc
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          #72

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Shutdown Length:

          Don't forget George Washington. If he hadn't bankrupted the French monarchy there wouldn't have been a revolution, and we'd all be happily sipping tea in Boston speaking German or Russian.

          The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
            #73

            I fly Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of this week and Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday next week.

            Six flights in 11 days. I’m dreading it.

            The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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              89th
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              #74

              Yikes man. I'm flying (with the kids) in late November during the week of thanksgiving. We're going for a week and I picked Monday-to-Monday flights to try and minimize the thanksgiving traffic jam at the airport.

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              • MikM Offline
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                wrote on last edited by
                #75

                I like the approach - clean resolution, no blackmail. Say what you wish, Trump's got balls.

                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                • HoraceH Online
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                  Horace
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #76

                  My wife is coming back from overseas on Friday, to that very airport. I assume arrivals will be less affected.

                  It's surprising to me that anybody is not showing up, considering they will get back pay after the shutdown ends. But not anymore. Oh, and now they're presumably fired. I wonder how real this is. Those TSA jobs are choice and competitive.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #77

                    If I had to be a TSA worker I'd just go back to crime for a living.

                    "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                    • HoraceH Online
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                      Horace
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #78

                      According to ChatGPT, I may have overestimated how much those jobs pay and how competitive they are.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • kluursK Online
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                        #79

                        Word is the house won't be back next week - which means 1) we've set a record and 2) someone's got to blink - and it's probably going to be the Dems.

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Mik
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #80

                          In my view Trump's got the stronger hand. Whatever legislation one wants to pass, it needs to be done on its own merits, not by blackmail.

                          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                            "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                              89th
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #82

                              Hahaha made me chuckle

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                                jon-nyc
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                                #83

                                Im sure the shutdown is hard on all the government employees but it’s especially hard for men. They’re foregoing $1 for every 83c the women are foregoing.

                                The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                                😊
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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #84

                                  Yes. So unfair.

                                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    According to Trump the shutdown has already been a victory for the Dems.

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                                    The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #86

                                      Odd though that he thinks he wasn’t on the ballot.

                                      The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #87

                                        Schumer just did a thing. On the senate floor he offered a compromise. Reopen the government with a temporary extension of the ACA subsidies (which he describes as extending current law). Then create a bipartisan subgroup to negotiate something long term to address health care costs.

                                        The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                                          wrote on last edited by Mik
                                          #88

                                          Stay the course. The additional subsidies should die. Of course the Trump tax cuts should have too.

                                          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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