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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #67

    Ah, the rose tented mirrored sunglasses of historical after-knowledge.

    I was only joking

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    • RenaudaR Offline
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      Renauda
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      #68

      Indeed, if only France had done something in 1938. Together with the USSR Hitler would have been preempted from attacking Czechoslovakia and Josef Stalin would have obtained the Czech armaments industry (a prize Hitler desperately needed for his war plans) and established Soviet power in the middle of Europe without so much as firing a shot at anyone other than the Poles whose territory he would have had to cross to get to Czechoslovakia.

      Elbows up!

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      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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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
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          #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 Offline
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            wrote last edited by
            #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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            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

              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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              #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.

              If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                jon-nyc
                wrote 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.

                If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                • 89th8 Online
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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 Away
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                    Mik
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                    #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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                      wrote 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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                      • MikM Away
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                        Mik
                        wrote 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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                          wrote 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 Offline
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                            wrote last edited by
                            #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 Away
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                              wrote 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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                              • MikM Away
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                                Mik
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                                "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                • 89th8 Online
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                                  89th
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                                  #82

                                  Hahaha made me chuckle

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                                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                    wrote last edited by jon-nyc
                                    #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.

                                    If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                                    • MikM Away
                                      MikM Away
                                      Mik
                                      wrote 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-nycJ Offline
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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #85

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

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                                        If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          Odd though that he thinks he wasn’t on the ballot.

                                          If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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