The New Coffee Room

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Not sure about you but I think everyone uses a shithole, just sometimes it's nicer than others.

It’s unfortunate there are so many stunning places in this beautiful world that are risky to go to. Rwanda perhaps not included.

@bachophile said:

Mid air collision between two tankers based in TA
One returned damaged, the other missing in Iraq. 6 crew MIA

4 dead, apparently. Wow... very rare for one plane to escape when there's a mid-air collision.

@bachophile said:

Deranged scumbags. Very eloquent.

It will never not surprise me that we have a President that talks like that without any hesitation or repercussion.

@jon-nyc said:

My fear is that Trump will just declare victory when the political cost gets too high for him to continue, then basically paint a bullseye around the state of things at that moment.

In a speech this morning or yesterday he actually already said we won. He said "we won after the first hour."

He never lies btw

I think the plan is:

• Bomb them and kill their leadership (multiple times)
• Hope the people use the opportunity to protest and create real electoral change
• Say we won
• Not call it a war
• Not realize this is just a version of what happened Libya

@jon-nyc said:

I don't know how to do what you are talking about in a non-partisan manner. Who defines this 'ignorance' we're supposed to measure and prevent from voting? Unless it's literally high school civics (how many branches of government, terms of various elected officials, role of courts, etc) you'd get political right away.

Actually that test would be great. No joke.

• How many states are there?
• How many branches of government?
• How many senators per state?
• How long is a Presidential term?

Could even go advanced:

• Which month is the President inaugurated?
• Which branch makes the laws?
• Why are there 13 stripes on the American flag?

Or even a test like this would weed out more than you'd think:

• What continent is the USA in?
• What is the name of the current VP?
• What is better, football or soccer?

At this point, should we just expect a complete ecological disaster in SoH if these oil tankers get blown up?

Why the visit? I'll be there in a few weeks for work. Should time it nicely to be mobbed by Cherry Blossom gawkers.

That’s great dude! Inspirational. I’ve had booze twice in the past few weeks and of course it tastes great but I feel so much better the next day when I’m eating clean. I’ll see if I can drop maybe 12 pounds before my birthday in May.

While it could be a slippy slippy slope, what you said makes complete sense.

Looks like a good sized twister hit around Kankakee, IL earlier and right now the map is showing another potential tornadic cell heading that way again. Lord help those people if a daytime tornado disaster zone is hit by a nighttime tornado…

Started a few days ago with the 2 twisters in Michigan... chatter is saying north Illinois may get one tonight.

I briefly saw a video yesterday of them running up and tossing something and then running away only to be idiots and get caught within moments. Did their devices go off, or were they legit? What an odd life choice.

So, not Truman then?

As someone who will just nuke a cold cup of K-cup coffee in the microwave, I may not be the best person to judge that list!

Not sure you can win money if it involves death, though. Also, those odds stink. Give me the 1% (92x!) odds of random folks like Tom Hoge winning this weekend at Sawgrass, baby! (golf chat, ignore if you aren't as geeky as me)

https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/1rp550i/la_marathon_american_nathan_martin_was_able_to/