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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Tigris on 5/19/26 at 7:04 pm to goatmilker
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Why can't people see the billions in money and hardware Trump has shipped to Putin his buddy.
You do know that that's now how controlled assets work, don't you? There is a limit as to how hard they can push the limits of credibility. Trump couldn't possibly have been more pro Russian so far without the stench becoming untenable. No other President in history would have gone down this path. It's already going to cost him the House, or at the very least badly damaged the chances of that. Is he stupid or owned? Because it's one of the two.
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re: What do we think about this Australia Itinerary?
Posted by Tigris on 5/16/26 at 11:26 am to WestCoastAg
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wo8ld you skip the outback altogether for cairns?
No, unless the time is really limited. There is a very real feel of emptiness to the Outback that should be experienced by driving it. It deserves a couple of days. Try to spend a night in a road house. In the Outback it can be a ways between towns and the towns are very small. But usually you can find a road house every couple of hours for a mediocre room and a burger and beer for dinner. Usually run by characters with several more at the bar. Often the help is foreign that is allowed in on a work visa because young Australians want to get as far from the outback as possible. There are some beautiful spots as well, usually a canyon with water in the stream, or a view from a hilltop.
re: Beato further roasts the NYT for their dumb Top 30 Songwriter list
Posted by Tigris on 5/16/26 at 11:07 am to Ace Midnight
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Neil Young born in Canada but is an American citizen now.
It's dual citizenship, though, and he's moved back to Canada. And had this to say a few months ago:
“Although I have lived in the United States for most of my life, and recently became a citizen of the U.S.A., I am a Canadian and always will be" - Neil Young
He's easily a top 10 song writer, and if he were saying that he considers himself to be American then I'd put him on the list. But with this comment it's hard to justify classifying him as an American.
ETA: Really fun video by Beato. The fact that the NYT thought releasing their video was a good idea shows just how out of touch that culture is.
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Is this a good read ? I’m thinking of starting it but it looks tedious
Thoughts ?
At least give it a try. For me it's an essential read. Book 1 never seemed tedious, though parts of book 2 and 3 were. But I probably should have read other things between them.
A good companion to them is Stephen Kotkin's biography of Stalin. It's 3 parts as well and very long but worthwhile. He's been working on it for a long time and book 3 isn't out yet but may be later this year. What is interesting to me about Kotkin's book is that the gulag system was only a minor part.
The World's Fastest Indian
Breaking Away (maybe close to the 10% or even a bit higher but a gem)
The Man Who Would Be King (fairly big movie but 51 years ago and I don't see it re-run much, Sean Connery and Michael Caine make a great duo)
Breaking Away (maybe close to the 10% or even a bit higher but a gem)
The Man Who Would Be King (fairly big movie but 51 years ago and I don't see it re-run much, Sean Connery and Michael Caine make a great duo)
re: What do we think about this Australia Itinerary?
Posted by Tigris on 5/10/26 at 6:04 pm to WestCoastAg
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Fly out to Ayers Rock and do the Uluru stuff plus Kings Canton over three days
Go to Alice Springs for 2 days for a slow day and then West MacDonnell Ranges
1 day at Ayers and Alice is enough. Alice Springs is a fairy depressing Aboriginal town that has little to offer. Ayers rock is pretty cool but an overpriced tourist trap. I've spent several days at each. The outback around both is fairly cool, though. Trim some time and go see either Darwin or Cairns or both. The outback south of Darwin is just as interesting and fun. And the tropical nature of Cairns is pretty cool too. The Atherton Tablelands just NW of Cairns is my favorite part of Australia. And the barrier reef from Cairns is interesting too. Take your Blue Mountain time and replace it with Atherton. Less time in Sydney (cool city but it is a city).
JMO.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Tigris on 5/10/26 at 5:38 pm to VolSquatch
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Going to put myself in the shoes of a morally bankrupt Russian with an 80 IQ for a minute
Are you sure it's only for a minute?
re: Favorite Western Swing song?
Posted by Tigris on 5/8/26 at 7:04 pm to SingleMalt1973
Damn, I used to love to see Big Red and Asleep at the Wheel in BR in the 80's. In retrospect it had a really good music scene though none of us believed that at the time.
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Favorite - Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
Just ahead of Sam Stone - John Prine
Two extremely solid picks.
I might go:
Domino - Van Morrison for favorite.
And Hotel California for most hated. We Built This City is probably worse but it gets the hatred it deserves. Hotel California is still popular and pretty insipid. Warren Zevon wrote Desperados Under The Eaves slightly before Hotel California came out. Warren ran in the same circles as the Eagles... and Desperados is a far better song that covers the same territory. I'm not an Eagles hater at all but will stand by this one.
re: Been waiting to land at MSY for 45 minutes circling the gulf
Posted by Tigris on 5/8/26 at 4:58 pm to Tedorgeron
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WTF how do you not have enough fuel
Yeah, if the plane runs out of gas it can never land.
There is a levee near the Nasa site that can be used in a pinch, maybe tell the pilot that.
re: What's Board's take on House MD?
Posted by Tigris on 5/8/26 at 4:45 pm to Don Quixote
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the last minute revelation that leads to the correct diagnosis
Yeah, that. But House was a great character. It really wasn't about the diagnoses.
I just realized that Rick in Rick and Morty is basically House. (And both are basically Sherlock Holmes).
re: Trump announces ceasefire between Russia & Ukraine
Posted by Tigris on 5/8/26 at 4:33 pm to hawgfaninc
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Trump announces ceasefire between Russia & Ukraine
Seriously, LOLOLOL.
He can announce any damn thing he wants. It never actually happens.
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It looks like Tucker and Larry Johnson have moved on from Russia.
Putin might be too embarrassed to include Steven Sea Gull.
re: Retired folks - Making the adjustment to freedom
Posted by Tigris on 5/8/26 at 4:27 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Take up wildlife/bird photography. Thank me later.
Great answer. I'm just back from a month in a place where Tiger Droppings is banned on the internet. I guess I could have gotten a VPN but a month long break wasn't a bad thing. 15,000 photos to go through now. I have a map on my bedroom wall with pins in every place I've been for birds/wildlife photos.
There is so much you can do in retirement. As Rocky Horror said - don't just dream it, be it. Get outside of your comfort zone.
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We've kidnapped the president of Colombia and are holding him trial
That's surprising news for him.
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exploration of subculture.
One I'm deep into. Very well done movie. The Big Year is fun too but this captures the essence in more detail and more accurately. I enjoy birding for the same reasons that I loved fishing the coast of Louisiana; and in fact the one probably led to the other. Anything to get me into nature and away from the cities. I've met a couple of those people and have heard stories about others featured. The really serious birder community isn't all that large and are mostly checking out the same places so you get to know people.
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Summarized with ChatGPT
So, because Bill Clinton chose appeasement, the North Koreans obtained a nuke and now are nuisances on the world
ChatGPT started a sentence with so?? Maybe natural stupidity is winning.
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Mentour Pilot on YouTube
I happened to watch it last week. He covers it well. Empty center fuel tank that was hotter than usual due to a truck that broke down behind the plane when it wanted to pull away from the gate. The heat generated by the A/C vents near the center fuel tank. The tank wasn't quite empty and with the heat the vapor in the fuel tank was explosive. It just took a spark. It's a known problem that airlines try to avoid by having no ignition source. But wires do run through the tank. We'll never know the exact ignition source but the wreckage is consistent with an internal tank explosion rather than a missle.
[embed]This isn't a Iran war thread so I'll not get tied up in that but for this one thing. Europe hasn't done jack-shite to help us with Iran.[/embed]
After more than a year of Trump why the hell should they?!?
Being a dick to everyone has consequences.
After more than a year of Trump why the hell should they?!?
Being a dick to everyone has consequences.
To which I'll add a Townes song:
Yeah, I know it's not Blaze or Townes. But it's pretty great to see someone with this much talent keeping it alive.
Yeah, I know it's not Blaze or Townes. But it's pretty great to see someone with this much talent keeping it alive.
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