just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
It's definitely a highlight for a presentation on "Great Moments in American Failure."
just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
it is indeed impressive
you and the UK overthrew a democratic government
the king you put in place was then overthrown in the islamic revolution
just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
It's definitely a highlight for a presentation on "Great Moments in American Failure."
Yeah. We've pretty much been backing the wrong horse for 60 years now. Because Jesus.
just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
it is indeed impressive
you and the UK overthrew a democratic government
the king you put in place was then overthrown in the islamic revolution
just saying that it's not a 100% that the US will join
depends on what happens
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
It's definitely a highlight for a presentation on "Great Moments in American Failure."
Yeah. We've pretty much been backing the wrong horse for 60 years now. Because Jesus.
Considering the fact that my UrbEx thread is over with I was thinking of making a new thread kind of along the same lines.
Geocaching.
Does this seem like something people would be into?
sure it does
what is it
"Treasure hunting" with GPS.
People hide shit in cities in places you walk by everyday and you never know it's there.
Usually just for the fun of finding the hidden box, as the stuff inside isn't really ever worth anything. (stamps, quarter-machine toys, coins, marbles, etcetc)
You sign the log book and take/place an item in the cache and put it back.
I've been building a slum in that canyon. Originally I was going to build out into the desert, but now I think once the slum is completed, and it'll extend past the railway, I'm going to build a proper city on top of the slum and on the high sand dunes and envelope the railway.
The British intelligence operative who presents the idea to the Eisenhower administration later will write in his memoirs, "If I ask the Americans to overthrow Mosaddeq in order to rescue a British oil company, they are not going to respond. This is not an argument that’s going to cut much mustard in Washington. I’ve got to have a different argument.…I’m going to tell the Americans that Mosaddeq is leading Iran towards Communism."
Then, a few minutes later, a commercial comes on. The volume difference is jarring to say the least. I would safely guess it is fifty percent louder than the show. I hurriedly reach for the remote and turn it down…
“Why did you turn the movie off, Daddy?”, Beatrix worriedly asks, as if she has done something wrong and is being punished by having her entertainment interrupted. She thinks that’s what I was doing by rushing for the remote.
“I didn’t turn it off, honey. This is just a commercial. I was turning the volume down because it was so loud. Shrek will come back on in a few minutes” I say.
“Did it break?”, she asks. It does sometimes happen at home that Flash or Silverlight implode, interrupt her show, and I have to fix it.
“No. It’s just a commercial.”
“What’s a commercial?”, she asks.
”It is like little shows where they tell you about other shows and toys and snacks.”, I explain.
“Why?”
“Well the TV people think you might like to know about this stuff.”
“This is boring! I want to watch Shrek.”
“I know, honey. It will be on in a bit. Just be patient.”
The show eventually comes back on. I reach for the remote to turn the volume back up. We can barely hear it now. The difference in volume between the show and the commercial is shocking and I don’t remember it being this bad when I did watch television regularly. Perhaps it is only like this on kids channels. I wouldn’t know.
Of course, not more than ten minutes later, the movie is once again interrupted by a round of commercials.
“Why did they stop the movie again?” Beatrix, asks. Thus leading to essentially the same conversation as before. She just does not understand why one would want to watch anything this way. It’s boring and frustrating. She makes it through the end of the movie but has little interest in watching more. She’d rather play. The television is never turned on again during our stay.
A few days later and on our way back home, after a long day of driving, we arrive at a hotel. We check in, unpack the car of our essentials, make it to the room, and settle in for the night. There was a television in the room with some select Cable TV stations and Beatrix asked if she could watch a show. Sure, I said, so I turned it on, and flipped it to what appeared to be a kids channel. There was a commercial on.
“Is this a show?”, she asked.
“No. This is a commercial, we have to wait for the show to come on.”
I now realize, in hindsight, that she did not understand that all televisions work this way. She thought it was only the one in my sister’s place that was “broken” and “boring”. In her mind, this was a new TV and thus should work differently.
I've been building a slum in that canyon. Originally I was going to build out into the desert, but now I think once the slum is completed, and it'll extend past the railway, I'm going to build a proper city on top of the slum and on the high sand dunes and envelope the railway.
Your project intrigues me. I shall go check it out.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
I've been building a slum in that canyon. Originally I was going to build out into the desert, but now I think once the slum is completed, and it'll extend past the railway, I'm going to build a proper city on top of the slum and on the high sand dunes and envelope the railway.
Your project intrigues me. I shall go check it out.
It's not nearly completed. I've been building into the canyon walls and after that's done I'll build out into the space in between.
SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
What I need to preserve is the color the railway turns into when the sun sets. I'm not sure if it's normal or if it's the Dokucraft pack but the sun hits the railway and it burns orange. I don't want to cover the railway too much.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
It's natural! People colonize a canyon in the desert, they cut into the sand and rock. Then they build into the space between when they expand. As the town becomes wealthier they expand up onto the canyon plateau and then cover the slum and build walkways and buildings on top of it.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Actually at this point we would probably let Israel fight the war themselves like their invasion of Lebanon a few years back. Also their occupation of Lebanon. And don't forget about their joint action with the French and the British called the Suez Canal incident. The US has a history of really only intervening on Israel's side directly if they look like they are going to be wiped off the map. Though at this point the current Israeli administration is full of such idiots might take a super dumb move to get them thrown out of office.
One of the arguments I have heard about for the US and NATO not going into Syria is the fact it could provoke Iran. Now say Iran brings in troops like the Saudis did in Bahrain to support Assad to counter a NATO backed revolution would be pretty much a cluster fuck of gigantic proportions.
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I'm going with 0%. I wager there is a 0% change of us not getting massively involved.
ugh
well of course you'd be involved a lot
not getting involved in the war, would be to be very involved
you control Iraqi airspace which is right beetween them after all
You know what occurred to me yesterday?
Imagine we didn't invade Iraq. What would the middle east look like today?
Remember that Iraq and Iran were enemies and tended to hold each other in check.
The US already told Israel to back off. And the CIA released a report just recently that said they have no evidence of Iran having nukes. This is one of those times where I'd hope we'd say "Guess what Israel, you started this, you finish it." But nothing is for sure of course.
I'd like to go back and kick everyone in the US government in the dick in 1952 though. Seriously, how we managed to completely fuck up a relationship with Iran is impressive. One of the most progressive countries in the middle east and we're bordering war.
Geocaching.
Does this seem like something people would be into?
It's definitely a highlight for a presentation on "Great Moments in American Failure."
what is it
it is indeed impressive
you and the UK overthrew a democratic government
the king you put in place was then overthrown in the islamic revolution
congrats
khomeini is your fault
Probably something like this:
the boomers were only kids back then
Yeah. We've pretty much been backing the wrong horse for 60 years now. Because Jesus.
:(
Literally.
huh that is odd
i think i'm the exact opposite
People hide shit in cities in places you walk by everyday and you never know it's there.
Usually just for the fun of finding the hidden box, as the stuff inside isn't really ever worth anything. (stamps, quarter-machine toys, coins, marbles, etcetc)
You sign the log book and take/place an item in the cache and put it back.
http://router7.selfip.net/map/#layerId=LayerA&worldX=430&worldY=0&worldZ=-1180&zoom=5
I've been building a slum in that canyon. Originally I was going to build out into the desert, but now I think once the slum is completed, and it'll extend past the railway, I'm going to build a proper city on top of the slum and on the high sand dunes and envelope the railway.
http://minimalmac.com/post/18189678921/tv-is-broken
Your project intrigues me. I shall go check it out.
I'm going to eat some pizza, work on an assignment and then run on the treadmill
food and being productive should be better than just sitting around moaning
I don't want a perfect fantasy world.
An imperfect fantasy world IS your perfect fantasy world.
It's not nearly completed. I've been building into the canyon walls and after that's done I'll build out into the space in between.
How else are you going to get downtrodden to stand on the backs of?
Is it on DK's server?
carefully putting down the bong in order to devote my full attention to saying "wwwoah"
It's natural! People colonize a canyon in the desert, they cut into the sand and rock. Then they build into the space between when they expand. As the town becomes wealthier they expand up onto the canyon plateau and then cover the slum and build walkways and buildings on top of it.
No, that looks pretty much like what I wanted.
Thanks! Now I don't have to wonder :P
One of the arguments I have heard about for the US and NATO not going into Syria is the fact it could provoke Iran. Now say Iran brings in troops like the Saudis did in Bahrain to support Assad to counter a NATO backed revolution would be pretty much a cluster fuck of gigantic proportions.