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On 2/24/2018 at 10:12 PM, SergeantMatt said:

I think the idea of still having a monarch, just some person who came out of the right uterus, as your head of state when it's been demonstrated that republics work fine is so absurd that it's almost comical. Baffling that the states where the monarchs have been reduced to figureheads won't finish the job. At least catch up with America circa 1776.

Adding to this, there was a chance for an American monarchy when Washington(As in George, not the place filled with leftists or the other place filled with leftists) was setting precedent. But there have been very few figures that have been so polarizing in a universal and positive manner as him, and even then it was also because it was unsure if such a large Democratic Republic could maintain it's integrity the way the sprawling European Empire's claimed territories were.

With some variation of the republican model becoming the status quo for most of the world, the advancement of genetics and the knowledge of the consequences of inbreeding, an incredibly high response rate to favoring individualism in the US, and perhaps also the general secularization of the developed world, I don't think the establishment of a monarchy in a massive nation like the United States could possibly maintain effective political rule.

On 2/24/2018 at 1:02 PM, Xoon said:

Also a side question, a federation is a union of states, what is a union of kingdoms? A elective monarchy like the Holy Roman Empire? 

I suppose it depends on where the central authority is placed? Thinking back through the major nations in or around Europe, the things that spring to mind are:

• Subordinate princes/states under one king. Maybe the King on the biggest throne and the Princes on lesser ones. Or something like the Roman assimilation/semi-colonization of lesser kingdoms in it's domain
• One king with multiple hats/chairs. The Austria-Hungary after the reforms I suppose, but going so far back as Ancient Egypt with the conflicts between Upper and Lower Egypt
• A confederation of equal authorities with an elected leader like the HRE
• An alliance of equal authorities

Came across this through Discord, not familiar with the site. Anyone seeing anything to corroborate the claim put up through Google Translate that Russia has deployed 6 nukes to the region?

The "first" deputy that we knew about that resigned has lawyered up against his former boss for basically slandering his actions

There's a bunch of CNN tweet videos but near the bottom there's the legalspeak statement by his lawyer outlining his actions and justifications for "not going in"

The hell is this cursed meme?

3 hours ago, Sturgeon said:

 

I wonder if it would actually sink in with leftist millenials

EDIT - Blah, keep getting the two threads mixed up

Different strokes for different folks, but my dad as a former highschool teacher(both primary circuit, and Juvenile Detention) supports the option to arm teachers. One experience he cited was when he used to teach at one of those minute southern California native american tribal areas(Too small for a casino like a nearby tribe, but big enough to have their own mountain area) back in the early 90's. Living up on their mountain valley, it was rural enough and displaced from urban sprawl that many families owned ranches and some students rode on horseback to school. The key point that got my dad's attention however was that it's a 40 minute drive, one-way, to get down the hill to the nearest hospital or the valley's police department. So if there was ever a problem, it had to be settled pretty frickin quick. Luckily two of the teachers on staff were retired police, and open carried, and as far as my dad knew everyone felt just that much safer for it.

I suppose it's a different matter of priorities when you're in the depths of urban sprawl of a major city, but having it as an option instead of a mandate I think could still be useful.

Is this the proper thread to ask for opinions of Creedmoor vs Grendel?

6 minutes ago, Collimatrix said:

 

Interesting take, especially considering that Twitter has, to my knowledge, never been profitable and was having trouble with a clear roadmap for monetization.

They've expanded their services outside of the US, which led to them making a surprise revenue uptick this past quarter

Since it's being floated on my Facebook news feed, an alleged plot for a school shooting in the Los Angeles area was thwarted when school security overhead a potential threat and reported through the proper channels with school authorities and the local Sheriff's office that led to the student being arrested

Basically the "connected the dots" model that should have happened in Florida

Of course the kid could have been talking full of shit, but they're going to pin him for possessing an unregistered AR-15 anyway(the other belonged to his Army vet brother)

Regarding the "Why won't you do something?!" calls from foreign peers, this is what "gun control" proposals look like when they percolate in Congress(Granted this was for the Vegas shooter, but still)

4 hours ago, Sturgeon said:

Really hard to argue that we need to ban guns in this case, since the FBI flagrantly neglected its duties.

Sounds like the Chair Force isn't the only department to fuck up in it's filing processes in the past 5 months

3 hours ago, Meplat said:

It's still, the concept of a razor wire topped fence around a supposed place of learning, with a metal detector and armed security at points of entry.

From what I hear of my old hometown in inland SoCal, that's basically already happened at the high school I would have gone to had I not moved across the country. Mainly due to encroachment of gangs flushed out of the Los Angeles sewer into what used to be a quiet senior citizen city 20 years ago

More to the topic at hand, it appears this kid is setup for some kind of insanity plea

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According to authorities, the gunman who killed 17 people inside a school in Florida told police he heard voices in his head that gave him instructions for the attack.  

The voices were described as 'demons' by law enforcement sources, reports ABC News. 

 

Meanwhile, police were called to Nikolas Cruz family's Parkland home 39 times since 2010, according to police records obtained by CNN.  

 

The sheriff's office received a range of emergency calls that included: 'mentally ill person,' 'child/elderly abuse,' 'domestic disturbance,' 'missing person,' and several others.

The previously mentioned MAGA hat instagram account is probably a different Nicolas Cruz. Florida Voting Records for an individual who identifies at Nicolas De Jesus Cruz(use the CTRL + F function) of 19 years age is a registered Democrat before and after the Trump election

Seen a separate claim that a separate instagram account with the guy's name had the user wearing a MAGA hat in the avatar. So it's unclear if they're even looking at the right accounts

18 minutes ago, roguetechie said:

Sturgeon can you help me out with a link here... My Google has decided to go full retard and I'm getting shit about ice hockey and college sports by search result 4 and the first 3 are crap too.

There's this post

6 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

TRUMP WANTS TO WASTE MILLIONS ON A MILITARY PARADE!!!

Calling it right now, if it goes off completely then Trump wins points for supporting the military. If the Pentagon doesn't pull through then Trump can wheel around to congress and tell them how ragged our military apparatus has become that it can't support a single parade

9 hours ago, ApplesauceBandit said:

Someone help me out here because I'm confused.  Before the memo's release, the news was telling me that the memo is full of sensitive information that would threaten the security of our nation, revealing top-secret FBI methods and sources.  Now they're telling me that the memo is a big nothingburger, its only substance being lies and misinformation.  Is the memo supposed to hold important state secrets or is it supposed to be a bunch of Russian lies?  Maybe the reason the story has changed is because Nunes illegally changed the memo right before its release.  Any suggestions on what I should be thinking now are appreciated.

It's because in Leftist Media land, since Trump's government is a Russian puppet, it's both sensitive state secrets AND Russian lies

The dude who posted the play by play rant of TLJ I shared on the forum earlier finished an in depth teardown of the film in a 3 part series. Altogether it's the longest review I've seen on the film.

Apparently the FBI pulled a Hillary

1 hour ago, LostCosmonaut said:

Anybody here still play Worst of Tanks?

 

 

Haven't touched it in 7 months, waiting until the big engine update this March

Even some of Breitbart's commenters are saying Bannon lost the plot

Bonus articles: The Last Jedi's plot elements might have hit so low as to bear similiarity to Fanfiction tier writing

On the other hand, holy fuck 1 million words written over the course of (probably a bit over) a year. That guy must have been spitballing plot ideas left and right nonstop

A play-by-play rant of TLJ

Does the forum have a spoiler tag?