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  2. The M4 Sherman Tank Epic Information Thread.. (work in progress)

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    1 hour ago, EnsignExpendable said:

    The tank I am referring to was sent to Tel-El-Kebir in August of 1942. It still had the old M2 gun and you can see the distinctive counterweight in the camouflage diagrams they distributed. The ones distributed only a few months later depict the standard M3 gun.

     

    You are correct.  In Armored Thunderbolt by Zaloga he has a picture of an M4A1 with the M2 gun in a British workshop in Egypt on page 36.  The caption says "a handful" of early Sherman tanks had the M2 gun.

  3. The M4 Sherman Tank Epic Information Thread.. (work in progress)

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    There were at least two Sherman tanks with the M2 gun.  One was T-25189, which still had the side hatches on the hull and was used by US Ordnance for testing.  The second was T-25190 and did not have the side hull doors.  This vehicle was dubbed "Michael" and sent to the UK.  Both were produced at the Lima Locomotive Works.  At least, that's what Hunnicutt says in "Sherman" on page 124 and 125.

  6. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    Just now, Sturgeon said:

     

    It was always "whataboutism" to you whenever any of us did something analogous. Be fair, Walt, please.

    Honestly, I'm not all that big on fairness these days.

     

    Face it, Republicans got played on this Kavanaugh issue.  It doesn't matter if you think these women are telling the truth or not.  The Republicans take damage either way.  If Kavanaugh gets voted down, they have to find a new nominee after the midterm elections.  If they push it through, they further alienate female voters, particularly young ones, a demographic where the Republicans are already quite weak.   I guess they should have vetted the candidate better...

  8. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    44 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

    Walter, your whataboutism is in overdrive

     

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    It's not whataboutism.  It's directly related.  I was rebutting a previous post about Lindsey Graham in which he tried to claim that Republicans had been dealing with supreme court confirmations in good faith while democrats had suddenly politicized the process.  The politicization had started far earlier.  Republicans tried to ram this confirmation through saying they were on a strict time table.  Two years ago, they stalled for months. So you see, those are related topics.  Whataboutism is when you bring up an issue, and I bring up something unrelated in order to distract from your point.  

  11. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    13 hours ago, Lostwingman said:

     

    Do you hear that? It's the foundations of the liberal justice system crumbling because one political bent lost an election.

     

    I sure do think burden of proof being on the accused is the best course of action! Yessiree! That's how we'll get rid of mean Cheeto man!

     

    Why, I think Salem is the model of the future!

     

    This argument would be valid if this were a trial.  It is not.  This is essentially a job interview.  It's to determine if this particular candidate is of good character and qualified to be given a lifetime appointment as one of the most powerful judges in the nation.  

  15. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    3 minutes ago, Sturgeon said:

     

    That's what happens when Democrats get desperate and lie.

    you don't get to take the high road.  

     

    Once you all threw in with Trump, normal rules go out the window.  Every tactic is allowed.  You all support a man of such obvious low character and bad motives because it furthers an agenda you favor.  Don't complain when the people who disagree with you start to utilize every tactic available. 

     

  19. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    Just now, Sturgeon said:

     

    What the BBC cites as their objections strike me as pearl-clutching, so I am guessing there's personal shit between them and they are fundamentally motivated by being repersoned in the DNC. Just a shot in the dark, this is highly unusual and I'd love to know more.

     

    I thought it was odd that one of the brothers in the ad is labeled as a private investigator.  Is that really a job in real life?

  24. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    4 hours ago, Ramlaen said:

     

    How many of those 750k preorders do you think are booksellers gambling on the media's heavy promotion of the book?

     

    Anyhow, I am about one-fifth of the way through the Woodward book.  It reads pretty quickly.  So far, it seems to ring pretty true.  Not all of it is negative and I wouldn't call it a diatribe.  It's certainly critical, but there are bits that I thing some of you might find interesting.  Consider this excerpt:


     

    Spoiler

     

    Early one morning in February, a team of senior intelligence officials came to Priebus’s West Wing office to brief him on how to be alert to those who might seek to influence him improperly. It is a standard warning for those with the highest security clearances.

    “Before we leave,” said Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, raising his hand, “I need five minutes with you alone in your office.”

    What the hell is this? thought Priebus. He only recalled McCabe because he had met him several weeks earlier in the Situation Room.

    Trump had raised hell about McCabe’s wife, Jill, a Democrat, during the campaign. She had received $675,288 for an unsuccessful 2015 campaign for the Virginia Senate from Governor Terry McAuliffe’s political action committee and the Virginia Democratic Party. McAuliffe was one of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s closest personal and political friends. He had been the top fundraiser for Bill Clinton’s reelection in 1996.

    Trump had described the money as donations from Hillary. He had not let go of the issue, talking and tweeting about it later.

    After the security briefing and everyone cleared out, McCabe shut the door to Priebus’s office. This is very weird, thought Priebus, who was standing by his desk.

    “You know this story in The New York Times?” Priebus knew it all too well. McCabe was referring to a recent Times story of February 14 that stated, “Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the elections, according to four current and former American officials.”

    The story was one of the first bombs to go off about alleged Trump-Russian connections after Flynn’s resignation.

    “It’s total bullshit,” McCabe said. “It’s not true, and we want you to know that. It’s grossly overstated.”

    Oh my God, thought Priebus.

    “Andrew,” he said to the FBI deputy, “I’m getting killed.”

    The story about Russia and election meddling seemed to be running 24/7 on cable news, driving Trump bananas and therefore driving Priebus bananas.
    “This is crazy,” Trump had told Priebus. “We’ve got to stop it. We need to end the story.”
    McCabe had just walked in with a big gift, a Valentine’s Day present. I’m going to be the hero of this entire West Wing, Priebus thought.
    “Can you help me?” Priebus asked. “Could this knockdown of the story be made public?”
    “Call me in a couple of hours,” McCabe said. “I will ask around and I’ll let you know. I’ll see what I can do.”
    Priebus practically ran to report to Trump the good news that the FBI would soon be shooting down the Times story.
    Two hours passed and no call from McCabe. Priebus called him.
    “I’m sorry, I can’t,” McCabe said. “There’s nothing I can do about it. I tried, but if we start issuing comments on individual stories, we’ll be doing statements every three days.” The FBI could not become a clearinghouse for the accuracy of news stories. If the FBI tried to debunk certain stories, a failure to comment could be seen as a confirmation.
    “Andrew, you’re the one that came to my office to tell me this is a BS story, and now you’re telling me there’s nothing you can do?”
    McCabe said that was his position.
    “This is insanity,” Priebus said. “What am I supposed to do? Just suffer, bleed out?”
    “Give me a couple more hours.”
    Nothing happened. No call from the FBI. Priebus tried to explain to Trump, who was waiting for a recanting. It was another reason for Trump to distrust and hate the FBI, a pernicious tease that left them dangling.
    About a week later on February 24 CNN reported an exclusive: “FBI Refused White House Request to Knock Down Recent Trump-Russia Story.” Priebus was cast as trying to manipulate the FBI for political purposes.
    The White House tried and failed to correct the story and show that McCabe had initiated the matter.
    Four months later on June 8, Comey testified under oath publicly that the original New York Times story on the Trump campaign aides’ contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials “in the main was not true.”

     

     

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