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  1. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from ApplesauceBandit in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    There is more direct evidence linking McCain to Russian meddling than Trump.
     
    There is more direct evidence linking the Clintons to Russian meddling than the President.
     
    But Trump hosted the Miss Universe pageant one year in Moscow and made a funny one-liner about the Russkies finding Hillary’s e-mails so clearly he is a Putin stooge.
  2. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Lord_James in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    There is more direct evidence linking McCain to Russian meddling than Trump.
     
    There is more direct evidence linking the Clintons to Russian meddling than the President.
     
    But Trump hosted the Miss Universe pageant one year in Moscow and made a funny one-liner about the Russkies finding Hillary’s e-mails so clearly he is a Putin stooge.
  3. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Jeeps_Guns_Tanks in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    There is more direct evidence linking McCain to Russian meddling than Trump.
     
    There is more direct evidence linking the Clintons to Russian meddling than the President.
     
    But Trump hosted the Miss Universe pageant one year in Moscow and made a funny one-liner about the Russkies finding Hillary’s e-mails so clearly he is a Putin stooge.
  4. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from AdmiralTheisman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    And the birth certificate thing could have been put to rest in 24 hours, or 3 business days tops.
     
    But Obama WANTED the Republicans to chase that red herring for six years.
  5. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    It’s been painfully obvious that the President’s enemies have been aiming for a 25th Amendment solution ever since he took the Oath of Office. It’s another lame attempt to close their eyes and wish Trump away. And it just shows how divorced from reality the Left and the #NeverTrump RINOs are.
     
    It also causes me to question whether they have actually ever even bothered to read the Constitution and its Amendments. Or if they have, they don’t actually care about its meaning and want to simply use it as cover for whatever they want it to mean at the moment.
     
    Here’s the text.
     
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
     
    The key point is Section 4 of the Amendment where the Vice President AND the majority of the President’s principal Cabinet (or a group appointed by Congress) have to declare that the President can’t discharge his duties. Whereupon the Vice President becomes ACTING President.
     
    But wait!
     
    If such an event did occur, the President can then write to Congress attesting he was now fit again to hold office.
     
    At that point, the Vice President, the Cabinet, and Congress have to go through the process one more time to remove the President from office.
     
    ...
     
    And all of that is a pipe dream since the point of the 25th Amendment is about a President being incapacitated like when Reagan was shot or to prevent a scenario like when Woodrow Wilson had a stroke.
     
    The 25th Amendment was not meant to cover some disagreement over Trump’s position on NAFTA or that some mid-level staffer got triggered over a Tweet.
     
     
  6. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    And the birth certificate thing could have been put to rest in 24 hours, or 3 business days tops.
     
    But Obama WANTED the Republicans to chase that red herring for six years.
  7. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    I love polling that wildly exaggerates one particular political party/viewpoint and then pretends like it is reflective of America as a whole.
     
    It's almost like the poll is meant to influence public opinion rather than reflect it...
     
     
  8. Sad
    Donward got a reaction from Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in United States Gun Control Megathread   
    And meanwhile 9 separate gun control bills have been sent to the California governor.
     
    http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-mass-shooting-bills-california-20180905-story.html
     
    Thus violating the 14th Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of Californian gun owners.
  9. Controversial
    Donward reacted to Sturgeon in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    "We'll chew the roof off and let in the sun, that'll sure scare away the cat!" said the roaches to themselves.
  10. Controversial
    Donward reacted to Legiondude in United States Gun Control Megathread   
    Feinstein is trying to reinterpret "in common use" used in DC v. Heller to mean not "common possession" but the "act of using [a firearm]"
     

    Ergo, if you aren't pulling the trigger, you don't have a right to bear [an "assault weapon"]
  11. Tank You
    Donward reacted to Lord_James in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    I just noticed something, Trump’s presidency is similar to Grant’s presidency: 
     
     
    Both are republican. 
     
    Both had very little political experience before running for office. 
     
    Both had very narrow wins during their first terms. 
     
    Both were embroiled in scandals that were mostly hot air. 
     
    Both were elected after a previously ineffective president (unfortunately, Obama served 2 terms). 
     
    Both believe in nepotism  
     
     
    and I predict (using pure Columbian cocaine, and Grant as a guide): 
     
    Trump will have exceptional foreign policy successes later in this term. 
     
    Trump will be re-elected by a very large margin (bonus points if his rival dies within months of Trump being re-elected, x10 if it’s Hillary). 
     
    Trump will push for more peace (rather than the typical warmongering) all over the world. 
     
    Corruption and abuse will plague Trump’s cabinet, but Trump will be innocent on all accounts. 
     
    Trump will get his face on a dollar bill (maybe the 100, cause it’s yuuuge) 
  12. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Lostwingman in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Having read the Anonymous Op-Ed three times now, here are the takeaways.
     
    It’s 27 paragraphs long. 
     
    Most of those paragraphs are just filler.
     
    Of the substantive complaints, they consist of the writer disagreeing with Trump over... free trade.
     
    (Well too fucking bad. Trump ran on eliminating NAFTA and putting tariffs on China. American voters agreed.)
     
    The writer is bent out of shape that the US is engaging in diplomacy with Russia and North Korea. (Because let’s start another war)
     
    He white-knights for the press, because the First Amendment means you don’t have the freedom of speech to criticize CNN or the New York Times. And because no President in history has ever complained about the Press (like Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Lincoln, etc).
     
    He doesn’t like the cut of the President’s gib, even the past Presidents have done worse.
     
    He bloviates about the 25th Amendment even though the President is not incapacitated.
     
    And mew hew hew, John McCain.
     
    ...
     
    What a load of crap.
     
  13. Funny
    Donward got a reaction from Jeeps_Guns_Tanks in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Having read the Anonymous Op-Ed three times now, here are the takeaways.
     
    It’s 27 paragraphs long. 
     
    Most of those paragraphs are just filler.
     
    Of the substantive complaints, they consist of the writer disagreeing with Trump over... free trade.
     
    (Well too fucking bad. Trump ran on eliminating NAFTA and putting tariffs on China. American voters agreed.)
     
    The writer is bent out of shape that the US is engaging in diplomacy with Russia and North Korea. (Because let’s start another war)
     
    He white-knights for the press, because the First Amendment means you don’t have the freedom of speech to criticize CNN or the New York Times. And because no President in history has ever complained about the Press (like Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Lincoln, etc).
     
    He doesn’t like the cut of the President’s gib, even the past Presidents have done worse.
     
    He bloviates about the 25th Amendment even though the President is not incapacitated.
     
    And mew hew hew, John McCain.
     
    ...
     
    What a load of crap.
     
  14. Sad
    Donward reacted to Legiondude in United States Gun Control Megathread   
    Journo: Hey, did you hear about those guys who indoctrinate kids to pick up guns so they can shoot things?

    Me: You mean those jagoffs from New Mexi-
     
    Journo: No! I'm talking about the Civilian Marksmanship Program!

    Me: No Bloomberg, I did not. You whale dorks
     
    Text below for those who don't want to give them a click


  15. Controversial
    Donward reacted to LoooSeR in United States Gun Control Megathread   
    In situation of Civil war, a line between political-motivated mass shooting and non-political motivated (ethical, revenge/hate to social group) is very thin. Yemen is in situation of Civil war for years. 
     
    I don't have time for this, i need to spam forum with more pictures to make you capitalist pay even more for it. This is my secret Putin approved plan to destroy US!
  16. Funny
    Donward got a reaction from Xlucine in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Roe vs Maid?
  17. Funny
    Donward got a reaction from Lord_James in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Roe vs Maid?
  18. Tank You
    Donward reacted to Lord_James in United States Gun Control Megathread   
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    ... 
     
    But mah narrative!!! 
     
     
     
    For or those who don’t want to look at the NYP article, here’s their source, with lots of pretty pictures and graphs :3 
     
    https://crimeresearch.org/2018/08/new-cprc-research-how-a-botched-study-fooled-the-world-about-the-u-s-share-of-mass-public-shootings-u-s-rate-is-lower-than-global-average/
  19. Controversial
    Donward reacted to Sturgeon in Competition: Tank Design 2239   
    Alright, at long last I think I have finally finished. Or, at least
     

     
    I am going to post up some basic data from my worksheets, writeups to follow later.
     

     
    XM12 Donward Main Battle Tank
     
    Crew: 4
    Curb weight: 43.1 t
    Gross weight: 45.3 t
     
    Armament:
    100x685R L/52 rifled gun firing APCBC, HE, and APCR
    53 rounds capacity, +25/-10 elevation
    20x140mm coaxial autocannon firing APHE, HEI, and APDS
    7.62mm M240 coaxial machine gun
    .50 caliber M2 machine gun
    7.62mm coaxial machine gun
     
    Hull armor:
    Upper glacis - 4.4" at 28 degrees - 239mm LOS (slightly elliptical)
    Lower glacis - 3" at 44.6 degrees - 108mm LOS
    Side - 2" at 15 degrees, plus 1"side skirts - 78.4mm LOS (spaced)

    Turret armor:
    0 degree: 512mm at forehead, 240mm at nose, 186mm above ring
    15 degrees: 502mm at forehead, 220mm at nose, 167mm above ring, 339mm sides
    30 degrees: 358mm at forehead, 200mm at nose, 147mm above ring, 175mm sides
    45 degrees: 262mm at forehead, 154mm at nose, 136mm above ring, 124mm sides
     
    Powerplant:
    750 hp air-cooled turbocharged V12 diesel, 29.4 L displacement, cross-drive transmission
    16.6 hp/t
     
     
     

     
    XM13E4 Sandy Airdroppable Reconnaissance Vehicle
     
    Crew: 3
    Curb weight: 12.9 t
    Gross weight: 13.9 t
     
    Armament:
    85x640mmR rifled gun firing APCBC, HE, and APCR
    34 rounds capacity, +25/-5 elevation
    .50 caliber M2 machine gun
    7.62mm coaxial machine gun
     
    Hull armor:
    Upper glacis - 20mm at 5 degrees, 35mm at 35 degrees (aluminum)
    Lower glacis - 35mm at 33.5 degrees (aluminum
    Side - 10mm all around (aluminum)
     
    Turret armor
    1" thick cupola walls (steel)
     
    Powerplant:
    305 hp turbocharged water-cooled V6 diesel, 7 L displacement, cross-drive hydrokinetic transmission
    22.0 hp/t
     
     
     

     
    XM13E6 Sandy Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
     
    Crew: 4
    Curb weight: 17.7 t
    Gross weight: 18.6 t
     
    Armament:
    85x640mmR rifled gun firing APCBC, HE, and APCR
    34 rounds capacity, +25/-10 elevation (-5 over tracks)
    20x140mm coaxial autocannon firing APHE, HEI, and APDS
    7.62mm M240 coaxial machine gun
    .50 caliber M2 machine gun
    7.62mm coaxial machine gun
     
    Hull armor:
    Upper glacis - 20mm at 5 degrees, 35mm at 35 degrees (aluminum)
    Lower glacis - 35mm at 33.5 degrees (aluminum
    Side - 10mm all around (aluminum)

    Turret armor:
    0 degree: 211mm at base to 248mm at top of gun shield, 244mm at roof
    15 degrees: 209mm at base to 245mm at top of gun shield, 241mm at roof
    30 degrees: 201mm at base to 238mm at top of gun shield, 234mm at roof
    45 degrees: 190mm at base to 226mm at top of gun shield, 221mm at roof
    60 degrees: 174mm at base to 210mm at top of gun shield, 205mm at roof
     
    Powerplant:
    475 hp turbocharged water-cooled V6 diesel, 9 L displacement, cross-drive hydrokinetic transmission
    25.5 hp/t
     
     
     

     
    XM15 Roach Medium Tank
     
    Crew: 4
    Curb weight: 36.0 t
    Gross weight: 37.8 t
     
    Armament:
    100x685R L/52 rifled gun firing APCBC, HE, and APCR
    45 rounds capacity, +25/-9 elevation
    20x140mm coaxial autocannon firing APHE, HEI, and APDS
    7.62mm M240 coaxial machine gun
    .50 caliber M2 machine gun
    7.62mm coaxial machine gun
     
    Hull armor:
    Upper glacis - 55mm at 5 degrees - 631mm LOS
    Lower glacis - 125mm at 45 degrees - 177mm LOS
    Side - 80mm at 0 degrees
     
    Turret armor:
    0 degree: 225mm at base, 225mm at top of gun shield, 225mm at roof
    15 degrees: 227mm at base, 212mm at top of gun shield, 217mm at roof
    30 degrees: 234mm at base, 197mm at top of gun shield, 211mm at roof
    45 degrees: 235mm at base, 191mm at top of gun shield, 198mm at roof
    60 degrees: 223mm at base, 187mm at top of gun shield, 191mm at roof
     
    Powerplant:
    620 hp liquid-cooled V12 diesel, 38 L displacement, cross-drive transmission
    16.4 hp/t
  20. Controversial
    Donward reacted to Scolopax in Celebrities that are now dead   
  21. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Zyklon in Sturgeon's Thank You Thread - Please Donate To Keep Us Going   
    Then what would be the point of SH?
  22. Controversial
    Donward got a reaction from Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect in General news thread   
    Old crusty, New York Post columnist... we are not so different, you and I.
     
    NYC should stop coddling young white bros on bikes
    https://nypost.com/2018/09/01/nyc-should-stop-coddling-young-white-bros-on-bikes/
     
    Cycling isn’t just a guy thing — it’s a white guy thing. Despite lack of data, anyone can see that in a city that’s 55 percent nonwhite, black, Latin and Asian faces on wheels are relatively scarce. (The exception is hard-working food delivery people, for whom access to bike lanes makes their backbreaking jobs somewhat less risky while ensuring that more affluent citizens won’t have to wait too long to get their General Tso’s chicken.)
     
    It isn’t just a white guy thing — it’s a young white guy thing. Neither the DOT nor any major biking organization could provide data on cycling use by age. But another scroll through those 185 Citi Bike trips turned up only 29 uses by riders aged over 45.
     
    It’s also an able-bodied young white guys’ thing. Many cyclists look more suited to running the New York Marathon than to merely getting from Point A to Point B.
     
    Meanwhile, subway riders with every imaginable disability brave jammed platforms, stairs and trains. Legless men hop from car to car.
    Now, it isn’t inherently sexist, racist, ageist or ableist that cycling is most popular with athletic, younger white males. What’s sexist, racist, ageist and ableist is that the wishes of so narrow a slice of the populace are institutionally favored over those of all others.
     
     @Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect  Y DO YOU H8 POOR, LEGLESS minorities forced 2 EWES SUBWAY???!?!???
     
     
  23. Tank You
    Donward reacted to Krieger22 in General news thread   
    The Pentagon has cut aid to Pakistan over militant ties
     
  24. Funny
    Donward got a reaction from Sturgeon in General news thread   
    In retrospect, I think the important thing to remember is that it's not important that Donald Trump or Sarah Palin aren't attending, what's important is that John McCain will be at the funeral. 
  25. Tank You
    Donward got a reaction from Walter_Sobchak in Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help   
    Walt confirmed for not liking special needs kids. ~ per the standards of modern journalism.
    😜😃
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