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SlickNixon
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Comment #39173439
Not terribly useful to assume supersonic airflows are occuring at sea level.
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Comment #39076188
"Every person using technology will make every other person's life easier" is not the correct interpretation of the original statement.
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Comment #39073753
Can't imagine willingly using a tool that I assess makes my life more difficult.
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Comment #38971626
Upvoted. I'd hazard that-- "LERS is a system in which a verified law enforcement agent can securely submit a legal request for user data, view the status of the submitted request, …
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Comment #38971587
This appears to be for private citizens to report illegal content?
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Comment #38945190
>they have websites That's interesting, can you link to one?
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Comment #38941329
>One I don't accept without some strong backing. I need to see some data on this.
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Comment #38800513
Maybe she likes the way eating raw salt makes her feel.
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Comment #38705591
>when you're comparing it to a library that literally burned down There have been significant improvements in structure fireproofing and firefighting in the past 2071 years.
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Comment #38620373
Is there another noteworthy rocket strike in the vicinity of Al Shifa hospital that the comment you replied to might have been referencing?
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Comment #38481242
>an angst that could otherwise be channeled more appropriately Sincerely, you might be on to something here.
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Comment #38440704
> I've never had one crack and fail on me. Well, I can't argue with that.
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Comment #38439435
Soldering crimp connectors (that are not otherwise designed for it) will reduce the flexibility of the wire and introduce stress concentrations. Those stress concentrations will re…
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Comment #38321353
Well-ventilated area, non-flammable container, lighter/matches. Liquor, cigarette, thousand-yard stare optional.
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Comment #35241438
>or (strangely) pulling the charging handle every reload AK or AR or ?
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Comment #34974267
The Pentagon was completed in 1943. There may be some relation between your "farmboys and factory works" and the organization that occupies it now.
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Comment #34909889
>They don't have to tolerate anything with China or Russia. Of course, China and Russia are such bit players that contracts can be broken with them at will.
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Comment #34891399
A machined feature could be either.
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Comment #34887475
Remember that you asked this question... >That and the cartel can just straight up roll up with guns and take all your shit, why wouldn't they just do that if they wanted your mone…
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Comment #34886154
The point is that a police uniform gives a veneer of respectability to robbery (they even call it something different--a bribe!) that a mugging does not posses, and presents as a r…
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Comment #34885384
> What you are describing... by making it less profitable. Absolutely correct and totally irrelevant to the original point, which was that the administrative overhead for the carte…
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Comment #34884597
You're making a number of assumptions for what's required in this process beyond "shake down any tourists you like and give us a cut when you do (or we'll kill you)". >That and the…
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Comment #34884205
Has it occurred to you that the police and cartels might not be operating as separate entities when it comes to shaking down tourists for cash?
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Comment #34882365
I was referring of course to the hypothetical of the United States making deals to purchase minerals, paying in advance, then subjecting the countries in question to humiliating fi…
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Comment #34874674
What if they paid in advance?