I’m due to join the EU it seems. There are certainly worse fates!

But does anyone else claim them? If not, then it’s pretty much not an issue. Nobody would care if China was claiming islets that weren’t in dispute - it’s that China is claiming ones already claimed by someone else.

That’s the reality of military service. Paperwork, training, waiting, more paperwork, maintenance, briefings, then wait some more. The amount of time you actually get to do the cool stuff tends to be sparing unless you’re in an actual war zone (and even then, there’s still paperwork and briefings and maintenance and…

It does seem like a lot of the budget fights have gone to the big ticket boondoggle stuff, while the basic funding for non-sexy stuff like readiness take it on the chin.

I feel like its use, especially in the British sense, isn’t bad, since it’s entirely on par with male genitalia related insults (e.g. calling someone a dick or a cock). The one that I don’t get so much is calling someone a pussy to allege weakness, while balls are considered tough, because it’s really quite the…

One, Jeff Merkel from Oregon later read the full letter but wasn’t stopped. Guess it’s only bad if a woman does it, huh.

It’s important to note that Virginia has only recently shifted into the “purple” category, largely thanks to the northern Virginia DC suburbs, on top of the urban areas in Richmond/ Norfolk/etc. However, Virginia is also home to such gems as Pat Robertson, Falwell’s “Liberty” university, etc.  You still have parts…

It’s a problem you wouldn’t have, since the teens wouldn’t even dare get close. Crowds are certainly the preferred prey of the Mustang, but any pedestrian is fair game still.

It’s Recommended, not obligated. Bit of a difference there.

Absolutely. They’re not going to hold back or play nice, and you have to answer in kind. Better yet, use the Chicago Way (metaphorically speaking) . “He brings a knife, you bring a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way. That’s how you get Capone.”

General “Buck” Turgidson: “Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.”

What about a VF-29?

These tests were clearly not designed to mirror real world conditions, as evidenced by the lack of tests for crashing the Mustang into a crowd of people.

That’s because deficits only matter if the Democrats are in power. They’ll just borrow the money and pretend that a magic economic boom will make up for the extra spending and cutting taxes.

What’s really sad is that a real rail system, like in Europe or Japan, is incredibly convenient, especially for shorter travel (like the northeast corridor). But government is the root of all evil and suffering in America so we can’t have nice things here.

There are reasons why we started doing it in the first place, and it’s not because we were doing it out of the goodness of our hearts. The modern international order strongly benefits America because it guarantees access to markets, among other things. We shouldn’t want to go back to the pre-WW2 order, and not just…

You should see if you can find Macross Frontier sometime. It’s never been released in the US, sadly, though.

What I want to know is what kind of Stat buff does the food give. :)

It’s climate denial 2.0.

+1. That reminds me, I need to start following that account.