1. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    24 Nov '15 22:37
    Originally posted by Suzianne
    Let's hope not.
    Unfortunately, there will be wars and rumors of wars during our lifetimes.
  2. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    24 Nov '15 22:58
    Originally posted by Seitse
    ahem

    "Muscling in" is the right word.
    At least they paid you!

    In the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the United States purchased a strip
    of land along the Mexico–United States border for $10 million
    (equivalent to $284 million in present-day terms), now in New Mexico
    and Arizona.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_territorial_acquisitions
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  4. Standard memberSeitse
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    25 Nov '15 05:36
    Originally posted by wolfgang59
    At least they paid you!

    In the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the United States purchased a strip
    of land along the Mexico–United States border for $10 million
    (equivalent to $284 million in present-day terms), now in New Mexico
    and Arizona.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_territorial_acquisitions
    Yeah, well, that's like giving €5 to a rape victim after the attack.
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  6. Subscribermoonbus
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    25 Nov '15 06:14
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    Unfortunately, there will be wars and rumors of wars during our lifetimes.
    An apocalyptic scenario: IS topples Assad (or whoever succeeds him) and declares that God has sent them on a mission to take out Israel with chemical weapons; Israel, with their backs to the sea, escalates to tactical nukes. Iran, incensed that Israel is capable of defending itself, escalates to long-range nukes. Saudi Arabia, fearful of Iranian hegemony in the region, plays the 'American' card ("rescue us or we'll cut off your oil" ); Turkey, also fearful of Iranian hegemony, plays the 'NATO' card ("rescue us or you're next" ). Not a pretty prospect.
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    25 Nov '15 07:161 edit
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    Surgical strike to the heart of the matter with minimal collateral damage; I salute you.
    You mean, like, the dozen times @FMF has exposed you for who you truly are?

    Hypocrite.
  8. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    25 Nov '15 09:061 edit
    Originally posted by moonbus
    An apocalyptic scenario: IS topples Assad (or whoever succeeds him) and declares that God has sent them on a mission to take out Israel with chemical weapons; Israel, with their backs to the sea, escalates to tactical nukes. Iran, incensed that Israel is capable of defending itself, escalates to long-range nukes. Saudi Arabia, fearful of Iranian hegemony in the ...[text shortened]... ful of Iranian hegemony, plays the 'NATO' card ("rescue us or you're next" ). Not a pretty prospect.
    While the United States of America sits idly by as if an impotent spectator watching the "apocalyptic scenario" you've described unfold. Sad times, indeed.
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    25 Nov '15 09:47
    Originally posted by Seitse
    Turkey hates Assad. Russia protects Assad. Turkey is
    NATO. Turkey downs Russian airplane. Putin calls Turkey
    an accomplice of terrorism. War ensues.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34913173

    Honestly, I want to see the world burn. I am so excited
    about the prospect of war being unleashed on a large
    scale.

    Hopefully, all hipsters will b ...[text shortened]... m. The
    pain.

    Oh, no iPod? Boo hoo, take this knife and try to survive
    you dirty millennial!
    iPod is so 2005.

    Vinyl is all the rage these days.

    Good luck lugging around a turntable on the battlefield though.
  10. Standard memberSeitse
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    25 Nov '15 10:121 edit
    Originally posted by Great King Rat
    iPod is so 2005.

    Vinyl is all the rage these days.

    Good luck lugging around a turntable on the battlefield though.
    I'll be busy sipping my warm Pabst Blue Ribbons, smoking Lucky
    Strikes, and caring for my lumbersexual beard while I use my shotgun
    on the enemies of all that's deck and boom-shaka-laka in the world.
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    25 Nov '15 12:17
    Originally posted by Seitse
    I'll be busy sipping my warm Pabst Blue Ribbons, smoking Lucky
    Strikes, and caring for my lumbersexual beard while I use my shotgun
    on the enemies of all that's deck and boom-shaka-laka in the world.
    Right. Big talk on the net. When push comes to shove, you would be in the deepest hole you can find, in fetal position covered with blankets so maybe you won't be seen......
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    25 Nov '15 12:31
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    Right. Big talk on the net. When push comes to shove, you would be in the deepest hole you can find, in fetal position covered with blankets so maybe you won't be seen......
    Why would I do that? Is that how you envision yourself?

    I'll be under a cozy blanket, reading Penthouse magazine, snacking
    on my unlimited stash of Mountain Dew and Doritos, cowardly waiting
    for the world to end so I can bravely found it all over again from a
    scratch.

    The American way, baby, yeah!
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    25 Nov '15 12:321 edit
    The post that was quoted here has been removed
    It does get scarier by the day. And no end in sight...a "peaceful resolution" is totally laughable at this point. Just will go from bad to worse. So distressing.
  14. Standard memberSeitse
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    25 Nov '15 12:40
    Originally posted by Landisqueen170
    So distressing.
    What is so distressing about it? Muddy waters are a goldmine for
    fishermen.

    Halliburton and the other war machine companies steered by Cheney,
    Rumsfeld and the like will profit hugely from the puppet in the White
    House sending in the troops to enforce 'democracy and freedom' with
    bullets.
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    25 Nov '15 12:471 edit
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    While the United States of America sits idly by as if an impotent spectator watching the "apocalyptic scenario" you've described unfold. Sad times, indeed.
    Apocalyptic scenario part II:

    President Trump, in a fit of patriotic rage, bombs Iran back to the stone age (and No. Korea too, just for good measure). Sect’y of Defense Sarah Palin then bombs So. Korea back to the stone age (because she still doesn’t know which is which). In retaliation, China stops exporting rare earth metals. Without rare earth metals, world-wide production of smart phones and flat-screen tvs comes to a standstill; capitalism collapses; Europe and No. America revert to a barter system. Within 5 years, all the NRA’s stockpile of ammo is expended in a frenzy of ‘self-defense’, after which Native American Indians reclaim 90% of the No. American continent and deport most of the surviving White people back where they came from. American Blacks are allowed to stay if they wish. China is the de facto winner of WW III without having fired a shot.

    PS In the year 2075 Volkswagen finally fixes the diesel engine problem.
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