Guard Dog

(and yes, I know, it's a satire news report but it is damn amusing) If Khamenei ever reads this he'll probably wish he'd thought of it! Then what do you propose? There are a lot of people talking, most of which do not seem to have any knowledge about the process of acquiring nuclear weapons. First off, both the CIA and Mossad agree on the point that Iran does not appear to have a nuclear weapons program going on. If you think you have a more accurate source of intelligence on the matter, please share it with me. Otherwise, you should stop talking about "Iran getting nuclear weapons". These negotiations are about civilian nuclear power, and the logistics behind them, for all we know. Yes, that includes parts which would shorten the time for Iran to build a nuclear bomb, should they choose to do so. But these are things many other countries also have - Romania, Germany, South Korea, formerly Sweden and also Slovakia, the list goes on. Only suddenly did it become important that Iran should not have those facilities. This is a red line which is drawn completely arbitrarily. You could as well talk about how a professorship in subatomic physics can shorten the breakout time for building nukes, and hype that we should "prevent Iran's university program" because that would be also be realistic and viable in Republican la la land. It's ridiculous at this point - not only is the proverbial emperor naked, but he is also rubbing his **** in your face. I vaguely remember Ahmadinejad raging about US politicians still talking about "preventing Iran's nuclear program" when they in 2010 were already at such a point that they could enrich as much uranium as needed for several bombs a year. The best you can do is to accept all civilian installations in good faith and then institute maximum surveillance of these sites under a treaty. It's either war, a treaty, or nothing. If you choose "treaty" over "nothing" the only potential downside is lost prestige for Obama if the treaty fizzles. Thus mindlessly choosing "nothing" over "treaty" is, quote: a perfect example of the modern bureaucratic dysfunction of prestige loss being more important than the expected outcome. Personally I think the notion that Iran is NOT trying to build nuclear weapons is a little naïve. But as for what should be done about it I'm probably the last one on this board to ask because if it were up to me the US would involve itself in nothing east of Puerto Rico and west of Attu Island. If we did get dragged into a conflict outside those line it would end once the target country was utterly destroyed. None of this nation building madness. And US foreign aid would stop cold at both of those lines. If Israel was willing to take out Iranian facilities I would get out of their way and let them. I sure as hell would not threaten to shoot down allied aircraft the way the Idiot-on-the-Potomac did. But he never met an ally he loved or an enemy he hated. If a treaty is useless, and most folks agree it is, why bother? If they di develop weapons and use them, and most agree if they had them they'll use them, then they will be wiped out. That at least would solve that problem. Neville Chamberlain demonstrated for the whole world the value of a deal with the devil yet the same mistakes get made again and again.

Got any experience building fences on rocky, heavily wooded terrain? If so I got some temp work. But I pay in whiskey though.

Bruce, I honestly do not think Obama cares is Iran gets nuclear weapons or not. He just wants to be seen doing "something" about it. It makes no difference to him if the deal he agrees to is weak, non-binding, or if Iran is duplicitous. He just does not want history to say he did nothing. Obama is a perfect example of the modern bureaucratic dysfunction of the process being more important than the outcome.

While I am certainly no stranger to profanity, particularly when building fences or trying to start chainsaws, I find the use of racial slurs to be very crass and "low class". I don't believe I've ever called anyone down for doing it and I've certainly heard it done in conversations both public and private. That is because I do believe the only mouth anyone is responsible for is their own. However I don't think I'd keep the company of someone who does use that kind of language. I don't think I'd hang out with someone who picks their nose and eats the byproduct either for much the same reason. I think the quickest way to discourage this kind of thing is not punishment and suppression but scorn and ridicule. After all, it's been something that gets you into trouble all along and it still happens.

Yeah but I think he'd want it on his own terms.

The NWN campaign was just god-awful. It was the toolset that made that game. I'm hoping for better from this but I'm one of the ones over there hoping for a well thought out and useful toolset. Hopefully one at least as capable as NWNs was.

Now that sucks.

If you guys join the forum over there please use the same names as here. That way I wont insult or speak ill of you over there. Indria & I both did.

Or M is explaining to him that Putin was the target he was supposed to go for. That would be... awkward.

That "letter" was a stupid thing to do. We have our quibbles here at home. We've even resorted to shooting at each other in the past and probably will again in the future. But goddamit when it comes to dealing with a foreign government we put up a untied front behind the President. Even if he is an incompetent jackass. You don't publically cut his legs out like that. Of course the Dems were all just as happy a pigs in ---- when Teddy Kennedy did it to Regan with the USSR.

let us guess. as you were sitting on the back porch, contemplating your fence, you saw a meteor fall in the distance, a shooting star all red and gold. it were a sign, and so you chose to follow the sign. for sixty days and sixty nights, guard dog traveled in the direction the star had fallen, and on his journey he had many fine and terrible adventures. the hero wrestled and befriended a giant white grizzly, whom he named Stu, and the bear named guard dog Meat. gd saved a beautiful indian princess from an evil witch, but when the maiden's father offered the hero the hand of the princess in marriage, he respectfully declined as his heart (or at least community property) were already owned by another. to finally reach the landing spot o' the star, gd had to level a small mountain, which changed the course of a river, which saved a dying town. the hero would be forever remembered in smurf village as the man who made the flowers bloom and the corn grow once more. finally gd reached his goal, a meteor of iron and nickle and other strange metals unknown to man or god. but the stone was ill-formed and clumsy and had no purpose until the hero put his will to it; he popped the stone into his mouth eventhough the fires it had carried with it from the heavens had not been fully extinguished. a mighty hiss erupted from gd's nose, but he kept the stone in his mouth and gave it a good chaw to cool it and reshape it. when at last the hero was finished, he spat forth a mighty hammer-head, a vital tool indeed, but he saw it were incomplete. so gd returned to the smurfs and the smurfs in their thanks imparted unto their hero a magic handle that swallowed sweat and tamed even the most ill-struck blow so that no horny vibrations would slow gd's swing. and so the hero returned to the indian princess and she gave unto him strands of her glistening black hair that shone dark and smooth as a raven's eye. she kissed the stands, each one, and affixed the mighty hammer to his... handle. the black threads, while almost as fine as spider silk, were stronger than steel cables thick as guard dog's own mighty arms. the mainden's kiss were powerful magic so that as long as her hair bound his hammer, no rust would ever blemish its surface. finally, gd returned to Stu and showed him the hammer, and Stu saw that it was a fine hammer but incomplete. Stu dealt guard dog a terrible blow that crushed the hero's arm and broke his ribs, but Stu ripped off his own arm, and plucked forth three of his ribs and gave them to Meat, and he bathed the hammer in his blood. "now you have humility. go forth and do good work." and Stu died. after all his fantastic adventures, guard dog arrived home and got started on his fence. he grabbed a post and saw that the post was good. he placed the post in a shallow hole and struck a mighty blow, intent on driving the fence post deep into the virgin soil. the post sank a fragment of a fraction of an inch. guard dog, undeterred, struck the post once again, and this time the post bounced but sunk no further. guard dog stepped back and gathered himself and all his strength. he collected the gratitude of the smurfs, the love of his princess fair, and the friendship of his dead bear companion and put it all into his final swing. ... the post laughed. well, laugh might be too strong a word. snickered? a dismissive titter? guard dog let out a terrible sigh and said, "$%@# this." our intrepid hero took his hammer to the shed and placed it in an old steel trash can in the corner. guard dog then grabbed his post hole digger and finally got started building his fence. HA! Good Fun! Ah but there is a last verse to this epic poem After setting the posts our hero stretched the field wire fence and began to hammer in the staples (the awful U shaped double pointed nails that every carpenter, even Jesus hates). After watching the 10th one go spinning off into the woods because he just couldn't hit it square Guard Dog returned to the shed for the magic hammer. To his joy he discovered that every swing of the hammer was true, struck the staple square and drove it into the post with just a single hit. With a grateful prayer to the Spirit of Stu, the smurfs of the village and the beautiful Indian Princess GD finished his work in half the time and spent the afternoon fishing! Well, the last part is completely true! Edit - Fixed! Sorry Papa Smurf!

I went for the deluxe. What the heck.

I buy so few games these days. The last one I bought was Skyrim. I preordered Out of the Park Baseball 15, which comes out next week, PoE just because I think the Obsidian guys were way overdue for an original IP, and this because it is supposed to have a tool set similar to what NWN1 & 2 used. Unless Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 4 comes out this year that's probably all my game buying for a while to come. This (complex) toolset was not confirmed. There is some toolset mentioned but with almost no details. We know less about it than we know about how much they adapted D&D 5e mechanics and we know very little about that as well. Your preorder at this point is only blind faith and no different than people preordering Watchdogs, Destiny and other games based on PR promises. Oh it's a gamble. No argument there.

Spent the whole day building a fence. Didn't finish but I did get 41 more posts set, and did finish about 70'. At least the weather is nice.

I buy so few games these days. The last one I bought was Skyrim. I preordered Out of the Park Baseball 15, which comes out next week, PoE just because I think the Obsidian guys were way overdue for an original IP, and this because it is supposed to have a tool set similar to what NWN1 & 2 used. Unless Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 4 comes out this year that's probably all my game buying for a while to come.

The one proven way to lose weight, that any one can do and has ALWAYS worked for everyone: Don't eat so much! The single most effective exercise is the push-away. As in push the chair away from the table!

In my case, yes it will:

Actually if I could tell them anything I'd say use 2nd ed. rules, setting & Monster Manual and include Greyhawk & Planescape settings. I'd pay double for that. Triple.

After the incident with the Cold Creek Mystery Monster (which still hasn't been explained to my satisfaction) I figured a good fence will at least keep the coyotes off the porch, and keep the dogs out of trouble.

That's how I do it. Only I'm setting them in concrete. This fence isn't going anywhere.

I smoking a turkey tomorrow. I made a brine wash for it tonight. It's in a bag in the fridge.

Professional athletes don't have to be saints. Heck they don't even have to be role models. But is it too much to ask that they don't kill people, rape people, torture animals, bank roll drug dealers, etc? Of course most are decent folks who are probably just as pissed as the rest of us when the 10% are allowed to get away with it.

I think Winston has had people protecting him from the consequences of his actions. And that is about to stop. I sincerely hope he wises up. Just ask Aaron Hernandez.

I could have used you at my place today. I'm upgrading the fence around my property to a 5' 3-rail with field wire. I spent the day dragging bundles of 5 creosote coated 8' fence posts through the woods. I guarantee your calves would be burning just as bad as after that weight session.

That is a nice benefit!