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No we know how it works. We just like to laugh at stuff. ... You do realize some people consider this to be gospel truth right?

That seems like a lot for a car that's 10 years old and with that sort of mileage on it. Actually, I just did a google search on Acura as I've never heard of it before. Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda. The brand was launched in the United States and Canada in March 1986, marketing luxury, performance, and high-performance vehicles. I'd have to ask, is it really worth the money? Honestly, yes. This and it's predecessor (the Integra) are probably some of the funnest cars on the planet from Acura. Plus I'm getting carmax's auto care that'll go to 175k miles or 4 years. I annoyed the crap out of myself for selling the Integra I had and replacing it with the POS I've got now. And with the way my current car is (A volvo v70 xc from 2002) I can't wait around.

The employee discount on the cars we sell would be from a lot in kansas city I get a lower APR if I go through Hertz for financing (1.9, the same as I could get on a longer loan with Navy Fed) and a whopping 700 dollars off the total cost of the car. Plus I'd never be able to find a stickshift

I'm at the end of my rope. My car is falling apart and I've got the money for a new one, but I don't know if I can hold out until the new one arrives while maintaining my sanity. So weekend before last my suspension broke. Specifically about 4 inches of the spring coil just decided to shear off. I took it to our local shop for work, and got it fixed. Then I was grabbed by a customer on thursday, and ended up rolling down my window, and it froze open. Took it back to the shop, who told me "yeah, we ain't gonna do anything with it because it's set up wierd, take it to the dealer". Take it to the dealership today, and it turns out all that happened was that the friggin plugs were loose so they reset that and did a full inspect, informing me my transmission is leaking. Get the car back, start driving home and I hear a pop and then something dragging... it's the bloody skid plate. I don't know if they had overtightened something but the few remaining supports (long story there) that held it in place completely broke.... I am trying to hold it up with bungee cords, it works, kinda. I think I got a setup that'll work... but this, plus not having been able to go to a doctors office or a dentists office due to how my hours are set up (working from 7 to 6 does not make for an easy time scheduling ANYTHING especially given we're a hand down). I just... I need a break. Hopefully within the next week I can get an Acura RSX from Carmax. http://www.carmax.com/enus/view-car/default.html?id=12429156

Not really, Going into Iowa nobody quite knew who was the leader. There was a heavy suggestion of Trump but Carson, Jeb and Cruz all had decent support with everyone kinda laughing off Trump. The reason you got that sense of "Romney was almost the winner" was because that's what SOLD for CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. They wanted you to tune in till midnight eastern time for you to see the results. They did the same in 2008 even though that was a MUCH more lop sided fight. Simply because that earned them ratings that meant money. A lot of the issues we see in our modern political system is because this stupid stuff SELLS, if we actually voted based on who would run the country best, Clinton would be almost a shoe in because she can wheel and deal better than most CEO's. Instead we're told that being able to "have a beer" with your candidate is more important. Funny enough I was in Vegas and I did watch MSNBC and Fox only because we don't get them in SA and yes they both seemed very confidant Romney would win Fox was particular embarrassing ...I promise you they had this guest who was some sort of actuary or economist who came on and "could prove that Obama would lose.....he was 100 % certain " You missed 2008 where Karl Rove basically refused to accept the reality of Obama's victory.

Not really, Going into Iowa nobody quite knew who was the leader. There was a heavy suggestion of Trump but Carson, Jeb and Cruz all had decent support with everyone kinda laughing off Trump. The reason you got that sense of "Romney was almost the winner" was because that's what SOLD for CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. They wanted you to tune in till midnight eastern time for you to see the results. They did the same in 2008 even though that was a MUCH more lop sided fight. Simply because that earned them ratings that meant money. A lot of the issues we see in our modern political system is because this stupid stuff SELLS, if we actually voted based on who would run the country best, Clinton would be almost a shoe in because she can wheel and deal better than most CEO's. Instead we're told that being able to "have a beer" with your candidate is more important.

That's a CS:GO thing, right? Right now League and CS:Go are the two major draws. In League terms the Korean powerhouse of SKT managed to win it all this year. Fnatic got number two. Both teams are in a unique position right now because in their own regions they're not the best (SKT got in because they won the World Championship last year, They're currently Sixth in Korea, Fnatic for winning one of the qualifiers, this year they're third in Europe). Right now among the leagues Europe is a bit of a dumpster fire. During the off season most of the teams fell apart, with 3/5 from Fnatic departing for NA (including their longest Tenured player, Yellowstar who played in Season 2 and won the world championship). H2K basically lost it's entire roster except for their midlaner, but managed to come out of the situation with the best roster, including Forg1ven, who's known for being INCREDIBLY toxic... and being so mechanically gifted her hard carried his old team (SKGaming) for almost the entirety of spring last year. There are a few other problems with roster changes that had mananged to crush a few teams (Origen, built out of old Fnatic players who managed to get to Worlds last year on their first split in the league). Hopefully summer looks better for them. North America is... interesting. TSM basically fell apart completely and was rebuilt. In the off season this caused some friction because they made a promo announcing their new ADC (Doublelift) that was a bit hostile towards their long time Rival, Counter Logic Gaming. They also have enough money to get the best of the best from any region, and got the best Support in Europe (Fnatic's Yellowstar) to match Doublelift. Their team is a dream team overall, and yet they're parked in fourth because they can't seem to coordinate that well. Some blame this on Doublelift because he's got a reputation for being a passive aggressive git who doesn't play well with others. Really I think it's just because they have three guys trying to say "Do this" and nobody wants to follow orders. At the Top of NA is the team Immortals. They have by far the most gifted roster, Their top laner and jungler were the reason Fnatic went undefeated in the summer, their midlaner was a mechanically gifted player who left CLG because they wanted to swap between him and a younger player who they thought had a higher celing. The ADC was removed from TSM because he was blamed for mechanical misplays that led to defeats, while the support was probably the second best overall in the region. Right now they're at 13-1 simply because they operate at one speed, and nobody can keep up with their relentless aggression. CLG is currently in the number 2 slot, a long existing team that ended up rebuilding over the course of the past few years. They were known for never QUITE being good enough and trying odd things... and Doublelift. In 2015 they managed to do quite well, and finally made it to worlds after becoming the best team in North America. This season they're overall the best domestic squad, with a very clear strategy that few people have managed to match. They're the only team that beat Immortals. And C9 rounds out the Top Four. Those who watch DotA have heard the name, but they're built around their League presence. They've had the most stable roster in the entire league... partly because their leader/former midlaner is literally the only thing keeping them on top. Not because he's mechanically gifted, but because he's a genius level micromanager who manages to command the team in a way that makes their macro gameplay very hard to counter. Last year he "retired" for half the summer split, and his team went 1-10. They brought him back at the midpoint of the season and they proceeded to go nearly perfect for the end of the season. They had to win the gauntlet to go to worlds, and they managed to do it with two reverse sweeps and one 3-1 series (gauntlet is best of 5 games) managing to play as many games in three days as they had during the split. Now they're in 3rd and are looking very very good as they find their footing again. The big thing for Riot and league, is they're swapping to a Bo2 Bo3 format for Europe and NA in the next season (other companies run the other premier regions). So in the summer they're gonna have more than one stream for their days matches.

California has big impact in elections, especially in presidential elections, where they count 10% of electoral votes. Press has habit to dismiss California because it is consistent blue state as last time California give its votes to republican was in 1988 when they supported Bush. Texas is also big state that gets only little attention as they consistent red state. So in it is just assumed that California backs democratic candidate and Texas republican candidate, and other party candidates don't often really put effort in trying to fight against windmills, but if that would not be the case then those states would have quite significant impact on predicted results. In short California don't seem to have impact in election because republicans go in election with mindset that they lost already in California. I realize that for General elections it's like this. But for Primaries it still doesn't count because the dust has been settled by the time California votes for a candidate. Part of that is because the state's primary is (at least this year) 6/2, but if I remember right, in the past they've tried to move it foreward to become more important, but they still didn't matter.

... Just out of question, are we actually thinking/imply that the current electoral climate is one in which the State of California will actually have an impact? For all peoples complaints about how the party "runs everything" and doesn't pay attention to the voters, it's surprising that nobody considers the fact that the most populous and influential state (who has an economic presence larger than many nations) is basically an afterthought in most elections.

Well... just got preapproved for a vehicle loan with Navy Fed. Going to be hunting for cars after getting my window fixed.

and my window won't roll up... and for some reason this is really getting to me psychologically... I need to have that thing rolled up..

The latter is more likely to be a troll than the former, these days... I'm quite sure Trump will win. GOP was far too late and far too divided in organising itself to attack Trump seriously, when they should have organised their richest donors and heaviest weights to assassinate his character a long time ago. The only remaining option, especially now after tuesday results, is to basically game the system, prevent his 51% and then have delegates pick - a move that would be almost as scandalous as a Trump nomination itself (not because it's new but because it's so blatant). Which is why it's been suggested that the GOP might add the Superdelegates the Democrats have built into their system to ensure the party has a bit more control over the entire thing.

And this is why I watch the LCS. At least it's got consistent production values.

I'm just going to throw this out there. The recent narrative I've been hearing within the media and the republican party is the fear that if Trump catches the nomination, many of the more moderate voters would swap sides because they don't want a racist bigot as their world leader. As it stand's I don't believe half the stuff people say Clinton is "guilty" of simply because there's been nothing that's actually happened. Prior to the Iowa caucuses three weeks ago, they were saying "She'll be indited very soon by the FBI over Emails/Benghazi!". And not just the Yahoo's like WoD, but the former senate majority leaders. And yet "very soon" has passed and we're still listening to "rumors" that there's going to be an indictment. But never from the actual law enforcement agencies involved, only in those directly interested in removing her from the race and/or hurting her popularity. And Raithe, I would have to ask, if Jackie Kennedy was running for president, would you post that same image with JFK's face?

Well... Scalia's death means that Dow Chemical (who were found liable for conspiring to fix prices) is settling rather than taking their case to the supreme court because they don't think they can win without him.

Spam it on forums that you don't like. But what is real liberty? I've heard AnCaps argue it's free markets, Left Libertarians argue it's freedom from property(ie being able to work land without paying some guy because he has a piece of paper saying he owns it) and the state, Fascists argue it's the establishment of a home for your nation, and other non-mutually inclusive statements from various ideologies. It seems to me that "real liberty" is determined by ideology rather than being a constant value, which is why the religious liberty folks feel justified in state enforced standards based on theocratic values and calling it liberty. The social democrats perhaps, but socialists are more likely to be bitching at each other about whether reformism will work or if a terra cotta proletarian army will spring up and put their special snowflake party with maybe 100 members into power. I think that Kaine's (strangely in my head it's always KanyeParker) got it right. What you consider to be "Freedom" really comes down to your overall ideology. I would consider it a freedom to not have to worry about how much I'll have to pay on medical and dental bills because the government is handling that. Others consider it freedom to be able to choose their own doctor at their own cost and view it as proof that they've "succeeded" to get the special doctors. I would consider it freedom to be able to have what's now considered a necessary piece of education without having to pay off two houses for it, and yet to many this idea is bonkers even though we basically did this before when we first implemented public schooling. Some consider being able to freely purchase guns to be a freedom... I don't want to get shot by the methdealer two blocks from here because I looked at him wrong. And yes GD, I'd love to grow old, find a woman, get a little shack and not be bugged by the government, but in order to do that, I need the government to protect me from having my entire income hoovered up by various private corporations because "greed is good" and "the free market will solve everything" (which we've seen work SO well with High Speed Internet)

He plays well to the disenfranchised party base. He hits all their buzzwords and topics and seems like he'd be WoD's personal favorite for "never ever EVER give anything away!". It's no surprise that he's winning the party where voter base considers getting 99% of what they want an utter failure. The thing is he'll either wind up against Hillary who's moderate enough she could probably catch several of the voters who feel Trump is to insane to vote for, while also getting the consistent democratic majority (in recent years/last decade) of the youth vote in a situation where many would turn up simply NOT to see Trump attain presidency. Or he'd be up against Bernie, who's activated the disenfranchised liberal base and would probably be able to get the entire party behind him because (as of right now) the democrats are significantly better organized than their opponents.

Huh... you went to college near where I grew up (sactown!) Well, had the unfortunate event of my car's spring coil going out, When I took it to Firestone (get a discount with the specific shop we use w/Hertz) they basically said "Yeah, you've got about $1800 of work under here...." so I'm now gonna be hunting for a vehicle in the next six months because screw having to throw 2 grand into my car every 4-6 months. Hopefully I can get one before I turn 30... On 4/20

Rubio seems to have found a way to break Trump's armor.

I think one thing that has been making the rounds recently (enough to get a Cracked article out of it) is the idea that part of the reason we're getting so insane in our elections is that the people have much more direct power in the selection of their candidates. And the reason there's o much more random bashing going on is because people feel much more personally invested in their candidate than they did in the prior elections.

I think Hillary will win the nomination but I'm thinking it will be closer than I originally thought it would be. I'm not sold that she would win the whole thing but if she does then I'm not so sure she would be able to "get stuff done" either and especially not the things that are more important to me. As for me, I'm going to back Bernie til the end then likely vote 3rd party The one thing that Hillary would be able to do is play politics. Between her and her husband in office you've got nearly a century of political experience and acumen to wheel and deal for political gains. And while she doesn't seem to have the same grand "Change everything" plan for politics, I'm willing to bet that the republicans would be far more willing to deal with her than they would with Bernie. The thing with Bernie is that while his politics speak to the population of the disenfranchised, he'd get stymied from the word "go" because in order for his agenda to get kickstarted, he needs to have his party in congress on the same page. And right now that page is probably not Bernie's. Another interesting side note. The only viable "White guy christian" still in the race is Trump. Rubio and Cruz are Hispanic Bernie's a Jew Hillary's a Female with a Snuke

Best guess is that with Jeb! departing you're going to basically see the entire republican campaign coalesce into Rubio (who'll take most of the Establishment voters), Cruz (who pulls evangelicals) and Trump (who takes in the disenfranchised), with each of them staying tight enough that former "doesn't matter" states (like California for example) become massive internal battlegrounds to win voters and delegates. But ultimately the Establishment will win out because they control the Super Delegates (much as they did back in 2008 against Ron Paul). Democratic side? It's a toss up. Bernie is the idealist that everyone wants but would ultimately be powerless in the office due to his inability to push his agenda, while Hillary would end up as the new "Steel Maiden" who manages to steamroll over congress while using her husband as a political tool to keep support. She'd probably get quite a few pieces of what Sanders wants done through, but not all. Side note in Politics. Remember Shrelki? The guy we all blamed for kicking the price of that drug up 5000%? Yeah he's currently in prison and basically without any real control, and the drug is still stupid expensive. Although the two democratic candidates have been trying to push through the idea of allowing Medicare D to negociate prices rather than paying whatever's on the sticker while drug companies fight kicking and screaming to keep their profits (seriously, from what I've read that's the only reason they started to support the Affordable Care Act)

I don't give a damn about bruised egos. This is the US Supreme Court. This is, bar none, the Single. Most. Important. Thing. that will happen this year. Who wins the election in November is meaningless outside the context of this. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby 5-4 that the government cannot compel a person to violate religious principles DC v. Heller 5-4 that the right to own a firearm is an individual right. And while it can be regulated it can not be eliminated. BSA v. Dale 5-4 that private organizations are allowed to establish their own criteria for membership in their organization. Medellín v. Texas 5-3 +1 The President of the US cannot compel the enforcement of an international treaty that has not been accepted by Congress Dolan v. Tigard 5-4 a property rights case; A municipality cannot force a citizen to pay for things not related to their property as a condition of using their property. Town of Greece v. Galloway 5-4 that it does not violate the 1st amendment if the town of Greece opens it's council sessions with a voluntary prayer. (Marsh v. Chambers 6-3 was the same thing) Oregon v. Mitchell 5-4 The Federal government cannot interfere in State elections All of these the court protected the rights of states or individuals against heavy handed and unconstitutional government action. In every case the "liberals" sided with the government and one more "liberal" would have changed the ruling. Barack Obama will not select a moderate. He despises any check on the power of the State and has publicly mocked the constructionists on the court on more than one occasion. His leading candidate right now seems to be Loretta Lynch who I will remind everyone thinks the 1st Amendment allows the government to prosecute hate speech. What is hate speech you may ask? What ever they say it is. And yet he was also part of Citizens United v FEC, where he helped create the stupid election situation we have now. And I wouldn't argue that Hobby Lobby was defending "individual liberty" given that it was a company who was fighting for the right NOT to have to pay up for standard birth control. As a person, those owners could totally have said "no" but they weren't "a person" when they were acting as the CEO's of their company (and only stopped giving birth control because a squad of christian groups wanted the grounds not to cover it). Just because you can cherry pick your favorite decisions by him, doesn't mean that magically your entire world will come crumbling down when another person who's got a more liberal bent is going to take the bench. And where does this magical sense of "We have to be balanced in favor of conservatism!" come from? Is it just because we've had a conservative court for a long time? Or because the conservative side feels that they're being outpaced by the rapidly changing world around them when they still idealize the Stars and Bars?

I love the fact that Trump is already playing for the General election rather than the primary. Seriously, the fastest way to get voters to vote back republican would be to distance themselves from Bush.

I'm not the one who flew off on a tangent about people not knowing what the constitution was. Otherwise your entire string of posts has had little to nothing to do with the actual election other than show off your personal views on the matter. That said, I'm guessing at this point Rubio is going to be angling for a VP selection given how badly he's been mangled in the debates. I think the "establishment" will only allow Trump to sneak by as much as they hate it, because they can afford to stand Cruz less than Trump. Beyond that I don't know how the field is going to react. If Kasich stays strong he'd probably get the party on his side but the way the elections been going he'll fall apart.