Valsuelm

Bushido's concepts and tenets are sadly beyond a great many modern westerners.

I learned that there are still commercial planes flying over Turkey.... Also $16 a day rental at Orlando airport is a pretty good deal. But what is the significance of TK8456? ... Who's that from? It's probably just weekend rates [/rentalagent] I figure that there's three major outcomes of this. 1 is the current government stays in control, and the president clamps down on free speech. 2 is the military takes over and the same thing happens. 3 would be that this is the kickoff of a protracted civil war to mirror the one in Syria. Think it was Budget, but not sure. The page timed out and when I reloaded it the ad was gone. I wasn't planning on traveling in Florida anytime soon so I didn't look into it. Very low for an airport rate in general, though I've no experience renting cars in Florida. Car rental rates can be wonky, and if you shop around a lot sometimes it's possible to find amazing deals. ie: Last fall I scored a ridiculously low rate on a mid size at a non-airport site. $14.80/day (taxes included) with unlimited miles (this was done by shopping around a lot, using a promo code, and my AAA discount). I kept it for 3 weeks and 3 days and put almost 10,000 miles on it. I almost felt guilty. I paid less for 24 days than the previous renter did for same car for a weekend (they left their receipt in the glove compartment). Eh. It's dependent on demand and fleet levels more than anything. My particular branch of Hertz was at the point we were sending out cars on the weekend for 10 bucks a day (mileage is a thing of the past for the most part especially if local), which is most of the reason that that particular branch is shutting down. Florida is a... wonky market because it's SUCH a tourist state/market. Looks like the coup is officially Treason, so I'd expect a crackdown soon, which will either make things better, or worse. Aye. Hertz was where I rented from. It was October. Typically a low demand month where I live. One thing I found interesting (and a tip for any would be flyers who rent cars), was that the office I rented from cost nearly half of what it would have cost me if I had gone to the closest Hertz office (I drove an hour to get the deal I got), and local airport rate was more than quadruple what I paid to rent a car from a Hertz office less than 5 miles from the airport office. So, if you're ever in the market for a rental in a place you flew to, it behooves you to check the rates at not just different companies, but different locations of that company, even within the same city. Taking a short cab ride to a non airport rental office very well might be worth it. Also, sites like Priceline were only marginally helpful. I would never have found the deal I found had I not shopped directly on the rental company's site, and played with dates on the site to find the best rate (ie: what day you start your rental on can make a big difference, Monday's rate might be different than Tuesday's rate, which might be different than Wednesday's rate, etc).

I learned that there are still commercial planes flying over Turkey.... Also $16 a day rental at Orlando airport is a pretty good deal. But what is the significance of TK8456? ... Who's that from? It's probably just weekend rates [/rentalagent] I figure that there's three major outcomes of this. 1 is the current government stays in control, and the president clamps down on free speech. 2 is the military takes over and the same thing happens. 3 would be that this is the kickoff of a protracted civil war to mirror the one in Syria. Think it was Budget, but not sure. The page timed out and when I reloaded it the ad was gone. I wasn't planning on traveling in Florida anytime soon so I didn't look into it. Very low for an airport rate in general, though I've no experience renting cars in Florida. Car rental rates can be wonky, and if you shop around a lot sometimes it's possible to find amazing deals. ie: Last fall I scored a ridiculously low rate on a mid size at a non-airport site. $14.80/day (taxes included) with unlimited miles (this was done by shopping around a lot, using a promo code, and my AAA discount). I kept it for 3 weeks and 3 days and put almost 10,000 miles on it. I almost felt guilty. I paid less for 24 days than the previous renter did for same car for a weekend (they left their receipt in the glove compartment).

Apparently, it's mental health. That's been the major problem all along. It used to be guns were at fault. So I suppose progress is being made. Babysteps.

I learned that there are still commercial planes flying over Turkey.... Also $16 a day rental at Orlando airport is a pretty good deal. But what is the significance of TK8456?

It might be time to expect more unexpected. It's looking like the poop may have been tossed. When it hits the fan is anyone's guess, but specks of it are certainly beginning to hit some on the ground. But perhaps there's still more time and they're just flicking specks off the pile right now. One can hope....

Too early to tell. I'd put a small sum on a backdoor behind the curtains NATO influenced shenanigan though.

Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words Wheel to the storm and fly. Faring thee well now. Let your life proceed by its own design. Nothing to tell now. Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.

True that. The elephants grow restless though. My concern is that It may not be long before one or more goes on a rampage like none has in at least a couple of generations. Trampling the ignorant en mass, and even many of those who can see them who aren't fast enough to get out of their way or lucky enough to not be in their way.... Ignorance might be bliss for some, but it can ultimately be quite deadly for others. Throughout human history, far more oft than not, it's the latter, not the former.

Sorry, but i prefer girls. You may call me whatever you wish, my dear oby. damn valsuelm for stealing my joke! He can call you Meshuggess

I genuinely hope so. Be careful what you wish for. A coup in Turkey could indeed be a very good thing. It's a nation that has long needed to overthrow it's corrupt government, and string up it's 'leaders'. However, a coup in Turkey could also lead to something far far worse than what is already there.

Not hanging one's evil 'leaders' eventually surely leads evil to one's door. The west overall has become very very good at not holding it's 'leaders' accountable, to it's great detriment, and very possibly ultimately to it's demise.

Sorry, but i prefer girls. What if Meshugger decided to identify as a girl?

His name was Mohamed. Whodathunkit?

Most Muslims in France are citizens of France (being old colonist super power has habit to make country's population diverse) and most terrorists in past couple dark years has been home grown. The guy was of North African origin. It was not a native French, even if it is 2nd or 3rd generation, it is not home grown. it is still a result of importing alien and hostile culture. What? You can't just change the definition of a word to make it fit your narrative. Well, I guess you can, but it sounds ridiculous. He changed the definition of no words. And No... it really doesn't.

I honestly don't think you'd be throwing your vote away. I do think however you're underestimating just what is at stake if Hillary wins. If she wins this very well may be the last U.S. Presidential election that ever matters (in fact I'd put a lot of gold on it, yet at the same time pray to God (and I'm not really a religious man) I lost that wager). For a variety of reasons, not the least of which (but probably most easily discussable as well as most obvious) is the SCOTUS. For most of my adult life I have argued against voting for the lesser of two evils. In the past the analogy I've used is: you've got two daughters. One has a person holding a gun to their head, the other has a knife at their throat. You are told to choose between the two. The answer in that scenario is none of the above; don't vote for the lesser of two evils. Put on your action hero boots and find another way. And that has been every Presidential election in the last 20+ years (there truly hasn't been that big a difference where it really matters between the about equally evil Blue or Red frontrunners in a long time). This election is different, for a variety of reasons I will never have time to fully discuss on this forum. This election the analogy is better put: You have two daughters. One has a person holding a gun to their head, the other daughter has person holding a knife at their throat. The same person holding the knife has a suicide vest armed with a 500 megaton yield hydrogen bomb that will go off as soon as your daughter's throat is slit, killing you, your daughter with the gun to her head, everyone you care about in a very large radius, as well as a whole lot of other people. It also is linked with hundreds of other 500 megaton bombs scattered throughout the United States and even a few dozen scattered about the world. If the knife runs across your daughter's throat and the vest is triggered, so are all those other bombs.... You are told to choose between the two. This time, isn't like the last few times. Any potential action heroing has been checked and mated. This time, if you want to live to fight another day, live to find another way in the future, you gotta tearfully resign yourself to that gun going off....

Yosemite Sam > Mickey Mouse > Donald Trump > A Whole Big Bunch of Other People > Vladimir Putin > Nigel Farage > Ron Paul > Ralph Nader > Micky Donovan > a totally random person chosen from the citizenry of the United States > Homer Simpson > Gary Johnson or Bernie Sanders (they're quite similar where it matters) > the drunk psychopath at my local bar > nearly *ANYONE* else on capital hill > Bruce Jenner > Kim Jong-un > BruceVC > Nancy Pelosi > Harry Reid > Charles Schumer > Spoiled Fermented Dung Beetle Excrement Come to Life > Any of the Kardasians > Obama for a Third Term > Obama for a Fourth Term > Another Bush > King Obama for life > Kim Jong-il's carcass > Mao Zedong's carcass > Bruce Jenner's discarded phallus >The Devil himself > The most SJW person on earth > Hillary Clinton

This is nothing new from Ginsburg. If congress had any balls and even a smidgen of morality it would have impeached her long ago. If ever you want to read some convoluted insanity, a safe bet is to look up and read an opinion authored by her for the court. There's a good chance with any given random read you will have struck crazy gold.

Relative to the rest of the world sure. Relative to yesteryear? No. It's generally less so with each passing year....

In honor of Bernie finally showing his true colors... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R890wISHwG4

Nazis were many things but they weren't 'social justice warriors'. You really should stop insulting the Nazis by continuously lobbing them in with SJWs.

The more the word 'racism' is misused, the more it loses it's meaning. Sadly, through increasingly rampant misuse over the last few years, it's well on it's way to meaningless. On this forum, and in the world at large....

Likely just retaliation for the State Department's standing cautionary travel advisory in regards to the rampant crime in the Bahamas. Or, it could just be pure stupidity. Either way, it's safe to say that the vast vast vast majority of Americans won't miss the oodles and oodles of tourism dollars that don't come in from the Bahamas. In other words, this is like a 500 lb man telling Planet Fitness he's not going to frequent their establishment anymore. The joke is on him. Edit: Bahrain and the UAE have also joined the Bahamas in issuing a travel warning in regards to the U.S..... 'nuff said.