Hurlshort
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Except that they do check and you can find plenty of investigations into voter fraud over the last 20 years. The allegations typically don't pan out. It makes for great headlines, both sides can yell and claim they were wronged. It makes all the losers feel better and the winners feel more smug. http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/The%20Truth%20About%20Voter%20Fraud.pdf
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I should probably emphasize lifelong here. I have a problem with any one individual holding onto power like that indefinitely with no balances.
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There are a number of alternatives to becoming a lifelong dictator, I imagine. I just don't get the need to defend the guy. There are very few presidents I would defend in such a way. I can't think of one, actually.
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Who cares, they lost. I do think it is dumb that they are bothering with a recount in Wisconsin. But there is no evidence that a ridiculous amount of illegal immigrants voted in the election. We went over this whole voter fraud thing a few weeks ago. There were handfuls of people in many states (Pennsylvania was the most common) that were either improperly registered or voted twice. They are still a drop in the bucket. This 3 million number is insane and not a good look for the guy who won and is supposed to lead the country in a couple months.
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Winning with grace.
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The Avery Vanilla Bean Stout was pretty fantastic, although I noticed the vanilla a lot more after drinking the much stronger bourbon flavored Stout. Always interesting how our taste buds can jump around like that. It also wasn't cheap though. Gingerbread stout sounds pretty good. I am thinking about a Christmas theme for next week, Jubilale from Deschutes will probably make that cut, and I'll have to look up a few others.
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Yeah, I'm all for term limits in congress too.
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In regards to the whole "The US does bad things, too" response when criticizing Castro. The big difference I see is that US Presidents only have 4-8 years to do messed up things. Congress only has 2-6 years to do messed up things. Then the people get to vote to remove them, and despite what the media likes to cling to, those elections are remarkably fraud free. So you have a shared responsibility for the terrible things that the government does, and they face constant criticism while doing it. Castro wielded absolute power and put himself above criticism. That's an incredibly dangerous position for anyone to be in.
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I've got episode 4 the the History of Hops Podcast up and ready for listening. We drink Porters and Stouts, and I talk about the Great London Beer Flood of 1814.
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As a teacher, I'm aware of the fact that I don't know everything and am hesitant to pass myself off as knowledgeable about the situation in Cuba and Fidel Castro because I've read a couple books and articles on the internet. Of course the Cubans in the US have a rather one-sided view of things, but that is still one more side than I can make a claim to.
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Every Cuban I've ever met has a serious issue with Castro. I take their word over anything else.
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Well, only one of the guys is actually a soldier, the rest are psychopaths. But all the Predator films are a bit campy, I still think they are fun.
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I thought the most recent Predators with Adrian Brody was fantastic, so I'm bummed that Aliens gets all the attention over that.
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MK is bigger than HR, and it does some very cool stuff, but I'd still put it closer to HR than the original.
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After reading interviews and listening to podcasts, I get the impression that MCA is not a fan of management positions in general. I just don't read much into this whole thing.
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Glad to hear Grom is still kicking. I also didn't realize Raithe got a job at the post office. I'm not sure how it is in the UK, but that's a pretty good gig to get in the States. Grats.
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Just got back from a Universal Studios Hollywood vacation. It had been about 2 years since we went last, and they changed a lot. The studio tour continues to be the highlight, it was awesome and had some great additions. The Harry Potter world was well done. It was super pricey, in fact I feel like they've upped all the prices since the last trip, probably because Harry Potter makes it a lot more popular. The best meal we had was at a hole in the wall vegetarian place. Need to remember to venture off the beaten path a bit more next time, it was also a bit more affordable.
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Do yourself a favor and play Lord of the Rings Online. Bit dated now, but they did a famtastic job of recreating Middle Earth.
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Menial quests during urgent times have been around a lot longer than mmo's.
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Age does not seem to be a worry among the two parties anymore.
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When Clinton became the frontrunner, I was positive that any reasonable candidate the Republicans put forth could beat her. Then it ended up as Trump and I hedged my bets. Now I am fairly comfortable saying in 4 years any reasonable democrat can beat Trump, but I am not going to put money down on a reasonable choice. Pelosi 2020?
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So...is the sarcasm implying that whites ARE the only ones with a history of enslavement and holocaust? Edit: Trump made the step and disavowed the whole movement, which is good.
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Not really even close to what I said, but whatever makes you feel better. Also I like how I always have to look up Malc's futbol references to really appreciate them.
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Not to mention "oppressed minorities" and "SJW's" don't have have an actual history of enslavement, holocausts, etc. A bunch of white people in a room yelling "hail" and doing Nazi salutes is a tad more terrifying than spoiled college kids crying about an election.
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We are at Univerals Studios Hollywood, and we stood in line for a wand fitting at the Harry Potter area. It was cool, a group of about 20 people are herded into a room full of wands and then a lady shows up in dramatic fashion and talks about the wands. My daughter was chosen as the special wizard, so she got to go up and try a few wands before she found the right one, at which point they shine a bright light on her and hit her with air. It was impressive. We were pretty lucky to get singled out, but then again most of the people around us were adults. Of course they then hit you with a steep $50 price per wand, but I was in no position bargain at that point.
