The Al Realpolitik Institute of Sulfur Mining & Extraction

[IceSpear]

I am in no way implying I won't take it seriously, but it is not going to consume my entire evening.  45 minutes MAX.

A 32 year old man acting like a 7 year old whose parents ask if he's practicing his multiplication tables. God this is so frickin pathetic.

I hope Granny Bushie goes old school on your fat ass and beats you over the head with a rolling pin or something.

[Paul Kemp]

narcissistic, hive minded, self-centered, attention seeking, self-gratifying

What's the problem? They sound like model libertarians to me?

[RogueBeaver]

Nixon at least had some good domestic policies.

Yeah, I hear stagflation was great.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

AT&T Girl vs. Wendy's Girl

Man, you really need to get out more.  Maybe Dad will splurge and hook you up with a working lady.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Context:

Who cares?

People who care about dialectical materialism do.

[politicus]

Only 1 other McKinley voter? The whole reason he was shot was because he was too nice!

He was shot because he was seen by Revolutionary Anarchist Leon Czolgosz as a symbol of oppression. What did him being "too nice" have to do with anything?

Czolgosz had nothing against McKinley as a person. Seriously, they were greeting each other at a fair when the bullet was fired.

I don't think you understand how assassinations work.

[free my dawg]

Meanwhile, Republicans demean those who do not conform to their ideals of a good white person and get shocked when they lose a high turnout race because no minority support.

Christ, why even respond to you? You are the absolutely worst of the Republican Party. It's urchins like you that make it difficult to support anything the GOP stands for in the end.

[IceSpear]

Last night was pure schadenfreude.

Damn, Gabe. I can understand anger at moderate Democrats rejoicing, but you'd have to be some sort of deluded teenaged Marxist to enjoy a Republican wave because Nathan or whoever didn't like it.

...oh wait.

[free my dawg]

So am I, Fitzy. So am I.

Go worry somewhere else xD Everything's fine here. Worry about making Atlasia a better place to live, as I do

guys, i've been rekt

rip sawx
1994-2014
forever 19 :/

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Chinese, dumbfock.

Don't just read the title and the first 5 words of the OP and then post.

[Joe Republic]

What's the longest period of time in which a seat on the Supreme Court has been vacant?

What do you mean by that?  It's just tradition to have 9 Justices.  Historically, we've had both more than 9 and fewer than 9, until we sort of settled on nine.  So, that question doesn't really make sense.

Let me rephrase that for you: since the tradition was set to have nine justices 100+ years ago by congress, what is the longest time in between a member leaving/dying and the successor officially taking the seat on the court? Is there any precedent for the court to serve with less than nine in that timeframe?

Was it that hard to figure out instead of playing some unpleasant semantics game? Unless you were just looking to display your knowledge of facts that most here are aware of.

[politicus]

There is, of course, the fact that the nebulous ideal of "free speech" is overrated,

In your case, I'm inclined to agree.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

examples?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

He's a little prick who's trying to get attention by saying 'shockingly' reactionary things. Overshot things just a tad this time though...

I'd rather be a little prick than a swaggering, overly-aggresive git who mimics the symptoms of Tourette's when irritated.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'd rather be a little prick than a swaggering, overly-aggresive git who mimics the symptoms of Tourette's when irritated.

Ice burn baby. Such an appropriate and hilarious use of a neurological disorder as an insult well. Though I should let you know, for future reference you understand, that 'aggressive' has two, rather than one, 's's in it.

[RI]

I'd rather be a little prick than a swaggering, overly-aggresive git who mimics the symptoms of Tourette's when irritated.

Ice burn baby. Such an appropriate and hilarious use of a neurological disorder as an insult well. Though I should let you know, for future reference you understand, that 'aggressive' has two, rather than one, 's's in it.

There's no retort quite like the one where you correct someone's spelling.

[Joe Republic]

I'd rather be a little prick than a swaggering, overly-aggresive git who mimics the symptoms of Tourette's when irritated.

Ice burn baby. Such an appropriate and hilarious use of a neurological disorder as an insult well. Though I should let you know, for future reference you understand, that 'aggressive' has two, rather than one, 's's in it.

There's no retort quite like the one where you correct someone's spelling.

It's the perfect addition of insult to injury, isn't it?  This is precisely the reason why this hallowed Institute is named after Mr. Realpolitik.

[Paul Kemp]

This despite gun sales going up every year for 11 years in a row.

Even though I'm pro gun - though anti-regulation toward guns - that correlation is fairly spurious.

How dare you?  That's dead0man you're talking about there.  He would never stoop so low.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'd rather be a little prick than a swaggering, overly-aggresive git who mimics the symptoms of Tourette's when irritated.

Ice burn baby. Such an appropriate and hilarious use of a neurological disorder as an insult well. Though I should let you know, for future reference you understand, that 'aggressive' has two, rather than one, 's's in it.

There's no retort quite like the one where you correct someone's spelling.

It's the perfect addition of insult to injury, isn't it?  This is precisely the reason why this hallowed Institute is named after Mr. Realpolitik.

Yes, he does do it reasonably well thanks to all his practice, but fyck it, he doesn't end up on the receiving end as often as should.  He too often gets a free pass due to us Americans thinking something sounds better than it is because it comes from a Brit.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

The only thing about modern culture is that I'm certain Jesus would never play Ingress.

[Paul Kemp]

Context:

Your posting history.

He is not wrong.

[RogueBeaver]

Wow, guys, I did not ask to be lambasted while I was gone to church.  You think I'm hopeless.  You all, except for J-Mann, are hopeless for pointing fingers and viciously assassinating my character.  You'd think I'd learn and stop updating.  Let me ask this:  When I cease updating would you please stop assassinating my character and my family's character?  I do not want to hear a single, solitary word more of this vicious, no-good, lying, un-manlike garbage.

Your character is sh!t. You have zero self-control, zero work ethic, zero rationality, zero responsibility and zero chance of ever changing until you address all of that. "Un-manlike" is rich, coming from you. Look at all the excuses you've made in just the past few posts: "I don't want to offend people by not eating their food", "you all are making me fat by telling me to eat healthy", "Southern food is healthy because it's what I like", and so on. You sound like are a child.

How about this, guys, you know I can't stay away from the update.  How about we just change the subject and leave me to live my life how I please?  I may lose more weight if I don't have birds chirping in my ear all the time criticizing me for every adverse and boneheaded move.

Which Updater was egging you on at the bowling alley when you decided to shove a greasy cheeseburger down your gullet? Sorry, but you don't get to publish every little detail about your life and then only talk about the ones that paint you in a positive light. You already have a whole group of people in real life who enable your "character" by saying  "Good job, Jeff!" all the time after hearing about all of your "accomplishments" after you invariably put a deceptive spin on them.

This is all part of your act. Hopefully at some point, your enabling parents will wake up, slap the hell out of you, throw all of your belongings out on the front yard, go to Granny's and do the same, toss you out and change the locks. It's becoming abundantly clear that's the only way you'll ever learn to exert any responsibility for yourself in a meaningful way.

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[politicus]

Context:

The State of Employment might be nice.

[Ebowed]

Consolate..

The word is consulate, the building in which the consul performs his or her duties.

Consolate is an obsolete form of the verb to console.

[politicus]

Consolate..

The word is consulate, the building in which the consul performs his or her duties.

Consolate is an obsolete form of the verb to console.

That was me trying to draw attention to the wrongly spelled thread title ("TX Man Tries To Burn Down Mexican Consolate"), so not a burn, but a misunderstanding.