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Posted on 12/13/24 at 10:13 am to Arksulli
I lived in El Paso for 15 years.
went to a few concerts there
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El Chamizal
went to a few concerts there
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Posted on 12/13/24 at 12:51 pm to Armymann50
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I lived in El Paso for 15 years.
I can see why that caught your eye. It is just one of those things. Some of the European countries have had some hemming and hawing as they quietly adjust their borders. One reason the Middle East is so screwed up is that nobody, and I do mean nobody, can agree on exactly where the borders are for most of the countries.
Rivers make a natural land border. Except they wander. When you are trying to define the border between Absurdistan and Abu Dhabi Doo and its just a patch of sand in the middle of the desert... Exactly what patch of sand are we talking about?
Posted on 12/13/24 at 2:05 pm to Armymann50
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I lived in El Paso for 15 years.
I probably have an unfair opinion of El Paso.
I've drove through it once on I-10 and it was like the day after the walmart shooting there, and it was still all blocked off with cops every where. Very chilling. And it might not have been like exactly across the street or whatever, but just in general on the other side of the 10 it was like really ghetto looking. 3rd world ghetto looking.
I don't think I would want to live there.
Posted on 12/13/24 at 2:18 pm to Armymann50
Posted on 12/14/24 at 3:30 am to paperwasp
Today in History December 14
1751 The first military academy in the world, the Theresian Military Academy, is founded in Austria
1819 Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.
1900 Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin.
1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition is the 1st to reach the South Pole
1960 A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling.
1994 Construction begins on China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
1999 Tens of thousands die as a result of flash floods caused by torrential rains in Vargas, Venezuela.
2003 US President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein
2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad
2021 American Covid-19 death toll passes 800,000, with more deaths recorded in 2021 than 2020
2022 President Joe Biden vows to extend US involvement in Africa in address at US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington, amid competition from China on the continent
Born on December 14
1503 Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician.
1896 Jimmy Doolittle American air force general who conducted the raid on Tokyo in 1942, born in Alameda, California
1932 Charlie Rich, crossover country singer, musician ("Behind Closed Doors").
Joke of the day
Want to know why women don’t blink during foreplay?
Not enough time.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 4:06 am to Armymann50
Good morning. The rain woke me along with the dogs need to tinkle.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 4:09 am to Lexag
quote:thats what got me up too
need to tinkle.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 4:24 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 12/14/24 at 6:49 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:48 am to Rockbrc
Morning
Posted on 12/14/24 at 8:01 am to Armymann50
Yeah, Ivy is pretty annoying and will fuss till o let her go. She won’t have an accident but will threaten to have one. Koe is a pretty dummy and just rolls with whatever.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 10:22 am to Armymann50
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thats what got me up too
My high blood pressure medication includes a diuretic. I have no need of pets to make me get up in the morning!
Posted on 12/14/24 at 3:07 pm to Arksulli
Afternoon All 
Posted on 12/15/24 at 3:35 am to OK Roughneck
Today in History December 15
1791 US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution
1862 In New Orleans, Louisiana, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler turns his command over to Nathaniel Banks. The citizens of New Orleans hold farewell parties for Butler, "The Beast" - but only after he leaves.
1890 As U.S. Army soldiers attempt to arrest Sitting Bull at his cabin in Standing Rock, South Dakota, shooting breaks out and Lt. Bullhead shoots the great Sioux leader.
1965 The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.
1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the meat bill in the presence of Upton Sinclair, the author of the controversial book The Jungle.
1973 The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
1978 US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.
2001 The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after an 11-year, $27 million project to fortify it without eliminating its famed lean.
2005 Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service
2021 COVID-19 Omicron variant called "probably the most significant threat" of the pandemic by head of UK Health Security Agency, warning of "staggering" growth in next few days
2022 Tens of thousands of nurses go on strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in largest strike in NHS history
Born on December 15
1883 William A. Hinton, developer of the "Hinton Test" for diagnosing syphilis.
1892 J. Paul Getty, American oilman and art collector..
1933 Tim Conway, actor, screenwriter, producer, known for his comedic roles in TV and film that he frequently improvised (The Carol Burnett Show TV series).
JOTD
It's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and a man makes his way to his seat right at center ice. He sits down, noticing that the seat next to him is empty.
He leans over and asks his neighbor if someone will be sitting there. 'No' says the neighbor. 'The seat is empty.'
'This is incredible,' said the man. 'Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Stanley Cup and not use it?'
The neighbor says, 'Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away.
'This is the first Stanley Cup we haven't been to together since we got married.'
'Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. That's terrible... But couldn't you find someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat?'
The man shakes his head. 'No,' he says. 'They're all at the funeral.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 4:24 am to Armymann50
Good morning
Posted on 12/15/24 at 5:03 am to Rockbrc
Morning all
Posted on 12/15/24 at 9:56 am to Armymann50
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1978 US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan
Carter gets a lot of credit for being a good international relations President but for the most part he had a poor record. The US had relentlessly pursued a policy of drawing China into the fold against the Soviet Union, and in doing so had hitched our wagon to one of the worst dictators of all time. Chairman Mao makes Putin look like the love child of Pollyanna and Frosty the Snowman.
Carter made the decision to basically throw Taiwan to the wolves to get a deal with China. Which future administrations had to quietly walk back. The consequences for Asia were catastrophic. China had already used US approval to invade Vietnam because, well, they were jealous of Vietnam's recent successes. This gave them carte blanche to basically throw their weight around in the region and with favorable trade deals turned them into a legitimate world power.
Worse, it put the US in the worst position in the world when it came to Taiwan. Fail to at least maintain some security arrangements with Taiwan and the government there would be forced to develop nukes to defend themselves, something that Taiwan could have pulled off rapidly. So, with Carter's decision we were stuck with either let China wipe out one of closest allies and trading partners (and likely see millions of citizens killed) or watch a nuclear war break out. Both would be bad.
Future administrations realized the danger of that approach so now we have the "will we or won't we" policy when it comes to declaring war on China if they try to invade Taiwan. Which also has a lot of issues.
Far better, IMHO, to pursue of policy of normalizing relations with China while declaring our unwavering support for Taiwan. China would have eventually caved in... they really wanted access to US capital and trade.
Other decisions were equally craptacular. Carter withdrew support for South Korea and that nearly kicked off a war on the Korean Peninsula and, I might add, came close to losing our third closest ally post World War II. (Canada, Australia, and South Korea believe it or not.) He agreed to return the Panama Canal to Panama... which the Panamanians have done a decent job of running. However, despite their best efforts, Panama simply doesn't have the financial resources needed to widen the canal so super massive cargo ships and a quite a few US Navy ships can't effectively traverse the canal today.
I've talked about how he flushed US relations with Iran down the toilet and created the instability in the region we are still dealing with today, Middle East mess thanks to Iran? Blame Carter.
Even his great masterstroke, brokering peace between Israel and Egypt is mostly a smoke screen. Both countries (as odd as this sounds) had moderate governments that were desperate to find a peaceful solution to their ongoing problems. Carter's greatest contribution to the peace process was being so annoying and rude that the Israelis and Egyptians bonded over a mutual dislike of the man to come terms more rapidly so they could get away from Camp David.
Posted on 12/15/24 at 3:23 pm to Arksulli
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Israelis and Egyptians bonded over a mutual dislike of the man
#me too
Posted on 12/15/24 at 4:27 pm to Armymann50
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#me too
I'm a centrist, so in the US I'm one step up from Stalin and in the rest of the world I'm barely better than Francisco Franco. But Carter was objectively a terrible President who consistently made terrible choices.
And the kicker is that he's adored by the Leftists when his main goal as President was to destroy the East Coast Liberal power base. Which he came damn close to pulling off.
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