<t> I'd like to add to this thread, and to clarify more specifically why I refrain from discussions here now in the GD. I don't refrain from conversations because I don't like you guys, or even because someone disagreed with me. I refrain because no one is really allowed to disagree. The entire GD ...

<t> As a private forum, the admins here certainly can set whatever rules they want. However, I had no idea that politics/social issues, etc would be so stringently censored. Practically every thread I've posted in that started or grew into a political chat got locked, even the ones where the ...

<t> Look up 'allodial title' and you'll have your answer. Proof of ownership, land title, and contract law in the western world, it all stems from property 'held by the crown'. In other words, fee simple rule of law set down in the post-Roman 'land is property, property is rights' concept long ...

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An amazing and underrated old country song covered by Dave Alvin.

Dave Alvin - Dark Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGRqsdYJW7Y

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Well, except for those three pompous asses, of course. [;)][:D]<br/>
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Otherwise, we had the magic. [;)]
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When the US gets a new president, we will reignite our kinship with the UK militarily, strategically and diplomatically. The current president has low regard for the UK and as soon as he's ...

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That, and I tend to overstay my welcome on forums by picking philosophical fights with just about everyone around. Sometimes it is indeed better to be seen and not heard. So I'll just creep back into my little corner for a while and get drunk while playing Panzer Corps.<br ...

<r> The Dead Kennedys fought the law... and I'm not sure if they won.<br/>
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Dead Kennedys - I Fought the Law <br/>
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Cautiously overly excited...

There is nothing 'private' on google. Just saying...

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<t> Eh, when all those ships get their rivets and spare parts from factories in China, does it really matter any more? The game has gone so beyond air or naval superiority it's like apples and oranges now. The real battles are being fought in government legislative bodies, and more importantly, on ...

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Well, it is a WARgame. Every wargame is bound to arrive with at least a few mortar craters and dirty scuff marks.

Just be glad your copy didn't arrive with a hundred screaming Hussars bursting out from the packaging. Your day would not have gone well.

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The thread was created like quite a few that bairlander has started. Take a hot toppic and one that vaguely supports some of his thinking (as evident in other threads/posts he has ...

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The thread was created like quite a few that bairlander has started. Take a hot toppic and one that vaguely supports some of his thinking (as evident in other threads/posts he has participated in) and add an innocent commentary.<br ...

Some music CDs, a book on Roman history by Peter Heather, a really awesome gardening book, some socks, and a new wrist rest for my keyboard.

Sadly, there was no Windham MPC rifle under the tree... next year, perhaps.

<t> I've debated getting into this thread as most topical threads I dip my toe into get locked.<br/>
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But I'll say this. I think we're rallying around the wrong flags these days, and we're spending too much time letting other entities (media corporations, special interests, etc) tell us which ...