@Victor "This is what happened in pearl harbour. America at the time didn't want to get involved in the war. They just sat there like sitting ducks."

Yeah, and I have a bridge to sell you. Already been widely reported that Netanyahu and leadership knew well in advance of Oct 7 attack from many intelligence sources warning him. He just wanted an excuse to go all out while he still could.

And while the American people wanted to stay out of WW2, FDR sure didn't. Same thing, knew well in advance of Pearl Harbor attack coming. It was just easier for his purposes to allow it to happen.

@polishknight Sounds like the cat finally gave him an ultimatum.

@lurkerhasarisen The mental image of Big Mike using a strapon pegging Babbling Barry tickles me a lot more than her straight out being a dude. And would have been a lot more difficult narrative to counteract. Knowing Lib men, they'd eventually have said something political correct like "What they do in the privacy of their bedroom..."

Would been akin to a Dukakis moment.

@coolsocks00 I never looked into it, but I'm in a red county surrounding a deep blue city. My elderly conservative parents wanted to send in their vote apply for a absentee ballot weeks ahead of time, since they usually travel in Autumn. Letter goes off to the liberal county seat and they never get anything. Same thing happens second time.

Third time, I join them and am registered as independent my last Driver's license. Lo and behold, I got my ballot right away. They never got theirs.

There's a lot of shit that goes down in those places.

@Jocbro No wife or kids? Do what you want with her.

But no, I wouldn't think personally she's LTR material, just a good time to be had at best. Tigers and their stripes and all that.

Also, what are ways to test if she is actual quality and not putting on a front?

IMO, doesn't really matter. She's partied out and you're her last ride home, not the love of her life.

I get it that people don't want to be lonely, but I'd rather get a dog or something. Most women (and a good number of guys) are generally bad companions that up and leave when the going gets tough. There really isn't much to test this, you get blindsided when it does happen. Of course, I'm a lot more independent and have friends and family to call on when others don't.

@deeplydisturbed Idk. I mean I don't believe it, but I think it would be funny to parrot just to see some libs go whackadoodle over it. I do know that the Obama is gay was repeated and pushed in the early days in some Republican circles, didn't really ever care about it. It's on the same level as Bush Jr sacrificed babies at his Skull and Cross Bones initiation ceremony in Harvard or something -- hard to think any level headed person would be swayed much by it and it would only be repeated by hardcore Partisans on either side either way.

@mkeehl "why pull this crap?"

Why do fish swim? Because it's what they do.

Don't get sucked in.

@destraht "I really think that your system is a lot more than what I'm looking for. I think that I just want to buy a single large batter that can power my 100W laptop and a 4G router."

They already sell "electric generators" on Amazon as a drop in no work solution. Something like Anker is a good company. Anker 521 on Amazon has 256wh at $170... which is probably like 1-2 hours for a intel based laptop and router (much more with a tablet and however efficient the router is).

An Anker SOLIX C1000 at 1056 @ $700 could probably go for 8hours. And we're talking continuous use.

Something like that could be good and the best part is they have other uses to, like being a portable outlet for outside work or on a jobsite.

@destraht If this is something that you are going to invest money in and have for a good while, go with lithium iron phosphate (lifepo4). It will economically beat lead acid over time, despite the greater expense.

Will Prowse is an excellent resource for this type of thing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hspi4bc4

@carnold03 LOL.