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I'm not sure it'll effect the General, but it'll probably push Primaries away from a Clinton like candidate by pissing off Progressives.

Still having a better day than the Belgians: Belgian F-16 shoots another F-16 during maintenance.

So we down to 160? Glad we got the F-35, oh wait the entire F-35 fleet is grounded.

Sounds like a yes.

Or start discussing solutions to the fundamental issue of why the country is frozen. Not policy, just things that reinforce the basics of the Constitution. -End money in politics -End partisan gerrymandering -Paper ballots -Open Primaries -Same day voter registration Do those things and you'll get a better class of politican who can deliver a New Deal before the country destroys itself. More dangerous is this idea that everything is fine and nothing needs to change.

No big bad is definitely part of it, but domestically I think it's deeper. When the Supreme Court opened the flood gates of money into the political system, the system started to slowly freeze. Statesmen got replaced by professional fundraisers who can't figure their way out of paper bag and only care about winning. The solutions they do implement are from Think Tanks that are equally compromised. With economic issues off the table, politics became about culture (why the South votes against it's interests). That division plus no movement on economic issues (except bailouts) is how you get a Trump. Money made relief valves impossible or flawed (like Obamacare).

So Little Rock 2.0, except the 101st guarding Abortion Clinics.

I held a beer a few weeks ago.

Just added $125,000 to my $500,000 spine. Light mild headache, but a pretty easy dose.

How much of a difference would it have made if Ford had testified after Kavanaugh?

This is brutal to listen to.

So none of the Committee Members will be questioning Ford? Cowards.

We finally got power back!

<-- Eastern NC resident, people around here treat dogs, especially hunting dogs, like absolute shit. Almost every pet in my neighborhood was dumped on the side of the road originally. My neighbor was riding her bike miles from anything and found a box of kittens on the road.

There's some epic price gouging going on for tree removal.

Dry, few shingles gone and a tree down on the guest house but it didn't breach. Just ran the generator for 8 hours and it only used 4% of the 500 gallon tank so we're good for a few days but we heard the gas company trucks are out topping off tanks. On the drive home there was a massive convoy of utility trucks driving from Indiana driving into region. Current estimate is Friday. The yard is destroyed, about 40 trees down, house got surrounded by a foot of surge that brought in a ton of debris all the way up the driveway. Massive erosion on the beach and behind the bulkhead. Our rocks are scattered all over the place, my immediate neighbor completely lost their bulkhead (rip $50k). Our pool fence is completely gone. Worst areas are New Bern, Newport, and further south Wilmington. Local Base Commanders have been freed to just act so Camp Lejune and Cherry Point are sending out Marines and sheltering people. My area has had over 300 water rescues. Wilmington is the worst I think, every road in is cut off, and they've had over 500 rescues. Supplies are only able to get in by air. . Things are coming back faster than I thought though, a few gas stations are open and grocery stores are letting people in a few at a time.

We're home, no power for up to 2 weeks.

Aasholes are spreading fake news about hurricane damage. Ones a picture of a major pier on Atlantic Beach being destroyed (it's not), another of the Highway 70 Bridge in New Bern being partially destroyed.

Not like they've got 40,000 Marines based right there (Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is 15 minutes up the highway from New Bern).

She's our HOA President and refers to herself as "one L Hilary, the one who didn't lose".

Well, not going home under at least Monday. 24hr county curfew in effect until Sunday, massive flooding in town and a lot of swift water rescues underway. Only access to my neighborhood (12 miles away) is flooded out, probably lots of trees down between there and home. 2 dead in Wilmington, tree fell on the house. A mother and baby.

Neighbor lost their Sea Wall.

View from my neighbor's house

I went to college there in Greenville, Tar River floods like a mofo. Campus and Downtown will absolutely flood, Football Stadium is safe though on College Hill! In my neighborhood 2 hours away (around Morehead City if you're watching Weather Channel) my neighbor reports no power, 80mph gusts, and the storm surge is pushing up the Sound and is flooding our properties. Their house hasn't breached yet but the house is surrounded by water, a little higher and the waves will start hitting the houses full force.

Made it safely to Raleigh, barely any traffic once we got by the Marine base (morons opened the schools then early dismissed the EXACT time my County started evacuating through that County, flooded the evacuation route with buses). Staying with a friend tonight then going to a hotel tomorrow. Raleigh isn't the best option but better to have issues here than where the house is. We live in the middle of nowhere on a MAJOR body of water, house is solid concrete but if we have a breach we're screwed since it could be days before we're reached (one road in through a forest).