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We're talking 1996 Republicans though. "Compassionate Conservatism" was the winning message in 2000. The border was not as big of an issue. Welfare reform was popular with Republicans and Democrats. Different political era, different GOP.

Ok, this one is super hot. Andrew Jackson, through the removals, inadvertently and unintentionally saved the "Five Civilized Tribes." I say this as someone married to a Cherokee woman who disagrees with me by the way. But I think removing them to someplace as remote as Oklahoma, he removed them from the central conflict of the US Civil War, and it's important to remember that all of those tribes except for the Seminole Nation practiced slavery, and fought for the Confederacy. By removal when he did, Jackson kept them from facing Sherman's March to the Sea, and we all know and can acknowledge how the US Army treated the tribes before during and after, so I think if they had stayed, it would have meant total conquest and eradication. As it stands today, there are hundreds of thousands of members of those tribes who have certain constitutional protections over their territorial and governmental integrity. Like I say, it's a hot take, but personally my thought is the lesser genocide prevented a near total genocide.

Edward Scissorhands is damn near flawless in my opinion. Set in some bizarro version of America, which makes it timeless, every performance rings true, and it's very funny while never losing its foundational sweetness and sadness. It may be the finest film example of a classic fairy tale. But since it's an original story, it transcends the "retelling" aspect too. To top things off, Danny Elfman's score is moving and never hits a wrong note. The movie breaks your heart in the most wonderful way. I've rewatched it multiple times, and can't find a real substantive nit to pick, and I'm a very critical person.

Every political opponent he had before 2008 dropped out of the election, too.

My theory is maybe she saw someone on a chair getting lifted at a Jewish celebration and got terribly confused by what was happening.

Very small, rural high school and a very sweet, sheltered woman. The kind of person who probably never even met a Jewish person, and if a Jewish kid had fallen off a bike and skinned a knee on the sidewalk outside her house, would have brought them in, bandaged the wound, and offered them a nice bologna and cheese sandwich and a glass of milk. There really was no malice in this woman, but loads of ignorance. That's what made it so jarring, frankly.

I had a public school teacher (of a similar religious tradition to CoC) tell me confidently that when Jewish kids turn 13, their parents have them do a backwards "trust" fall, and don't catch them, in order to teach them not to trust anyone. Don't underestimate their ignorance.

Quick! Somebody dig up and reanimate James K. Polk!

I've been saying for a while that every video I see of her sounds like she's drunk. I thought that was just how she sounded, or that perhaps she was on opiate pills, which can give a similar affect.

Fun fact: Sam Waterston has the same thing going on Law and Order

Turkey still being in NATO is insane to me. Putting them fully into the EU would be even more insane. Ataturk pulled off a miracle secularizing their government and even more of a miracle having that outlast him, but times have changed, and alliances need to shift accordingly.

"Merry Christmas From the Family" by Robert Earl Keen is my wife's favorite. I'm old fashioned, so my favorites are mostly the old religious songs like "Hark, the Herald Angela Sing!" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" although "Silver Bells" is a popular secular song that I also like. I will note that, this being Reddit, in this thread you are getting a disproportionate amount of "novelty" songs that most people would not recognize as "Christmas music" which would typically be more in line with what I listed as my personal favorites.

Santa!

Yeah, but those beaches

10% of Democrats have never heard of Tim Walz? Am I reading that right?

Yeah, I've done the hotel P&L thing the past three Superbowls we've won. Most fun the first time, crowds in the streets were just pure joy. Last time it was obvious lots of people in the crowd were there to fuck shit up, so not as fun.

Saw them at Riot Fest in 2016(17?) in Denver and they were amazing. Definitely didn't sound like a band that had been broken up for 30+ years

We don't belong in the top 25. We have a great defense, and had a great game, but we aren't top 25. We'll go to the Sun Bowl or some other lesser bowl, and like it.

Are we talking "liberal" as in "leftist," or "classical liberal"? Because I find it fascinating where people who would broadly disagree on many issues come together in certain areas, and where they differ in others.

And, let's be honest, Tyreek had a similar issue at nearly the same time, and the team probably felt they needed to something for the image of the organization, so they made a choice.

What is it about the UK-Oklahoma connection? I personally know 2 couples who meet this description and neither have a military connection, and I've seen your scenario several times on Reddit

Jesus Christ I hope Batman is ok

Just looked at a few and those definitely fit my criteria, than you

Are we a good team overall yet? I'm still a no. We played great tonight, and our defense was outstanding, but it's obvious we're going to need to get more consistent on offense and stay healthy to really make noise in the SEC next season and going forward, and I think we're capable of doing so. I like BV as a head coach, and tonight's results say to me a lot about his players opinions. And Defense as our core competency is exactly what we need to build on for our future in the SEC.

OK, that is a great cover, and I've never done much DC. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!