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July LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of July?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

2 3.92%

John Kelly

18 35.29%

Jared Kushner

1 1.96%

Wilbur Ross

4 7.84%

Ben Carson

0 0%

Rudy Giuliani

1 1.96%

Scott Pruitt

15 29.41%

Kellyanne Conway

2 3.92%

Rod Rosenstein

3 5.88%

Write-in

5 9.80%

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07-09-2018 , 03:46 PM

#526

otatop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bobman0330

Most of their "government money" comes from providing services to the government as a customer.

Which they do for about 1/3 the cost of their main competitor, ULA.

07-09-2018 , 03:58 PM

#527

Trolly McTrollson

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I always got tons of badly-written Japanese applications that just obviously didn’t know wtf they were doing, that was a pretty easy job. Some law firm is scamming the hell out of Japanese inventors.

07-09-2018 , 04:05 PM

#528

Loki

binary duo

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,772

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafja

also how he says unbelievably stupid **** like this

Someone has been taking debate lessons from noted moron Ben Shapiro.

07-09-2018 , 04:33 PM

#529

microbet

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That tweet is Trump-level logic.

07-09-2018 , 05:00 PM

#530

simplicitus

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Yes, just like a Ben Shapiro who believes in universal healthcare, higher taxation, and unions.

Is Elon Musk really the billionaire that needs to be taken down a few pegs? To me that seems like a (mainly fictitious) Bernie supporter trolling against Hillary in the general election. Trump is president, backed by the Kochs, Adelson, the Mercers, and 100 other very rich scumbags and Elon's the guy to go after.

07-09-2018 , 05:04 PM

#531

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

ever since the unions lost the backing of the mafia they lost their teeth and became ineffective and tools of the capitalists who can afford to buy off leadership

bring back the mafia! ScreaminAsian2020!

07-09-2018 , 05:12 PM

#532

Trolly McTrollson

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I used to goof off at the patent office by searching for the nuttiest patent applications I could find. Somewhere I’ve got a list of them, I should try and find it.

07-09-2018 , 05:16 PM

#533

champstark

aka starkwired

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14,838

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

https://twitter.com/sachabaroncohen/...82033099997184

07-09-2018 , 05:19 PM

#534

SenorKeeed

mew mew mew

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 37,478

Dick Cheney looks like death. He'll probably live 40 more years.

07-09-2018 , 05:36 PM

#535

zikzak

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Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

I'm ready for Elon to STFU and stay out of the news for awhile.

This is all I ask. More spaceships and tunnels, less attention whoring.

07-09-2018 , 06:01 PM

#536

Loki

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Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 12,772

Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

Yes, just like a Ben Shapiro who believes in universal healthcare, higher taxation, and unions.

Wha? Are we just ignoring the most recent tweet because reasons?

I’m sorry, but after all the damage centrists in sheeps clothing have done to the progressive movement, maybe yeah, Musk is one of the billionaires we should go after.

07-09-2018 , 06:32 PM

#537

All-In Flynn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by simplicitus

Is Elon Musk really the billionaire that needs to be taken down a few pegs?

The search for the billionaire that doesn't need to be taken down a few pegs is ongoing so I don't get your point.

07-09-2018 , 06:50 PM

#538

microbet

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Elon is not the worst guy in the world but that is not exactly the tweetstorm ain't exactly lovable.

The only reason Elon gets **** is as a reaction to the hero worship.

07-09-2018 , 07:00 PM

#539

uDevil

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Is "on tilt" that widely used or is Yglesias a poker player?

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/sta...662393345?s=19

07-09-2018 , 07:03 PM

#540

MrWookie

Don't Call Me Meredith

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It was pinball before it was poker, so who knows?

07-09-2018 , 07:39 PM

#541

zikzak

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

We need a forum rogue's gallery of all the kooks, cranks and charlatans that have popped up over the years. There seems to be a bottomless well of them, and an equally bottomless well of dumb poker players who can't fall fast enough for every stupid carney and road show that comes down the pike.

Would anybody be interested in doing this as a draft? I worked in the hot sun all afternoon and it started to seem like a good idea after awhile.

07-09-2018 , 07:39 PM

#542

uDevil

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Ah. Well a little less laziness on my part produces this.

https://twitter.com/aliner/status/99...161000960?s=19

07-09-2018 , 08:33 PM

#543

ChrisV

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"Tilt" is pretty mainstream now tho, I've heard it a number of times outside poker circles.

07-09-2018 , 09:13 PM

#544

microbet

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Like wookie said, tilt came from pinball and was used as it is for non-poker non-pinball things before any poker boom.

07-09-2018 , 09:23 PM

#545

eyebooger

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I feel dumb for not making the "tilt" connection to pinball myself.

07-09-2018 , 09:29 PM

#546

Oroku$aki

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Like wookie said, tilt came from pinball and was used as it is for non-poker non-pinball things before any poker boom.

If it was, it wasn't used often. Can't remember any use of it in films (excepting Rounders), tv shows, etc. before the boom.

07-09-2018 , 09:58 PM

#547

zikzak

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Is there any compelling etymology that tilt comes from pinball? Poker tilt is playing like **** and losing all your money. When you tilt a pinball machine the game just stops.

07-09-2018 , 10:11 PM

#548

uDevil

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I never played much pinball so I forgot, but tilt was used in the "off your game" sense and was associated with pinball, maybe because if you got frustrated you you'd be more inclined to cheat by tilting the machine. There are references to that in old cartoons- a tilt sign would sometimes appear when Bugs Bunny or whoever got his nemesis really mad. Naturally I can't find a quick example on yt though.

Eta I guess that doesn't mean it originated with pinball.

07-09-2018 , 10:12 PM

#549

Oroku$aki

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

Is there any compelling etymology that tilt comes from pinball? Poker tilt is playing like **** and losing all your money. When you tilt a pinball machine the game just stops.

It's mentioned in several books about poker and poker history. Then again, poker books, or accepted poker history, sometimes plays fast and loose with actual history (I'm looking at you Nick the Greek vs. Johnny Moss six month poker game that didn't actually happen.)

Aside, I've read that AK was called "walking back to Houston" because the old rounders played it so well they sent their opponents home broke without cab or bus fare, but I've also read it was called that because people would overplay it and find themselves walking back to Houston. They can't both be correct, can they?

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07-10-2018 , 12:22 AM

#550

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,984

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078400/

Quote:

Tilt (1979) is the story of a young girl, who is a pinball machine wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away from home, and skipping school one day she decides to go to Mickey's Bar. Mickey, who is Tilt's good friend, helps her set up a gambler for a pinball game. Because the gambler is unaware of Tilt's pinball wizardry, he is easily hustled out of his money...

When you get mad at pinball you rough-handle the game and tilt it. It's definitely where the poker term came from.

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