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We've been very, very hands off on the Soapbox but frankly this forum has lost its meaning for us. The goal was to provide a place where members could have a good old rant about stuff that affects their daily programming lives. It's become a place to bait and troll.
The anger, the pointless ribbing of other members, the general darkness here is not making me proud of what we've built. There needs to be a change or we will just walk away and close the doors on this forum.
So:
1. No personal attacks. I can't even believe I need to write that one out on CodeProject.
2. No trolling. No deliberating picking something you know will upset others just for entertainment.
3. No hate talk, racism, sexism, anything that's just outright unpleasant. We're not asking you to be angels, but we are saying you need to apply basic decency to your discussions.
4. Threads that seem designed to inflame pointlessly will get locked.
5. We're the final judge. There's no debating if we kick you off the forum or off the site. We are very lenient so you know we don't do that on a whim, so if you're off you're off. We won't be giving you the pleasure of a public fight about it.
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 7-Feb-18 22:55pm.
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It will be a cold day in hell before any current U.S. land is sold to another country. That would be a bad move.
But not surprised that your rocket scientist ass thought it was. 
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Actually - here's something to mull over.
Foreign citizens own huge amounts of US lands and other property.
The main difference, in one viewpoint, is that since the country doesn't own the land (and that's cynical as they can through shell companies), they get all the benefits and don't have to pay to defend or police the land.
Also, since it's Montana, aside from a few monuments, who'd even notice it gone?
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because Montana is currently being used by our Government.
List of military installations in Montana - Wikipedia[^]
I am surprised that you out of all people (Free Masons, etc.) would go along with this bullshit idea.
I don't agree with your comments. I don't think they are sound and well thought out.
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I should have put a happy face.
It's just spin - the current form of information sharing and proof of everything.
I wonder how much tax Montana gets from Federal gov't vs. what they pay in. They're probably a net loss. As for the military bases - just move them south a state or two. What's the difference?
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I know, right. The rest is all brain surgeon
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For California - $20 trillion. 25 trillion if you take Pelosi et al., as well.
(That's what the Red States would pay you to take it off their hands.  )
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Sell Alaska. It's already detached from the rest of the country.
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Hey I'm a buyer, not a seller, I heard they will vote on it on April 1st
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BORDER LIES - Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube[^]
Before the oath, Trump has managed to surpass 2nd term Nixon for paranoia, 2nd term Reagan for corruption & 2nd term Bush for incompetence.--R. Schooley
Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
The president fired the FBI director to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion with a foreign power to fix an election. - Jesse Berne
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"Of all the U.S. Presidents he is the Mussoliniest". 
Before the oath, Trump has managed to surpass 2nd term Nixon for paranoia, 2nd term Reagan for corruption & 2nd term Bush for incompetence.--R. Schooley
Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
The president fired the FBI director to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion with a foreign power to fix an election. - Jesse Berne
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troll, troll, troll your boat gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, Hillary was just a dream.
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Poor baby, you just can't handle disagreement. Too bad for you.
Before the oath, Trump has managed to surpass 2nd term Nixon for paranoia, 2nd term Reagan for corruption & 2nd term Bush for incompetence.--R. Schooley
Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
The president fired the FBI director to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion with a foreign power to fix an election. - Jesse Berne
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It ain't about Hillary. It's about the brain-dead f*** in the Whitehouse.
When will you Hump supporters ever / grow-up / man-up / anything / so you take responsibility for the sh*t you've dropped on the country?
The greatest proof admitting you know you screwed-the-pooch is that you cannot defend anything he does on its own merit so you try to distract. The problem is, it only works on . . . well . . . no one.
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While I do not agree with his politics, that was funny and very well done.
"While I do not agree with his politics, that was funny and very well done," said by no liberal ever.
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Well, I'm not an american or liberal for that matter, but I say that every time I watch Alex Jones. It's a pity they banned him from almost everywhere.
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Without ze German involvement, it vill be a puny wall.
Ze puny wall of Trump.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Without ze German involvement, it vill be a puny wall.
Perhaps the Americans should hire some Dutch civil engineers. Keeping people out must be easier than keeping the sea out.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Then it would become a tourist-attraction; people would come just to put a finger in there
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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CBS's Lara Logan Says Media Is 'Mostly Liberal' and Its Coverage of Trump Is a 'Distortion' of Real Life[^]
Hard to accept for some of you but still worth the read.
The Beer Prayer - Our lager, which art in barrels, hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, I will be drunk, at home as it is in the tavern. Give us this day our foamy head, and forgive us our spillage as we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not to incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers. For thine is the beer, the bitter and the lager, for ever and ever. Barmen.
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Right and real life is where obamacare is repealed, the president takes no salary, the wall is built and paid for by Mexico, no cuts are made to social security and medicaid and the debt is paid off.
I know.
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Way to twist what was said and prove the point!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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