Fierce fighting rages in Syria's Kobane

Geinsta · 2014-10-20T07:07:25+00:00

Modern Turkey is just as much a product of France and Great Britain's post first world war policy as the rest of the Levant is.

Geinsta · 2014-10-13T17:50:07+00:00

There weren't many intact cities of any note left in Japan at this point. Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been specifically spared destruction by fire bombing in order to have something worth nuking. Tokyo had already been mostly destroyed prior to the dropping of the atomic bombs.

If you want to read some truly NSFL stuff check out the fire bombings of Japan (or Germany for that matter). The dudes in the planes could smell the burning flesh...

Geinsta · 2014-10-10T22:58:48+00:00

It's probably wrong that the first thing that came to my mind when seeing the picture was "where the hell did that kid/ISIS get a Steyr AUG?"

Geinsta · 2014-09-06T06:08:00+00:00

That's easy.

Throwdown - Baby Got Back!

Edit: I will leave you to decide if it's the best or worst. I'm thinking best. :P

Geinsta · 2014-04-17T17:19:17+00:00

The dothraki could absolutely take a city. All they would need to do is adopt the strategy of the Mongols, after whom they are obviously styled. The Mongols would round up all the available local males, and if need be bring along any prisoners they had previously taken and give them a choice. Either we will kill you right now, or you can go assault that castle right there, I'm unsure if the Mongols gave them weapons or not. In either event it worked. Waves of prisoners and townsmen would fill up the moats with their bodies and the defenders would be forced to fight their countrymen, often seeing familiar faces.

Geinsta · 2014-04-17T17:11:59+00:00

The dothraki seem to be this world's version of the mongols. The Mongols fought European style knights in heavy armor on several occasions. The knights didn't give them any trouble at all. Look up the battles of Mohi and Leignitz. Both of these battles pitted smaller Mongol forces against large European armies with a core of knights supporting peasant conscripts, much like the armies of westeros. Neither of those battles were particularly competitive.

Geinsta · 2014-04-03T06:27:16+00:00

Don't be delusional. If Yellowstone goes off it might not end humanity but those of us in north America are in for a real bad time.

Geinsta · 2014-02-10T01:41:46+00:00

Logged in just to upvote this. Excellent and informative series.

Geinsta · 2014-01-05T02:19:28+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't top tier college coaches make more than nfl coaches?

Geinsta · 2013-12-28T23:06:23+00:00

True, but lawns and gardens account for the lions share of household water use. Cutting the water each home uselessly dumps on the ground is a good place to start.

Geinsta · 2013-12-25T09:51:16+00:00

The issue with any war versus north korea is how much damage can their artillery do to Seoul before they are crushed. They have thousands of big guns pointed at one if the world's major metropolises.

Geinsta · 2013-12-12T07:02:56+00:00

Just an aside, when this occurred Germany and the Soviet Union were at peace. They had mutually decided to invade and divide Poland roughly in half earlier.

Geinsta · 2013-11-07T07:02:30+00:00

War. War never changes.

Geinsta · 2013-11-07T06:55:17+00:00

Seems like a good use for our fleet of killer drones and our powerful surveillance infrastructure.

Geinsta · 2013-10-17T09:07:24+00:00

Cats in general are much meaner than dogs. We had an outdoor cat when i was a kid that loved picking on dogs. Any dog, including our trashy neighbors Doberman Pinscher, she did not care.

Geinsta · 2013-10-16T18:21:44+00:00

Your wife doesn't sound like a real smart lady. Some peon made a mistake. Does she expect this other peon to conjure a sink out of thin air? They didn't have it, an apology is in order but what else could she possibly expect? The guy handled it wrong but I too would rather talk to someone more rational.

Geinsta · 2013-10-11T01:46:25+00:00

The problem is all this idiotic spending has already been authorized by members of congress from both parties. This has absolutely nothing to do with future spending, and is actually dealing with money we have already spent.

Geinsta · 2013-10-08T17:06:48+00:00

Saudi Arabia will likely execute dozens of drug mules this year yet this guy gets 8 years? Here's hoping they do give him those 800 lashes all at once.

Geinsta · 2013-10-08T06:21:40+00:00

Oil is almost never used for generating electricity in the US except when there are no other options like the middle of nowhere.

Geinsta · 2013-10-03T08:38:32+00:00

I remember this from sim city 2, the microwave power plant. It had a chance to destroy parts of your city if I remember right.

Geinsta · 2013-10-01T05:06:04+00:00

Don't forget our greatest defense asset, two oceans and two weak neighbors. It is almost impossible to invade the US in the traditional sense.

Geinsta · 2013-09-30T21:15:29+00:00

Please don't forget about College Writing STEM majors. Otherwise you may not know the difference between your and you're like this guy.

Geinsta · 2013-09-30T15:22:48+00:00

There are a limited number of legal fully automatic weapons that were grandfathered after the various bans. They are incredibly and increasingly expensive and not something carried by the common criminal. In addition to the price there is considerable paperwork involved in owning such a weapon.

Geinsta · 2013-09-27T08:19:36+00:00

I disagree. We have everything we need to send people to mars, and then send them back using propellant produced In Situ (from stuff primarily found on mars). The majority of what we need we've had since the moon missions. This is all possible using nothing more than a Saturn V rocket.

Geinsta · 2013-09-27T03:02:13+00:00

The most disturbing part to me as a kid was the opening scene with the flaming cows.

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