NYCmetsfan
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Times like this I'm glad we have barack in the white house and not Romney or McCain
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PoliGAF 2014 |OT| Kay Hagan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad News
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NYCmetsfan
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Some idiot on MSNBC just brought up the war Powers act and Obamas constitutional authority.
Does he know the Iraq authorization is still in effect?
Does he know the Iraq authorization is still in effect?
eBay Huckster
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I'm not sure what I'm more mad about: the fact that this is going to outweigh Kasich's many policy fuckups over the last four years, or that yet again a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Ohio commits a glaring fucking unforced error.
NYCmetsfan
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Horrible news. So sad.
Black Mamba
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How sad. This is so shocking. I always liked reading his posts. Bums me out.
Goddamnit.
((((((PhoenixDark
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RIP Hito, completely shocking news. Always struck me like a nice, down to earth guy.
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speculawyer
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Seriously. He's prudent . . . but acts when needed.
Man, what the hell is going on?
rocketknight
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Ugh, he was such a great person
Goddamn that came out of nowhere.
RIP Hito
I can't believe there will now be a PoliGAF future without Hitokage
He will now be pointing and laughing at us from his Political armchair in the sky with Gaborn.
I can't believe there will now be a PoliGAF future without Hitokage
I know, it felt like I got punched in the gut when I heard.
Oh my god :-(
Really nice person. And whip-smart. Great poster, great mod. I aspire to be like Hito.
Yeah, it's just so... weird. I dunno.
election season is going to be soul crushing
i loved hearing hitokage's razor sharp wit and insight into current events
Really nice person. And whip-smart. Great poster, great mod. I aspire to be like Hito.
Yeah, it's just so... weird. I dunno.
Do we know what caused it? Did he ever mention any disease or condition he had?
According to his obituary, it was very sudden. Maybe a blood clot/aneurism of some kind?
Nobody really knows though, including Tyler. This is just a true tragedy
Whenever someone I have shared memories with passes, I always think of the old painful verse from one of my favorite Eels songs:
and it's a hard time
trying to get through
all the days that drag on
thinking about you
nothing hurts
like someone who knows
everything about you
leaving you behind
(sorry if this is corny, but I don't have any other way to express myself about this eloquently right now. this really shook me to the core.)
Hitokage was a fellow mod and fellow ex-mod, and I had many long discussions with him. He was my go to man on all things related to astronomy. We didn't always agree, but I always knew I was out of his league. He was one of the few people to make me feel that way, and I mean that in the best possible way. I was always learning from him.
It's like one is instantly awoken to their mortality, and they know that whether they had a large experience with that person or a small experience, those memories you two shared together - whether good or ill - have now evaporated into the ether. All that exists is what is left in your own mind, fragments on a dream, and then whose to say it ever really existed at all?
NYCmetsfan
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Fuck, I remember him always being in the cosmos threads and answering my questions. We really lost someone good...
Same age as me. Makes me feel even more sad. He was really smart. I didn't talk to him much but I often appreciated his insight when reading his thoughts on various things.
Also knowing he's been on GAF forever like me (actually he was around even longer) just makes me realize how much time has passed since then and how bad I feel for him and his family.
Assuming he died from natural causes/some kind of condition, he didn't deserve this...
Not to get overly emotional, but why does it always seem like people who have big hearts/who are intelligent/who have the best of intentions always die too soon?
Way too much of that has been going on. Or at least that's what it feels like.
November 24. Evilore also has a birthday very nearby to that, he is also turning 30.
(it suggests to me that all of the old guard of GAF is starting to enter their 30s. Which is truly bizarre)
I turned 37 this year. When Gaborn, Scorcho and now Hitokage passed, I found myself reminded to really try to savor every day. We don't know when it's going to be all we have. Sorry for the soppy sentiment, just still very upset.
Bam Bam Baklava
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How do you guys feel about the groups that are against action in Iraq against ISIS? It's not that they have no valid points but I just don't see how ISIS is a negotiable entity. How can they be dealt with in any other way?
I lean strongly toward very limited US involvement, for similar reasons as Ami. The middle east is on fire and we can't roll in and stop it if we tried. Limited help for situations such as those stranded on the mountain are about as far as I'm comfortable taking us. I feel bad saying so but I just don't see how we can really help. We were there for a decade and this is where it got things.
Pretty much. We can help keep the damage to a minimum but we have to let them figure it out for themselves, us interfering never ends well.
speculawyer
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Who are the groups?
Bam Bam Baklava
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CodePink and such.
benjipwns
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Thanks for linking to a post where I don't say anything you just claimed.
And FDR absolutely implemented the equivalent of fascist economic policy. Like I said, Alter brought it up when he mentioned the NRA. That shit was as close to fascism as you could get away with in the U.S. (And probably would have been even more blatant had the Supreme Court not taken care of it.)
I deny that Republicans have ever talked about impeachment.
I deny that Republicans have ever talked about impeachment.
There I've finally done it once and then done it once more. Have fun.
Nah, just good old fashion freedom. He released his Canadian half into the wild when he gave up his citizen ship. The only question remains: Was his Canadian half is good half or his evil half?
eBay Huckster
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Turns out his Canadian half traveled back in time and fused with me, so... let's say evil half.
No worries, G. We're all pretty shook up.
And to think, I spent the last week worrying about a dental procedure I might have to take soon. Stuff like this really puts things into perspective.
platypotamus
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Incredibly saddened by the news about Hito. He was a good dude.
wsoxfan1214
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Only going to be 22, but this was something else I thought of when I saw the news. It's crazy how fast someone can be gone.
A family member was just hospitalized for pneumonia, sepsis, other stuff, encephalitis, fluid around the heart, etc. Glad she pulled through. That was hard enough. Can't imagine what it'd be like to lose a family member at 30 so suddenly.
It really is shocking how things have escalated recently. Ten years ago everything seemed fine as trade was flourishing and Russia's economy was growing rapidly. Now the trade relations are in the same category with Iran, the neighboring countries in Eastern-Europe are going to face a major economic impact and apparently "cold war"- esque military exercises are back in the picture as well.
We can forget any co-operation in space related programs and both sides will once again flush a lot of money down the toilet.
The Librarian
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I'll be 31 soon. One thing I'll say about getting older -- it's like as soon as you near the end of your 20's you not only realize time moves much faster than before, but you are far more aware of how frail life is. For example, people who had underlying conditions they previously didn't know about or once had under control are more prone to having increased complications or possibly dying. People who have really been struggling with mental health may actually go through with doing something crazy like suicide. "Starting to get older" comes with more baggage than one may first realize when it comes to the well-being of others in your age group, and it's very depressing.
Any sources for this story that aren't batshit crazy?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=870515
The OP states people changing their name to Benghazi on Facebook is as powerful as the equality sign.
I think not.
The OP states people changing their name to Benghazi on Facebook is as powerful as the equality sign.
I think not.
He will now be pointing and laughing at us from his Political armchair in the sky with Gaborn.
Sad to hear. He will be missed around here for sure.
As a side note, Gaborn passed as well?
The Librarian
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Geez, PoliGAF is old.
There can't be a new cold war with Russia because Russia isn't a super power. They are a regional power with limited influence outside of their "sphere". Obama isn't taking them seriously because they aren't to be taken seriously. Strategic bombers in our air space? The kremlin would be a smoldering husk before that were allowed to happen.
I've been on GAF since the 90's, I've been in my 30's for a while now.
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