You can get to the Vault 87 location by coming down on it from the north and dropping off a cliff onto the door. Problem is your taking 500 rads a sec at the entrance so come with a shit load of rad away. Also you most likely won't be able to just fast travel because of some super mutants near the door so run like fuckin hell.
I actually go to the College that Rice played against in last years Texas Bowl. I feel ashamed that we lost to them. They were a weird ass school, and their Band sucks ass.
Megatron turns into an cybertronian tank. And most of the Decepticon army you mentioned didn't have an alternate form, they are what is called a protoform which is what a transformer is before scanning and turning into the car, tank, etc.
Yes I am a Transformers nerd, you want to make something of it?!
I'm just gonna say something about something you asked about Transformers.
In the movie, Megatron transforms into a jet. In the first one it's pretty evident, but in the second it doesn't show up on screen, but how do you think he got on top of the pyramid?
Geoff, if you found alien power cells at Meresti train station in your Fallout 3 game, the Firelance (unique Alien Blaster) is probably in that area too. The train station is a random encounter location so the exploding UFO encounter probably happened there.
I gotta agree about the Maxim-like Olivia Munn pictorial in Playboy, but really I'm more interested in the fact that the guy playing drums in the main picture on the Olivia Munn link looks like the King of Cartoons from Pee Wee's Playhouse.
Al Franken was born in NYC, but moved to Minnesota as a young child with his parents.
He grew up in St. Louis Park (a Minneapolis suburb.) He settled in NYC during his SNL days (after graduating from Harvard) and came back to MN frequently during his adulthood to see family. He's moved back to MN and did his Radio Show for a little while and then transitioned into his senate run. Al has been pretty active in the MN political scene, especially his campaigning on behalf of our former Sen. Paul Wellstone.
I voted for Franken, but then again I'm highly active in the DFL party (Democratic-Farmer-Labor.) Al's a great guy, had the opportunity to vote for him in the endorsing convention and the general election.
trust me when I say this, his past wasn't the determining factor in voting for him, if anything it was a bit too flashy, but his politics were right, and that's why he was elected.
Yeah but Barkley (I) aligned closer with Franken than Coleman...
Ditto with the last few gubernatorial races here in MN. T-Paw has gotten lucky that there's been an independent candidate to siphon off DFL votes.
Let's face it here, politically speaking more people in MN side with the DFL than they do the GOP.
With that said, I'm sure Franken's satire certainly was a bit off putting for some, but the man is wicked smart, also very nice. Worked on the campaign, his wife makes a fantastic pie as well, I'm very happy with him being elected.
I have the exact same problem with lag on my 360 dashboard, fuck knows why, might have something to do with the transfer i did from a 20GB drive to an elite 120GB. I'm waiting for a response from Microsoft at the moment regarding the problem.
I fundamentally disagree, sir, I think Barkley "siphoned off" more votes from Coleman. I was one of them. Like I was saying, Coleman is not a real Republican, he's just a career politician who will go with whomever and wherever he can get elected. I think most Republican voters are aware of his chameleon nature, and combine that with his close associations with George W. Bush (until Bush became unpopular, of course), his approval of the Patriot Act, general disgruntlement at the Republican Party, and the fact that he probably wouldn't have been elected at all if Wellstone hadn't died, and I think it was pretty clear to most that Coleman was a bad choice.
Now look at Franken. Why would a DFLer choose an Independent in this race? They haven't really been in power until recently, so there was little for Minnesotans to be disgruntled with. Sure, he probably lost a vote or two for a rape joke, but I think all DFLers knew exactly what they would be getting with Franken: a "yay" vote for any and all bills Obama put in front of him. What's not to like?
Issues were rather irrelevant here, because Barkley's platform held ideas that were appealing to both groups.
Here's a caricature I did of the senate electorate...
For as silly as it is I'm halfway serious about it.
I totally agree that Barkley made off with a good chunk of moderate Republican votes, however I contend that he pulled more from the left side of the spectrum than he did the right by virtue of his political stances also being ever so slightly left leaning. Let's face it the man supported equal GLBT rights, Medicare for all, pulling out of Iraq, renewable energy, and a few other enticing positions for someone on the left side of the fence. For the right he had immigration reform and held a slightly neo-hooverstic economic policy approach. There's no doubt he was certainly in the middle, but given his campaign platform I'd simply argue he was more left than right.
I'd say the traditionally Republican folks that voted for Barkley were of the moderate Republican variety and were fed up with an ever rightwards moving party and as such decided to vote Independent. With that said there were more DFL'ers or would be DFL votes that went Barkley because Al Franken was admittedly to many a polarizing candidate. As a DFL insider I can tell you there was quite a bit of infighting over Al... you had the Feminist caucus raising a shit storm over his satire, and eventually a good chunk of them spun off and supported Priscilla Lord Faris for the nomination. She didn't make the endorsement and many of them moved to the Barkley camp out of spite. And don't forget about the moderate Dems who thought Al Franken was a joke.
And then you have a good chunk of folks smack dab in the middle who don't affiliate with either party who would have in a bad year for Republicans, voted for the DFL candidate had there not been a viable third party option.
You also have to consider that the DFL party is more prone to fraying around the edges... In MN the DFL is a larger tent then the Republican party (i.e. a greater variety of folks with a wider range of political views.) And despite that the Republican party is currently having an "identity crisis" I'd argue that at the election time they were still relatively intact... and even now it's really just two camps within the Republican party the far right and the moderates. Whereas within the DFL you have many many more subgroups.
Historically speaking the Independence party has sucked quite a few votes from DFL candidates, this year the effects were a little balanced out given the damaged Republican brand... but they still hurt Franken more than it did Coleman.
Very good points (although isn't it "caricature"?). But Barkley's main issue, time and again, was the federal deficit, clearly an attempt to rip fiscal conservatives from the Republicans. And let's not forget about the allegations of corruption against Coleman days before the election.
Jeez, you start adding up the all reasons to hate Franken and Coleman, and it's amazing Barkely didn't win.
And it sounded better when i uploaded it. Weird.
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God I'm a Fallout nerd.
Yes I am a Transformers nerd, you want to make something of it?!
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In the movie, Megatron transforms into a jet. In the first one it's pretty evident, but in the second it doesn't show up on screen, but how do you think he got on top of the pyramid?
Just sayin'.
Rice is one of the best. Although all the comments about our sports teams were sadly true. lol
Hopefully having a football coach that is actually staying for more than a year at a time might make the program at least half-way decent.
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He grew up in St. Louis Park (a Minneapolis suburb.) He settled in NYC during his SNL days (after graduating from Harvard)
and came back to MN frequently during his adulthood to see family. He's moved back to MN and did his Radio Show for a little while
and then transitioned into his senate run. Al has been pretty active in the MN political scene, especially his campaigning on behalf
of our former Sen. Paul Wellstone.
I voted for Franken, but then again I'm highly active in the DFL party (Democratic-Farmer-Labor.) Al's a great guy, had the opportunity
to vote for him in the endorsing convention and the general election.
trust me when I say this, his past wasn't the determining factor in voting for him, if anything it was a bit too flashy, but his politics were
right, and that's why he was elected.
Well, 42% of the people liked him . . .
Yeah but Barkley (I) aligned closer with Franken than Coleman...
Ditto with the last few gubernatorial races here in MN. T-Paw has gotten lucky that there's been an independent candidate to siphon off DFL votes.
Let's face it here, politically speaking more people in MN side with the DFL than they do the GOP.
With that said, I'm sure Franken's satire certainly was a bit off putting for some, but the man is wicked smart, also very nice. Worked on the campaign,
his wife makes a fantastic pie as well, I'm very happy with him being elected.
I fundamentally disagree, sir, I think Barkley "siphoned off" more votes from Coleman. I was one of them. Like I was saying, Coleman is not a real Republican, he's just a career politician who will go with whomever and wherever he can get elected. I think most Republican voters are aware of his chameleon nature, and combine that with his close associations with George W. Bush (until Bush became unpopular, of course), his approval of the Patriot Act, general disgruntlement at the Republican Party, and the fact that he probably wouldn't have been elected at all if Wellstone hadn't died, and I think it was pretty clear to most that Coleman was a bad choice.
Now look at Franken. Why would a DFLer choose an Independent in this race? They haven't really been in power until recently, so there was little for Minnesotans to be disgruntled with. Sure, he probably lost a vote or two for a rape joke, but I think all DFLers knew exactly what they would be getting with Franken: a "yay" vote for any and all bills Obama put in front of him. What's not to like?
Issues were rather irrelevant here, because Barkley's platform held ideas that were appealing to both groups.
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Here's a caricature I did of the senate electorate...
For as silly as it is I'm halfway serious about it.
I totally agree that Barkley made off with a good chunk of moderate Republican votes, however I contend that he pulled more from the left side of the spectrum than he did the right by virtue of his political stances also being ever so slightly left leaning. Let's face it the man supported equal GLBT rights, Medicare for all, pulling out of Iraq, renewable energy, and a few other enticing positions for someone on the left side of the fence. For the right he had immigration reform and held a slightly neo-hooverstic economic policy approach. There's no doubt he was certainly in the middle, but given his campaign platform I'd simply argue he was more left than right.
I'd say the traditionally Republican folks that voted for Barkley were of the moderate Republican variety and were fed up with an ever rightwards moving party and as such decided to vote Independent. With that said there were more DFL'ers or would be DFL votes that went Barkley because Al Franken was admittedly to many a polarizing candidate. As a DFL insider I can tell you there was quite a bit of infighting over Al... you had the Feminist caucus raising a shit storm over his satire, and eventually a good chunk of them spun off and supported Priscilla Lord Faris for the nomination. She didn't make the endorsement and many of them moved to the Barkley camp out of spite. And don't forget about the moderate Dems who thought Al Franken was a joke.
And then you have a good chunk of folks smack dab in the middle who don't affiliate with either party who would have in a bad year for Republicans, voted for the DFL candidate had there not been a viable third party option.
You also have to consider that the DFL party is more prone to fraying around the edges... In MN the DFL is a larger tent then the Republican party (i.e. a greater variety of folks with a wider range of political views.) And despite that the Republican party is currently having an "identity crisis" I'd argue that at the election time they were still relatively intact... and even now it's really just two camps within the Republican party the far right and the moderates. Whereas within the DFL you have many many more subgroups.
Historically speaking the Independence party has sucked quite a few votes from DFL candidates, this year the effects were a little balanced out given the damaged Republican brand... but they still hurt Franken more than it did Coleman.
Very good points (although isn't it "caricature"?). But Barkley's main issue, time and again, was the federal deficit, clearly an attempt to rip fiscal conservatives from the Republicans. And let's not forget about the allegations of corruption against Coleman days before the election.
Jeez, you start adding up the all reasons to hate Franken and Coleman, and it's amazing Barkely didn't win.