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bluering
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Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 29, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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Sorry but that is "dirt for a shirt" stupid. The system does NOT need to be dismembered and destroyed. How UnAmerican to think so. It's not the "System" that needs fixing it is US the citizens who are at fault.
Why do you hate America Blue?.
-Yep, most voters are stupid. Who the hell re-elects Obama on his record?
Who re-elects Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, or Boxer time and time again? WTF
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 29, 2014 - 10:34pm PT
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Compared to that knuckle dragging, born again, anti-science, mouth breathing "flat-earther" troglodyte Bush Jr, President Barack Obama should get re-elected for four terms.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 29, 2014 - 10:40pm PT
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 29, 2014 - 10:48pm PT
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In the quest for an ideal system, Philo, you're an obstacle. Especially based on yer last 2 posts, not just based on their content, but your thinking that they had any semblance of relevancy or meaning.
YOU are why we are stuck with stupid f*#king democrats who are complete idiots.
You just vote for D's regardless of their ideals.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 29, 2014 - 10:53pm PT
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^^^Mirroring? You go gurl. Come back when your intellectual pubic hair comes in.
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:00pm PT
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YOU are why we are stuck with stupid f*#king democrats who are complete idiots.
If democrats are complete idiots, where does that leave Ted Cruz? Is there a category for sub-idiots?
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:03pm PT
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Didn't know I was so omnipotently influential as to be the reason the Blurring proferred. Earlier one of the resident wingnutz said that I, I personally, was responsible for the situation in Crimea. ROTFLMAO.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:06pm PT
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If democrats are complete idiots, where does that leave Ted Cruz? Is there a category for sub-idiots?
Whats your gripe with Ted?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:19pm PT
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What's interesting is the fear of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:21pm PT
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What's interesting is the fear of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
Hardly "fear". Revulsion is more accurate.
Are these political candidates that you approve of and/or even admire?
Don't you recognize the insane irony between what you profess about Government and the policies of those who you do support?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:29pm PT
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bluering asked What's interesting is the fear of Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
One of these guys is probably going to be the Republican nominee for President and I look forward to bluering explaining why they are taking so much campaign money from the backers of the New World Order.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 29, 2014 - 11:55pm PT
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bluering? Do you appreciate history?
From Wikipedia:
13th century
Year
Date
Event
Significance
1202
The Fourth Crusade sacked Croatian town of Zadar (Italian: Zara), a rival of Venice. Unable to raise enough funds to pay to their Venetian contractors, the crusaders agreed to sack the city despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding such an action and threatening excommunication.
Siege of Zara was the first major Crusade's action and the first attack against a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders.
1204
Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
Considered to be the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1205
Battle of Adrianople. The Bulgarians under Emperor Kaloyan defeat Baldwin I.
Beginning of the decline of the Latin Empire.
1206
Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan of the Mongols and the Mongol Empire was established.
The Mongols would conquer much of Eurasia, changing former political borders.
1208
Pope Innocent III calls for the Albigensian Crusade which seeks to destroy a rival form of Christianity practiced by the Cathars.
1209
The University of Cambridge is founded.
1209
Founding of the Franciscan Order.
One of the more significant orders in the Roman Catholic church, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi.
1212
Children's Crusade.
1212
Spanish Christians succeed in defeating the Moors in the long Reconquista campaigns, after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
By 1248, only the small southern kingdom of Granada remained under Muslim control.
1215
June 15
The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.
This marks one of the first times a medieval ruler is forced to accept limits on his power.
1215
Fourth Lateran Council. Dealt with transubstantiation, papal primacy and conduct of clergy. Proclaimed that Jews and Muslims should wear identification marks to distinguish them from Christians.
1216
Papal recognition of the Dominican Order.
1219
Serbian Orthodox Church becomes autocephalous under St. Sava, its first Archbishop.
1227
Genghis Khan dies.
His kingdom is divided among his children and grandchildren: Empire of the Great Khan, Chagatai Khanate, Mongolian Homeland, and the Blue Horde and White Horde. (Which would later become the Golden Horde.
1237–1240
Mongol invasion of Rus' resumes.
Causes the split of Kievan Rus' into three components (present day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, greatly effects various regions of raided lands in other parts of Europe; Golden Horde formed.
1257
Founding of the University of Paris.
1257
Provisions of Oxford forced upon Henry III of England.
This establishes a new form of government-limited regal authority.
1258
Siege of Baghdad
Mongols (the Ilkhanate) ensure control of the region; Generally considered the end of the Islamic Golden Age.
1272-73
The Ninth Crusade occurs.
Considered to be the Last Major Crusade to take place in the Holy Land.
1273
Rudolph I of Germany is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
This begins the Habsburg de facto domination of the crown that lasted until is dissolution in 1806.
1274
Thomas Aquinas' work, Summa Theologica is published, after his death.
Is the main staple of theology during the Middle Ages.
1279
Battle of Yamen.
Marks the end of the Song Dynasty in China, and all of China is under the rule of Kublai Khan as the emperor.
1282
Sicilian Vespers. Sicilians massacres Angevins over a six-week period, after a Frenchman harassed a woman.
Would mark a two decade period of war, and peace treaties between mainly between Aragon, Sicily, and the Angevin.
1296
Edward I of England invades Scotland, starting the First War of Scottish Independence.
1297
The Battle of Stirling Bridge.
William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.
1298
Marco Polo publishes his tales of China, along with Rustichello da Pisa.
A key step to the bridging of Asia and Europe in trade.
1299
July 27th
The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I.
Becomes longest lasting Islamic Empire, lasting over 600 years into the 20th century.
Late Middle Ages
Further information: Late Middle Ages
14th century
Year
Date
Event
Significance
1307
Friday, October 13th
The Knights Templar are rounded up and murdered by Philip the Fair of France, with the backing of the Pope.
Hastens the demise of the order within a decade.
1307
Beginning of the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy during which the Popes moved to Avignon.
Begins a period of over seven decades of the Papacy outside of Rome that would be one of the major factors of the Western Schism.
1310
Dante publishes his Divine Comedy.
Is one of the most defining works of literature during the Late Middle Ages, and among the most recognizable in all of literature.
1314
Battle of Bannockburn.
Robert the Bruce restores Scotland's de facto independence.
1325
The Aztecs found the city of Tenochtitlan.
This would be the epicenter and capital of the Aztec kingdom for nearly 200 years until the Siege of Tenochtitlan led by Hernán Cortés.
1328
The First War of Scottish Independence ends in Scottish victory with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton and de jure independence.
1333
Emperor Go-Daigo returns to the throne from exile, and begins the Kenmu restoration.
The Kamakura Shogunate comes to an end, and the Kenmu Restoration only lasts a few years before the Ashikaga Shogunate begins.
1337
The Hundred Years' War begins. England and France struggle for a dominating position in Europe and their region.
The war will span through three/four different war periods within a 116 year period.
1346
August 26th
Battle of Crécy.
English forces led by Edward III and Edward, the Black Prince defeat the French forces of Philip VI despite being outnumbered at least 4 to 1, with the longbow being a major factor in favor of England. Also considered to be the beginning of the end of classic chivalry.
1347
The Black Death ravages Europe for the first of many times. An estimated 20% - 40% of the population is thought to have perished within the first year.
The first of many concurrences of this plague, This was believed to have wiped out as many as 50% of Europe's population by its end.
1347
The University of Prague is founded.
It its the oldest Czech and German-Speaking University in the world
1368
The fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Its remnants, known as Northern Yuan, continued to rule Mongolia.
The breakup of the Mongol Empire, which marked the end of Pax Mongolica.
1370
Tamerlane establishes the Timurid Dynasty.
During this 35 year period, Tamerlane would ravage his fellow Islamic states such as the Golden Horde and the Delhi Sultanate in order to accomplish his goal of a restored Mongol Empire.
1378
The Western Schism during which three claimant popes were elected simultaneously.
The Avignon Papacy ends.
1380
Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to a victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo.
1380
Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer's greatest work, and one of the foundations towards the formation of the Modern English language
1381
Peasants' Revolt in England.
Quickest-spread revolt in English history, and the most popular revolt of the Late Middle Ages.
1381
The Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe.
First print published in English (Vulgate)
1386
October 18-19th
The University of Heidelberg is founded.
It is the oldest university in Germany.
1389
June 28th
Battle of Kosovo in Serbia.
This was in many respects the decisive battle between the Turks, led by Sultan Murat, and Christian army, led by the Serbs and their duke Lazar. The battle took place in Kosovo, the southern province of the Medieval Serbian Empire. After this battle Turkish empire continued to spread over the Balkans, to finally reach Vienna.
1392
Joseon Dynasty founded in Korea.
Becomes longest reigning Korean dynasty.
1396
The Battle of Nicopolis.
The last great Crusade fails.
1397
The Kalmar Union is formed.
Queen Margaret I of Denmark unites the Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and lasts until 1523.
1399
Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke, who becomes Henry IV of England.
End of Plantagenet Dynasty, beginning of the Lancaster lineage of kings.
15th century
Year
Date
Event
Significance
1402
July 20th
Battle of Ankara
Bayezid I is captured by Tamerlane's forces, causing the interregnum of the Ottoman Empire.
1405
Chinese Naval Expeditions of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean (to Eastern Africa) begins, under the leadership of Zheng He.
This will be the first of seven of the Ming Dynasty-sponsored expeditions, lasting until 1433.
1409
Ladislaus of Naples sells his "rights" on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100,000 ducats.
Dalmatia would with some interruptions remain under Venetian rule for nearly four centuries, until 1797.
1415
Kingdom of Portugal conquers Ceuta.
Beginning of the Portuguese Empire.
1415
October 25th
Battle of Agincourt. Henry V and his army defeat a numerically superior French army, partially because of the newly introduced English longbow.
The turning point in the Hundred Years' War for 15th Century England that lead to the signing of the Treaty of Troyes signed 5 years later, making Henry V heir of France.
1417
The Council of Constance ends.
The Western Schism comes to a close, and elects Pope Martin V as the sole pope.
1419
Hussite Wars begins after 4 years after the death of Jan Hus in central Europe, dealing with the followers of Jan Hus and those against them.
Although the war was a stalemate (ended around 1434), it was another factor that[clarification needed] between the Catholics and Protestants before the Protestant Reformation.
1429
Joan of Arc lifts the siege of Orléans for the Dauphin of France, enabling him to eventually be crowned at Reims.
The battle at Orléans is the first of many which ultimately drive the English from continental Europe.
1431
Trial and execution of Joan of Arc.
Death of the woman who helped turned the Hundred Years' War in favor of the French over the past two years.
1434
The Medici family rises to prominence in Florence.
This ushers in a period of significance of the Medici's, such as bankers, popes, queens (regents) and dukes, throughout Europe (mainly Italy, especially the Florentine Republic), over the next three centuries.
1439
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
Literature, News, etc. becomes more accessible throughout Europe.
1442
Battle of Szeben
Third significant victory for the Hungarian forces led by Janos Hunyadi over the Ottoman forces.
1444
November 10th
Battle of Varna
Final battle of the Crusade of Varna; Ottomans are victorious over the Hungarian-Polish armies, and Władysław III of Poland dies.
1453
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.
End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire.
1453
The Hundred Years' War ends.
England's once vast territories in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well.
1455
May 22
Battle of St. Albans
Traditionally marks the beginning of the War of the Roses.
1456
Siege of Belgrade
Major Ottoman advances are halted for 7 decades, last major victory for Hunyadi.
1459
Smederevo falls under the Turks/Ezio Auditore is born.
Marks the end of the Medieval Serbian Empire.
1461
The Empire of Trebizond falls to the Ottoman Turks.
Last Roman outpost to be conquered by the Ottomans.
1467–1477
Ōnin War takes place in Japan.
First of many significant civil wars between shogunates that would continue for another century during the Muromachi period.
1485
Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur
Perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English.
1485
August 22nd
Battle of Bosworth Field.
Richard III dies in battle, and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses.
1487
June 16
Battle of Stoke.
Marks end of the War of the Roses.
1492
Reconquista ends.
Marks end of Moorish/Muslim rule within Iberian Peninsula; Unification of Spain and Portugal, respectively.
1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the New World.
Age of Discovery into the New World begins.
1492-1499
Events between the traditional end of the Middle Ages in 1492 and the beginning of the 16th century:
Year
Date
Event
Significance
1494
June 7
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.
Pope's ruling will lead to the division of Brazil and Spanish America, as well as the formation of the Spanish Philippines and Portuguese colonies in India and Africa.
1494—1559
The Italian Wars.
Italian Wars will eventually lead to the downfall of the Italian city-states.
1497
Vasco da Gama (Spanish) begins his first voyage from Europe to India and back.
Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail directly to Eastern Asia from Europe.
1499
Ottoman fleet defeats Venetians at the Battle of Zonchio.
The first naval battle that used cannons in ships.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Mar 30, 2014 - 12:32am PT
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So what is wrong with Rand Paul or Ted Cruz again?
I hear no substance. Just bullshit!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Mar 30, 2014 - 12:45am PT
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bluering complained So what is wrong with Rand Paul or Ted Cruz again?
I hear no substance. Just bullshit!
Yeah here let me make a huge effortpost for you to pretend is just "spin" like usual. Howabout if you actually take 30 seconds to find some information for yourself. You have the whole internet at your fingertips...except the only sources you think are credible bend over backwards to extol the great deeds of the Pauls ensuring that you will never creep out of the socialist-proof tinfoil hat that you've made for yourself.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Mar 30, 2014 - 12:52am PT
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^^
& if u don't eat the cookie it doesn't come true!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Mar 30, 2014 - 01:07am PT
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Enough of this "Republicans are wrong about everything" derail. Bluering, get us back on track with a story about how you became a Sovereign Citizen and why we should all follow your lead. And be specific. No more of this "because I love America" garbage. Give us the details.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 30, 2014 - 01:08am PT
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Brennan, aren't cookies palliative? Or are they beyond the palliative?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Mar 30, 2014 - 03:11am PT
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NWO some of your questions are worth asking but you are rivaling my thespian-minded 6 year old daughter for meladrama. Why is water flouridated? Why is it chlorinated? Same friggin answer.
The lack of dramatic difference between one administration and another speaks more to the behemoth of our military-industrial complex, the conservative nature of our politics and the desperate fear of our leaders for being blamed for another terrorist attack than anything else. There is also the nature of everything to settle in to the way it always has been. Affecting change is extremely difficult.
*edit* Jesus I was seriousposting there for a minute. Why are we spraying the sky with chemicals? Your article is entirely hypothetical! God damn that is stupid.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Mar 30, 2014 - 08:36am PT
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COME ON SHEEPLE!
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