single women want just one thing: A CANALhttps://twitter.com/limitlessleila/status/1344740207992705036 …
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9/ "Murum aries attigit" is Latin for "the [ battering ] ram has touched the wall". The Romans set incentives thusly: cities in rebellion, or in enemy territory could be forgiven for not giving in, even as Roman legions dug trenches and prepared to lay siege. HOWEVER >>>
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10/ Once the battering ram touched the wall, the city could not longer throw open its gates and fly the white flag - it was now too late for that. Once the ram touched the wall, the calculus changed, and defenders would be put to the sword. Interesting game theory, that.
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11/ So, I tried very very very hard to get Gil to take my money, to pay for logging, to pay for a new foundation, so that he could be legal. He chose not to. He chose to scream F bombs at me. Murum aries attigit
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12/ If he ignores the tear-down order for six months, say, he will run up $50,000 in fines. His HELOC bank might notice the lien on the property, freak out, and demand repayment. Now he's got to come up with $130k ASAP. Which I doubt he could. >>>https://twitter.com/SumErgoMonstro/status/1344759055911366663 …
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14/ So one possible scenario - if he takes the dumbest possible choice at each decision point (which seems to be his approach, so far) is that the town and/or the bank might seize his house and auction it off. At which point, yes, I would buy it.
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15/ I've got a 50 BMG and some AP rounds. Plus a copy of SH 21-76 (Army Ranger handbook, with a chapter on improvised demolition). Not sure where I'd find diesel fuel or nitrogen fertilizer on a farm, tho ...https://twitter.com/HoodlumDoodlum/status/1344760109105377280 …
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