A quick comparison
- 06.28.09
- armchair philosophy, government, law
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In the US: People are forced to pay millions of dollars for $15 worth of music. The government has no problem giving money to girls to not get pregnant. Abroad: Taiwan legalizes prostitution. Russian Luxury yachts offer trips to murder Somali pirates. This really should be expanded to compare the western world vs. everyone else. [...]
My dear sister lives there, sucks for her
- 06.27.09
- government, law, wat
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Oregon wants to change the meaning of “yes” and “no”: SALEM (AP) – Democratic state lawmakers have abandoned a plan to change what a “yes” or “no” vote means when actions of the Legislature are referred to voters for approval. The move came Friday after the referendum proposal was panned by Republicans, anti-tax groups and [...]
Old People are Awesome!
- 06.27.09
- drugs
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Old People Are Stoned: Last xmas, I happened across my dad searching for his reading glasses while they were already perched atop his head, and I thought, “If I didn’t know any better I’d say my dad was stoned.” He wasn’t of course. He’s just transitioning from middle-aged into senior discount land. But more and [...]
damn you, keyboard cat!
- 06.24.09
- humor, internets
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A whole bunch of people just lost a bet to me
- 06.21.09
- economics, world domination
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Because I predicted that China would bitch-slap North Korea for testing Nuclear weapons. People at the bar are hilarious when they attempt to analyze international politics. And their fear trumps any form of rationality. Which is sorta okay with me, as I end up looking like some sort of genius. All because I know that [...]
Cougars
- 06.21.09
- coming of age, volunteer work
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A little office discussion the other today turned alarmingly funny when my bosses (who are an older couple) mentioned that the husband had learned what a “cougar” was. All I could respond with was, “yeah, they’re in season right now, too.” Living smack dab in the middle of the downtown, I have been witness to [...]
Don’t Talk To the Police
- 06.21.09
- jerks, justice, law
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DoD Training Manual Describes Protest As "Low-Level Terrorism"
- 06.20.09
- alex jones, neo government, police state
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Pentagon training course says engaging in First Amendment is terrorist activity Steve WatsonInfowars.net Current Department of Defense anti-terrorism training course material states that the exercise of First Amendment rights in the U.S. constitutes terrorist activity. The ACLU has written to the DoD regarding its Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course, which advises personnel [...]
Kaprekar Number
- 06.20.09
- armchair philosophy, fiction, humor, wat
- 1 Comment
Essential for any budding numerologist. Wolfram has a number of quirky math tricks that can be useful in sucking patterns out of nothing. Apply a little statistics, and viola, numerology. Numerology is one of those things that has come from the human brain’s need to impose order on an otherwise chaotic world. It also makes [...]