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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Naah, ban guns. 
I would really like to know where that hole is so i can get a taste.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
Gunpla is amazing!
To be fair, the first two can be seen as accidents (One as negligent homicide though)
the rest are acts of murder
Also, regarding rand "No experience can be a good thing"?
The tea party almost making our country default says poo on that.
Wandering Jew
edited 23rd Apr '14 12:24:47 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
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But then Obama also had basically no experience (at least at the federal level. He didn't go from "Community Organizer" to President as fast as some would have you believe, but he also didn't even finish his first term in the Senate.).
Experience is good for some things, but not a real prerequisite for a good president. Lincoln hadn't done much with himself either, compared to his contemporaries (Buchanan, for instance, had been jumping around the State Department for decades. Look how that ended up).
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
I get the feeling that this is a poor idea
NOT THE BEES
And even then, it's pretty meaningless outside of cash-vacuuming athletic programs. I had less African-American classmates than international transfers who were actually from Africa.
Actually, when you remove Affirmative Action, Asians get the best test scores outta everyone, so....
edited 23rd Apr '14 1:26:39 PM by Sledgesaul
HGW XX/7
And say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free...
edited 23rd Apr '14 2:43:40 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Damn, Louisiana jumped on that and held on screaming didn't they?
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
I recall reading somewhere, that Louisiana has the highest imprisonment rate, not just the country, but the entire world.
HGW XX/7
In fairness, America's "highest imprisonment rate" is in a fairly large part due to countries like the PRC and North Korea liberally executing people, meaning their rates of "imprisoned" individuals are much lower.
Still, "we are just better than the ChiComs and the Norks" is hardly a ringing endorsement...
edited 23rd Apr '14 2:52:09 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der Partei
That did look a lot like going "anything you can do, I can do better" yelled at Texas, didn't it? 
Wandering Jew
Haha yeah! I kept looking for Texas to go darkest but nope!
FCC's new proposed rules for net neutrality seem to be anything but neutral
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A procrastination in of itself
What is this shit?
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Gunpla is amazing!
So...how's the job market in Toronto?
Or anywhere outside of the USA basically...
edited 23rd Apr '14 5:07:17 PM by Thorn14
Visiting from the Hoag Galaxy
In Toronto? Awful. But that's mostly because it's the biggest city in the country and a quarter of the country's population lives within three hours driving distance. I've been job hunting for years. I might have a job lined up now though, I just have to wait until Monday.
The Maritimes have it pretty bad, Alberta is booming (kind of, it's mostly just the oil industry) and the rest of Canada is kind of eh. Not that bad, not that great.
Not Three Laws compliant.
HGW XX/7
I see what you did there.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Visiting from the Hoag Galaxy
Oh my goodness, I didn't even realize that. I never say eh in real life, so that was completely unintentional.
edited 23rd Apr '14 5:11:10 PM by Zendervai
Not Three Laws compliant.
Gunpla is amazing!
Can't be worse than America, considering you just won "most wealthy middle class."
Lately I'm starting to think this country is just not one I can support.
edited 23rd Apr '14 5:11:58 PM by Thorn14
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Canada sounds nicer by the day.
I mean their money smells like maple syrup and is waterproof, how amazing is that?
Oh really when?
The threat of terrorism
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