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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#52026: Mar 30th 2013 at 4:11:46 PM

@Kostya: The internet and independent research. tongue

It's a miracle I never got knocked up.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
What a Wonderful World!
#52027: Mar 30th 2013 at 6:23:36 PM

[up][up]That politician should of thought out his tweet better.

The Reaper Games starts anew.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#52028: Mar 30th 2013 at 11:42:14 PM

Confederate Flag Display At North Carolina State Capitol Outrages NAACP

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#52029: Mar 31st 2013 at 12:03:27 AM

That politician should of thought out his tweet better.

Better yet, politicians ought to stay away from the Internet in general until they actually understand how it works.

Honestly, I like our President for actually seeming to understand this stuff. See the response to the "we the people" petition about the Death Star project...hell, the whole petition thing in general.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#52031: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:37:11 AM

I must have gone to a very atypical elementary school 'cause I got this stuff taught to me in third grade.

Yeah I learned it in fifth.

Of course I did go to an atypical elementary school: a Catholic one.

of course High School was so liberal it was easier to get condoms than an ice pack.

-sigh- That sounds familiar, yes.

edited 31st Mar '13 10:39:23 AM by Pykrete

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#52032: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:40:43 AM

I can count the number of times I needed either in high school on one hand.

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#52033: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:43:56 AM

Eh. Between PE classes playing some mildly rough sports and marching band going 3-9 hours on rehearsal days, injuries happened often enough that there was pretty much no excuse for that kind of priorities in my mind. Someone's bleeding or limping, you get them a goddamn ice pack.

edited 31st Mar '13 10:44:36 AM by Pykrete

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#52034: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:57:03 AM

I remember in 7th or 8th grade, my general P.E. class had a day where we were shown a video which showed the entire reproductive system, including a penis ejaculating inside a vagina shown from the inside. The sex itself had a discretion shot.

I also had another sex ed class as a freshman which showed, among other things, how to apply a condom the right way.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#52037: Mar 31st 2013 at 7:31:21 PM

[up]

well its not like Chavez is a very common name right? commie loving liberal pinko googlers.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#52038: Mar 31st 2013 at 7:36:50 PM

[up]The thing that gets me is that I originally thought that's who it meant but one of the first links is to wikipedia which has this abstract:

Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association ...

Jesus fucking Christ people! Learn to look three inches down!

edit: It reminds me of this.

edited 31st Mar '13 7:37:44 PM by Kostya

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#52039: Mar 31st 2013 at 7:45:32 PM

yeah. clicking on the picture does take you right to a bunch of pages about who he is.

The only possible way you could get it wrong is to get into such a rage there wasnt easter eggs or a cross you only see the word chavez and fill in your own narrative off vitriol.

edited 31st Mar '13 7:46:18 PM by Midgetsnowman

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#52040: Mar 31st 2013 at 7:58:41 PM

And now the first few links talk about the controversy the image caused.[lol]

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#52041: Apr 1st 2013 at 9:41:53 AM

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the Aurora shooter.

Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 12 people last July at a cinema in the US state of Colorado.

On Friday, prosecutors rejected an offer from James Holmes to plead guilty in order to avoid execution.

The 25-year-old is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the attack in Aurora, one of the worst mass shootings in US history.

Dozens were wounded in the attack at a midnight showing of a Batman film.

"It's my determination and my intention that in this case for James Eagan Holmes justice is death," Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said at Monday's hearing, which the accused attended.

Mr Holmes' parents sat holding hands in the public gallery.

I don't agree with the death penalty under any circumstances, but if I did...

Sigh. Cases like this really test that particular conviction of mine.

Colorado has not executed anyone since 1997, so it is not guaranteed Holmes will get the death penalty. However, it is very possible that he will. If he does not, he will almost certainly be looking at life imprisonment anyway.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#52044: Apr 1st 2013 at 2:01:25 PM

I remember the Kids for Cash scandal(it happened near me). Assholes deserved more time in prison.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#52045: Apr 1st 2013 at 2:11:09 PM

I say it should've been killed in its infancy, post the Civil War when they got local lawmakers to pass laws which were incredibly racist so that they could have free workers.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#52047: Apr 1st 2013 at 3:19:56 PM

So this is bad.

Not in the least because the reasoning the judge uses to shoot it down is so blind to the technology involved that it technically makes defragging your hard drive illegal.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#52048: Apr 1st 2013 at 3:20:31 PM

[up][up] Amen.

Privatizing of prisons (and other things which the state should take care of to make sure its done right and to hell with 'cost efficiency' and the like) is one of the stupider ideas of history.

edited 1st Apr '13 3:20:40 PM by 3of4

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Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#52049: Apr 1st 2013 at 3:32:10 PM

[up][up]One could actually go one step further, and say moving something from the directory it was installed to a different one constitutes copyright infringement(since you're "making a copy" to do so)...


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