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Dumbassery Abounds
May. 14th, 2019 08:27 amIt seems that the Emirati ships that suffered "sabotage" were holed at the waterline with missiles or torpedos. Something that exploded, at any rate, as there were ding marks in the steel all around the hole in the picture on Fox. Pretty shitty missiles too, as they managed to sink zero ships out of four.
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That ship "Wise Honest" that we took away from the Tubby Tyrant - we ought to paint his beady-eyed, malevolent face on the bow, and rename it "Dishonest Dumbass". That would be cool. Pictures seem to have a way of propagating these days, I would suspect even into the Hermit Dictatorship.
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This is interesting, although I'm skeptical that one could eat enough amphetamines to make one's breast milk lethal, and still survive oneself. The fact that the child slept soundly for three hours and then woke up hungry seems to have been ignored as well. Quiet sleep and hunger are not really associated with amphetamine overdoses.
Assassinating a rival's heir with a poisoned wetnurse sounds like something the Borgias might think up, though.
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That ship "Wise Honest" that we took away from the Tubby Tyrant - we ought to paint his beady-eyed, malevolent face on the bow, and rename it "Dishonest Dumbass". That would be cool. Pictures seem to have a way of propagating these days, I would suspect even into the Hermit Dictatorship.
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This is interesting, although I'm skeptical that one could eat enough amphetamines to make one's breast milk lethal, and still survive oneself. The fact that the child slept soundly for three hours and then woke up hungry seems to have been ignored as well. Quiet sleep and hunger are not really associated with amphetamine overdoses.
Assassinating a rival's heir with a poisoned wetnurse sounds like something the Borgias might think up, though.
The Intelligence of Plants...
Apr. 24th, 2019 08:58 amPlants learning, and learning, frankly, over a very brief training period.
I seriously doubt that this involves any sort of consciousness or memory of events as an animal would experience it. Certainly there's no playback of past events and modelling of possible outcomes. There's some kind of feedback-capable biochemical timer involved in this. Regardless, it's fascinating to consider.
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So, Elizabeth Warren would like to forgive unpaid college debt. No word on how she plans to compensate the responsible ones who sacrificed for years to be sure that their debt was paid back.
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Looks like the Philippines are gonna send their mighty army to conquer Canada.
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As well as I generally respond to Bernie, it must be admitted that his ideas are insane. Quite apart from the fact that felons are, by their nature, people who are unsuited to help make the rules for society, has he actually given any thought to what would happen in elections in rural counties with large prisons, where prisoners may actually constitute a majority of the county's population?
I seriously doubt that this involves any sort of consciousness or memory of events as an animal would experience it. Certainly there's no playback of past events and modelling of possible outcomes. There's some kind of feedback-capable biochemical timer involved in this. Regardless, it's fascinating to consider.
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So, Elizabeth Warren would like to forgive unpaid college debt. No word on how she plans to compensate the responsible ones who sacrificed for years to be sure that their debt was paid back.
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Looks like the Philippines are gonna send their mighty army to conquer Canada.
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As well as I generally respond to Bernie, it must be admitted that his ideas are insane. Quite apart from the fact that felons are, by their nature, people who are unsuited to help make the rules for society, has he actually given any thought to what would happen in elections in rural counties with large prisons, where prisoners may actually constitute a majority of the county's population?
So Anyway...
Oct. 10th, 2018 01:27 amThere's just something about driving in Columbus that turns people into dumbasses. According to the story he was looking for the Convention Centre. If he was trying to get there on the 315 from Downtown, then he was lost to begin with.
He had to have entered the bicycle path from West Spring - you can see the turnoff here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9661501,-83.0198107,2a,60y,180h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXWD1IW9T4IqE3kesAW1TXg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Note the orange plastic bollard, and the "No Motor Vehicles" sign. What about this made it not look like a bad place to drive a truck?
Where he met his Waterloo: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9692658,-83.0220021,2a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxg8INHB1ySlC2c1VcabEkw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
For some reason, it's really fun to look up stuff like this on Google Maps.
He had to have entered the bicycle path from West Spring - you can see the turnoff here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9661501,-83.0198107,2a,60y,180h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXWD1IW9T4IqE3kesAW1TXg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Note the orange plastic bollard, and the "No Motor Vehicles" sign. What about this made it not look like a bad place to drive a truck?
Where he met his Waterloo: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9692658,-83.0220021,2a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxg8INHB1ySlC2c1VcabEkw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
For some reason, it's really fun to look up stuff like this on Google Maps.
Alcohol was involved...
Sep. 13th, 2018 10:27 pm“There were several items on fire inside the kitchen including some towels … [the man] showed no regard for his safety or well-being by staying in the house even as it filled with smoke.”
To be honest, I'm impressed that he was even able to set the place on fire, much less answer the door after drinking two quarts of vodka in three hours. He should have been comatose. So far as showing a lack of regard for his own safety, it may well be that that a man who can keep his feet after that is also immune to smoke inhalation.
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A 19-year-old man in Chicago who had been too drunk to notice he’d been shot in the chest the night before showed up to a hospital Tuesday...
To be honest, I'm impressed that he was even able to set the place on fire, much less answer the door after drinking two quarts of vodka in three hours. He should have been comatose. So far as showing a lack of regard for his own safety, it may well be that that a man who can keep his feet after that is also immune to smoke inhalation.
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A 19-year-old man in Chicago who had been too drunk to notice he’d been shot in the chest the night before showed up to a hospital Tuesday...
On the whole, I'm regretful that I didn't get to see Mugabe stood in front of the firing squad, but honesty compels me to admit that the provisional government's policy is more carefully considered, and less likely to lead to civil unrest.
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Prince Salman continues to delight me. "Violence in the name of Islam can never be justified, and BTW, the Ayatollah is as bad as Hitler, so there" to paraphrase. I can't help but think that it's going to have more regional impact for his having said it before those evil lunatics machine-gunned that mosque. People who might have gainsaid him beforehand, and especially political commentators in the Arab world, are no doubt re-examining their reactions to that.
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Hunter shoots pickup truck after mistaking it for a deer. In his defense, it ought to be noted that it was a brown pickup truck, and so more closely resembled a deer than a blue or red one might have. No word on whether alcohol was involved.
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Prince Salman continues to delight me. "Violence in the name of Islam can never be justified, and BTW, the Ayatollah is as bad as Hitler, so there" to paraphrase. I can't help but think that it's going to have more regional impact for his having said it before those evil lunatics machine-gunned that mosque. People who might have gainsaid him beforehand, and especially political commentators in the Arab world, are no doubt re-examining their reactions to that.
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Hunter shoots pickup truck after mistaking it for a deer. In his defense, it ought to be noted that it was a brown pickup truck, and so more closely resembled a deer than a blue or red one might have. No word on whether alcohol was involved.
