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Hey, long time no see. Not sure where exactly to post this, here or in Philosophy, but I'll let the mods worry about that. I guess I'll start by clarifying that I support the core objectives of the movement: Reform in use of excessive force by the police, rooting out the racist members of the...

How you kids doin'? So I've been living easy, not giving a shit about what other people believe so long as they return the favor, and that's been pretty chill. Worked with a guy that was all "Born-Again Christian but also believes in reptilian aliens" and I just nodded when he talked about it...

This was a great short story I stumbled upon late last night, and the rest of the guy's fiction is pretty good as well. Sorry, it's really good, and I was up until nearly dawn reading it all. Anyway, it's pretty self explanatory, he talks to God on a train and learns, more or less, what the...

Source And activist group from Egypt, the Maspero Youth Union, basically says that this goes against the ideals of cultural and religious diversity behind last years uprising, and that the revolution has ways to go before their goals are met. It seems, more often than not, that when these...

Openly gay lawmaker Brian Sims was about to make a few statements about The Supreme Court and the DOMA case, when he was stopped via common protocol, his opponents citing "God's law" as a reason he should not speak. And this is the state I live in. Sauce

A massive tornado made its way through an Oklahoma City suburb yesterday, leaving 51 dead. The death-toll is expected to rise, and it's been said this could be one of the deadliest in US history. A lot of people still unaccounted for, but hopefully there was enough warning and they're buried...

I almost forgot about this show until I watched this a few weeks ago: The episodes are short so I should be done soon, but it's one of those shows where you don't catch everything until the third or fourth watching, so I got time yet.

This guy OWNS a crowd of anti-immigration protesters in Arizona, so utterly that the protest literally ends when he speaks. I don't know if the dead silence at the end is because he's just walking away from the crowd, or if they all just stopped and digested his words and realized he was right...

Holy shit

A friend of mine was talking about this a few days ago, and I'm wondering what the not-crazy consensus is. My main argument against a lot of these claims, with the understanding that I did not know all the facts at the time, was that there was a lot of confusion amongst the media and incorrect...

As a kid, I feared a lot, but getting inadequate gifts on Christmas was one of the bigger ones. It's one of usually two major toy acquisition days in the childhood calendar, and wasting precious gift slots with socks and the like (even though one of my favorite gifts ever was a pair of wool...

Checking my email today, I see a sad story. Heavily armed gunman entered an elementary school, killing 20 children and 7 adults, one of the victims being the shooter's mother. Authorities also found a dead body in the home of the shooter. Fucked up. Source

Guy is building a full scale Millennium Falcon. What else could I say? http://fullscalefalcon.com/

Thought I was on the Onion when I read that, but apparently the olfactory equivalent of white noise has been concocted. A bold Carolina barbecue, made with apple vinegar

Every few weeks, I get a massive spam message from one Ezra1Jesus1Desciple, usually hogwash but I notice it's not a mass spam, and I'm the only recipient of the message, and they're all titled "re:***," or to that effect. Just wondering if this guy spams anyone else like this, or if I just have...

Anybody else affected by this little storm in the north east US? Currently holed up in the house of the friend who lives on the highest hill, with a few gallons of hard cider on the stove and a D&D campaign in full swing. Also, probably wont have work tomorrow. On the other hand, this one...

First hints at a method of eradicating the virus from human patients. A robust marinara

http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html Not familiar with the website or author, Marilyn Adamson, so if they are notoriously fluent in verbal diarrhea then apologies for the noise. But I had to click on the ad, because it just sounded so sure of itself. Lo and behold, I was treated...

Word on the street (ie what the guy behind the counter said) is Gamestop will discontinue their PS2 stock sometime this year, probably before Christmas but as late as next January, so I suggest popping in and grabbing some when you have the time/money, and while all the good shit is still there...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec2_1334523037 Very intriguing statement by DeGrasse Tyson, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite popularizers of science, possibly as a refurbished Carl Sagan