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This is what I get for looking at the paper during dinner (the kids wanted me to read the comics). Hartsfield tells detectives as soon as he hit the girl, she threw up macaroni and mashed bananas and then crawled away in tears to lie down but appeared fine, waking up at one point when his mother ca...

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Johnnie wrote:I'm hoping you guys read the rest of the article too since, ya know, he makes some great points about the insular selfishness and willful ignorance of Americans. Basically, 'MURICA and not America.

Why would I read the article? I'd rather comment on it.

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Lets say we in the Christian west are on a steep decline. And in 50 years, China will have achieved economic, military and cultural dominance over the globe. How different will cultural life be for the average global inhabitant? Forced to change their religion? Give up rock and roll/hip hop? No mor...

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Let's talk about Wrigley. I just don't see the issue with upgrading the stadium. yeah, I know that the seats have been there for a long time. I remember from well before they started commercializing it. But they're not the owners. They're profiting without having to foot the bill of providing the p...

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All in all, a better deal than the first offer for/of Issac. And an excuse for me to post one of my fav lyrics ever G_d said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on!" G_d said, "No." Abe said, "What?" G_d said, "Abe, you can...

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Of course, terms must be clearly defined. If you consider everything from the birth of Jesus to today as one long period of rising and sustaining global dominance stretching 2000 years, well that is one thing. But if you consider the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Mongols, Muslims, t...

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…except the one that hasn't collapsed yet. And the study of all those humans who have died, how they lived and died, provides important knowledge toward improving the longevity and functionality of those 7 billion humans who live today. Well, if one cares to look for that knowledge. Or, eschew look...

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That Jackie Robinson was court-martialed, for an altercation that started when he refused to go to the back of the bus. http://www.theroot.com/views/was-jackie-robinson-court-martialed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I can't decide whether to make my kids go see the Jackie R...

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I'm talking big money. $150K+. Ain't too many engineers driving around in Maseratis. I'd consider engineering to generally be on-par or close to pharmacy. How fucking cheap is FL housing that a $150K salary would give you the leftover money to get a Maserati? With no wife or kids and no other debt?...

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sancarlos wrote:But I don't understand the knee-jerk opposition to any limitation, such as the senators who now plan to filibuster against the new proposal to expand criminal background checksto purchases at gun shows and online purchases..

It's simple. Liberals want gun control. Conservatives oppose liberals.

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10 Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America This guy nails it. Completely and totally. I'm so mad I didn't read this last year, but I'm thankful a friend just posted it on Facebook. Read it. It's worth the time to. Throughout history, every dominant civilization eventually collapsed because i...

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National security reasons, I am sure. IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications. If you thought expanded su...

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howard wrote:I could not think of too many. Touched by an Angel, mentioned above. Joan of Arcadia. Highway to Heaven. Father Murphy. The Flying Nun. And, of course, Morel Orel/Davy and Goliath. That's all I got.

Don't forget The Simpsons.

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If the Hawks want to get that coveted 6th-seed, they better start losing now. They are only one or two games away from clinching the division.

It is really going to suck when they lose in the first round to fucking Detroit.

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Jerloma wrote:Probably biology.

And I'd fuck more women.

I don't know if I would take anything different.

And I can't even say I'd fuck more women. I don't have any more game now than I did back then, and my lack of fucking women in college wasn't from lack of effort.

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ZMan wrote:Sinister?? Really? Like there's some plot to take over the world using dogs in pantyhose? These Chinese folks have ulterior motives we haven't quite figured out yet.

Maybe they mean that it's left-handed.

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I've really gotten hooked on The Americans.

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Square Rob wrote:Live streaming radio of all EPL games as well as the English cups.

Sounds great. Is that kosher for US IP addresses, or do you have to jump through some questionably-hoops to make it work?

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The "Old Country"? My father was first generation Canadian (his father was born in Belgium), and he uses that term all the time. Right but I didn't think circumcision was a new thing. If anything I would have thought it was something more conducive to the "Old Country." That's w...

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Jerloma wrote:The "Old Country"?

Yugoslavia.

Edit - What sancarlos said.

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I think it was just because my dad was from the Old Country, and that wasn't something they did in the Old Country - or at least it wasn't something Catholics did.

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Back when I was in junior high, the one guy in the phys ed locker room who wasn't circumcised was an object of some juvenile ribbing/derision. I wonder if that possible issue affects parents' decisions nowadays? I wonder if it is any more common nowadays for a kid to be uncircumcised? I think I was...

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brian wrote:
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mister d wrote:Its a fake, they don't all connect.
It would be kind of cool if you could take the L from O'Hare to Oakland in only six or seven stops, though.
You sure about that? Ever been to Oakland?

Heh.

(But yes, I lived right down the street from Oakland for three years.)

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mister d wrote:Its a fake, they don't all connect.

It would be kind of cool if you could take the L from O'Hare to Oakland in only six or seven stops, though.

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Jerloma wrote:I thought it was Duke LAX rape.

howard wrote:Katrina. As I recall.
I thought it was the thread where guys discussed how much money it would take for them to let another dude blow them.
I'd pay 25/35$ tops.

Cheapskate.

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Did you know that something like 5500 new laws were enacted by Blair that defined certain words, speech, as "crime"? Do you even think about such things? That is to say, merely expressing one's opinion is enough to ruin one's life. That's tyranny in its purest form. That's what happened t...

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Amusing ...

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Jerloma wrote:I thought it was Duke LAX rape.

howard wrote:Katrina. As I recall.

I thought it was the thread where guys discussed how much money it would take for them to let another dude blow them.

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Rush2112 wrote:Tarmacadam is tar over macadam i.e. gravel or stone that's laid down and tar is spread over it to bind it.

Is that the "tarmac" that planes sit on at the airport?

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Johnny Carwash wrote:
Jerloma wrote:What the fuck is a tarmacadam?
I'm guessing one of these made with tar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam

Didn't Boy George have a song about them?

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Brontoburglar wrote:It's a 12 year old snopes.com special.Hilarious

That's great. Are you going to post the link to whoever put it on Facebook?

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P.D.X. wrote:"Government-owned tenements"?

They used to have high-rise public housing projects in Chicago that definitely qualified as government-owned tenements.

But I think they tore all of them down.

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Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 Million Republicans: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1 Implications aside, I wonder if those numbers are even accurate. Those Democrat-Republican county numbers add up to 270 million. What...

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What do you want to know? People mutilate the genitals of their infants because they think that the dude that created foreskins doesn't want them there. Isn't circumcision still pretty common? How many circumcisions these days are motivated by religious belief at all, let alone an actual belief tha...

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rass wrote:Ruling?

Yes, I think that is ironic.

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howard wrote:Extortionists rarely hire a lawyer to write and deliver the extortion demand.

You'd be surprised.

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Perfect....More characters! I need a scorecard to remind me who all these guys with beards are. Yeah, well, it isn't going to get better on that front any time soon. Or ever. I think this is why it is taking George RR Martin so long to come out with more books. I don't think I'm being spoiler-y, bu...

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brian wrote:Damn, that sucks. He was a great WRITER. Period.

Great writer, Illinois alum, and flaming asshole, according to various stories over the years.

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sancarlos wrote:Steve, Handzus is a good checker, shot blocker, shootout and faceoff man. Not much offense, though.

Thanks. I'm pretty sure he was on the Hawks a few years ago. At this point, I'm happy to put my faith in Quenneville. He seems to have the magic touch these days.

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Have we heard from Ocean Matt?

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