Recent content by JimS

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    The Police State is Officially off the rails bat shit insane

    So much fail in this thread. The fact that the guy was joking should have been obvious to anyone who comprehends English. Obviously the human race has devolved to the point that it's possible to get yourself made a policeman or judge without having a mastery of the de facto language of the...
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    Looking for more 'intelligent' scifi movies? They're such a treat.

    Since Continuum has been mentioned several times, I'm going to thrown down Charlie Jade. A similar political premise except parallel universes instead of time travel, but MUCH MUCH darker.
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    Game of Thrones - TV Series (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

    Bran actually said "hodoring" in the scene you refer to. Also, all nouns can be verbed.
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    USB Dead Drops

    Nobody's mentioned Silent Tristero's Empire yet?
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    Scientists Create Gluon Laser, Discover Anti-Gravity and Warp Drive by Accident

    At one point, top and bottom were named truth and beauty. I don't know when or why they changed it. Maybe they wanted to return to "normal" names after charm and strange.
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    Outrage not found: Gay Florida Teen Charged for Underage Girlfriend

    The so-called "victim" should've refused to comply with her parents or the police. What could they do to her? Take her away from her parents? Sounds like her parents weren't treating her right in the first place, if she felt she needed to run away from them. It's a shame that the 10,000 or...
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    Outrage not found: Gay Florida Teen Charged for Underage Girlfriend

    The law is nothing more than the pathetic attempt of anti-sex forces to punish people for having sex. Society has matured to the point where it no longer allows them to punish adults, so they punish the only people that the law will still allow them to punish.
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    I think I have poison ivy in my yard

    If you're in a wooded area, look around for a huge hairy vine climbing up a tree. When they get that big, they bloom and produce berries, which birds will distribute.
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    Name this item on a power line (snowshoe/teardrop thing)

    It's not a power line, it's an optical cable. The snowshoe thing is to make a 180-degree bend in it without breaking it. I don't know what's in the round enclosure, probably some sort of repeater or something.
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    12-year-old brother of Leila Fowler, 8, arrested in her stabbing death, police say.

    This. We're talking about first-degree murder, not downloading music or something.
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    Binocular experts, recommendations?

    If your sky is decently dark and clear, you can do some enjoyable stargazing with average binoculars. Average meaning average real binoculars, not toys with more magnification than aperture -- but that's never a good idea in any case, and I think the OP understands that.
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    How ambidextrous are you?

    I can do everything except write with my left hand. Caveat: I can't throw, catch, or hit worth shit with my right hand either -- was never interested enough in sports to learn.
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    Pennsylvania House Bill 521 requires gun owners to carry insurance

    Register capitalists, not guns.
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    watching hitchhikers guide to the universe for the first time... i'm in love with..

    I saw the TV series long before I read the books, and I thought that the narration was hilarious.
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    IRS: Cheapest Obama Care Plan for Family of Four will be $20,000/year

    Wait a minute? How could somebody actually go about not paying this unconstitutional tax? I mean, other than not filing a tax return at all, which is the only way I can think of? Is it not true that the only way to avoid the tax is to submit proof of insurance with your tax return?