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Response to: The Church's stance on condoms Posted July 9th, 2004 in Politics

We need a new pope. But since the pope is elected equally conservative cardinals, he's likely to be just as nuts.

And 1.5 billion people will listen to him

Response to: Oops, we lost it! Posted July 9th, 2004 in Politics

What other pieces of military records were lost? Sporadic patches all over the country or just the ones pertaining to Bush?

Response to: Hassoun Lives! Posted July 9th, 2004 in Politics

Update:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/08/marine/index.html

We have him back now.

Response to: Oh shit! I need medical advice! Posted July 8th, 2004 in General

At 7/8/04 03:49 AM, R-Jay wrote: Didn't you think where that quarter came from before you put it in there. It could've been swallowed like you just did and had been pulled out of a piece of shit and given to you by the McDonalds accountant.

I'm fully aware of the potential nastyness of quarters but like I said earlier, I have a bizarre psychological need to put things in my mouth. The impulse took presidence over sanitation. I'm not too worried about it thoug. I figure 99% percent of coins have never entered a diseased oriface anyway so infection isn't an issue. I'm more concerned about the jagged edges making their way through my intestines.

Thanks to deadlock32 and Maus for examining my syptoms. I'm going to bed now and hope I make it through the night. Cheers.

Response to: Oh shit! I need medical advice! Posted July 8th, 2004 in General

At 7/8/04 03:37 AM, bigbadron wrote: question, why the fuck did you have a fucking quarter in your mouth?

I have this subconscious need to put things in my mouth and a stack quarters were on on my desk so I was chewing on it. Illogical yes, but relaxing.

You're probably right, I'm starting to feel better already. I think its finding its way through my small intestine right now.

Thanks for the concern.

Oh shit! I need medical advice! Posted July 8th, 2004 in General

I was goofing around with a quarter in my mouth, leaned back in my chair too far and swallowed it. I think its somewhere in the middle of my chest right now. My stomach hurts and the back of my throat hurts. I'm am also excessivley salivating.

I can feel it starting to move lower. Should I just worry about it later or do I need serious medical attention?

Response to: other threats Posted July 8th, 2004 in Politics

At 7/8/04 12:20 AM, mrpopenfresh wrote: Outside Iraq and small scal terrorism, what else do you think menaces your american soiety?

Global epidemics, military invasion, armed revolt, idiot leaders, the New World Order, and gaint mutant space aliens.

Response to: death by lethal injection ect. Posted July 8th, 2004 in Politics

At 7/8/04 02:47 AM, BlueMax wrote:

:Furthermore, these costs should be paid by the persons themselves, so as to reduce tax costs.

What if it turns out that the guy was innocent and had his lifesavings depleted by endless trial lawyers?

/agrees with everything BlueMax said

Response to: What are you listening to right now Posted July 7th, 2004 in General

Schiller - Unendlich

Courtesy of D I G I T A L L Y - I P O R T E D - European Trance, best techno station on Winamp.

Hassoun Lives! Posted July 7th, 2004 in Politics

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/07/07/marine/index.html

WEST JORDAN, Utah (CNN) -- Marine Cpl. Wassef Hassoun called his family Wednesday to tell them he is safe and in Lebanon, a source close to his family told CNN.

Turns out that the Islamic Respone was telling the truth about not killing the marine. Seems like the insurgents are taking a turn for the compassionate while the terrorists (yes there is a difference) just keep getting worse.

And this is pretty interesting as well:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/06/iraq.insurgent.videos/index.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Islamic insurgent groups in Iraq are taking an unexpected step to give an inside view of their terror attacks on Westerners by sharing video not only of the assaults, but also of the planning behind them.

They're beginning to resemble James Bond villians in their sophistication. Giant orbital lasers can't be too far off.

Response to: Terrorists killing Terrorists Posted July 7th, 2004 in Politics

At 7/7/04 02:29 AM, Camarohusky wrote: I think Iraq should go back to the good old Caliphs.

Or the British. Seemed pretty peaceful under them. Maybe we should help Britian take back its empire? Nothing but shit has happened since it broke up.

Response to: the war in Iraq, how will it end? Posted July 7th, 2004 in Politics

*SIGH* Obviously I never meant that it will happen the same way! When oil wealth starts to provide for the people is what I had in mind

Doesn't Haliburton control all the oil?

Response to: Is It Only da fault of Sadam? Posted July 7th, 2004 in Politics

The CIA supported the Bath party and helped them come to power so its really our own fault for creating Saddam and our own fault for the mess we've made to remove him.

Response to: Neat things w/ common items. Posted July 6th, 2004 in General

I'm not very original. My antic are typically blatant ripoff's of others.

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/ChapStick/default.asp

Response to: The Official macroeconomics thread Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

What are macroeconomics?

/entering 10th, still an idiot

Response to: the war in Iraq, how will it end? Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

It will never end, at least for our soldiers. Look at Germany, Japan and Kuwait. Our wars there ended decades ago yet we still keep a strong military presence and thus influence.

Maybe the country will create a stable democratic goverment or split up peacefully but U.S. soldiers will be there forever.

Response to: saddam and how he will die Posted July 6th, 2004 in General

shouldn't this be in the political forum?

Iraqi group threatens al-Zarqawi Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

http://www.globeandmail.com/se...raq0706/BNStory/International/

Baghdad — A group of armed, masked Iraqi men threatened Tuesday to kill Jordanian extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if he does not immediately leave the country, accusing him of murdering innocent Iraqis and defiling the Muslim religion.

The threats revealed the deep anger many Iraqis, including insurgent groups, feel toward foreign fighters, whom many consider as illegitimate a presence here as the 160,000 U.S. and other coalition troops...

Figured this was worth some discussion or atleast posting.

Response to: The package vs the content... Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

Edwards is infinitly sexier than Cheny.

But Bush's daughters are the sexiest of all.

Hmm....

Response to: Bush is toast! Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

there are already dozens of threads like this. did you even look at the board before posting this?

/go liberals

Response to: slowest painful death Posted July 6th, 2004 in General

In ancient China there was a special type of executioner specialy trained to stick his arm far enough into your anus to grab out your heart.

Sounds pretty painful to me.

/friend of a friend

Response to: the other peice of marxist info Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

Thought: what about a capitalist system where the middle class is a vast majority? That sounds pretty stable. It encourages people to suceede and at the same time provide a high quality of life.

Response to: Protest warrior Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

At 7/5/04 01:10 PM, mabzie wrote: all people that oppose socalism should join.

http://hq.protestwarrior.com/

http://www.protestwarrior.com/

protestwarrior seems to be about protesting against liberal yet you call on us to oppose socalism? Last time i checked they were 2 completely different ends of a spectrum. The only thing they have in common is compassion for the common man, which every system should have yet a good many lack.

Go _Wraith_!

Response to: some basic pieces of marxism Posted July 6th, 2004 in Politics

Some paragraph breaks would have been nice but otherwise an enlightening read. Thanks.

Response to: Straight White Male Association Posted July 5th, 2004 in Politics

I wholeheartedly endorse this product and or service.

Response to: robotics Posted July 5th, 2004 in Politics

Going back to the original post:

Suppose we had these laws. How would we actuatly put them into the robots? Asimov assumed artificial intelligence would arise with the discovery and application of antimatterwhich would lead to the positronic brain. Therefore, the laws were built into the brains themselves, certain logic pathways that could never be broken.

He never expected us to use things like semi-conductors to build microchips. His laws of robotics were based on a tehnology that doesn't currently exist. Therefore, they are not applicable with modern robotics.

I, Robot and his other works dealt with robots as moral, thinking creatures in order to create better fiction. Empasis on fiction. Robots are mindless, task based machines. No morality, no ethics, just programs.

You could program a robot to obey his laws, but there is no way to require it.

Guerilla Group Denies Beheading Posted July 4th, 2004 in Politics

http://story.news.yahoo.com/ne...0040704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_22

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi guerrilla group denied on Sunday that it put out a statement a day earlier claiming to have beheaded kidnapped Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, leaving the fate of the U.S. Marine unclear.

Kinda ties in with that whole conspiracy thing that came up a few months ago over with Nick Berg.

Thoughts?

Response to: For all the Saddam-haters. Posted July 4th, 2004 in Politics

Remember all that stuff awhile ago between Pakistan and India? Both nations have massive nuclear capicity. Both nations have thousands of troops on eachother's borders. And both nations were going to fight on the drop of a hat.

Why did we go after Saddam for having to "capicity" to cause harm when we have two nuclear powers at eachother's throats? If Bush was really all that concerned about protecting the world from WMD, why didn't he do anything about this instead of some backwater mediocrity with delusions of granduere?

Technically, the war on Iraq did lesson the tension a little bit by providing a distraction but still....

Response to: Australia in iraq Posted July 4th, 2004 in Politics

At 7/2/04 06:23 PM, mrpopenfresh wrote:
At 7/2/04 07:34 AM, Brown_Hat wrote: Not too familiar with the details of Australia's involvement in the war, but I can say this: for every aussie in the counrty is an american who isn't. The fewer americans in that hell hole the better. Even though we were the ones to start it.
That is the most inconsiderate thing I have ever heard. You started it, then you fucking finish it.

I meant in the sense of less National Guardsmen being called up from their families and day jobs and thust into a stupid war. Less wives and children watching the news and praying for their husbands and fathers. Less flag drapped coffins being sent back for funerals.

I didn't mean to be inconsiderate. On the contrary, I was trying to be grateful towards colalition troops. Sorry if i pissed you off.

Response to: Australia in iraq Posted July 2nd, 2004 in Politics

Not too familiar with the details of Australia's involvement in the war, but I can say this: for every aussie in the counrty is an american who isn't. The fewer americans in that hell hole the better. Even though we were the ones to start it.

I guess Australia being there is little more than a token effort, not really intended to make much of a difference, just showing support and kissing Bush's ass.

Out of curiosity, how many aussies are stationed in Iraq?