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by chaos
Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:38 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Hurricane Irene
Replies: 73
Views: 36899

Re: Hurricane Irene

NYC is shutting down their transit system tomorrow. :yikes:
by chaos
Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rick Perry on the Economy
Replies: 25
Views: 14916

Re: Rick Perry on the Economy

SELDOM/NEVER ATTEND CHURCH : Perry - 24% Romney - 18% How the hell did Perry get ahead there? :hs: :noclue: It is probably a reaction to the severe drought conditions in the southwest (especially Texas). http://www.npr.org/2011/08/26/139947317/drought-puts-texas-ranchers-and-cattle-at-risk
by chaos
Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Hurricane Irene
Replies: 73
Views: 36899

Hurricane Irene

is coming east-coasters! :scared:

The governor has already declared a state of emergency.

I am optimistic that my area will be okay; however, I am sure the people in western Mass must be freaking out.
by chaos
Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:51 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Wall Street
Replies: 26
Views: 16075

Re: Wall Street

I opened a Pax World Balanced Fund two years ago. This particular mutual fund seems pretty low risk. It has earned much more than a cd or savings account ever could. Pax World is known for being environmentally and socially conscious, and seems to be designed for people who want to start investing i...
by chaos
Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple
Replies: 62
Views: 31356

Re: Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple

It was announced last week that BOA plans big layoffs: The nation's largest bank will lay off 3,500 employees this quarter, in addition to the 2,500 jobs it's already cut this year. Reports say the bank could eliminate up to 10,000 jobs, though a bank spokesman would not comment on that figure. BofA...
by chaos
Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple
Replies: 62
Views: 31356

Re: Steve Jobs Resigns From Apple

It sadly sounds like his health is taking a nosedive. Yeah, I figured things had gotten pretty bad. http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2010/01/27/jobsold__1264618655_2606.jpg Steve Jobs (right) poses with Apple co-founder and Steve Wozniak in the 1970s. The duo started Apple Compu...
by chaos
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:26 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rick Perry on the Economy
Replies: 25
Views: 14916

Rick Perry on the Economy

"It is a lesson from God." :eyes:

Frightening.

What a way to abdicate responsibility.

by chaos
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:14 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Pet Care in a Post Rapture World
Replies: 4
Views: 3836

Pet Care in a Post Rapture World

When is the next one scheduled - Dec 2012? I need to open a business! :lol: http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/ Our service is plain and simple; our fee structure is reasonable. For $135.00 we will guarantee that should the Rapture occur within ten (10) years of receipt of payment, one pet per resid...
by chaos
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:05 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Now Watching...
Replies: 616
Views: 358728

Re: Now Watching...

We cancelled our cable in July. We still get 16 channels using rabbit ears from Radio Shack. :lol:

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I will probably cave in a few months and sign up with Comcast again through one of their specials. We'll see.
by chaos
Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:34 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Right-wing extremists tricked by 'Trojan' T-shirts
Replies: 0
Views: 3273

Right-wing extremists tricked by 'Trojan' T-shirts

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15305581,00.html Right-wing extremists tricked by 'Trojan' T-shirts About 250 T-shirts were distributed at the rock concert Hundreds of free T-shirts handed out at a weekend right-wing rock festival in the eastern German state of Thuringia contained a secret sur...
by chaos
Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Billionaire funding artificial libertarian islands
Replies: 21
Views: 14584

Re: Billionaire funding artificial libertarian islands

Bandit72 wrote:
chaos wrote:They can experiment with people who have been convicted of heinous crimes.
I know they've never been convicted but do you think George Bush and his dad would want to go?
:lol:

Yeah, "convicted" is too generous.
by chaos
Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:08 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: URL code
Replies: 1
Views: 3098

URL code

I cannot get the url code to work for some things. :noclue:

Here is one instance:

http://gunshyassassin.com/news/black-sa ... -reunites/
by chaos
Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:07 am
Forum: Music And Art
Topic: Black Sabbath Reunites with Ozzy (again)
Replies: 48
Views: 29414

Re: Black Sabbath Reunites with Ozzy (again)

I had forgotten Ozzy went blonde for a while. http://gunshyassassin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/500x365_sabbath_getty-300x219.jpg http://gunshyassassin.com/news/black-sabbath’s-original-lineup-reunites/ Props to The Gauntlet for catching this: That site is worth a read, if only for the black meta...
by chaos
Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:58 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Billionaire funding artificial libertarian islands
Replies: 21
Views: 14584

Re: Billionaire funding artificial libertarian islands

They can experiment with people who have been convicted of heinous crimes.
by chaos
Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:59 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Public/Private Space and Individual Rights
Replies: 44
Views: 28945

Re: Public/Private Space and Individual Rights

I thought jobs were moving abroad for lower labor/land costs, not lower incorporation/corporate fees/taxes? That's what happens, in a partially globalized (or 'globalizing') world. It's not Michigan v Missouri - it's everyone v everyone else in the world (not totally, but y'know what I'm getting at...
by chaos
Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:55 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Republican Debate 8-11-11
Replies: 10
Views: 8280

Republican Debate 8-11-11

:bored: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/08/12/139566811/iowa-debate-leaves-romney-unscathed-as-bachmann-pawlenty-rumble?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Republican presidential candidates participated in the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditori...
by chaos
Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US stripped of AAA credit
Replies: 5
Views: 5651

Re: US stripped of AAA credit

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by chaos
Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:09 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: youtube
Replies: 8
Views: 8162

Re: youtube

Maybe a more intriguing thread title would help. Like "Creep's Sex Tape" or something. :lol:
by chaos
Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:24 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Reactionaries are feminists, too
Replies: 3
Views: 4216

Re: Reactionaries are feminists, too

The core of feminism is individual choice and freedom , and it’s these strains that are being sounded now more by the Tea Party movement than by the left. But apart from these sound bites, there’s a powerful constituency of right-wing women in Britain and Western Europe, as well as in America, who ...
by chaos
Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:09 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Western Toadlet migration
Replies: 2
Views: 3660

Re: Western Toadlet migration

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by chaos
Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: US stripped of AAA credit
Replies: 5
Views: 5651

US stripped of AAA credit

At least only one of the three agencies (S&P) has lowered our rating. BTW - S&P was the agency that gave triple A ratings to the mortgage junk bonds. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/aug/06/us-credit-rating-downgrade-debt Saturday 6 August 2011 US stripped of AAA credit rating...
by chaos
Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Mysterious orange goo washes up in Alaska village
Replies: 8
Views: 7272

Mysterious orange goo washes up in Alaska village

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0805/Mysterious-orange-goo-washes-up-in-Alaska-village August 5, 2011 ANCHORAGE, Alaska Authorities say a mysterious orange-colored substance has washed up on the shores of a remote village in northwest Alaska. Tests have been conducted on the sub...
by chaos
Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:04 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Getting bin Laden
Replies: 5
Views: 5525

Re: Getting bin Laden

Compelling narrative of the events. You can appreciate the risks involved and better understand the tension captured in the historic situation room photo:

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by chaos
Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:41 pm
Forum: Jane's Addiction News
Topic: Perry Throws First Pitch at White Sox Game
Replies: 19
Views: 14366

Re: Perry Throws First Pitch at White Sox Game

I think he looks good (however, those shoes look like bowling shoes :lol: )