That probably works rather well in NJ, seeing as how the combination of it's thin and narrow geography and the existence of I-95 means that it's always being driven through by people from NY, CT, PA, and DE.
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Pretty much. That whole "racial profiling" thing started because troopers would be patrolling the I-80 and I-95 corridors, basically looking for African-Americans in luxury SUVs or other expensive cars with out of state plates, justifying by claiming they were searching for heroin traffickers (it comes in via the ports in NY, Hoboken, etc, and from there into PA, etc).
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The day Boris Yeltsin made an unscheduled trip to a supermarket in Houston
"In Yeltsin’s own autobiography, he wrote about the experience at Randall’s [the supermarket], which shattered his view of communism, according to pundits. Two years later, he left the Communist Party and began making reforms to turn the economic tide in Russia. You can blame those frozen Jell-O Pudding pops."
"In Yeltsin’s own autobiography, he wrote about the experience at Randall’s [the supermarket], which shattered his view of communism, according to pundits. Two years later, he left the Communist Party and began making reforms to turn the economic tide in Russia. You can blame those frozen Jell-O Pudding pops."
That was always one of main complaints with Communism as practiced by the Russians and their client states: because they focused so much of their national funding on arming client states at cost in order to "fight" capitalism, they had precious little to focus on things like securing food and good for their people. If Stalin hadn't lost his god damn mind and turned the Soviet Union into a fascist police state and instead focused on improving the quality of life of his people with scientific research and securing the basic necessities of life then communism wouldn't be a dirty word these days and it's likely we'd still have a Soviet Union. They'd just be those weird hippies living in the hinterlands instead of a Red Menace that has aims for global domination, forged entirely out of unearned pride and superiority complex that would make the Japanese laugh.
Basically, the Soviet Union engineered it's own demise and it had everything to do with it's unjustified paranoia and nothing to do with the system it claimed to follow but didn't in actuality. It's not surprising that it was a humble supermarket that destroyed Yeltsin's faith in his party: his people couldn't buy food or clothes because there wasn't any to be had... all the money was being spent on making guns and nukes for a war that was never going to happen.
Uncoincidentally, this is why the fake supermarket is such a big deal in The Interview but also a joke that basically no one got.
Basically, the Soviet Union engineered it's own demise and it had everything to do with it's unjustified paranoia and nothing to do with the system it claimed to follow but didn't in actuality. It's not surprising that it was a humble supermarket that destroyed Yeltsin's faith in his party: his people couldn't buy food or clothes because there wasn't any to be had... all the money was being spent on making guns and nukes for a war that was never going to happen.
Uncoincidentally, this is why the fake supermarket is such a big deal in The Interview but also a joke that basically no one got.
FDR really stands out, doesn't he?The results of every U.S. presidential election:
Also, the last 6 elections look like a bunch of pot-bellied pigs from the same litter.
--Patrick
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It's always disorienting to notice that, until Clinton, California had gone republican in every election for the last 50 years aside from the once for the LBJ landslide. But after 1992, it's been the bluest of the blue.
I always knew Ohio was an election decider but fuck... so many times?
source
Sports statistics also show that whoever wins game 7 will go on to win the World Series 100% of the time.
--Patrick
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Malia Obama is Worth 70 sheep, 50 cows, and 30 goats to a Man in Kenya Who Plans to Buy Her Hand in Marriage
Malia Obama is Felix Kiprono's ideal woman and the Kenyan lawyer says he plans to offer a plethora of livestock to Barack Obama for the match when he comes to visit the country in July. He has the support of his family members and has a traditional marriage proposal already planned. I'm guessing Malia, who is currently 16-years-old, probably has a different idea for her future.
Malia Obama is Felix Kiprono's ideal woman and the Kenyan lawyer says he plans to offer a plethora of livestock to Barack Obama for the match when he comes to visit the country in July. He has the support of his family members and has a traditional marriage proposal already planned. I'm guessing Malia, who is currently 16-years-old, probably has a different idea for her future.
I'm pretty sure everyone knew about the members of the opposing sides being friends thing. These are people who have sometimes spent 20-30 years working with/against each other... you spend that much time with someone in your life, you get to know them well. There is nothing inherently wrong about this... it's just a little weird to see them yelling at each other, day after day, and then find out a Dem is the godfather for a Republican's grandchild.
Remember, a Heretic is someone who believes ALMOST everything that you do.
And therein lies the problem.
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Nebraska just abolished the death penalty, which is awesome. It was because the legislature overrode governor Pete "I own the Cubs and bought me an election" Ricketts' veto. Oh, and in the last month or so Ricketts purchased a bunch of lethal injection drugs, KNOWING that the vote abolishing it was coming up. So great money management, you fucking tool.
Today on Craigslist there was this (since taken down):
Today on Craigslist there was this (since taken down):
Wasn't sure where to put this, but I think it's worth a watch. Link to their website if you're interested in the interactivity.
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Sooo this is basically tantamount to child abuse, IMO. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...z-dinosaurs-lived-millions-of-years-ago-false
Creationism: educating 21st century kids, like it's the 11th.
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"No but the man who wrote the bible was! The guy who wrote your science book wasn't!"
/headdesk headdesk headdesk
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Right now there's an advertisement on a competing (thankfully) radio station that is produced in such a way as to try to make it sound like it's part of the programming rather than part of the advertising, and bills itself as "The Bible Minute." Last month's "Bible Minute" was all about "verifying and testing the teachings of man by comparing it to truth found in the Bible." Makes me almost get a nosebleed whenever I hear it.
It disappointed me, because up until now, the "Bible Minute" had actually been a fairly positive message about faith- for example, about how going to church shouldn't feel like an obligation, but something that gives you joy (with the unspoken implication that if it isn't, maybe you're going to the wrong church, EH, EH??)... or how it isn't enough only act like a christian one day of the week but then act like a selfish ass the rest of the week, and so on. Messages that even a card carrying agnostic could get behind.
It disappointed me, because up until now, the "Bible Minute" had actually been a fairly positive message about faith- for example, about how going to church shouldn't feel like an obligation, but something that gives you joy (with the unspoken implication that if it isn't, maybe you're going to the wrong church, EH, EH??)... or how it isn't enough only act like a christian one day of the week but then act like a selfish ass the rest of the week, and so on. Messages that even a card carrying agnostic could get behind.
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Testing shows the TSA fails to detect weapons/explosives 95% of the time.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/
It's all kabuki theater that inconveniences you for no reason.
The president, however, still has confidence in the TSA, in contravention to all sanity and logic.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/us-usa-security-s-idUSKBN0OI25V20150602
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/
It's all kabuki theater that inconveniences you for no reason.
The president, however, still has confidence in the TSA, in contravention to all sanity and logic.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/us-usa-security-s-idUSKBN0OI25V20150602
These are the same people who think there's nothing wrong with the climate, remember?
--Patrick
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Mitch McConnell threw a temper tantrum hissyfit on the senate floor today because his own party ignored and overturned him at every step in the process of his trying to preserve the Patriot Act, then trying to turn the Freedom Act (which still is horrible) INTO an extension of the patriot act by amendments.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-ignores-mcconnell-approves-usa-freedom-act
Ironically the senator most directly involved in causing the circumstances that led to his meltdown is Rand Paul - and both of them represent the same state, Kentucky.
Frankly, I can't stand McConnell. He's the worst kind of old "country club establishment" republican. Not that the democrat leadership is any less repugnant. If I had my druthers, they'd take McConnell, Cornyn, Boehner, McCain, Graham, Reid, Durbin, Pelosi, and Hoyer, chain them all together at the ankles and throw them in the sea.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-ignores-mcconnell-approves-usa-freedom-act
Ironically the senator most directly involved in causing the circumstances that led to his meltdown is Rand Paul - and both of them represent the same state, Kentucky.
Frankly, I can't stand McConnell. He's the worst kind of old "country club establishment" republican. Not that the democrat leadership is any less repugnant. If I had my druthers, they'd take McConnell, Cornyn, Boehner, McCain, Graham, Reid, Durbin, Pelosi, and Hoyer, chain them all together at the ankles and throw them in the sea.