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xoxoxoBruce 11-29-2019 11:26 PM

They've done that in Lancaster county(PA) also.

Gravdigr 12-04-2019 01:58 PM

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Run away!! Run away!!!
Violent bunnies in medieval manuscripts

fargon 12-04-2019 02:28 PM


Killer Bunnies

xoxoxoBruce 12-16-2019 11:11 PM

At this site you can download free sound effects.

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These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
They have everything except women farting which everyone knows never happens. ;)

xoxoxoBruce 12-18-2019 11:23 PM

IFF
 
Oh, Henry Quirk is gonna love this...
The IFF will become clear half way down the page but start at the top for the big picture.

https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/w...nsey-3m-a-year

Griff 12-19-2019 07:01 AM

There is a swamp to be drained, we've tried hiring a criminal to drain it, now what?

Undertoad 12-19-2019 10:54 AM

orange man bad

xoxoxoBruce 01-13-2020 03:04 AM

Orange man isn't the only one...

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Last year, the chair of the Republican caucus in Washington's state legislature acknowledged that he had written a manifesto on the “Biblical Basis for War.” In that document, the lawmaker argued that – as far as Jesus Christ was concerned – American Christians have the right to “kill all males” who support abortion, same-sex marriage or communism (so long as they first give such infidels the opportunity to renounce their heresies).
:facepalm:

LINK

xoxoxoBruce 01-13-2020 03:26 AM

Here's some more light reading...

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Alabama Police department flaunting all the homeless people they've arrested.
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Woman who Accused 2 Cops of Rape Dies after Falling from Sheriff's Moving SUV
Jorden Simms had removed her handcuffs, belly chain and ankle restraints before opening the door.

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Cops handcuff man and his 12-year-old granddaughter for trying to open a bank account while being indigenous
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Paterson police (NJ) sergeant arrested as FBI corruption investigation widens, cops say
He's the 8th one.

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Police seize couples entire life savings along with all their valuable possessions because their adult son bought 3 grams of weed.
And the beat goes on, la de da de de, la de da de da.


link

xoxoxoBruce 02-21-2020 01:15 AM

An interesting read...

Artificial Morality
By Bruce Sterling

“The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI” conference.
Quote:

It’s like the ethical difference between being two parish priests and becoming Pope.
Of course the actual Pope will confront Artificial Intelligence. His response will not be “is it socially beneficial to the user-base?” but rather, “does it serve God?” So unless you’re willing to morally out-rank the Pope, you need to understand that religious leaders will use Artificial Intelligence in precisely the way that televangelists have used television.

Luce 02-21-2020 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 1043250)
orange man bad

Well, yeah.

Gravdigr 02-22-2020 11:48 AM

Pretty good write-up (five pages) on George Patton, immediately-post-war til his death, over at National Interest.

My ancient version of FireFox didn't love the site. It worked, just pretty laggy.

xoxoxoBruce 02-23-2020 08:17 AM

Media Bias
 
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Introduction
Unbiased political media coverage is vital for a healthy democracy (1). Most Americans want their news free from political bias; indeed, a dominant majority (78%) of Americans believe that it is never acceptable for a news organization to favor one political party over another when reporting the news (2). Journalists hold strong norms to eschew bias in their coverage of politics (3). However, when asked about the coverage of news organizations in America less than half can identify a source that they believe reports the news objectively, less than 30% trust the media to get the facts straight, and less than 20% trust the media to report the news without bias (4). Since 1989, the number of Americans stating that there is a great deal of bias in news coverage has nearly doubled (4).

Simply put, many Americans believe that the news media do a poor job of separating facts from opinion (4). With the strong influence that the media exerts on citizens (5–7), the increased salience of fake news (8–10), and “unprecedented” levels of violence against journalists (11), understanding the potential biases of the media is vital. Ideological bias is central to the concerns that Americans harbor about the news media. Concerns about liberal media bias are widespread. Many Americans believe liberal media bias is prevalent and pernicious.
According a 2017 Gallup poll, 64% of Americans believe the media favors the Democratic Party (compared to 22% who said they believed it favored the Republican Party). Indeed, consternation over the liberal bias in the mainstream media runs rampant— making its way into commentary of the state of the news media from political pundits (12) and academics (13), into too many social media discussions to even begin to mention, and even into the stages of presidential debates and townhalls.
There are reasons to expect that this perspective may comport with reality. Some evidence suggests that journalists have more liberal views than the general public (14). Given this, we might expect political ideology to fundamentally shape journalists’ views about what is and is not newsworthy (15). Yet, it is also possible that the public perceives ideological bias because they are psychologically motivated to see bias in the news (16).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ifmpw7fr7w...ssion.pdf?dl=0

Undertoad 02-23-2020 12:33 PM

TL;DR:

Even though the ideology of journalists looks like this (from the study):

http://cellar.org/img/twitterjournalists.jpg

...journalists of every stripe are writing about both Trump and AOC

So there is NO LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS

...in the news political journalists choose to cover.

xoxoxoBruce 02-27-2020 01:00 AM

1 Attachment(s)
Kids, are they lying more than they used to, or maybe less than they used to?
They have been doing these polls for years, I assume they're anonymous questionnaires, but who knows what information is
gathered only that it hasn't ever been revealed. Kids today know about data breaches and how fast shit travels on the net which
makes participation in this a little more intimidating.

xoxoxoBruce 04-11-2020 11:28 PM

You can check out how many people it takes to get accurate data on Electroejaculation in the Rhinoceros.
Go ahead... you know you want to... you're dying of curiosity.

Griff 04-12-2020 07:41 AM

Your rhino porn is less than complete.

xoxoxoBruce 04-12-2020 01:47 PM

Either through censorship or good taste it's limited to those three pages.

xoxoxoBruce 04-14-2020 01:59 AM

Just a reminder about, the Animal Rescue site, Greater Good.

Every time you go to that site and hit the "Click to Give" button they donate bowls of food to animal shelters.
The reason for the button is they get to show you two pages of ads instead of one. But it's cool because you don't have to sign up or give them your email or find the hidden button or anything, they are working strictly on page views. I've been doing it for years, I've even bought a couple gifts from them, stuff cool and cheap, plus more bowls of food with buying stuff but not necessary.

The reason I'm telling... actually reminding, you about it is traffic is way down. The rule was once a day (unless you cleared cookies;)), but now 4 times a day, every 6 hours. It takes all of 15 or 20 seconds to do and I'm sure the critters would lick your face. Please think about it.

Griff 04-14-2020 06:21 AM

done

fargon 04-14-2020 05:29 PM

Done.

xoxoxoBruce 04-15-2020 12:31 AM

Very good gentlemen as a reward I give you the Girl Museum.

xoxoxoBruce 04-15-2020 11:57 PM

Oh boy, ya done good, they were up about 10,000 bowls yesterday, thank you.

BigV 04-16-2020 03:10 PM

This is done.

xoxoxoBruce 04-18-2020 04:41 AM

Why a Coronavirus may take a long time to create despite headlines.

BigV 04-18-2020 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1051106)

FTFY

xoxoxoBruce 04-18-2020 11:28 PM

Thank you.

Now check out June Almeida, the smart but poor Scottish girl who became so proficient with an electron microscope she invented protocols they still depend on.
She was the first one to see a corona virus, in fact the first 2 times she saw one and wrote a report they didn't believe her. (Dumb broad wasting the time of those educated scientists.) But in 1964 she spotted one for the third time and they finally believed her... of course they took most of the credit.
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Almeida went on to identify a host of viruses including rubella, which can cause complications during pregnancy. Scientists had been studying rubella (aka three-day measles) for decades, but Almeida was the first to see it.

xoxoxoBruce 04-28-2020 02:37 AM

The website is, “The Imaginative Conservative”... I know, I know, bear with me.

The title is, “Higher Education Is About to Implode”.

I think it's well researched and written, brings up valid points, and worth a read.

https://theimaginativeconservative.o...r-zubatov.html

Griff 04-28-2020 06:29 AM

I think our society's lack of upward mobility puts the last nail in the coffin.

xoxoxoBruce 04-29-2020 12:57 AM

Hang your college diploma in the break room at walmart. :eyebrow:

xoxoxoBruce 05-10-2020 09:29 AM

The real Lord of the Flies story is a good read in the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...-for-15-months

Gravdigr 05-10-2020 01:46 PM

Damn.

Happy Monkey 05-10-2020 01:56 PM

Father and daughter recreating movie songs.

glatt 06-03-2020 08:38 PM

Landslide in Norway. It would suck to live in that house.

https://youtu.be/6QcBSbQo4XA

xoxoxoBruce 06-18-2020 11:51 PM

Three articles on...
why

police

violence.

xoxoxoBruce 07-10-2020 12:30 AM

2 Attachment(s)
I found these on my computer. Don't know where I got them or when.
I tried a couple of sites and they worked but some may be dead.

tw 07-13-2020 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 1055063)
I found these on my computer. Don't know where I got them or when.

I put them there years ago. You finally found them?

xoxoxoBruce 07-14-2020 03:07 AM

That explains the smell.

tw 07-14-2020 10:01 AM

Have you found the Gefilte fish yet?

xoxoxoBruce 07-14-2020 11:47 PM

BigV ate it long ago.

BigV 07-15-2020 01:23 PM

no, no, no, no.

can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish? what are you, new?

tw 07-15-2020 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1055264)
can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish?

Some of use are not Hasidic. It still smells like rotten fish no matter what it is called.

xoxoxoBruce 07-15-2020 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 1055264)
no, no, no, no.

can't you tell lutefisk from gefilte fish? what are you, new?

You didn't get into a lutefisk eating contest one time? :eyebrow:

BigV 07-16-2020 12:44 AM

Oh yes, I love lutefisk.

xoxoxoBruce 07-16-2020 10:16 AM

What? :idea: Oh, I get it, I fucked up switching names. duh :o

Gravdigr 09-11-2020 10:13 PM

A recap of 2020

BigV 09-11-2020 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 1057906)

"I'm still in January"

Gawd.


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