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Another good example of why you shouldn't date an ex-con. 
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Feb 27, 2013 23:21
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Ho Chi Mint posted:Another good example of why you shouldn't date an ex-con. Or why you shouldn't date people who think it's a good idea to tattoo WHITE TRASH on their torso.    "Kto ne rabotaet, tot ne est (He Who Doesn’t Work, Doesn’t Eat), 1990 Aleksandr Petrovich Utkin" 
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Feb 27, 2013 23:47
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Broken Machine posted:Was linked to this today, thought it was interesting. Never seen that pic. Cool. For those who don't know, Truman was a Mason.  When the White House reno was underway, a large number of stones turned up that bore the master's mark of the various (operative, not speculative) masons who had carved them. Truman had 48 of them set aside, and sent to the Grand Lodge of each state along with a letter of authentication, that they had come from the White House's original masons, and the letters were framed in wood taken from the floor of the old Oval Office.  There's a whole story here.
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Feb 27, 2013 23:49
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ekuNNN posted:Or why you shouldn't date people who think it's a good idea to tattoo WHITE TRASH on their torso. Hell, in general, don't date dicks. I'm not sure that that can ever end well. http://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/dont-sleep-with-mean-people http://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/no-bugs-on-me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHl_Oi-u7rs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbXDJveODTk I'm not sure how many of you guys have ever heard of Baba Brinkman, but he's generally a pretty cool guy. He does rap summaries of medieval literature and evolutionary psychology, and sometimes does more political stuff as well. I'm pretty sure that videos are fine to post in this thread? I don't want to get probated for getting this wrong... 
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Feb 28, 2013 01:28
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Hand-signaled intersections in places that are not Pyongyang: Dalian, China  Thimphu, Bhutan  Hanoi  Kathmandu, Nepal  Bhubaneswar, India  Kabul  Nassau, Bahamas 
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Feb 28, 2013 01:52
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Here's a snippet from Life Magazine detailing a scandal involving Lyndon Johnson's protege, Bobby Baker, who ran a whorehouse in DC called the Quorum Club. The best prostitute there was Elly Rometsch, an East German seductress who was "down for anything, including other girls." JFK visited her numerous times and remarked that she was "the best he ever had." Rometsch would later be revealed to be a KGB agent. It appears JFK fell for the classic honey pot. 
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Feb 28, 2013 02:01
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The new Secretary of Defense is fairly  
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Feb 28, 2013 02:02
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NAME REDACTED posted:Hell, in general, don't date dicks. I'm not sure that that can ever end well. He's also the son of Dirk Brinkman, owner of Brinkman & Associates, one of, if not the largest tree planting companies in the world. Which is a bit less impressive than it sounds, because seriously, gently caress tree planting. 
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Feb 28, 2013 02:09
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 This man is no politician. He just wants to show the North Koreans some b-ball.
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Feb 28, 2013 02:27
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The Crotch posted:He's also the son of Dirk Brinkman, owner of Brinkman & Associates, one of, if not the largest tree planting companies in the world. Which is a bit less impressive than it sounds, because seriously, gently caress tree planting. Wait..."gently caress tree planting"? What part of planting trees is so bad? 
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Feb 28, 2013 02:48
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Ho Chi Mint posted:Another good example of why you shouldn't date an ex-con. Assuming you weren't just victim blaming with this statement, that is a ridiculous criteria (especially if you live in the U.S. where we jail millions of people over the most bullshit things). She's just a really poor judge of character, probably because she was young. Abusers are known to be manipulative and she sounds like she was pretty drat vulnerable, with nobody around to give her advice or support while trying to raise two kids.  The face of pure Evil, the convicted felon!  Whoa, this kid got arrested, probably gonna amount to nothing, now.
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Feb 28, 2013 02:53
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Barometer posted:Assuming you weren't just victim blaming with this statement, that is a ridiculous criteria (especially if you live in the U.S. where we jail millions of people over the most bullshit things). She's just a really poor judge of character, probably because she was young. Abusers are known to be manipulative and she sounds like she was pretty drat vulnerable, with nobody around to give her advice or support while trying to raise two kids. Yeah. If you had any experience at all with manipulators/abusers, the story that goes with that essay reads straight from the playbook. Impress. Infatuate. Separate her from her support structure. Make her dependent on you. Then the inevitable.                  
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Feb 28, 2013 03:21
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Fluffs McCloud posted:Wait..."gently caress tree planting"? What part of planting trees is so bad? I'm not really sure how to give a good picture of it without turning this in to Bitch About My Pointless Job: The Thread. I'll just say that it has a very high rate of injury, a lot of shady companies, and an inexhaustible supply of stinging and biting insects. But it can pay pretty well. If you're particularly curious about it, you might want to check out this place, which also has a very nice collection of pictures of clearcuts from British Columbia and Alberta.    Such majesty!
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Feb 28, 2013 03:47
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Oh so it's not really "bad" it's that you do it and consider it to be unpleasant. Was kind of hoping for some wacko insight about ecology or why on earth it's bad to plant trees where you have deforested. Although this is an oldish photo, my god what a loving awkward looking press conference. V this is fascinating, thanks! Gunshow Poophole fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 03:58
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Fluffs McCloud posted:Wait..."gently caress tree planting"? What part of planting trees is so bad? It's just clear-cutters trying to whitewash the damage they do by telling you that they have the situation under control.  I have seen areas that have been "sown" with this poo poo. These do not work.  Sometimes yes, planting crews on the ground get some results but the undergrowth usually beats out the reforestation plans. It's really hard work and costs a lot of money and is part of the renewable forests lie. Yes, they're are renewable but it takes generations and it's much easier for us to take forests out than to wait for them to regrow.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:00
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GD_American posted:Yeah. If you had any experience at all with manipulators/abusers, the story that goes with that essay reads straight from the playbook. Impress. Infatuate. Separate her from her support structure. Make her dependent on you. Then the inevitable. Oh man those pictures are nauseating. You can almost feel the pain and abuse emanating from them. Also about the tree planting, the issue is not necessarily that artificially planting trees is bad (although it kind of is, look at the ecological impacts of Johnny Appleseed), but that the narrative which states that clear-cutting forest ecologies can be remedied through planting is bad. 
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Feb 28, 2013 04:07
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Did Tom Cruise join the Israeli Army?  "Don't you talk back to me!"  Keeping Israel safe, I guess.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:11
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It doesn't work in remote areas. With Southern pine forests it works just fine. There's huge swathes of replanted forests. It's ugly as poo poo, and sacrifices much of the supporting ecology in the area just to make a sustainable pine harvest, but it works. In a way.  Now ask about hardwoods.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:12
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I think most of the places I've planted qualify as "remote", and it works about as well in the rear end in a top hat of northern Alberta as it does anywhere else, far as I know.syscall girl posted:It's just clear-cutters trying to whitewash the damage they do by telling you that they have the situation under control. Hand-planting is far-and-away the most efficient method of reforestation, but even then, a lot of what we plant doesn't make it (and I can think of one piece of land I had two years ago in particular on which I'm pretty sure none of the trees survived - gently caress you, Husky Energy), and the growing season up here is so short that those that do survive take forever to reach maturity. I've planted with people who did regen surveys in the past, but I can't remember what they said the survival rate was. But I'm sure I'll see some of them again very soon.  
The Crotch fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 04:19
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Barometer posted:
 Contribution: Palestinian filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Emad Burnat, pulled out of line and detained at Los Angeles International airport on his way to the Oscars. He had to call Michael Moore to vouch for him. Buzzfeed later quoted "anonymous government sources" claiming it was a publicity stunt on Burnat's part. 
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Feb 28, 2013 04:25
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The Crotch posted:The part where you plant the trees, mostly. Well, I'll admit, I was baiting a bit, since I'm a wood science and forestry student. I can understand the job issues, most entry level jobs in forestry seem to involve a fair amount of self punishment. I was curious to see what silvicultural issues would be brought up mainly. Clear-cutting isn't a great practice many of the times it is used, but it does actually have it's legitimate uses, such as clearing areas where perpetual high grading has left incredibly lovely genetic stocks(portions of Western PA need this badly). Or creating areas where shade intolerant species can survive. And reforestation, while not prefect does help with a number of issues such as soil retention, stopping desertification, etc. 
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Feb 28, 2013 04:25
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Is it necessary to actively replant these forests? There was a big storm all over central Europe 13 years ago that made about 25% of the forests look like this ^^ Terrible human planted conifer forest There was only manual clearing of the fallen trees but no replanting done, and now those areas all look like this  Biodiversity of animals is way higher than it was before the storm, and in another 30 years you'd probably need to be an expert to even tell the old forest from new one.
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Feb 28, 2013 04:27
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 peak debt posted:Is it necessary to actively replant these forests? There was a big storm all over central Europe 13 years ago that made about 25% of the forests look like this
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Feb 28, 2013 04:49
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Earth fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2013 05:02
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 Online pamphlet being shared by the Australian Greens about the next election. A disturbing number of Australians don't understand our preferential voting system, which is utterly pathetic, because it's awesome.
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Feb 28, 2013 05:28
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Waaaah the Christians are out to get me
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The Macaroni posted:These pictures made me cry, especially that last one. gently caress. I'm sorry. I searched "friendly cops" on youtube but I guess it's so unusual that youtube asked me if I meant "friendly chops", whatever that is. Here was one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuOg8OL5WaA
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Feb 28, 2013 05:32
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Political trees, you say. Context.
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Feb 28, 2013 05:37
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Earth posted:I think it's been far too long since you've all had the opportunity to witness an insufferable twat protecting are rights. In Portland no less, where 20 somethings go to retire. Wrong Portland. The one in Oregon is where young people go to retire. That one is in Maine, where young people leave to go somewhere else. Our open container laws are pretty bullshit, though. So there is that. 
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Feb 28, 2013 06:35
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^^^ drat it!Earth posted:I think it's been far too long since you've all had the opportunity to witness an insufferable twat protecting are rights. In Portland no less, where 20 somethings go to retire. Wrong Portland!  
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Feb 28, 2013 06:41
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Open carry people are the worst. The annoying straight-edge vegans of the gun world. The only people I've seen open carry in AK outside of the wilderness are tourists. Watch out, poo poo might jump off at any moment in the Soldotna Alaska Taco Bell!
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Feb 28, 2013 06:55
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Earth posted:I think it's been far too long since you've all had the opportunity to witness an insufferable twat protecting are rights. In Portland no less, where 20 somethings go to retire. This seems pretty reasonable to me, though? I just consider the guy to be calling attention to stupid open carry laws. (I know that's not his intention) But remember: Don't Talk to Police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
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Feb 28, 2013 06:57
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 "Fascism offers that leadership through which the will of the people can be effective. Thus a dictatorship of the people themselves replaces the present dictatorship of vested interests. Parliament and government are paralyzed by universal talk. Programs for which the people have voted are never implemented. As a result real government under democracy rests in the hands of the great interests, such as international finance. Fascism restores to power the people. That power can only be expressed through leadership voluntarily accepted and chosen, but armed by the people with power to do what they want done." Sir Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Feb 28, 2013 07:12
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You posted that unironically didn't you?
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Feb 28, 2013 07:26
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Emden posted:
 
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Feb 28, 2013 07:29
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Emden posted:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7mRG88KPbA
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Feb 28, 2013 07:29
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Emden posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MkRuV0aCcI
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Feb 28, 2013 07:34
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Whoops, I forgot to include this in my reply to Emden. Problem rectified.  
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Feb 28, 2013 07:36
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Emden posted:
Geez, you're a boring gimmick.   
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Feb 28, 2013 07:49
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Emden posted:
 Walter Benjamin posted:The growing proletarianization of modern man and the increasing formation of masses are two aspects of the same process. Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves. The masses have a right to change property relations; Fascism seeks to give them an expression while preserving property. The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life. The violation of the masses, whom Fascism, with its Führer cult, forces to their knees, has its counterpart in the violation of an apparatus which is pressed into the production of ritual values.
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kaschei posted:This seems pretty reasonable to me, though? I just consider the guy to be calling attention to stupid open carry laws. (I know that's not his intention)
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