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Topic: The Perfect Storm (Read 64040 times)
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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As far as I can tell, the dude on the right is an elf that's into undead chicks.
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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How many people here are yelling at their politicians to fund asteroid impact avoidance tactics? Because the risk/damage ratio of that happening is thousands of times greater than what happened in NO...we're talking complete destruction of the human race, and it is guaranteed to happen...it's happened already, and guess what? It's due! We have hurricanes which hit land and cause damage EVERY FUCKING YEAR, yet no asteroids that cause the yearly damage of hurricanes. So I don't see why most people would be yelling at policiticians to build asteroid impact avoidance tactics over hurricane avoidance tactics. Also, do we even have any technology that can reliably be called an asteroid avoidance tool? Other than Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, that is. Hurricanes hit every year. Many reports said that of all the cities in the US and all the possible disasters, the 3 most likely disasters that WILL happen are a catastrophic hurricane in NO, a terrorist attack in NY, and an earthquake in SF. I'd think we'd make some preparations for those things that didn't include ignoring the problem still most of the poor people in the area drowned or died of starvation and infection. |
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Hanzii
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In Bangladesh, disasters of this magnitude happen every year. Hundreds of thousands of people die, but it's mostly ignored by the press.
You're so full of shit, I can only be bothered to point one thing out. Bangladesh is flooded almost every year. It's often devasting, it's costly and millions are affected by it. But in the worst flood in Bangladesh' modern history, the flood of 1998, "only" 1400 people were killed - if the numbers from NO is lower than that I'll publicly apologized to you. Untill then: Moron! But you don't live in the shithole that is Bangladesh, you live in the richest country in the fucking world. Using all that money fighting a far away war while not being able to protect or even rescue your own citizens is what a lot of people don't understand. You, well you're a moron. On average Americans are four times more wealthy than the people of Malaysia, yet the two countries have the same child mortality rates. For 50 years child mortality rates in the US has been going down - since 2000 they've been on the rise again. The child mortality rate for a black child living in Washington, D.C. is higher than that of a child living in Kerala, India. And again you tell me that nothing is out of whack and that Bush isn't to blame for any of this?! Did I mention, that I think you're a moron? |
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I would like to discuss this more with you, but I'm not allowed to post in Politics anymore.
Bruce
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Politics, please. I don't feel right raising a shitstorm in General.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Ironwood
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But I love a good shitstorm.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Evangolis
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The perfect shitstorm.
You know, before this comment, I never had a mental image of a shitstorm. Now I do. I'll forgive you, someday. |
"It was a difficult party" - an unexpected word combination from ex-Merry Prankster and author Robert Stone.
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Shockeye
Staff Emeritus
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Breaking News: Head of FEMA resigns.
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Llava
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Rrava roves you rong time
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It's a start.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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WayAbvPar
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Breaking News: Head of FEMA resigns.
He will get a lucrative job as a consultant from one of the Bush crony firms as soon as the smoke clears. Good soldiers who fall on their swords are always rewarded. |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
Posts: 15542
The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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The underside of that carpet is getting pretty crowded....
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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