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Live ~ Frankenstein ~ Edgar Winter Group
StormsingerHow in the world was this having problems getting sifted? Sheesh...some days I worry about this place.
Water Bowl Prank Backfires
StormsingerThe trick itself is so old, that I don't think any staging was required. I know I'd certainly recognize the setup if someone asked me to hold the bowl up there. Now, I might or might not be able to pull off -his- response, but that's the only question I have about it.
chris hedges-the terrifying state assault of press freedom
StormsingerHedges -may- be one of the last remaining "good guys", but the press sold out their freedom long ago. The AP is not press, hasn't been for a couple decades now...they're just a part of the Bureau of Propaganda.
I could not give a shit if they now find themselves on the other end of the stick. I'd call it poetic justice.
US Cannabis Cup in Denver - Day Two
StormsingerAnd we all know just how dangerous a bunch of pot heads are...
Commercialization of marijuana medical marijuana not the same. Looked like just a bunch of pot heads.
'Sirius' Theatrical Trailer
StormsingerI think the phrase you're looking for is not "thinking different", it's "running a con".
What's wrong with thinking something different again? I don't think they are hurting anyone.
The Phone Call
StormsingerThis is what happens when people choose delusion over evidence...everyone else must bend to their choice.
Incredible Lava Kayaking
StormsingerThe line between daredevil and idiot is remarkably thin.
Miriam playing under a sprinkler
StormsingerI thought you were quite clear. Maybe i should have said commenters, rather than posters.
That was in response to some of the comments made by @notarobot and @lantern53 not the video. (should have made that more clear)
Miriam playing under a sprinkler
StormsingerWhile I agree with your point, if the sift required good taste on the part of the posters, it'd be a far smaller community.
FFS any woman who is naturally thin or athletic can have ribs showing (different than sticking out) without it being unhealthy. Most average women will have that happen if they lift their arms above their head and suck in a little which is what she is doing.
It wouldn't be in good taste to tell a voluptuous woman to put down the sandwich so why is it okay to say a slender woman needs one in order to look beautiful? The are so many different body types stop trying to make us feel bad about the ones we are naturally given.
Obama Gives Monsanto Get Out of Jail Free Card
StormsingerActually, I'd have to say that from a bioengineering perspective, it's incredibly stupid. What they're really doing is breeding Roundup resistant weeds, and far faster than anyone claimed they would. In consequence, agri-business is dumping many times as much herbicide into their fields...the facts make it damned clear that the only winner in this race is Monsanto. Farmers pay more for the seed and more for more herbicide to apply.
In another 20 years, Roundup will be useless, but Monsanto will happily move on to the next longterm fuckup that is profitable in the short run.
I'm not a politician or lawyer. The patent infringement stuff you mentioned sounds bad, but I don't know enough to make an educated comment.
As far as RoundUp Ready soybeans, what I know about it is that it inhibits an enzyme required for RoundUp (the sprayed pesticide) to work, thus rendering certain crops "immune" to the spray. From a bioengineering perspective it is ingenious and allows developed nations to have plentiful and cheap crops year round. GMO is a product of our (humanity's) need for cheap, plentiful and calorie-dense foods. Sure, we can complain about the fact that we don't want to eat pesticides/insecticides/whatever, but we complain far more when the food we eat is expensive, scarce and calorie-sparse. Before GM (I'll include selective breeding in this category), our food supply was predicated on the vagaries of the weather, insects, viruses, fungi and bacteria. We now enjoy a plentiful bounty year round and still we complain. We cannot have it both ways.
I realize that there is a gut reaction to GM (and irradiated) foods, but people need to educate themselves and ask if they would rather have massive price swings for staple foods or (relatively) cheap food year round that is inherently not the product of evolutionary changes.
Jim Carrey takes on Gun Control, as only he can
StormsingerI know! I never knew street gangs were liberals!
Now I have a whole new world view to play with...
Does this mean that icecream truck drivers are conservatives? What about school crossing guards? Auto mechanics? The mind boggles...
Watch out they're coming.. and they brought READING MATERIALS!!
Serena Ryder - Stompa
StormsingerIt really -shouldn't- be obscure...it's better than most of the stuff I hear on the radio around here.
How to Justify Science (Richard Dawkins)
StormsingerNope. The scientific method is the epitome of pragmatism. It does not claim to find "The Truth", it claims to find "the model that most reliably predicts measurable results."
It neither pretends, nor needs, to be more.
[edit to standardize the tenses]
Even though I agree with him, I'm not quite satisfied with his answer.
There must be better ways to "justify" (whatever that means) the scientific method other than for its pragmatism.
How does he do it?
StormsingerI suspect it isn't widely taught because there's simply no practical use for such a gimmick. Those that were taught about it probably heard about it just because it tickled some teacher's funny bone.
We did this puzzle in elementary school in the GATE program. How on earth people aren't taught, amazed, and remembering this simple but awesome geometrical illusion is beyond me. First thing you see when you try to recreate it on a grid, is that there is missing diagonal space. People miss the missing space isn't using the same modular shape as the rest of the puzzle. Easy to detect on a grid using only a triangle.
My Strange Addiction
StormsingerReminds me of Claptrap...Look everyone, I'm dancing, I'm DANCING!
Definitely a downside of the everyone-can-publish-anything era...more immature twits seeking attention.