It's *dead to me - associated youtube account deleted.

I'm sad because I can only upvote this once.

Also, you can fuck off, bobknight33.

>> ^BicycleRepairMan:

You know the funniest thing about US health care: Norway, where I come from, spends the most on healthcare in the world: $5,352 per capita on health care. For that formidable price we all get full health coverage: we get FREE healthcare. All of us.
But, there is ONE country that spends MORE on healthcare: The USA. The US spends $7960 per capita on health care. and for that formidable price they get NOTHING, because you have to have insurance as well.

Good job, US.
So its actually a bit unfair to say that every other industrial country has FREE healthcare for everyone: Compared to the US of A , its cheaper than free. Much cheaper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expe
nditure_(PPP)_per_capita

>> ^probie:

This woman is truly clueless. I'm starting to understand how Sarah Palin got elected now.


This. 100 times. I'm pretty sure she only does what the plasmoids tell her.

Cuz SSDs aren't as entertaining during operation

Well that's a bummer...

>> ^MichaelL:

It was reported just last week or the week before that this little guy died unfortunately.

One thing I remember from my trip to the Netherlands some years ago was how ubiquitous the bicycle was.

The Dutch do have fine derrieres.

Colin Powell remains one of the few coherent voices in politics, certainly one of the most rational voices from the right-wing. Nothing but respect for him.

If he were to run for presiden, the problem is he would never make it through the GOP primary system, and that's a fault of the primary system itself - specifically, the limited demographics that actually show up to them. Still, if he were to run as a Republican, he'd be one of the few I'd consider voting for in the big show.

"Love thy neighbor," has no exceptions.

Jesus, save us from your followers...

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/may/23/facebook-posts/viral-facebook-post-says-barack-obama-has-lowest-s/

Politifact also confirms the math.

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OMFG you can see his nipples. Call da POLICE!

I love that line - "I'm in no more clothes than I'll be at the Y[MCA] this afternoon when I swim my mile."

Shit, I should be so lucky to have that kind of body in 15 or so years.

And the faux-incredulity of the Fox "reporter" is just priceless.

*beg

There's a TON wrong with the US public school system. Special-needs kids are getting lumped into classrooms where their needs aren't being met. Considering how Autism diagnosis is on an upward trend, I expect to hear more stories like this father's.

A good solution would be to train more teachers that specialize in tending to Special-needs kids. Unfortunately, one party here in the US would rather try to figure out how to get taxpayers to pay for their kid's private education instead....

For the last 20 or so years, my family has owned a yellow-naped Green Amazon parrot. He's finicky, and very territorial around his cage. He's quite a bit larger than these Caiques, but smaller than a Macaw. When we let him out of his cage, he's not nearly this... playful. He usually just wants to hide in a corner until he feels safe enough to explore. If you handle while they're still very young, then they can be this playful. It really depends on how their raised.

In general, social animals, that is to say, animals that flock or group with animals from the same or even similar species (the birds on Telegraph Hill in SF come to mind, they're not a homogeneous flock) tend to make better pets than animals that lead solitary lives in the wild (cats, reptiles, etc). They tend to have a more defined personality, and have more capability to read social cues and take training.

The things is, birds know they're fragile - most of their bones are only paper-thin. So they posture up, get defensive and territorial around their cages. To train them, you usually have to take them out of their place of power, that is, their cage, to another space that they don't have as much familiarity or control.

The Amazon my family has kept for 20 years, as I said, is very finicky. But 20 years of trust built up has made him a little more friendly to me, at least. He tolerates my mom, and used to be outright hostile to my dad (the bird would kick grit from the bottom of his cage at him, lunge to bite at him if he got close to his cage. But I'm the only one he'll let pet him on a consistent basis, and even then, if he's in a mood he might lunge at me. He also hasn't had much training at all, and to handle him by hand is to risk getting bit HARD. No one else in the family has attempted it, and I usually get bit in the process His jaws put out a LOT of force. Usually he tries to play with my earrings or hair, but winds up chomping my ear or scalp. I don't hold it against him, he's probably trying to figure out how to climb to the top of my head. If you want to handle animals, you have to accept that getting bit or scratched will be an inevitability.

My wife's family took care of a Grey Amazon that found his way to their home about 20 years ago. You could say the bird adopted them. One of his legs was busted - he likely broke it himself to break free of what chained him down, and he still managed to fly away with clipped wings. Most birds keep their beak ground and well-kept, but he let his beak over-grow, curving to one side of his upper beak and hooking upwards in a manner that looked threatening. His cage was left open frequently so he could bop around, but usually he'd just want to climb up someone's leg all the way up to their shoulders. He was very rough around the edges, likely because of the constant pain of a disfigured leg, but eventually warmed up to me and let me scratch his head. He passed away a couple years ago, around Christmas time. He is missed.

I upvoted the naughty jokes because I have funny bone. You can either laugh or cry, and I'd rather laugh than cry about something I really have no power to change alone.


That, and I have a sick sense of humor. I assume its one of the reasons my wife married me...

I'd say your lack of humor is anti-human. But then again, we're just anonymous internet folks sharing our unsolicited opinions now, aren't we?

>> ^tsquire1:

The fact that a comment critiquing rape culture gets downvoted, and one that promotes rape culture gets up voted, reveals a heavy nerdbro tendency on this site that is really quite sick.
No, I dont care if it is 'just a joke'. You infantile nethipsters that make these comments never have to worry about being raped, never have to worry about what they wear walking down the street and if it will promote 'catcalls'. You don't have to worry about facing violence by going out at night or, if you do get sexually assaulted, have to worry about who will even believe you.
Plainly, you have no idea what you are talking about.
That is why it is funny to you. Because you are that removed from reality. Your laughter is a privileged laughter. Your cynicism is anti-human.
>> ^Hybrid:
You wouldn't be saying that 30 mins after I put some Rohypnol in your drink.