To you and to anyone who upvoted this I don't believe you have a fundamental grasp on how religion works.

Look its fine if you want to pretend that people who worship something are just being fools because "statistics say" whatever. But at least have a good understanding of what makes the believers tick first.

I am not a religion person and I am sure there are probably not a lot of them on this site. But I would rather not see people diversify themselves from part of the population.

Religion is a necessary tool in a lot of places and we should not be so dismissive.

After all isn't there enough of that already in this world? Division?

If we lose a shared perspective on tomorrow what then?

Go tell the other ticks what you just saw!

Touching. Wonder if all those ticks had anything to do with his health decline or if it was simply old age? That was a shitload of ticks and dogs with that many taken off at the vets to means that the owners were kinna negligent in that regard. Hell, how much time does it take to pick ticks off a dog every day if you live somewhere so prone?

Not quite as adorable as this one:
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Still a decent amount of ticks though!

Hey Republicans. Don't forget, you invented the individual mandate. You tried to pass it into Federal law many times yourself. Don't be all ticked off just because some black guy finally did what you couldn't. Typical move the goal post behavior. What's changed since the Republican version that was endorsed by the insurance industry? Let's see... they now need to cover pre-existing conditions, yeah, that's horrible, making insurance companies cover sick people and not charge them more, how horrible... and they changed it from catastrophic coverage to comprehensive coverage, so now the insurance companies have to pay for far more services... hmm... I wonder why Republicans suddenly oppose their own idea? Perhaps because suddenly there is less profit in the suffering of millions of people? That is all that matters to Republicans, profit over people. To undue the damage caused by unions in giving people 40 hour work weeks and make people work 80+ hours a week again so that the fat rich cats can keep more and more of the limited resource called money... so that nice little income gap can continue to grow. Hey, perhaps someday soon the US will be like the old Soviet Union with long bread lines, the Republicans clearly want to see that. After all hundreds of them chanted "Let them die!" at the Republican debate... that was the moment that I decided even if I got my faith in god back, I'd rather be in hell then in heaven with people like that, apparently they forgot all the teachings of Jesus about how the rich can't get into heaven, how to help the needy and the poor, how to be lovers of peace and not war, how love was the greatest commandment, and everything else that the Republican party is opposed to.

I don't get why people get upset at the keep the insurance plan. It isn't the government shutting it down, it is greedy insurance companies shutting it down. It's like jobs going to China, people get mad at the government rather than the rich ass hole who sent the jobs oversees so his own personal profits could be higher. I seem to recall the people who are complaining, defended oil company profits by pointing out that per dollar earned/gross profit margin oil was down at 17 or so, while banks were number one followed by a small gap, pharmaceuticals were number two and insurance number three with a nice gap to number 4 and on to the rest of the list. So yeah, if changes in how they have to cover people means they might fall off that list of top 3 most profitable bushiness, then I would expect them to drop the less profitable plans to maintain their multi-billion dollar profit off the suffering of others so a few rich people can have a nice cozy life while millions suffer for their greedy gains.

Health insurance shouldn't be about huge profits. It should be about getting people the health coverage they need... of course I could also argue that the health care industry as a whole shouldn't be so profit driven... nor should the education required to train our healthcare workforce (nor education at all really)... We should have gotten what Obama promised in the first place, a single payer system, or at the very least a Government Option, rather than caving into the Republican Right and turning the money over to a multi-billion dollar industry... and now look, they still oppose it even though it was their idea... If they were going to oppose it no matter what, he should have made it worth everyone's while and given actual reform.

And hey, if you oppose it, come up with something better. Something that will help the millions of people working at places like retail and fast food that can't get employer sponsored coverage. Make sure every American is covered and can afford health care, not emergency treatment, but going to see a doctor for preventative care and affording any medication that the doctor may prescribe.

You forgot to tick the sarcasm box!

Please tell me you forgot to tick the sarcasm box...

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Tick slashes its way into blood vessels has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.

Microscopic Video of Tick Mouthparts Biting a Mouse has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo.

Kid was in the zone under mom's care, assaulted the skater, reaction may be predictable, understandable, but sucked-ass. She would only get a pass from here if she exhibited remorse for her actions a few ticks later...after I stayed to make sure her kid was ok and that she wasn't on her fucking cell phone...'Cause if she was less tha 3 minutes after this happened, I'd be smashin' it. So yeah. There ya go ya dumb bitch, yeah. Take yer whiny, no-skatin' brat and yo ugly-ass to a "filled" pool or something why don't yas?!

I'm going to respond to that last one in a couple of parts since I might have to close soon...

I LOVE Comfortably Numb also!!!! I was actually debating on which one I was going to tell you was my favorite because that one rates right up there!

Can you believe I have never heard "In the Flesh" before? I don't know how I missed it - it's definitely one of the better ones. Thanks for sharing it with me. I've got it playing in the background now as I type to you.

Embedding is easy once you know how...I was actually able to copy and paste from the https://www.youtube.com part to view your embeds...but here's how to do it...

1. Under the video on youtube, click "share"
2. Then click on "embed"
3. Then tick the box saying "use old embed code"
4. Then copy the embed code in the box and paste it in your comment here.

Test it out. Give me another good song to listen to.

Since when is "crazy" or "insane" a dirty, mean word you can not use for mentally ill people? She is clearly not ok in the head, her behaviour meets the exact definition of "crazy" and "insane". It's not like she has a severe case of depression, then it would be inappropriate, she is cleary delusional.
However, I certainly don't like the idea represented here that she might become a homicidal maniac, that she's a ticking timebomb that needs defusing. She may be scary but that doesn't mean she's automatically dangerous. I'd rather worry about all the drunk people with car keys in their pockets.
What this lady needs is help by professionals and not simply be thrown in an institution. She isn't a broken toy that you store in the attic, she needs treatment and certainly medication. Dragging her out of her house and throwing her in a padded cell won't make her paranoia better.

This is how I feel when I'm not using protection and I'm about to -- OMG, it's like a ticking time bomb, honey. Don't move, don't move -- don't say anything sexy or I'm gonna...

*BOOM*

Nice idea but those in charge are simply too rich to give a crap about the downfall of the US Empire. They bleed this country dry but in the end, like a Tick, they can move on to another host. You're dealing with super wealthy single individuals and corporations. They have control over they country but no liability towards it. The US government is just an investment.

And regarding Snowden? He should learn to sleep with one eye open. His civil rights are nonexistant at this point.

This video has been seconded as a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof seconded with isdupe by pumkinandstorm.