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Sorry to Make You Cry XV

by Doctor X » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:58 am
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After MORE than a decade . . . of dominance and nearly two decades of Dynasty !!

From The Office of the Two Time Grand Champion

The merciful...

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And yet, making the most popular pick each week is no way to win either.
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Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:41 pm
Thought Provoking Graphs

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Pick one. From anywhere. Mark it up.

Is low (but population sustaining) birthrate really that big a disadvantage? The ratio of supporters to...

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Enjoying a nice rare roast beef with horseradish sauce right now.
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:22 pm
What's killing us this week?

by Pyrrho » Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:11 am
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Diet soda is the latest rage. Apparently causes everything. Should I also give up sucralose?

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I wonder if it's worse that a typical flu virus. Just how concerned should we really be about it?

The new coronavirus appears to cause symptoms...
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:19 pm
The TUMBREL of MISSED OPPORTUNITY

by ed » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:51 pm
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Thanks to Whitefork (if indeed that IS h/is/er name) for the elegant thread title for this, the final resting place of those whose demise we would...

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Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:40 pm
Cool astronomy photos

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I really love this one of the Carina Nebula :

Bigger sizes here and related story here .

I have this as my wallpaper now. The colors are just...

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Indeed, the floor rises for the puny humanzez to use our big 'ole dick of conquest.

Bite me Percy Lowell....
seriously bro, a frying pan as dust...
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:11 pm
Amusing Science

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Viagra makes flowers stand up straight

Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is good not only for treating male impotence. Israeli and Australian researchers...

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God friggin' damn, next time I get a half million dollars to spare I'm so gonna do that.
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:53 pm
The Community's Art Gallery

by Witness » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:31 pm
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We definitely need one. So let me start with this nice hijacking of what the Froggies call art pompier (not sure how to translate that:...

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Some photographs by Michael Kenna :

Hokkaido

Craców, Poland (with Nova Huta in the background :mrgreen: )

Lots more :
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:37 pm
Why Florida is an awsome place to live

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1) You can shoot people pretty much at will

2) You can buy guuns anywhere with a minimum of legal crap

3) You can blow shit up at will
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80 reptiles caught in Miami Super Bowl Burmese python hunt

MIAMI (AP) — Eighty Burmese pythons were caught during Miami’s 10-day Super Bowl...
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:24 pm
I need kitten pics or something.

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Since mid-october I have been in a very dark place, even by my standards. Not in the sense of being depressed or anything, but I began doing some...
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:17 pm
Nyarlathotep appreciation thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:22 pm
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In which we post things we think will appeal to Nyarlathotep. 8)
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:51 pm
Japan

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What was funny then

by ed » Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:37 am
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not so much now. Sorta a spin off from Abduls Past is a foreign country only more specific.

Don't get it.

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Pyrrho : Before The Jews TM took over, the Irish were funny. 8)

Witness : Still funny. Or rather even funnier because now their bathing suits are...
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:07 pm
The shemp depreciation thread

by shemp » Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:06 am

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Go ahead, shit all over me, I don't fucking care!

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OK, I thought that what I might lack in accuracy I can compensate for with quantity. Consider this a start.

Amateur, Animal, Anorak, Ape,...

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Last post by The Joker
Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:21 pm
Losing my cheerful optimism

by Nyarlathotep » Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:54 am
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Right now I am working in a bank call center. It sucks, but it (mostly) pays the bills.

It is changing me from a cheerful paragon of hope and...

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Truly, the number of financially illiterate people in the world blows my mind.
You think it's by chance?

It is the natural state of Mankind. :P...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep
Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:52 am
sparks appreciation thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:30 pm
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Last post by Witness
Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:47 am
Vertigo

by Witness » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:53 am
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That was an interesting sub-thread in Kitten pics . As I'm very prone to that special dizziness, let's say it's cathartic…

Help (?) me, post your...

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Filmed at an angle, but still…
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Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:30 am
Not Suitable for Kitten Pics Thread

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↑ Yeah, the little twits move:
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Last post by Witness
Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:49 pm
The UK thread

by Witness » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:54 am
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That thread was missing. :twisted:

From Google searches (allegedly):

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'Porn block' companies seek £3m in damages

Four companies that were developing age verification schemes for pornography websites are seeking...
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Last post by Witness
Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:28 pm
Fukushima one year on

by sparks » Wed May 16, 2012 8:01 pm
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3 meltdowns 1 of which was total, that is to say the entire core liquified.
1, possibly 2 containment breaches.
3 hydrogen explosions.
1 criticality...

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It's a funny sort of political world where Pu is considered deadly, but burning coal isn't so bad. Where 3 complete meltdowns are described as not...
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Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:38 pm
A Thought for the Day

by Doctor X » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:56 am
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Which every forum should have. Various bon mot tachi-thingies to help you through that Inevitably Consistent Disappointment that is your existence....
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Last post by robinson
Sat Jan 25, 2020 3:36 pm
cleaning day

by pillory » Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:00 am

some regrets,,,,,three ave ceasar and one ave mary

good bye

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Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:00 am
My Promise To YOU, The American People....

by Nyarlathotep » Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:42 am

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I am going to run for president. I am forming my own party. The Orbital Death Ray party. Our platform is a simple one. Orbital Death Rays.

That's...

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First off buster, that's my friggin' first name too.
I'm old enough to remember Sputnick.

It was a huge, seriously huge deal, kiddos these days...

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Last post by Fid
Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:53 am
Other music

by Anaxagoras » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:09 pm
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Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

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Ran across this on YouTube just now as a recommendation. It's kinda chill. They call it Sovietwave .
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Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:28 am
Sweet rides

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Last post by Witness
Sat Jan 25, 2020 1:05 am
A Home For Bruce

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GSA is offering lighthouses for sale, some for free .

For sale: Historic waterfront property with a spectacular, 50-foot-high view of Lake...
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Last post by Witness
Sat Jan 25, 2020 1:00 am
One Man and his Fag-o-Cycle

by asthmatic camel » Fri May 17, 2019 7:59 am
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I've been out and about a bit this week. Yesterday, I ended up at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to see Stephenson's Rocket. :)...

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Pyrrho, are you sure you were dreaming and not remote viewing?

Damn that was pretty much it except some of the cables were bare wire.

...and...
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Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:36 pm
i am llit...huge eskimo---shivering in my iglu

by pillory » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:46 pm

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friends has gone ....lovey dovey darling is twenty km away -----i need somebody to say to me ---hi,you're not alone -----just ---hi----

then i...

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shemp ,can't you say that higher than that :De_Bunk:

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Last post by pillory
Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:18 pm
"Accepted for value" scam.

by asthmatic camel » Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:42 pm

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Anyone familiar with this one and how the scammers operate? I ask because someone I know was referred by a friend to debt counsellors who give advice...

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am wondering whether or not to do anything about it.

Did you?

You could add that you felt they were disrespecting Islam, as a lubricant....

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Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:06 am
'Murica

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In the spirit of the Japan thread and the Russia thread, I think we need a 'Murica thread.

Florida gunmaker produces assault rifle 'never to be...
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Last post by Witness
Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:18 pm
I will stay

by pillory » Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:06 pm

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but don'rt come back
i try to stay buddish feelings in my ends of time

not these good -evil battles in end of times

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perkele
perkele...

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Last post by pillory
Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:59 pm

it ain't what law says,it's what nature is

by pillory » Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:28 pm

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:54 pm

THINKS

by pillory » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:34 pm

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thouhgfull helps mindfull bursts :knock:

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i understood ----something official

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:16 pm

hermits -----unite

by pillory » Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:53 pm

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we enjoy by youreslves-----not with youts but by them selves----not with them ----but self closed

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have you ever met happy hermit----no one does ----hard to say is it true

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Last post by pillory
Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:01 pm

jokes

by pillory » Thu Jan 16, 2020 6:38 pm

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i'm just let them warming when I get the ultimate

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why two plus two ain't one----beacause it's otherwise

gooood,,i'm shrinking and drying

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Last post by pillory
Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:47 pm

I like to molest you

by pillory » Thu Jan 16, 2020 6:49 pm

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that makes good vibrations and waves :dothewave: :dothewave: :dothewave: :dothewave: :dothewave: :knock: :bricks:

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boom boom boom :popped: buf

this ain't forum teasing------this is torture

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:25 pm

Russia

by Witness » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:04 am

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OK, I open this tentative thread.

9TBgDTKk7lM

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Misleading title, it's a kidnapping attempt.

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:03 am

Heathens' corner

by Witness » Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:24 am

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Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:43 am

World's oldest and largest rape conspiracy still at it.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:05 pm

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Catholic officials warn ex-seminarians over sex claims
Chicago Tribune

Catholic officials in Italy have threatened former altar boys of the pope...

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Vatican orders sex abuse investigation of Brooklyn bishop who happened to investigate Buffalo Diocese

NEW YORK (AP) — The Vatican has ordered an...

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Last post by Witness
Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:21 pm

Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:43 pm

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The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

Trying to start another of those ongoing threads.

Here's my opening gambit....

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Ronald Reagan campaigning as a gubernatorial candidate, flanked by a young protester, 1966 | Photo: Bill Ray

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Last post by Witness
Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:00 am

Mass Hysteria

by Anaxagoras » Mon Aug 12, 2019 2:12 pm

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A pretty typical classic case:

The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia

It was a quiet Friday morning last July when pandemonium broke...

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Forget the Beatles – Liszt was music's first 'superstar'

The women who screamed and swooned for the 19th Century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt set...

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Last post by Witness
Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:21 am

The France thread

by gnome » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:05 pm

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They were just charging the rotation premium.

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Ummm, wow looks delicious but you know I just ate and I'm on a diet.

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Last post by WildCat
Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:42 am

The real ed appreciation thread.

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu May 09, 2019 11:06 pm

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Just post things you think ed will like.

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:28 pm

New immune cell

by Witness » Tue Jan 21, 2020 2:17 am

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Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough

A new type of immune cell which kills most...

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I discovered the word serendipitous by accident. :wink:

What kind of person passes up such a great an opportunity to be self referential? :o

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:55 pm

Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Jan 20, 2020 12:42 pm

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Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus
Science Daily

Summary:

Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the...

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Presumably the antibody could be constructed to interfere with intestinal flora so that they could be released in an area where everyone would come...

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Last post by ed
Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:01 pm

What have you been watching lately

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Just a general purpose thread.

I recently started bingewatching Homeland on Netflix. It's not a new series, but in a way that's better if you...

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Just started Lincoln Rhyme: The Hunt For The Bone Collector . It is based on the Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver.

I am disappoint. It took a...

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Last post by Nyarlathotep
Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:12 am

Any Rubik's Cube fans around here?

by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:08 pm

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Edited to fix video embedding.

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One more time!

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:59 pm

Pyrrho!

by Boss Paul » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:39 am

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Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:18 pm

US Navy & UFO's

by ed » Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:38 am

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AKA Is the Admiral a Pod Person?

The Navy Has Secret Classified Video of an Infamous UFO Incident

The Pentagon has Top Secret-classified briefings...

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AKA some secret weapon test they don't want known about for the obvious dreary reasons.

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Last post by Abdul Alhazred
Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:56 pm

Sous Vide

by Rob Lister » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:22 pm

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As you might not know, I'm quite the home chef. Having an amazingly demanding wife that can't boil water without burning it * AND having raised three...

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I've made a couple of ribeyes with it a couple of days ago. All very thick -- like two inches or so--which is hard to do on a grill. It cooks...

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Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:05 pm

Anti-vaxxers in power

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Anti-vaccine Italian Government Sacks Entire Health Expert Board

The vaccine-skeptic Italian government has sacked every member...

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Fewer in U.S. Continue to See Vaccines as Important

84% in U.S. say vaccinating children is important, down from 94% in 2001
86% say vaccines...

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Last post by Witness
Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:07 am

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