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27th December 2014, 01:22 PM
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Views: 3,369 Re: The Interview- Review!
So we should see an awful movie just because somebody told us not to? Isn't that kind of an adolescent notion of freedom?
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25th December 2014, 08:31 PM
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25th December 2014, 02:36 PM
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24th December 2014, 09:21 PM
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21st December 2014, 09:49 PM
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21st December 2014, 12:49 PM
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Views: 6,326 Re: I hate "Happy Holidays"!
You and Bill O'Reilly.
Bill O'Reilly declares victory in the 'War on Christmas' (http://news.yahoo.com/bill-oreilly-war-on-christmas-over-165232438.html)
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19th December 2014, 01:08 PM
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Views: 1,279 Re: It is time to GAIN RESPECT!
Playing the banjo may get you some attention, but if you really want respect you need the kind of strong, manly body that only Charles Atlas can give you!
The INSULT that made a MAN out of "MAC"...
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17th December 2014, 02:48 PM
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12th December 2014, 09:11 PM
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Views: 1,203 Re: People don't like the police
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26th November 2014, 06:25 PM
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24th November 2014, 07:17 PM
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Views: 2,368 Re: A Romanticized View of the 70s?
<< The bit that really jarred for me though was the idea of kids grabbing Pop Tarts before sitting down to watch Saturday morning telly, although it might well have been true in America. If Pop...
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4th April 2014, 05:23 PM
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13th March 2014, 07:15 PM
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Views: 528 Re: Snakes in a Cab
I don't have a snake phobia. I once had a pet snake and I've even held large snakes I knew were tame. But I'm not a snake expert either, and some are deadly. And some people are nuts, so if someone...
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12th March 2014, 04:13 PM
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9th March 2014, 09:48 AM
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Views: 1,289 Re: Huge Cigar Shaped UFO Flying Over Ukraine! MSM
One theory is that UFOs intervene to prevent nuclear war. I actually find this quite credible. Looking at human history and all of the explosive situations of the last few decades and there's no way...
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4th March 2014, 06:13 PM
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Views: 691 Huvr Board: Elaborate Hoax?
It's getting harder and harder to tell what's real and what's fake. Take, for instance, the supposedly new invention, Huvr Board. Someone went to a lot of trouble to make this look real, complete...
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4th March 2014, 05:22 PM
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3rd March 2014, 06:27 PM
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Views: 654 Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.
Now you're making this about Ron Paul. I only mentioned him as an aside as an example of a Republican who might respect the rights of protesters. That doesn't mean I endorse everything he ever said.
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3rd March 2014, 04:49 PM
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Views: 654 Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.
That's right, to me it's not really about Obama. I only mentioned his name because he's the spokesperson who's making all these statements about the rights of people to protest around the world. I...
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3rd March 2014, 04:04 PM
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Views: 654 Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.
Of course it's on a different scale and the issues are totally different. The point is that Obama and Kerry talk as though they support free expression while they have a record of suppressing it at...
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3rd March 2014, 03:49 PM
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Views: 654 Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.
While hypocrites in the White House self righteously speak out in favor of the rights of people in the Ukraine to protest, hundreds are arrested for doing the same thing (though in a more peaceful...
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14th January 2014, 10:20 AM
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Views: 2,183 Re: U.S. Cops Out of Control?
<< Could it be there is more to these stories - outside the view of a quick video? A helpless, homeless man? - whose mother had to take out a restraining order to protect herself from him? She...
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13th January 2014, 11:53 AM
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Views: 633 Re: What Did Viking Really Find on Mars!!!
I know that forum though I haven't been there for a while. Even many people into conspiracy theories distrust them or think it's a disinfo project. But just to clarify, Anonymous Coward is the...
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13th January 2014, 11:49 AM
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Views: 633 Re: What Did Viking Really Find on Mars!!!
Anyone interested in this topic should check out the claims of Andrew Basiago. No idea if any of it is true (unlike some people, who "know" such things are false just because they sound too...
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12th January 2014, 10:07 AM
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Views: 1,369 Re: Aliens already walk among us...
This is all very logical sounding. However, all this essentially means is that life as it is currently defined probably doesn't exist nearby. Furthermore, technology as it is currently understood (or...
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11th January 2014, 09:37 AM
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Views: 516 Real Reason For UFO Coverup
Abby Martin, who is obviously skeptical of the issue, interviews Dr. Steven Greer on Breaking the Set. Even in UFO/conspiracy circles, Greer is controversial. However, I think he makes some good...
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2nd January 2014, 08:48 AM
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Views: 5,954 Re: 40,000,000+ Americans in Poverty
I doubt if even "liberal Americans" advocate paying workers the same as CEOs. One of the issues here is just how extreme the gap has become. Apparently, Peter Drucker, hardly a member of the...
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31st December 2013, 05:31 PM
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Views: 551 Re: Gun to your head -- how to respond
That's not necessarily the best advice in all situations. You have to use your judgement. There was a video recently -I think it was posted in this forum- of a man on a Seattle bus pushing the gun...
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31st December 2013, 03:29 PM
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Views: 3,491 Re: Interesting Look At Gun Control
People are taught by the media to react in a kneejerk way to labels like "militia," "extremist" or "terrorist" without thinking what these words really mean. It's similar to the way some people...
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30th December 2013, 08:52 AM
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Views: 533 Re: new year is special day or not?
That's what I was going to day. Here too everything happens New Year's Eve. I usually like to go out somewhere that night, to a party or just a bar or club where there's a celebration.
New Years...
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18th December 2013, 11:24 AM
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18th December 2013, 10:37 AM
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18th December 2013, 10:35 AM
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Views: 398 Re: Road rage shootout leaves two drivers dead
This is sad, but I have to admit it made me chuckle. Two guys, both over 40, get into a shootout over a tailgating incident. Now they're both dead. People live for decades only to have their lives...
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15th December 2013, 08:14 PM
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14th December 2013, 05:31 PM
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Views: 1,823 Snow in the Middle East!
No matter what you think about manmade global warming, it's hard to deny that the climate is changing. It's snowing for the first time in over a century in the Middle East. I especially like the...
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4th December 2013, 03:47 PM
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1st December 2013, 04:44 PM
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Views: 1,137 Re: has Black Friday gotten out of control
This article has gotten a lot of views today. At first I thought it was real, but then it became obvious it was a parody. At least I hope so, lol. I'm not familiar with the site, but I assume it's an...
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23rd November 2013, 10:30 AM
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19th November 2013, 10:04 PM
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19th November 2013, 08:24 PM
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19th November 2013, 02:01 PM
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12th November 2013, 12:44 PM
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8th November 2013, 08:32 PM
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Views: 2,496 Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood
I just came across this article that has some interesting, and a few funny quotes by Ayn Rand. Apparently she briefly had a column near the end of her life. The final few paragraphs were written...
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5th November 2013, 07:21 PM
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Views: 2,496 Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood
I think the idea of a perfectly rational society is a misguided ideal that can never be realized. Rand was, more than anything else, a utopian. This is most clearly revealed in Atlas Shrugged.
I...
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5th November 2013, 10:33 AM
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Views: 2,496 Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood
I went through an Ayn Rand phase that lasted for a few years when I read all of her major works, fiction and nonfiction. Today, while I still agree with many of her political points I am almost the...
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4th November 2013, 12:31 PM
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25th October 2013, 07:35 PM
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22nd October 2013, 11:55 AM
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Views: 897 Re: No Mas Roberto Duran Sugar Ray Leonard
Not to take anything away from Leonard, who was definitely one of the all time greats, but Duran's greatest years were as a Lightweight. As he got older, he had trouble with his weight and often let...
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18th October 2013, 03:19 PM
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14th October 2013, 05:50 PM
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14th October 2013, 11:51 AM
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12th October 2013, 04:39 PM
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Views: 3,834 Re: Are Conspiracy Theorists Really The Sane Ones?
I've seen that. "Fire alone brought down the building" they say. Curious how seldom we see fires causing a building to collapse in that manner. In fact, I can't think of a single other instance of...
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9th October 2013, 02:15 PM
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Views: 965 Re: Eben Pagen is poor?
<< The apartment Eben rents costs about $4,000 a month. Not very much.>>
I think you must watch too much TV, especially shows like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. There's no requirement that...
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25th September 2013, 05:52 PM
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Views: 780 Re: Are you Stucked?!!!???
I think what they really mean is "stuck when it comes to," though that may not be the catchiest of slogans. "Stuck at" or "stuck with" implies something a little different -as in "I'm stuck at the...
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24th September 2013, 05:58 PM
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24th September 2013, 05:46 PM
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