If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

Yes, she lost her hat and got shoved. If she didn't expect that, she's stupid. Too stupid to try to pull off such a stunt. She should try that same stunt next with real Nazis just to see if both groups really behave the same as so many here seem to know. I have only watched the first minute and a h...

CaptainFluffyBunny wrote: So, to be clear, if she and her crew deserved violent treatment because of where they were and how they were dressed?

Of course not. I said that much in my first post.

They didn't steal her hat too? I definitely saw thuggish behavior from Mr. Coverface. I don't doubt that there was some pushy-shove going on. Regardless of what you think of her, she had a right to be there. Threats, intimidation and violence are unacceptable, whoever it is coming from. I actually ...

Fuck that noise. If you have people hitting you and trying to chase you off of public property, you have a legitimate complaint. I didn't see any hits, just rather unsubstiated claims from the person apparing to be the least reasonable one in the video. Who takes five minutes to notice that she has...

It is a fact that Carrier has sexually harassed students (quibbling about the rules does not change the fact he violated the rules). It's quite clear he broke some codes of conduct and I already said why I find his behaviour unprofessional and inappropriate. But hasn't sexual harassment a legal def...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
If we're talking history, 52-48 should be BCE wheras 45-52 shou...

Er, sorry, carry on.

Caesar did nothing wrong!

In the middle ages, they tried making wine in Berlin. They called it "three-man" wine -- one to drink it, a second to hold the first down while the third poured it down his throat. They're still doing that. There's at least three or four places where wine is grown in Berlin, though only some 1000 b...

Do you suppose it is a coincidence that the majority of the fastest sprinters in the world happen to be descendants of a particular Kenyan tribe? There's absolutely no reason to think behavioural and intelligent traits aren't similarly distributed to particular populations. This, by the way Andrew,...

This isn't to say one population is "superior" or "inferior", but modern civilisation works best with people who are able to defer rewards. Sure, they're not "inferior". They're just naturally unable to delay gratification. Like children. That's all we're angling at, right? A squirrel is neither in...

Keating wrote:This isn't to say one population is "superior" or "inferior", but modern civilisation works best with people who are able to defer rewards.

Sure, they're not "inferior". They're just naturally unable to delay gratification. Like children. That's all we're angling at, right?

Keating wrote:Populations that live in tropical areas, where food is available all year round, ...

Please tell, where would that be? Surely not the Middle East or most parts of Africa.

On the other hand, those British fishers with their undepletable food source just in front of their door... :think:

I'll answer a few because some are quite amusing. projects are being cancelled I don't believe it. You don't just cancel a project you have already planned and invested in. Posponed maybe, which happens all the time anyway. The original claim that the EU is already pulling funding is just bullshit....

Any negotiation where you're not-willing to walk out-- means the other-guy can dictate whatever terms he wants. Britain was playing the 'I might just leave' card since I can remember, getting special deals and special consideration all the time. That of course stops working once you officially decl...

In the middle ages, they tried making wine in Berlin. They called it "three-man" wine -- one to drink it, a second to hold the first down while the third poured it down his throat. They're still doing that. There's at least three or four places where wine is grown in Berlin, though only some 1000 b...

One big difference between the US and EU is that we freely and (more-or-less) directly elect the Federal Government. The States rights debate is ALWAYS a furious one here in the States... but at least we elect the people who manage this boundary. You're right that the current state of the EU is not...

I find Paul Schofield scary. He looks like a too healthy clone experiment between George Clooney and Neil Patrick Harris Make sure he stays on your side of the divide, Brits! (we might send Frigates, too; yes we do) Paul? Philip, Paul, even Carrier can't tell them apart. Just keep him contained, o....

Brexit means we don't have to be cucked by Germans anymore. Go eat a sausage. :mrgreen: Not at all. You will just have to pay higher tariffs for all the cucking you will be asking us to do to you. (Does that even make sense? Gotta leave for the lake, office's fucking hot today) :obscene-smokingpimp:

Hunt wrote:
German StrutBoatsman wrote: Heaven hasn't fallen doesn't mean you're not fucked. But enjoy the party while it lasts.
Ah, I get it. I was hoping for something with a little more spice, but that will do.

With the Brits leaving, Germans and Austrians will take over European joke production lines. You're welcome. :twatson:

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Lots of potential recruits for the glorious fishing industry empire, I guess

Hunt wrote:
German StrutBoatsman wrote:
VickyCaramel wrote:I awoke this morning and to my surprise, the sky hasn't fallen in.
Neither has Carrier's
Is this some kind of innuendo I don't get?

Heaven hasn't fallen doesn't mean you're not fucked. But enjoy the party while it lasts.

I find Paul Schofield scary. He looks like a too healthy clone experiment between George Clooney and Neil Patrick Harris

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Make sure he stays on your side of the divide, Brits!

(we might send Frigates, too; yes we do)

VickyCaramel wrote:I awoke this morning and to my surprise, the sky hasn't fallen in.

Neither has Carrier's

feathers wrote:
Darth Cynic wrote:How the heck did that happen, I was logged in when I started typing but posted as a guest?
Filthy foreigners ate your cookie while you were typing.

Shouldn't this have stopped by now with the brexit and all?

If you can't grok that additional "rules" kick in when you are an invited guest speaker, then that's fine ... as long as no-one invites you to speak at their school. If you are invited and don't like the rules, you are free to say "no thanks ... I give talks where I can also get tail." But ignoring...

And Caine - fucking Caine - is on the FTB ethics comittee too. I hope that, despite Carrier’s departure, the FEC completes its code of conduct, as this problem is not going away. http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/06/23/statement-on-richard-carriers-voluntary-departure-from-our-network/#co...

German shooter news: guy still dead, but apparently no others injured in hostage taking. Some confusion if it was a blank gun or not. Guy probably deranged, not Muslim.

Back to Baltimore.

I am old enough to remember how we used to settle our fishing disputes. It is a kind of diplomacy I am in favour of. http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/11/36/46/11/00_hms11.jpg Does your fishing industry even pay the upkeep for that frigate? Will you sent another one once you raise taxes on coal mining a...

I don't mind being called severe. There are plenty of opportunities in life for fucking around. There are parties, pubs, picnics, and more. If a person just can't compartmentalize themselves that's tough shit for them. Maybe unkind or even projection, but with Carrier's divorce, moving around, lack...

Religion of Peas. http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/23/gunman-opens-fire-in-cinema-complex-5962974/ German theater, shot up. Hostages. 20-50 injured. A bit premature. We don't know anything about the gunman other than he is a man. German media just started to report. Guy seems to be dead by now. He also s...

1) Was Carrier "on the job" at an after-event party or is that a grey area? I'm not entirely sure. When in doubt he should have erred on the side of caution, and if I were him I'd have avoided a potentially unprofessional behavior, but the devil, sometimes, is in the details. 2) Assuming that Carri...

Really? So you are working on the assumption that world's 5th largest economy will sink and Sterling will be worth nothing, meanwhile the Euro crisis will end as if by magic. British economy was in the shitter in the 80ies. I find it hard to believe that your booming financial sector has nothing to...

However what Carrier has admitted isn't along these lines. He wrote that he made an (awkward) attempt at flirting with someone he was speaking with and backed off immediately when they reacted badly. I don't see this as "skeevy" or "immoral" or even as "gross". What Carrier did (assuming that he's ...

CaptainFluffyBunny wrote: Because it really sticks it to the Patriarchy, that's why. Money flows, totally non-patriarchal Paetron gets rich and the jerks circle endlessly. What's not to love?

Don't they pay taxes on their patreon income?
More power to the government.

Yay.

I liked what they tried to do with Kings to the David/Saul/Samuel story back in 2009. Got cancelled after the first season and the budget wasn't too high, so I wouldn't necessarily advise too watch. I credit the appeal of the show on McShane's performance as Saul (Silas). And I really enjoyed the D...

The two books of Samuel are even better. Ignore the tedious godbotherer Samuel himself, as he's completely extraneous and probably retconned in by later editors dismayed by the lack of religion in the story, and it's a fantastic primitive dynastic power struggle between Saul, paranoid and with good...

More like 25 to 30 years, actually. Maths no good.

Germany may have been confident about France. It was less sanguine about a crumbling A/H and resurgent slavisim to the south and Russian unpredictability to the East. And with Russian and France scissoring you had the Schlieffen Shuffle. There was clearly some sense of urgency to have the seemingly...

When you say 'Kissinger blah blah diplomacy' , I hear ' Milton Friedman blah blah economics' . Balance of power is really not an obscure subject. It was quite clearly spelled out as the principle of dealings in Europe after the Napoleonic kerfuffle during the Congress of Vienna. If that were true, ...

Eskarina wrote:
DaveDodo007 wrote:Yes, LFC fan.
Dortmund fan here. Enjoy him, while you can. :D

Looking for trouble, aren't you...

He is one mad fucker, just what we needed. :D Just what LFC needed - Looking forward to next year already. Good signs so far but consistency is definitely lacking at the moment.Soft penalty for the win today - but who cares as long as we win :D It will get better, it seems, you stealing cheating ba...

When did I start defending Nazi Germany all the time and why?? I begin to sound like Matt.

(Love you, Matt. Remind me to make you a senator after I grab power!)

feathers wrote:If the English were still in doubt as to the best course of action, I suppose their resolve to sink the fleet got a firm boost as Hitler broke the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact on 22 June 1940- only few days after the armistice with France.

Wrong year.
Or unclear what you mean by this.

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:And as the Germans proved later, they were not above and beyond breaching a treaty. Fair enough reasons to sink the fleet.

Pretty sure that treaty hinged on you're not letting an Allied invasion army take North Africa from you.

increasing intentional German submarine attacks on American shipping and non-military ships of any and all countries, culminating in the sinking of the Lusitania with its attendant loss of American life, pretty much compelled the US to join the fray. Lusitania was in the early period of the sea war...

Some people think the Lusitania sinking was a false flag operation. I don't usually give any weight to conspiracy theories, but in this one case it seems to make sense. My opinion is that it's a bit too far in the past to have a definite answer. Not sure what flag U 20 was showing, was it a French ...

comhcinc wrote:
German StrutBoatsman wrote: Girls are lame, talk World War with us...
Show me some tits and I might. I have a thing for WWI.

Not much tits, but I'll throw in some Myers bait as well

Brive1987 wrote:The Tangiers incident of 1905 was more about putting pressure of the Entente than any German interest in Morocco.

More about Wilhelm II looking to auto-fellate himself

* Britain had no reason at all to fight WWI, except Asquith and a handful of senior generals had hard-ons for France. I think Kissinger's Diplomacy made a reasonable case that the MO of britsh foreign policy was a balance of power concept and that a German-dominated continent would mean real troubl...

comhcinc wrote:I have had a great time. I have talked pre civil war history with strippers and got a lap dance from a commercial pilot. I am about to ask some of the girls if they want some food after this. This has been almost as good as a slymepitt hangout.

Girls are lame, talk World War with us...

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Anyone noticed how at the time they didn't refer to it as World War One?

First German referral to it as the First World War was in 1921 ;)
(that's from the wiki article above, didn't know that)

America entered the war to hose down the kids and stop their fighting from wreaking the neighbourhood Now, that looks much more like projecting post-WW2 views onto 1917 to me. But on the other hand you didn't really have global states pursuing their own agendas in a broad conflict as the central th...

In my perception, its merely the name for the thing. For Germans it was simply the war against other European nations, and in fact just another war. Other places played little to no role role in the German perception. Aneris, I like your posts very much, but in this point I think you're largely mis...

Aneris / German speakers. In German does Weltkreig have any deeper meaning than boring old "world War". Somehow I don't think it meant in 1914 what we might think it meant in 2016. Im calling bullshit on the idea of a global war of competing international nation states (and their agendas) being a c...

I've wanted to try out the Masters of Rome series by McCullough for some time. Is it any good? Of note: I'm not a big fan of romanticized historical books. I prefer academical, though accessible, work. If you prefer non-fiction I liked Goldsworthy's Caesar biography a lot, also the follow-up Anthon...

http://news.sky.com/story/1552604/migrants-hungary-declares-border-emergency It's starting to look dodgy... The German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said "Europe made a fool of itself again yesterday." Mr Gabriel raised the projection on the number of newcomers Germany expects to shelter this year...

And example is everyone going in to an airport has to line up 20 at a time in an area standing on numbers. A pc will then randomly choose a number and that person is searched. All Hail the Mighty Machines. Just make the metal detector/body scanner light up at random. I regularly have to day-travel ...

My Alma Mater. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-launches-consent-campaign-1.3227041 I believe it Descartes who said "Consent is emoji, therefore I ram", or something similar... :burn: http://i.cbc.ca/1.3227645.1442254482!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ubc-...

arf arf. I was merely borrowing ideas from FTB. They're the true pioneers of social justice. It's about three years ago since that idiot wrote the article about not disclosing HIV status with sexual partners because feelings . Were they "polyamorous" too? From what I've heard, gay people don't need...

NB : Some folks seem to be having some trouble with getting the PayPal thing to work. Because I haven't done PayPal before this or from the other side, so to speak, I've PMed Skep tickle who will let me know what to do, and then I'll add those instructions in my PM replies. If you have a paypal acc...

By the way, the "rule" about never using the word less with count nouns is actually one of those fake rules invented and propagated by authors of usage guides. It was always wrong to use fewer with mass nouns, but people have been using less with count nouns for a long time. See here (PDF): http://...

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