Periodic Table of Swearing

#35221

Slymepitters do NOT side with a spree killer and his gun nut mom. Slymepitters are not exclusively American. Slymepitters are not all pro-gun.

But it could be argued that Slymepitters will say, somewhat like hundreds of voices in the wilderness: "fuck you Laden, you pathetic piece of shit".

#35222

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Slymepitters do NOT side with a spree killer and his gun nut mom. Slymepitters are not exclusively American. Slymepitters are not all pro-gun.

But it could be argued that Slymepitters will say, somewhat like hundreds of voices in the wilderness: "fuck you Laden, you pathetic piece of shit".

Every slymepitter could be pro-gun and it still wouldn't mean we side with murder. Just sayin'. :whistle:

#35223

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Slymepitters do NOT side with a spree killer and his gun nut mom. Slymepitters are not exclusively American. Slymepitters are not all pro-gun.

But it could be argued that Slymepitters will say, somewhat like hundreds of voices in the wilderness: "fuck you Laden, you pathetic piece of shit".

True, Phil. That is, I would say, the most likely thing that Pitters would ever agree upon.

#35224

New post up-- The piece on OKC atheists was scheduled for this Sunday weeks ago, but since the tragedy, it has a different tone...

There are assholes out there. Not monsters, just thoughtless, heartless, soulless assholes who care more about their politics, more about painting their political/social adversaries as potential mass-murderers, baby killers, woman killers, than they care about their fellow humans.

For the record, Im talking about PZ Myers and his "everyone who disagrees with me is a potential mass murderer" post.

I am one of those people who, if you fuck up, and you say "I fucked up. Im sorry." I pretty much instantaneously forgive you. I dont forget it, but we all fuck up, and there is no point in holding a grudge against someone who is sorry for their fuck uppery.

That PZ Myers would so casually dehumanize people he does not like for social reasons (they are mean to his BFF), to paint us as people who would murder other humans in a heart-beat, like that guy did on Friday-- To suggest in not even a remotely vague manner that I, that others here, would happily cause the kind of chaos we saw on Friday... There is no coming back from this, PZ. None. I officially will never forgive him for that.

#35225

Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".

#35226

Scented Nectar wrote:I revamped my free needlework pattern site. All 1,744 patterns are now in pdf format.
http://scentednectar.blogspot.ca/2012/1 ... s-for.html

And yeah, I know needlepoint and cross-stitch are more of a gal thing, but EVERYONE'S welcome to stitch these. :P

Hell, I'm tempted to learn just to do some of those. (I already knit. My family hates it. I have no shame.)

#35227

JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".

Why do you have to ask? We are all potential spree killers here, or at least side with them. PZ Myers and Greg Laden said so, so it must be true. They are True Skeptics, after all. Right?

#35228

ReneeHendricks wrote:
mordacious1 wrote:I don't ever want to be seen as agreeing with someone like Laden, but I do have an issue with a woman who gives access to her son, with mental health issues, to four firearms/ammunition after she taught him how to shoot. That is a recipe for disaster. I have a son with similar issues and I would never have a gun in my house and if I did, it would be locked up like Fort Knox. I like guns, I'd like to be able to own and fire guns. I gave that up when my son was born. If I hadn't, me or someone I loved would be dead by now. There are places where you can store your guns safely away from a disturbed family member. If you can afford a $1000 rifle, you can afford to lock your guns up at a range. If she needs one gun for protection, get a trigger lock and keep the key/combo secure.
*Despite* this (and I'm not saying I entirely disagree), Greg Laden calling this woman a murderer is just plain asinine. Period.

modacious1, have you heard anything about how the guns & ammo were stored in the home? Do you know that she "gave him access" (willingly) other than the reports that she took her sons (both of them, meaning in past years but not necessarily recently) to target ranges?

Perhaps he got access to them without her assistance, figuring out whatever locks & codes she might have had on them. Perhaps he threatened her to give him access. Either way, he shot her in the face once he'd gotten access to at least one gun & its ammo. Unless she was asleep, one imagines that she saw it coming, at least for an instant - and that she hadn't previously considered it likely enough that that would occur, to prompt her into doing something different with her guns than whatever it was she was already doing to secure them, which I don't believe has been made public yet.

You commented saying you have a son "with similar issues" (based on what's coming out in the media about this guy) but also that you gave up gun ownership and use when he was born, presumably before you knew you would have specific concerns about his behavioral tendencies in future years. So it seems like you're promoting a "no guns in households with children, even if they're locked up" approach. (Heh, I meant the guns were locked up, not the children.)

I'm in favor of tighter gun control, but I also think that it's misleading to think one can completely violence-proof a household given the widespread availability of knives, firestarters, poisons, etc. (Not that that's what you have said she should have done, or anyone should try to do.)

#35229

In France, spree killers come in a format that may be acceptable to SJWs...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_M ... _terrorist

#35230

Jan Steen wrote:
JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".
Why do you have to ask? We are all potential spree killers here, or at least side with them. PZ Myers and Greg Laden said so, so it must be true. They are True Skeptics, after all. Right?

Fuck. You're right.... :?

I gotta go. Need to flog myself with my ethernet cable for the next few hours...

#35231

ERV wrote:New post up-- The piece on OKC atheists was scheduled for this Sunday weeks ago, but since the tragedy, it has a different tone...

There are assholes out there. Not monsters, just thoughtless, heartless, soulless assholes who care more about their politics, more about painting their political/social adversaries as potential mass-murderers, baby killers, woman killers, than they care about their fellow humans.
For the record, Im talking about PZ Myers and his "everyone who disagrees with me is a potential mass murderer" post.

I am one of those people who, if you fuck up, and you say "I fucked up. Im sorry." I pretty much instantaneously forgive you. I dont forget it, but we all fuck up, and there is no point in holding a grudge against someone who is sorry for their fuck uppery.

That PZ Myers would so casually dehumanize people he does not like for social reasons (they are mean to his BFF), to paint us as people who would murder other humans in a heart-beat, like that guy did on Friday-- To suggest in not even a remotely vague manner that I, that others here, would happily cause the kind of chaos we saw on Friday... There is no coming back from this, PZ. None. I officially will never forgive him for that.

As I posted before, P.Z. real fight is with the demons between his own ears. No normal person with any self-interest in preserving his reputation, let alone be a decent human being, would lash out like P.Z. does.

The guy is fucked up, spiraling down the drain and was beyond redemption a long time ago.

That's why I focus on just lulzy mocking of these people, to take them a bit seriously, to try to engage them as if they have anything worthwhile to say almost makes me feel like I could infect myself with some of their crazy.

Dealing with P.Z. without mockery at this point would be like handling fetid shit without wearing rubber gloves.

Fuck P.Z. Meyers.

#35232

I don't give a damn who 'greg laden' is or what he says. He is entitled to his opinion.

I thought the fact that this woman had a glock with an extended mag that holds 33 bullets and had a semi automatic assault rifle was fucked up. But I am Canadian and that kind of shit just isn't reality here. I also immediately thought that she may well be culpable for her sons horrific acts.

I am sure after all the mental issues and personality disorders she new he struggled with, she regretted her attitude towards guns during the last few seconds of her life, when he pointed one of her/his guns at her face and pulled the trigger. And for those who want to say 'guns don't kill people'!? Fact: the gun murder rate in the US is 10 times higher than Canada per capita. THAT is an indicator of a system gone wrong...

#35233

JackRayner wrote:
Jan Steen wrote:
JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".
Why do you have to ask? We are all potential spree killers here, or at least side with them. PZ Myers and Greg Laden said so, so it must be true. They are True Skeptics, after all. Right?
Fuck. You're right.... :?

I gotta go. Need to flog myself with my ethernet cable for the next few hours...

Don't be to hard on yourself. I find that listening to good music helps to rinse the brain after reading the toxic filth of PZ, Laden and their ilk.

[youtube]0pVVu5btIrw[/youtube]

#35234

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8277 ... c0d5_z.jpg

#35235

Sleeper wrote:I don't give a damn who 'greg laden' is or what he says. He is entitled to his opinion.

I thought the fact that this woman had a glock with an extended mag that holds 33 bullets and had a semi automatic assault rifle was fucked up. But I am Canadian and that kind of shit just isn't reality here. I also immediately thought that she may well be culpable for her sons horrific acts.

I am sure after all the mental issues and personality disorders she new he struggled with, she regretted her attitude towards guns during the last few seconds of her life, when he pointed one of her/his guns at her face and pulled the trigger. And for those who want to say 'guns don't kill people'!? Fact: the gun murder rate in the US is 10 times higher than Canada per capita. THAT is an indicator of a system gone wrong...

Stating thet the Slymepitters side with a spree killer is not an opinion, it's a disgusting lie.

I agree with most of the rest of your post, but the fact that gun ownership is quite high in Switzerland while gun-related crimes are rare there demonstrates that there are more factors in play than mere gun ownership.

#35236

Sleeper wrote:I don't give a damn who 'greg laden' is or what he says. He is entitled to his opinion.

I thought the fact that this woman had a glock with an extended mag that holds 33 bullets and had a semi automatic assault rifle was fucked up. But I am Canadian and that kind of shit just isn't reality here. I also immediately thought that she may well be culpable for her sons horrific acts.

I am sure after all the mental issues and personality disorders she new he struggled with, she regretted her attitude towards guns during the last few seconds of her life, when he pointed one of her/his guns at her face and pulled the trigger. And for those who want to say 'guns don't kill people'!? Fact: the gun murder rate in the US is 10 times higher than Canada per capita. THAT is an indicator of a system gone wrong...

I think it is not unreasonable to suggest that the mother, or at least the system that allowed her to house so many weapons in the reach of a person with serious mental issues, bears some culpability in this crime.

The trouble with Ladens stupid accusation is that he doesn't allow the slightest nuance of understanding (whatever you might think of the mother deserving some responsibility, she is certainly not equally responsible with her son for the murders - and the ery idea that anyone here is siding with the person who committed these crimes is, in the words of daffy duck, despicable.

#35237

@Skep Well, my son was diagnosed with various disorders over the years. Certain ones, such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder weren't diagnosed until later (in this case 4 years old). But it was obvious to me when he was born that he had Sensory Integration Disorder which I had some experience with working at a special ed school. My wife also works in the health field and was aware of this disorder but she was in denial for a few months. SID kids can go off and become violent fairly easily, eventually we had to lock up or remove all knives etc. Then he would break DVDs in half (which are really sharp) and use those as weapons to harm himself or others. It is a tough situation. Adding guns to the mix is not recommended. I would bet good money that this kid had SID, it tends to tag along with several diagnoses. Even if this kid had no problems whatsoever, I would still recommend securing the weapons in the house. Too many children are killed each year from unsecured weapons. I'm not against people having guns, I just want them to be extremely careful with access denial.

#35238

JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".

Since murder is a legal issue, not a moral or ethical one (at least, not beyond the morals/ethics of breaking the law), and I'm the first to say that when they law is wrong, you shouldn't follow it... Yeah, I guess that means that, in the right (wrong?) circumstances, I would be pro-murder. As a general rule, though, I'm against it.

#35239

Jan Steen wrote:http://i.imgur.com/InuEC.jpg

:lol:

Damn, I'm going to have to stop looking at Jan Steen's posts while drinking any sort of beverage.

#35240

I am definitely pro-Mulder, at least in the early seasons...

#35241

I know an older woman, in her 60's, who sleeps with a loaded gun under her pillow. She won't be talked out of it, says it's for her protection in case someone breaks in & attack her.

One of her adult sons lives with her, probably in his 40's, I'm not sure what the situation is but he's never been able to live independently and I don't think he works.

It hadn't hit me before this - now I'm wondering if it's him she's scared of.

#35242

Rystefn wrote:
JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".
Since murder is a legal issue, not a moral or ethical one (at least, not beyond the morals/ethics of breaking the law), and I'm the first to say that when they law is wrong, you shouldn't follow it... Yeah, I guess that means that, in the right (wrong?) circumstances, I would be pro-murder. As a general rule, though, I'm against it.

"Murder" not a moral or ethical issue? Do say a bit more re this position.

#35243

Skep tickle wrote:
Rystefn wrote:
JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".
Since murder is a legal issue, not a moral or ethical one (at least, not beyond the morals/ethics of breaking the law), and I'm the first to say that when they law is wrong, you shouldn't follow it... Yeah, I guess that means that, in the right (wrong?) circumstances, I would be pro-murder. As a general rule, though, I'm against it.
"Murder" not a moral or ethical issue? Do say a bit more re this position.

Please don't.

#35244

New Noelplum99 video, I haven't seen here yet.
[youtube]CJ6O_raAxzE[/youtube]

#35245

Australia banned automatic weapons about 15 years ago after a massacre in Tasmania. We haven't had a major massacre since. Yes you can get a weapon if you know where to look but the only bad guys that seem to have guns are Bikies and Mobsters who tend to shoot each other. The guy breaking into your house or robbing the local 7-11 tends to be unarmed.

#35246

Regarding Noel Plum's vid:

Obviously a lot of the obsession with invented "threats" and cleansing has to do will culling undesirables from conferences, which is all about protecting the standing of the status quo of the same goddamned incestuous clique of speakers that make every major skeptical conference an exercise in deja vu.

Michael J wrote:Australia banned automatic weapons about 15 years ago after a massacre in Tasmania. We haven't had a major massacre since. Yes you can get a weapon if you know where to look but the only bad guys that seem to have guns are Bikies and Mobsters who tend to shoot each other. The guy breaking into your house or robbing the local 7-11 tends to be unarmed.

Australia also has a population of only 22 million people most of which are Australians, who tend to be big pussies.

:whistle:

#35247

This is the problem in the U.S.:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/1 ... 03432.html

And this is just since 2005.

Waterkant · #35248

Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.

#35249

sacha wrote:Lsuoma,
The PayPal donation button in US currency does nothing, it does not even try to leave this page. British pounds works fine, but I have US dollars in my account and I'd rather not be charged for conversion.

Ah, silly colonials and their silly non-Pounds.

:D

#35250

Waterkant wrote:Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.

Who cares?

#35251

Waterkant wrote:Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.

Nope. He's linking to an FB thing someone has done with details about the Westboro Phelps people.

#35252

Mykeru wrote:
Waterkant wrote:Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.
Who cares?

I believe he is referring to the Westboro Baptist people, whose addresses are pretty well known.

#35253

Jonathan wrote:
Waterkant wrote:Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.
Nope. He's linking to an FB thing someone has done with details about the Westboro Phelps people.

Another desperate Laden attempt to get people to pay attention to him.

#35254

Linkage, people, linkage.

It is such a simple thing to do; why do so many forget to do it.

/hey look! Wow, the end of the world is nigh and I have proof. There is a Web site that proves it. But I ain't tellin', just 'cause.

#35255

Skep tickle wrote:
Rystefn wrote:
JackRayner wrote:Just out of curiosity, by a show of hands, is anyone here pro-murder*? Had the thought run across my mind that I maybe shouldn't assume everyone is against it.

*Note that "murder" is a legal term, not the same as "killing".
Since murder is a legal issue, not a moral or ethical one (at least, not beyond the morals/ethics of breaking the law), and I'm the first to say that when they law is wrong, you shouldn't follow it... Yeah, I guess that means that, in the right (wrong?) circumstances, I would be pro-murder. As a general rule, though, I'm against it.
"Murder" not a moral or ethical issue? Do say a bit more re this position.

As noted above, "murder" is a legal term. The short version is that murder means killing a person when it is not legal to do so. Nothing more, nothing less. Hypothetically, any situation could be imagined wherein killing a person would be either legal or illegal changing nothing about it except the local law. The only moral/ethical aspect that could possibly be influenced by that change are the morals/ethics intrinsic to following or breaking the law.

Waterkant · #35256

Al Stefanelli wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
Waterkant wrote:Laden claims to drop dox on people in the Slymepit on his gnarly blog, including phone numbers and stuff.
Who cares?
I believe he is referring to the Westboro Baptist people, whose addresses are pretty well known.

Oh. Okay. Didn't bother to take a look at the page, being sans Facebook account and on my Phone right right now. So it's just another stupid conflation kind of thing. Should have known better than to take anything he utters in any shape or form at face value.

URL for completeness: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/ ... the-slime/

#35257

JackRayner wrote:Thanks to d4m10n [the issue understanding hypocrisy] I don't feel like the only asshole carrying on a pointless exchange. [hankey]

As somewhat of an aside, why? Because you think he isnâ€™t â€œseeing the lightâ€ on the question of hypocrisy? Or that you agree that Myers wasnâ€™t hypocritical?

But, in any case, I donâ€™t see that you were â€œcarrying on a pointless exchangeâ€ with welch. While I think that it shows some evidence of a being a pissing contest in which you both seem to be evenly matched in terms of volume and force â€“ even if it is decidedly moot if that is the case from the perspective of consistency, coherence and cogency â€“ I think you both bring out some good points. But as I too have somewhat of a dog in this fight, I think it might be worthwhile to attempt to see some common ground, even if obliquely.

For instance, it seems to me that youâ€™re correct to argue, apparently, that there are some basic limitations with what one can do with the rather blunt instrument of promulgating more laws. If the people arenâ€™t behind the principle then the only consequence will be to create criminals and to provide a free-lunch for those who would cater to those desires. Prohibition being a case in point as is the current â€œwar on drugsâ€. While one can make a case, although not a particularly water-tight one, that the social costs of those laws are less than the consequences of not having them, it doesnâ€™t take much effort to see cases where, arguably, the cure is very much worse than the disease. Examples abound, but I think that the US prison population is particularly relevant â€“ a population which has increased by over 400% since 1980 when that war on drugs first got traction. Somewhat interestingly I note that one site argues that while atheists comprise 8 to 16 percent of the general population, they comprise less than a quarter of one percent of that in prison.

However, on the other hand, I think welch and others are correct to suggest that thereâ€™s a â€œsystemicâ€ problem, some very problematic toxicity in society itself, that can be addressed to some extent by laws, but which, I think, requires some serious soul searching on the part of society in general. You might want to review a recent post by Skep tickle, notably an included quote of another blogger:

Itâ€™s a special kind of crazy when a bunch of kids get shot
When itâ€™s labeled mental illnessâ€¦ and itâ€™s not.
Itâ€™s a part of human nature we find frightening, and thus
We will do our best to label itâ€¦ â€œnot us.â€
There are parts of our society which all could shoulder blame
But weâ€™d rather hold responsibleâ€¦ one name.
We could build a safer culture, but you see, the trouble is
We deny that itâ€™s our problemâ€¦ cos itâ€™s his.

As for the roots of that problem, I expect there are more than a few but one of biggies is, I think, something that might be called the culture of the gun in which America seems to have somewhat of a unique history. Whether itâ€™s the Gunfight at the OK Corral, or High Noon, or 3:10 to Yuma, one might reasonably argue that there is a corresponding and underlying mythos and ethos that informs if not constrains and directs some very problematic social behaviour patterns. For instance, I remember seeing recently some fMRI studies of young men engaged in first-person type shooter games, and the researchers argued in consequence, I think, that such games tended to be addictive and to promote aggressive forms of behaviour outside of the actual playing of those games. Probably not surprising in light of Justin Vaculaâ€™s recent post of some rabid if not totally demented game players, and in light of studies of rats who will, if given the opportunity, either die of starvation or overdose on feeding themselves shots of heroin or cocaine.

And as for other roots to the problem, one might also argue that that one is typical or paradigmatic, that it is suggestive of or leads to increasing ghettoization of one type or another with all of the problems that that brings â€“ particularly in light of increasing disparities in income even in America itself.

#35258

Waterkant wrote:
Al Stefanelli wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
Who cares?
I believe he is referring to the Westboro Baptist people, whose addresses are pretty well known.
Oh. Okay. Didn't bother to take a look at the page, being sans Facebook account and on my Phone right right now. So it's just another stupid conflation kind of thing. Should have known better than to take anything he utters in any shape or form at face value.

URL for completeness: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/ ... the-slime/

No worries. The 'Slime' reference threw me off, too.

#35259

This is why I'm cautiously against too much gun control, because invariably its fascist little fucks like Laden who get hard-ons for telling other people what they can and can't do or think are in favour of it.

#35260

Git wrote:This is why I'm cautiously against too much gun control, because invariably its fascist little fucks like Laden who get hard-ons for telling other people what they can and can't do or think are in favour of it.

The other group is very often just the sort of women who thinks "In case of emergency, get a guy to protect me. Unarmed. I'm worth it"

#35261

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Pro-tip for cat in heat:

Grab neck skin, hold firmly, massage area between tail and anus, wait for meowgasm.

Should buy you 30 minutes/1 hour rest.

better pro-tip: spay

#35262

Mykeru wrote:
Jan Steen wrote:
Mykeru wrote:Point is, all the "porcupine up your ass" rage has come from that camp. Especially from P.Z. Meyers.
Apropos of porcupines, it is probably even nastier than you thought to get one up your ass:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notro ... difficulty
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notro ... quills.jpg

Well, no shit.

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/1 ... 15-2012/#2

#35263

JAB wrote:Another couple of thoughts on PZ's video at the conference...

1. The one adjective that would best describe him in this performance is "creepy". Didn't that become reason for banning from conferences back when they were dissing monopod guy?

2. Fantasy time... I'm having an inordinately fun time imagining how this whole scene would have played out if he'd unknowingly called sacha up to the stage and she went.

it would be my pleasure

#35264

sacha wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Pro-tip for cat in heat:

Grab neck skin, hold firmly, massage area between tail and anus, wait for meowgasm.

Should buy you 30 minutes/1 hour rest.
better pro-tip: spay

I think that he was giving a pro-tip to Anthony K.

#35265

Mykeru wrote:
Michael J wrote:Australia banned automatic weapons about 15 years ago after a massacre in Tasmania. We haven't had a major massacre since. Yes you can get a weapon if you know where to look but the only bad guys that seem to have guns are Bikies and Mobsters who tend to shoot each other. The guy breaking into your house or robbing the local 7-11 tends to be unarmed.
Australia also has a population of only 22 million people most of which are Australians, who tend to be big pussies.

:whistle:

I'm from the land of Jake the Muss, and it freaked the hell out of me the first time I came to Oz and saw cops with guns.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4882 ... allery.jpg

#35266

KiwiInOz wrote:
I'm from the land of Jake the Muss, and it freaked the hell out of me the first time I came to Oz and saw cops with guns.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4882 ... allery.jpg

Wow, your drag queens are ugly as fuck.

#35267

sacha wrote:
JAB wrote:Another couple of thoughts on PZ's video at the conference...

1. The one adjective that would best describe him in this performance is "creepy". Didn't that become reason for banning from conferences back when they were dissing monopod guy?

2. Fantasy time... I'm having an inordinately fun time imagining how this whole scene would have played out if he'd unknowingly called sacha up to the stage and she went.
it would be my pleasure

I've learned Sacha doesn't do follow-up.

http://rossmurray1.files.wordpress.com/ ... oucho2.jpg

#35268

Mykeru wrote:
KiwiInOz wrote:
I'm from the land of Jake the Muss, and it freaked the hell out of me the first time I came to Oz and saw cops with guns.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4882 ... allery.jpg
Wow, your drag queens are ugly as fuck.

But they sure can bitch slap.

[youtube]RCHe-0w9KX8[/youtube]

#35269

Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I am definitely pro-Mulder, at least in the early seasons...

the truth is out there

#35270

KiwiInOz wrote:
But they sure can bitch slap.

Just foreplay before they go into the back and make a man sandwich.

#35271

Dick Strawkins wrote:New Noelplum99 video, I haven't seen here yet.
CJ6O_raAxzE

Noel's as good as ever. Thanks for posting it.

#35272

Wild Zontargs wrote:
Scented Nectar wrote:I revamped my free needlework pattern site. All 1,744 patterns are now in pdf format.
http://scentednectar.blogspot.ca/2012/1 ... s-for.html

And yeah, I know needlepoint and cross-stitch are more of a gal thing, but EVERYONE'S welcome to stitch these. :P
Hell, I'm tempted to learn just to do some of those. (I already knit. My family hates it. I have no shame.)

Thanks! There's probably lots of sites that will teach you the basics, plus if you need supplies, there is a place I'm going to try getting supplies from next time I do one, and that's
http://www.herrschners.com/default.aspx (US site)
http://www.herrschners.ca/dept/crosssti ... ework.aspx (Canadian site)

Here's a guide to what size canvases (eg; 18 means there are 18 stitches to the inch), go with what size flosses/yarn (how many strands thick they are), and what size needles they go with:

Canvas Size___Strands in Yarn or Floss________Needle Size
12____________8 to 10 floss or perle size 3____18
14____________6 to 9 floss or perle size 3_____20 or 22
16____________4 to 7 floss or perle size 5_____22
18____________3 to 5 floss or perle size 5_____22 or 24
22____________3 or 4 floss or perle size 8_____24 or 26
24____________2 or 3 floss or perle size 8_____26

I break the rules a bit and prefer an 18 canvas with 6 strand embroidery thread for needlepoint (petitpoint since it's smaller than ordinary needlepoint). It ends up a tightish fit, but never leaves any spots where the canvas can be seen through. I'm supposed to be using 16 size canvas, but oh well.

As for the basics on how to needlepoint, I'm sure there are sites online that teach it, but I've not gone looking. Both needlepoint and cross-stitch are easy to learn. I prefer needlepoint as it needs only half the work compared to cross-stitch (where each stitch is a double one).

#35273

One thing about Greg Laden's idiocy: he brings harmony to the slyme pit. There may be quite wide and diverse views on gun control, but one thing we can all agree on: Laden is the lowest form of life on this planet. Even pond scum spit on him.

BTW, if some deranged psycho steals Laden's car and drives it into a crowd of people at high speed, would that make Laden a murderer, by his own logic? (Assuming Laden has a car of course. If not, replace "car" with "trailer". We knows he has one of those)

#35274

Git wrote:This is why I'm cautiously against too much gun control, because invariably its fascist little fucks like Laden who get hard-ons for telling other people what they can and can't do or think are in favour of it.

Gun control laws would hardly seem to be necessary if the population or a substantial percentage was actually sane â€“ a situation which seems, arguably, not to be the case in America [Q.39b].

But in that benighted case maybe a stop-gap alternative is to impose some type of â€œmeans testsâ€, a set of questions, the first of which, considering the demographics, might be this:

Do you â€œplainly, sincerely, and openly, [profess] that you take Jesus alone to be thy Lord and Saviourâ€?

And if the answer is yes then the response has to be:

Well then, your application to have a gun is, without prejudice, denied as you are, ipso facto, plainly insane â€“ in or out of the rain. Here is a list of reputable mental health professionals who should be contacted for assistance in rectifying that state. When you are â€œcleanâ€ of that particular infection then do come back â€“ with evidence â€“ and weâ€™ll go on to question two.

#35275

Spence wrote:One thing about Greg Laden's idiocy: he brings harmony to the slyme pit. There may be quite wide and diverse views on gun control, but one thing we can all agree on: Laden is the lowest form of life on this planet. Even pond scum spit on him.

Nah, even with a big splash of hyperbole I wouldn't call him the lowest form of life on this planet.

(Particularly given my biological bent & thus a different understanding of "lowest" and "form of life" with regard to life on this planet. But also because his limitations, however apparent, don't warrant it.)

#35276

Arrived a while back on The Pit (having followed a trail of Baboon droppings) and have been lurking and chuckling for weeks.
Was delighted to find the good reverend Mykeru holding court. Hi, rev. - we've exchanged comments on youtube.
I have thus far ignored being called a potential rapist, a would-be mass murderer, a rape-apologist (and so on and on and on). However, upon being told that I sympathize with some loon who shoots up a grade school I realized there comes a time when one is required to join the party.
Much respect to all.

Gefan

#35277

Gefan wrote:Arrived a while back on The Pit (having followed a trail of Baboon droppings) and have been lurking and chuckling for weeks.
Was delighted to find the good reverend Mykeru holding court. Hi, rev. - we've exchanged comments on youtube.
I have thus far ignored being called a potential rapist, a would-be mass murderer, a rape-apologist (and so on and on and on). However, upon being told that I sympathize with some loon who shoots up a grade school I realized there comes a time when one is required to join the party.
Much respect to all.

Gefan

Welcome aboard.

But funny thing about those â€œbaboon droppingsâ€ â€“ seems they lurk about here, directly or indirectly, and when they lose it in response the results tend to point others back to some further enlightenment about them and their shenanigans â€¦.

#35278

Gefan wrote:Arrived a while back on The Pit (having followed a trail of Baboon droppings) and have been lurking and chuckling for weeks.
Was delighted to find the good reverend Mykeru holding court. Hi, rev. - we've exchanged comments on youtube.
I have thus far ignored being called a potential rapist, a would-be mass murderer, a rape-apologist (and so on and on and on). However, upon being told that I sympathize with some loon who shoots up a grade school I realized there comes a time when one is required to join the party.
Much respect to all.

Gefan

Welcome, you fucker.

There's Oreos and bad coffee in the back and feel free to rape and kill as the spirit moves you.

#35279

Ezra Klein at Wonkblog on "Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the US" posted 2 days ago (h/t Rachel Maddow)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/won ... ed-states/

Note the address says "nine facts" so apparently it was updated to 12 facts along the way.

It's interesting, esp this one:

15 of the 25 worst mass shootings in the last 50 years took place in the United States.

... In second place is Finland, with two entries.

Caveat that I haven't chased down any of the links to see how reliable they seem to be. And if someone already posted this here, sorry etc etc.

#35280

Gefan wrote:Arrived a while back on The Pit (having followed a trail of Baboon droppings) and have been lurking and chuckling for weeks.
Was delighted to find the good reverend Mykeru holding court. Hi, rev. - we've exchanged comments on youtube.
I have thus far ignored being called a potential rapist, a would-be mass murderer, a rape-apologist (and so on and on and on). However, upon being told that I sympathize with some loon who shoots up a grade school I realized there comes a time when one is required to join the party.
Much respect to all.
Gefan

Hi, you do realise that by posting here, you are now a de facto misogynist and rape apologist anyway.

*High Five*