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  from people that he works with, probably zero.  from the internet community, probably once every 4 seconds lol

This is how it works:   http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/01/sniper-kills-five-taliban-with-one-bullet

I hope there is a shitload more of these stories coming out over the next few months... all the way until election day.

Dustbuster, here's a link to the shoot down story:   http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/03/malaysia-airliner-shootdown/   seems as legit as every other news story and much more believable than a black hole sucking it out of the earth's atmosphere.

  "they" confirmed it.   dustbuster can vouch for me.

  do you really think there would be an official statement saying  "Yes, we <insert country here> shot down an international flight because they were off path and not responding"   it didn't work out too well for anyone in 1983 when KAL007 was shot down, so I doubt anyone will make the same mistake twice.

  They confirmed it was shot down.

The plane was shot down over open water, that's why there was so much info withheld immediately after it turned up missing.  It was feared that the plane was going to be used in another attack.   Major issue, and obviously they can't come out and say "hey we shot the plane down because of the situation".

Yeah don't do the Brentwood thing, we lived there for a year and hated it.  Short version of the story:  traffic was horrendous, expenses were high and a lot of pricks and wannabe pricks live in that area. - Obviously not everyone there is an asshole so don't take that personally.  As for expenses, we were paying about $200 more per month for a 2 bedroom apartment than we are in mortgage for a three level house on about 2 acres in Fairview... Oh and the electric bill for that apartment somehow was always higher... not sure how that even happens

Yeah I'm not buying too much of that story, sounds more like a CYA after it getting shot out across the country.     As for the encounter, I'm sure they got arrested because those weenies on campus were crying because someone's feelings got hurt and in their world, if everyone can't be a winner, then by damned no one can.   I say we solve the problem right now and mandate military/police service for a couple of years after high school like South Korea does.  Work the wuss right out of a bunch of these kids.

touche

  Thanks for reminding me of this... now I want some and it's 30 minutes away :(

will echo the above, davidson county will cost you 200% higher in taxes and you get nothing for it.  Traffic is so bad in davidson county that living outside of it won't take any extra travel time anyways.

Hope it all works out for you all, I have to get my left one done this year - except it will require 2 surgeries.  Next month they are going in and removing the current hardware in the hip and on the femur, then it has to completely heal over the summer.. Then they will go back in and do a hip replacement.   Feel your pain on the insurance thing too man, after my accident the hospital sent me to inpatient rehab and after 14 days our insurance was trying to kick me out and send me to a nursing home when I could literally not even walk or go to the bathroom on my own.  Ended up going home instead of to a nursing home and it was really rough for a while, but it ended up ok in the end.   Do as OS says there and make her follow the rules/do the exercises. They suck so bad when you first start doing them, but if she doesn't it will almost guarantee that her recovery drags out longer or ends up not being as good as she could've been.

    .... Yeah, all Hitler needed was a hug and a prayer group, right?  Evil people need a hug like Whitney Houston needed one more hit on the crack pipe.

  Ah thanks for the clarification, I just copied and pasted form the blaze without reading into it.

Wow, after the hate mongering and disgusting behaviors for years and years, now that his daughter experienced some bad stuff, she now "sees the light"     Oh but wait, she's still got some in her:     So basically she is saying how terrible it is that her father died, but how dare anyone do what they did to hundreds if not thousands of other families disgustingly mocking the death of their loved ones.   I stand with TDR on this one, and go one step further to hope some of those people he protested against, catch up with him on the flip side.

  mango season never stops or begins where my wife is from ;)

a sticker that I had made to replace that boring handicap sign that we're all used to

  Negatory el capitan, gifts of peace are not always effective... sometimes you need a flaming bag of poo on the doorstep to get your point across.

Hopefully the PGR can make up some signs and protest this guy's funeral in a mass 1000+ people deep chanting nasty things about him so that's the last thing his family and friends remember as they pile the dirt on top of his grave.

I still want to know who is going to hold up a banner and give me an interview on national TV for being straight?

There is some company in the UK I believe it was that had synthesized MJ into a form where the pain relief chemicals of it were able to be separated from the parts that actually make you high and it has apparently had great results from people who used it.   Can't really be productive at work if you were stoned all the time, so this one would really help out a lot of people.

similar situation going on with hydrocodone now, some woman's son was hooked on it and OD'd (for a couple of years IIRC), so she decided that it was bad for the rest of the country and has been working to get it rescheduled on the same level as oxycodone.   Sorry lady, but your son was an idiot.  How about we come and take the tires off your car and say you can only have 1 set per 5 years because a drunk driver killed himself 7 states away?

  Negative sir, stand your grand doesn't apply to wildlife in Florida.  Instead, they will be required to use rape whistles and call 911 to wait for help.