Wrath of Dagon

In other news, I don't know what's scarier, Afghanistan or Mexico: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/falcon-lake-m...gator-beheaded/

I got a really bad infection from one. It's really important not to cut the corners of the nail. Trying to trim the in-grown part only seemed to make it much worse.

I noticed it's easier if you click begin and then next instead of using the alphabetical selector. Anyways, makes for a fun little diversion during downtime.

Allow me to vent my fevered spleen: 1. How in God's name is it strange? It's a firefight we're talking about here, not a game of chess. Never mind the fact that we're all yakking about second or probably 15th hand reports. 2. The Muslim Brotherhood have been around since the 70s, and have been anti U.S. the entire time. They are also Marxist influenced and thereby dingbats. The fact that they have a big following is hardly news. So what exactly IS news about this? The article you linked to seemed more interested in provoking alarmist flapping than providing useful warning of anything. It seems strange to throw a grenade inside a building when trying to rescue hostages. And I did say we need to wait till all the facts are in. And Muslim Brotherhood is Marxist influenced? That's a new one. What is news? They declared jihad against the US, that's the news, much as Al Qaeda did before 9/11. That announcement is certainly related to the situtation in Egypt, that's another major angle on this. Also not everyone here is as well informed as you, so I thought the article provides quite a bit of interesting info people may not be aware of. And yes, there are a lot of radical Islamist groups, but on closer examination virtually all of the non-Shiite ones either sprung from or/and have close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda being one of those. The main difference are the tactics, which are complementary, Al Qaeda's being open warfare, Muslim Brotherhood's long term subversion till the time comes.

Which man are you? http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/index.htm

It does seem strange they'd use a grenade during a hostage rescue attempt, but I guess we better wait till all the facts are in. Troo dat. Also, the notion that some middle eastern dingbat saying he hates the Great Satan is news is a little alarming in itself. The really alarming tidbit which should be scaring the trousers off us is that around 100,000 young men come of age in Egypt every year (Ok, I don't remember where I heard this, but it was quite reputable. Unless I was drunk.) and there's not nearly enough jobs for them all. It's just not possible to imagine NO political violence with that many unemployed beefers hoofing around. The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood is not just "some middle eastern dingbat" as I thought that article makes clear.

Mubarak is exiting the stage, so Egypt is the next place we need to start worrying about: http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/1...-war-on-america

Playing Les Grognards. The Russians have twice as much artillery as the French, how is that fair? Damn historical accuracy.

Why would anyone save a busful of doctors? The only thing worse would be saving a busful of lawyers.

Media doesn't control anything. All information is only a google away. If someone deliberately chooses to remain ignorant, the fault lies only with them.

I don't think the media is as much of a problem as cowardly incompetent leadership and an ignorant electorate.

He makes a lot of good points though, and presents evidence.

C Regarding the LHC, it doesn't do anything that cosmic rays hitting the upper atmosphere don't already do - it simply lets us study high-energy collisions. Doomsday theories are unfounded and silly. Not true. After a cosmic ray collision, the result keeps moving at near the speed of light and thus leaves earth almost instantly. In LHC, the result is almost stationary, and thus stays on earth. If a micro black hole is produced, it could conceivably grow and destroy earth after a certain period of time. Here's an interesting paper on the subject : http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0912/0912.5480.pdf

I guess that's the difference between a 15 hour game and a 60 hour game. Or may be creativity has to be strictly rationed according to FCC regulations, who knows.

But it's good to let people act like a jerk, sure beats enforced politeness. Agreed. No, it's impossible to have a serious discussion here without people immediately flaming and trolling. There's nothing wrong with politeness, enforced or not.

It's a fact that Pakistan got its nuclear technology from China, and then proliferated it elsewhere.

Here's the real game: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...3717438530.html Pakistan is just a bit player and a Chinese proxy.

With the cell shaded style, I'm not sure HD will be much of a benefit.

It's almost like you're not even trying to make sense. The only time I've seen anyone else mention a drone strike aclu think is O'Reilly. Do you even know yourself what you are writing?

In my experience the Bio boards are very well moderated. Anyone acting like a jerk gets banned real fast, unlike here.

The drone strike is an outrage! Has anyone informed the ACLU?

This has some links: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/29...ape-landscapes/

This is a load of gibberish that shows only a dim awareness of metaethics. Attempts to play semantic games to justify a weak position show up a fundamental lack of understanding of the terms employed. D- I didn't say anything about metaethics, whatever that is.

Planescape Torment is out on GOG (posted with time delay).

Oscar really is a tremendously talented artist : http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index...pic,1701.0.html (pics at bottom of page)