JadedWolf

Another example of incompetence at work in Iraq: "Iraq Counts on Magic Wands to Stop ISIS Despite warnings they didn’t work, Baghdad bought $85 million worth of gadgets that supposedly detect explosives. Today, two years after the British con man who sold them was jailed, Iraqi police are still waving them around. Last summer, in the days after the group now known as ISIS began its assault across Iraq, many feared that Baghdad could soon fall. Car bombs regularly killed dozens inside the capital. Police and soldiers manned checkpoints across the city. They were Baghdad’s defense and symbols of the state’s power in the face of onslaught. To protect the capital, these cops and soldiers were armed with magic wands. They still are now, nearly a year later." http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/12/iraq-counts-on-magic-wands-to-stop-isis.html

Back in the days when I was young and I still did that sort of thing, what it mostly did was put me to sleep. Which was alright really, because I've always had trouble getting to sleep.

I'm not with you ? Are you saying a stripper or hooker can get killed in RL? I'm saying that people are complaining about how "easy" it is to use a hookers services, and then kill her and get your money back in game... when you can do the exact same thing in Real Life with similar effects. You know what would be interest but outside the scope of GTA? Making it so even if people don't catch you killing the hooker, the police could figure out you're responsible through evidence if you're sloppy and don't hide the body and whatnot. Then you would have at least 1 star forever. That would be neat. Too bad that's too much to ask for. Thats a good idea, I don't get why people would kill the hooker after services rendered. Its not worth the money ? ... What kind of thread have I walked in to?

Maybe your car is something like Stephen King's Christine, but more the passive agressive kind.

I would sign it, but I imagine not being a U.S. citizen would somewhat lower my credibility.

...How exactly would you solve the problem of crap food being available to low-income households? By taking said crap food away from them? 1. Make sure cheap healthy alternatives are available 2. Do a better job on educating children on nutrition Good luck with that, when every billboard out there reminds them that there are far more yummie things out there than fruit and veggies.

Speaking from somewhere where there's no gun culture, I think it's not just a matter of banning guns. Over here, I don't think we don't have guns is because we're not allowed to. It's also just that.., People just don't have much desire to own guns. If tomorrow suddenly everyone would be allowed guns I don't think there'd be a long queue of people in front of stores shouting triumphantly "Yes, we can finally have guns! I have waited for this moment all my life." Then again over here people tend to live in urban areas, very close to other people. And we don't have a real culture of no go areas where white middle class sort of people would never want to be (not to the extent as in the U.S. anyway). I can imagine if you lived in the middle of nowhere you'd feel the need for some protection, even if it's just to keep the critters out. But is the main reason people in the U.S. want to have guns really to be able to defend their freedom from the government? I always thought it was to shoot that burglar in the face Charles Bronson style if he dared to show his face near your property.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAT_BuJAI70

Russia's navy seals are standing by:

This... Love-shy website. Can't figure out if it's meant as satire or... I mean, that'd be a lot of effort. But then, it can't be serious... But then, it'd be too much effort... But people surely can't be that crazy... Ungh. I think I need to lie down for a bit.

Shall I admit my guilty pleasure? Shirokuma CafeYou can guess who my favourite character is... >_>

My personal advice: skip step 2. Nah, the atmosphere and set pieces are awesome Keep in mind that the "Alternative Edition Redux" is only available through download on the 'net as it is not an official release. Just google it and do not feel bad for dowloading it since it falls under as an educational piece. I'll admit the visuals are gorgeous.

My personal advice: skip step 2. Reasons: heartplugs, weirding modules, bat**** crazy baron Harkonnen.

Dying is fine, but I wouldn't include killing in a child's story, but then again, I'm no author. Well given the age range, why not? Child is everything up to 12, no? Depends on how the killing is done, how it fits in the story. Heh the Animal Farm film was ok, up to the ending which was needless. Honestly, at eleven, twelve, I was reading things like Stephen King's It, Herbert's Dune, Lord of the Rings, etc. Nobody was reading me anything anymore. If your child is that age and still depends on you for reading to them, there's something wrong. Reading Dune at 11 might be boring to some considering the political intrigues, but reading It at the same age left you with a weird feeling because of what the children had to do to become adults. Sure it was more of survival pact between friends, but still the innocence of childhood had gone when i read it at the same age. Yeah, It really is a great book for a younger audience, if you ask me, with the whole coming of age experience. Also, I could personally relate to the bunch as I wasn't exactly part of the popular crowd myself. My first Stephen King's book was The Eyes of the Dragon, which was actually intended for children. A young prince sent to prison (albeit a luxurious one, he gets his own penthouse tower suite) for the murder of his father, while his younger brother (who as a hobby stones stray dogs to death) knows of his innocence -since he saw with his own eyes how the court wizard poisoned his father- but is not saying anything out of envy. You know, typical kids stuff. :D One of my favourite real children's book series is The Chronicles of Prydain (what the Disney movie The Black Cauldron is based on). If you've got children in that age bracket, I highly recommend it. It's actually quite a thoughtful series. One of the books actually deals entirely with Taran's trying to find who he is, with him trying out different apprenticeships, meeting common folk and generally growing more adult while still somewhat lost as to what he's supposed to do with his life. Also, it doesn't shy away from showing that something good people do die in war, and that it's often the common folk who would rather have just lived a quiet life that tend to do so.

Dying is fine, but I wouldn't include killing in a child's story, but then again, I'm no author. Well given the age range, why not? Child is everything up to 12, no? Depends on how the killing is done, how it fits in the story. Heh the Animal Farm film was ok, up to the ending which was needless. Honestly, at eleven, twelve, I was reading things like Stephen King's It, Herbert's Dune, Lord of the Rings, etc. Nobody was reading me anything anymore. If your child is that age and still depends on you for reading to them, there's something wrong.

Dying is fine, but I wouldn't include killing in a child's story, but then again, I'm no author. Well, there goes the bible then... Seriously. My mother grew up catholic, and although we weren't baptized and we never went to church (and my dad didn't believe in anything), she would read us from this special "children's bible", which -despite being for children- was still filled with the most gruesome stories of murder and destruction from the Old Testament. She stopped reading them to us after a while when she noticed that they really weren't that child friendly.

Well, not a program per se, but... -Produces two wired rods, crossing them, and creating a spark- ... I could be persuaded to change jobs. I will warn you that my fees are rather high, however.

Worked for me. Thanks a bunch.

I guess the upside of living in such a building would be that once inside, you don't have to look at the outside of it.

So what you are basically saying is you want us to fill in your survey, just because you are too lazy to forge the answers yourself? Why, I never! Back in my days, we forged our own results, and we were happy to do so! Harrupmh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=53&v=N-aDHKKRdso

To be honest, I find Bruce's view on Muslims paradoxically insulting to Muslims. As if they are not capable of the same rationality and detachment that is expected of people of other faiths. Actually, I think he is doing exactly what the people who held the event are doing, and that is lumping all Muslims on one heap and saying they are all the same. Look, I think we can all agree that what is supposed to happen here is that these people would have their "art exhibition", nothing would happen; Muslims would come forth and say that while they don't agree with the subject matter, they support the right of people to hold such events, and the whole thing would disappear into oblivion like it deserves to. But, as I tried to say before, what irks me is that there is a certain cynicism at work here from the side of those who hold events like this, where they are almost asking for something like this to happen in order to further their own agenda.

That's an interesting thing to think about. Would I be willing to die for Wilders? Hmm, I guess I fail as a human being because my answer is "Hmm, nope!" By the way, I don't think Wilders is an idiot, I actually think he is a very cunning man. He knows exactly what he wants, and how to achieve it. He is a master of provokation, who knows exactly how to play his game. And that's my problem. It's not that I feel we should be sensitive to fanatics who will probably always find some reason to go around causing mayhem anyway, it's the cynical use of free speech by people like Wilders to put an aura of sainthood around themselves while other people suffer from it that gets under my skin. Dying for Wilders... I can just imagine it. His cynical PR machine would end up declaring me a martyr for his cause. Yuck.