Raithe Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 I used to have an original copy of the anarchist cookbook. I havent seen it in decades, wonder where it went. My science teacher confiscated mine back in secondary school. He was rather impressed with the breakdown of what common household stuff provided ingredients and chemicals. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gfted1 Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 My science teacher confiscated mine back in secondary school. He was rather impressed with the breakdown of what common household stuff provided ingredients and chemicals. I loved that book. Iirc, it even showed where to place charges if you wanted to take down a suspension bridge. I think the current commercially available edition has been heavily edited. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gfted1 Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 Strap in everyone, its about to get stupid round here: GoFundMe Page Seeks $100 Million to Make Kylie Jenner a Billionaire. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/survival-of-the-richest-the-wealthy-are-plotting-to-leave-us-behind.html Oh sure. And they call me a crazy prepper because I have a garden, and a food stockpile, and a generator, and solar panels, and manual water pumps, and firearms and (lots) of ammunition , and..... wait, where was I going with this? Anyway, the article is worth a chuckle on the problems confronting the other half. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
ShadySands Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 Somewhat related. A good friend of mine used to sell Tesla solar shingles and powerwalls and he said that the vast majority of his customers were well off doomsday preppers and not the off the grid and environmentalist types he thought would be the biggest share. Free games updated 3/4/21
Raithe Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
rjshae Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Perfect for those history majors... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Guard Dog Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others: http://reason.com/blog/2018/07/13/arizona-lawmaker-speeding-immunity 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Raithe Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Agiel Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Gfted1 Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 Alabama officers suspended for making alleged 'white power' hand gesture in photo. Thanks, Trump! "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 I am surprised cops got suspended for anything 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Raithe Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 Does it seem that Wiley E Coyote is working for Space-X? 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Guard Dog Posted July 18, 2018 Posted July 18, 2018 It turns out the US Marines drink more than any other US armed service. A LOT more. Well... I didn't need to read the article to know that's true. We drank a lot. I mean a LOT. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/07/16/survey-military-binge-drinking-drops-but-this-service-stood-out-in-a-bad-way/ 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Israeli defense firm demos kamikaze drone bomb that can be called off. Excellent. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 http://reason.com/blog/2018/07/18/florida-couple-gets-to-keep-starry-paint 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Not a bad idea for them to make their house distinct for their son. That meme doesn't fit the situation though, given the episode 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Or they could have simply taught the kid "123 ABC Street". The kid is just a convenient excuse. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Or they could have simply taught the kid "123 ABC Street". The kid is just a convenient excuse. Well, I'll defer to them knowing their kid best and do they really need an excuse ? Seems like some one along the way should have just asked if this really is something to waste time on. Then again, it is Florida. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Do they need an excuse for painting the house like a bunch of clowns? In most communities, yes, there are stipulations to such things as it impacts the neighboring houses in both value and happiness. In this case it looks like they reeled out some stupid excuse to play on peoples sympathies. I am willing to concede that their son may only be capable of uttering the words "van Gogh house" and nothing else (winkyface) but it would suck to live across the street from these people. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Guard Dog Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 I despise this whole notion that you cannot do as you please with the property you own. That's MY name on the Warranty Deed. MY name on the check that pays the taxes and the mortgage. MY lawn mower that cuts the grass and MY sweat that maintains it. Who the HELL does anyone else think they are to dictate how I paint it, what plants I grow next to it, dogs or pets that live in it, etc? Here in the "land of the free" even your home isn't really yours anymore. It's only yours at the sufferance of whatever government entity decides to f--k with you that day and the nosy neighbors who decided your business is theirs. That's why I live as far from other humans as I could get and put up signs promising to shoot any I catch there uninvited. I prefer the company of animals. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Would be curious at the actual damage to the surrounding properties' values. As for happiness, find it hard to believe someone would be made unhappy by a paint scheme of a house of all things, unless they spend a lot of time staring at the house for some reason Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 @GD: What wild wild west are you living in? @Malc: Eye of the beholder. Sure Starry Night today, but 10 Houses Painted in Protest jackassery tomorrow. Also, most suburban and urban housing in the US are within direct sightline of several other properties. So just having functioning eyeballs will cause a person to notice the house. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gfted1 Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 Wait a gosh diddly minute! The kid is 25 but the house has only been painted that way for ~1 year. How did they prevent him from wandering off and getting lost for eternity during the fist 24 years? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
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