Gorth Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 This little octopus got a new home. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy at the end (and angry at the ****ing endless stream of plastic waste making it into the environment at the same time) 3 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Mother of Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock receives $250,000 food truck after Tokyo Games this story just made my day. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 How cool is this? Internet Sleuth Solves 45-Year Guitar Mystery Returning the Beloved ’57 Gretsch to a Rock Idol 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Veteran takes his service dog back to prison and immediately sprints toward female inmate who trained him Definitely worth reading! 6 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 11 Year old boy saves two different people in the same day Someone get this kid a cape! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 19 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: 11 Year old boy saves two different people in the same day Someone get this kid a cape! He probably rigged the cap and set the fire. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted December 30, 2021 Author Share Posted December 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Malcador said: He probably rigged the cap and set the fire. Cynic! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Anonymous Shopper Buys Iconic Pantera Guitar For Young Rocker Who Always Came in the Shop to Play it 3 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Heroic New York Police Officer Runs Out on Thin Ice to Rescue Dog Floundering in Frozen Lake – WATCH 4 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeYellow Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: Heroic New York Police Officer Runs Out on Thin Ice to Rescue Dog Floundering in Frozen Lake – WATCH For every crappy story I hear about a cop, I hear another one that makes them heroic. If American police could curb their aggression just leetle bit I think it'd go a long way to building public trust again. Edited January 20, 2022 by ComradeYellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, ComradeYellow said: For every crappy story I hear about a cop, I hear another one that makes them heroic. If American police could curb their aggression just leetle bit I think it'd go a long way to building public trust again. The problem with being a cop is if you are doing it well no one knows you're doing it. It's the bad ones that get all the press. 3 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeYellow Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: The problem with being a cop is if you are doing it well no one knows you're doing it. It's the bad ones that get all the press. Yeah that's like everything with a 'Good' alignment check, if it's a good deed that's not reported or well known, chances are it's genuine and not of the sinister in nature. If you wanna be a "good" guy, donate your shirt to a neighbor or spare some food to the shelter, 1 million positive small things outweigh 1 horrible thing. Like Invisible Oedon from Bloodborne, you may not notice any major buffs at first, but they do add up tremendously if you stick with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 8 hours ago, ComradeYellow said: ...if it's a good deed that's not reported or well known, chances are it's genuine and not of the sinister in nature. But how else would anyone know? People love to crow about their supposed positive contributions. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeYellow Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 9:17 AM, Gfted1 said: But how else would anyone know? People love to crow about their supposed positive contributions. While it's true we don't live in a Tolkienesque society with hobbits and wizards always trying to do the good Christian thing, throughout my existence I've noticed that respect and some selfless acts can go a long way, even in a society that promotes individualism and personal achievements over general social welfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 16 hours ago, ComradeYellow said: ...throughout my existence I've noticed that respect and some selfless acts can go a long way... I completely agree. Then the next most important thing, and I cant stress this enough, is to immediately rush to social media and alert the world of your generosity. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-60120997 It might sort of belong in the politics thread, but it doesn't quite fit the doom and gloom there... The Australian government has bought the Aboriginal flag's copyright in a bid to "free" the symbol of identity from bitter fights over who can use it. Indigenous artist Harold Thomas created the flag in 1971 as a protest image but it is now the dominant Aboriginal emblem and an official national flag. Despite this, many Aboriginal people say the flag has been "held hostage" by copyright deals that limit its display. The flag can now be reproduced by anyone without fear of legal threats. "Over the last 50 years we made Harold Thomas' artwork our own - we marched under the Aboriginal flag, stood behind it, and flew it high as a point of pride," said Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt. "Now that the Commonwealth holds the copyright, it belongs to everyone, and no-one can take it away." The government paid more than A$20m (£11m; $14m) in total to secure the copyright from Mr Thomas and to terminate lease agreements, media reports said. The flag can be used either together with or in lieu of the Australian national flag It has followed pressure from Aboriginal groups and controversies in sports such as the Australian Football League (AFL), which began refusing to pay leaseholders to display the flag. "The flag belongs to all Aboriginal people. Why do they have to pay for it?" one petition organiser, Laura Thompson, told the BBC in 2020. "It's a symbol of our people's survival. Many of us don't identify with the Australian flag because for us it represents colonisation and invasion." Now they can use it without constant looking over their shoulders out of fear for the collectors wanting their share of the copyright revenue... “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 HA! Good Fun! 4 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Let's stick to discussing good news and leave political debates in the politics thread... aka the bad news thread. 1 1 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 There’s no medicine like a dog’: Ex-soldier who trains shelter dogs to become veterans’ companions to be honored on Memorial Day 3 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 New ultrathin “honeycomb” solar panels achieve record efficiency If a ever buy another house (sort of a sore subject right now) I am definitely building another solar power system. It made a big difference in my utility bills 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Music At Reopened Kyiv Opera Replaces Noise Of Russian Artillery As great at this is, while Putin is alive and Russia is doing the kind of f---d up s--t that they are doing I am not sure gathering a lot of people in one building in Kyiv is a good idea. That is what Putin would call a target. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 The results of the world’s largest study on kindness are in. Here’s what we learned It's probably good to remember that only the worst things are reported as news. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Spanish diver rescues whale who was trapped in an illegal fishing net Asi se hace! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This traffic stop between a Black man and a White state trooper began with fear. It ended with a surprising act of kindness not sure if it qualifies as good news, but is close enough. HA! Good Fun! 3 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 101 year-old woman is reunited with painting stolen by Nazis 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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