07/13/2012 4:18:35 PM PDT
· 5 of 11 agooga
to marktwain
I never understood the logic of banning automatic opening knives. Once again, I think it just boils down to the “scary” factor. If you think about it logically, a criminal using any knife in a crime is going to have ANY knife open and ready for use before he commits the crime anyway.
06/25/2012 10:31:50 AM PDT
· 72 of 81 agooga
to SeekAndFind
I THINK this might be the explanation:
Warm water expands more than cooler water. If the Atlantic on the Eastern Seaboard is warmer, the water there will be “bigger.” Yes this bigger water will flow out of the Atlantic and cool elsewhere, but cooler water will then also flow into this warm zone and expand again, keeping the water level constantly higher.
Don’t hate me— I’m just trying to clarify what I think the theory is.
My critique is merely a minor aesthetic one. I’d prefer Obama to just be glowering contemptuously than recoiling in horror like a vampire from a cross. That’s just me. Otherwise, I adore this painting.
06/15/2012 3:13:48 PM PDT
· 22 of 32 agooga
to Ronald_Magnus
“He will be tethered to a HARNESS - and if he DOES fall, he will climb back up to the tightrope.
Grandpa Wallenda is rolling over in his grave.”
Read elsewhere that the harness was insisted on by ABC and he needed the sponsorship to pay for the trick. It wasn’t his first choice. And I tend to believe that.
04/25/2012 12:00:11 PM PDT
· 36 of 43 agooga
to x_plus_one
Got a bafflingly naive Facebook post from an ultralib “friend” that reminded me of this.
“All of these people crying about how expensive and impossible all of the ‘green technology is going to come about...hell,why not get the dudes in prison to help along w/the project? Win/win situation for everyone involved, including educating the criminals to instigate a new way of living using these things that they are building...and, who know...if/when they actually get out of jail, perhaps they would have this brand new, very valuable and in demand skill that would finally help them build a decent lifestyle/world view for them, finally....?”
Normally this girl, who has hundreds of “friends” gets a dozen or so “huzzahs!” and likes whenever she posts something brilliant, but this one landed with a splat, not surprisingly.
My facebook is swamped by my gullible liberal friends posting about the Fox News website where some horrible racist comments were posted in the wake of Whitney Houston's death. This stank of liberal COINTELPRO, and a little research led me to this website where this character has the same belief, plus, apparently some knowledge of the guy who runs the website that "broke" the story. Anyone know anything more about this?