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Which tower is leaning at a sharper angle?
I know there are all kinds on this board. Maybe someone can give a little advice. On Saturday I was horse collar tackled while my leg was planted, injuring my left ankle/achilles/knee. The ankle and achilles are strains. My left knee was immediately wobbly and felt like it was caving to the inside....
A troubling look at some of the people associated with the new "Ron Paul Institute" and ghosts return of the notorious Ron Paul Newsletter. I removed the first portion of the article that discussed Lew Rockwell - Ron Paul’s former congressional chief of staff - who was the author of the very...
What follows, as brief and simplified as I've tried to keep it, isn't pretty reading at all. And I aren't looking for sympathy. I just felt the need to start to share something I never have on here on the relief and vindication I'm now feeling today after living with the despicable lies thrown our...
It took some time but I finally completed the basement. I will always be adding stuff as I get it but for now this is what I have.. few pic for those who do not want to see the video.. the video was the best way to capture everything..
Fuel Barges Explode On Mobile River, Injuring 3 (VIDEO) Three people were seriously injured when two barges previously loaded with liquid natural gas exploded on the east side of the Mobile River in Alabama on Wednesday evening. The first barge blew up around 8:30 p.m. CDT. According to...
Has anyone with a rooted phone tried Jelly Bean yet? I'm hearing outstanding things. Looks like they are finally putting a huge effort forward to improve integration and smoothness. Project Butter.
http://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/statuses/309059634168229888 What a clown What does this do for relations in the area Will things change
I was at a seminar on traumatic brain injuries on Monday. One of the presenters said 66% of veterans who have served in Iraq and Afganistan suffer traumatic brain injuries. Seriously? That is a crazy high number, but she says so many are exposed to IEDs, and other ordinance fire giving them...
Design of artificial intelligence must read Why 0.999... is not equal to 1? Written in 2012 The current mathematic theory tells us, 1>0.9, 1>0.99, 1>0.999, ..., but at last it says 1=0.999..., a negation of itself (Proof 0.999... =1: 1/9=0.111..., 1/9x9=1, 0.111...x9=0.999..., so...
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Should be great this year since Radiohead is the headliner. Also a lot of GREAT bands and artists are going to be there. Just to name a few: Radiohead, Tom Petty, Beck, Bright Eyes, Bela Fleck, Buddy Guy, Damian Marley, Ben Folds, G. Love, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Atmosphere, Magic...
I thought this was a really interesting read, figured I'd share it here. Click for rest of article.
Hold your (wild) horses there, The Rolling Stones have been forced to postpone the first concert of their upcoming “50 and Counting” tour due to a conflict with the NBA playoffs, http://www.rocksquare.com/community/musicnews/2395
Can't wait to download this one later. Just saw this article and thought some of you might like to preview some of the tracks here. I know there are a lot of fans on the Tailgate. Enjoy! This definitely helps heal after the loss yesterday, IMO. ...
Pooping malt liquor drinker jailed in Vero Beach gunfire brouhaha An evening with malt liquor and plenty of gunfire ended with poop and a trip to the Indian River County jail for an Orlando man, according to a recently released arrest affidavit. An Indian River County sheriff's deputy about...
CNet.com: Republican Senators Push for Internet Sales Taxes ...Big, Federal government efforts are bad! Also, taxes are just a way for government to redistribute wealth, and Americans are "taxed enough already!" Wait, what was that Republicans? Since the burden of these taxes would fall on the...
I got this idea from a thread on HF Boards. IMO, tanking is a fan-made concoction. Players don't tank. It just doesn't happen. They are pros. Back in 2011, I argued this point with numerous posters on ES, who were wanting guys like London Fletcher to tank for a rookie. Why would a player...
@jonkarl 7:57 AM RIP Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady who told George HW Bush not to "go wobbly" on Iraq ---------- Post added April-8th-2013 at 08:08 AM ---------- @mental_floss 8:06 AM In 1979, Japan offered new British PM Margaret Thatcher 20 "karate ladies" for protection at an economic...
I got married a little over a month ago and was looking at insurance for the spouse. We are both early thirties and no tobacco. I currently have a universal life policy of 150k and was looking at the same for my wife. I looked at a thirty year term and it is half the price of universal for her. Can...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/23/net-us-usa-whitehouse-ap-idUSBRE93M12Y20130423 This is comforting More at link
Paul Kevin Curtis, suspected of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Obama and other public officials, was released on bond today, a day after a court hearing in which investigators said they found no evidence of the poison in Curtis' home or car. ...
Epic for modern day politics. He's filibustering Brennan over the issue of using drones to assassinate American citizens on American soil. It's on CSPAN now. http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
A post in another thread and subsequent discussion lead me to thinking about some of the bizarre, outhere story's and occurrences that have happened whilst I've attended sporting events and I figured it'd be fun to find out others experiences. For example, the type of memorable personal...
Link. More at link. I strongly support this, except that I wonder if it's maybe too complicated to expect online retailers to keep track of things down to the city/county level. To start with, I get the impression that which things are or aren't taxed, varies from place to place....
Was looking for a little assistance from the masses. My daughter's birthday is in a few weeks. About to turn three, she's into full on princess, dress up, Disney Film mode. I was looking around E-Bay and came across the following. ...
Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies at 53 (CNN) -- Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett, the Divinyls lead singer whose group scored an international hit with the sexually charged "I Touch Myself" in the early 1990s, died Sunday after a battle with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, her...
the headline that "white hat #2" is going to be charged with using WMD, and is thus now eligible for the death penalty got me thinking.... first an observation. Many people seem to really dislike the very idea of the designation of a "hate crime", and the fact that these cases, when...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/teachers_in_boy_toy_probe_XGVY8bNyTshO8BzU0bRpgI
Link. How I beat China to this one, I have no idea.
Rafe Biggs, Quadriplegic Learns To Orgasm Through His Thumb A quadriplegic who has been paralysed from the chest down for nine years has learned to experience orgasms through his thumb. Rafe Biggs lost all feeling below the waist after tumbling from a roof terrace in India in 2004. A year...
You know the drill. List your top 5.
"Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died at 72. Havens’ agent confirmed the news of his death to FOX 411, stating the singer died in the morning." http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/22/richie-havens-dead-folk-musician-was-72/?intcmp=features ...
I mean the title is pretty much self explanatory. Let's discuss teams who were good at the wrong time. The first that comes to my mind is the 1991 Detroit Lions. I mean we talk all the time about how great Barry Sanders is and how he is arguably the best running back of all-time. And 1991 was...
Dates here: http://www.rocksquare.com/community/musicnews/2391
It's been real guys :wavetowel CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes...
I'm considering starting a business that provides college students with airline, hotel, and special events to a location such as Panama City. I've already constructed a business model, but I am looking for more specific pricing options. Is anyone familiar with the airline and hotel industry...
:doh: :wtf: and this isn't even an Onion article. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/20/tech/czech-republic-chechnya/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Btw, here is an Onion story.... Study: Majority Of Americans Not Informed Enough To Stereotype Chechens
PTSD impacts more than 8 million people. It turns out one of the most successful strategies feels a lot like that used for treating phobias. I think this week may be a good one to think about those who have PTSD, may have developed it, or all the undiagnosed or misdiagnosed cases. It's funny how...
The US House of Representatives has passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA). Lawmakers in the House voted 288-to-127 Thursday afternoon to accept the bill. Next it will move to the Senate and could then end up on the desk of US President Barack Obama for him...
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