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- Mon May 20, 2019 3:54 pm
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- Topic: Game of Thrones Discussion
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Game of Thrones Discussion
As a book reader, I was originally avoiding the show because I didn't want spoilers. But then I started reading summaries because I became more and more doubtful over time that GRRM would ever actually write the books. I wonder of the serious negative reaction to the ending might convince Martin to ...
- Mon May 20, 2019 12:35 pm
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- Topic: You know what really grinds my gears...
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You know what really grinds my gears...
What the eff happened to windshield wiper refills? When I first started driving, if your wipers were worn out, you went to the auto-parts store and bought refills that were just the rubber blade inserts for the existing wiper arm assemblies on your car. Usually even came in a two-pack. Just push tog...
- Sat May 18, 2019 5:24 pm
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- Topic: Movie Thread
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Movie Thread
It's also a brilliant satire of many aspects of Japanese culture, especially in the side scenes that are interspersed throughout the main plot. My favorite scene in the movie (below) is where the junior businessman shows up the executives when ordering at the French restaurant. That's a satire of th...
- Fri May 17, 2019 8:52 pm
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- Topic: Police earning the hate
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Police earning the hate
More lawsuits filed in connection with corrupt officers https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/17/more-lawsuits-filed-in-connection-with-corrupt-off/ CHICAGO (AP) - Eight men who claim they were framed with bogus drug cases by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant have filed federal law...
- Fri May 17, 2019 8:50 pm
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- Topic: 12- or 24-hour time?
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12- or 24-hour time?
24. Removes ambiguity. That was actually the impetus for my switch to 24-hour time. I came back from classes in college and fell asleep. It was wintertime, and I woke to a dark room. I looked at my clock, and it said six o'clock. But I didn't know whether that was 6 pm or I'd managed to sleep the w...
- Fri May 17, 2019 8:44 pm
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- Topic: 12- or 24-hour time?
- Replies: 15
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12- or 24-hour time?
I've primarily used 24-time since I was in college, and any device I own that is capable of displaying 24-hour time is set to display 24-hour time. After three years of ownership, I actually just discovered that the dashboard clock in my car can be set to 24 hours.
- Fri May 17, 2019 7:56 pm
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- Topic: 12- or 24-hour time?
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12- or 24-hour time?
Do you use 12- or 24-hour time?
- Fri May 17, 2019 7:06 pm
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- Topic: Non-Military Aviation
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Non-Military Aviation
Mentor Pilot's latest video is all about go-arounds.
- Fri May 17, 2019 6:11 pm
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- Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events
:lol: Yes, everyone is in agreement as to not wanting to be killed. I was thinking of the fact that libertarians very much disagree on the abortion question, so while they agree that people have a right not to be killed when they don't want to be, they disagree on when that right comes into being. I...
- Fri May 17, 2019 5:10 pm
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- Topic: Randomness Dos
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- Fri May 17, 2019 5:02 pm
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- Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events
Deists and non-deists have a Grand Canyon dividing them as far as what the definition of “human life” is. That’s an insurmountable obstacle to discussion. On the internet or otherwise. It's not merely a dispute for the religious. For example, the libertarian non-aggression principle says that aggre...
- Fri May 17, 2019 4:56 pm
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- Topic: Police earning the hate
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Police earning the hate
NYPD Officer Arrested After Trying to Have Hitman Hired to Kill Ex: Law Enforcement Source https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYPD-Officer-Police-Cop-Arrested-Murder-For-Hire-Hitman-Charges-Ex-Sources--510073191.html An NYPD officer was arrested after she tried to have a hitman hired to kill her...
- Fri May 17, 2019 4:55 pm
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- Topic: Police earning the hate
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Police earning the hate
Boulder police officer who arrested black man filming now named in excessive force lawsuit https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/16/boulder-police-excessive-force-lawsuit/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTAPBGLh4sE The Boulder police officer whose arrest of a black man filming an interaction between h...
- Fri May 17, 2019 4:36 pm
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- Topic: Job and General Employment Thread
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Job and General Employment Thread
*raises hand* But I also have my own office.Who does that?clipping finger nails should not be practiced in a an office setting
- Thu May 16, 2019 5:59 pm
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- Topic: Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
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Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
I see a lot of comments saying that Zandvoort is too narrow and too twisty for passing with only one good passing zone at turn 1. I think I read that a widening of the track will be part of the upgrades, and I note that the Hungaroring only has one good passing zone at turn one (and a less-good zone...
- Thu May 16, 2019 5:23 pm
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- Topic: Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
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Motorsports (non-NASCAR)
So the Dutch Grand Prix is coming back for next year. Might as well just call it the Verstappen Grand Prix.
- Thu May 16, 2019 3:48 pm
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- Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events
Does Nevada have a depraved heart standard, though? The only thing I read was the Nevada Revised Statutes that defines murder as "the unlawful killing of a human being... [w]ith malice aforethought, either express or implied"; they go on to define malice as "that deliberate intention unlawfully to ...
- Thu May 16, 2019 2:27 pm
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- Topic: Video Games
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- Thu May 16, 2019 1:50 pm
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- Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events
That Vegas bus thing - as horrendous as it is - seems like an overreach on the charge. I'm not sure there's any way prosecutors can establish that the woman intended for the action of pushing a man off a stationary bus to be fatal. Maybe. Murder encompasses more than intentional behavior. There's a...
- Thu May 16, 2019 1:29 am
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- Topic: All Things Guns & Ammo
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- Wed May 15, 2019 10:25 pm
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- Topic: Bibliophile Thread
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Bibliophile Thread
I also reread books fairly often. Depends on how much I like the book. It also helps that I'm a fast reader. There are occasions where I open up a book on the Kindle just to revisit a part I really liked and the next thing I know, I've reread half of the book or more.
- Wed May 15, 2019 10:17 pm
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- Topic: Game of Thrones Discussion
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Game of Thrones Discussion
I have a second cousin (or something along those lines) named Arwen. I think Arwen is a real-world name, though. Welsh maybe?
- Wed May 15, 2019 8:44 pm
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- Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events
Then for me, the joke's on them. Lawyers have no souls.When the govt gives you something, they just want your vote. When religious charities do, they want a shot at your soul...
- Wed May 15, 2019 8:41 pm
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- Topic: Thread of legal hubbub
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Thread of legal hubbub
While the PBA does engage in lobbying and the like when it comes to legislation in PA, it mostly sticks to matters that affect the practice of law or the ability of lawyers to represent their clients. My experience is that the local bar associations do not engage in the sort of freewheeling publicat...
- Wed May 15, 2019 7:33 pm
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- Topic: Police earning the hate
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Police earning the hate
Forensic Experts Find 'No Evidence' That Houston Narcs Who Killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas Encountered Gunfire As They Entered the House https://reason.com/2019/05/14/forensic-experts-find-no-evidence-that-houston-narcs-who-killed-dennis-tuttle-and-rhogena-nicholas-encountered-gunfire-as-...