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Topic: The GOP and friends |
tinkeringIdiot
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:53 am Subject: The GOP and friends |
::swoops past on an elliptical orbit::
So the GOP here in the ol' STL approached the pride fest organizers about becoming an official sponsor. No official word on that impending hot mess, but keep ... |
Topic: Random News Stories of Note |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9950
Views: 644531
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:23 am Subject: Random News Stories of Note |
| Nah getting sued for slander and actually losing is pretty rare in teh US. Making obviously false statements like that would certainly not reach the bar. |
Topic: Random News Stories of Note |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9950
Views: 644531
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:59 pm Subject: Random News Stories of Note |
| Exactly. Didn't know Franklin did that...thank for bringing it up! |
Topic: Random News Stories of Note |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9950
Views: 644531
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:32 pm Subject: Random News Stories of Note |
Taking works out of the public domain with retroactive copyright laws literally turns the legal concept of copyright (in America) on its head (not that it hasn't been feet up for decades now...)
Th ... |
Topic: The Sinfest Random Image Post! |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9166
Views: 960467
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Forum: Casual Chat Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:47 pm Subject: The Sinfest Random Image Post! |
| or land of authentic experiences |
Topic: Random News Stories of Note |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9950
Views: 644531
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:33 pm Subject: Random News Stories of Note |
| Not in America it hasn't...his earliest famous work (Ulysses, 1922) won't enter the public domain until 2017 ([url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act]95 years from publication f ... |
Topic: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 324
Views: 23330
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:04 am Subject: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
| And as long as the cops and their masters continue to use the same old techniques, the same old style of protest will still have an impact. |
Topic: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 324
Views: 23330
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:17 am Subject: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
| A bunch of officers standing around with no identifying information that fear the camera so much that they hide their actions even AFTER removing or covering their badge numbers is wrong. Don't care ... |
Topic: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 324
Views: 23330
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:01 pm Subject: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
Sorry all...posted and then didn't check back in for a week.
I thoroughly disagree that OWS is 'preaching to the choir.' Many working people in this country believe that the banking system as it ex ... |
Topic: In Other Worlds of Science |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 14
Views: 3369
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:00 am Subject: In Other Worlds of Science |
| That's crazy and awesome...but I can't help feeling that future generations of humans (or current generations of aliens) will look at that the same way we look at the original Wright flyer. Future, g ... |
Topic: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 324
Views: 23330
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:53 am Subject: Occupy Wall Street Thread |
| I keep hearing people state that the Occupy movement is not a movement because they have no leader, no consolidated list of demands, no power within the current system, no coffee mugs...etc. The firs ... |
Topic: Random News Stories of Note |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 9950
Views: 644531
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:29 pm Subject: Random News Stories of Note |
Corporations are people and people are natural resources! Woo American dream!
From opening remarks on internet privacy in the House:
"I've decided that this data should be treated as a nat ... |
Topic: The Terrible Joke Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 31
Views: 3463
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Forum: Casual Chat Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:43 pm Subject: The Terrible Joke Thread |
Q: How did the hipster burn his mouth?
A: He ate his dinner before it was cool. |
Topic: End of the Drug War: Mexico and the Cartels |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 138
Views: 21655
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:53 pm Subject: End of the Drug War: Mexico and the Cartels |
| Response from Calderon? "LET'S DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN TRYING, BUT HARDER!" |
Topic: The You Tube Video Thread |
tinkeringIdiot
Replies: 3680
Views: 474719
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:35 pm Subject: The You Tube Video Thread |
That lego CNC...awesome.
For fans of video games and 8bit music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpkjtWuPs8 |
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