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#135
December 29, 2016, 10:26:49 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

mirth

#136
December 29, 2016, 02:01:25 PM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#137
December 29, 2016, 08:20:15 PM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#138
December 30, 2016, 07:38:38 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#139
January 04, 2017, 12:31:52 PM
being a widow in your 30s
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/the-widowhood-effect/article33344335/



short, but hurts...
How To Tell A Mother Her Child Is Dead
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/opinion/sunday/how-to-tell-a-mother-her-child-is-dead.html?_r=0



being Black in Naperville
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-being-black-naperville-america-st-0715-20160714-story.html



Over 11000 rape kits collected, and ignored
http://www.elle.com/culture/a37255/forgotten-rape-kits-detroit/



QuoteLaw enforcement logged nearly 16,800 calls in one year to Walmarts in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties, according to a Tampa Bay Times analysis. That's two calls an hour, every hour, every day.
http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/public-safety/walmart-police/



The ugly side of the NFL's return to LA
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14752649/the-real-story-nfl-owners-battle-bring-football-back-los-angeles



It wasn't just sexual abuse in the Catholic Church that the Boston Globe looked into. 
They also dug into private schools, too
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/06/private-schools-painful-secrets/OaRI9PFpRnCTJxCzko5hkN/story.html



WWIII by mistake...  not quite Wargames, but close
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/world-war-three-by-mistake



"Post-Truth"?  Or just flat out lying about things.  Talking US election in China
https://medium.com/@xuhulk/watching-the-election-from-the-post-truth-future-97a0d66bdcfe#.yyfzjekf6



Inside a Chicago gang and the gun violence
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/us/chicago-gang-violence.html
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

OJsDad

#140
January 05, 2017, 08:34:24 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 04, 2017, 12:31:52 PM
Over 11000 rape kits collected, and ignored
http://www.elle.com/culture/a37255/forgotten-rape-kits-detroit/

When DeWine became state AG, he made it a priority to get all untested rape kits tested.  They're close to having the backlog completed, including the 4000 from Cleveland that were mentioned in the article.

http://www.cleveland.com/rape-kits/index.ssf/2016/11/state_crime_lab_finished_testi.html

A side article talking about relearning what we thought we knew about rapist.

http://psychcentral.com/news/2016/09/18/testing-of-backlogged-rape-kits-yield-new-insights-into-rapists-and-victims/109988.html

'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

mirth

#141
January 06, 2017, 05:21:52 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#142
January 09, 2017, 11:16:25 PM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#143
January 12, 2017, 06:15:59 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

mirth

#144
January 12, 2017, 06:51:54 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#145
January 12, 2017, 09:33:52 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#146
January 16, 2017, 02:27:52 PM
Writing a musical with David Bowie

http://www.gq.com/story/david-bowie-musical
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#147
January 23, 2017, 03:10:14 PM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#148
January 23, 2017, 03:19:22 PM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

bayonetbrant

#149
January 30, 2017, 11:15:15 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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