Re: Situational Science Man!

@toblerone77:

@Gargantua:

I remember reading about a balloonist in the 80’s who was trying to circumnavigate the world.

He crossed into soviet airspace over Romania accidentally and was shot down.

But that wasn’t the best part lol… the pilots who shot him down recieved medals for “bravery in the face of extreme danger”

L O L !

Another case where a balloon was mistaken as an “UFO”. Lol

Well Garg, those pilots WERE flying Soviet aircraft. Pretty brave if you ask me.

WHAT THE HELL!

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/03/florida-home-demolished-where-sinkhole-swallowed-sleeping-man

They just gave up the search!

That’s BULL S * * * !!!

He’s -presumed dead- but officially considered “Missing”. What a bunch of JUNK… And they won’t let the family access THIER OWN PROPERTY to look for THEIR OWN SON/BROTHER; worse -becuase he’s missing- the family can’t access benefits for over a year or more.

What has the world come to? The government is willing to consider criminally charging these people for digging to find thier own family member?

If my brother (or any member of AA.org) was down that hole, and they wouldn’t let me get to the body, I’d start putting led into people.

Man talk about luck.

Good luck to survive both.

Bad luck to be there for both.

Lots of luck involved anyway.

As far as the age thing certain areas in Japan have been known for having people regularly live to 100 or more due to diet and lifestyle.

@frimmel:

I think the movie is likely to be feminist pandering. Jermo hit on the essential message –  people mess things up. I don’t see how they would ever let that through in a film. A simple one like a woman’s beauty is useless in a world without men will never make into the film.

While I would hope it would, and we might see enough folks ready for a shift in their woman good, man bad world view I’m not optimistic and fear the film would just be the women even more genius and badass taking care of a even more hapless, dweebish Yorrick. I can’t see them really embracing anything from the tale other than the story of a dweeb with survivor guilt who needs taken care of and saved.

Why did Yorrick survive the plague? Because he was too stupid to keep from getting sh*t on. I don’t see how Hollywood getting anything but women good-men bad from that.

Y does have messages about equality and a sense that men matter in the world but I don’t see Hollywood doing anything with this other than asking, “Who needs men?” And answering “No one.”

I’m sorry to say but I fear you might be right.  I’m glad I own the novels and had a look into the true version before Hollywood corupts it.

LT

The worst invention in my opinion ever invented would be Video games. Talk about a waste of time and money for kids. About 99.5% of all video games may bring joy, but do nothing for the people plying them. They spend hundreds of hours playing them only to end up with NOTHING in the end. Nothing!

Not to mention it is the universal agreement between these companies to continue upgrading as fast as they can to get new systems to the market. It’s like they can’t wait to make these machines obsolete and squeeze another 300-400 bucks outta some family.

Oh, ……and I think Nuclear Weapons is a dumb invention also. I see many people already said this one. Good for all of you.  :-D

@Mary:

@Jennifer:

The Germans never attacked one US Citizen until after we pre-emptively attacked them, just like in Iraq.

Lol, you’re so full of sh*t you must squeak. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. on Dec. 11, 1941.

Now Mary, i fully understand your feeling. I’m boycotting any further debate w/ Jen just begin to try to avoid degenerating into insults. You may consider the same
Anyway - you are correct. Following Canadian spy-master William Stephenson’s leaking of the false/putative “rainbow war plans” of the US suggesting that the US was to declare war against Germany, Germany pre-emptively declared war against the US. This forced the hand of the US:

To the Congress of the United States:

On the morning of Dec. 11 the Government of Germany, pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the United States. The long-known and the long-expected has thus taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving toward this hemisphere. Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty and civilization. Delay invites great danger. Rapid and united effort by all of the peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will insure a world victory of the forces of justice and of righteousness over the forces of savagery and of barbarism. Italy also has declared war against the United States.

I therefore request the Congress to recognize a state of war between the United States and Germany, and between the United States and Italy.

He might of been refering to our huge garrison in Germany.

I relly HATE to say it, but, “I told you so!”
Two day old news on front page of many newspapers across America.

“Our fear that Communism might some day take over most of the
world blinds us to the fact that anti-communism already has.”

Anonymous U.S. Analyst In 1967.
Quoted in “The Uses of Anticommunism,” vol. 21,
published in The Socialist Register (1985).
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