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FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:21 pm

http://wonderfulengineering.com/chinese ... t-of-junk/

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:37 am

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0 ... ace-agency
North Korea unveils new logo for its aptly named space agency

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:02 pm

Bubba caught It

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:48 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:Bubba caught It

No doubt it's hair all fell out and that lady is now wearing it as a wig.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:32 am

Yellowstone Park Animal Flight: Warning of Doom?
http://news.discovery.com/adventure/sur ... 140404.htm
Recent videos of animals fleeing Yellowstone Park have many tourists and local residents concerned that a volcanic eruption may be imminent.

After earthquakes and tsunamis, stories often circulate of animals acting strangely or seeming to know of the disaster long before humans. Animals that detect impending earthquakes don’t have more senses than humans; they just have much higher sensitivity. Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, birds can migrate using celestial cues, and bats can locate food with echoes. Elephants can detect faint vibrations and tremors from fantastic distances.

Many bloggers have speculated that the Yellowstone animals are sensing some sort of activity in the supervolcano underneath the park and running for their lives to save themselves from a fiery death. A spate of recent YouTube videos apparently showing animals fleeing Yellowstone Park has many people nervous, the concern fueled by alarmist headlines like “Yellowstone Volcano Eruption in 2014? Are Animals Fleeing Park As ‘An Alert’?”

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:36 am

Don't mind me; garden-variety fear mongering.

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:37 pm

"Scientists dismiss claims that Yellowstone supervolcano could erupt soon after a video with fleeing bison, who are presumably running away from an imminent cataclysm, had circumnavigated the world, but USGS warns that more earthquakes could rock the region in April. However, experts insist that the movements are normal and, although Yellowstone National Park experienced its largest earthquake in 34 years Sunday, the current volcano alert level is normal."

uh-oh....

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:38 pm

Yup. Bison moving to lower ground for easier food.

Might also explain the movements of hipsters.

BBadger · Post by **BBadger** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:29 pm

Ex-CEO Brendan Eich is dubbed a heretic and excommunicated from the Mozilla Foundation. Accused of thoughtcrime and dissent, Mozilla Foundation inquisition staff were unable to extract a full confession from an unrepentant Brendan Eich.

The Mozilla Foundation issued a statement in regard to the excommunication (paraphrased and highlighted for emphasis):

Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn’t live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it’s because we haven’t stayed true to ourselves.

...

Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.

We have employees with a wide diversity of views. Our culture of openness extends to encouraging staff and community to share their beliefs and opinions in public. This is meant to distinguish Mozilla from most organizations and hold us to a higher standard. But this time we failed to listen, to engage, and to be guided by our community.

Did Mozilla issue the wrong apology? The above would be much more appropriate for Mozilla's current regressive attacks on freedom of speech -- and far less hypocritical. Such policies against the employees only serve to undermine the high ground of the people it claims to protect, reinforce intolerance, and empower businesses to fire employees for not adhering to corporate moral views. Imagine the outcry if a person were fired for fighting against Proposition 8. In overcompensating, Mozilla has done far greater damage than the fallout of a political donation by one of their founders.

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:48 am

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:29 am

The weather does not cease to surprise: the European part of Russia is still taking actions to recover from the consequences of an unprecedented April snowfall; the Far East began fighting against forest fires; and Siberia is preparing for the opening of its great rivers. What weather surprises are in store for us this spring? Meteorologists told the Voice of Russia about anomalies and forecasts. The unusually warm weather has set in Siberia. The air warmed up to +22 degrees. The abnormal April temperature has already caused forest fires. Dozens of hectares of taiga forest in the South of Siberia and the Far East are already enveloped in fire, chief of the Roshydromet Situation Centre, Yuri Varakin told the Voice of Russia. "As for forest fires, the season has already started almost a month earlier, if compared to the last year and the year before last. This especially concerns the Far East and Primorsky Krai. And an immediate forecast for April says that we have increased fire hazard in the Trans-Baikal and Baikal regions, because the abnormally warm weather has set there now, and the snow melts quickly." The early spring has also caused early floating of ice on Russian rivers.

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:39 pm

O Dear, SOTP

whatever shall we do ?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:37 pm

Such decadent times we live in...

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:26 am

"We don't have the money to help you help us take your money!"

SNORT!

http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/PR ... ingIRS.jsp

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:30 am

FIGJAM wrote:"We don't have the money to help you help us take your money!"

SNORT!

http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/PR ... ingIRS.jsp

"Fact 3: Fewer IRS resources discourage voluntary compliance."
Yay! Oh, yay!

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:37 am

Under Number 3 they said, "...(people realize) they have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting audited..." If that were true, I would have hit the jackpot four times already. Maybe the poor don't get audited, but those of us in the top marginal brackets sure as hell do.

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:03 pm

That's how you know you've arrived. When they start paying attention to you.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:20 pm

Nothing like the IRS for measuring your success!

Roberto Dobbisano · Post by **Roberto Dobbisano** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:49 am

and then this happened...

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:15 am

https://www.google.com/search?q=thailan ... 60&bih=618

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:42 pm

FIGJAM wrote:https://www.google.com/search?q=thailan ... 60&bih=618

You mean this?

I'd hit it.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:43 pm

Don't Worry, Get Botox
FEELING down? Smile. Cheer up. Put on a happy face. No doubt you’ve dismissed these bromides from friends and loved ones because everyone knows that you can’t feel better just by aping a happy look.

Or perhaps you can. New research suggests that it is possible to treat depression by paralyzing key facial muscles with Botox, which prevents patients from frowning and having unhappy-looking faces.

In a study forthcoming in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, Eric Finzi, a cosmetic dermatologist, and Norman Rosenthal, a professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, randomly assigned a group of 74 patients with major depression to receive either Botox or saline injections in the forehead muscles whose contraction makes it possible to frown. Six weeks after the injection, 52 percent of the subjects who got Botox showed relief from depression, compared with only 15 percent of those who received the saline placebo.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:05 pm

"Poison ur face and cheer the fuck up!!!"

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:20 pm

Just watched Bill Maher and his discussion with a guest who said the aim we must have is fulfillment
Maher said no
go for happy
I am of course doing my best
xoA.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:03 pm

Well, fulfillment is to hard to spel.

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 5:40 pm

some one put a red dot on my mailbox?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:18 am

Anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing.
I suppose that marking the event with a parade and fireworks display would be in bad taste.
Nice to see that they are running the marathon again.

tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:45 pm

didnt know this was going on , I guess the blm raised there fees in the 90's and drove all the other 14 ranchers off . He ( Bundy ) didnt pay and they went after him. I didnt know the BLM had to be so well armed?

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Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:32 am

saw this on the news and still worry about all of it

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:22 am

Charging people to use BLM property? Imagine that.

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