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Post by Polarice on Nov 5, 2010 7:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by Cranky on Nov 5, 2010 9:17:41 GMT -5
Amazingly (or disgustingly, since they never did find out who the father was), the youngest girl to give birth to a live baby was 5 years and 8 months old. Huh? Whatever happened to puberty? I should have payed more attention to the bird and the bees classes......in university.  |
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Post by Cranky on Nov 5, 2010 9:21:15 GMT -5
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 5, 2010 11:10:51 GMT -5
That group is insane. Talk about the power of fundamentalist religious brainwashing. Thankfully, they’re a small group made up of mostly family members. |
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Post by ValkyrieNS on Nov 5, 2010 11:17:30 GMT -5
That group is insane. Talk about the power of fundamentalist religious brainwashing. Thankfully, they’re a small group made up of mostly family members. Definite morons! How disrespectful. Like the man said, it's a FUNERAL  |
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Post by franko on Nov 5, 2010 12:26:11 GMT -5
Phelps. Don't get me started.
The thing is, I get painted with the same brush because he calls on the same God I do, and idiots people [oops] like him are held up as representing people like me [ya shoulda heard it in Ottawa when he tried to come here to protest gay marriage].
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 5, 2010 14:08:51 GMT -5
How about yellow poppies for yet another Livestrong anti-cancer program or Purple Poppies to stop bullying of young gays or pink poppies for breastcancer awareness?
If you can get four people in a room you can come out with five different opinions.
Red rubber livestrong wristbands for veterans or pink rubbers for aids victims.
I may live in the past and there may be fewer and fewer veterans left, but I'll proudly wear a red poppy and so will my sons.
Sharkskins for the Quoran or Fatheads for the Wallstreet mosque?
A suicide bomber vest for Ahmoudinijad?
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 5, 2010 18:14:45 GMT -5
Phelps. Don't get me started. The thing is, I get painted with the same brush because he calls on the same God I do, and idiots people [oops] like him are held up as representing people like me [ya shoulda heard it in Ottawa when he tried to come here to protest gay marriage]. They use the same Bible, but they've warped bits and pieces of the Old Testament vengeful "God" to fit their agenda of hate. Their interpretation has created their message....even though they say Christ is their saviour. It's a paradoxical offshoot if ever there was one. But that's how most offshoots of religions occur. Don't like the way the things are being done, so we interpret our way and create our own version. Sometimes...brand new ones. |
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Post by franko on Nov 5, 2010 20:02:08 GMT -5
yup. the shopping cart mentality to their Christianity cracks me up. it's "this is what I believe so I'll pick this verse and discard that one" rather than looking at the teaching and saying "hmm, so that's what we are/I am to believe/live".
all I ask for is a little consistency [OK -- that's not true -- I ask for a lot of consistency] and hope I live it.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 5, 2010 21:28:10 GMT -5
yup. the shopping cart mentality to their Christianity cracks me up. it's "this is what I believe so I'll pick this verse and discard that one" rather than looking at the teaching and saying "hmm, so that's what we are/I am to believe/live". all I ask for is a little consistency [OK -- that's not true -- I ask for a lot of consistency] and hope I live it. I do pretty well with 8 of the ten commandments.............. ;D |
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Post by franko on Nov 5, 2010 21:37:41 GMT -5
80% -- an A at university . . .
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 5, 2010 22:46:53 GMT -5
yup. the shopping cart mentality to their Christianity cracks me up. it's "this is what I believe so I'll pick this verse and discard that one" rather than looking at the teaching and saying "hmm, so that's what we are/I am to believe/live". all I ask for is a little consistency [OK -- that's not true -- I ask for a lot of consistency] and hope I live it. I do pretty well with 8 of the ten commandments.............. ;D Still like Carlin’s take on the Ten Commandments. |
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Post by BadCompany on Nov 8, 2010 10:22:50 GMT -5
Man performs CPR on his dog after alligator attackwww.msnbc.msn.com/id/40032388/ns/us_news-weird_news/Not quite a sign of the apocalypse, but I loved the headline anyways... so much bizarreness packed into one title... man performs CPR on dog... dog attacked by alligator... man performs CPR on dog attacked by alligator... where will it all end? If it had of been Paris Hilton's dog I would have headed for the bunker... ------------------------------------------------ Radioactive rabbit trapped, killed at nuclear reservationA radioactive rabbit was trapped on the Hanford nuclear reservation, and Washington state health workers have been searching for contaminated rabbit droppings. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40027229/ns/us_news-environment/It's just a harmless little bunny, is it?
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Post by Cranky on Nov 8, 2010 12:25:26 GMT -5
Man performs CPR on his dog after alligator attackwww.msnbc.msn.com/id/40032388/ns/us_news-weird_news/Not quite a sign of the apocalypse, but I loved the headline anyways... so much bizarreness packed into one title... man performs CPR on dog... dog attacked by alligator... man performs CPR on dog attacked by alligator... where will it all end? If it had of been Paris Hilton's dog I would have headed for the bunker... I know people love animals, but CPR on a dog?  Radioactive rabbit trapped, killed at nuclear reservationA radioactive rabbit was trapped on the Hanford nuclear reservation, and Washington state health workers have been searching for contaminated rabbit droppings. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40027229/ns/us_news-environment/It's just a harmless little bunny, is it? I had a girlfriend that was nuclear powered rabbit..... |
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Post by franko on Nov 8, 2010 13:06:43 GMT -5
I know people love animals, but CPR on a dog? I had a girlfriend that was nuclear powered rabbit..... A rabbit might have been nice . . . I had a girlfriend who was a real d . . . never mind . . . I'm still trying to get over it. |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 8, 2010 15:32:23 GMT -5
Man performs CPR on his dog after alligator attackwww.msnbc.msn.com/id/40032388/ns/us_news-weird_news/Not quite a sign of the apocalypse, but I loved the headline anyways... so much bizarreness packed into one title... man performs CPR on dog... dog attacked by alligator... man performs CPR on dog attacked by alligator... where will it all end? If it had of been Paris Hilton's dog I would have headed for the bunker... I know people love animals, but CPR on a dog? There was a story a few years back about a guy driving on the 401 who hit the brakes to avoid hitting a dog. The big rig behind him had no chance to react and slammed into his car....killing him. Now, with zero apologies to PETA, if a dog runs into my lane while I’m doing 110-120 clicks on a major highway.....Lassie ain’t comin’ home. |
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Post by franko on Nov 8, 2010 15:40:55 GMT -5
happened here earlier this year -- facts are fuzzy, but think that a woman slammed her brakes to avoid an animal of some kind on the road [may have even been a duck]; motorcyclist behind her didn't have a hope -- man and daughter killed, wife injured on second motorcycle? I'll try and find the story. And google comes through again Gazette |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 8, 2010 16:07:19 GMT -5
Man performs CPR on his dog after alligator attackwww.msnbc.msn.com/id/40032388/ns/us_news-weird_news/Not quite a sign of the apocalypse, but I loved the headline anyways... so much bizarreness packed into one title... man performs CPR on dog... dog attacked by alligator... man performs CPR on dog attacked by alligator... where will it all end? If it had of been Paris Hilton's dog I would have headed for the bunker... ------------------------------------------------ Radioactive rabbit trapped, killed at nuclear reservationA radioactive rabbit was trapped on the Hanford nuclear reservation, and Washington state health workers have been searching for contaminated rabbit droppings. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40027229/ns/us_news-environment/It's just a harmless little bunny, is it? Where will it all end? Man performs mouth to mouth CPR on Alligator?? |
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Post by Cranky on Nov 8, 2010 19:51:27 GMT -5
happened here earlier this year -- facts are fuzzy, but think that a woman slammed her brakes to avoid an animal of some kind on the road [may have even been a duck]; motorcyclist behind her didn't have a hope -- man and daughter killed, wife injured on second motorcycle? I'll try and find the story. And google comes through again GazetteHigh speed stops with a passainger on a bike is really tough if not impossible. The passenger shifts forwad and the rider arns can't support both. Chance are the bike will flip over even it it doesn't hit the car. Human dead to save ducks.....I hope the driver has nightmares for the rest of her life. |
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Post by BadCompany on Nov 9, 2010 12:16:57 GMT -5
Though to be fair most people slam on their brakes instinctively, whenever anything darts in front of their car. Especially when it's close enough that you don't have time to merely slow down (thus giving the people behind you a chance). The body simply reacts and your feet are pushing the pedals before you've had a chance to figure out whether or not it's a child, dog, moose, snowmobile or holographic image.
It's sort of like when people step on the gas when they meant to go for the brake... the feet are just too quick for the mind...
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Post by Skilly on Nov 9, 2010 17:20:17 GMT -5
Though to be fair most people slam on their brakes instinctively, whenever anything darts in front of their car. Especially when it's close enough that you don't have time to merely slow down (thus giving the people behind you a chance). The body simply reacts and your feet are pushing the pedals before you've had a chance to figure out whether or not it's a child, dog, moose, snowmobile or holographic image. It's sort of like when people step on the gas when they meant to go for the brake... the feet are just too quick for the mind... Two stories, both true. I was driving down a trunk road of the TCH, and Mr. Squirrel (not Gionta) jumps out into the road, my female co-worker screams and reaches for the wheel then catches herself and grabs onto the OMJ bar. I keep going, never wavered, and she looks back all concerned that we may have ran over the squirrel. I look at her and say "you should be more concerned that you almost frighted the **** out of me and caused an accident" Needless to say I now call her "Rockey the Squirrel" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Granny here in Newfoundland was going trying to park her car, and went to hit the brake and accidentlally hit the accelerator and barrelled on through the wall/window of a Tim Hortons. Tim Horton's closed down the section, put a little plastic over the hole and didnt even close ... the Granny almost hit a pregnant lady and her two companions sitting next to the window. |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 9, 2010 17:32:10 GMT -5
A Granny here in Newfoundland was going trying to park her car, and went to hit the brake and accidentlally hit the accelerator and barrelled on through the wall/window of a Tim Hortons. Tim Horton's closed down the section, put a little plastic over the hole and didnt even close ... the Granny almost hit a pregnant lady and her two companions sitting next to the window. Now that’s a Drive-Thru. If the food doesn’t get ya.... RE: the advanced aged population....I hope I have the common sense to quit driving if I even think I’m losing the capability. Stories galore about that. A friend of ours lost her brother and his father-in-law on Christmas Eve when they swerved to avoid a car backing out of a driveway. The driver was an 85-year-old man. Could happen to anyone, yes.....but at 85, chances are greater you would think. I don’t know if there are any tests used to determine that. |
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Post by BadCompany on Nov 12, 2010 8:02:17 GMT -5
You know the end is near when something so good, so pure, so ... okay, not innocent... but something whose only purpose in life is to bring joy and happiness to the world, when something like that is used as a potentially lethal weapon then surely the Legions of Lucifer are amassing at Hell's Gates, ready to spring forth unto the world... When sex toys attack[/color] |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 12, 2010 8:35:34 GMT -5
You know the end is near when something so good, so pure, so ... okay, not innocent... but something whose only purpose in life is to bring joy and happiness to the world, when something like that is used as a potentially lethal weapon then surely the Legions of Lucifer are amassing at Hell's Gates, ready to spring forth unto the world... When sex toys attack[/color] [/quote] “Joe’s Crab Shack” Insert jokes here. |
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Post by BadCompany on Nov 16, 2010 8:49:10 GMT -5
Dealer offers free AK-47 for truck buyersSANFORD, Fla. — A Florida car dealership trying to drum up business is offering an unusual perk for potential used-truck buyers: A free AK-47 assault rifle. General sales manager Nick Ginetta says that since the promotion was announced on Veterans Day, business has more than doubled at Nations Trucks in Sanford. Customers would have to pass a background check before using the $400 gun shop voucher. They also have the option of using the money toward other firearms, or they can request a check in that amount instead. The dealership has fielded some complaints about the deal, which Ginetta acknowledges is controversial. But, he adds: "My buyer is absolutely a gun owner, no question." The promotion runs through the end of November. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40200718/ns/us_news-weird_news/
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 16, 2010 9:35:25 GMT -5
A Granny here in Newfoundland was going trying to park her car, and went to hit the brake and accidentlally hit the accelerator and barrelled on through the wall/window of a Tim Hortons. Tim Horton's closed down the section, put a little plastic over the hole and didnt even close ... the Granny almost hit a pregnant lady and her two companions sitting next to the window. Two of my own, A guy here in Kingston gets hammered at a party and calls his son to drive him home. The son walks to wherever his dad is and drives him home. However, on the way the dad decides the car needs gas and so they pull into the Ultramar just a few blocks from my house. The son fills up the car, gets the money from his dad and goes into the "Rainbow Variety" to pay for the gas. While he's in there, the dad decides he'll do his son a favour by pulling the car up to the door for him. However, instead of getting in the driver's seat, he stays on the passenger side. He reaches over with his leg and steps on the accelerator a bit too hard. Only seconds later he goes right through the front windo of the variety store. Two things that came out of it: a. the dad was charged with impaired, and b. his son only had a G1 license. That means he can only drive the car with a licensed adult, persumably sober. Not sure if the kid lost his G1, but it wouldn't surprise me. Second case, Was at the reservation a few months back to buy some tax-free cigars. I was gassing up at the pumps (great price by the way) when a lady backs directly into the front right side of my car. She didn't even turn around to look who or what was behind her. The first thing she says to me is, "... I'm so sorry ..." I look at my buddy to make sure he heard her say that (admittance to something gone wrong) then she tells me it's her boyfriend's car, "... please let's not go through the insurance ..." "OK ... " says I, "Also, I'm unable to turn my head around ..." "Oh, why is that ..." I ask, "I had an accident last year and it still hasn't healed ..." So, I look at my buddy again. He understands that as well (backing up a car without being able to turn around to look behind you), as does the young guy working the pay booth. I certainly wasn't unreasonable about it. I got a new bumper and new headlight out of it. It stayed out of the insurance and only cost her less than $700. She paid me cash and that was the end of it. Cheers. |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Nov 16, 2010 13:23:28 GMT -5
I do pretty well with 8 of the ten commandments.............. ;D Still like Carlin’s take on the Ten Commandments. I have this mental image of Moses coming down the mountain with two I-pads, each with 5 downloaded commandments from god. Makes it easier to ammend the ones he doesn't like.  |
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Post by franko on Nov 16, 2010 14:20:38 GMT -5
I do pretty well with 8 of the ten commandments.............. ;D Still like Carlin’s take on the Ten Commandments. on the one hand . . . [forgive, everyone, a religious intrusion . . . 'course I'm a firm believer in forgiveness] . . . Carlin was beaten to the contraction of the Ten Commandments down to two about 2,000 years ago . . . on the other hand . . . while he says "keep thy religion to thyself" he at the same time promotes his view of religion - slash - religion in many of his sketches. but that's OK -- I usually enjoy[ed] him anyway. anyone who promotes thought [even Penn and Teller] is OK with me, as long as they are willing to dialogue and not say "what I believe is right, disagree with me and you are an idiot". |
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 16, 2010 16:42:50 GMT -5
Yes, Carlin would put forth an atheistic outlook--always challenging status quo beliefs with logic--then he’d say, “Thank God for that....” in a few bits.
Hard to say what he was, atheist, agnostic or ?, but he was a harsh critic on those who took/preached any religion literally and were cause for (or used it for) war, oppression, etc.
He got really serious about his writing, in terms of social commentary, in 1992 with his “Jammin’ in New York” HBO special. His closing bit is a long piece on “saving the planet”. Way ahead of its time, considering all the fear-mongering/cash-grabbing going on since Al Gore’s movie.
Carlin was a brilliant comic, IMO, who was true to himself and his audience....kept evolving, growing, and improving as an artist as he went along. Sure, he was vulgar and silly at times just for the sake of a laugh....but ya gotta give people what they want as well. Can’t hit them over the head all the time.
Billy Connolly’s another one of my favourites. A master of the craft. Still going strong all over the planet.
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Post by franko on Nov 16, 2010 17:09:29 GMT -5
yup, I can ignore/get past the crassness and vulgarity because he has something important to say . . . makes you think and have an answer .
unfortunate [from my perspective] that religion is blamed [for lack of another word] for wars. mostly [notice I said mostly?] it isn't religion as much as someone invoking religion, or some religious festering . . . but the reason: land.
for example: the Irish conflict. it is seen as Protestant/Catholic, but really it was/is British/Irish homeland . . . it just so happens that the British are mostly Protestant and the Irish are mostly Catholic . . . so that's what is focussed on.
that is not to say that there aren't problems with institutional religion -- there are great problems and dangers as soon as dogma rules.
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