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Uh no, actually, the current era began with an incident on

Well I didn't really want to go that far back, but if we really want to we can start with 60 minutes back in the 1970's. I'm sure you already know that one.

Oh, if you want to go there, then let's go back to your old friend in the Publishing business. Or even....a made up incident!

But hey, at least you aren't going to war because of jealousy.

Meanwhile, oops... you believed another hoax!

Man, that is a crazy conspiracy Mashiki, and you don't even have a reason to blame the... You know, you wouldn't sound so crazy if you didn't make up such hysterical bullshit, but stuck to facts. Actual provable events.

Not your foaming at the mouth hyperbole.

Guess that's why some schools in the UK have seen a 2800% increase in kids suddenly claiming to be trans right?

Oh no! BIG HUGE PERCENTAGES! C'mon, you lying bullshitter, you know when you make blind claims of 2800% you'd just making yourself an obvious joke. You might as well complain that Hogwarts has had an outbreak of Goblin Flu for all the legitimacy that your complaints have.

Not been paying attention at all? I guess not.

Oh, is this like the time you wanted me to believe Satanic Worship was going on? Spare me your hysteria! You know what your moral panic doesn't mention? That the parents mentioned NOTHING other than a name change, a longer hair-style and different clothes. THE HORRORS!

Here's a real problem. Or this one. Or this!

Nope, I'm a citizen of the United States, and you may not understand this, but I want healthcare EVERYWHERE in my country, and more to the point, there are some practical considerations that necessitate my ability to cross state lines to get healthcare, as the boundaries of states were not set according to population or economics

How do you think it works in Canada?

According to you, it's apparently a death trap.

You know the single payer system that the left loves in droves? Each province is responsible for the level of healthcare. The federal government has no input. The fact that you want some bureaucrat in Washington to decide if Atlanta gets a new hospital is sure telling.

I sure don't want the idiots in Georgia deciding I get access to a hospital or not. And to be honest, they're not so good at paving their own roads. Or managing their own elections. Or staying away from other people's water. They need adult supervision. Sorry, but it's true.

Everybody everywhere has rationed healthcare. That's because health care resources are not infinite or unlimited.

Except the part where healthcare is rationed because the government is unwilling to pay for it right?

Nope, not when it's the insur

Yes, if you're wiling to accuse one side, you have to accuse both.

But hey, maybe some are just crazy dudes, not a resurgence of the past.

Oh my god, not a whole 25 of them!!!?1?! That's terrible!They will need hundreds more in order to reach parity with normal taxi services. It's safe to assume that California has just as many drivers for actual taxi services with a record as Uber does, even per capita, and maybe more. You are already not safe in a taxi in California, don't imagine that you are. (Not that it's safe to be a taxi driver, either...)

The real story here is that our country is a pressure cooker of inequity, just like most of the rest of the world, and when you apply energy to a system you add motion. But government doesn't want to fix society, so long as they can look busy. They don't want to work themselves out of a job.

School board superintendents here do appallingly well.

Teachers unions fight tooth-and-nail against any kind of performance- or merit-based compensation. Superintendents don't even have to fight to avoid it, apparently.

There have been a number of job-hoppng and job-losing superintendents in the metro area in recent years who made out OK, despite leaving under a cloud or after unimpressive results. "Hazelwood's superintendent was paid $230,308 annually". http://fox2now.com/2016/03/01/...

You may be interested in reading this before you try that: http://fox2now.com/2014/04/30/...

you haven't been following the bat populations, have you? they've had their ass kicked by some kind of fungus.

Yes, I have. We literally have bats in our belfry. We live in what used to be a church... and in a mosquito ridden region. Bats are our friends. I use infrared cameras, my own custom SDR software, and a super-tweeter as an antenna to monitor their supersonic little twitterings and goings-on -- it's great fun. So yes, as it happens, I'm pretty up on bats in general.

The fact that white-nose is hitting some populations -- not all by any means -- in no way means that additional food supplies won't lead to more bats in other areas. Nor does it directly affect the avian population, other than providing them with even more food. Also, there are efforts under way to combat white nose. It's not likely to extinguish our leathery little bug connoisseurs.

Normally, I only see their poop. Although some illegal growers killed our local bear.

Ok, fine -- I also live in a rural region (in Montana.) But my point (obviously) is that bear and mountain lion populations have been reduced, or perhaps a more accurate description would be these populations have been hunted almost to the point of extinction in most areas, and the sky, contrary to rumor and innuendo, did not fall. Is it a matter for regret? I think so. But it's not particularly important to the big picture, no matter how shortsighted and offensive I find it.

wild pigs are now proliferating due to the loss of those predators, and they are a serious problem. The erosion damage they do is comparable to 4x4ing or logging, but they can and will do it everywhere and instead of avoiding plants, they eat them.

A) this is not a situation that will plausibly lead to ecological disaster.
B) this is not a situation that concerns us re warming (whereas bugs could be.)
C) almost everyone loves bacon
D) almost everyone loves ham
E) bacon and ham are a damn sight tastier than venison
F) but then again, pigs don't have antlers suitable for deadlife trophies

Which we've dissuaded with our modern attitudes towards guns.

LOL, no. 2011 stats (most recent I could find) reported 13.2 million active hunters. Meaning, all those who took the year off aren't being counted in that number. Each year, the various states of the game populations are evaluated, and season-specific rules designed with those populations in mind are put into play. Do people exist who are not pro-hunting? Sure. Has that impacted hunting to the degree where it cannot be used as a tool to manage wildlife populations? Not in any meaningful sense. Might you personally have been inconvenienced? Sure. Is that relevant? No. :)

The Senate Democratsâ(TM) bill would extend the tax cuts â" which are now set to expire at the end of the year â" just on incomes under $250,000 for a couple and $200,000 for an individual. ... The GOP bill would extend the tax cuts for all taxpayers

As I understand it, the Democrat bill will also extend tax cuts for all taxpayers, just not for the amounts above 200K/250K. Most articles make it seem like if you earn 251K, then you are going to get no tax reductions at all (rather than tax reduction on 250K and no reduction on the remaining 1K).

Bonus link.

Seriously... Search for "TSA Stops Terrorist", "TSA Foils Terrorist Plot", or any other combination of words that might suggest this lucrative ass-hattery is accomplishing anything. The only links you'll likely find are to stories of stupidity like this: http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-play-doh-pitney-010410,0,2130327.story

Some person in a flashy car demanding from you in no uncertain terms to pull over? I'd say that warrants an emergency call!

Not sure if serious.

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-fake-cop-pulls-over-woman-illinois-20110223,0,2232948.story

http://www.news.com.au/national/fake-cop-attacks-woman-driver/story-e6frfkvr-1225939259419

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/How-to-tell-a-real-police-officer-from-a-fake-one/Ts58RNrvCE2-BH6BCLYRhw.cspx

http://www.fugitive.com/archives/24676

etc.

"fake cop" "traffic stop" gets 17,000 results

Yes and rightly so. 1) Heart rate monitors come in versions that can record data, and version that do not record data. 2) It is an excellent tool for endurance based exercise training and learning about physical health. 3) If data is collected for scientific purposes and you have not been notified, then it is highly illegal. 4) If data is collected by government agents (i.e. teachers)for other purposes, then you and everyone else here has been voting for the wrong people. 5) Don't let your kid take his heart rate monitor on this bus: http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=b4857769-5b0b-4b89-bc23-09476439ac79&cat=empty&src=front&title=RAW%20VIDEO:%20Bus%20Beating%20Caught%20On%20Tape