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  1. Re:freedom 2 b a moron on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    Who said they could assume they could?

    I said there's very little reason to think they would not be able to.

    That's a very important distinction logically.

  2. Re:freedom 2 b a moron on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    Why would there be little reason to think that? Aside from all the expenses of homeschooling itself (books, materials, etc - both for parents and students), there's also the loss of income from at least one parent (when there even are two) not working. That can easily be half the household income gone, plus the expenses, and they still have to pay the taxes. And in a single parent household, what's the option? Live 100% on public assistance all the time?

    You appear to be confusing "not be able" with "would not be a hardship."

    That right there is the problem. If they had a choice, this would all be moot. Dumbasses who refuse to vaccinate their kids couple simply send them elsewhere with little or no cost. As it stands, if you're stupid enough to honestly believe vaccines will damage your child, your options come down to bending to the will of the state that you inject poison into your child or lose half/all of your household income and try to educate them yourself.

    Again, you are advocating that it should be a reasonable option for parents to be unreasonable.

  3. Re: Fuck You on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    Look at all the anonymous cowards...

  4. Re:freedom 2 b a moron on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 1

    Was that what you said when you found that smoking was banned in elementary schools?

    Doing something that you believe to be right that puts other human beings in serious risk is a burden that YOU must bear.

    Do you think driving a school bus full of children while drunk is a freedom you need?

  5. Re:freedom 2 b a moron on Time To Remove 'Philosophical' Exemption From Vaccine Requirements? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, basically, there's very little reason to think that a parent refusing to vaccinate their child would not be able to home school them
    Not much reason to allow unvaccinated (by choice) children into public schools then.

  6. I guess they missed the rape scene in... on Australian Target Stores Ban GTA V For Depictions of Violence Against Women · · Score: 1

    ...The Road Warrior then.

    I bet people can still buy that movie down under.

  7. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    Which has what to do with what?

    The crazy ways people try to dispute or prove things with huge numbers of assumptions... lol.

    Presuming you're trying to argue that you can tell from a chest wound(s), that Brown had his hands up makes the ridiculous assumption that when he was shot in the chest his hands were up instead of at some other time in the process.

    Imagine the following scenario - for which there is no proof and yet it is as valid as any other - Brown starts running away, shots are fired and he turns around with his hands up - as he is turning around with his hands up, he is shot in the side. This makes Brown lower his arms and grab his side. He is now facing the officer and a round now enters his chest. Brown doubles over in pain towards the officer. The officer now puts one in the back/top of Brown's skull (because he's bent over enough for this to happen), Brown raises his head and catches the next one in the forehead.

    Totally plausible - but more importantly - we have no f***ing idea if this actually happened or not.

  8. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    The official report says there was a shot in his side, and one in his chest.

    Entrance wounds are about as reliable an orientation indicator as you will get.

  9. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    Which shot are you referring to?

    Also, I am only referring to the official autopsy that the Grand Jury worked off of - apparently the autopsies differ ;)...

  10. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    According to the autopsy he was shot FROM ABOVE which means that either 1.- the cop got on top of the car and jumped so he could shoot a 6 foot plus robber in the top of the head or 2.- the robber was charging at the cop in a football tackle stance (which just FYI is consistent with every wound on Brown).

    Rather than dissect all of your diatribe, we can simply start with the initial faulty premise.

    The autopsy claims there is a bullet entrance wound in the vertex of his scalp. That's the back side of the top of your head. The bullet came to rest in the right side of his face. That means the bullet traveled from the upper rear of his head towards the front of his face.

    Now, somebody who argued like you do would claim this meant he was shot in the back of the head while walking away - but bullets can do crazy sh** when they enter a body. It certainly DOES mean that your stupid assertion that being shot in the top/rear of you head means you had your head down charging like you were in a football stance is incredibly unlikely (for many other reasons as well - people don't run in a

    football tackle stance

    - you can't, you start off in that stance. You can't run like that unless you like staring at the ground and being bent over at the waist.)

  11. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should read the official autopsy report.

    Shot in the top of the head.

    Shot in the forehead.

    Shot in the side.

    Shot in the back of his right arm.

    Shot in the chest.

    A bullet graze wound on the outside of his right arm that doesn't seem to indicate the direction of the bullet.

    A bullet graze wound on the outside and near the bottom of his hand that is oriented toward his thumb.

  12. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    Yeah think about it, it makes perfect sense if he stops running away and turns around and puts his hands up.

    Crazy how you didn't consider that possibility.

  13. Re:Flip Argument on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 0

    7 witnesses (black) collaborated cop's story. Brown was running at the cop, after beating him and pulling his gun

    Can you provide any links supporting this from a credible source? I've only been able to find information that a single witness claimed that Brown charged the officer.

    I can't find any witness information that says Brown beat the cop, or pulled his gun - other than the police officer himself.

    Thanks.

  14. Re:MOD PARENT RACIST on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    At least you're admitting that people get shot by the police when they're not committing crimes (unless you mean jobs that themselves are crime related.)

  15. Those engineers and pilots are at the peak of... on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    LOL - seriously?

    I love Rutan's designs, love the idea of SS1 and SS2, and wish them the very best - I would love for them to succeed beyond even what we all hope for BUT - the peak of human achievement? We went to the moon 45 YEARS AGO. Testing a shuttlecock aircraft design that isn't even aiming for low earth orbig, for a private company, doesn't quite measure up.

  16. Re:It makes you uneasy? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 1

    The problem being that the location will then be used to assign 'scientific legitimacy' to the discussion (despite intentionally disregarding science...)

    One of the primary goals of creationists is to try and muddy the term 'science' into something subjective.

  17. An anti-venom, epi-pen, et cetera drone... on "Ambulance Drone" Prototype Unveiled In Holland · · Score: 1

    Interesting possibilities.

  18. You've mentioned this "study" multiple times - would you care to provide some links?

  19. #iraqforhalliburtonbro

  20. Re:Cold Fusion isn't like Perpetual Motion on Independent Researchers Test Rossi's Alleged Cold Fusion Device For 32 Days · · Score: 1

    Entropy isn't the same thing as perpetual motion, although it might seem like it ;)...

  21. I miss Looney Tunes (the originals...) on The Era of Saturday Morning Cartoons Is Dead · · Score: 1

    God bless 'em...

  22. Maybe first you can stop pigeon-holing people... on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    ...by presuming that all atheists are alike.

    It's like when atheists are dumb enough to treat all Christians alike, or Muslims, <Insert Religious Stereotype Here>...

  23. Hasn't someone already done this? on The Challenges and Threats of Automated Lip Reading · · Score: 1

    I seem to recall that this was done previously but the conditions had to be good (e.g. sitting facing the camera with good lighting.)

  24. Re:The diet is unimportant... on Low-Carb Diet Trumps Low-Fat Diet In Major New Study · · Score: 2

    I think that generally speaking what you're saying is accurate, but it does depend upon what you do during the day.

    I used to run 6 miles every day at lunch (this was when I worked down in Mill Valley/Sausalito so running was fun) and I could eat lots of whatever I wanted - and I did.

    How I miss May Lee's kung pao chicken, San Jose La Taqueria (on 4th street San Rafael?) chorizo super burritos, Dave's quesadillas and tamales in Corte Madera, and Max's fries and caramelized brie sandwich.

    That stuff would give me a heart attack just looking at it now since I only run when chased by very slow monsters now...

    BTW, if you loved Max's on Sundays like I did, I hear it closed.

  25. Re:Eh, not quite on Apple Reveals the Most Common Reasons That It Rejects Apps · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Dooood, don't make them angry. I had a hard enough time getting the damn reviewer to actually use the login (Apple/Apple.)

    It was rejected TWICE in a row after 3 weeks of waiting because "it appears to require login account information" - despite a VERY clear explanation of how the app works and why you need to login and properly filling out the testing account entries in iTunesConnect, et cetera.

    I started to think they were employing monkeys over there.

    Just like you, every submission after the first acceptance - ZERO account activity on the apple demo account ;).