I was always fascinated by a little tray my father had when I was a kid, which was just the top side of the wings of these butterflies pressed under glass. I had a hard time believing it was from an organic being. Anyway, you can't get things like that anymore (I've looked) which is probably due to them having to be a protected species. Shame on all of us really, for hunting these creatures to near extinction
First of all: Its called a "museum of natural history" or something similar. Find one.
secondly, you had wings from one of them, and you "looked" for more dead specimens, and you try to carpet-shame the rest of us for their near extinctions? Deal buddy, and stop trying to lay your blame on me!:)
Another issue: if tyrannosaurs didn't attack ankylosaurs, why on earth did they have those bony plates all over their backs?
That's... not an issue. As such...
It had those plates on its back because its ancestors had other critters attacking it and the ones with the larger bony platy thingies survived more attacks than the others.
And I'm sure T-rexs attacked them occasionally. The young and inexperienced, or the hungry and desperate (or a mix of the two) will attack things they rightly shouldn't bother to.
humanity hunted the dinosaurs to near extinction, as your post implies, I suppose this means we didn't hunt them to complete extinction, which implies that there are still dinosaurs around today
Jimmy Carter was the first national figure to say "nukular" instead of the correct "nuclear".
Since we've been told for almost 30 years that Jimmy Carter is the smartest President ever
First time I ever heard or read that.
your moronic contention that Bush is just stupid.
You're making stuff up again. I'll say it again: He's stupid AND evil.
Thank you for providing me the opportunity to correct one small bit of partisan idiocy on your part.
First of all, making stuff up is not "correcting" anything.
Secondly, I'm not partisan. That would mean I'm a member, or supporter, of the Democratic party. I just think 90% of republicans are cretins, like you.
What's interesting is that the French version of the anthem is by no means a direct translation of the English version.
That is because the French version is the original. Comissioned by the Société Saint-Jean Batiste. As was the maple leaf originally the symbol of french-canadians.
In fact the original version is the french one... Kind of weird when you think about it. Quebecers (French canadians) Being the victims of english conquest and all...
Not "weird", consistent. They took our land, then they took our song about our land.
one of these military voting surveys had 75% of the military who had been to Iraq approving of Bush's handling of it. [...] They believe in what they're doing over there. Why don't you?
Because the ones being surveyed are not the ones dead or mutilated? Because I'm not being subjected to a daily dose of very effective "morale boosting" propaganda?
Tell me, if you guys are so damn smart, then why are you out the presidency, why are you out more senate seats, and why are you out a few more house seats too? (Note: Americans are dumb is not an acceptable answer.)
It may be unnacceptable, but its true. If you want a more acceptable one (by your terms): Good guys finish last.
When you lose this big, and this consistently, there is something wrong with your side.
48% to 51%.
Its because you people spew stuff like "when you loose this big" to a margin of 3% that people infer that you are not smart.
Also, you're blindly following a guy who can't say "nuclear", who says things like "catastrophic cucess" and who says "mission accomplish" when things are just getting started.
But the fucking virulent hate without much rational thought or reason is why I voted Republican this year.
Well, that IS the Republican Party's track record, so bravo for going with your gut and choosing the candidate that best represents your virulent feelings of irrational hate! : )
(Yes, I did read the rest of your post)
"Personally? Like he went over and raped and murdered people?" "Yes he has! Millions!"
I can see why you voted for him! That is one strong and viril man there! Pure, unbridled testosterone, leading the country to a better tomorrow! Especially at his age...
The post I responded to was inferring that creationists were small minded Christians.
There is a LOT of those, and they make a lot of noise.
his generalization was just as small minded.
He's obviously mostly talked to small minded christian creationists, just because there exists small minded people of other denomination to argue with does not mean the grandparent poster had the misfortune to argue with them.
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It would be cool if some mutant monster thing got created that quickly multiplied, took over the whole planet, and enslaved us all.
Hell, we're seven years overdue for that!
our model of the Earth's interior
"For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky"
I can't see the words "Earth's interior" without thinking of that title. : )
I was always fascinated by a little tray my father had when I was a kid, which was just the top side of the wings of these butterflies pressed under glass. I had a hard time believing it was from an organic being. Anyway, you can't get things like that anymore (I've looked) which is probably due to them having to be a protected species. Shame on all of us really, for hunting these creatures to near extinction
:)
First of all: Its called a "museum of natural history" or something similar. Find one.
secondly, you had wings from one of them, and you "looked" for more dead specimens, and you try to carpet-shame the rest of us for their near extinctions? Deal buddy, and stop trying to lay your blame on me!
Another issue: if tyrannosaurs didn't attack ankylosaurs, why on earth did they have those bony plates all over their backs?
That's... not an issue. As such...
It had those plates on its back because its ancestors had other critters attacking it and the ones with the larger bony platy thingies survived more attacks than the others.
And I'm sure T-rexs attacked them occasionally. The young and inexperienced, or the hungry and desperate (or a mix of the two) will attack things they rightly shouldn't bother to.
A creature doesn't get to be a 10 ton monster by being an "opportunistic scavenger".
It does if it's in the habit of opportunistically scavenging 10 ton carcasses.
humanity hunted the dinosaurs to near extinction, as your post implies, I suppose this means we didn't hunt them to complete extinction, which implies that there are still dinosaurs around today
And they are delicious!
that movie itself describes that the T-rex has a good nose but is somehow unable to small(sic) a scared human right in front of it
A human wearing perfumes. Ol' Rex there would probably confuse it with a plant. Its not like it has extensive experience in humans yet.
"a driving snowstorm"
/Canadian
Americans, eh? : )
TOY STORY 3 to SUCK
You know it's true.
statisticians to prove that hurricanes [...]
Statistics prove nothing.
That much information results in some interesting data-mining. Did you know hurricanes increase [non-perishable food item] sales 7-fold?
It took them 460 terabytes of data to figure out that hurricanes make people buy more non-perishable food than usual?
Wow, data mining is "usefull"...
Pffft.... moderators, american voters...you people make me sick.
If you think the UN is going to provide you safety you are very close to totally wrong.
The random hatred of the U.N...
Yeah, well, that entire religion has hated us for the better part of 150 years.
Anthropomorphing an whole religion...
The US is significantly safer in many, many ways.
And many, many of the things done to make the U.S. safer actually do nothing or make it worse.
Finally recognising that terrorism is a threat and the U.S. a sitting duck: Required 9/11 to get through to the top, and the masses.
Jimmy Carter was the first national figure to say "nukular" instead of the correct "nuclear".
Since we've been told for almost 30 years that Jimmy Carter is the smartest President ever
First time I ever heard or read that.
your moronic contention that Bush is just stupid.
You're making stuff up again.
I'll say it again: He's stupid AND evil.
Thank you for providing me the opportunity to correct one small bit of partisan idiocy on your part.
First of all, making stuff up is not "correcting" anything.
Secondly, I'm not partisan. That would mean I'm a member, or supporter, of the Democratic party. I just think 90% of republicans are cretins, like you.
Should we make Hillary the Queen for life
No no no.
Phase one: Murderous facist dictatorship.
Phase two: Bloody revolution, eliminating all the facists.
Phase three: Anarchist eutopia.
The tricky part is pulling off phase two correctly...
those who purport to support democracy
I never said that!
I think democracy is "mob rule" with paperwork!
They worked their butts off to figure out a way to convince voters to vote for them
And this kind of shit is why.
Its a popularity contest. I don't want to be under the rule of the most popular.
No flame on about how evil I am, just because its the system we have, don't mean it can't be improved.
How 'bout "God hates you."
:)
I like it as an explanation because it has that whole vindication of the righteous thing going for it
That would explain all those tornadoes and hurricanes...
What's interesting is that the French version of the anthem is by no means a direct translation of the English version.
That is because the French version is the original.
Comissioned by the Société Saint-Jean Batiste. As was the maple leaf originally the symbol of french-canadians.
In fact the original version is the french one... Kind of weird when you think about it. Quebecers (French canadians) Being the victims of english conquest and all...
Not "weird", consistent.
They took our land, then they took our song about our land.
one of these military voting surveys had 75% of the military who had been to Iraq approving of Bush's handling of it. [...] They believe in what they're doing over there. Why don't you?
Because the ones being surveyed are not the ones dead or mutilated?
Because I'm not being subjected to a daily dose of very effective "morale boosting" propaganda?
Tell me, if you guys are so damn smart, then why are you out the presidency, why are you out more senate seats, and why are you out a few more house seats too?
(Note: Americans are dumb is not an acceptable answer.)
It may be unnacceptable, but its true.
If you want a more acceptable one (by your terms): Good guys finish last.
When you lose this big, and this consistently, there is something wrong with your side.
48% to 51%.
Its because you people spew stuff like "when you loose this big" to a margin of 3% that people infer that you are not smart.
Also, you're blindly following a guy who can't say "nuclear", who says things like "catastrophic cucess" and who says "mission accomplish" when things are just getting started.
But the fucking virulent hate without much rational thought or reason is why I voted Republican this year.
Well, that IS the Republican Party's track record, so bravo for going with your gut and choosing the candidate that best represents your virulent feelings of irrational hate! : )
(Yes, I did read the rest of your post)
"Personally? Like he went over and raped and murdered people?"
"Yes he has! Millions!"
I can see why you voted for him! That is one strong and viril man there! Pure, unbridled testosterone, leading the country to a better tomorrow!
Especially at his age...
Why should Rhode Island have two seats?
;-)
One for Rhode, and the other for that island. Duh!
Well, as one of the apparently meaningless midwesterners, I will be praying for you and your ignorant view of the midwest.
;-)
Well, my view of the midwest was that it was full of religious nuts with superiority complexes...
That...sorta confirmed it.
the world WOULD be better if everyone spoke the same language.
Would that language be German, by any chance?
And the world would be better if there was only one OS? And one Race? And one religion?
Sigh...
The post I responded to was inferring that creationists were small minded Christians.
There is a LOT of those, and they make a lot of noise.
his generalization was just as small minded.
He's obviously mostly talked to small minded christian creationists, just because there exists small minded people of other denomination to argue with does not mean the grandparent poster had the misfortune to argue with them.