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MichaelJ Sun, Dec 23, 2012 12:22:24pm |
Amazon also has the new Rolling Stones album, Grrr! for $5.99 in MP3 format.
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Randall Gross Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:12:06pm |
MP3's, streaming movies, and Amazon Gift cards are all great last minute gifts if you've forgotten someone.
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wrenchwench Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:26:48pm |
The stockings were hung with just enough fabulous to be ironic.— Shit Germans Say (@ShitGermansSay) December 23, 2012
The stockings were hung without a fair trial.— Shit Germans Say (@ShitGermansSay) December 23, 2012
Perhaps I should don my holiday mock turtleneck of broken dreams.— Shit Germans Say (@ShitGermansSay) December 23, 2012
If you think my tweets are disturbing now, just wait until next semester. Teaching Nietzsche.— Shit Germans Say (@ShitGermansSay) December 23, 2012
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Amory Blaine Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:30:49pm |
Mitt Romneys son Tagg claims Romney really didn't want to be President anyways!!
The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama
But Romney’s strategists worried that stressing his personal side would backfire, and a rift opened between some in Romney’s circle and his strategists that lasted until the convention. More than being reticent, Romney was at first far from sold on a second presidential run. Haunted by his 2008 loss, he initially told his family he would not do it. While candidates often try to portray themselves as reluctant, Tagg insisted his father’s stance was genuine.
“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to . . . run,” said Tagg, who worked with his mother, Ann, to persuade his father to seek the presidency. “If he could have found someone else to take his place . . . he would have been ecstatic to step aside.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:31:11pm |
*wingnut heads explode* RT @barackobama: Happy holidays! twitter.com/BarackObama/st...— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2012
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:34:25pm |
Speaking of Christmas sales, Dead Island is awesome
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:35:42pm |
I keep finding myself wishing people Happy Christmas.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:36:37pm |
re: #8 Kragar
I keep finding myself wishing people Happy Christmas.
Better than 'Merry Holidays'!
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Targetpractice Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:37:08pm |
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Charles Johnson Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:37:55pm |
There are a lot of great deals on music at Amazon's MP3 Store today:
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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Gus Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:39:46pm |
I'm willing to bet there's a bunch of dumb wingnuts out there saying Merry Christmas to people a lot thinking they'll piss "some librul" off.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:39:54pm |
re: #10 Targetpractice
That is why I usually sign cards with Happy Holidays. It usually covers most holidays.
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dragonath Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:40:02pm |
re: #3 wrenchwench
I get a total Heinrich Bruning vibe from his avatar.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:41:32pm |
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:42:03pm |
re: #9 TedStriker
Better than 'Merry Holidays'!
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Happy Christmas is second only to "You too" for my holiday wellwishing
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wrenchwench Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:43:11pm |
re: #14 dragonath
I get a total Heinrich Bruning vibe from his avatar.
I think he'd like that. In a dismal, despairing way.
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Charles Johnson Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:44:35pm |
re: #7 Kragar
Speaking of Christmas sales, Dead Island is awesome
Yeah, it really is a great game. Didn't finish it, but I got pretty far before getting stuck. I should load it up again and try to reach the end.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:45:18pm |
re: #12 Gus
I'm willing to bet there's a bunch of dumb wingnuts out there saying Merry Christmas to people a lot thinking they'll piss "some librul" off.
Merry Christmas, Gus!!
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Charles Johnson Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:45:41pm |
Amazon has Dead Island today for 74% off.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:45:44pm |
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dragonath Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:46:50pm |
re: #17 wrenchwench
I love that picture. It's so ...German.
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Amory Blaine Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:49:09pm |
re: #15 TedStriker
The Airing of Grievances starts shortly.
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For the orthodox follower, it never ends.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:50:34pm |
re: #22 dragonath
I love that picture. It's so ...German.
See lots of photos of that era and nobody, nobody is smiling
Any photo my grandparents (immigrants from Europe, all 4 of them) were in no matter how old they were in the photo, no matter what the occasion (weddings, vacations, funerals) NOBODY was smiling
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:52:18pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:52:52pm |
re: #24 sattv4u2
See lots of photos of that era and nobody, nobody is smiling
Any photo my grandparents (immigrants from Europe, all 4 of them) were in no matter how old they were in the photo, no matter what the occasion (weddings, vacations, funerals) NOBODY was smiling
Nobody smiles in old-timey photos because the exposure time was too long to hold a smile. You had to say CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:53:50pm |
re: #26 Vicious Michigan Union Thug
Nobody smiles in old-timey photos because the exposure time was too long to hold a smile. You had to say CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!
LOL
I just figured that their dental plans SUCKED !!
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 2:58:57pm |
Entrepreneurship:
A woman is having an affair during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch. The woman's husband also comes home so she puts her lover in the closet not realizing that her son is hiding in there.
The little boy says ''It's dark in here''
The man replies ''Yes, it is''
Boy - "I have a baseball."
Man - "That's nice."
Boy - "Want to buy it?"
Man - "No, thanks."
Boy - "My dad's outside."
Man - "OK, how much?"
Boy - "$250"
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together once again.
Boy - "Dark in here."
Man - "Yes, it is."
Boy - "I have a baseball glove."
The lover remembering the last time, asks the boy,
"How much?"
Boy - "$750"
Man - "Fine."
A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab
your glove, let's go outside and have a game of catch."
The boy says, "I can't, I sold my baseball and my glove."
The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?"
Boy - "$1,000"
The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like
that... that is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church and make you confess."
They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.
The boy says, "Dark in here."
The priest says, "Don't start that shit again!''
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Pawn of the Oppressor Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:01:02pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:05:13pm |
re: #28 Shiplord Kirel
Heard it a few times before, but it gives me a laugh each time
(one of those times, it was told by a priest in our parish during our mens club meeting)
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:06:30pm |
re: #25 Kragar
Its $6.79 on Steam today.
Damn, that's pretty tempting. I was going to hold off on game purchases until the next Sim City. If I get bored drunk enough tonight I might buy it.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:06:46pm |
re: #29 Pawn of the Oppressor
"Stop crying and hit your father!"
Take a gander at Google's search results for Festivus:
[Link: www.google.com...]
(Look on the left...)
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:07:12pm |
re: #33 TedStriker
Take a gander at Google's search results for Festivus:
[Link: www.google.com...]
(Look on the left...)
Showing off your pole, huh?
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Targetpractice Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:07:17pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:09:03pm |
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Targetpractice Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:09:43pm |
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:10:42pm |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Damn, that's pretty tempting. I was going to hold off on game purchases until the next Sim City. If I get
boreddrunk enough tonight I might buy it.
They're doing there big holiday sale right now, with specials changing every day until January.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:10:53pm |
re: #37 Targetpractice
Damnit, did I leave my zipper down again?
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Wouldn't you need to be wearing pants for that to matter?
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Targetpractice Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:12:21pm |
re: #39 sattv4u2
Wouldn't you need to be wearing pants for that to matter?
Hey, if Charles doesn't set a dress code, then it's my choice!
//
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:16:56pm |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Damn, that's pretty tempting. I was going to hold off on game purchases until the next Sim City. If I get
boreddrunk enough tonight I might buy it.
I'm still trying to master PONG!
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Cinnabar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:17:22pm |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Damn, that's pretty tempting. I was going to hold off on game purchases until the next Sim City. If I get
boreddrunk enough tonight I might buy it.
And if you're in the market for older games, don't forget to check gog.com -- they're doing their usual big sale.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:18:43pm |
Chowindwn on a sacred shank of Scimitar Horn Oryx most delicious flesh on earth
— Ted Nugent (@TedNugent) December 23, 2012
Scimitar Horn Oryx is extinct in the wild. Must have been vulnerable to assholes.
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Cinnabar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:20:56pm |
re: #13 PhillyPretzel
That is why I usually sign cards with Happy Holidays. It usually covers most holidays.
Before we all left for the holiday break (Christmas and New Years), I wished the most fervent Christian in the office (as far as I know) a good holiday. Why no "Merry Christmas?" She's orthodox, Christmas is January 6.
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Gus Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:23:22pm |
re: #43 jaunte
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Scimitar Horn Oryx is extinct in the wild. Must have been vulnerable to assholes.
Fuck these wildlife ranch "hunters."
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HappyWarrior Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:23:40pm |
re: #44 Cinnabar
Before we all left for the holiday break (Christmas and New Years), I wished the most fervent Christian in the office (as far as I know) a good holiday. Why no "Merry Christmas?" She's orthodox, Christmas is January 6.
Heh I bet that would go over a lot of the people who spaz about Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays out but I know it. My grandmother grew up Greek Catholic so she didn't celebrate Christmas on the 25th until she converted to RCC when she married my grandfather.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:23:45pm |
re: #43 jaunte
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Scimitar Horn Oryx is extinct in the wild. Must have been vulnerable to assholes.
Ted Nugent, douchebag extraordinare.
How's that canned hunting, Uncle Ted?
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HappyWarrior Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:24:36pm |
re: #43 jaunte
[Embedded content]
Scimitar Horn Oryx is extinct in the wild. Must have been vulnerable to assholes.
Can't be any better than Has Been Rocker Who Craps His Pants and Talks Shit.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:26:34pm |
re: #45 Gus
Fuck these wildlife ranch "hunters."
Why? It's actually safer, more regulated and (aside from any dislike for Nugent) the people that sign up are (for the most part) avid conservationalists
There are several such places around Georgia. I've been to one myself (although I didn't hunt while there)
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Gus Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:28:01pm |
re: #49 sattv4u2
Why? It's actually safer, more regulated and (aside from any dislike for Nugent) the people that sign up are (for the most part) avid conservationalists
There are several such places around Georgia. I've been to one myself (although I didn't hunt while there)
Pre-packaged "big game" hunting assholes. They can go screw themselves.
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Usually refered to as anyways Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:29:26pm |
re: #49 sattv4u2
I've been to one myself (although I didn't hunt while there)
I see what you did there.
You forgot to mention you shot the shit out of anything that moved all the way there and back, didn't you!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:32:12pm |
re: #51 Usually refered to as anyways
I see what you did there.
You forgot to mention you shot the shit out of anything that moved all the way there and back, didn't you!
shhhh
Yup. I bagged a 5 point Right Rear Tire off that asses SUV that cut me off on Rte 75!!!
//
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:34:12pm |
re: #51 Usually refered to as anyways
Here's the one we went to a couple of months ago
[Link: www.flatcreeklodge.com...]
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:37:35pm |
re: #53 sattv4u2
Here's the one we went to a couple of months ago
[Link: www.flatcreeklodge.com...]
You monster!
/
Seriously, looks like they make some nice cheese too.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:37:57pm |
re: #49 sattv4u2
You're conflating a ranch like the one you listed, which is for pheasant hunting, with a ranch that has endangered animals to shoot.
This is very silly.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:38:17pm |
re: #54 Killgore Trout
You monster!
/
Seriously, looks like they make some nice cheese too.
The food and amenities were AWESOME
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:38:47pm |
Sheesh! The stampede to buy guns and ammo has reached epic dimensions. Cheaper than Dirt has almost sold out of .22 LR ammunition, .22 for crying out loud, and this after they raised prices to unprecedented levels.
Given the low probability of major military operations, it wouldn't surprise me if someone like the Brazilian or South African armies decided to ship half their 5.56 reserve ammo here as an emergency fund-raising operation.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:41:16pm |
The canned hunts for predators are really the most pathetic, I think. I mean, part of the whole fantasy is man vs. the wild beast, the stalked becoming the stalker. Kind of ruins that illusion when the animal has been raised around humans. Then you're just blasting chunks in animals that might as well be tied down.
There was some Prussian ruler who liked to machine-gun herds of deer.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:41:26pm |
re: #57 Shiplord Kirel
High-consumption ammo marketing:
There's a legal add-on that can make assault rifles fire "as a machine gun would." mojo.ly/YtqGu3
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 23, 2012
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:46:48pm |
Banana republic colonel: "Si, mi general, I have completed the inventory on our 5.56 ammunition!"
General: "Excellent! How much do we have?"
Colonel: "11.2 million rounds altogether."
General: "And how much did that cost us?"
Colonel: "1.4 million dollars, including the cost to the Americans of what they sent in aid."
General: "And how much can we get for it?"
Colonel: "Latest bid was 90 cents a round."
General: "LOAD THE PLANES! MIAMI HERE WE COME!"
Colonel: "But, general, what about the rebels in the hills?"
General: "Offer them a deal. See how much they want for their AK ammo."
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:47:07pm |
Ted Nugent gloating over eating an endangered oryx reminds me of this Howard Waldrop short story:
The Ugly Chickens
[Link: lexal.net...]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:53:25pm |
re: #55 Obdicut
You're conflating a ranch like the one you listed, which is for pheasant, white tailed dear, wild turkeys and wild boar, hunting, with a ranch that has endangered animals to shoot.
This is very silly.
ftfy
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:54:51pm |
re: #55 Obdicut
You're conflating a ranch like the one you listed, which is for pheasant hunting, with a ranch that has endangered animals to shoot.
This is very silly.
Should we expect any less from satt?
He's defending Ted Nugent doing a canned hunt on an animal that is extinct in the wild...I mean, WTF?!?
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:55:25pm |
Maybe the American gun culture can finally create peace on Earth simply by buying up the entire world stockpile of small arms ammunition. //
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RadicalModerate Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:55:35pm |
re: #43 jaunte
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Scimitar Horn Oryx is extinct in the wild. Must have been vulnerable to assholes.
Since this particular species of oryx is on the United States Endangered Species list, isn't hunting it a federal crime?
[Link: ecos.fws.gov...]
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:56:21pm |
re: #61 jaunte
Ted Nugent gloating over eating an endangered oryx reminds me of this Howard Waldrop short story:
The Ugly Chickens
[Link: lexal.net...]
It reminds me about the guy here in Wisconsin who was busted for poaching after telling a warden that swan tastes like goose...
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:56:55pm |
re: #65 RadicalModerate
Since this particular species of oryx is on the United States Endangered Species list, isn't hunting it a federal crime?
[Link: ecos.fws.gov...]
Texas Hunt Lodge has US Fish and Wildlife CITIES permits which accompany your Scimitar Oryx Trophies so that they are taken legally and can be exported out of the country.
[Link: www.texashuntlodge.com...]
Apparently not!!
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 3:59:17pm |
re: #62 sattv4u2
ftfy
Which are, for the most part, animals that are indigenous to that area, am I right?
Nugent was hunting Scimitar Horn Oryxs, a species that is extinct in the wild, in what sounds to be a canned hunt; how can any responsible hunter defend that?
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:00:15pm |
Remember folks, God gave us mastery over every thing on earth so God's totally cool with killing endangered species. Says so in the Bible.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:00:23pm |
re: #61 jaunte
Ted Nugent gloating over eating an endangered oryx reminds me of this Howard Waldrop short story:
The Ugly Chickens
[Link: lexal.net...]
Read the story now too. How... fitting...
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:00:44pm |
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:01:44pm |
re: #68 TedStriker
The canned hunt operators argue for an exception on the grounds that they will maintain a breeding population that can occasionally be reintroduced to wild habitats. So it's kind of like getting a permit to shoot zoo animals.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:03:01pm |
re: #71 Obdicut
Which are not endangered animals.
So again: Silly.
Then your beef is with our gov't who sanctions and permits the farms as well as the exportation of the game
Texas Hunt Lodge has US Fish and Wildlife CITIES permits which accompany your Scimitar Oryx Trophies so that they are taken legally and can be exported out of the country.
[Link: www.texashuntlodge.com...]
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:03:32pm |
re: #72 jaunte
The canned hunt operators argue for an exception on the grounds that they will maintain a breeding population that can occasionally be reintroduced to wild habitats. So it's kind of like getting a permit to shoot zoo animals.
Pretty much.
I wonder if ol' Uncle Ted did the deed with a AR-15...
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:04:26pm |
re: #74 TedStriker
Based on his twitter timeline, this time he was up in a blind with a bow and waited for it to wander by.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:04:56pm |
re: #74 TedStriker
Pretty much.
I wonder if ol' Uncle Ted did the deed with a AR-15?
Looks as if this particular lodge tells you what you can hunt with
Hunters of Trophy Scimitar-Horned Oryx can choose the Spot and Stalk method, Bow Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Black Powder, Safari Style Hunting, Handgun, as well as hunting from a Blind
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:05:38pm |
re: #75 jaunte
Based on his twitter timeline, this time he was up in a blind with a bow and waited for it to wander by.
No doubt sitting on the edge of a wide-open field that's been baited all to hell.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:06:12pm |
re: #73 sattv4u2
It's amazing how you always know who my beef is with, and it's not actually who its with.
See, I thought I was saying a hunter who likes to shoot endangered animals in canned hunts is stupid, because of the fakeness of it and the absurd mockery it makes of any positive aspect of hunting.
But apparently, even though I haven't said I want him to be prevented from shooting them, my beef is actually with the government for simply allowing this to happen. Because obviously, I want things I find stupid banned.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:08:16pm |
re: #76 sattv4u2
Looks as if this particular lodge tells you what you can hunt with
Hunters of Trophy Scimitar-Horned Oryx can choose the Spot and Stalk method, Bow Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Black Powder, Safari Style Hunting, Handgun, as well as hunting from a Blind
No mention if ARs are prohibited from the Rifle Hunting category.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:09:33pm |
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:11:01pm |
re: #80 PhillyPretzel
On this, I believe him.
[Link: www.tednugent.com...]
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:11:47pm |
re: #77 TedStriker
No doubt sitting on the edge of a wide-open field that's been baited all to hell.
The sad part is, hunters are often great conservationists, I mean, real conservationists, helping to protect wetlands and other very vulnerable environments. But these are hunters who like actual hunting-- going out into the countryside, relying on their own skill and knowledge of the animals to find them. What Nugent did here isn't really hunting, it's shooting an animal.
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:13:29pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:14:46pm |
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:16:30pm |
The distinction between fully automatic and "controlled rapid firing" is rapidly disappearing.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:16:33pm |
re: #85 sattv4u2
fully automatic firearms are
NOT LEGAL.strongly regulated, but not illegal
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wrenchwench Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:16:37pm |
re: #4 Amory Blaine
Mitt Romneys son Tagg claims Romney really didn't want to be President anyways.!!
The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama
That's a good article. But this paragraph from the last page should have been earlier, with more follow up on its content:
Exit polls told a stunning story. The majority of voters preferred Romney’s visions, values, and leadership. But he had clearly failed to address the problem that Romney’s own family worried about from the start. Obama beat Romney by an astonishing 81 to 18 percent margin on the question of which candidate “cares about people like me.”
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:17:11pm |
re: #85 sattv4u2
fully automatic firearms are NOT LEGAL.
AR as a category doesn't mean fully automatic. The only fully automatic weapons legal to posses by civilians were manufactured and NFA registered before 1986.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:17:29pm |
DiY advice from Gun Watch (via Free Republic)
Make (or print) Your Own AR-15 Magazines
The push to ban standard magazines is insane. It is easier to make a 30 round magazine than it is to grow a marijuana plant. The left is pursuing an unachievable result that will not help stop mass murder.
blah, blah
One freeper optimistically suggests that anti-gun elements will lose votes in the next election:
It will be a pretty efficient way for them to lose Dem and RINO seats in the House and Senate in 2014 too.
Another responds with ominous authority:
There will be no elections during martial law.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:18:44pm |
It's interesting how these things are not as simple as they seem
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Where once they occupied the whole Sahara Desert, they are now considered to be extinct in the wild, with no confirmed sightings in the wild for over 15 years.[1] Reports of sightings in Chad and Niger remain unsubstantiated, despite extensive surveys carried out throughout Chad and Niger in 2001-2004 in an effort to detect Sahelo-Sahara antelopes.[1] At least until 1985, 500 oryx were estimated to be surviving in Chad and Niger, but by 1988, only a few individuals survived in the wild.
A global captive breeding program was initiated in the 1960s. In 1996, at least 1,250 captive animals were held in zoos and parks around the world, with a further 2,145 on ranches in Texas.[citation needed] In 2005, at least 1,550 captives were managed as part of breeding programmes, and more than 4,000 are believed to be held in private collections in the United Arab Emirates.[1] Fenced in herds in three reserves in Tunisia, one reserve in Morocco and two reserves in Senegal are part of the reintroduction plans.[1]
So that ranch in Texas has almost twice as many onyx (onyxes? Onyxen?) than the rest of the world's zoos. They probably live a better life in the open than penned in a small noisy exhibit. They surely lived a better life than the beef chicken or pork we're all having for dinner tonight.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:19:34pm |
re: #90 Shiplord Kirel
It is really easy to grow marijuana plants. Pick a sunny meadow in Northern California, throw down seeds, leave.
To properly do the gender separation on the plants is a hassle. Bet it's still easier than making a magazine, though.
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:20:15pm |
re: #91 Killgore Trout
I'm not sure you get that people are making fun of Nugent for a canned hunt, and not for being mean to the poor li'l Oryx.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:20:58pm |
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:22:22pm |
re: #94 jaunte
That photo in the first link was a beautiful rock.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:22:44pm |
re: #93 Obdicut
I'm not sure you get that people are making fun of Nugent for a canned hunt, and not for being mean to the poor li'l Onyx.
That ranch only keeps them because people like uncle ted are willing to pay to kill them. Without the money from the canned hunts the ranch would have no reason to keep them at all.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:22:55pm |
I would bet Nugent is happy about shooting an oryx because it's an endangered species, not because it had a happy life in its zoo.
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allegro Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:25:04pm |
re: #98 jaunte
I would bet Nugent is happy about shooting an oryx because it's an endangered species, not because it had a happy life in its zoo.
He figures it pisses off libruls. He is a sad creature.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:25:33pm |
re: #98 jaunte
I would bet Nugent is happy about shooting an oryx because it's an endangered species, not because it had a happy life in its zoo.
DING DING DING
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:25:52pm |
re: #98 jaunte
I would bet Nugent is happy about shooting an oryx because it's an endangered species, not because it had a happy life in its zoo.
He tried shooting Onyx's, but they didn't taste as good and they chipped his teeth!
/
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:26:18pm |
Personally, for the sake of the game being taken, I don't think it should be legal to hunt deer / mountain goat or other medium game with any cartridge and rifle combination that produces less than 3000 Joules of muzzle energy. That pretty much eliminates all ARs and AKs.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:26:47pm |
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:28:06pm |
re: #97 Killgore Trout
That ranch only keeps them because people like uncle ted are willing to pay to kill them. Without the money from the canned hunts the ranch would have no reason to keep them at all.
Hey, let me just go ahead and repeat my last post:
I'm not sure you get that people are making fun of Nugent for a canned hunt, and not for being mean to the poor li'l Oryx.
If you're saying that these canned hunters are actually doing the world good because more Oryx are bred because people want to shoot them, it's pretty stupid. If the goal is "MAXIMIZE NUMBER OF ORYXes" then, sure, but the goal should be to stabilize their habitat and re-introduce them to the wild.
Even if this ranch is some ultracool place that uses the profits it makes from canned hunts to fund habitat restoration and re-introduction of the Oryx in Africa, that'd make the ranch cool, not the canned hunters.
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TedStriker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:29:37pm |
re: #105 Obdicut
Hey, let me just go ahead and repeat my last post:
If you're saying that these canned hunters are actually doing the world good because more Oryx are bred because people want to shoot them, it's pretty stupid. If the goal is "MAXIMIZE NUMBER OF ORYXes" then, sure, but the goal should be to stabilize their habitat and re-introduce them to the wild.
Even if this ranch is some ultracool place that uses the profits it makes from canned hunts to fund habitat restoration and re-introduction of the Oryx's in Africa, that'd make the ranch cool, not the canned hunters.
The canned hunters would just be lameasses.
Like Uncle Ted.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:31:19pm |
What really needs to be hunted in West Texas are feral pigs. But they're hard to find.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:32:58pm |
re: #107 jaunte
What really needs to be hunted in West Texas are feral pigs. But they're hard to find.
Dinners ready!!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:33:36pm |
re: #107 jaunte
What really needs to be hunted in West Texas are feral pigs. But they're hard to find.
[Link: www.smithsonianmag.com...]
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:33:44pm |
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:34:52pm |
re: #107 jaunte
What really needs to be hunted in West Texas are feral pigs. But they're hard to find.
Pigs are a canny, canny, canny thing to hunt. California actively calls for wild pig hunts every once in awhile. I helped out on one-- not doing actual shooting-- when I was a volunteer at the Academy of Sciences. They're terrors on the environment in a lot of ways. Anyway, the Academy owns a lot of land in Northern California and when the state or county called for a pig hunt they'd license and supervise people. A lot of the hunters were experienced guys with sensible hunting plans and they'd come back with nothing.
Among other things, the pigs take a lot of advantage of the shallow one or two foot gullies that open up in the dry earth of Northern California hills. They run along in these, and with their dun color and low profile they can be twenty feet from you and you'll see nothing because they're in a tiny little gully that you can't even see is there.
And the boars will rush at you and slash at your groin with tusks, so that's exciting.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:35:57pm |
re: #112 Obdicut
From satt's link:
“They’re just so smart, that’s why I love them,” he says. “You can fool deer 50 percent of the time, but hogs’ll win 90 percent of the time.”
[Link: www.smithsonianmag.com...]
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:36:40pm |
re: #107 jaunte
What really needs to be hunted in West Texas are feral pigs. But they're hard to find.
Plus they can be actually dangerous to hunt. We wouldn't want Uncle Ted crapping himself again, after all...
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:38:08pm |
re: #112 Obdicut
And the boars will rush at you and slash at your groin with tusks, so that's exciting.
Heh, well that'll definitely keep you n your toes. My older brother used to occasionally hunt javelina back in Texas. Wily, bad-tempered little critters.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:38:49pm |
re: #114 William Barnett-Lewis
Plus they can be actually dangerous to hunt. We wouldn't want Uncle Ted crapping himself again, after all...
iirc, he's said to have hunted wild boar
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:39:31pm |
re: #112 Obdicut
A photographer friend in Miami used to go hunting wild pigs in the Everglades, stalking through areas that were about 4ft deep in water, with frequent potholes to drop your foot into. He did it with a handgun, which would have been pretty exciting, given the alligators.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:39:55pm |
re: #116 sattv4u2
Yes. He bragged about that in G-d, Guns and Rock'n'Roll.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:40:29pm |
re: #118 PhillyPretzel
Yes. He bragged about that in G-d, Guns and Rock'n'Roll.
bow and arrow (or crossbow) iirc
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:41:06pm |
re: #117 jaunte
My brother John did research and wildlife management of bears down in Florida swamps, and he said the only reliable way of foot travel through the swamp was to look for the pig paths and follow those.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:41:18pm |
re: #117 jaunte
E gad, you couldn't get me within 100 yds. of water with alligators in it. Uh-uh, no way, Jose.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:41:37pm |
I don't know why we don't eat more geese, ducks and rabbits, The damn things are all over the place and often considered nuisances and pests. Still damn expensive when you find them at the butchers.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:41:41pm |
re: #119 sattv4u2
I would have to dig up my copy to check it. I do not want to dig through my pile of books.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:42:15pm |
re: #118 PhillyPretzel
Hey, Philly, was that your Parker fountain pen I saw posted earlier?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:42:18pm |
re: #117 jaunte
A photographer friend in Miami used to go hunting wild pigs in the Everglades, stalking through areas that were about 4ft deep in water, with frequent potholes to drop your foot into. He did it with a handgun, which would have been pretty exciting, given the alligators.
I'd be like Marlin Perkins
"While Jim is out in the wild, I'll be sitting here in the comfy studio wearing my hunting jacket while having a nice Earl Grey Tea"
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:42:39pm |
re: #118 PhillyPretzel
Yes. He bragged about that in G-d, Guns and Rock'n'Roll.
Even then-- a lot of 'wild boar' are wild boar that have been raised for canned hunts, or herded into the area for the hunt.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:42:45pm |
re: #122 Killgore Trout
I don't know why we don't eat more geese, ducks and rabbits, The damn things are all over the place and often considered nuisances and pests. Still damn expensive when you find them at the butchers.
Or frogs... //
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:42:53pm |
re: #121 CuriousLurker
Back when we lived down there, the local news was constantly talking about someone's pet getting lost to an alligator that came up out of the canal running past their back yard.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:43:21pm |
re: #118 PhillyPretzel
Yes. He bragged about that in G-d, Guns and Rock'n'Roll.
I understand that Sarah has hunted caribou too...
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:43:37pm |
re: #122 Killgore Trout
I don't know why we don't eat more geese, ducks and rabbits, The damn things are all over the place and often considered nuisances and pests. Still damn expensive when you find them at the butchers.
Had a LOT of rabbit when I was a kid
Maternal grandmother would use that in her pasta sauce at times instead of chicken or pork
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:43:40pm |
re: #124 CuriousLurker
Yes. It was. I cannot get it to load to the images library. It must be the fact that I am new to Mac. Very frustrating.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:43:54pm |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:44:12pm |
re: #128 jaunte
Back when we lived down there, the local news was constantly talking about someone's pet getting lost to an alligator that came up out of the canal running past their back yard.
Uugggggghhhh! *shudder*
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wrenchwench Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:44:28pm |
re: #115 CuriousLurker
Heh, well that'll definitely keep you n your toes. My older brother used to occasionally hunt javelina back in Texas. Wily, bad-tempered little critters.
A couple of weeks ago, I was riding my bike home from work and I saw something that looked like a humpbacked dog in the street two blocks away. It crossed the street, then I saw it coming towards me, with four more behind it. Javalinas. They stayed on their side of the street, and I stayed on mine, and we were all OK. Then one more came running by to catch up with his buddies.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:45:04pm |
re: #121 CuriousLurker
E gad, you couldn't get me within 100 yds. of water with alligators in it. Uh-uh, no way, Jose.
Our condo in South Carolina sits at the edge of a pond (on a golf course) that has at least 2 gators in it
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:46:29pm |
re: #131 PhillyPretzel
Yes. It was. I cannot get it to load to the images library. It must be the fact that I am new to Mac. Very frustrating.
I wish I could help, but I've never tried that. :(
That pen is gorgeous! I got into fountain pens earlier this year. Can't afford a really nice one though--too expensive. I'd love to own one with a nice flex nib.
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:46:45pm |
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:47:15pm |
re: #129 William Barnett-Lewis
I understand that Sarah has hunted caribou too...
SHE EDITED IT TO THE GROUND!
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:48:05pm |
re: #137 Kragar
I think he meant he is a wild bore.
Apparently he's both hunted wild boar in Texas and been blamed, in Texas, for contributing to the wild boar problem by keeping large herds of wild boar on his ranch to hunt.
Yeah, that's fucking stupid. The countryside is swarming with them, you don't need to keep a population to hunt on your private ranch with them surely escaping all the damn time.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:48:17pm |
re: #134 wrenchwench
A couple of weeks ago, I was riding my bike home from work and I saw something that looked like a humpbacked dog in the street two blocks away. It crossed the street, then I saw it coming towards me, with four more behind it. Javalinas. They stayed on their side of the street, and I stayed on mine, and we were all OK. Then one more came running by to catch up with his buddies.
Yikes! I was just watching a European nature documentary last night that had wild pigs in it. The piglets were tooooo cute. The mom, not so much. Wouldn't want to get on her bad side. O_o
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:48:37pm |
re: #135 sattv4u2
Our condo in South Carolina sits at the edge of a pond (on a golf course) that has at least 2 gators in it
Swimmin' hole
[Link: www.panoramio.com...]
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:48:54pm |
re: #135 sattv4u2
Our condo in South Carolina sits at the edge of a pond (on a golf course) that has at least 2 gators in it
Gaaahhhhhh!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:49:45pm |
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:50:24pm |
Feral hogs have invaded Lubbock in the last 10 years. They were unknown here before that. They are hard to deal with inside the city, where they occasionally show up. Tranquilizer darts are ineffective since they bounce off the critter's thick hide. The story mentions a bow hunter being summoned to dispose of one on a local golf course a few years ago. As mentioned earlier, wild hogs can be extremely dangerous. They are the reason I always have a gun, usually a 12 gauge with slugs, close at hand when I'm working on the farm.
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BongCrodny Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:50:59pm |
re: #135 sattv4u2
Our condo in South Carolina sits at the edge of a pond (on a golf course) that has at least 2 gators in it
That's one pretty damn impressive water hazard.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:51:35pm |
re: #145 BongCrodny
That's one pretty damn impressive water hazard.
Lets just say everyone takes their penalty stroke and moves along!!
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:51:50pm |
re: #145 BongCrodny
They must have a stash of golf balls down there like Smaug's treasure.
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researchok Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:52:09pm |
re: #135 sattv4u2
Our condo in South Carolina sits at the edge of a pond (on a golf course) that has at least 2 gators in it
That isn't so bad. You could have had a condo next to my ex mother in law.
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stabby Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:52:46pm |
re: #99 allegro
He figures it pisses off libruls. He is a sad creature.
If he shoots an okapi I'm gonna have a sad.
I remember one from the San Diego wild animal park that used to come up to the bridge to be fed.
They put in electric fences to stop her :(
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BongCrodny Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:53:57pm |
re: #147 jaunte
They must have a stash of golf balls down there like Smaug's treasure.
Gators in the lake, tigers in the woods, rattlesnakes on the fairway, scorpions on the green.
I say let's make this game worth playing!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:55:47pm |
re: #150 BongCrodny
tigers in the woods
I think he got in trouble for being in something else!!!!!
/
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:58:39pm |
re: #150 BongCrodny
Gators in the lake, tigers in the woods, rattlesnakes on the fairway, scorpions on the green.
I say let's make this game worth playing!
You have to be careful playing in Kuala Lumpur. Monkeys climb down from trees and steal your Irons and there are cobras in the fairway.
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researchok Sun, Dec 23, 2012 4:59:44pm |
re: #152 A Man for all Seasons
At least your putter is safe
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Four More Tears Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:00:31pm |
Feel the Christmas spirit!
Best Buy employee asks for receipt, allegedly attacked
However, as CBS St. Louis reports, at the Fairview Heights Best Buy in St. Louis, an altercation allegedly occurred when a 61-year-old employee asked a couple if he could inspect their receipt.
Latoya Thompson, 38, allegedly found the request somewhat offensive. The result was that she has been charged with disorderly conduct and her 39-year-old husband Hickey with felony aggravated battery, after the employee was allegedly beaten to the ground.
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:04:09pm |
re: #154 Four More Tears
What is wrong with asking to see a receipt? They do it all the time at BJ's.
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researchok Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:05:27pm |
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:06:39pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:06:44pm |
re: #156 researchok
Costco too.
You can't leave without showing a receipt
Haven't seen it done in awhile, but if you have a cart full of stuff I've seen WalMart greeters ask for one as you leave
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Kragar Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:06:48pm |
re: #155 PhillyPretzel
What is wrong with asking to see a receipt? They do it all the time at BJ's.
The obvious answer is that all receipt checkers need to be armed with AR-15s.
/NRA response
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:07:06pm |
re: #157 Vicious Michigan Union Thug
I'm pretty sure that is a Photoshop.
Yeah. I thought that kid looked odd!!
//
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Bubblehead II Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:08:09pm |
re: #155 PhillyPretzel
What is wrong with asking to see a receipt? They do it all the time at BJ's.
Probably thought they were being accused/suspected of shoplifting. Our local Costco wants to see the receipt as well as checking bags. Especially for high end items.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:08:20pm |
re: #155 PhillyPretzel
So what exactly are you trying to do with Flickr & your Mac again? Are you trying to get them from Flickr into iPhoto?
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:09:27pm |
re: #162 CuriousLurker
Yes. But I could not get it to upload to the LGF image library.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:10:24pm |
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researchok Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:10:59pm |
Silent Monks singing Handel's Messiah Chorus
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Obdicut Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:11:53pm |
re: #155 PhillyPretzel
What is wrong with asking to see a receipt? They do it all the time at BJ's.
I find it really rude; they don't actually have a right to stop you anyway so I just say "No thanks, have a good day" and walk out.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:14:08pm |
re: #163 PhillyPretzel
Yes. But I could not get it to upload to the LGF image library.
Ohhhh, that image library. Well, at 846.36 KB, the 1024 x 768 is way too big. There's a 400 KB limit on image uploads. Did you try a smaller one?
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PhillyPretzel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:15:25pm |
re: #168 CuriousLurker
That is why I put it on flickr. That usually works.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:16:30pm |
re: #167 stabby
heh
'magine that
it actually gave me a downding for a JOKE!!
You really need to get a hobby!
{yeesshh}
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:17:15pm |
re: #171 PhillyPretzel
That is why I put it on flickr. That usually works.
Is that what you kids call it nowadays!!
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:17:42pm |
re: #172 sattv4u2
heh
'magine that
it actually gave me a downding for a JOKE!!You really need to get a hobby!
{yeesshh}
Seriously? Good grief.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:18:33pm |
re: #174 CuriousLurker
Seriously? Good grief.
yuppers!
I would never have looked if (s)he didn't mention it
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:20:47pm |
re: #173 sattv4u2
Is that what you kids call it nowadays!!
ATTENTION STABBY
Does the above pass your muster!?!?!?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:21:11pm |
re: #175 sattv4u2
yuppers!
I would never have looked if (s)he didn't mention it
Take your punishment like a man!
/
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:22:14pm |
re: #177 Killgore Trout
Take your punishment like a man!
/
Now you've done it
You're entering PunHell
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:22:25pm |
Hahahahahahaa, now everyone's gonna do it. Gotta love you guys.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:24:05pm |
Too bad another amazingly resilient and hardy species, the common coyote, isn't large enough to threaten the feral hogs. I'm sure coyotes are delighted to grab the occasional piglet but it must be hazardous work.
My favorite coyote story involves a pack living in suburban California. They were preying on a band of stray cats who had gathered to take advantage of food well-meaning people would set out for them. Once the cats were wiped out, the coyotes continued to live on the food that was still being set out by people who had no idea the intended recipients had been eaten.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:24:32pm |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:24:35pm |
re: #177 Killgore Trout
Take your punishment like a man!
/
WTF did I tell you about leaving your stash out where people could get into it??
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:25:06pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:26:56pm |
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:27:16pm |
re: #76 sattv4u2
Looks as if this particular lodge tells you what you can hunt with
Hunters of Trophy Scimitar-Horned Oryx can choose the Spot and Stalk method, Bow Hunting, Rifle Hunting, Black Powder, Safari Style Hunting, Handgun, as well as hunting from a Blind
Why don't they just use land mines, then they won't miss any football while they are waiting for some dumb animal to wander by.
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jaunte Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:27:27pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:27:49pm |
re: #187 A Man for all Seasons
Very punny!
Yeah, but I wear pants so nobody notices!!
(oh ,, I thought you typed puney)
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Killgore Trout Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:28:23pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:28:25pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:28:46pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:29:21pm |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:29:44pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:30:43pm |
re: #188 wilburs
Why don't they just use land mines, then they won't miss any football while they are waiting for some dumb animal to wander by.
Lessee
Umm,,, because they're
A) not on the list
and
B) illegal!?!?!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:31:05pm |
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:31:41pm |
re: #155 PhillyPretzel
What is wrong with asking to see a receipt? They do it all the time at BJ's.
Nothing, but it's not compulsory to comply.
What of the shopkeeper’s privilege? Most of the circumstances satisfy the conditions necessary for Circuit City to claim the detention was privileged. The defense would turn on whether the guard had probable cause to detain and search Mr. Righi for stolen goods. However, Circuit City does not have the power to forcibly search all of its customers, and the only specific and articulable fact that brought Mr. Righi to the guard’s attention was that when offered the opportunity to submit to a search, Mr. Righi politely declined. It is circular reasoning to suggest that the refusal to submit to a voluntary search is itself justification for subjecting a customer to one that is compulsory.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:32:34pm |
Later, lizards. O_o
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:35:13pm |
re: #204 goddamnedfrank
Nothing, but it's not compulsory to comply.
I didn't see anywhere that the customer was detained or forced to open their bags, only that the clerk asked for a reciept
Either way, that doesn't justify a beating!
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:35:23pm |
re: #202 sattv4u2
Lessee
Umm,,, because they're
A) not on the list
and
B) illegal!?!?!
What have you got against live fire artillery barrages?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:37:03pm |
re: #207 A Man for all Seasons
What have you got against live fire artillery barrages?
I prefer not to have to scour four counties for the remnants of my (soon to be) dinner!
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:37:36pm |
re: #202 sattv4u2
Lessee
Umm,,, because they're
A) not on the list
and
B) illegal!?!?!
A little lobbying takes care of (B), (A) will follow
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:38:36pm |
re: #209 wilburs
A little lobbying takes care of (B), (A) will follow
"a little lobbying" gets land mines onto Wal Mart shelves!!
i did not know that!!
{shheeshh}
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:40:39pm |
re: #208 sattv4u2
I prefer not to have to scour four counties for the remnants of my (soon to be) dinner!
Think of it as a Sunday Brunch.. You get to kill all the animals and then pick and choose the good ones..
/
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:42:57pm |
re: #211 A Man for all Seasons
Think of it as a Sunday Brunch.. You get to kill all the animals and then pick and choose the good ones..
/
How do I know if they were good? I have no idea how they treated their kids, if they paid their taxes on time, how much charitable work they did!!
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:43:29pm |
re: #210 sattv4u2
"a little lobbying" gets land mines onto Wal Mart shelves!!
i did not know that!!{shheeshh}
why not
it worked with the Sig Sauer M400
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A Man for all Seasons Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:44:06pm |
re: #212 sattv4u2
How do I know if they were good? I have no idea how they treated their kids, if they paid their taxes on time, how much charitable work they did!!
Kill em all and let God sort em out
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:45:59pm |
re: #213 wilburs
why not
it worked with the Sig Sauer M400
Yup
A Sig Sauer and a landmine
Interchangeable!!
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stabby Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:49:35pm |
To go back to the boring topic of the week:
I did some dividing based on stats on wikipedia...
The US has about 100 times as many murders by gun as the UK
and about 4 times as many murders altogether. Apparently they find other ways to kill each other.
For world homicide rate in a sortable table look here
[Link: data.un.org...]
Our latest stat is 4.2 homicides per 100,000
The safest countries are ones like Japan and Austria with 0.6, 1/7th our homicide rate. There are plenty of countries that report a homicide rate of 0 but I don't trust that.
Interesting to note that even after all of Orianna Falaci's complaints about uncivilized Muslim immigrants, their homicide rate is 0.9 or 4.8 times safer than us.
Canada is about 2.5 times safer that us.
We're almost on par with India, Taiwan and uhm Cambodia
There are plenty of countries with very serious problems though.
Image: File:Map_of_world_by_intentional_homicide_rate.png
Russia, parts of Africa, South America, Mexico have homicide rates sometimes approaching 10 times ours.
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:49:58pm |
re: #215 sattv4u2
Yup
A Sig Sauer and a landmineInterchangeable!!
No
Just another incremental improvement in "personal safety" and in keeping jackbooted thugs from taking away our freedoms!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:52:02pm |
re: #216 stabby
Apparently they find other ways to kill each other.
We're humans
We have opposable thumbs
We're resourceful!!
Russia, parts of Africa, South America, Mexico have homicide rates sometimes approaching 10 times ours
Dear AAA. I do NOT need any travel brochures for the above mentioned areas!!!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:56:20pm |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons
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stabby Sun, Dec 23, 2012 5:58:50pm |
Worse territories of the US:
Washington DC (6 times worse than average)
- note it's not a fair measure being an urban city being compared with whole states.
Puerto Rico (5 times worse)
Louisiana (3 times worse)
New Mexico,Maryland (2 times worse)
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri,Michigan, South Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois (spanning from 7 per 100k down to 6 per 100k)
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Dec 23, 2012 6:01:00pm |
Zedushka is so weird. He's sitting in front of a 50" HDTV, watching a movie on his 11" personal portable DVD player.
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stabby Sun, Dec 23, 2012 6:01:26pm |
heh, one reason for 0 homicide rates are VERY SMALL POPULATIONS.
Greenland has rather high rates till you realize that the total number of homicides in 2007 was 2.
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stabby Sun, Dec 23, 2012 6:14:40pm |
I just made an argument over at pj... The site is pretty dead to debate these days so nothing will come of it:
There's an argument for taking the second Amendment out of this because the PURPOSE of the 2nd Amendment was to provision our army using self-armed citizens.
But we don't need that kind of Army, we have The Army, The Air Force, The Marines, The Navy, The National Guard.
And in more modern times (in the countries unlucky enough to actually have militias), it looks like militias are a very bad idea, they lead to failed states, to terrorism, to death squads, to sectarian war, to control by foreign powers.
So I would like to suggest that the fight over guns be made on modern grounds. People sound incoherent when trying to describe the reasoning behind the 2nd amendment because they don't see or want to admit that it's about an obsolete institution.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 23, 2012 6:21:05pm |
re: #213 wilburs
why not
it worked with the Sig Sauer M400
Big difference. The M400 is an AR-15 type semi-auto rifle, and as such is considered a Class 1 firearm by the ATF. Allowing it to be imported required only a change in ATF regulations.
Land mines, by contrast, are considered Destructive Devices under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (as amended by the Gun Control Act of 1968), and further have been listed such that they cannot be purchased by civilians at all, even in deactivated form. To allow them to be used in a hunt would require an Act of Congress.
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 7:00:43pm |
re: #224 Dark_Falcon
Big difference. The M400 is an AR-15 type semi-auto rifle, and as such is considered a Class 1 firearm by the ATF. Allowing it to be imported required only a change in ATF regulations.
Land mines, by contrast, are considered Destructive Devices under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (as amended by the Gun Control Act of 1968), and further have been listed such that they cannot be purchased by civilians at all, even in deactivated form. To allow them to be used in a hunt would require an Act of Congress.
I was being facetious of course.
While I have no problem with hunting per se, the concept of shooting some obscure animal just so you can check it off of some list is utterly, utterly depraved
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 23, 2012 7:07:07pm |
re: #225 wilburs
I was being facetious of course.
While I have no problem with hunting per se, the concept of shooting some obscure animal just so you can check it off of some list is utterly, utterly depraved
How is that to be distinguished from wanting that animal's head as a trophy? This presumes a standard hunt, BTW. Participating in a "canned hunt" makes one as asshole in my eyes.
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wilburs Sun, Dec 23, 2012 7:15:19pm |
re: #226 Dark_Falcon
How is that to be distinguished from wanting that animal's head as a trophy? This presumes a standard hunt, BTW. Participating in a "canned hunt" makes one as asshole in my eyes.
not much different I guess.
I just find the "list" thing sickening.
I was recently reading about walrus hunts in Alaska. "Sportsmen" pay 5 or 6 thousand dollars to shoot at an animal that moves about 2 miles per hour. One person likened it to shooting a bean bag chair.
Since there is no "sport" involved, and you cannot take any part of the walrus, what is the point?
To check it off some stupid list
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Dec 23, 2012 7:25:05pm |
re: #227 wilburs
not much different I guess.
I just find the "list" thing sickening.
I was recently reading about walrus hunts in Alaska. "Sportsmen" pay 5 or 6 thousand dollars to shoot at an animal that moves about 2 miles per hour. One person likened it to shooting a bean bag chair.
Since there is no "sport" involved, and you cannot take any part of the walrus, what is the point?To check it off some stupid list
That I would agree is ugly and indefensible.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Dec 24, 2012 11:06:06am |
re: #225 wilburs
I was being facetious of course.
While I have no problem with hunting per se, the concept of shooting some obscure animal just so you can check it off of some list is utterly, utterly depraved
My Dad and other family men hunted for sport, but only animals they could eat. Deer, birds . . . .. so, I don't get it either.
Dad grew up hunting for his food, it was a different world. Still have some family that does that --have deep freezers for venison etc.
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