Cancer Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 More reminders that Qatar is still a medieval absolute despotic state of the worst sort. Arrest the press We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers in early May - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs. EDIT: Second time in as many months reporters have been jailed in Qatar. Cygnia and gewing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Over 1000 Japanese Citizens Band Together To Sue Their Government Over Participation In TPP https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/07555231015/over-1000-japanese-citizens-band-together-to-sue-their-government-over-participation-tpp.shtml gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Common Bacterium Helps Bats With White-nose Syndrome gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Over 1000 Japanese Citizens Band Together To Sue Their Government Over Participation In TPP https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150515/07555231015/over-1000-japanese-citizens-band-together-to-sue-their-government-over-participation-tpp.shtml I wish them all success in their suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I wish them all success in their suit. Me too. The sooner this gets defeated the better for democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 9 dead in Waco Biker Gang Brawl/Shootings. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/texas-shooting/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I guess there are dumber reasons to have a shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I guess there are dumber reasons to have a shootout. Is that some kind of challenge? Because I've got the dumb, but it's going to be a pain in the butt getting the guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Speaking of Texas... Guess Texas not big enough for Tesla direct sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Is that some kind of challenge? Because I've got the dumb, but it's going to be a pain in the butt getting the guns. I seriously doubt that you have the dumb. Because that would be a lot of dumb. If you laid all that dumb end to end, it would reach all the way to the moon and back. A swimming pool large enough to hold that much dumb would be the size of Alaska. The guns are the easy part, especially in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I seriously doubt that you have the dumb. Because that would be a lot of dumb. If you laid all that dumb end to end, it would reach all the way to the moon and back. A swimming pool large enough to hold that much dumb would be the size of Alaska. The guns are the easy part, especially in Texas. Flattery won't get you into Chad's pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Chad has no pants. Chad needs no pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Chad has an utilikilt. gewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 ... or that's what he's calling it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Chad's grandfather was a tanuki. No pants can hold him. L. Marcus and gewing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I guess there are dumber reasons to have a shootout. On an NPR discussion show covering this yesterday, a caller who is in a motorcycle gang (Not club, sorry) called in and blamed the whole fiasco on law enforcement motorcycle clubs setting up the fight. He accused them of being as Criminal as the gangs. BUt then he explained what HE considered the cause. The Law Enforcement clubs won't "respect the territory" of the Gangs. Apparently they will send a letter to the gangs, explaining that they will be in the area, YES they will wear their "Colors", and if the gangs try to do something about it the LEO clubs will make their lives a living HELL. I guess the gangs are taking "Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs" Seriously. They seem to think that Laws don't apply to them, that they can make their own. Sometimes the not-nice part of me wishes they WERE outlawed in the old sense. what was the sentence? "No man may be punished for harming them, Any man who aids them may also become Outlawed." But they have Rights, though they consider themselves outside the Responsibilities and controls of society. It might be interesting to see what happens if 170 members are imprisoned for LONG terms, all at once. Probably not enough to decapitate the leadership, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Nintendo Hires Doug Bowser as VP of Sales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Chad's grandfather was a tanuki. No pants can hold him. I am sorry, I chuckled. I am a bad man. BoneDaddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Toy tiger spurs 911 call in Camas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Nintendo Hires Doug Bowser as VP of Sales Also in the article is that Nintendo is working on the successor to the underwhelming Wii U, and that for the first time in a while they were profitable to finish the year. I'd be curious to see where the profits are coming from. Video games I talk to frequently state their belief that it woujld be really cool for Nintendo to follow the lead of Sega -- by getting out of the console business and take their properties, which are among the most valuable in the history of the industry, cross-platform. The counterargument is the 3DS, the most popular handhold game-centered device by a very wide margin (if not a virtual monopoly -- the PS Vita has seemingly sunk without a trace) more than making up for the Wii U's problems finding an audience beyond the Mario/Link fanatics. But the latest version of Super Smash Brothers Melee is extremely popular and acclaimed, and the anticipation for the new Zelda game has been palpable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Your VP is in another castle... Men Claim to Like Spicy Food But Women Actually Enjoy It, Study Says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/20/1386221/-Anti-gay-pastor-in-Michigan-resigns-after-well-you-can-probably-guess?detail=email Clearly, this guy was living in a castle all his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Woody and Wilcox reported that a man who had been attacked and lost his gentilia died a year later. Police never found his initial attacker. Go Cleveland. CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Also in the article is that Nintendo is working on the successor to the underwhelming Wii U, and that for the first time in a while they were profitable to finish the year. I'd be curious to see where the profits are coming from. Video games I talk to frequently state their belief that it woujld be really cool for Nintendo to follow the lead of Sega -- by getting out of the console business and take their properties, which are among the most valuable in the history of the industry, cross-platform. The counterargument is the 3DS, the most popular handhold game-centered device by a very wide margin (if not a virtual monopoly -- the PS Vita has seemingly sunk without a trace) more than making up for the Wii U's problems finding an audience beyond the Mario/Link fanatics. But the latest version of Super Smash Brothers Melee is extremely popular and acclaimed, and the anticipation for the new Zelda game has been palpable. Most of their money probably came from handhelds. I've heard they're going cross-platform sort of. They're licensing phone games to another company, IIRC. That should net some nice profits for them. As to the Vita, the wifey and I both have them. They're actually pretty neat and have a handful of really good games available, plus you can download older PS games that have been ported over. No idea on whether the things are profitable or not, but they're kinda cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 It seems that in Germany, the trains no longer run on time http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/germany-grapples-series-labor-disputes-commuters-suffer-n361971 (labor strikes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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