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  Climate "skeptic" Lord Monckton=Sasha Baron Cohen's Greatest Gag?

  by SixofNine in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w833cas9en0&feature=player_embedded.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w833cAs9EN0&feature=player_embedded
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  Sax Man: Careless Whisper Prank

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaolu6zkaws.

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  I'm not sure what you mean by "prank", but this guy is AWESOME.
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  Wonderful news about Ali....and something to warm your heart

  by coffee_black in

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  as i have posted, my daughter ali has been in the cardiac intensive care unit since thursday.

  her bp, heartrate and blood sugar went sky high, due to horrible coughing spells from a chest cold that left her gasping for air.. she has congestive heart failure, and has been treated for almost a year now.

  she has improved over that year, but this was a real setback.. ali called me today with amazing news.

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  Great news!
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  Iran Hilkers

  by free2beme in

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  i just saw this story .... .

  http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/17/us/occupy-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1.

  ) they are actually in agreement of the leader of iran.

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  1.) They are actually in agreement of the leader of Iran.

  Wrt to what exactly?
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  Does the Issue of Universal Sovereignty make sense to you as an explanation for evil?

  by gubberningbody in

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  it used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.

  more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?

  who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.

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  cruel, gubberningbody. You may as well have driven a stake through her heart.
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  Does the Issue of Universal Sovereignty make sense to you as an explanation for evil?

  by gubberningbody in

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  it used to for me, and now it doesn't.. i'm not sure how i was able to accept that argument now that i don't, but perhaps it was connected with my increasing compassion for people and their personal suffering as i've grown older.. now it seems like a sick excuse.

  more like a bar-bet with satan and all of creation suffers.. i read paul's words and he has no rejoiner except to say in effect "sucks to be a vessel of wrath...glad i'm not one, but who are you to complain anyway, huh?

  who's bigger, smarter and more powerful than you, you, you complaining vessel of wrath, you.

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  Well, it's official, I am a rabid, mentally diseased Apostate!

  by serenitynow! in

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  so an apostabuddy wanted to stage a silent protest at the assembly hall where she was baptized.

  we went today.

  the plan was to wear these apostate t-shirts that had stuff printed on them about thinking for yourself, and a bunch of websites.

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  awesome, hope it felt great.
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  The Kindness of Strangers

  by serenitynow! in

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  something really nice happened to my sister today.

  she was sitting outside the airport where she works, waiting for her ride home.

  a man sat down next to her and pulled out a cigarette.

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  this is kinda beautiful
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  Anybody know anything about Scooters?

  by Terry in

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  i have never ridden/driven a motorcycle or a scooter.

  but, i'm thinking about getting one.. in fact, a chinese scooter!.

  they get 100 mpg on gasoline and they are under $900 bucks.. .

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  If you can ride a bicycle, you can ride a scooter. The vast majority don't even have gears to shift; you just twist and go. I have one (an antique of sorts) that has gears, but no clutch. It will take you a few hours of riding to get truly comfortable on the road, but that's just because you will be so completely aware of how close to death you are ;).

  Obviously, it's about extreme defensiveness. Being more aware of what the car/truck drivers are going to do next than they are themselves. If you're good at that, you can probably reduce your odds to something more like 5 times as likely to be killed as when driving a car.

  One strategy to consider. Yes, you can get something crappy for 900 bucks, but when you want to sell it used, even only a year down the road, it may be hard to get 350.00 bucks for it even though you may not have put very many miles on it. So, it may pay both financially and in reliability and fun-factor to get something already used that has some inherent worth, like a vespa.
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  What's Your Favorite Shopping Destination?

  by minimus in

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  i'm a sucker for dollar stores, discount stores and bargain outlets.

  give me a tjx/ marshall's store over bloomingdales anyday!.

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  I'm so glad you asked, Minimus.