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Apple Talk / Re: I'm so sorry to hear about your cat's penis
« on: Today at 08:37:15 am »
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Anybody look at Ukraine lately?
« on: Today at 08:14:18 am »
Interesting. William Engdahl is suggesting that the snipers were elements from Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense, a fascist group with a history of violence.
However, he fails to mention that Andriy Shkil is also linked to the Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, a relative of Putin's (by marriage IIRC) and backer of the previous President. According to a UK journalist, UNA-UNSO have a history of doing what he tells them to.
However, he fails to mention that Andriy Shkil is also linked to the Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, a relative of Putin's (by marriage IIRC) and backer of the previous President. According to a UK journalist, UNA-UNSO have a history of doing what he tells them to.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: How do I get molested by greys?
« on: Yesterday at 08:36:34 pm »
I think they definitely got their money's worth with that deal.
I mean, they got to anally probe people with impunity, and we got selfies. We should've at least held out for FTL propulsion systems.
I mean, they got to anally probe people with impunity, and we got selfies. We should've at least held out for FTL propulsion systems.
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Literate Chaotic / Re: The Unpublished Works of Carl Eric von Kleist, IV
« on: Yesterday at 04:48:29 pm »
Bump. Still unpublished.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Data Mining
« on: Yesterday at 04:45:36 pm »I know all the hypotheticals -- what my FB friend is asking for are IRL examples. A case where a purchasing history actually did raise their rates.
Oh! Wasn't there a guy who was detained because of his book purchasing history?
Probably. I know I got stopped on every flight I took (which was, at the time, not a small amount) and searched extensively by airport security because I had the temerity to buy books about terrorism. Not terrorist manifestos or bomb-making manuals, but books on terrorism research.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Data Mining
« on: Yesterday at 04:07:35 pm »
You can slap control orders on stalkers.
Although I'd give a gold star to anyone who manages to put a control order on the NSA.
Although I'd give a gold star to anyone who manages to put a control order on the NSA.
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Apple Talk / Re: OPEN BAR: it rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again
« on: Yesterday at 04:06:20 pm »I finished my paper.
Fuck the guy who suggested I "look into MLA to help" with my citation style. I think I must have gotten peer-reviewed by the least competent person in the class. Jesus fuck. His other truly brilliant criticism was that it read more like an essay than like a science paper. Seriously.
Never liked MLA myself. Chicago manual seems much more natural, but I know some universities explicitly want one style or another. Mine don't care, as long as it's consistent across the paper.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Data Mining
« on: Yesterday at 03:52:40 pm »
There were also the two Brits banned from America - for life - for using slang about their upcoming holiday on Twitter ("destroy")
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Apple Talk / Re: OPEN BAR: it rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Random News Stories
« on: Yesterday at 01:07:46 pm »
That is also a possibility. However, I don't assign that as a high probability explanation for that behaviour, as you wouldn't add unnecessary security checks by taking a route through China, and certainly not via Beijing, where checks are much more stringent if your aim was, for example, drug smuggling or similar.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Random News Stories
« on: Yesterday at 12:53:42 pm »
Crash is still more probable, yes. However, a confluence of oddities like that do certainly raise the chance of terrorism from its negligible baseline rate of occurence.
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Random News Stories
« on: Yesterday at 12:46:40 pm »
I'm also waiting for someone on Twitter to shout at me for calling people who immediately assumed, or went to great lengths to float the suggestion that this was Uighur terrorism are idiots or disingenous security contractor shills.
No bites so far, sadly
No bites so far, sadly
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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Random News Stories
« on: Yesterday at 12:31:06 pm »
If it was Xanatos-level then there wouldn't be any evidence.
But to be serious for a moment, I don't think so. Malaysian Air are a second-tier carrier. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty good, but they're not Qantas or SIA. Not something an important person used to the more comfortable things in life would use.
But to be serious for a moment, I don't think so. Malaysian Air are a second-tier carrier. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty good, but they're not Qantas or SIA. Not something an important person used to the more comfortable things in life would use.