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Aneristic Illusions / Death by Drug War < Kid on Pot

« on: March 29, 2013, 08:12:45 am »

Even do i just read now rather than posting, i will say some things because im outraged...

I know that its harder to discern the extremes and consequences of the drug war in a 1st World country that imports drugs rather than manufactures, and has an expensive infrastructure (AKA Police-State) so that the violence is only exersiced from State to citizens... because also, money laundering from Cartels actually benefits your county's elite - how many banks would not have died if it wasnt for the liquid assets the Cartels provided for you?

But people (specifically you RWHN), if you would pull your head out of your 'Murrican egocentrical perspective butt, you could perhaps consider the effects of prohibition ON OTHER COUNTRIES.

USA's drug black market funds Mexican and South American Cartels... the USA also forces their stupid prohibition agenda upon the Mexican government, and what is the result?

BETWEEN 60,000 TO 100,000 DEATHS IN 6 YEARS

So fuck off.

Sincerely,

-Joh'Nyx

I brought this up earlier, but it was waved aside by RWHN.

Mexican kids aren't on the list to be protected when he says "the children".

I think i posted that from visceral outrage, and also a morbid curiosity on how he can rationalize an answer to that... also, offering up a larger context so that what is happening might become clearer, just in case anyone is sitting on the fence... prohibition isnt just about ruining individual marginal lives, but compromising the well-being of entire countries which might not be directly apparent.

It's worth it to RWHN.

The lives of people killed, locked up, and disenfranchised by prohibition don't matter as much as whether or not a small percentage of kids start smoking pot.

It's a perverse kind of myopia.

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Discordian Recipes / HOLY FUCKING SRIRACHA ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!

« on: March 06, 2013, 09:16:55 am »

Thai basil vanilla ice cream rolled in toasted coconut between two peanut butter/chocolate/Sriracha cookies.

I won't have time to make these for a while, but how could this possibly not be the most glorious thing you've put into your face (don't answer that)?

I haven't been this excited about food since I splattered hot bacon grease all over my arm.

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Aneristic Illusions / Proponents of the Free Market aren't Profitable, Beg for Money

« on: December 18, 2012, 11:09:17 am »

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335221/we-need-your-help-jack-fowler

As many of you know, National Review is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable. A lawsuit is not something we can fund with money we don’t have. Of course, we’ll do whatever we have to do to find ourselves victorious in court and Professor Mann thoroughly defeated, as he so richly deserves to be. Meanwhile, we have to hire attorneys, which ain’t cheap.

 

Wait, there's more.

Dr. Mann complains about two statements: 1)that as "the man behind the fraudulent climate-change 'hockey-stick' graph," he is "the very ringmaster of the three-ring circus" on climate change; and 2) that he "could be said to be the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except that instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data in the service of politicized science that could have dire economic consequences for the nation and planet." Neither of these statements is actionable. Moreover, if Dr. Mann decides to pursue this matter, he and his research would be subjected to a very extensive discovery of materials that he has fought so hard to protect in other proceedings. Such materials would be required for National Review to defend itself.

(and from the same document:)

Here, "even the most careless reader must have perceived" that Mr. Steyn's use of the term "fraudulent" did not accuse Dr. Mann of fraud in the criminal sense, but rather was used to call out his conclusions on climate science as intellectually suspect.

 

On one hand they say through discovery in a legal proceeding they will be proven factually correct, and on the other, uh, they didn't really mean it and stuff.

I'm not sure Dr. Mann's claims of "emotional distress" were very helpful to his lawsuit but I'm busting out the popcorn for this.

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Apple Zone / The truth is Romney would never pay for your soul

« on: November 15, 2012, 09:30:55 am »

Despite what you see in movies and television, Romneyism is not interested in unwholesome activities like human sacrifice or child molesting. We are a very progressive, open and accepting religion, and all of our beliefs are based on these pillars.

Romney the Promethean

The bedrock of our Church is that Lord Romney saw in humanity the capacity for greatness. A greatness that rivaled the divine in our capacity for thought, compassion, and growth. Where Romney saw greatness, Yahweh saw a threat from his creation.

In defiance of his own creator, the arch-angel Lucifer went to Eve, the first mother, and gave her a gift, the one thing that Yahweh had forbidden her, self-awareness. His first act of rebellion complete, Lucifer renounced Yahweh, created a refuge for souls willing to defy conformity, and became Romney. Since that seminal moment, Romney has waged war against a totalitarian host in Heaven to free our minds and souls from orthodoxy and the chains that Christianity would place on us.

Knowledge is the Key to Salvation with Romney

Romney gave Eve the gift of knowledge and self-awareness, which she in turn gave to Adam. Without Romney, there is no understanding of the material or spiritual world. Romneyists dedicate themselves to learning and understanding. This is manifest in the amazing intellectual accomplishments of our members, a disproportionate number of which are members of MENSA. Knowledge frees you from the spiritual shackles of Christian orthodoxy and mediocrity.

Material and Spiritual Happiness Can Co-Exist

You do not need to deny yourself material pleasures to achieve an ascendant spiritual life. Romneyists believe there is nothing inherently wrong with the pursuit of money, power, or pleasure. It is only when the pursuit is coupled with hypocrisy, bigotry, or at the expense of the free pursuit of knowledge and self-awareness, that these things become bad. We accept with open arms homosexuals, but reject sexual hypocrites like Mr. Spitzer or Mr. Falwell. So often we find Christians condemning us for actions they take in secret.

Romney gives us the world

This tenant is often misinterpreted as a contract to sell your soul to the devil. The truth is Romney would never pay for your soul, He will only accept it given freely and willingly. But give your soul to Him, and the restraints imposed by Christian dogma fall away and you are able to pursue your true nature and desires, unfettered by the violence loving “morality” of the bible.

These three Pillars of Faith guide us, and enable each of us, as individuals, to thrive. Ironically, these Pillars have helped us form a more loving and accepting church than any Christian sect. We don’t blow up or try to kill doctors. We don’t try to pass laws to enforce “god’s morality.” We don’t burn or ban books to present the dissemination of knowledge and learning. We just help people live happier lives, both through material gain and spiritual awareness.

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Apple Zone / Please join me in a prayer of thanksgiving

« on: November 13, 2012, 10:42:58 am »

Goddess of all curses,
source of all strife,
giver of all mace:

We thank you for the gift of strife:

for the death

that sustains strife,

for the poison of this earth

that nurtures strife,

for the hatred of family and friends
without which there would be no strife.



We thank you for the mystery of destruction:

for the horror
that we turn a blind eye,
for the atrocity

to which we've become deaf,

for the certainties
to which we cling filling the universe with suffering,
for the expanse of space

that draws us within the definitions of our selves.

We thank you for setting us in alienation:

for orphans

who we blame on their character rather than circumstance,
for enemies
who hate us by choice,

for bosses at work,
who heap upon us our burdens and daily tasks,
for strangers

who hate us for our sexual orientation,

for people from other lands
who we hate for their appearance,

for children

whom we're not paid enough to support,
for the unborn,

who can't yet feel pain.



We despise you for this night:
for death

and one more day to kill,

for hegemony
and one more night to work for self-interest and war,

for neighbors
and one more person to fear
and by whom be feared,

for your mace
and one more experience of your absence,

for your lies:
to be with us,

to be our Goddess,

and to give damnation.

For these, and all curses,
we give you thanks, eternal, hating Goddess,

through vitriol and judgment we blight. Amen.

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Apple Zone / FOUND: Early Childhood Pictures of PD Spags

« on: October 18, 2012, 08:34:28 am »

1. ECH

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Apple Zone / F5 just turned my volume up

« on: October 16, 2012, 11:20:10 am »

Make my day.

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Apple Zone / ATTN: Kai

« on: September 30, 2012, 11:36:29 am »

Your immediate attention is needed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUqQt8mD99c

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Aneristic Illusions / The US "Petrodollar"? International relations experts please weigh in

« on: September 16, 2012, 11:53:38 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5N_huInM0k

It sounds plausible, but I simply don't have the background to verify it. I've also read that the entire OWS concept was taken from Anonymous protests of the Federal Reserve. This video echos those sentiments, but it will take me months to really investigate it for myself. In the meantime, if you have some knowledge on the issue please share or otherwise assist me in separating fact from fiction.

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Bring and Brag / Draw Phone - like the game of telephone, only with drawings and captions

« on: September 14, 2012, 06:21:35 am »

One person makes a drawing, the next makes a caption, then, without seeing the drawing that inspired the caption, the next person makes a drawing. You either see a caption or a drawing with no context and get to interpret it however you please. Good times.

http://drawphone.com/

Here's one I did:

http://drawphone.com/view/300

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Apple Zone / People are going nuts about fluoride

« on: September 14, 2012, 04:13:23 am »

WHY I OPPOSE WATER FLUORIDATION - A Scientific Perspective by Carrie Medina

Apparently it's a big conspiracy to steal our bodily fluids?

This has consumed otherwise intelligent people for about a month now in Portland. I get it on one level, people ought to just brush their teeth rather than be forced to drink fluoride, but is it really this bad?

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Discordian Recipes / Official Chicken Titties Recipies Thread

« on: September 13, 2012, 06:28:47 am »

http://weebls-stuff.com/songs/Chicken+Titties/

GO!

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Apple Zone / How most men, even good caring men, have no clue what women go through

« on: September 06, 2012, 09:59:53 am »

I debated whether or not to share this story.

And then I debated whether or not to put it on Tumblr…but I decided it was important.  Because in my own way, I can (unfortunately) point out exactly what is wrong with men when they don’t realize how hard it is to be a woman.  How we do not have equal opportunities and freedoms in everyday life.  How most men, even good caring men, have no clue what we go through on a daily basis just trying to live our lives.

http://unwinona.tumblr.com/post/30861660109/i-debated-whether-or-not-to-share-this-story

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Apple Zone / I don't give a shit

« on: August 29, 2012, 12:34:39 am »

I don't give a shit so hard I give negative shits—I retract the shits I previously gave right back up my shitter.



It's like ignoring people so hard that you have to tell them repeatedly that you're ignoring them—it's not for amateurs.

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Apple Zone / Why would a for-profit prison corporation reduce its number of inmates?

« on: August 23, 2012, 08:43:00 am »

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Amgvp8RkWJCP9N1KUivwic6lDH1G;_ylv=3?qid=20120823013916AA41mNL