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Religion & Philosophy
Hot topics in delusion and rationalization.

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by Doctor X
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Education
Get their minds right...for their own good.

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Science, Mathematics & Technology
We are the Borg.

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by Pyrrho
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Archaeology
What's your artifact doing in Boss Kean's ditch?

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by Giz
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:43 pm
Medicine, Health, & Nutrition
Ever had it before? Well you got it again.

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by Doctor X
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This is our lounge area. Feel free to come in and get acquainted!

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by robinson
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Frauds, Scams & Urban Myths
How not to buy a brick in a box off the back of a truck.

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by Anaxagoras
Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:09 am
Computers
The war between wetware and hardware.

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by ed
Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:03 pm
Humanities (History, Art, Literature, Music & Film)
Drama queens must check their tiaras at the door.

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by Pyrrho
Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:03 am
Puzzles & Games
Stump your fellow simians.

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Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:53 pm
Sports & Recreation
Never agree to 3 points above the vig.

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UAP and SCIENCE!

by robinson » Fri Oct 21, 2022 3:22 am
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Ever since the leaked Navy videos were confirmed as real, and now legislation is being put forth to protect whistleblowers who come forward, UFOs, I...

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Read my sig.
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Last post by Pyrrho
Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:02 pm
I need kitten pics or something.

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Since mid-october I have been in a very dark place, even by my standards. Not in the sense of being depressed or anything, but I began doing some...

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– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:14 am
What's killing us this week?

by Pyrrho » Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:11 am
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Diet soda is the latest rage. Apparently causes everything. Should I also give up sucralose?

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Getting slaughtered at a young age in Democrat-led cities like Chicago will bring the mean down.

– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:22 am
COVID-19 statistics

by Pyrrho » Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:39 pm
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NPR's dashboard:

View the data via state-by-state charts (immediately below), a heat map that shows state risk levels, a table of trends in new...

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They state

Approximately 70% of the eligible Washington population ages 5 and older has completed the primary series and is protected from...
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Last post by robinson
Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:58 pm
Trolley problem

by Pyrrho » Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:38 am
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Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:53 pm
No brain, no problem

by Anaxagoras » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:13 pm

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Still smarter than our president?!?

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The Yellow King!

– J. Carcosa! D.

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Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:33 am
What have you been watching lately

by Anaxagoras » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:38 pm
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Just a general purpose thread.

I recently started bingewatching Homeland on Netflix. It's not a new series, but in a way that's better if you...

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Scarlet Hill , Vietnamese drama. Starts getting good in episode 3 and gets pretty damn good thereafter.
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Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:03 am
Official Fucking Asshole of the Week Thread

by Doctor X » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:00 am
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I am surprised we do not have this given SHUT UP! so many fine candidates not named Pyrrho . Notice, I do not use Cunt since, to me, that is a very...

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Quite a few cunts involved in that one.
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Last post by Hotarubi
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:43 am
Harambe's Revenge

by Pyrrho » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:00 am
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CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for Monkeypox Response

Today, CDC continues to lean forward with an aggressive public health response to...

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I make sure to use the toilet seat covers at the office.
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Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:14 pm
A Thought for the Day

by Doctor X » Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:56 am
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Which every forum should have. Various bon mot tachi-thingies to help you through that Inevitably Consistent Disappointment that is your existence....

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Sabine Hossenfelder
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A lot of papers could be dramatically improved by replacing Thus with Fuck #academia
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Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:39 pm
The All New SC Dead Pool

by asthmatic camel » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:58 pm
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Seeing as Anaxagoras has turned us all into a bunch of faggy ponies, it's time to start again.

I'm sticking with Christopher Lee. He's bound to be a...

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asthmatic camel: William Shatner
Bruce: King Charles III
DJ: Keith Richards
Anaxagoras: Henry Kissinger
Ben Trovado: Ghislaine Maxwell
shemp: Mel...
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Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:38 am
The TUMBREL of MISSED OPPORTUNITY

by ed » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:51 pm
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Thanks to Whitefork (if indeed that IS h/is/er name) for the elegant thread title for this, the final resting place of those whose demise we would...

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Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was...
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Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:58 am
Harambe

by ed » Fri Aug 26, 2016 6:44 pm
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and Cheetah ... united for eternity.

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Police said they received a tip that the monkeys were in an abandoned Lancaster home. Dallas and Lancaster law enforcement found the animals in a...
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Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:38 am
A Home For Bruce

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GSA is offering lighthouses for sale, some for free .

For sale: Historic waterfront property with a spectacular, 50-foot-high view of Lake...
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Last post by Pyrrho
Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:32 pm
Humans Need Not Apply

by Rob Lister » Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:23 am
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The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.

You...

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Models such as Stable Diffusion are trained on copyrighted, trademarked, private, and sensitive images.

Yet, our new paper shows that diffusion...
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Last post by Pyrrho
Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:55 pm
Malpractice of the Week

by Pyrrho » Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:02 pm

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At first I asked if this was from The Onion, because honestly after reading I wasn’t sure.

But no, Dr. Zimmerman is really a naturopath and, well,...

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Would like to check in with him again at 75. See if his feelings change.

No change necessary; you can see the tell:

Not everyone can be an...

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Last post by Doctor X
Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:15 am
More Crushing Disappointment for Cleveland

by Doctor X » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:06 pm
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No . . . we are not talking about Mike Who is He Again? Lowell hitting a two-run home run BEFORE the fans in the stands finished giving him a...

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Shame actually.

Never saw them win.

Thanks Boston!

– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:05 am
The Bus Plunging Thread

by ed » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:44 am
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Busses are a very very dangerous means of transport. Particularly if they are a) in third world countries and b) are travering mountainous roads....

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What can I say? The passengers took a cold plunge on the bus.
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Last post by Pyrrho
Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:44 pm
Japan

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Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:37 pm
Wuhan Flu Truth and Big Brother Narratives

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For those who prefer truth over lies, nonsense and hyperbole:
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Last post by robinson
Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:23 pm
"'e's getting better!"

by Pyrrho » Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:59 pm

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A few months after his diagnosis, Scott decided he didn't want the disease to dominate his life, and sought advice online from other people with...

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He is not regrowing dopaminergic neurons in his Substantia nigra .

– J.D.

There you go again, making up medical conditions and applying it to...

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Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:14 pm
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

by Pyrrho » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:13 pm
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Thread devoted to the various vaccines in development. Here's a good reference.

Graphic 'splainer that illustrates just how remarkably fast the...

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It’s pretty amazing actually

Never before has there been a vaccine for a coronavirus, and here we have multiple ones, and a coronavirus that...
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Last post by robinson
Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:31 am
Prices of things

by ed » Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:45 pm

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Went to a fairly large gun show today (Lakeland Fla). I was really shocked at the cost of the more collectable firearms. Seriously. These are...

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Try eggs.

Not for home defense, but still

As mentioned in another thread, I recently saw eggs for sale here at ￥198/dz. (roughly $1.52/dz)....

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Last post by shuize
Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:19 am
India

by Tommy Palven » Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:31 am

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Marge and I returned today from an enjoyable visit to India's two southernmost states, Tamil Nadu (Tamil Home) and Kerela.

We had visited central...

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Indeed.

Check your privilege.

– J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:10 am
Official 2022 World Cup Thread

by Hotarubi » Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:20 pm
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Last post by Doctor X
Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:11 pm
Mountebanks

by Anaxagoras » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:13 am

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But not politicians. They have their own forum, and we can stipulate that most of them are charlatans or at least charlatan-adjacent.

So this thread...

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Young Jewish entrepreneur accused of conning America’s largest bank out of $175m (The Times of Israel)

Lawsuit filed by JPMorgan claims Charlie...

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Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:09 am
How can I get this in readable format

by ed » Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:26 pm

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I am curious about firearm prices over time. Auction houses have prices realized as you can see from the link. In this cae the problem is that the...

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Need to get it typed in. I can copy/paste from the screen (at the link) but the price is an image.

Not worth dicking around with it.
Thank you...

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Last post by ed
Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:03 pm
Airline accidents

by ed » Wed Jan 18, 2023 4:03 pm

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I saw this

And got thinking. I had two cases of aircraft problems in flight.

One was when I was flying to DC on a little high wing twin engine...

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Not an accident. More a comment on how times have changed.

My parents divorced when I was young. My mom moved us all over. My dad stayed in...

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Last post by shuize
Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:47 pm
You should see this

by ed » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:19 pm

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The Haunting (the 1963 version)
And you should read the book too.

Jusy sayin'

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I have the book here somewhere. I will dig it out.

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Last post by Pyrrho
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:46 pm
Dudes playing instruments

by ed » Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:17 pm
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Commenters saying he sucked in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . .

– J.D.
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Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:48 pm
The UK thread

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From Google searches (allegedly):
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Last post by Hotarubi
Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:27 pm
Stereo upgrades

by Pyrrho » Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:59 pm

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Tue Jan 17, 2023 12:08 am
Thought Provoking Graphs

by Rob Lister » Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:20 pm
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Pick one. From anywhere. Mark it up.

Is low (but population sustaining) birthrate really that big a disadvantage? The ratio of supporters to...

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They need to investigate Millerton, Cachuma, and that bastard Don Pedro for hording!

– J.D.
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Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:17 pm
Something odd is happening in baseball this year

by Anaxagoras » Sat Sep 28, 2019 4:09 am
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I haven't been following all that closely this year, but I tuned into a game today and saw an interesting factoid:

Four teams have more home runs...
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Last post by Pyrrho
Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:30 pm
Things where you are less a purist

by ed » Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:50 pm

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I used to think that the only way to listen to audio was n-channels ... rear speakers, front etc etc. Got a Marantz thingie with Lister's help....

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I just suck on the grinds.

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Last post by Bruce
Sun Jan 15, 2023 6:51 pm
Sweet rides

by Pyrrho » Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:14 am
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Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:33 pm
Meghan and Harry thread

by Hotarubi » Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:15 am
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Synopsis of UK media:

Bastard son of ginger polo player and glorious Saint Di marries....a. a...ni..uh African American .who isnt Diana and get...

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That is cold.

– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:12 pm
Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

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Ya think?
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Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:19 pm
Historic no seasonal flu season

by robinson » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:38 pm
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It already happened in the Southern Hemisphere winter (austral winter), and it’s already happened in the northern hemisphere as well this year

Zero...

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The other day I mentioned to some people I'ts hard to believe it's been two years since Covid-19 started

After the response, I started mentioning...
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Last post by robinson
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:59 pm
Vererable Bede's Skull

by ed » Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:41 pm

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A cast is on display at Jarrow. Paper describing the find is here

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You buried the lede
on the venerable bede
Now no one’s gonna read

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Last post by Giz
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:43 pm
Not quite Al Capone's gun but ...

by ed » Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:15 pm

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:49 pm
The Demise of the FTX Crypto Exchange

by Anaxagoras » Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:01 am

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FTX’s Balance Sheet Was Bad (Matt Levine in Bloomberg)

If a troubled company has a few days to beg potential investors for a bailout before it...

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I suspect that they will all do fine.

– J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:42 pm
How shit makes you sick, and might kill you

by robinson » Sun Nov 20, 2022 5:28 pm

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The original SARS
A contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus.
SARS appeared in 2002 in China. It spread worldwide...

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Don't eat shit, I guess.

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Last post by Pyrrho
Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:18 am
Another interesting Luger

by ed » Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:24 pm

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I don't collect them but I came across this at a show Sunday ...

A common DWM (German Arms and Munitions) 1916 dated pistol. What caught my...

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Shame

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Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:03 pm
as i know your taste of music

by pillory » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:01 pm

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animals rules behind ----this drummer boy

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He lives!

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Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:02 pm
The Covid vaccines really do work

by Anaxagoras » Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:50 pm
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Case example: Japan

Japan was a relative latecomer to getting people vaccinated, but it finally got its act together and the rate of vaccination...

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There is big problem with their methodology
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Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:56 pm
Amazing restored footage from WWII

by Pyrrho » Sun Jan 08, 2023 9:41 pm

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The....horror...

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Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:17 am
Oldspeak is unmutual

by Pyrrho » Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:30 pm

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I hadn't heard of this one until today.

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Juliet:

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face,...

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Last post by ed
Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:19 am
Topic Locked???

by ed » Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:07 pm

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WTF???

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If you have something of substance to add rather than simply trying to piss everyone off by drawing attention to yourself, you can always ask The...

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Last post by Doctor X
Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:18 pm
One Man and his Fag-o-Cycle

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