News that makes us laugh, cry, or both

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:43 pm

Actually, since a larger portion of the population that supports open use of violence and torture are of the religious persuasion than of the non-religious...

Yes.

-Crissa

Lich-Loved · Post by **Lich-Loved** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:32 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:The majority of the murders are committed by White People. Of course, the vast majority of the people are White People. The racist argument is that Blacks commit more than their share of murders by population demographics alone (which is true if you spin the stats the right way). To say that Blacks commit a majority of the murders is just grossly irresponsible. If you're going to get stats from the KKK, at least get their actual statistics.

I chose the Department of Justice, the DOJ, not the KKK, as the basis for this tidbit. For felony murder, only 39% of the offenders were white while 59% were black. Sigh.

But it's incredibly disingenuous to call that a majority of anything.

The site above shows the fallacy of this statement.

Seriously, today there were rallies all over the world to show their support for Dr. Tiller's murderer. There was a group of them outside the genetics department holding up signs threatening that it would be us next if we failed to repent and find Jesus.

That is the reality of religion. That and this.

Here I am in complete agreement with you. Organized religion has brought so much misery to the world its effects can scarcely be understated.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:46 pm

"Felony murder" is not the same as murder - it covers:

A. Killing someone accidentally/without pre-meditation while in the course of committing a felony (for instance, arson or rape), or

B. Assisting someone else who is committing murder (for instance, giving them the gun, or covering up for them after the fact).

Edit: never mind, I looked at the site, and it looks like they're using the general term of "It's a murder, that's a felony" there, not addressing the specific "felony murder rule".

Gelare · Post by **Gelare** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:49 pm

Bam! Government stats to the rescue. Thanks, government! Wait...what's that? You accidentally released a highly confidential 266-page list of nuclear sites and programs? Oh, government. You so crazy.

Lich-Loved · Post by **Lich-Loved** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:29 pm

Koumei wrote:Edit: never mind, I looked at the site, and it looks like they're using the general term of "It's a murder, that's a felony" there, not addressing the specific "felony murder rule".

Well all homicide offenders regardless of classification are 52% Black and 45% White, so there is still a majority of offenders being non-White. I chose to highlight the felony murder percentage because these crimes are especially grievous in that it is murder in relationship to other serious crime.

I agree and understand the number I presented above is just a small view on a complex set of data.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:30 am

Of course this is because poor people are more likely to commit crimes, and black people are more likely to be poor

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:12 am

Best lede (sic) ever.

AN erotic dance craze is thought to be the cause of a recent spate of broken penises in Jamaica, and now faces a government crackdown.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,2 ... 90,00.html

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:07 am

Mitt Romney loses debate to his own strawman.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:14 am

cthulhu wrote:Best lede (sic) ever.

AN erotic dance craze is thought to be the cause of a recent spate of broken penises in Jamaica, and now faces a government crackdown.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,2 ... 90,00.html

that's hilarious... apparently the men in jamaca have absolutely no sense when it comes to sex...

Absentminded_Wizard · Post by **Absentminded_Wizard** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:59 am

Crissa wrote:Uhh, no, Unitarians.

-Crissa

Okay, I got that mixed up with the denomination of Dr. Tiller's church.

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:06 pm

[url=ttp://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090604/canada/us_health_cancer_tobacco_canada_britain]Health Insurers invest in Tobacco[/url]
Slightly misrepresentative headline as many tobacco companies don't solely sell tobacco but still...

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:55 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:
cthulhu wrote:Best lede (sic) ever.

AN erotic dance craze is thought to be the cause of a recent spate of broken penises in Jamaica, and now faces a government crackdown.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,2 ... 90,00.html
that's hilarious... apparently the men in jamaca have absolutely no sense when it comes to sex...

No one has any sense when it comes to sex. Sex makes all of us stupid.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:02 pm

David Carradine is dead..

http://www.edmontonsun.com/entertainmen ... 76196.html

Oh, and someone my sister knew in middle school/high school killed a policeman. More or less unintentionally.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:56 am

That dance sounds really awesome hot, tho.

Sexiest thing I've ever heard of involving genitalia.

-Crissa

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:43 am

One 'good' thing about Tiller's unfortunate assassination is that hopefully people will be paying more attention to what the talking heads are saying.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:42 am

angelfromanotherpin wrote:Mitt Romney loses debate to his own strawman.

I tried watching this but it kept cutting out at 30 seconds into the vid =-(

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:14 am

Count_Arioch_the_28th wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:
cthulhu wrote:Best lede (sic) ever.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,2 ... 90,00.html
that's hilarious... apparently the men in jamaca have absolutely no sense when it comes to sex...
No one has any sense when it comes to sex. Sex makes all of us stupid.

sorry, but I have at least enough sense to not jump onto someone, let someone jump onto my dick

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:26 am

Brown May Hurt U.K. Credit Rating By Naming Balls as Chancellor
I hope he declares Johnson as the defense minister and Fanny as the environment minister.

Jacob_Orlove · Post by **Jacob_Orlove** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:34 pm

ckafrica wrote:Brown May Hurt U.K. Credit Rating By Naming Balls as Chancellor
I hope he declares Johnson as the defense minister and Fanny as the environment minister.

Dr Kevin De Cock starts as the New HIV/AIDS Director at WHO

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:51 pm

clikml wrote:
angelfromanotherpin wrote:Mitt Romney loses debate to his own strawman.
I tried watching this but it kept cutting out at 30 seconds into the vid =-(

Yeah, I have the same problem

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:01 pm

CatharzGodfoot wrote:
clikml wrote:
angelfromanotherpin wrote:Mitt Romney loses debate to his own strawman.
I tried watching this but it kept cutting out at 30 seconds into the vid =-(
Yeah, I have the same problem

Huh, I just checked it again and it works fine for me. I have no idea what the problem could be.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:56 am

More than 60% of all bankruptcies have medical bills as an underlying cause.

And other news that makes me laugh and cry: I finally graduated （´∀｀）

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:09 pm

78% percent of those bankruptcies are people who have 'health insurance'.

...

This is only ~10% more than before 2005 when the total number of bankruptcies were halved.

There's just nothing good about these numbers.

-Crissa

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:49 am

Crissa wrote:78% percent of those bankruptcies are people who have 'health insurance'.

...

This is only ~10% more than before 2005 when the total number of bankruptcies were halved.

There's just nothing good about these numbers.

-Crissa

I watched Michael Moore's Sicko with my wife last week. At the end I was seriously considering how viable it would be to leave the U.S. and join another country.

Why in Koresh's holy name do we let insurance companies dictate our health care such that we are all getting fvcked?

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:52 am

SUN-PAC