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• Mom’s Unexpected Striptease Puts an Abrupt End to School Assembly

  February 18, 2013 at 2:39am

  As fun as it is to discuss this story, I have to wonder if this woman may have had an episode of some sort. Stroke, myoclonic epilepsy, turrets, etc. It’s very possible it is just a substance issue sure, but if she really was carrying on normal conversation, normal behavior for the majority of the event and then all of a sudden ‘snapped’… I am going to wait and see the update to this story.

  I have epilepsy myself although it is just generic JME and controlled with meds – there are tons of variants that can cause all sorts of weird behavior issues and such rather than just a seizure. My grandfather had several small strokes and one of them he just phased out, thought his left pant leg was on fire, took his pants off and started stomping on them to put them out.

  Like I said – lots of possibilities, but the story sounds really odd so I’m gonna hold out for the ‘rest of the story’ before jumping to conclusions on this one personally.

• Former Navy SEAL & ‘American Sniper’ Author Chris Kyle Reportedly Killed at TX Lodge

  February 3, 2013 at 10:06am

  May the road rise up to meet you.
  May the wind always be at your back.
  May the sun shine warm upon your face.
  May soft rains fall upon your fields.
  And until we meet ‘bove here,
  May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

  I’m sorry to see you go sir.

• Outraged Mother: School Suggested My 13-Year-Old Daughter Get Breast Reduction Surgery to Minimize Bullying

  January 20, 2013 at 4:08am

  Aside from the school not having any business in saying what a kid should do with their body, this is yet another example of people coddling their kids too much. It is not the school’s sole responsibility to teach your kids how to deal with a bully. It is your job as a parent to teach them how to cope with it. We’ve all been there – it is just another part of life. In fact it prepares you for the real world. It is unfortunate sure, but it also trains you… how are you going to react? What are you going to do about it? What if it escalates to physical violence? Can you defend yourself? Are you willing to do that?

  Yes it is different for boys and girls, but the basics are the same. If you keep your wits about you, beat them with intellect and ignore them. Don’t let yourself get suckered into it. If someone starts trying to back you into a corner don’t let that happen for any reason. Never back down if it actually comes down to it. Win or lose, it may be scary, but you come out on top in the end. Bullies like easy targets… and they don’t like getting ruffed up.

  I get the turn the other cheek bit. If it works for you great. I think that is what you should do if you can. However if it comes down to it, I’m not taking a beating and I sure don’t want my kid to feel like they have to or they’re in trouble.

• Can You Figure Out What This Odd Clump of Lights Is That’s Been Revealed By NASA Satellite Images?

  January 18, 2013 at 10:28am

  Ok let’s see here… Business is good. Life is good. Production is up. Industry is driving down outside need… but let’s point out the few good things as quickly and quaintly as possible and do our best to tarnish it with every negative angle we can think of. Yeah – that will be a great story. Let’s get those oily bastards!

• White House Responds to All of Those Secession Petitions: There’s No Right to Secede

  January 12, 2013 at 12:45pm

  It doesn’t do anyone any good to separate anyway. States stay united, everyone hold your local and state government’s feet to the fire. It makes a huge difference. If all of the states come around to having surplusses of their own, good economies of their own, within their own laws abiding by the constitution… it will eventually force the Feds’ hand. It is inevitable one way or the other, but just stop and think about it for a moment. I think it is in Wyoming that the governer is writing a bill to include not just 2nd amendment protection but also including the step that any federal agent attempting to violate that right will be arrested.

  We tried changing it from the top down. We need to change it from the bottom up. Hard. We let this happen over the course of a few generations. It’s going to take at least ours and one or two more to get it back if that quick.

• ‘You Piece of S**t!’: Atheist TV Hosts Hang Up on ‘Christian’ Caller After Fiery Exchange Over God & Child Rape

  January 10, 2013 at 1:41am

  I actually have a few atheist friends – here in the bible belt of all places. We get along fine and have some seriously heated but still in the end friendly debates. The caller was obviously a dweeb. Not as a person – I don’t know the person – but as having the ability to discuss his opinion on a topic. I would have probably had a similar reaction just out of sheer annoyance if nothing else. lol

  Point being, it is true that even atheists – although they derive their morality from their culture / society as a whole, do have the free will to deny the presence or existence of God in any form. Although I don’t agree with this, I’m not going to berate them for it – I know some people believe it is a necessary part of faith to attempt conversion but if I have a good debate with someone I don’t see it as my duty to rob them of their free will either.

  To each their own, and although the fall back debates of all sorts of ‘evil deeds’ are in the end pointless and easily debunked with simple discussion… it is unfortunate to have these kinds of videos / callers / what have you end up being ‘representative’ of either side. IMHO anyway.

• Here’s a Recap of Glenn Beck’s Awesome New 3D Printer: The Implications and What He Plans to Make

  January 9, 2013 at 11:03pm

  I think most people here are missing the point entirely. It’s not that these printers have been available for a while / diff materials / you can’t make an instant gun, etc. – it is that the technology is becoming readily available to the average user. As prices come down, printing out and creating a 3D abstract of your concept is now a reality. Printable hardware at a home users price-range and literal foot-print space allowance is now a realistic possibility. Even probability.

  Also, what a lot of you with the gun / hardened steel items ideas are not considering is that this can be used to print out completed *forms* that can then be used to cast your own parts.

  Still I think the main awesomeness of this is the subject of immediate idea testing and realization. My 2 cents.

• Dramatic Video Showing Release of a Trapped Bobcat Gets 1 Million Hits in a Day

  January 5, 2013 at 7:54am

  Wow. I’m surprised at the ignorance and the hatred towards trappers on this site of all places. 1- traps are not nearly the same as they used to be. 2 – if you think traps are any worse than the ratio of bad hits with a rifle (your prey running off wounded to die never being recovered or ignorant people shooting something other than they should have – at least trapped they are recovered.) you are sadly mistaken. 3 – trapping is in no way inhumane compared to any other way of taking game. If you are going to use the pelt and the meat then more power to you.

  If you still have old steel jaw traps laying around then you are misrepresenting in your mind what trapping is these days to yourself and others. I guess everyone needs something to gripe about though so enjoy.

• Freedom of Speech Win: Court Strikes Down Censorship of Negative Reviews on Website Yelp

  January 4, 2013 at 1:15am

  In reply to matt_c.

  What is there to be scared of? All they are is a monitoring company just like a regular non-web agency…? All they do is use intelligent software to search out your business (they have personal options too I think) information on the web, find anything that might be negative and post the information to your control panel so you can go try to address it. They even help you politely solicit reviews from your current customers. Pretty nifty really. It’s not like they have the ability to wipe out reviews or something if that is what you are trying to infer.

• Meet the Oldest, Living Identical Twins Who Turned 103 Christmas Eve (Learn Their Secret to Longevity)

  January 2, 2013 at 4:28am

  Hey, my great grandfather made it to 102 and was sharp as a tack until the day he died. Fought in two wars, was kind of a ‘mean old jerk’ to most people although he would actually help anyone he thought needed it. He never had any special diet, smoked, drank (not a drunk or anything, but liked scotch), and well… he just lived a long friggin time.

  I think diet and healthy living may have something to do with longevity, but I think it has *more* to do with genetics and just general luck of the draw.

  Happy belated Birthday to the ladies.