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General / Escape from Terra...a Voluntaryist-inspired sci-fi webcomic

« on: February 11, 2013, 01:56:27 PM »

Just found this little gem of a webcomic. Its definitely inspired by great pieces like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Interesting reading so far. I'm only still on the first arc, so your guess is as good as mine as to what direction it took. The only thing is that its no longer being updated (which is understandable as real-life intrudes). Its on extended hiatus, but could be back.

Anyway, check it out sometime (if you haven't already).

Escape from Terra

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General / Beautiful Agony: Facettes de la Petit Mort

« on: January 29, 2013, 06:39:31 AM »

Managed to come across this because of a poster over a the Menage a 3 webcomic forums. What can I say but this is AWESOME! At least the free previews I've managed to see. Sadly, its a 'Pay' website. Incredibly, its very erotic to see gals/guys getting off (or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof) without actually showing anything. I mean you can tell some of the gals are really busty without actually showing too much, but other than that, nothing is decidedly naughty.

http://www.beautifulagony.com/public/main.php

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General / AU: Libya rebels killing black workers

« on: August 31, 2011, 10:08:40 AM »

(AP)

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries, the chairman of the African Union said, citing the fears as one reason the continental body has not recognized opposition forces as Libya's interim government.

"NTC seems to confuse black people with mercenaries," AU chairman Jean Ping said Monday, referring to the rebels' National Transitional Council. "All blacks are mercenaries. If you do that, it means (that the) one-third of the population of Libya, which is black, is also mercenaries. They are killing people, normal workers, mistreating them."

He added: "Maybe it's looters, uncontrolled forces. But then the government should say something, condemn this. We want to see a signal that the African workers that are there, they should be evacuated."

Ping's comments follow concerns from international rights groups about beatings and detentions of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/29/501364/main20099014.shtml



Goddamn anyone that thinks bombing the shit out of Libya was the 'right and moral thing to do'. More 'unintended consequences' to deal with now that we've empowered thugs from Benghazi.

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General / New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism

« on: July 28, 2011, 07:04:41 PM »

NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.

Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA's Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA's Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models.

"The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show," Spencer said in a July 26 University of Alabama press release. "There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is especially big over the oceans."

In addition to finding that far less heat is being trapped than alarmist computer models have predicted, the NASA satellite data show the atmosphere begins shedding heat into space long before United Nations computer models predicted.

The new findings are extremely important and should dramatically alter the global warming debate.

Scientists on all sides of the global warming debate are in general agreement about how much heat is being directly trapped by human emissions of carbon dioxide (the answer is "not much"). However, the single most important issue in the global warming debate is whether carbon dioxide emissions will indirectly trap far more heat by causing large increases in atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds. Alarmist computer models assume human carbon dioxide emissions indirectly cause substantial increases in atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds (each of which are very effective at trapping heat), but real-world data have long shown that carbon dioxide emissions are not causing as much atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds as the alarmist computer models have predicted.

The new NASA Terra satellite data are consistent with long-term NOAA and NASA data indicating atmospheric humidity and cirrus clouds are not increasing in the manner predicted by alarmist computer models. The Terra satellite data also support data collected by NASA's ERBS satellite showing far more longwave radiation (and thus, heat) escaped into space between 1985 and 1999 than alarmist computer models had predicted. Together, the NASA ERBS and Terra satellite data show that for 25 years and counting, carbon dioxide emissions have directly and indirectly trapped far less heat than alarmist computer models have predicted.

In short, the central premise of alarmist global warming theory is that carbon dioxide emissions should be directly and indirectly trapping a certain amount of heat in the earth's atmosphere and preventing it from escaping into space. Real-world measurements, however, show far less heat is being trapped in the earth's atmosphere than the alarmist computer models predict, and far more heat is escaping into space than the alarmist computer models predict.

When objective NASA satellite data, reported in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, show a "huge discrepancy" between alarmist climate models and real-world facts, climate scientists, the media and our elected officials would be wise to take notice. Whether or not they do so will tell us a great deal about how honest the purveyors of global warming alarmism truly are.

Bwahahahahahaha! Suck it, mutherfuckers! Ah, I do so love it when assholes get hoist upon their own petard. The fact this came from NASA, of all places, is just that much more ironic and juicy considering jizzbag warming alarmnist extraordinaire James Hansen is the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. One more win for Observational Science.

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General / Farris's Law of Somalia Analogies

« on: June 17, 2011, 02:03:28 AM »

Okay,

I am sick and goddamn TIRED of asshole Statists telling me that if I don't like having guns pointed in my direction, for whatever reason, that I should simply move to Somalia. I hereby proclaim Farris's Law of Somalia Analogies to be codified:

Any internet forum discussion about individual liberty that goes on for any particular length of time, the probability of Somalia being invoked reaches 100%

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General / WARNING GRAPHIC Bahrain royal family orders army to open fire on innocent people

« on: February 18, 2011, 09:57:50 PM »

I'm not sure I can articulate just how goddamn barbarous this is....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3WRKoZPPao[/youtube]

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General / Ex-BART officer sentenced to 2 years for fatal shooting of unarmed man

« on: November 05, 2010, 09:40:19 PM »

By JACK LEONARD
Los Angeles Times
Published: Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 - 1:00 am
Last Modified: Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 - 6:20 pm

LOS ANGELES -- A former transit police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed man on an Oakland train station platform was sentenced by a Los Angeles judge Friday to two years in prison.

Johannes Mehserle, 28, contended that he mistakenly used his firearm instead of an electric Taser weapon when he shot Oscar J. Grant III in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009. But prosecutors argued at his trial that Mehserle meant to reach for his handgun as he tried to handcuff an unresisting Grant, who was laying face-down on the platform floor.

Grainy video footage captured by several witnesses shows Mehserle, who is white, firing one round into the back of Grant, who was black. The racially charged case sparked rioting in Oakland soon after the shooting and again in July, when a Los Angeles jury acquitted Mehserle of murder but found him guilty of a lesser crime. The trial had been moved to downtown Los Angeles amid concern about the extensive media coverage of the killing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mehserle, whose manslaughter conviction included a gun enhancement that increased his possible sentence, faced up to 14 years in prison. The judge, who called it an "accidental shooting," on Friday tossed out the gun enhancement.

During the trial, an Alameda County prosecutor argued that Mehserle intentionally shot Grant, who had been detained with several friends after reports of a fight on a train stopped at the Fruitvale Station. The officer's holster was specially designed to prevent easy release of his firearm. And the prosecutor contrasted the light, bright yellow Taser gun with the heavier black Sig Sauer handgun that Mehserle fired.

In tearful testimony, Mehserle said he intended to use his Taser because he believed Grant might be reaching for a gun in his pants pocket.

Two people, including a friend of Grant's, testified that they heard the officer say shortly before the shooting that he intended to use his Taser. Numerous witnesses said the officer looked shocked after the gunshot.

Yea, I'm calling bullshit on that last part. 'I was reaching for my Taser, honest' is the last resort of some thug to get out of sentencing. Too bad this jackass only got 2 years. Rot in prison you fuck!

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General / Rally for Sanity: Is Obama a Keynesian?

« on: November 02, 2010, 08:55:12 AM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_23Nt5XumaU[/youtube]



Epic facepalm of stupidity.

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General / Well, I'm back......

« on: October 02, 2010, 06:19:18 PM »

though I'm sure none of you missed me.

Anyway, moved to the sticks outside Atlanta back in February only to discover that, by May, there really were no jobs up where I was compared to the Tampa Bay area. Situation vis-a-vis family was all kinds of f'd up (my sister got the 250k house on 2.25 acre lot, I got a decent condition '99 Buick Park Avenue....how's them apples for inheritance, eh?). SO, I moved back to Florida, was homeless for about 3 weeks in June (talk about HOT). While in Atlanta I had to sell off my AR-15 and Ruger P89 to have money to live and came back to go to Security Guard school for training (yep, the Bachelor's I have is worthless, but the damned Class D Security License I got actually found me a job, go figure). I'm now in a more stable situation (managed to wrangle a friend into renting me a room for $350 a month plus 1/3rd of the bills) and might actually have money for Christmas this year.

So anyway, hope things are chugging along with everyone else. Naturally, I lost my bet with John Shaw where he said he would eat 50lbs of dirt with Worcestshire Sauce if the world were better off from a year ago. Anyone got any kind of news? Is Libman still trolling away here?

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General / Bloodbath at the RonPaul Forums....

« on: January 24, 2010, 10:31:06 PM »

Man,

a number of longtime posters at the forums got perma-banned in the last few weeks. Of course, they got a couple of the really awful assholes in the round up (racist fucktards) but then started going after people for just discussing stuff that was deemed 'unseemly'. One of my buddies described it as 'The Night of the Long Knives'.

I've had a round of it from some of them because I am vocal that I think Age of Consent in this country is bullshit and want it either returned to the pre-1886 definition or set nationally to 13 or Age of Puberty (whichever comes last). Naturally, I get all kinds of potshots from assholes calling me a potential pedophile (funny how they mangle the actual definition of pedophilia, which is attraction to pre-pubescent girls/boys) and other vile, appeal to emotion bullshit.

I thank the Powers that Be (God, Buddha, whomever) that I found Free Talk Live. 

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General / I fucking hate Bank of America!

« on: January 04, 2010, 01:00:05 PM »

Banking practices in this country SUCK! I've gotten hit with $105 in Overdraft Fees for payments that the Bank NEVER MADE! I can understand (sort of) getting smashed with a $35 Overdraft Fee when the Bank actually ponies up the cash to cover your goof. But in this case, the fucking Bank NEVER paid out anything at all and STILL hit my account with Overdraft Fees. How the fuck can it be an Overdraft if NO MONEY comes out at all? Its like a goddamn 'Whack-a-Mole' game was played on my account (granted, due to my own stupidity, I fully admit). 

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General / Peaceful Civil Disobedience and an Open Carry March on Washington DC

« on: November 06, 2008, 03:55:14 PM »

Ok,

I will up front admit to being totally new to the Peaceful Civil Disobedience movement. However, lately I've greatly enjoyed watching The Ridley Report on YouTube and I wondered about something. I'm going to assume that the Assault Rifle Ban will be reauthorized:

Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008
6/12/2008--Introduced.
Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to reinstate, for 10 years, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon or a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Specifies models and features of banned weapons. Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including:
(1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under federal law on the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) certain firearms, replicas, or duplicates listed in an appendix as they were manufactured on October 1, 1993;
(3) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action and that has been rendered permanently inoperable or that is an antique firearm;
(4) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than five rounds of ammunition;
(5) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than five rounds in a fixed or detachable magazine; and
(6) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a federal, state, or local government agency or for law enforcement.
Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture.
Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime.

What this means in general? AR-15's are banned. The Remington 12-gauge 870 20" shotgun with high capacity (8 shot) is banned. Any pistol with a magazine holding more than 10 rounds (maybe even less). The M1 Garand is banned (goodbye new WWII American reenactors).

The best solution is to have the bill defeated. However, I find it unlikely that with Congress becoming Filibuster Proof that such a measure will be defeated. It most certainly be signed into law, again. This despite the wording of both Miller and Heller that make such laws patently unConstitutional (Miller says the Government can only regulate non-Military weapons and Heller includes language for 'all commonly used firearms' being outside government purview). So, what choice does that leave gun owners in America?

Why not an Open Carry (and I mean more than just pistols, but also 'assault rifles', 'shotguns' and the like) March on Washington D.C.? I realise there is a greatly increased chance of the potential for violence. However, if the March were to include several THOUSAND protestors, all armed, would the DC Cops, Secret Service or whomever really want to escalate the situation? Would the government be that incredibly stupid to push a mob of armed peaceful protestors to the point they defended themselves with force? Even if protestors are breaking the law by open carrying, isn't such a law automatically invalid since the 2nd Amendment contains no caveats?

If such a march were to occur, remain peaceful or at remain least non-violent act of civil disobedience, would Congress go ahead and authorize such a Ban?