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General / Parks & Recreation
« on: April 10, 2009, 12:09:09 PM »
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67259/parks-and-recreation-pilot

It's Office with a kick-ass libertarian as the boss.

I'm putting the over/under at seven episodes.

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The Polling Pit / Christening
« on: January 21, 2009, 06:53:39 PM »
Your votes will be recorded on change.gov

63
The Rubber Room - Not Safe for Work / Public Service Announcement
« on: October 25, 2008, 11:54:37 AM »
This is a virtually UNMODERATED BBS.

lolcats only from now on, please.  Unless Johnson doesn't like lolcats, then video games rated E for everyone, but only on platforms Johnson approves of.

STRENGTH = UNITY
UNITY = AGREE WITH JOHNSON

Unless Johnson does not like his named used in a post, in which case he'll move this thread, too.

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The Polling Pit / Is Johnson Qualified?
« on: October 25, 2008, 03:51:18 AM »
With an extensive resume of auto-erotic asphyxiation and defecating in random areas of the BBS, Johnson is looking for his next opportunity to be fired.  Help him out with some career counseling.

65
General / Complete Liberty - Wes Bertrand
« on: October 22, 2008, 07:04:15 PM »
Maybe this has been discussed and discarded, but a search of the BBS and the entire FTL site doesn't bring up anything, even though he plugs FTL in the last chapter.  Particularly, someone starts a new thread every six months or so asking about other podcasts (I won't necro any) and I would think this guy's ramblings would be at least listed.

http://www.completeliberty.com/

podcast: http://odeo.com/channels/2117140-Complete-Liberty-Podcast/episodes

66
The Polling Pit / Jerk
« on: September 30, 2008, 10:24:44 PM »
Which hand?

67
The Polling Pit / Blackwater v. al-Maliki
« on: September 17, 2007, 10:25:45 AM »
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8w
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government said Monday that it was revoking the license of an American security firm accused of involvement in the deaths of eight civilians in a firefight that followed a car bomb explosion near a State Department motorcade.

The Interior Ministry said it would prosecute any foreign contractors found to have used excessive force in the Sunday shooting. It was latest accusation against the U.S.-contracted firms that operate with little or no supervision and are widely disliked by Iraqis who resent their speeding motorcades and forceful behavior.

Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight civilians were killed and 13 were wounded when contractors believed to be working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad.

"We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working all over Iraqi territory. We will also refer those involved to Iraqi judicial authorities," Khalaf said.

...

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki late Sunday condemned the shooting by a "foreign security company" and called it a "crime."

The decision to pull the license was likely to face a challenge, as it would be a major blow to a company that was at the forefront of one of the main turning points in the war.

The 2004 battle of Fallujah — an unsuccessful military assault in which an estimated 27 U.S. Marines were killed, along with an unknown number of civilians — was retaliation for the killing, maiming and burning of four Blackwater guards in that city by a mob of insurgents.

Tens of thousands of foreign private security contractors work in Iraq — some with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and bulletproof vehicles — to provide protection for Westerners and dignitaries in Iraq as the country has plummeted toward anarchy and civil war.

...

The question of whether they could face prosecution is legally murky. Unlike soldiers, the contrators are not bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Under a special provision secured by American-occupying forces, they are exempt from prosecution by Iraqis for crimes committed there.

Khalaf, however, denied that the exemption applied to private security companies.

...

Blackwater has an estimated 1,000 employees in Iraq, and at least $800 million in government contracts. It is one of the most high-profile security firms in Iraq, with its fleet of "Little Bird" helicopters and armed door gunners swarming Baghdad and beyond.

The secretive company, run by a former Navy SEAL, is based at a massive, swampland complex. Until the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, it had few security contracts.

Since then, Blackwater profits have soared. And it has become the focus of numerous controversies in Iraq, including the May 30 shooting death of an Iraqi deemed to be driving too close to a Blackwater security detail.

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Photoshops / Manwich?
« on: September 07, 2007, 09:58:40 AM »
Has this been shopped?



69
The Polling Pit / Wise Up or Die
« on: June 22, 2007, 07:06:40 PM »
Please only vote in the poll if you do not know the context in which I ask it.

Question: Imagine you are an elected government type and received an e-mail (clearly not spam) that advocated certain actions on your part.  If the e-mail contained the phrase, "either you do your job, or get out of the way. WISE UP OR DIE. If the latter be your choice, then BE GONE with you NOW!" directed to you, what would be your reaction?





Please view the context only after you have voted.
Context: http://newhampshireunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=9345.0
http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Brown+case+e-mails+investigated&articleId=083dd586-0d54-4650-a9ca-07f99d4d3914

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The Polling Pit / The Liberty Court - Case #1
« on: April 03, 2007, 02:54:44 PM »
You are the private arbiter.  Justify your ruling and pronounce sentence (liberty court, not current US kangaroo courts).

5 families have come before you seeking a judgment of negligent homicide on defendant John Doe.  Here are the facts as stipulated by material witnesses, the plaintiffs and defendant:

* A runaway train - jointly owned by the 5 plaintiff families - struck and killed the heads of all 5 families

* Prior to striking the persons, the train passed a switch that could have diverted the train onto a siding

* John Doe, a private contractor with permission to be on premises was standing within easy arm's reach of the switch control
** He was familiar with the operation and location of the switch control
** He heard the engineer call over the radio that the train's brakes had failed
** He saw the 5 deceased on the track in front of the train
** He had ample opportunity to manipulate the control, but no way of alerting the 5 deceased of impending danger

* There were, and John observed, 4 persons standing on the siding
** As with the 5 deceased, John had no way of alerting the 4 persons of danger

THE PLAINTIFFS: John Doe is guilty of negligent homicide because of his failure to switch the runaway train to the siding.  If he had switched the train, 4 people would have died instead of 5, therefore John's inaction caused more harm than action would have.  Cognizant that John's inaction caused only one additional death, however, the 5 families seek only one count of negligent homicide, with any restitution to be divided equally among the 5 families.  Plaintiffs additionally ask that in pronouncing your sentence you take into account the importance and great earning potential of the 5 deceased which should, of course, count as more than one normal man.

THE DEFENDANT: John Doe is not guilty of negligent homicide.  The 5 deceased were in danger through no fault of his own.  If he had switched the train to the siding, he would have caused the deaths of 4 innocent bystanders who were not in any danger otherwise.

How say you?

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