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    The real-life DEATH STAR

    Before people get carried away, a 30 joule burst is the rating for most one pump bb guns. It'll dent a beer can, not blow up Alderaan.
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    Question

    Through self sacrifice towards another.
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    Come Up with A Word To Replace "Masterbation"

    You took mine! (Fair and square, no hatin') I guess I'll go with, "checking for ticks."
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    Would you quit your job?

    I've been working for nearly a decade, 3 of those years with a college degree. Not once, have I made even close to $25,000/year. If those options were offered to me, I'd have to be insane not to take it. Socialism and govt. dependency aside, simply from a capitalistic viewpoint, it's the choice...
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    Babysitters gun kills toddler!

    From that link: Unless I'm seriously missing something, I'm not reading what you're reading.
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    Scientists confirm most distant galaxy ever

    I was unable to find that information from the official release, it might be a mistake from the mainstream reporters. Whether it is or isn't, it's not impossible, due to universal expansion. Essentially, the universal edges themselves were and still are moving apart. Imagine drawing a smiley...
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    Skull Fossil Suggests Simpler Human Lineage

    Brain size doesn't really correlate much with intelligence; look at whales, they have car size brains, but no real intelligence. It's a function of size, neuron density (whales neurons are significantly larger than human neurons), and the instinctual way for the neurons to behave. Size*density...
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    Babysitters gun kills toddler!

    Do either of you have any sort of link to this law? Every page I could find on the subject said 18+, and that was my understanding of the law. I'm seriously not an expert on gun laws, but this 21+ idea goes completely against my experiences. If you could show the federal statute or something...
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    Babysitters gun kills toddler!

    I could be wrong, but I'm ~99% certain that you can buy a gun at 18. There are laws against dealerships selling to under 21, but a private sale can happen at 18. There are even hunting permits that allow the temporary transfer of ownership to hunters of any age, including children. When I was in...
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    What does disability mean to you and who qualifies?

    No one said it was. Is it your problem when someone breaks their back, or loses their limbs, or goes blind, etc. It's society's problem, we look after our own.
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    What does disability mean to you and who qualifies?

    Although I'll absolutely acknowledge fraud within the disabilities system, I don't think all of these "examples" have been cases of fraud. Vertigo is a real disability; Seriously, some Vertigo patients just fall over every couple of minutes, it'd be a disaster in a work environment. Driving is...
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    We are all sinners-so says the Christian

    Most of what I know is more from the economic aspect of feudalism, so I don't think I know of any books that are specifically about this connection. I'm certain there are some, since it's not a very uncommonly held theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom Wikipedia notes that the amount of...
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    We are all sinners-so says the Christian

    Yes, exactly. I think you'll see that illiteracy and religiosity tend to go hand in hand, even today. It's not a slight on religious people, in that you can be both religious and literate, of course. But, the trend is there, all around the world. There are dozens of conclusions that can be drawn...
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    We are all sinners-so says the Christian

    There are many theories that Christianity took hold of Europe due to it's abuse through Serf-labor systems. Essentially, they were told to work for a "lord" that would let them work his land, for the deal that their week would be split into 3 days for the lord, 3 days for the serf, and 1 day for...
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    When Did the the Right Start Ignoring the Poor?

    Can you show where I said that, because I'm pretty sure I didn't. I agree; I only posted that quote as proof for my claim, that science isn't about proof. I think information is readily attained without the scientific method, I just don't think that useful conclusions will consistently flow...
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