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March 08, 2014

Saturday Thread for Non-Gardening Discussions [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

For those of you not interested in gardening.

Tragically, a Malaysian Airlines jet has gone missing.

Flight MH370 vanished at 18:40 GMT Friday (02:40 local time Saturday) after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, where it was expected at 22:30 GMT.
The aerial search has been halted for the night, but sea operations continue.
No wreckage has been reported by the airline, but Vietnamese planes reported seeing oil slicks in the sea.

Per my twitter feed, the flying conditions were reportedly near-perfect.

Prayers for the missing and their loved ones.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:42 AM | Comments (110)
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1 Open thread.

Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2014 08:10 AM (zDsvJ)

2 Oh good.
Calling for snow next week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:13 AM (wMsMv)

3 VIA - here's my forecast for my area in MO early next week: Monday: 68 - sunny Tuesday: 70 - cloudy Wednes: 36 - snow/rain.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 08, 2014 08:15 AM (bCEmE)

4 What aircraft?

Posted by: scottst at March 08, 2014 08:16 AM (viHsO)

5 scottst - Boeing 777

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 08, 2014 08:16 AM (bCEmE)

6 Perfect flying conditions. Great plane. I looked it up. Tomorrow's departure scheduled with same flight number.

Posted by: scottst at March 08, 2014 08:20 AM (viHsO)

7 Drudge reports that there were two passengers aboard, each with a stolen passport. Both passports were apparently reported stolen promptly by the victims of the thefts (at least one passport was stolen a year ago). Which leads to the question: Does Malaysia have access to a stolen/revoked international passport database? Does such a database exist?

Posted by: mrp at March 08, 2014 08:21 AM (JBggj)

8 I once thought about starting a garden, but decided against it.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 08, 2014 08:22 AM (IN7k+)

9 Er wait. Would that last comment be considered a gardening comment or a non-gardening comment?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 08, 2014 08:23 AM (IN7k+)

10 MH has 15 ea 777-200ER.

Posted by: scottst at March 08, 2014 08:23 AM (viHsO)

11 CPAC is on CSPNone...re-run from friday.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 08, 2014 08:24 AM (LhAqq)

12 Shitty way to go.

Posted by: eman at March 08, 2014 08:25 AM (AO9UG)

13 I tried to read the gardening post but it creeped me out.

Posted by: scottst at March 08, 2014 08:25 AM (viHsO)

14 If a cabin depressurizes at 35K feet does blood boil or can one survive with oxygen? Sudden massive failure at altitude suggests possible terror more than other scenarios, without actually knowing of course.

Posted by: Beagle at March 08, 2014 08:30 AM (sOtz/)

15 There originally reports of US personnel at a Thai Air base picking up a mayday signal from the down aircraft.
At first I dismissed it.
But Exercise Cobra Gold just wrapped up in February, that base is usually used by US forces for Cobra Gold,and there are probably still small numbers of our people still there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:32 AM (wMsMv)

16 Oh, fuck Malaysian Airlines' 777s were equipped with the thing I worked on a couple jobs ago. It's Level C so if it failed it shouldn't have killed anyone, but I feel weird anyway.

Posted by: HR at March 08, 2014 08:33 AM (hO8IJ)

17 NATURE -- did "Acts of God" incapacitate the lost Malaysian flight to Beijing? "The interplanetary magnetic system CAN affect earth at this time. [ ] I'm not sure the sun could be more quiet. No flaring or solar wind jolts. But a coronal hold stream is expected today or tomorrow." @ 2:00 - 2:25 min. http://tinyurl.com/m6c3ub8 solar-global weather

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 08, 2014 08:34 AM (MhA4j)

18 Not about the sad story of the Malaysian airline. Just a good political cartoon.: http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=228031

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 08:37 AM (XyM/Y)

19 Two passengers with stolen passports kinda tips the scales.

Posted by: mrp at March 08, 2014 08:38 AM (JBggj)

20 Thai Navy airfield that I mentioned.
Reports were that they picked up the signal briefly, in the 40 minute to 2 hour period of the beginning of the flight, and that they were reporting a mid-air fuselage failure event of some type.

http://tinyurl.com/kxvbgdy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:39 AM (wMsMv)

21 Here's a funny political thing. I just got blocked on Twitter by Neal Boortz. Someone in my timeline retweeted a tweet by him opining that conservatives need to " keep their mouths shut" about gay marriage and abortion. I replied saying who cares about gay marriage, but keeping silent about murdering unborn humans was a matter of principle, and principles are important. The Republican Party was founded on the unpopular principle that it was wrong to enslave people. His response was "Murdering? You're blocked". Two things. #1, if I stuck a probe in your head and sucked out your brains, yea, that would be murder. Peter Singer aside, it's no different with a baby. #2 what kind of narcissist finds it necessary to announce "You're blocked!" on twitter? I responded to a retweet, if you don't like it, ignore it. I hate to break it to you but you're not that important. Boo hoo, I'm "blocked". My life is over. Really, I had thought better of the man based upon his radio show, he seemed more down to earth.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 08, 2014 08:42 AM (N/cFh)

22 20. mrp, yes. Even if the stolen passports were scanned electronically for verification, hacking happens. And makes a customer wonder what ANY company's "award winning" claim secures.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 08, 2014 08:42 AM (MhA4j)

23 The passports certainly nudge the scales.
And that may ultimately be the case.
But, I'm not ready to stamp the case "Solved" just yet.
Apparently, Bangkok is THE major center for forged passports in the entire world.
And I didn't know that till today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:43 AM (wMsMv)

24 21. yes, that could do it

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 08, 2014 08:44 AM (MhA4j)

25 Damn Dave,
I really used to like Boortz.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:45 AM (wMsMv)

26 The Newt speaking at CPAC now.

Posted by: Weirdflunky at March 08, 2014 08:50 AM (s0pAz)

27 24. I would have guessed as much. Validation? I wonder how many passports on that flight were fraudulent, not "stolen" ... I can imagine there'd be a lot of reasons someone might need to travel under assumed ID. Not always criminals or terrorists, but political refugees -- say a "real" journalist who has taboo information. Or simply a spy who knew too much. That has happened before. All the lives taken, merely collateral damage.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 08, 2014 08:50 AM (MhA4j)

28 Fuselage failure? What are typical ones that have been documented--like stress failures and such?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 08, 2014 08:50 AM (aUQgu)

29 Neil Boortz is a Libertarian, is he not? I have never seen many Libertarians opposed to abortion. While some individual Libertarians might be opposed to it, , they wouldn't want to make that choice for others Therefore so he would consider "murder" an inflammatory term if he didn't think the fetus became a person until after 3 months or whatever. I'm not saying I agree with his POV at all but I understand it. I don't agree with his blocking you, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 08:52 AM (XyM/Y)

30 Does Callista's hair move?

Posted by: NCwoof at March 08, 2014 08:53 AM (aUQgu)

31 Here's some stuff to chew on:

The muzzies are trying to take over Birmingham schools :

http://tinyurl.com/m9mluso

(Beitbart)

Over a hundred non US citizens are registered to vote in FL; some have actually been voting:

http://tinyurl.com/k9won6a

(WesternJounalism link, references an NBC2 investigative report)

Remember folks, our Dem betters in DC have consistently told us that this stuff just doesn't happen.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 08, 2014 08:53 AM (cHZB7)

32 22. Boortz, libertarian to the extent that such guaranteed him an audience. /What was that phrase of his about booger pickers?

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 08, 2014 08:53 AM (MhA4j)

33 I think the De Havilland Comet was the earliest example.
Previously unknown stresses around the passenger window frames caused catastrophic failure of three of the aircraft in flight.

For awhile, no-one knew why these things were falling out of the sky in pieces. Then they realized that the sharp corners of the window frames were concentrating stress, and redesigning the widow corners solved it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 08:56 AM (wMsMv)

34 His response was "Murdering? You're blocked". Two things. #1, if I stuck a probe in your head and sucked out your brains, yea, that would be murder Murder implies malice. For instance, if you stuck a probe in someones head and sucked their brains out while you were under the mistaken belief that they were already dead, it wouldn't be murder. Aside from being imprecise terminology, it would be best from a political standpoint not to associate abortion with "murder"- it's the sort of language that turns people off. Demonizing women who get an abortion as murderers- no matter how wrong you think they were in doing so- is counterproductive. It's more likely to turn people against you than persuade them.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 08, 2014 08:57 AM (SY2Kh)

35 It's Birmingham, England, not AL. Not that it makes it better, but it's not at all surprising in Britain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 08:58 AM (XyM/Y)

36 Boortz is somewhat of a prick, IMO. I'm glad he retired. He's about as useless as Bill O'Really.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 08, 2014 08:59 AM (0HooB)

37 Here's a funny political thing. I just got blocked on Twitter by Neal Boortz.

I saw that. Thought that was a real dick move.

murder:
5. to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.

Dismemberment is pretty fucking barbarous.

Posted by: HR at March 08, 2014 09:00 AM (hO8IJ)

38 Dr. Ben Carson coming up next at CPAC.

Posted by: Weirdflunky at March 08, 2014 09:00 AM (s0pAz)

39 36 >> It's Birmingham, England, not AL. Not that it makes it better, but it's not at all surprising in Britain.

So it is, Fenelon. Okay, coming soon to an American city near you.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 08, 2014 09:06 AM (cHZB7)

40 I bet you could find a false or stolen passport on EVERY international flight.

Posted by: mnw at March 08, 2014 09:10 AM (68RU9)

41 Girl Shooting from the Hip Open Thread Compliance pic http://tinyurl.com/lvvvnvk

Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2014 09:30 AM (aTXUx)

42 And a nice hip, that is.

Posted by: Yoda at March 08, 2014 09:33 AM (Aif/5)

43 And a nice hip, that is.

Posted by: Yoda at March 08, 2014 09:33 AM (Aif/5)

44 @32 The Americans taunting the Brits in the hate crime false flag jihadi plot in Birmingham UK should note the EEOC, FBI, and JD (inter alia) dutifully follow their tongue jihadi masters in the US right now. So much bluster about concealed carry and whatnot, signifying nothing.

Posted by: Beagle at March 08, 2014 09:40 AM (sOtz/)

45 Dr. Ben Carson coming up next at CPAC.

Will he be carrying a muzzle loader too?

Fucking RINO shitstain that he is.

Posted by: Borders Language Culture at March 08, 2014 09:47 AM (Cs2tJ)

46 Today is International Women's Day In the spirit of Ace's celebration thread in honor of it last night .. https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/442370637273632768/photo/1

Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2014 09:48 AM (aTXUx)

47 International Women's Day - Women and Self Defense You know you're a Moron when your first comment is about trigger discipline http://tinyurl.com/mnnow5r

Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2014 09:52 AM (aTXUx)

48 This thread is dead, Jim ...

Posted by: Dr Leonard McCoy at March 08, 2014 10:02 AM (aTXUx)

49 Time to go through this thread's pocket for loose change.

Posted by: Miracle Max at March 08, 2014 10:06 AM (GSIDW)

50 Amazingly in the UK calling a Muslim liar (Tell Mama faked hate crime stats) a liar ("a mendacious grievance-mongering taqiyya artist") is actionable under criminal law. So far at least, we are not that bad.

Posted by: Beagle at March 08, 2014 10:07 AM (sOtz/)

51 "As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heartÂ’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."

Posted by: H. L. Mencken at March 08, 2014 10:09 AM (bitz6)

52 Official report on plane says it disappeared from radar while flying at 35,000 feet. No mention of loss of altitude prior to disappearance from radar. If that is accurate, possibilities include.... Bomb Castatrophic failure of of airframe for reason other than bomb. Collision with meteor. Collision with missile powerful enough to cause quick mid-air breakup. Bush-Cheney-Halliburton. Fracking. Ted cruz sneezed.

Posted by: Meremortal at March 08, 2014 10:10 AM (1Y+hH)

53 Hey, I know! Let's have an American-themed party: http://tinyurl.com/mfsb6ax That Spanish girl holding the tub of popcorn has certainly got my attention. BRB.

Posted by: rickl at March 08, 2014 10:13 AM (sdi6R)

54 So basically terrorism is looking likely?

Posted by: Lauren at March 08, 2014 10:13 AM (Lre/J)

55 Maybe the Chinese shot it down. Are any of those islands that they want to steal off of Vietnam?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 08, 2014 10:17 AM (bitz6)

56 I used my weather machine to crash that plane. Then I drank their blood. Just for fun.

Posted by: WarCock Cheney at March 08, 2014 10:17 AM (Aif/5)

57 I'm still not ruling out some epic fuck-up -- like Vietnam's air defense systems shooting it down on accident. Very confused about how rare it is to find passengers with fake passports.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 08, 2014 10:18 AM (ZPrif)

58 Apparently the fake passports were both stolen in Thailand, for what it's worth.

Posted by: Lauren at March 08, 2014 10:21 AM (Lre/J)

59 @54 & 56 Would not be the first time a military splashed a civilian aircraft in modern times.

Posted by: Beagle at March 08, 2014 10:22 AM (sOtz/)

60 I should rephrase that. They aren't fake passports, they're stolen passports. And they were stolen in Thailand. What I don't understand though is how they were able to use passports that had been reported as stolen.

Posted by: Lauren at March 08, 2014 10:22 AM (Lre/J)

61 Probably Uyghur militant separatists with no religious affiliation whatsoever.

Posted by: CNN Newsroom at March 08, 2014 10:23 AM (Aif/5)

62 Neil Boortz is a Libertarian, is he not? I have never seen many Libertarians opposed to abortion.

That's because most people claiming to be Libertarians are fakes. They like some of the consequences of the notion of rights (along the lines of 'you can't judge me' or 'no one can tell me what to do') mentioned by America's Founding Fathers but have no loyalty to the basis of rights.

Namely that God created us with rights by virtue of creating us in His image. Therefore there is no right to sin (so gay 'marriage' is a non-starter) and that our rights are inherent to us at the moment our creation begins (so a child/baby/fetus' inherent right to life trumps any right of the mother short of her own life).

Posted by: Methos at March 08, 2014 10:23 AM (hO9ad)

63 If they went overland they would be over Thailandish 2 hours in, or if over sea off the coast of Vietnam.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 08, 2014 10:24 AM (bitz6)

64 54 Maybe the Chinese shot it down. Are any of those islands that they want to steal off of Vietnam? Posted by: Boss Moss at March 08, 2014 02:17 PM (bitz6) Most of the passengers on board were Chinese, so I don't think that's likely. I very much doubt it was shot down. The stolen passports are very suspicious, but planes can crash for all kinds of reasons. Remember that Air France crash in the Atlantic a few years ago. It was a complete mystery until the black boxes were found, and there was lots of speculation about terrorism.

Posted by: rickl at March 08, 2014 10:25 AM (sdi6R)

65 For instance, if you stuck a probe in someones head and sucked their brains out while you were under the mistaken belief that they were already dead, it wouldn't be murder.

That's at least negligent homicide. Or, you know, murder.

Posted by: Methos at March 08, 2014 10:25 AM (hO9ad)

66 64 Sounds more like someone's right to choose.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 08, 2014 10:27 AM (bitz6)

67 There are lots of pro-life libertarians. It's one of their main splits since. Good way to start a circular firing squad among libertarians is to bring up abortion. Purge on Purge. Splitter!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 08, 2014 10:29 AM (ZPrif)

68 And now reports that a Russian stolen passport was also used to gain entry to the aircraft.
So, possibly three stolen passports on that aircraft.
Two for certain.

I still think it was Bush.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 10:30 AM (wMsMv)

69 51 You forgot Global Warmening

Posted by: votermom at March 08, 2014 10:31 AM (GSIDW)

70 Goodwill donates 0 to charity.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 08, 2014 10:32 AM (bitz6)

71 were equipped with the thing I worked on a couple jobs ago. It's Level C so if it failed it shouldn't have killed anyone, but I feel weird anyway.

9/11 killed a couple of users I as a central server developer had never met and didn't know specifically were customers. The guys in operations did see remote servers go offline when the towers fell. It does feel weird, not something you'd ever expect being in software.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 08, 2014 10:33 AM (DL2i+)

72 Spitballing: terrorism, military, sudden structural failure, sudden kamikaze pilot syndrome, or big explosion not terror or military. No distress call, right? This happened fast. The 777 has a good record and is not very old. They mostly have the falls apart in midair engineered out these days

Posted by: Beagle at March 08, 2014 10:37 AM (sOtz/)

73 I remember hearing a talk by a Libertarian a few years ago who suggested that we should work on developing the technology to transplant a fetus from a woman who doesn't want it into a woman who does. Since we're continually improving our ability to save premature babies at earlier and earlier stages, I thought it made sense. It's food for thought, anyway.

Posted by: rickl at March 08, 2014 10:38 AM (sdi6R)

74 There's nothing worse than hurting the feelings of someone who dismembers infants.

Posted by: Gosnell, MD at March 08, 2014 10:44 AM (3k4V2)

75 Where was the Russian passport reported stolen ?

Posted by: seamrog at March 08, 2014 10:46 AM (gPgu+)

76 Anyone else use Yahoo mail? Been noticing that the logo on the left side of the screen likes to do cute things. Today the two "O"s turn into the symbol for female. Anyone know what's up with that?

Posted by: never enough caffeine at March 08, 2014 10:46 AM (Qp3K5)

77 Weirddave at March 08, 2014 12:42 PM

Within the last couple of Months I listened to a radio show that Boortz filled in while the regular host was on vacation... Boortz was pretty adamant that so much as even mentioning gay marriage or abortion would doom any (R) candidate and taint the rest of the party. Those two topics are radioactive (to Boortz) which is what he was re-emphasizing when using the ban stick.

His alliance with (R) has more to do with the simple fact that they are not in power right now, when they are in power he'll switch to fighting the (R) power with the (D)s, whne the (D)s are back in power, he will fight the (D) power with the (R)s....blah, blah, blah...

(L)s seem to put more effort in fighting the power than finding common ground and using the power.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 08, 2014 10:49 AM (80R0X)

78 Copying Google, making their logo celebrate fashionable causes, today both are celebrating international lady parts day.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2014 10:49 AM (ZPrif)

79 ... celebrating international lady parts day ...

With all those dancing mirrors on the google homepage I thought it was Obama's birthday.

Speaking of mirrors and lady parts - upskirt photos are legal in Massachusetts now.
So get your shiny shoes back out of the closet.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 08, 2014 10:53 AM (80R0X)

#70; I once got hold of the network alarm log from that day for one of the big network providers (Verizon or Sprint, forget which), and it was spooky seeing this big burst of alarms when the towers fell for a bunch of core routers, major circuits and the like. I used to work for what is now JP Morgan Chase, and after the first WTC attack our department manager had some big TVs installed in the NOC so we could keep an eye on the news. Seems that Chase lost a bunch of major circuits in that attack as well, but we had no idea why because we were not monitoring the news. It was several hours before we figured out why those links were down. Turns out AT&T as well as some of the other IXCs had big facilities in the WTC, which were damaged in the first attack, and destroyed on 9/11. In fact we had several big customers in the New York area that had sites down for months after 9/11 until AT&T was able to complete repairs.

Posted by: The Oort Cloud at March 08, 2014 10:54 AM (NKoXJ)

81 upskirt photos are legal in Massachusetts now. But not for long. Legislature just passed bill outlawing the practice.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 08, 2014 10:54 AM (cHwSy)

82 They should've put a bunch of bait trannies on the subways in Boston. After getting "Crying Gamed" a few times, the thrill would likely wear off.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 08, 2014 11:05 AM (ZshNr)

83 If that is accurate, possibilities include.... Posted by: Meremortal at March 08, 2014 02:10 PM (1Y+hH) The only logical possibility is extraterrestrials!

Posted by: Georgio Tsoukalos at March 08, 2014 11:08 AM (aTXUx)

84 If that is accurate, possibilities include.... Posted by: Meremortal at March 08, 2014 02:10 PM (1Y+hH) Global Warming! Look at the SCIENCE, man!!!

Posted by: Dr Charles Johnson, Scienceologist at March 08, 2014 11:10 AM (aTXUx)

85 77 Copying Google, making their logo celebrate fashionable causes, today both are celebrating international lady parts day. Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2014 02:49 PM (ZPrif) Moar Celebration! http://www.mileanhour.com/files/2010/5/tommygunnnnsss.jpg

Posted by: Dr Charles Johnson, Scienceologist at March 08, 2014 11:14 AM (aTXUx)

86 Oh my God George Bush is now shooting down planes where will it end

Posted by: Gary from Providence, Father of Two, Employed by None at March 08, 2014 11:15 AM (yhJhK)

87 The weight of all the excess CO2 in the atmosphere contributed to the rapid descent of the airliner.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 08, 2014 11:17 AM (ZshNr)

88 The weight of all the excess CO2 in the atmosphere contributed to the rapid descent of the airliner.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 08, 2014 11:17 AM (ZshNr)

89 Twice!

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 08, 2014 11:17 AM (ZshNr)

90 I farted, plane go boom.

Posted by: Achmed's Ghost at March 08, 2014 11:18 AM (yhJhK)

91 Car post was there then it disappeared. I blame Bush and racism. Mostly Bush.

Posted by: Weirdflunky at March 08, 2014 11:21 AM (s0pAz)

92 In fact we had several big customers in the New York area that had sites down for months after 9/11 until ATT was able to complete repairs.

We live atop a complex web of services, perhaps putting retards in charge is a mistake.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at March 08, 2014 11:22 AM (DL2i+)

93 And now the cars are back.

Posted by: Weirdflunky at March 08, 2014 11:23 AM (s0pAz)

94 Copying Google, making their logo celebrate fashionable causes, today both are celebrating international lady parts day. Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2014 02:49 PM (ZPrif) Song for the festive occasion ... Ginger Boobs, Ginger Boobs, Ginger All the Way ... http://tinyurl.com/ny6d4dx

Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2014 11:25 AM (aTXUx)

95 Where is Anna?
A Soviet era Bear Bomber for sale

http://tinyurl.com/meyv5yz

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2014 11:26 AM (wMsMv)

It was the Global Warmening what brought that plane down over the ocean.

See there was this microburst downdraft of heat from the upper atmosphere strong enough to go hide in the deep ocean. The plane got caught in it unfortunately and is now also hiding in the deep ocean.

With the heat.

All you SUV driving, gaia hating, anti carbon tax, deniers are to blame. The science is settled.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 08, 2014 11:43 AM (BAS5M)

97 Tje woman who went to Duke after turning down full scholarships to other schools talks about how spiritual she is and complains that she would not had had to do porn had Duke been affordable: MW: I was offered scholarships at a lot of places. I was offered full tuition at Vanderbilt, for example, and was accepted into USC, Wellesley, Barnard, Pepperdine, some others. But I visited Duke last year on Blue Devil Days [Duke's programmed weekend for admitted freshmen], and I remember walking into the Duke Chapel -- I'm a very spiritual person -- and just feeling an energy that told me, "This is the place you need to be." And I felt something in the chapel in that moment that told me that I needed to be here and go to Duke and it was something that would be an amazing experience for me. Would you still do porn if Duke cost less? MW: No. If Duke had given me sufficient financial aid, if they had given me the proper resources and made college affordable for my family, I would not have done porn. What a sad, foolish woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 11:48 AM (XyM/Y)

98 What I don't understand though is how they were able to use passports that had been reported as stolen.
Come on. I'm sure it's pretty easy for Asian Moslems to pass as guys named Maraldi and Weiss.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 08, 2014 11:59 AM (hn5v5)

99 Am I the only one thinking it could be terrorism by a faction of the "religion of peace?"

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 08, 2014 12:30 PM (V70Uh)

100 "I am also really into spirituality. I like astrology, Zen, all of that." ^^ Quote by the 18 year old porn star. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 12:40 PM (XyM/Y)

101 So it's Duke's fault that her oncologist father couldn't pay for her tuition there and she had to do porn?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 08, 2014 12:43 PM (XyM/Y)

102 In entirely unrelated news, Bill Clinton traveling to Duke on the red-eye flight from Sandals Jamaica.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 08, 2014 01:02 PM (ZshNr)

103

98 Am I the only one thinking it could be terrorism by a faction of the "religion of peace?"

No, you're not the only one, Grampa Jimbo.

Posted by: wheatie at March 08, 2014 02:04 PM (8quPO)

104 Rand Paul won the CPAC straw poll.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 08, 2014 02:08 PM (T2V/1)

105
Sarah is up and ready to chew some ass!