[y66]

No justice, no football.


A former University of Missouri player, L’Damian Washington, spoke to current players Sunday from his car in Columbia. Credit August Kryger for The New York Times

Now we're talking.

[mike777]

there is the theory that as our solar system circles the galactic core Every 32 million years it hits a dense patch of dark matter. The gravity pulls a comet from the Ort cloud that may or may not hit planet earth.


64 million years ago it did hit earth, destroyed most life that cleaned the slate that lead to humans. mammals were tiny and burrowed into the earth

so dark matter lead to the human domain

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I guess we are about due(* give or take a few million years) for another close call from dark matter gravity pulling a comet from the ort cloud

[WellSpyder]

 mike777, on 2015-November-18, 23:59, said:

I guess we are about due(* give or take a few million years) for another close call from dark matter gravity pulling a comet from the ort cloud

Reminds me of an old rule for (economic) forecasters: "Either forecast what is going to happen or when something is going to happen, but never both at the same time...."

[Winstonm]

 mike777, on 2015-November-18, 23:59, said:

there is the theory that as our solar system circles the galactic core Every 32 million years it hits a dense patch of dark matter. The gravity pulls a comet from the Ort cloud that may or may not hit planet earth.


64 million years ago it did hit earth, destroyed most life that cleaned the slate that lead to humans. mammals were tiny and burrowed into the earth

so dark matter lead to the human domain

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I guess we are about due(* give or take a few million years) for another close call from dark matter gravity pulling a comet from the ort cloud

We are all the children of Lord Voldemort?

[Winstonm]

This is potentially life-altering news!

[y66]

Michael Dukakis would very much like your turkey carcass. The dude abides.

[y66]

The attack that broke the Dark Web—and how Tor plans to fix it by Kashmir Hill

[PhantomSac]

JOHN LEGEND LYRICS
"All Of Me"

[Verse 1:]
What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright

[Pre-Chorus:]
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

[Verse 2:]
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you

[Pre-Chorus:]
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

[Bridge:]
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard

[Chorus:]
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh oh

[PhantomSac]

This is written to be not deleted (so I am censoring myself strategically):

Things are going on that we know, or some of the naive of us don't know about.

People who are mentally ill are tolerated if they are talented/good at something that people care about (talent is not a real thing). We are lucky: we have good support systems, we are cared about because we are good at something arbitrary, and even our "mental illness" happens to have a label. In reality we have won the genetic lottery; in my case I was born healthy and smart and to a good family with a lot going for it. That is a lot luckier than a lot of people. But I have been labeled with an identifiable "mental illness." I don't disagree with this label, despite my use of ", I simply think I buy into the label. Other people do not have labels for what concerns them and they are much less lucky than myself. It is easy to say that, it is hard to accept/think that during the bad times. It is crippling to imagine going forward and all that is available to think is that 99 % of people are less lucky than me, so I should go forward and not think that way. But it is hard during the worst 1 % of my time. But I do know it's true. It can be hard to continue moving forward, bridge is a great thing for me and I play my best when I am thinking this way (which is lol) but it is not exactly how the business model of a bridge pro works. It is literally CRIPPLING so think about how the poor or below average intelligence person or disadvantaged person thinks. Those people are not necessarily lazy or bad, some of them genuinely need help and we need to help them. ***** this "free market capitalism" thought process that makes it seem like they are not rational. Sure, they are not what economists would call rational, that is the point. We need to help those people. Those people need help, not because they are bad or lazy, but because it is hard for those people to help themselves. Sure, some of those people will choose to be homeless and alcoholics/drug addicts, but we don't need to lock them up either. We need to try to HELP people. As a society, we need to HELP our fellow people. And some will call that "handouts" but you know it helps you also, instead of locking people up (at a large cost) and excommunicating them, lets ingratiate them back into society. I am lucky with my advantages, I cannot imagine being born to even an average family with average talents, in todays society I would be CRUSHED if that were true. Even with my advantages I struggle. We need to help people. We do not need to be punitive. Some people are trying to be beneficial to society but are lost and having a hard time and have no one and nothing to turn to. Being punitive towards these people is not just terrible towards them, it is a net negative to our society. I know the demographic here is largely skewed towards the right but I also think those people are open to other points of view. I have also been totally a free market person. It builds wealth maximally, so that benefits society maximally right? Well, yeah, but society is not better overall. It is easy to fall into that viewpoint. Trying to lift up the people living in the margins is a net gain for society and it is also the right thing to do. True, some people will exploit this, and some people are just bad, but I believe that a lot of people are in the situation where they are not able to help themselves but would if given the opportuinity. I equate this to the justice system being based on "it is better for 100 guilty men to go free than 1 innocent man to be convicted." Let's as a society try to help people. We live in such a litigious and punitive world and it is so sad and hard. I am not crying for myself, I am lucky. But I cannot imagine for the less fortunate mentally ill people how it is. They are LOCKED UP. In UNDERFUNDED ***** BRUTAL WORLDS. If you think that mental hospitals are at all reasonable then GL to you. They are not. They are horrible. They stop people from seeking help because they are like jail, maybe worse. And that is a private hospital. Again GL with a state hospital lol. I am crying for those who have no other options. Send them to jail over that *****. Or just ***** kill them, that would be a better option.

[PhantomSac]

/Yes I know I am hurting my bridge career with that message. I know I am not playing the game. I know you all think I am insane and some of you even "pity me" (ok that last part is actually hard). I don't care. I don't want to be pitied. I want for a real change to be enacted. I don't want people to be scared. Scared to talk. To breathe. I want real change. The only CRAZY part of that is thinking that anything will matter. I am thinking totally clearly on this one, hopefully others will see what I am saying.

[PhantomSac]

[Chorus]
I was thinking bout her, thinkin' bout me
Thinkin' bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road
Will she come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream

I was at the top and now its like I'm in the basement
Number one spot and now she find her a replacement
I swear now I can't take it, knowing somebody's got my baby
And now you ain't around baby I can't think
I should've put it down, should've got the ring
Cause I can still feel it in the air
See her pretty face run my fingers through her hair
My lover, my life, my shawty, my wife
She left me, I'm tied
Cause I knew that it just ain't right

[Chorus]

When I be ridin' man I swear I see her face at every turn
Tryna get my Usher on but I can't let it Burn
And I just hopes she know that she the only one I yearn for
More and more I miss her, when will I learn
Didn't give her all my love, I guess now I got my payback
Now I'm in the club thinking all about my baby
Hey, she was so easy to love
But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough
I'm going through it every time that I'm alone
And now I'm missing, wishing she'd pick up the phone
But she made the decision that she wanted to move on
Cause I was wrong

[Chorus]

If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything
Said if you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
Now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything

[Chorus: x2]



Read more: Nelly - Just A Dream Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[PhantomSac]

C'mon, uhh, uhh
I guess he's back 'urr derrty, S-T-L derby
I'm like Magic to Kareem, mayne you tell me I ain't Worthy
I ain't speakin 'bout a jersey, I'm speakin 'bout income
Did you hear that Elizabeth? Here come the big one
I put mo' money in the community than you got in yo' budget
I wipe my ass with yo' advance to the toilet then flush it
My last stance be a stance of a General Custard
I hot dog cause I can, I got the cheese and mustard
I got the stats of a hall of famer - in just two records
That's why I'm back up at the Superbowl - with Julius Peppers
I got that cain't stop, won't stop, in my veins
That's why they cain't stop, won't stop, screamin the name
NELLY! NELLY! Go tell a friend to tell a friend
I'ma keep the same grin whether I, lose or win
Up, or down ten, I'ma fight to the end
Breathing hardLet's go

Ain't no way they can stop me now Nelly
Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin
It's the blood of a champion, pumpin
Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be runnin
I'ma get what I can and more, even if
My blood, my sweat, and my tears don't mean nothin
It's the heart of a champion (it's the heart of me)
(It's the heart of a ) in me

I'm the first pick, the first round, signin bonus profound
Playin for his hometown, reppin for the home ground
And gettin buffer like Michael Riggs, tell 'em again
I gets buffer like Michael Riggs, heard what I said?
The MV-P of the game, intensity still the same
I'm shootin out from my reign, with Peyton Manning type aim
Can't stop me from scorin so they results are just hackin
So there's, three of us now - me, A.I. and Shaq'n
From the look to the as I say
Hover man with more heart than Hallmark on Valentine's Day
I'm the one that you've been Raven about, like Ray Lewis
I think it hard to go and change your route
Cause you don't know if I'm blitzin or if I'm sittin and readin
Waitin for you to go and trip, drop back and throw up a brick, man

AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW

It's like a big time decision made on how I can twurk it
If hard work pays off then easy work is worthless
My work habit ain't no habit man, I do it on purpose
I push myself to the limit so my talent'll surface
So now it's, curtains and drapes, on anybody who hates
Dislikin what I'm recitin, bitin what I've been writin
I've been dogfightin, scratchin and clawin on every height
Tryin to make you remember me like you +Remember the Titans+
Cause I'm a warrior, my daddy was a soldier
A Vietnam vet, lil' derrty I thought I told ya
I'm supposed ta, whip up your town in Testarossas
Heatin like Folgers mayne, I'm young black and rich
As good as it gets, and givin your point guard fits
He think he done seen pressure mayne, but he ain't seen shhhh

AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW
AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW, AIN'T NO WAY THEY CAN - BLOW

Ain't no way they can stop me now Nelly
Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin
It's the blood of a champion, pumpin
Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be runnin
I'ma get what I can and more, even if
My blood, my sweat, and my tears don't mean nothin
It's the heart of a champion (it's the heart of me)
(It's the heart of a ) in me

Ain't no way they can stop me now Nelly
Cause I'm on my way, I can feel my ring comin
It's the blood of a champion, pumpin
Deep inside my veins, too much pride to be runnin
I'ma get what I can and more, even if
My blood, my sweat, and my tears don't mean nothin
It's the heart of a champion (it's the heart of me)
(It's the heart of a ) in me

[Zelandakh]

 PhantomSac, on 2015-December-09, 06:03, said:

JOHN LEGEND LYRICS
"All Of Me"

This one happens to be on my main playlist - here is the link for anyone that wants to hear it as well as read the words.

Sadly, there is still an enormous stigma in the Western world towards mental illness and a corresponding lack of support and funding for sufferers. I think that one day people will look back at this time much as we do towards locking up patients a century ago. Sadly I suspect that will not be within my lifetime.

[y66]

Second saddest day in the history of sports (after October 9, 2015 and the events that lead up to it, of course)?

[y66]

A Machine to Explain Monetary Policy. Why Not?

[kenberg]

This is in the "It had to happen" department.


The local grocery also sells gas, and as we buy groceries we "earn" points that discount the gas price. Today the gas price had fallen to $1.95 a gallon and, when I went to fill up, I found that I had a discount of $2.20 per gallon. Hmm. Would the register that keeps a running track of the price now run backward? Does it understand about negative numbers? Would I be allowed to summon other drivers and put some gas in their cars?

No such luck. It let me fill my tank for free and told me i had a discount of 20 cents a gallon for the next time I came in. So it ate a nickel of my discount. Very wicked.

[Aberlour10]

+++breaking+++news+++

A DJ from local radio station in Austria barricaded himself in the studio and played two hours long the same song Last Christmas by Wham. Alone his 4y old son could get him to give it up.

[Cyberyeti]

 Aberlour10, on 2015-December-24, 13:15, said:

+++breaking+++news+++

A DJ from local radio station in Austria barricaded himself in the studio and played two hours long the same song Last Christmas by Wham. Alone his 4y old son could get him to give it up.

Apparently the station didn't fire him, just made him work Christmas night and new years eve

[y66]

Bidoun, an Influential Magazine of the Middle East, Extends Its Reach

[y66]

The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery by Karl Ove Knaussgard. Wow. This guy can write.

Edit: Karl Ove Knausgaard and Stephen Grosz in conversation, May 2014