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I'm not familiar with VA's gun laws either. I do know that it's relatively easy (at least compared with my home state), and that there was supposedly a background check when Cho bought his weapon (though it was an automatic, minute-long computer check) and I don't know if it would have brought up hi...

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http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi This oughta be an interesting ride. I'm pretty sure how we all feel about Ann Coulter here, myself included. But I don't exclude her blog from my reading just because she's an abrasive, arrogant, self-righteous bitch - many people could say the same t...

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/19/wchina19.xml China claimed yesterday to have caused a snowfall for the first time as part of its increasingly ambitious attempts to control the weather. Officials in the meteorological bureau in Tibet said they had used "rain-seed...

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=we-are-glad-he-is-dead-by-cho-s-family--&method=full&objectid=18931479&siteid=89520-name_page.html I don't know how accurate this report is; it's short and I don't see any source anywhere - but according to it, Cho was "diagnosed w...

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I do think that restrictions on guns are important; the extent to which they are necessary is not something I've decided yet. I certainly think it should be harder for a person who has been hospitalized--involuntarily, at the very least--for some kind of mental illness to obtain a firearm. Yes, if ...

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To Jota: Japan tried to outlaw guns altogether, now only gangsters have guns. The old saying was true, and in fact was not hyperbole. And, regardless of how you feel about the issue of gun control, the matter is irrelevant in the context of preventing violence, which is (or at least I was under the ...

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"Great" and "80s" typically don't get together that often.

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Series of bombs kill nearly 200 in Baghdad BAGHDADâ€“In the deadliest day in Baghdad since the latest American-led security plan for the city took effect two months ago, close to 200 people were killed yesterday in a series of bombings that tore through predominantly Shiite crowds gathered at a bus...

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Everyone's going to make a huge deal about those things, because they are under the impression that there's someone/something to blame. They believe that if they scrutinize every insignificant detail of the individual's life (and especially his last messages prior to his actions) they'll find some k...

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Excuse the double post, but hey - it's 3am, who else is going to posts? I think of the gun-prohibition lobbies as no different than any other prohibition activists; prohibition is a ridiculously awful way of trying to change people's behavior, whether it's aimed at guns, drugs, alchohol, whatever. L...

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To have the kinda ammo and weapons you need to go and shoot up a school, likely not a crime of passion... And if someone is in a state to commit a crime of passion, they'll probably use a knife or a baseball bat if nothing else is handy. From all appearances, this instance isn't a "crime of pa...

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Magnetic "deflector shields" could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off.

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Interesting aside, the last campus shooting in VA was stopped by two armed students. Much is being made (and is about to be made) about VA's lax gun laws and the ease of acquiring a firearm there.[/url]

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but rather appropriate punishment for anyone who drives drunk. I won't argue with that. However, we're talking about situations where people don't have a license to drive in the first place, let alone 4 drunk driving incidents. I'm not sure why this guy, an illegal alien and multiple offender, wasn...

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GG ... really. Asians always do it right. Not funny, wil. Not the time nor the place for joking about it. When/where will it be funny? Your statement centers around the uniquely internet axiom "too soon." It is basically an attempt to play thought police without seeming uncool, a wishy-wa...

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Yes, it would (see: should) have been different. As it stands, Mr. Ramos managed to get into the country and reside here in violation of the law. This is beyond the scope of local law enfocement's power and the victim's volition. Mr. Ramos also frequently drove around drunk, also his own act and bey...

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I know that what's going to be the big thing this week is the Virginia Tech travesty, but I have a topic of discussion to distract from that disaster with another tragedy and injustice in Virginia. In case you hadn't heard the story (I don't recall it getting much media play), 22-year-old Alfredo Ra...

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Might be a misnomer, but that's why capitalism is often blamed. And if you look carefully, you can see that these totalitarian temptations among the capitalists also exist in the western world. Those people in power and in wealth will try to bend the laws to keep themselves in wealth and power. Eve...

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I'm going to assume that's not the /d/ that first came to mind.

You sick bastard.
I really hope the number of people that got this is really really small....

Hoorah. The corruption is spreading.

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As much as has changed, more than that has stayed the same.

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Pope-a-dope economics from a Marxist sympathiser. Perhaps this belongs in Milagre, but as far as I'm concerned Economics is a part of moral philosophy. And let's face it, the world's second most recognizable religious figure testing the economic-philosophy waters is of interest to me, at least. Pop...

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I never really watched the first, but the second was a classic of anime in general and a big part of its genre. Minus its butchered Americanization during transition across the Pacific, it was a quality program.

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Anime
- Cowboy Bebop
- Digimon (S1&S2)
- Sailor Moon

(I know I probably ought to be embarrassed of the last three, but, well, I'm more sort of not.)

No reason to be embarrased about either Digimon or Sailor Moon.

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wizzard: What's "decent" in your opinion means little - if anything - to me. Virlomi: I'm not sure what you think you mean by 'shtick.' The guy's comics - in my opinion - sucked; they were devoid of wit, filled with trite, overused, so-called "jokes" and they ran for several deca...

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Point taken. The identification of a gene which makes it difficult to maintain healthy weight and easy to put on excess weight is a good thing, and hopefully will allow for more people to live healthy. However, there will be a great many people who are still too lazy and non-self-interested and will...

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I was always too busy watching TNG to watch X-Files.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1647517.ece A gene that contributes to obesity has been identified for the first time, promising to explain why some people easily put on weight while others with similar lifestyles stay slim. People who inherit one version of the gene rather t...

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I don't want to throw a wet-blanket on the mourning here (well... actually, I do otherwise I wouldn't be posting), but frankly, while Wizard of Id had some genuinely "comic" moments (which IS the point, isn't it?) B.C. was the worst piece of comic-trash besides Cathy and Between Friends. I...

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In order to understand our view of Hell, you must accept the other premises (at least the potential of them) in order to understand how we can accept such an awful reality as Hell. Even accepting these numerous and illogical premises, how you can accept such an awful reality as hell STILL escapes a...

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By "reflexive", I mean that someone in the government sees what they feel is an ill in society, such as gambling, and they decide to try to use a law to cure the ill. They are, the vast majority of the time, responding to individual problems as they come. I won't contradict this point, to...

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It's a shame the douche thread was locked...

*STABS NICK WITH A DOUCHE*

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HE'S TOUCHING ME.... I DON'T THINK I CAN HELP MYSELF.

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Urge to stab... rising...

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Except we're not talking about astronomy. We're talking about The World According to Slim. He doesn't have to add "I believe" every time, because we already know that. It's presumed. In that context "Presume the existence of God. More specifically, presume the existence of your parti...

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You people are so freakin' strange.

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Ann Coulter on VT Killings

China attempts artificial snowfall

200 Killed in Baghdad Bombings, At Least 150 Wounded

Deflector Shield to Maximum!

Illegal Immigration: Perpetual Chaos

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