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Started by Tank, July 10, 2016, 07:07:32 AM

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Magdalena

Hey, Davin,
I don't know who, Jon Stewart is, so I googled The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. (I don't watch too much TV) Not even GOT.  :shifty:

Anyways...
This is what I got:
QuoteAccused by some of misinforming its core audience of young adults about international news, this series doesn't hide the fact that it's not a news program and only uses newsworthy stories as a jumping-off point to satire. In addition to celebrity and politician interviews, Stewart and his staff perform skits to get their points across.
I thought, "misinforming?" Really?  :headscratch:
But I found this GIF and I think I'm gonna like him:  :snicker:

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Davin

Quote from: Magdalena on July 16, 2016, 03:45:10 AM
Hey, Davin,
I don't know who, Jon Stewart is, so I googled The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. (I don't watch too much TV) Not even GOT.  :shifty:

Anyways...
This is what I got:
QuoteAccused by some of misinforming its core audience of young adults about international news, this series doesn't hide the fact that it's not a news program and only uses newsworthy stories as a jumping-off point to satire. In addition to celebrity and politician interviews, Stewart and his staff perform skits to get their points across.
I thought, "misinforming?" Really?  :headscratch:
But I found this GIF and I think I'm gonna like him:  :snicker:

I like Jon Stewart, but yeah, the Daily Show tended to stretch the truth a bit for a joke. I don't agree with "misinforming," because any reasons for stretching the truth were obviously for humor, which is far better than say why Fox News stretches the truth.
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

Icarus

Sickening news today: Munich, shooters kill at least six at a shopping mall food court. Germany is on high alert. The whole city is shut down while the shooter or shooters, there may be as many as three, are sought. It is not certain that this is a terrorist act orchestrated by ISIS or just some incredibly disturbed independent lunatics.


Dave

Quote from: Icarus on July 23, 2016, 12:04:11 AM
Sickening news today: Munich, shooters kill at least six at a shopping mall food court. Germany is on high alert. The whole city is shut down while the shooter or shooters, there may be as many as three, are sought. It is not certain that this is a terrorist act orchestrated by ISIS or just some incredibly disturbed independent lunatics.

Later news seems to indicate he was a loner, and maybe a nutter.

Dual Iranian/German citizenship he was shouting about "bloody foreigners" or something to the police. Chances are he is  shi'ite, if so far less chance of IS involvement.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Tom62

Quote from: Gloucester on July 23, 2016, 08:38:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 23, 2016, 12:04:11 AM
Sickening news today: Munich, shooters kill at least six at a shopping mall food court. Germany is on high alert. The whole city is shut down while the shooter or shooters, there may be as many as three, are sought. It is not certain that this is a terrorist act orchestrated by ISIS or just some incredibly disturbed independent lunatics.

Later news seems to indicate he was a loner, and maybe a nutter.

Dual Iranian/German citizenship he was shouting about "bloody foreigners" or something to the police. Chances are he is  shi'ite, if so far less chance of IS involvement.

The shooter hacked a Facebook account of a girl, to lure many people in the McDonalds, where he started shooting. So,he can't be totally nuts. In any case, I'm happy that that piece of shit is dead.
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

Dave

Quote from: Tom62 on July 23, 2016, 04:39:24 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 23, 2016, 08:38:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on July 23, 2016, 12:04:11 AM
Sickening news today: Munich, shooters kill at least six at a shopping mall food court. Germany is on high alert. The whole city is shut down while the shooter or shooters, there may be as many as three, are sought. It is not certain that this is a terrorist act orchestrated by ISIS or just some incredibly disturbed independent lunatics.

Later news seems to indicate he was a loner, and maybe a nutter.

Dual Iranian/German citizenship he was shouting about "bloody foreigners" or something to the police. Chances are he is  shi'ite, if so far less chance of IS involvement.

The shooter hacked a Facebook account of a girl, to lure many people in the McDonalds, where he started shooting. So,he can't be totally nuts. In any case, I'm happy that that piece of shit is dead.

Certainly not the actions of a sane person!

"Nutter" is a broad spectrum from pathologically eccentric to total psychopath. Not sure that intelligence, or at least strategic ability (cunning), is automatically excluded.

I do not consider the "intellectually challenged" to be nutters. Violence on their part is mostly reactive and defensive in my limited experience.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Bad Penny II

Quote from: Icarus on July 23, 2016, 12:04:11 AM
Sickening news today: Munich, shooters

I thought it was ho hum, it'll just be another Muslim killing people because of virgins or whatever.
It was just another Muslim killing people because of virgins or whatever.
I wonder if one'll get a monster truck, but no they're high and you just have to avoid the wheels.
The high speed trains, they seem pretty obvious, they run to timetables, same way every time.
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Dave

Ref "nutter" aspect:

Seems he had been having treatment for psychological problems - and was obsessed with stories of mass killings.

Still no link with radicalisation found.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74

Bad Penny II

QuoteEmail invoices for the purchase of cleaning products, Viagra, a knife and plastic handcuffs are among the evidence tendered to a New South Wales court against a man charged with the murder of high school teacher Stephanie Scott.

Is Viagra a thing that goes in the murderous rapists kit now?

Prostitutions is legal, I don't know how much it costs but it must be affordable.
She was going to be married, she had a life, probably light of her parents life.

Conception can be difficult for some.
Carrying to term isn't a thing I'd want to do
Birthing is a thing
The little noisy thing you care for.
Stories at bed time
A person you grow
Years, birthday parties, schooling
She blooms, succeeds, rejoice

cleaning products, Viagra,
a knife and plastic handcuffs"
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Tom62

Quote from: Gloucester on July 23, 2016, 05:34:39 PM
I do not consider the "intellectually challenged" to be nutters. Violence on their part is mostly reactive and defensive in my limited experience.

Never heard the expression "intellectually challenged". I assume you mean someone who is stupid, dumb, a fool or a nitwit?
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

Dave

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Quote from: Tom62 on July 23, 2016, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Gloucester on July 23, 2016, 05:34:39 PM
I do not consider the "intellectually challenged" to be nutters. Violence on their part is mostly reactive and defensive in my limited experience.

Never heard the expression "intellectually challenged". I assume you mean someone who is stupid, dumb, a fool or a nitwit?

Actually none of those terms accurately apply to people who may suffer from genetic or physically traumatic problems, who do not have a fully functioning brain. Common, casual, usage does not make them so.

All of those terns can apply to otherwise "normal" people. I have certaimly been stupid, foolish or a nitwit when, say,  I have been distracted, emotional or otherwise intellectually disengaged. But for me (or so I would claim) those are transitory states - not pernanent conditions!  :D

Later: actually one term missing from above is "thick". When helping an "intellectually challenged" chap learn how to use a digital camera I, jokingly, said sonething disparaging. His reply was, "Look, I'm thick, not stupid." This was an accurate description, he had trouble learning but functioned well in most other areas.
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74