THURSDAY #3717

One Of My Very Own

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This just in...

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PEOPLE WHO EMBARRASS THE WHOLE SPECIES

And they say there is no evidence that vaccines work.

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Belief has nothing to do with facts. Whether we believe in a concept, an idea, or in a phenomenon that naturally occurs does not change the existence or non-existence of such. But most of the time, a lot of our actions are driven by belief, no matter how irrational or strange they may be. That is the psychology of belief.

You may have encountered people who hold onto certain convictions despite the lack of evidence to support them. No matter how contrary to reality, whether they are able to tangibly witness or perceive the idea, they will continue believing in it. And that's because our brains can distort our perception of reality to support our own convictions, despite the presence or absence of physical evidence or an occurrence that proves the contrary.
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As an adult, you can endanger yourself all you want, but not your child.

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His reaction...

I think he peed himself.
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"Let's just drive around this barricade, Honey."
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Don't you hate it when that happens? 
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To err is human

To grr is dog

To brr is cold

To slur is drunk

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RARELY SEEN SIGHTS INDEED

And...
Baby, it's cold outside.
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It was stated that: "Digging up the soil with residual oil and fuel from a previous gas station."

 That's a mighty deep hole for a gas station. I would think it is a broken natural gas line.
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Do you think the jumps are spaced to exactly match the dog's stride?
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The bamboo grew into one.

I have a thing about bamboo.
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 You are welcome.
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 Big ain't it.
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Decaying Preserved Great White Shark at an abandoned Wildlife park in Melbourne.

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By his reaction, I am guessing that took a while... and possibly a few bottles.

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I find the catwalks fascinating.
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I have no idea.
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Police: I'm sorry to both of you. your son set the school on fire.

Parents: Arson?

Police: Yes, your son.

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PEOPLE MUCH MORE FAMOUS THAN I

The Queen was dressed informally while visiting a flower show or such.  While there she fell into conversation with some American tourists, one of whom asked her if she "lived around here." She told the lady that she did, in fact, have a place nearby. The lady then asked eagerly whether she had ever met the queen.  After a moment's consideration, she replied "No..."  Then, pointing at her protection officer she said, "But HE has!"
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 Last month, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren proposed an annual tax on the largest fortunes in America, with some of the cash generated by the tax being funneled into the IRS to catch tax dodgers who move or hide their money to escape the tax. The Warren proposal was modeled on the work of French economist Thomas Piketty, who set out the case for a global wealth tax as an engine for economic growth and political stability.
https://boingboing.net/2019/02/12/81-pct-estate-tax-in-1980.html

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made some comments this week on the 'tax the rich' ideas making the rounds in America. Taxing the rich is fine, he said in an interview with The Verge, and "more progressive" taxes on the ultra-rich are okay. Gates then went on to characterize Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an 'extreme' politician who is missing the point by focusing on targeting high-income brackets.
AOC identifies as a Democratic socialist, and in January 2019 floated the idea of a 70 percent marginal rate on earned income over $10 million. Gates said in the interview that tax policies should focus on taxing wealth, not income since the super-rich tend to have wealth in the form of assets, rather than income.

https://boingboing.net/2019/02/12/bill-gates-debates-alexandria.html

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I understand lying on the internet for a laugh, but I don't understand lying for apparently no reason at all.
Case in point:

He didn't invent shit. He bought a kit and put it together.

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Me in IHOP: What would you give me if I can fit this whole waffle in my mouth?!

Wife: An uncontested divorce.

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FACTS OF WHICH I'M BETTING YOU ARE UNAWARE

When we try to define what it means to be human, we look for features that are 1. universal among humans and 2. not found in any other animals. Laughter falls into both categories and is also a collective activity that binds us together. It's even contagious -among humans.
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/02/12/Does-Laughter-Hold-the-Key-to-Human-Consciousness/ 
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 Magnetic Suspension Lamp

My grandson bought me one of these for Christmas.

It works by the magnets putting tension on the bottom string, thus turning it on. I have no idea how that first lamp works. 
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Here's what I use it for...

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https://www.neatorama.com/2019/02/12/Americas-Pistachio-Industry-Came-From-a-Single-Seed/ 
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Lucky honeymooners who have spent a night in the honeymoon suite of a hotel in Chester in the United Kingdom would be surprised to discover that the bed they had slept on was the famed Bed of Roses. In it, the nuptial frolics of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York celebrated the end of the Wars of the Roses (during which King Richard III died) and birthed England's famed Tudor dynasty.
The bed's former identity came to light after it was retired from the hotel and discarded in a parking lot. It was rescued by an antique dealer who listed it as "a profusely carved Victorian four poster bed with armorial shields," according to a description from a symposium about the bed's history, held on Jan. 21 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Me: We should get a Labrador. 

Wife: I don't know, it seems like people with those go blind.

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"OH NO YOU DID NOT!"

That reminds me of the time my father drove up to an ice cream shop and ran over a partially emptied milkshake. It squirted just like the above, drenching two cops standing on the sidewalk.
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The show must go on...

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 I thought that very funny.
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How to take a dating profile picture...

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South Carolina cops love the state's civil asset forfeiture laws, which allow the police to seize any property they believe represents the proceeds of a crime and keep it, unless the property's former owner hires a lawyer to prove the innocence of their goods: more than $17m was seized last year, and in a fifth of these cases, no one was convicted of a crime (71% of the people whose stuff gets stolen by South Carolina cops are Black).
https://boingboing.net/2019/02/12/letters-of-marque-2.html 
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My wife thinks this means she gets 3 wishes. 
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Swimming is the only form of exercise where if you stop, you die. 
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 Nobody wants to acknowledge that we now live in the safest time in human history. Then add to that the miracles of medical advances and...

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Got that? 
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A priest and a rabbi are sitting on a park bench when a kid walks by. The priest says "Wanna fuck him?" The rabbi responds "Outta what?"

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Sure he is Sparky. 
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