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9541  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: December 22, 2015, 06:43:24 PM
To quote a former NASA insider "NASA doesn't just lie about some things, they lie about everything".

Perhaps NASA would like to explain how the reflective fly ash particles end up above our heads when the power plants contain and collect them all? It's time to stop denying the chemtrail geoengineering program.

inb4 stanley kubrick admits faking moon landing  Lips sealed  Grin  Cheesy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR4pf6pp1kQ

#masterpiece
Oh, really?

So what was faked?  Apollo 11?  Apollo 8?  Apollo 13?  The Saturn booster?  The CM?  The LEM?

9542  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Reddit’s science forum banned climate deniers. on: December 22, 2015, 03:24:30 PM
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"Temporarily". I think that's the key man. You know when you drink a bit too much, you spend a fucking good night and you feel strong and awesome and all.

But you wake up in the morning with a headache strong enough to kill you that's another story.
I'm pretty sure that when you throw a bucket of fuel to someone and set him on fire, you can prove that it first lower their body temperature at first. Not sure it does any good in the long term though!
And they're saying that "aerosols - also given off by burning fossil fuels - actually cool the local environment, at least temporarily.
". Yeah but what amount of aerosols is released by burning fossil fuels? Is it enough to compensate the CO2?

A bit shady and lacking of data for something "scientific" ;-)

What the article is is one of many efforts to "explain away" the lack of global warming in the last 20 years.  This attempt is to blame it on the aforementioned cooling effect of aerosols, and then to conclude that the future is "hotter than ever."

Very dubious science here - We don't well understand aerosol effects but can quantify them, for example by looking at the effect on climate of volcanoes, then qunatifying the number of coal power plants to match a volcano, and so forth.
9543  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 22, 2015, 08:24:19 AM
so what you muricans vote 2016 for the next president?
ben carson or donald trump?  Huh

Donald Trump would be better, but Ben Carson and Ted Cruz won't be that bad either. They are outside the establishment wing of the GOP, and are unlikely to be blackmailed by the big corporations and lobbying groups, once they are elected to the office. Actually, anyone other than the liar Hillary Clinton would be fine.
trump might be tolerable, and i agree that Hillary should not ever be president, but...



.... carson is a looney liar as well. dont remember the details, but hes openly admitted that he has lied about numerous details in his speeches / responses and has fabricated stories about his life in his books. he makes up information to say in front of the camera on the go and always tries to justify it. not only that, hes completely delusional and thinks the media and press is out to get him when all theyre doing is using his own words in verbatim to paint an accurate picture of how insane he is and should never be considered as an actual candidate for presidency.
This is a meme that various Democrat operations have been pushing for about a year.  They repeat it over and over with fragments and bits of things said out of context. 

But regardless, you and I are very similar in our opinions of Trump and Hillary.
9544  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do people hate islam? on: December 22, 2015, 01:29:14 AM
By the way, I'd just like to clarify, I don't HATE Islam

I'm 'phobic' of it and find it worrying, even threatening

But most of all, I just wish it would grow the fuck up

I mean, two billion people worshipping a guy that 'rode into space on a winged horse' and 'sliced the moon in half with his finger' not to mention speaking to 'angels' is quite frankly, pathetic.

Come on guys, fairy tales. Grow up.
the nature of religion is to require a believer to believe ten impossible things every day before breakfast.

That is the essence of "faith."

9545  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 21, 2015, 11:09:37 PM
so what you muricans vote 2016 for the next president?

ben carson or donald trump?  Huh


We done be thankin' bout votin them all in there hear.

Them four gonna butt kick them District of Criminals slimeballs.  See?
9546  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 21, 2015, 10:17:34 PM
Any of the top 3 Republican candidates would make a great Prez, all very different, all have strengths and weaknesses. 

It is very obvious the Establishment is trying to push Rubio.  I hope this does not succeed.

I would hope that these Republican candidates would form a coalition to save the country, after it becomes clear who the Repub nominee will be.  For example, if it is not to be Trump for Prez, then make him Sec of State.  Put Carson in a similar job.

Having said all that, I'm good with saying I support Trump.

I wouldn't rate Marco Rubio among the top 3 right now. Apart from a few polls by biased surveyors, he hasn't crossed the 10% barrier yet. For me, the top 3 Republican contenders are: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. And here is my suggestion:

POTUS: Donald Trump
VP: Ted Cruz
Sec of State: Ben Carson

Rubio is 4th, but The Powers That Be are angling to get him #1.

Interesting idea, Ben Carson as SofS.  He is somewhat of a peacemaker, but that means he can be taken advantage of.

All of these guys are in my opinion, true statesmen.  Cruz appears to me to be a match for Reagan.
9547  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do people hate islam? on: December 21, 2015, 10:14:24 PM
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There might be some benefit in our discussing these things here, but we can read the Bible....

No, there is no benefit in your discussing crap other than "Why do people hate islam" on an Internet forum thread entitled "Why do people hate Islam."
9548  Other / Off-topic / Re: Hitler really did have only one testicle, German researcher claims on: December 21, 2015, 06:41:58 PM
At first glance I thought it was talking about Hillary  Cheesy
Now we know you don't need two balls to be a total dick.
I don't care how many balls he had. He authorized the murder of millions of people and will always be the personification of evil.

You know what, Hillary seems quite masculine, at least when compared to all those feminine Democrats out there, such as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that she is actually having two balls or more. ...

Did she steal Hilter's balls?
9549  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 21, 2015, 06:41:08 PM
Come on Wil, don't make us do all the work!

What's this about?

What does "up like Trump" mean for the Donald?

What's your opinion?


People are starving for somebody who tells them how it is, who is not afraid to speak up.

You need to watch the whole video. It is entertaining, funny and sometime very sad. Win or lose he will not have to owe any promises to any lobbyists as he is self financing his campaign. He can spend 1B easy, if he sees the thirst for him is still there in the up coming months...

"Up like Trump" is something the donald is well aware of, as much as he was when loving/fighting/loving mac miller and his beat https://soundcloud.com/livepittsburgh/mac-miller-donald-trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TFS8r_SMI


Trump is now up. That was the perfect title for this thread. I do care about a good title thread if you've noticed...

 Smiley


So you support STUPID of SENSIBLE?

Tramp is cashing in on the fear of people and you SUPPORT that?

The fear of people: you mean criminals and supporters of the ☺religion☺ of ☺peace☺?
If you love those people then support your favorite lying candidate or the dwarf throwing saudi prince telling you how to vote.

 Cool


Any of the top 3 Republican candidates would make a great Prez, all very different, all have strengths and weaknesses. 

It is very obvious the Establishment is trying to push Rubio.  I hope this does not succeed.

I would hope that these Republican candidates would form a coalition to save the country, after it becomes clear who the Repub nominee will be.  For example, if it is not to be Trump for Prez, then make him Sec of State.  Put Carson in a similar job.

Having said all that, I'm good with saying I support Trump.
9550  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Saudi Billionaire Prince Demands Donald Trump Exit 2016 Race on: December 21, 2015, 03:40:51 PM
Trump must changed his stratagy now, because there are business intrest of Trump in Qatar, Turkey and Abu Dhabi.

I take it you have never tried to fight, outwit, or outlast a honey badger?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNCUh4QJCYo
9551  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is ISIS Proof that Islam has Failed at Peace? on: December 20, 2015, 07:51:14 PM
Islam means the religion of peace. ......
So the only Jihad permitted in Islam is the war of the oppressed against the oppressor.....

So all a slippery tongued Imam needs to do to justify and promote violent Jihad is to convince everyone in his congregation they are the oppressed, the victims of Western infidels?  That they have been abused for a hundred years?  That the Entire West is their enemy?

Man, that sounds awfully easy to do. 

Sounds like .... Jihad is permitted in Islam.....
9552  Other / Politics & Society / Re: War on Terrorism and the media induced hysteria !!! on: December 20, 2015, 04:28:00 PM
Al qaeda was not created by the United States.  Al qaeda was fighting the Soviet Union several decades ago. After the Soviet Union fell, they started to attack us.

Al Qaeda was an Arab extremist organization which was created by the CIA, to supplement the local Afghan Mujaheddin. The Al Qaeda operatives received intense training from the American military instructors, and 100% of their equipment came from the United States. The US even transported the Al Qaeda terrorists from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan.

This basically untrue.  You quote facts but assign them meanings substantially different than they had at the time events were unfolding.  Here is Wikipedia on Al Queda -



Toward the end of the Soviet military mission in Afghanistan, some mujahideen wanted to expand their operations to include Islamist struggles in other parts of the world, such as Israel and Kashmir. A number of overlapping and interrelated organizations were formed, to further those aspirations.

One of these was the organization that would eventually be called al-Qaeda, formed by bin Laden with an initial meeting held on August 11, 1988.[110][111]

Notes of a meeting of bin Laden and others on August 20, 1988, indicate al-Qaeda was a formal group by that time: "basically an organized Islamic faction, its goal is to lift the word of God, to make His religion victorious." A list of requirements for membership itemized the following: listening ability, good manners, obedience, and making a pledge (bayat) to follow one's superiors.[112]

In his memoir, bin Laden's former bodyguard, Nasser al-Bahri, gives the only publicly available description of the ritual of giving bayat when he swore his allegiance to the al-Qaeda chief.[113]

According to Wright, the group's real name wasn't used in public pronouncements because "its existence was still a closely held secret."[114] His research suggests that al-Qaeda was formed at an August 11, 1988, meeting between "several senior leaders" of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Abdullah Azzam, and bin Laden, where it was agreed to join bin Laden's money with the expertise of the Islamic Jihad organization and take up the jihadist cause elsewhere after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan.[115]

Bin Laden wished to establish non-military operations in other parts of the world; Azzam, in contrast, wanted to remain focused on military campaigns. After Azzam was assassinated in 1989, the MAK split, with a significant number joining bin Laden's organization.
9553  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Saudi Billionaire Prince Demands Donald Trump Exit 2016 Race on: December 20, 2015, 02:03:25 PM
Which corporations do the Saudis have a share in?

A few examples:

1. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud was one of the owners of News Corporation (now split in to 21st Century Fox and News Corp).
2. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud is one of the owners of Twitter.
3. Fairmont Hotels and Resorts is co-owned by the Kingdom Holding Company.

...

Jeb-Hillary.
9554  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 20, 2015, 02:01:54 PM
Seems legit Trump is going to win the election Roll Eyes
I was only a matter of time that said there is always a chance for Hillary
But a seal of approval from Putin puts trump as a ok in my records Smiley
Obama had Obama Girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIiMa2Fe-ZQ

Who does Hillary have?

9555  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do people hate islam? on: December 20, 2015, 03:54:34 AM
And the fact that Islam brings nothing positive to the world for anyone that isn't muslim.

Neither does it for someone who is, just a handful of void promises and false hopes.
In truth no other religion, or all others combined, ever caused more death and misery to Muslims than Islam itself.

But it may have brought positives to the world in the past.  For example, it may have helped to bring many to this point in time, this moment in history.

Which is a time and a moment where perhaps religions are not needed, or certainly where they are not needed for the same form and function as in the past.
9556  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Soft Power of Militant Jihad on: December 20, 2015, 01:40:53 AM
Oslo — AFTER Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the predecessor to the Islamic State, reportedly beheaded the American hostage Nicholas Berg in 2004, he became known in jihadi circles as the Slaughterer. Few people in the West are aware that he also went by the nickname He Who Weeps a Lot. Mr. Zarqawi was known for weeping during prayer and when speaking about Muslim women’s suffering under occupation.

The Slaughterer’s brand of radical Islam was brutal even by jihadi standards. Under Mr. Zarqawi’s command, Al Qaeda in Iraq executed so many hostages and killed so many Shiite civilians that Al Qaeda’s leadership reprimanded him. But in his public displays of emotion, He Who Weeps a Lot was not an aberration. For radical Islamists who view crying as a sign of devotion to God, communal sobbing is as common as car bombing.

A foreign fighter in Syria who wrote a blog post in March about an imam crying while making an invocation wrote that “brothers were crying with him, some audible, and others would have their tears fall silently.” Jihadis also weep when listening to religious hymns, watching propaganda videos, discussing the plight of Sunni Muslims or talking about the afterlife. Some weep more than others, and those who do are looked up to by those who don’t.

Why have tens of thousands of people from around the world chosen to live under the Islamic State’s draconian rule and fight under its black flag? To understand this phenomenon, we must recognize that the world of radical Islam is not just death and destruction. It also encompasses fashion, music, poetry, dream interpretation. In short, jihadism offers its adherents a rich cultural universe in which they can immerse themselves.

For the past four years I have been studying what jihadis do in their spare time. The idea is simple: To really understand a community, we need to look at everything its members do. Using autobiographies, videos, blog posts, tweets and defectors’ accounts, I have sought a sense of the cultural dimensions of jihadi activism. What I have discovered is a world of art and emotions. While much of it has parallels in mainstream Muslim culture, these militants have put a radical ideological spin on it.

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When jihadis aren’t fighting — which is most of the time — they enjoy storytelling and watching films, cooking and swimming. The social atmosphere (at least for those who play by the rules) is egalitarian, affectionate and even playful. Jihadi life is emotionally intense, filled with the thrill of combat, the sorrow of loss, the joy of camaraderie and the elation of religious experience. I suspect this is a key source of its attraction.

The corridors of jihadi safe houses are filled with music or, more precisely, a cappella hymns (since musical instruments are forbidden) known as anashid. There’s nothing militant about this traditional genre, which dates from pre-Islamic times. But in the 1970s, Islamists began composing their own ideological songs about their favored themes. Today there are thousands of jihadi songs in circulation, with new tunes being added every month. Jihadis can’t seem to get enough anashid. They listen to them in their dorms and in their cars, sing them in training camps and in the trenches, and discuss them on Twitter and Facebook. Some use them to mentally prepare for operations: Ayoub El Khazani, a 25-year-old Moroccan man who attempted a shooting attack on a Paris-bound train in August, listened to YouTube videos of jihadi anashid just minutes before his failed operation

Anashid are closely related to poetry, another staple of jihadi culture. Across the Arab and Islamic world, poetry is much more widely appreciated than it is in the West. Militants, though, have used the genre to their own ends. Over the past three decades or so, jihadi poets have developed a vast body of radical verse. Leaders from the Islamic State’s spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani to Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahri often include lines of poetry in their speeches and treatises. Foot soldiers in Syria and Iraq sometimes hold impromptu poetry performances or group recitals in the field.

In any large jihadi group there might be a few people who specialize in composing or memorizing poems. These poets can be anyone from within the movement, men or women of any rank. The Islamic State’s most famous poet is a Syrian woman in her 20s who goes by the name Ahlam al-Nasr, or Dreams of Victory. (While jihadi women generally socialize separately from men, the Internet has allowed women to take a more active part in the movement’s cultural life.) Her most famous collection, “Blaze of Truth,” contains lines such as “Shake the throne of the cross, and Extinguish the fire of the Zoroastrians / Strike down every adversity, and go reap those heads.”

Perhaps more important than poems for jihadis are dreams, which they believe can contain instructions from God or premonitions of the future. Both leaders and foot soldiers say they sometimes rely on nighttime visions for decision making. Omar Hammami, the Alabama-born man who fought with the Shabab in Somalia in the late 2000s, said he thought of defecting, “but it was really a few dreams that tipped the scales and caused me to stay.” Mullah Omar, the mysterious one-eyed Taliban leader who died in 2013, reportedly made no consequential strategic decision before getting advice from his dreams.

Jihadi culture also comes with its own sartorial styles. In Europe, radicals sometimes wear a combination of sneakers, a Middle Eastern or Pakistani gown and a combat jacket on top. It’s a style that perhaps reflects their urban roots, Muslim identity and militant sympathies. The men often follow Salafi etiquette, for example by carrying a tooth-cleaning twig known as a miswak, wearing nonalcoholic perfume, and avoiding gold jewelry, as they believe the Prophet Muhammad did.

As new recruits shed their jeans and track suits for robes, as they memorize the words to the Islamic State’s anashid and learn to look for glimpses of paradise in dreams, they discover a whole new lifestyle. Music, rituals and customs may be as important to jihadi recruitment as theological treatises and political arguments. Yes, some people join radical groups because they want to escape personal problems, avenge Western foreign policy or obey a radical doctrine. But some recruits may join because they find a cultural community and a new life that is emotionally rewarding.

As the West comes to terms with a new and growing threat — horrifically evident in the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif. — we are not only confronting organizations and doctrines, but also a highly seductive subculture. This is bad news. Governments are much better equipped to take on the Slaughterer than they are He Who Weeps a Lot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/opinion/sunday/militant-jihads-softer-side.html?ref=world&_r=0

If this is an attempt to show the human side of warped psychopathic killers, it's a failure.
9557  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do people hate islam? on: December 20, 2015, 12:40:48 AM
Because of ISIS.

Is it fair to say "The extreme radical form of Islam called ISIS, which is attempted to create a Caliphate, is hateable?"
9558  Other / Politics & Society / Re: ISIS is afraid of women on: December 20, 2015, 12:39:34 AM
According to Islam, if their fighters die in the hand of other men, while fighting for Islam, they'll go to heaven. But, if they die in the hand of women, they'll go to hell.



Islam has sitty rules..ISIS deframe Islam rules for their own selfishness.
ISIS has propaganda of expelling women from major outdoor work.
According to them women are only to breed.
yes its true ISIS is afraid of women because they can't simply change the mind of women in the name of religion. but islam rules is really good not selfishness or sitty rules, only ISIS is trying to make it to show that islam has selfishness rules. they are making their own rules. they don't have brain no good education, they got guns in their hands and killing innocent people . this is all politics only. now a days muslim women is working together in office too.

Was Yassir Arafat a good Muslim?
9559  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why do people hate islam? on: December 20, 2015, 12:37:03 AM
I dont. Nobody should "hate" a religion. You can disagree with it, but you shouldn't hate.
Why not?

Ancient Druids, EVERYBODY seemed to hate them.  Romans, then Christians...

Many religions are hateable.  Consider religions that favor cannibalism.

We've pretty much exterminated those, right?

Aren't they hateable?
9560  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: December 19, 2015, 10:14:11 PM
In trump we trust....

http://webm.host/18ea6/

That guy is a Joke, and we know it. He doesn't deserve to be a topic on this forum.

No, there cannot be TWO Jokers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Joker%22_poster
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