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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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2012-08-15, 18:18 | Link #22902 |
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Must be Cameron and his well known sense of humor. That's british for you, always funny.
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2012-08-15, 18:38 | Link #22903 |
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Not surprised at all, as it's always the routine for some failing one-hit/has-been performers (well, lots of it in a crowded industry): screw up big time, stare at bankruptcy, and wind up in an AV (yeah, Perfect Blue comes to mind).
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2012-08-15, 22:20 | Link #22904 |
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Hypersonic test craft failure due to subsystem trouble
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ab19_blog.html
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2012-08-16, 03:48 | Link #22905 |
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Automail in reality??
http://id.berita.yahoo.com/foto/tang...345045307.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-accident.html |
2012-08-16, 06:57 | Link #22906 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Militants attack major Pakistan air base; nine killed
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...87E1C620120816
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2012-08-16, 12:26 | Link #22907 |
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Twelve Unanswered Questions about the Gu Kailai Case
I'm still trying to understand the motive. "The prosecution stated that Ms. Gu hatched the plot to kill Mr. Heywood when she was told that he had detained and kidnapped her son in Britain after their business deal soured. The only evidence shown in court was an early November e-mail from Mr. Heywood, who wrote to Ms. Gu’s son, Bo Guagua, 'You will be destroyed.' But by then, her son was already in the United States, studying at Harvard. "
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2012-08-16, 13:12 | Link #22908 |
Hail the power of Fujoshi
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So first they say they will raid the embassy, and now they are saying Assange would not be given "safe passage"? What are they planning to do? Blow up the plane?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...e-8052991.html
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2012-08-16, 16:37 | Link #22912 |
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‘Online firestorm’ erupts after Progressive defends woman’s killer
Progressive attorneys defend the driver responsible for causing death of one of their clients so they won't have to pay out? Pic related: (For those of you that don't know, Progressive is an insurance company that features Flo (pictured above) as their current spokeswoman) Endless "Despicable" Soul
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2012-08-16, 17:07 | Link #22913 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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The Progressive story is the fundamental flaw in the concept of incorporation -- it is *only* about the money and only in a short term view. There's no incentive at all to be a good member of the community, to do the *right* thing, to make good on your products. Someone in the Progressive Inc. command structure calculated that the lawyer expenses would be less than just paying out. Well, it backfired in spades - their accountants wouldn't even know how to compute the lost business ripples.
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2012-08-16, 18:23 | Link #22917 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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No.... it doesn't say in the contract "we will do our best to avoid paying out legitimate claims". The crime investigation results from the police should have been sufficient. Actually *assigning* a Progressive lawyer to defend the perp? No, I think that it is a fail.... you notice that Progressive higher-ups immediately leaped to reach an agreement (pay them a bunch of hush money) to make up... and whoever made the decision is likely to be looking for work (i.e. scapegoated because they were motivated by their performance metrics that led to that kind of decision).
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2012-08-16, 19:05 | Link #22918 | ||
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Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked to Find Evolution in Biology Tests
Here are some absolutely golden quotes: From Representative Ben Waide: Quote:
Senator David Givens: Quote:
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2012-08-16, 19:42 | Link #22920 | |
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This is dangerous and makes a convincing argument for a Technocracy (which is sadly a scary concept in itself).
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