TIL that 18 U.S. military veterans commit suicide everyday.

jebus5434 · 2012-05-25T05:04:05.670466+00:00

That shit happens all over the world all the time. Yet, the US never, ever invades to protect the innocent locals - with one exception: if they have oil... Did the US invade to protect East Timor (at roughly the same time)? No. But, they did protect the Kuwaitis. What's the difference between Kuwait and East Timor? Both were getting 'the shit raped out of them'. But, the Timorese didn't have oil. The Kuwaitis did. So, they got American protection, and the Timorese got raped. Literally...

jebus5434 · 2012-05-25T04:10:43.465865+00:00

Let's see...

Vietnam - Lied your way into it. Justification: Stop the people from voting communist & enrich the military-industrial complex.

Iraq I - Justification: They're stealing our friends' oil (which is rightfully ours to steal)!!! Oh yeah, and to enrich the military-industrial complex.

Afghanistan/Iraq II - Lied your way into it. Justification: Revenge, Enrichment & Stealing oil.

And, you wonder why your veterans are killing themselves in such large numbers?...

papersailboat · 2012-05-24T23:26:28.082934+00:00

Well, technically, r/atheism is right - and the religious subreddits are wrong. Entirely wrong...

lartones · 2012-05-24T23:11:13.552934+00:00

Yeah, we can totally get this done! The #3 highest scoring defenseman in the entire league is always willing to sign for league minimum!

Xchecked · 2012-05-24T23:03:12.067590+00:00

What a fucking Prima Donna!

Everyone forgets how badly Luongo's treated this team over the years...:

Remember how he held out the first time we signed him?
Remember how he forced us to pay him humongous dollars the second time? Both times threatening to go elsewhere.
Remember how his wife wouldn't move to Vancouver (and still hasn't)?
Remember how Corey S. waited patiently for years behind Luongo - while Luongo forced the team to play him 70+ games a year?
And, remember how, Luongo asked for a trade when he had to play behind Corey for only 3 total games in his entire career? Three freaking games???? Three freaking games - and all of a sudden, he needs out???

For someone with an ego that outsized, you'd think he'd play better when everything's on the line...

thecopofid · 2012-05-24T22:30:24.839700+00:00

It's also not true (see my comment in this thread).

thecopofid · 2012-05-24T22:27:15.230488+00:00

The thing they never tell you in articles such as this...

Almost every reservation I've ever been on (and I've been to MANY) gives all their residents huge piles of cash. It's not uncommon for Natives to get $100,000 to $250,000 on their 18th birthday. Tax free. Others get tens of thousands of dollars a year for free. Most get their houses given to them from the tribe. Yes, free real estate. On top of free income. On top of a free balloon-payment.

Yet, despite all that free money, the reservations all look like war-zones. And, they're all filled to the brim with drugs and alcohol.

MrCalifornia · 2012-05-24T22:12:25.498831+00:00

Oh please! What rape victims don't get taken seriously????

I've never seen a story in the press about a woman who was raped - and then ignored by the cops. But, almost every day I see a story where a woman wasn't actually raped, went to the cops anyways, and had a guy arrested with no actual corroborating evidence whatsoever...

If anything, supposed rape victims are taken far too seriously...

oldspicerolldadice · 1 day

Well, 95% of the world believes that the octillions of stars you see in the observable universe were created by a human-like, yet invisible, sky-fairy who listens in on everybody's thoughts...

Just sayin'...

Fischfreund · 1 day

Invent machine which converts wind into electricity - make it most vulnerable to wind and lightning...

Rendle · 1 day

Yeah, Amazon is going to pick up a ridiculously expensive show that sucks humongous balls!

Well, actually, this is Amazon...

bossman8 · 1 day

You sound like the kind of person who invested heavily in Blockbuster a couple years ago...

kearvelli · 2 days

I have a problem with the fact that he's biased! And, as I mentioned, there is no proof the jews were kept as slaves - so if he's saying the opposite, he's not just biased, but a liar as well...

And, if there was actual proof that the Egyptians kept the Jews as slaves, why don't you just post it? A lecture isn't proof of anything (other than one man's opinion).

Right, because it doesn't exist.

If I said the Earth is round - would a lecture by a Flat-Earther be 'proof' that the Earth is flat????

binary · 2 days

You forgot to mention that colony collapse isn't actually caused by a chemical (the two leading possibilities are fungal and parasitic).

kearvelli · 2 days

The (video) link from a 'theological library'???!?!??

I think you need to learn about credible sources!!!

kearvelli · 2 days

Nope, there is no evidence that the Egyptians kept the Jews as slaves whatsoever...

I like how your 'source' is a vimeo video by a 'theological library'. Sounds legit!!!

shaq32 · 2 days

OK, their website is finally back online...

They do 60fps at 720p (same as GoPro), but the GoPro can go to 120fps as well (and this one can't).
GoPro is 11 megapixels - this one is 5.
GoPro can do 170, 127 or 90 degrees (field of view) - this one can only do 127 (at 1080p) or 170 (at 720p). So, you can't get a wide-angle shot in full hi-def. That's a biggie!
GoPro can do slow-motion in 960p - this one can't.

Considering that they're both approx. the same price, the GoPro wins in a landslide.

Surprise, surprise...

jstalin · 2 days

Leviticus was written as a code of holiness for the emancipated slaves of the pharaohs, freed from slavery by Moses, and this was to be the foundation of their new society of priests

Last I heard, there was absolutely no proof that the Egyptians kept Jews as slaves. The Egyptians kept good records (and didn't hide their misdeeds) - and there is absolutely no record of them enslaving Jews... Just another scriptural lie...

Splenda · 2 days

'A little misleading????!?!??!!?!?'

Try intentionally dishonest. Try propaganda. Try lies...

Splenda · 2 days

OH WHAT CRAP!!!

Disgusting that lies like this have so many upvotes on r/environment.

I won't even go into all the completely uninformed bullshit/misrepresentations/lies/propaganda (I'll just get downvoted anyways).

onejoey · 2 days

Why are the judges giving their scores before the dive???

combatllama · 2 days

Sorry to point out your bullshit, but...:

Poorer students, Godbout wrote in early March, would be eligible for higher tax credits that would reduce their income tax. [emphasis mine]

Just how much tax do you think 'poor' full-time students are paying??? Right, none at all.

So, tell me, just what help is a tax-credit to someone who doesn't pay any tax???

shaq32 · 2 days

I noticed they didn't actually give any of the important specs. Considering this article seemed to be an advertisement, I'm going to guess that this is on purpose and the reason is because the GoPro is actually considerably better.

Let's go look it up...

Actually, I can't check specs, as the official website is down right now. Not a good sign...

Let's look elsewhere.

Interesting... There's no full specs anywhere on the internet for this thing. Also, not a good sign.

The Ion has no screen - and you can't get one for it. So, there's no way of seeing what you're shooting (unless you wifi it somewhere else).

The GoPro goes to 120fps, this one only goes to 60fps (but, since they don't give you specs, you have no idea what the resolution is as 60fps).

Other than that... Who knows!!!

beauchaa · 2 days

Lies, lies, lies!!!

No shit having a freaking drilling rig on your property might lower its value! It's a big piece of industrial equipment.

And, this douche-bag seems to think that you should be able to do this shit without telling your bank (who technically own your home until you pay it off).

If you rented a house to someone, wouldn't you be pissed if you showed up and there was an industrial plant in the backyard???

The lies around here about fracking are just astounding. And, no one seems to realize that it's because fracking competes directly against a much more powerful technology (who have owned the US press for decades now): OIL.

tl:dr: stop spreading lies about fracking.

KerrickLong · 3 days

That is the worst designed site ever. One look at the front page doesn't 'build trust' - in fact, one look makes you think it's completely dodgy.

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