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07-01-2017 , 08:56 AM

leavesofliberty

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ITT we discuss our favourite fireworks and how the government poops on the 4th of July with regulations.

(roman candles)

Also, anything lese that is low content can go here too, I guess.

07-01-2017 , 08:59 AM

jalfrezi

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Everyone knows the correct date for fireworks is the 5th of November.

07-01-2017 , 11:36 AM

spanktehbadwookie

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My dog fails fireworks litmus tests, but is stilla good boy.

07-01-2017 , 11:49 AM

Loki

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I wonder if or when we'll look at fireworks the same way we do coal rolling.

07-01-2017 , 05:17 PM

Jbrochu

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Never

07-01-2017 , 11:56 PM

leavesofliberty

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Pot for recreational use is legal and being sold in Nevada now.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/p...gin-in-nevada/

07-02-2017 , 02:08 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

I wonder if or when we'll look at fireworks the same way we do coal rolling.

I'd never shoot fireworks into a dirty hippie's face. Well, maybe on the 4th....

USA! USA! USA!

07-02-2017 , 02:23 AM

Mat Sklansky

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Quote:

Originally Posted by leavesofliberty

Pot for recreational use is legal and being sold in Nevada now.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/p...gin-in-nevada/

I drove by a dispensary this morning. I'm going to guess there were two hundred people in line outside. The temperature, according to my car thermometer: 101 degrees.

07-02-2017 , 02:40 PM

NoQuarter

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In after Mat Sklansky decided not to wait in line.

07-03-2017 , 06:19 PM

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pokerodox

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I did buy some (legal) fireworks yesterday.

07-04-2017 , 10:49 PM

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07-05-2017 , 12:37 AM

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AllCowsEatGrass

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That's funny because I bought some (illegal) drugs yesterday

07-05-2017 , 12:41 AM

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AllCowsEatGrass

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To me, fireworks and the 4th of July remind of me of this:

It always sounds like I'm in a war zone where I live, because lots of people shoot fireworks off very late into the night, and it can sound like gunfire, rockets and grenades all around you in the distance.

To me it symbolizes the fact that the America can do some stupid, ****ed up ****, and maybe one day the war will come home and instead of fireworks, there will be guns and bombs and rockets going off all over the place.

Last edited by AllCowsEatGrass; 07-05-2017 at 12:54 AM.

07-05-2017 , 02:00 AM

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Loki

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the drugs have kicked in and my dog is no longer losing her **** at every firework noise

hilariously, she sproinged up from a dead sleep when i laughed lightly at a joke on Frasier. Took her quite a time to settle down, much as I imagine would be the case with Maris

07-05-2017 , 02:02 AM

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AllCowsEatGrass

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aww where do you see Frasier? I miss that show

Last edited by AllCowsEatGrass; 07-05-2017 at 02:03 AM. Reason: maybe doggie is still losing her **** but you're too high to notice?

07-05-2017 , 03:19 PM

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pokerodox

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Fireworks were fun. In Washington state, they have these balls that shoot up about 100 feet and then make a big firework show. It's funny because I gather Roman candles are illegal, but these babies do the exact same thing. Prolly scared some dogs, myself.

07-05-2017 , 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AllCowsEatGrass

aww where do you see Frasier? I miss that show

netflix

about all that's left after they gutted buffy and futurama

07-05-2017 , 03:58 PM

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jalfrezi

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for Frasier, the best modern TV comedy.

07-05-2017 , 05:38 PM

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Here is an interesting blog post about the use of algorithmic decision making in the criminal justice system: algorithmic decisionmaking replaces your biases with someone else’s biases

They reference a ProPublica report on racial biases in the algorithmic scoring used by Florida to assess the likelihood that a person will re-offend.

I imagine debates about these kinds of algorithms are going to become more important as machine learning tools develop further.

07-05-2017 , 07:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

netflix

about all that's left after they gutted buffy and futurama

Have you seen Mr. Robot? It's really freakin good! I credit that show, college, and free market capitalist earthquakes with ***** slapping me and knocking sense into me and pulling me from the brink of right wing la la land. I'd probably be a Trumpist if not for these factors.

07-06-2017 , 01:49 PM

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07-06-2017 , 02:29 PM

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You know the main reason, after family members, that I don't like the face space is the proliferation of not-nearly-entertaining-enough-to-justify-their-existence memes.

07-07-2017 , 10:17 AM

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I've declared that the dress code for republicans mandates that they wear their underwear on their head. Inspect republicans closely and remind them.

07-07-2017 , 12:42 PM

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A good read on Jay Z, Jews, and black nationalism

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...-jay-z/532896/

Quote:

Perhaps the most concise and perplexing statement of Carter’s new unambiguous love for capitalism comes in a couplet on the second track, “The Story of O.J.,” a song whose main theme is the indelible force of racism against black people regardless of class. On one jarring line, Carter states, “You wanna know what’s more important than throwin’ away money at a strip club? Credit. You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it.”

Carter’s admonition is meant to encourage black people to imitate what he perceives to be a Jewish strength of ethnic solidarity and financial prowess. “‘The Story of O.J.’ is really a song about we as a culture, having a plan, how we’re gonna push this forward,” Carter said on iHeartRadio. But the line is nonetheless startling because it invokes the anti-Semitic canard that Jews maintain financial control of everything you see. It’s beneath Carter, a writer and artist of astonishing ability and sophistication who has every reason to know better. Responding to prior criticisms in his book Decoded, Jay-Z wrote that “when I use lines like this, I count on people knowing who I am and my intentions, knowing that I’m not anti-Semitic or racist, even when I use stereotypes in my rhymes.”

There’s an old strain of black capitalism here that runs from Booker T. Washington through the Black Power movement to the Nation of Islam and beyond. Carter is also drawing on an old tradition of using American Jews as a model of a downtrodden people who found success in America. Frederick Douglass predicted that just as Jewish people had “risen” despite discrimination in Europe, “in like manner the Negro will rise in social scale.”

07-07-2017 , 06:52 PM

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No helping it, must be posted.

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