Christopher Posted November 12, 2017 Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Tech priest support said: http://time.com/5019648/missouri-man-police-interrogation-farts/ Apparently he was not a Ninja. Then they would have been "silent but deadly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Gas warfare was banned by the Geneva Convention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 10 hours ago, tkdguy said: Gas warfare was banned by the Geneva Convention. Funny thing that Geneva Convention: The use of Teargas in War? Fobidden! The use of Teargas in Drills, Riot Control and Self Defense? Allowed! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas#Use It is more legal to use that Chemical Weapon against your own Population and fellow Citizens then in Warfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Terry Pratchet once wrote that the reason Humans invented rules for war is that we know what we'd be like if we had no such rules. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary doesn't want to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Moving from politics to cleaner things ... laser weapons for jet aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Now enemy aircraft will have to chose between the black stealth look and the anti-laser mirror globe look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Disco aircraft FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 "Staying alive, they're on your five...staying ALLIIIIVVVEE" Lawnmower Boy, Rails and L. Marcus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Hermit said: "Staying alive, they're on your five...staying ALLIIIIVVVEE" Curse you, Hermster. I had just gotten that song out of my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 W00t! Sweden knocks Italy out of a trip to next year's World Cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 I was pleased. I caught the last half of a no-score win against the filthy simulationists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Cybernetic tanks everywhere celebrate founding of Paneuropean Army Lawnmower Boy and assault 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Marijuana may help opioid addicts get clean. Well, clean of opioids anyway. (My doubts linger. I can imagine it working in the physiological sense. Maybe even treat the chronic pain that can lead to opioid addiction in the first place. But using marijuana will get you fired, even if used off-duty. It is my understanding that people in a bad situation (like unemployment) are more likely to get addicted. Although Wikipedia says that the "Rat Park" experiment hasn't been reproduced well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Sociotard said: Marijuana may help opioid addicts get clean. Well, clean of opioids anyway. (My doubts linger. I can imagine it working in the physiological sense. Maybe even treat the chronic pain that can lead to opioid addiction in the first place. But using marijuana will get you fired, even if used off-duty. It is my understanding that people in a bad situation (like unemployment) are more likely to get addicted. Although Wikipedia says that the "Rat Park" experiment hasn't been reproduced well.) Half the Painkillers given out in the US are addictive. So are Coffee, Cigaretes and Alkohol. Medical Science is about finding "the thing that is just enough of a bodily disruption to solve the issue, without causing too many new, worse issues". Indeed Cancer Therapy development is all about improoving the 2nd half of that Equation. Killing the Cancer? Easy. Not killing the Patient with it? Tricky as hell. Getting fire for Marijuana is a legal Issue, not a Medical one. As is driving drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 31 minutes ago, Christopher said: Getting fire for Marijuana is a legal Issue, not a Medical one. As is driving drunk. Drunk driving may not get you fired, as long as you aren't driving professionally or embarrass the company when arrested. You're just arrested. That's a legal issue. In some states, marijuana is legal. People still get fired for using. That isn't a legal issue. Its a liability thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Australia votes for Marriage Equality. My electorate very narrowly voted against it. It's also the very conservative home town of one of the most prominent No campaigners. His family, and a whole bunch of other committed social conservative activists, live here. There is very little of a visible LGBTI scene. And still they couldn't get more than 50.8% support. L. Marcus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Sociotard said: Drunk driving may not get you fired, as long as you aren't driving professionally or embarrass the company when arrested. You're just arrested. That's a legal issue. In some states, marijuana is legal. People still get fired for using. That isn't a legal issue. Its a liability thing. Marijuana is legal in Nevada, but it would be a bad idea for anyone who has a Gaming Card to partake. Likewise, there's no way that casinos will allow people to light up, as it puts their gaming license at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 I'm at a private university in Seattle. Marjuana is legal here in WA. As an administrative rule on campus, marjuana possession and use is prohibited. This is for the institution to remain in compliance with conditions present in federal grants and contracts which the university receives. The university's policies, and the reasons for them, have been made clear to everyone paying any attention. I have never been made to take a drug test by any employer (including my present one) or potential employer, or anyone else, unless that's part of my routine annual physical, and I don't think it is. And my lifestyle is so pathetically boring ... that doesn't matter at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/13/2017 at 3:28 AM, Christopher said: Funny thing that Geneva Convention: The use of Teargas in War? Fobidden! The use of Teargas in Drills, Riot Control and Self Defense? Allowed! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas#Use It is more legal to use that Chemical Weapon against your own Population and fellow Citizens then in Warfare. It is also legal to use hollowpoint bullets in police and counterterrorism situations, though not in warfare against organized enemies behaving in accordance to the rules of land warfare. so you can shoot your own people with them, but not enemy soldiers. Though I understand the later Geneva conventions have basically stated everyone is to be treated as compliant with the laws of war, unless very limited situations hold true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/13/2017 at 9:41 AM, Cancer said: Moving from politics to cleaner things ... laser weapons for jet aircraft IIRC General Atomics is trying to build a self contained laser weapons pod to mount on a high altitude drone. IIRC it was 1-3k lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 12 hours ago, Sociotard said: Drunk driving may not get you fired, as long as you aren't driving professionally or embarrass the company when arrested. You're just arrested. That's a legal issue. In some states, marijuana is legal. People still get fired for using. That isn't a legal issue. Its a liability thing. that and companies who operate in more than one state, particularly in certain fields, prefer to abide by Federal Law. Actually, I am surprised Trump and his AG jackass have not tried to go after the tax profits of the states that have allowed medicinal or recreational sales. A lot of my former co workers are heartfelt supporters of marijuana usage... won't admit there could ever be any problems from it... Every time I see "it is a natural plant" I want to say "so is Deadly Nightshade, do you want to smoke it?" or else " well, 100 years ago, sure. at current levels of THC content due to selective breeding and hydroponics? not so much. " I have become a curmudgeon... :-( DShomshak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 9 hours ago, Cancer said: I'm at a private university in Seattle. Marjuana is legal here in WA. As an administrative rule on campus, marjuana possession and use is prohibited. This is for the institution to remain in compliance with conditions present in federal grants and contracts which the university receives. The university's policies, and the reasons for them, have been made clear to everyone paying any attention. I have never been made to take a drug test by any employer (including my present one) or potential employer, or anyone else, unless that's part of my routine annual physical, and I don't think it is. And my lifestyle is so pathetically boring ... that doesn't matter at all. I have had to have a drug screen for my last several jobs... Insurance or banking support... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 I didn't need a drug test before hire for only four jobs. One was a student worker position in college, one was with the EPA, and two were small companies. The current job will drug test anyone who has an accident at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Threaten people with your power and position, be ready to have that position taken away Of course, it makes me wonder how many people she's screwed over out of spite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Hm. Smells like a military takeover in Zimbabwe, though the military itself is not calling it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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