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Did you know that Popeye the Sailor Man doesn't seem strong to the Swedes and the Norwegians? He is, however, strong to the Finnish.

What’s the difference between Wanda Maximoff and Matt Murdoch? Matt knows how to cope without vision.

Last night I was so drunk that I took the train home. I'd never driven a train before.

I bought a pair of shoes from a drug dealer. I gotta tell you, I don't know what he laced them with but I've been trippin all day!

An American spy is in Soviet Russia, digging up information on a powerful Russian politician. He finds him in a bar, walks in dressed in Russian attire, pretending to be Russian. Everybody in the bar looks at him, but he keeps his cool. He orders a drink and walks to the politician. "Greetings, comrade." says the spy, but before he could finish his sentence, the Russian says, "I think you are American spy." The spy is alarmed, but being a skilled, trained, spy, he says, "That is not true! I am the proudest Soviet there is! I can sing the anthem more beautifully than any other man in the country!" He then proceeds to sing the Soviet anthem, so melodically and beautifully, that everybody in the bar cheers. "Very good, very good!" says the politician. "But I still think you are spy." The man continues to keep his cool. "I am a historian! I can tell you everything about this glorious country!" He then spends about two hours recounting the Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, about how superior to the Russia is in terms of technology compared to America and makes a great argument about how communism is beneficial to society. "Amazing! You are skilled!" says the politician. The spy smirks. "But I still think you American spy." The spy is getting frustrated, but still unfazed. He replies, "I am good drinker, a true Russian! Let us drink, and see who can come out top!" The bar turns its attention to the politician and the spy, who are now in a drinking contest. The bartender serves drink after drink of vodka. After about an hour of drinking, the politician nearly passes out, unable to hold as much liquor as the spy, to a resounding cheer amongst the bar. In the midst of the cheering, the Russian politician gets up, smiling, and in a slurred speech, repeats, "You are good, you are good... but I still think you are spy." The American spy, piss drunk, loses his skill and gives up. "Okay, you got me. I am an American. But what made you think that way, after all this time?" The Russian politician replies, "There aren't many black people in Russia."

The teacher said, "When George Washington was a child, we hear how honest he was, admitting he cut down the cherry tree. His father immediately forgave him. Do you know why?" The student thought for a moment and replied, "Was it because Washington was still holding the axe?"

Why did Gandalf get fired from Hogwarts? He kept telling each student, "You shall not pass!"

I've just finished my time machine, and the first thing I'm going to do... ...you know on second thought, I'm sick of all these trashy paintings by Adolf Hitler, I'm going to go back and make sure he never gets into art college. edit: Ummm, I need to make another trip.

For extra cash consider robbing sex offenders. Their address is easy to find, and they can't own guns. Only downside is politicians usually have good security.

If you don't capitalize the letters, it makes it more difficult for readers to understand that they're a titled and organized force. That's important for the purposes of public perception and prosecution.

Insurrection - maximum of 10 year sentence Seditious conspiracy - maximum 20 year sentence The committee has photographs and video of OathKeepers wheeling ammo into the hotel rooms in DC. And text exchanges to their Quick Reaction Force teams who were armed and ready to go into various parts of DC, secure the city, and resupply Oathkeepers who were already in place. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/quick-reaction-forces-qrf-oath-keepers-capitol-attack_n_61f2d986e4b02de5f51634bd Nope, not inappropriate at all.

Lemming and Teflon Billy were the forumites who had and posted the zip files back in the day. But apparently the wayback machine didn't archive the zip files themselves. http://web.archive.org/web/20041222105525/https://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=480275 Both of them are still listed as forum members but I'm not sure that either are still regulars. I'm not sure why the current licence holders would object to conversion to HERO notes being available. It's not like either company has the money to buy the IP from the other. And having people interested in converting the Arduin information would mean that someone would first have to buy the Arduin books. But then companies don't always make sense and you have to do as they request.

I've never been able to turn my brain off. On the other hand, I always have an answer for when my wife asks me what I'm thinking about. I'm just honest and tell her exactly what I'm thinking about. Usually I can consciously link whatever bizarre thing which is running through my mind back through a Rube Goldberg machine to get back to something we were talking about earlier or heard on TV in passing which triggered the whole train of thought to come about. And my wife shakes her head in amazement and temporarily learns not to ask that question again.

Never take a dive unless the money is good....

I expect people here to not deliberately be condescending jerks. Apparently I was expecting too much. I'll address your lack of a response when I have the time.

Once you start talking about and organization which is colluding to commit fraud, that's automatically a slam dunk RICO case, basically reason the law was passed. I don't really understand the government's willingness to go after individuals on RICO grounds on the flimsiest excuses that the might be involved in the illegal drug trade (by having a few thousand dollars of cash on them, for example) but do backflips to avoid RICO investigations of actual organizations which might be criminal.

The sad part of the story is that the next morning was trash day....

That's pretty easy, isn't it? Season 1 1: If you change your mind (Sheridan is posted to B5) 2: I'm the first in line (Ivanova tries to take over when Sheridan hesitates) 3: Honey I'm still free (Refugees arrive on the station) 4:Take a chance on me (Big gambling tournament arrives at the station) 5: If you need me (Spotlight on the doctor) 6: Let me know (Communications with Earth are cut off) 7: Gonna be around (Exploring the planet to find a site for a new subspace antenna) 8: If you've got no place to go (Stranded on the planet) 9: If you're feeling down (Garibaldi's daring rescue in the tunnels) 10: If you're all alone (Meanwhile a fighter stranded in hyperspace sees a strange craft) 11: When the pretty birds have flown (Backtracking the craft to a recently devastated world) 12: Gonna do my very best (Zack Allan is testing for a promotion) 13: And it ain't no lie (Bester arrives) 14: If you put me to the test (Bester's plan revolves around Lyta) 15: If you let me try (Psi Corp is foiled but Lyta leaves B5) 16: That's all I ask of you honey (A swarm of alien bees infest the station) 17: We can go dancing (A festival on the station) 18: We can go walking (Infiltrating a raider base by doing a long-range spacewalk insertion) 19: As long as we're together (Sheridan and Delenn get closer) 20: Listen to some music (Mysterious music is heard by some on B5. Introduction of Talia Winters.) 21: Maybe just talking (Garibaldi tries to help Lennier who is baffled when asked out by a human) Season 2 1: Get to know you better 2: 'Cos you know 3: I've got so much that I wanna do 4: When I dream 5: I'm alone with you 6: It's magic (Vorlon intervention) 7: You want me to leave it there 8: Afraid of a love affair (Delenn faces political trouble at home because she's interested in Sheridan) 9: But I think you know 10: I can't let go 11: Come on 12: Give me a break will you? 13: You can take your time baby (Delenn's water breaks at an inopportune moment) 14: I'm in no hurry (Vir lost in space) 15: Know I'm gonna get you (Londo makes his play to take out G'kar) 16: You don't wanna hurt me (A hostage situation turns ugly) 17: Baby don't worry 18: I ain't gonna let you 19: Let me tell you now 20: My love is strong 21: Enough Season 3 1: To last when things are rough 2: You say that I waste my time (Daffy Duck reruns grind the station to a halt) 3: But I can't get you off my mind 4: No I can't let go 5: 'Cos I love you so 6: If you've got no place to go 7: If you're feeling down 8: Baby can't you see 9: Gotta put me to the test (Note: Season three is shortened due to a writer's strike) https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/abba/takeachanceonme.html

Why is it "nonsensical" to propose treating real property and intellectual property in the same manner? Real property is yours or your heirs (barring unlikely events like eminent domain or an earthquake sinking your property under the sea). Intellectual property is yours or your heirs as long as you never publish it in any way. But if you do, it is automatically taken away from your control at some point. I can see the point of that with patents for inventions. I but I see no rationale for it, at all, when it comes to artistic endeavors like Captain Underpants. The creator might be cornering the market on "Captain Underpants" but he's in no way limiting the market for children's characters. Or even children's superhero characters. And society isn't experiencing an undue burden from lack of Mickey Mouse cartoons because Disney is owning the character and other authors are not getting to use that one particular character. Mickey Mouse isn't a folk hero of some sort. The popularity the character has is because the corporation which owns it has spent huge wads of money keeping the character in the public's eye. Geez, I gotta get some sleep. Can't focus enough to finish making a point....

A hackers look inside the anti-vaxx group named "America's Frontline Doctors" https://theintercept.com/2021/09/28/covid-telehealth-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-hacked/ Includes data on how many patients have paid them for consultations and quack remedies. Also includes text of the new disclaimer on the doctor's small role in the process which absolves the doctor of any blame if the patient actually takes any of the "cures" that the salesmen recommend. (The process appears to be the dupe pays $90 to talk to a salesman who sees which variety of snake oil the dupe is open to purchasing. The salesman then recommends that snake oil cure. The patient then fills out a form to request a doctor write a prescription whenever the recommended "cure" is some prescription medicine which doesn't affect COVID.)

If I make a beautiful hand-carved chair, charge people for the use of it, and they gladly pay each time for the length of my life because the chair is so breathtakingly beautiful...my chair doesn't pass into the public domain after my death. People are free to make different chairs. But the public is never entitled to own my chair. So some artists, such as wood carvers, are protected to a greater extent than authors because tangible property is considered more valuable than intellectual property.

Too much serious news is happening so how about a story which is otterly ridiculous? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/otters-attacking-people-dogs-anchorage-alaska/

I really liked the Centauri mode of dress. That's one thing I really hope carries over into the reboot. It gave a sense of "old world" charm mixed with comic opera which the actors for Londo and Vir pulled off flawlessly. And there's not reason for alien cultures to not dress fancy when compared to most Earth cultures. There's certainly endless alien cultures in TV and film who all wear military paraphernalia or uniforms of some sort (even when not in a military). I also really liked the physical appearance of the Narn's head and eyes. I don't know how expensive or uncomfortable that was for the actors but it looked like believable skin. (On the far end of that spectrum was the appearance of Delenn in the first episode where they made her nosepiece too large and she spent most of her scenes cross-eyed trying to see past it.)

Yeah, my wife's wanting to go visit a cousin in TN who told her that there wasn't anyone in her county who has COVID (when on national hotspot maps, it's showing that area covered up in new cases). So I found the TN health department's website which shows a county-by-county breakdown of cases and it showed her very rural low-population county with hundreds of new cases per week. Turns out she wasn't aware because it isn't mentioned in her local news sources. She and her husband both has COVID last year and he's been one of those long-haul permanently damaged cases. Their local doctor is anti-vax and advised neither of them to get vaccinated because of the "dangers" of the vaccine...with her husband having on-going breathing problems. Personally, I'm getting more in the mood for torches and pitchforks than with "increased sanctions by social media outlets" as a way to deal with anti-vaxxers....

So let's say I'm an author. If I'm understanding the stance of some people here, the only way to stop whatever I write from going into the public domain, regardless of my personal wishes or how many contracts I sign, should be to burn the manuscript immediately after writing it. Because otherwise, I should have no permanent control over my own creation other than completely destroying it before anyone reads it. That seems so wrong on so many levels (place the emphasis on whichever word or words seems most appropriate).