*arrives at the beach and sets up shop, starting a fire to boil water*

This thread is literally cancer.

Well. I'm 12,000 for two years.

Do the math, LOL STEM major.

I'm not opposed to this, as long as they're kept separate from pinned threads done by the Staff regarding rules/etc.

Since we don't really have hot topics on this site, I could see (if it's implemented) this idea going onto a side bar like B.old - your personal saved threads.

Let's make more of our bodies resistant to more types of bacteria!

Joking aside, this is excellent

I think that both threads should be stickied, along with a couple of others, if we get stickied threads along the side of the page like B.Old.

Both the Music and Art threads (If the Art one is unstickied) would be placed in Isara's "Flood Reads" threads.

There has been talk of potentially having pinned threads on the side akin to B.old, but that wouldn't be for a while.

After the results of this poll, the Music Thread is being unstickied. You are free to continue using it, or create your own threads to discuss music/songs. Just be mindful of current rules regarding spam, so don't make forty threads for different songs at once.

God damn yanks *sigh*
I forget that you all shit yourselves with fury at the thought of being considerate to others.

Alright lemme go ask cheat.

Allahu Akbar?

He's consistently associated himself with people notorious for fueling anti-cop bias, chief among them the Rev. Al Sharpton, who's wrong about almost everything (ie, blame everything on racism).

By 'associations,' I mean de Blasio having Sharpton behind him during his speeches.

I don't disagree - but you also have to understand the power Al Sharpton has in terms of politics and minority communities - even without holding elected office.

He ran on a campaign promise to eliminate the controversial "stop & frisk" program by the NYPD. It involved firing the current commissioner at the time, Ray Kelly, and instead hiring Bill Bratton, who also supports the policy. There was really no other purpose to the move other than to satisfy the ignorant folks who actually believe it's a valid change.

"Political Official makes Politically-Motivated Firing: Tonight at 10"

Not exactly scandalous. And yeah, going behind on campaign promises is a dick move, but again - common in politics.

And regardless of how you feel about the Eric Garner grand-jury decision, de Blasio made some rather disingenuous statements about what he tells his son (as if Dante would even get in trouble like that, anyway). But more importantly, it was hardly a neutral reaction to the decision. There's an undertone of discontent that's tough to ignore.

No disagreement that his statements could have been slightly more neutral - but De Blasio also knows he was elected to represent the people of New York City, not the NYPD or the Police Union - he is going to play to that as well.

So now I get to the question of Rachel Noerdlinger: should de Blasio have fired her? The controversy surrounding her being that she was the First Lady's chief of staff and her ex-con boyfriend made aggressively anti-cop statements on the Internet.

She's since been fired since the information came out. Did she really deserve it?

Let's take a look at the facts (Wikipedia has citations for now, can't be arsed to link this stuff individually):

-She did not disclose in her background questionnare that she was living with a convicted felon
-She's had various troubles paying her taxes
-She was granted a residency waiver because she claimed her son was injured in a car accident, despite being healthy enough to play football (sounds awfully fraudulent, doesn't it?)

First off - was she good at her job?
Second off - if you're firing her, you fire her for failing to disclose information on the hiring papers, or fraudulent housing waivers. You don't fire her because "Oh, she had an ex-boyfriend who has illegal activity" - because that is a shitty precedent to begin.

Her son also has a criminal record and has also bashed the cops online.

So, she can control what her son says? Again, it's a shitty precedent. You fire her on HER merits and whether she did something wrong, not because of what her family or ex-lovers do.

Any disagreements?

As shown above, yes.

New Record!

Quote from: Ἀπόλλων on January 07, 2015, 12:02:12 AM

Looks like he's packing socks in there.

Probably.

I expect my name on the top of the chart.

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Quote from: RC on January 06, 2015, 10:21:15 PM

wait am i dead?

Weeeeeell, you can still QTE if you like.

I left him to die, so...........it's all up to him

He can still MW2 ending throwing knife you before you get away.

oooh


*Rips conveniently hidden knife from asshole and throws it at rocket, hitting him squarely in the back of the head*

*Holds hands to neck while screaming for help*

>.>
<.<

*rips rest of shirt off and wraps it around RC's wound*

THANK YOU ICY <3

Help me up pls

>.>
<.<

*helps up and gives unsharpened stick as a cane*

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Quote from: Nick McIntyre on January 06, 2015, 10:24:28 PM

*Continues his relentless assault on Rocket*

*points knife at the back of Nick's head*

I'd stop.

QTE.

motherfucker

I didn't fucking stab you yet.

Just said to stop. I might let you live.