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Thanks all for the well wishes!

I feel like the idea of the US losing any naval war in any future near enough to be predicted at all is really far-fetched. I'm not an expert, but it seems like even over and above our general military dominance, the US really puts a MASSIVE amount more into a combat navy than anyone else. Isn't our...

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We share a common ancestor with chimps. Recent finds have thrown into question the idea, which was more a brainbug than anything else, that that common ancestor resembled chimps any more than it resembled humans.

Oh yeah, I'm thinking of Bel Iblis' whatever it was called. My bad, it's been awhile.

IIRC the "Ackbar Slash" seems to take advantage of some limitation or blind spot in sensor technology. It made a lot more sense to me when Pellaeon modified it to use missiles instead of A-wings. But anyway, hide one faster and more destructive unit behind another and surprise the enemy by...

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^ Who knows? They probably had to say that just to get published. They could be including the Dixiecrats as Democrats.

It seems obvious to me that the Star Wars universe is structured on narrativium rather than mathematical sense. They build lots of little Star Destroyers and only a few big "I'm important don't mess with me" ships. This can be explained in part by the ability of hyperspace to vastly increa...

There's a small section on that subject. During the Clone War, the galaxy is divided into 20 sectors of operation. The GAR of 3 million is divided into 20 operational groups of 150k per sector. There are clone and non-clone units involved on the Republic side. The way in how it is written, there's ...

Frankly I expect a little bit of good honest bullshitting by a sitting president in response to a threat to his perceived masterwork. He wasn't writing a legal brief. And for all the unfair nitpicking of George W. Bush's word salads, it was never over-interpreted the way this was (personally I thoug...

Oh geez, I remember McEwok. Yeah, we'll get an earful on The Mighty 3 Million, because everything written down in an official book is gospel no matter how stupid, but filmed imagery is error-ridden and useless. Call me petty, but you may have just saved me money. I don't want to flame the guy or sug...

That last image is totally droolworthy. Who says the "tech-head" fans have no influence on the franchise?

Although Kinect Star Wars looks so freaking bad that I'm tempted to drop the whole brand in retaliation. :lol

Aerius, you should know that there has been a police report released: Trayvon Martin Police Report I'm surprised it hasn't come up in the thread yet, actually. "The black male had his hands underneath his body" is not good for Zimmerman's (hypothetical) defense. Especially since at least o...

Yeah, that is disgusting behavior on the part of NBC. I wasn't quite ready to draw any conclusions from that video either.

Hey, had to take a bit of a break from this thread. Was spending hours on it that I can't afford to, and was having an argument with SVPD that I didn't have any intention of getting into. Since he and I don't seem to disagree on anything that's really important directly related to the case (Zimmerma...

Disregarding the purple prose, the fact is that Zimmerman's history is only relevant if he's found guilty (in sentencing). Martin's history isn't relevant either. This surprises me, because last I checked the facts of the case were themselves in dispute. ZImmerman's history wouldn't be relevant to ...

Another Irrelevant Editorial by a Man Who Is Black And Therefore Insufficiently Dispassionate And it’s racism. All of it. It is unquestionably, objectively racism. It’s not some guy going out to lynch nigras for looking at white women, but that’s not the entirety of what racism is. Racism is a syst...

Of course Zimmermans prior behavior is relevant. It shows a history of both violence and racist attitudes. Martins isn't relevant at all since he doesn't have any documented violent history. Bingo. I'm quite honestly surprised that this thread has lowered itself to the level of quoting the "di...

Blacks are very much part of "society" and I could easily claim they are "idolizing" young black men by insisting that every unfavorable interaction with other races is the result of racism. Black people are obviously part of society. I have spoken to and read the writings of ma...

Correcting a witness who is making an assumption that they cannot testify to is not "tainting the witness pool". Yes, but IIRC the allegation is that the witness was told that Zimmerman was screaming when they said that Martin was screaming. What would be the basis for this "correcti...

Well that's a switch. Ok, now Zimmerman's defense WILL involve the stand-your-ground law: ABC The attorney counseling George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin as he was walking home from the store with a bag of Skittles, says if charges are filed, Zimmerman will argue that he...

Well Zimmerman's side of the story, courtesy of Sanford police, has at last come out: Orlando Sentinel Police: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him with one blow then began hammering his head 12:18 p.m. EST, March 26, 2012| By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked t...

There have been a few updates in the case that are of interest. I can't easily post the links now because I'm on my phone, but I can follow up later if there is any interest. 1) Zimmerman now has an attorney who has made his first statement. Interestingly enough, he made a point of declaring that he...

^ Trayvon Martin lived in the neighborhood. Also, from the 911 tapes it seems this guy, his gun, and his truck considered a number of black youths "strangers" over the course of years.