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GraniteM

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  • TIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility funded

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  • 80 percent-scale mock White House

    I'm confused about this part. Does that mean it's in basic outline correctly-sized but only has 80% as many rooms...

    ...or that the layout is exactly the same as the original, but everything is 20% smaller? Because then you've got issues with all the agents feeling like they're seven feet tall.

  • Terry Farrell "aged up" in 1995 and today. Some make-up artist wanted revenge apparently.

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  • Isn't Terry Farrell dramatically allergic to direct sunlight? I feel like I read that in the trivia for the episode The Ship, and that was why Dax had to stay inside for the whole episode.

    Never being allowed to go out in direct sunlight will have a real positive effect on one's aging process.

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    5th Circuit rules ISP should have terminated Internet users accused of piracy

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  • The theory I heard on the Strict Scrutiny podcast is that the 5th Circuit exists to write atrocious opinions on terrible rulings so that the Supreme Court can make rulings that are only 85% as horrible as that so the SC can seem more reasonable by comparison.

  • TIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.

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  • “If I fall asleep, wake up 100 years later and somebody asks me, what is going on in Russia, my immediate answer will be: drinking and stealing”

    --Alexander Rozenbaum

  • me_irl / Cheers! 🍻

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  • Malort starts bad and gets worse. I'm convinced that it degrades into some worse chemicals as it oxidizes in your mouth. 10/10, would recommend as a truly horrendous flavor experience that won't actually kill you.

  • Engage... but only after considering the greater good. For as mutants, we have a unique responsibility to use our gifts for the benefit of all humanity, not just our own kind.

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  • And yet he's only an inch taller than Hugh Jackman.

  • What would you replace the "pledge of allegiance" with?

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  • How about...

    that they are endowed by their Creator with possess certain unalienable Rights

  • Engage... but only after considering the greater good. For as mutants, we have a unique responsibility to use our gifts for the benefit of all humanity, not just our own kind.

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  • Worf should be Colossus, because they're both the most commonly-used strong character that gets beaten up to show off how strong the new villain is.

  • What skill do you have that comes in handy with everyday tasks?

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  • I know how to enunciate, speak with a voice supported by my diaphragm, and increase the intensity of my speaking voice without actually yelling. It's incredibly useful. Virtually no one ever misunderstands me on the phone. I can have a conversation in a loud crowded place. I'm actually fairly conflict-averse, but when I need to "switch on," I can usually short-circuit people's inclination to argue by using a more focused voice.

    Everyone should take a decent Acting 101 class where they teach you these skills.

  • What would you replace the "pledge of allegiance" with?

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  • Just a couple of judicious edits...

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men persons are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

  • We didn't have GPS!

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  • Unless the local is me. I am terrible at giving directions. "Go that way for like, three... maybe four intersections. Turn left when there's like a store or something on the side of the road. When it seems like the right time, turn left again, and then like... uh... there's a tree... You know what, let me just give you the address and hope that GPS works out for you."

  • GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”

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  • And the Carolina Squat!

  • GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”

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  • I thought that was the sort of thing that the government mandated companies had to do in a controlled and transparent fashion. I wouldn't have thought that the NTSB would allow a vehicle to be registered without a thoroughly vetted crash testing procedure.

  • Favorite Article of Clothing?

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  • I needed a white karate gi for a Street Fighter Halloween costume, so I went to the local school and bought one, and while I was at it I bought a black one too, in case I ever wanted to be a ninja. Then I started wearing the black karate pants as pajamas.

    That was over twenty years ago. Those same black karate pants are still my favorite pajamas. In-fucking-credible.

  • What's your personal little conspiracy theory?

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  • The fashion world is in a war on pockets, so they can sell more handbags. The fewer and smaller pockets we have, the more accessories we need to buy. First they came for women's pockets. Now they're trying to make cargo shorts unacceptable for the same reason.

  • Comparative anatomy

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  • "Nurse said that if I were a good lad that I should receive a lolly!"

  • What is this, the dark ages?!

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  • He probably had a little bit of time travel psychosis left over from his jaunt through the Guardian of Forever.

  • War never changes

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  • Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

    Father Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye?

    Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

    Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.

    Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them — little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.