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The Batlord 12-11-2020 12:15 PM

Might as well go rob a bank then.

OccultHawk 12-11-2020 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2149276)
Might as well go rob a bank then.

I wonder what percent of American adults weigh 230 or more

Psy-Fi 12-11-2020 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2149275)
****. I thought it was going to be like double that.

I was thinking maybe 600+ :laughing:

OccultHawk 12-11-2020 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2149279)
I was thinking maybe 600+ :laughing:

I’m pretty sure 230 is considered dangerously underweight in Mississippi.

The Batlord 12-11-2020 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2149280)
I’m pretty sure 230 is considered dangerously underweight in Mississippi.

Missing pie.

Psy-Fi 12-11-2020 05:35 PM

Ben & Jerry's honors Colin Kaepernick with new flavor

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The non-dairy frozen dessert, dubbed "Change the Whirled," will be sold nationwide beginning next year. It features a caramel sunflower butter base with fudge chips, graham cracker and chocolate cookie swirls. Like Kaepernick, the ice cream is vegan.

Calling itself "an aspiring social justice company," Unilever-owned Ben & Jerry's said its new flavor "celebrates Kaepernick's courageous work to confront systemic oppression and to stop police violence against Black and Brown people."

"My hope is that this partnership will amplify calls to defund and abolish the police and to invest in futures that can make us safer, healthier and truly free," Kaepernick said in a statement.

OccultHawk 12-11-2020 05:42 PM

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Trollheart 12-12-2020 10:15 AM

Hilarious!
892 motorists caught speeding on National Slow Down Day

OccultHawk 12-12-2020 11:07 AM

https://amp.tmz.com/2020/12/12/ohio-...surgery-taser/

lol

This cop can barely wrestle down an elderly man just back from heart surgery.

Norg 12-12-2020 11:56 AM

not good the boys will be laughing at is ass for years to come

Trollheart 12-12-2020 01:09 PM

QAnon Republican candidate arrested and charged with possession of child pornography

Trollheart 12-13-2020 06:32 PM

What the blue jumping ****?! Are we TRYING to be seen as a banana republic still? What's left to work out, you ****s? America is delivering the vaccine today, UK have already vaccinated people, and we get ****ing THIS???? :mad:

Earlier, the chief executive of the Health Service Executive said it still has to work through "a few of the unknowns" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine programme before its report is handed to Government on Tuesday to be considered.

Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, Paul Reid said he is aware "there is a huge desire" to know what happens next.

He said it will be "a while before the vaccine will become our first line of defence" but added it is well mapped out what needs to happen next.

"That report sets out a whole set of areas that we are focused on, so the logistics, the transportation, the security, the sequencing of the population, the identification of the sites where we will be carrying out the vaccinations, the workforce including GPs and pharmacies, the reporting arrangements, the IT system, and the data issues that we are working through so there are a few unknowns we are working through over the next short while," Mr Reid added.


A ****ing WHILE? A ****ING WHILE??? A REPORT to be sent for ****ing CONSIDERATION? You know what that means: nothing will happen before Christmas, which in turn means probably mid-way into January before ANY action is taken. At the earliest. Lousy lazy slow pile of ****bags! Nobody voted them in you know: it was Sinn Fein who got the most seats, but none of the ****ing other parties would work with them, so THEY set up a COALITION that ****ing NOBODY VOTED FOR! And now they're telling us, oh we'll let you know. Lots to read, lots to report on, lots to sit around scratching our arses mulling over? Don't they know people are ****ing dying while they sit around with their collective dicks in their hands?

I've never been more ashamed to be Irish. **** this country!!!!!!!!!

OccultHawk 12-13-2020 06:58 PM

Is it possible they’re smart to take it a little slower?

Trollheart 12-13-2020 07:05 PM

No.

OccultHawk 12-13-2020 07:08 PM

They’re saying it could take 5-7 months to get it out to the gen pop in America

That’s a lot of time to suffer

Trollheart 12-13-2020 07:34 PM

Yeah. But our losers aren't even going to do anything till god knows when. They don't seem to be affording it the urgency it needs. What about the people in nursing and care homes who need it now? What about the health workers who are putting their lives in danger treating the sick? Can they wait till after Christmas? At the earliest? I'm not asking them to rush into anything, but they could have some sort of a better timeline for us than "the next short while"!

Trollheart 12-14-2020 08:24 PM

Ah. Looks like I may owe our govt an apology...

From RTE (Irish TV) news:

Mr Martin (our taoiseach/prime minister) said that January and February will see a limited volume of vaccines available, but enough for the most vulnerable groups.

The bigger volumes will come in March, April and May as other vaccines come on stream and other vaccine manufacturing ramps up around the world, he said.

He said that people need to be aware that the optimal period for a vaccination programme will be May and June when things open up and that this staged timeline approach depends on the availability and manufacturing of the vaccine.

"We need to see how things play out over the next couple of months in particular… to see exactly what the European Medicines Agency says about these vaccines.

"They haven't been authorised yet and I think it's important that while there has been real speed in getting us to this point" he said.

OccultHawk 12-15-2020 05:18 AM

Over 300 students still missing after Nigeria school attack (from @AP) https://apnews.com/article/bc4d4302f...dcf79ab403d956

Nigeria isn’t a country; it’s an apocalypse without end.

OccultHawk 12-15-2020 05:49 AM

US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson (from @AP) https://apnews.com/article/22c7a2b7b...2ab49e16b732e6

Play with the bulls. Get the horns.

The Batlord 12-15-2020 06:12 AM

Iran: abolishing the police one at a time.

OccultHawk 12-15-2020 07:39 AM

https://freedom.press/news/2020-repo...s-arrested-us/

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The numbers are staggering. Arrests of journalists skyrocketed by more than 1200% in comparison to 2019. In just one week, from May 29 - June 4, more reporters were arrested in the U.S. than in the previous three years combined. Arrests occurred in more than two dozen cities across the country. And more than 36% of the arrests were accompanied by an assault: journalists were beaten, hit with rubber bullets or other projectiles or covered in chemical agents, like tear gas or pepper spray.

The vast majority of these arrests occurred while journalists were documenting the historic, nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter.
Another source :

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.for...al-unrest/amp/

It’s hard to imagine turning back the clock on this type of fascism

The Batlord 12-15-2020 02:16 PM

But I thought the protesters were the problem.

OccultHawk 12-15-2020 07:32 PM

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cli...outputType=amp

Woman throws dog off 2nd floor Daytona Beach motel balcony, deputies say

jwb 12-15-2020 11:52 PM

What a c*nt. Where's some police brutality when you need it?

Psy-Fi 12-16-2020 06:07 AM

Investigation opened after women's symbol put on Polish flag

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WARSAW, Poland -- Prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the Polish flag was publicly insulted after a family in Warsaw hung a flag from their balcony combined with a lightning bolt, a symbol for women's rights in Poland.

Psy-Fi 12-16-2020 06:35 AM

Murder suspect escapes prison transport van that stopped at McDonald’s

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Taylor, who is wanted for a murder in East Chicago, Indiana, was wearing a belly chain with handcuffs, along with a leg brace when he slipped from the van in the McDonald’s drive-thru, the sheriff’s department said.
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The driver of the van tried to catch Taylor after he fled, according to surveillance footage obtained by authorities.

Plankton 12-16-2020 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2150161)

I saw this story this morning. He escaped by just opening the door, not out of a window. He timed it perfectly though and there's no way that inept agent could have caught up to him on foot:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mu...lds-drive-thru

Trollheart 12-16-2020 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2150169)
I saw this story this morning. He escaped by just opening the door, not out of a window. He timed it perfectly though and there's no way that inept agent could have caught up to him on foot:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mu...lds-drive-thru

If he's regularly eating Big Macs at work he could probably have rolled after him!

"Do you want freedom with that sir?"

OccultHawk 12-16-2020 08:47 AM

Either that driver was in on it or the prisoner manipulated him into getting him a last meal at McDonald’s that included giving him a key to his chains so he could eat the food. It’s crazy what people can convince other people to do. It may have been he was just thinking he was going to get a BigMac and then when the driver rolled down the window the prisoner heard the child lock switch over. But there’s some reason he was able to get his hands mobile and out of the leg brace.

Plankton 12-16-2020 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2150175)
If he's regularly eating Big Macs at work he could probably have rolled after him!

"Do you want freedom with that sir?"

"Imma just stop and get me some diabetes real quick, and... hey! You aint s'posed to do that!"

https://media3.giphy.com/media/pKoQXj0Fdidpu/200.gif

Psy-Fi 12-16-2020 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2150169)
I saw this story this morning. He escaped by just opening the door, not out of a window. He timed it perfectly though and there's no way that inept agent could have caught up to him on foot:

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mu...lds-drive-thru



McDonald's - You Deserve a Break Today

Trollheart 12-16-2020 10:33 AM

https://www.brandingstrategyinsider....t%E2%80%9D.jpg

Police are now hunting the escaped criminal, and offering a free Happy Meal for information leading to his capture. Seventeen people have been so far reported crushed in the stampede...

jwb 12-16-2020 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2150176)
Either that driver was in on it or the prisoner manipulated him into getting him a last meal at McDonald’s that included giving him a key to his chains so he could eat the food. It’s crazy what people can convince other people to do. It may have been he was just thinking he was going to get a BigMac and then when the driver rolled down the window the prisoner heard the child lock switch over. But there’s some reason he was able to get his hands mobile and out of the leg brace.

the driver could def be in on it. It's Chicago and he's in for murder so you know he's probably connected.

It said he ran off with the bracelets and all lol

Psy-Fi 12-17-2020 07:15 AM

Abandoned Boat filled with $55M in cocaine washes ashore in Marshall Islands

jwb 12-17-2020 07:27 AM

Damn. What would you do if you somehow found that boat before the cops or anyone else noticed?

That's like finding 55 million dollars but you can't spend it without taking risks

I wouldn't even know where to begin pushing kilos of coke

OccultHawk 12-17-2020 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2150281)
Damn. What would you do if you somehow found that boat before the cops or anyone else noticed?

That's like finding 55 million dollars but you can't spend it without taking risks

I wouldn't even know where to begin pushing kilos of coke



I read this awhile back:

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2085580)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....4,203,200_.jpg

For the Good of Mankind: A History of the People of Bikini and Their Islands
Book by Jack Niedenthal


America is NASTY!!!

They only have around 50,000 people there and they’re isolated as ****. It’s not really worth 55M it’s worth whatever you can sell it for, as you pointed out.

They should’ve thrown $55M cocaine and rum bash for drug seeking tourists and funded their schools for a decade.

Lisnaholic 12-17-2020 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2150281)
I wouldn't even know where to begin pushing kilos of coke

Try here:-

https://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/2...ug-thread.html : Recreational Drug Thread

jwb 12-17-2020 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2150283)
I read this awhile back:



They only have around 50,000 people there and they’re isolated as ****. It’s not really worth 55M it’s worth whatever you can sell it for, as you pointed out.

They should’ve thrown $55M cocaine and rum bash for drug seeking tourists and funded their schools for a decade.

I feel like getting it off the island would be the easy part tbh

Trollheart 12-17-2020 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2150281)
Damn. What would you do if you somehow found that boat before the cops or anyone else noticed?

That's like finding 55 million dollars but you can't spend it without taking risks

I wouldn't even know where to begin pushing kilos of coke

And don't forget: whoever it belongs to will be out looking for it...

jwb 12-17-2020 09:57 AM

They said it could've been drifting around for years. If the owner ain't found it yet I wouldn't expect to see them anytime soon.


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