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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:32:03 +0100
By: Spaced_Colonist

A Person wrote:Do you have the exact passage you read from Nostradamus? If I'm to be scared I'd like to know exactly what I'm scared of.

I can't find a reference to him writing of twin dragons falling.


I've heard a lot about this. My main references are the History Channel special and the 5th Dimension song "Age of Aquarius" (which some say will occur around 2013. The age, not the song. That was 1969).

There are some interesting points, and hey, 4 years isn't an unreasonable amount of time to get your ducks in a row.

Mostly though I think the History Channel producers are undergoing some heavy recreational drug use. Acid maybe, or PCP.



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:23:16 +0100
By: Spaced_Colonist

Liv wrote:If it doesn't have a value meal or a happy pack then... it's fine dining.


After reading this, I had to try out Country BBQ. I really have had hardly any BBQ since moving here in July.

Upon visiting today I was pleased to see the lunch special was BBQ chicken! Just what I wanted.

Errr, woops. What I wanted was a delicious BBQ chicken sandwich. You know, pulled chicken, with sauce, on a bun. What I got through the spinning drive thru window was an entire animal. Yep, Tuesdays and Thursdays for $5.99, you get a half chicken (seemed like a whole), with slaw and hush puppies. Quite a deal if we're talking pound-for-dollar ratio. I went inside to get their sauce which I found to be something like 2 Tbsp chili powder with some vinegar thrown in. I can't say it wasn't good, just a little more than I bargained for 8-)



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:10:59 +0100
By: Spaced_Colonist

A Person wrote:All I Really Wanted Was Oral Sex

The report says when Barkley was taken to the station, he told one of the employees, "I'll tattoo my name on your ass" if he helped "get him out of the DUI." According to the report, "He laughed and then quickly corrected himself and said, 'I'll tattoo your name on my ass' and then laughed again."


Cocaine's a hell of a drug.



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By: Spaced_Colonist

Liv wrote:There is no doubt Greensboro has been trying to commit to an image that will increase it's popularity in this country.


I just moved here over the summer and unfortunately I have to admit, Greensboro has very little outside image considering the decent size (population) of the town.

I honestly think part of the problem is the rather mundane name. For outsiders it's too easy to confuse with Greenville or Goldsboro. I know it's named after a worthy guy, but the name just doesn't pay off.

Another issue is being a little overshadowed by Winston-Salem. W-S gets outside recognition for Wake Forest and for cigarettes. (At least Gboro is classier than the town built on lung cancer)!

Geography (and geology) is a clear advantage for Asheville. Being in the mountains, the views are gorgeous. Mountains also offer more activities like hiking, skiing, and rafting. Greensboro's piedmont is very average, with little to cause it to stand out from other areas in the south (I'm not saying it wasn't beautiful here in the fall, back on those greenway trails...).

The city I moved from, Louisville, KY, sort of suffers from the same disease--it wants very badly to be noticed but always falls slightly short. (Case in point, after the city-county merger in 2003, signs were erected at each major road entering the county that read 'Welcome to America's 16th largest city)!" While Louisville is known for--actually, I won't even say. Maybe you guys from around here know as little about Louisville as I knew about Gboro before moving here. If anything comes to mind, let me know. Louisville has tried some things to cause the city to be recognized. One of the sillier attempts, in my opinion, was building an entertainment area called "4th Street Live!" (exclamation included). A few restaurants and bars will surely put us on the map long term! ...Yeah. The trick is to offer something few other places can. It's hard to explain why some cities have become so unique (Asheville; Boulder, Colorado), and why others are less noticeable (consider Columbus, Ohio--748,000 people, and practically "imageless" in the minds of most people).

The beauty of this, though, is finding things out for yourself in a city like Greensboro. It's been cool getting on these forums and seeing posts about the quirky restaurants and local folklore here. It's not that there's nothing to do here, you may just have to look a little harder. Which means when you find something, it's just that much more fun, and the feeling of discovering something worthwhile all the more an accomplishment.

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World's largest picnic basket in Columbus freaking Ohio.



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By: natiheather

I was raised in Greensboro and all of my older cousins told me the story of Lydia. They told me a different story. They Said she was on her way back from the prom and her date and her had been drinking when it wiped around the curve to fast and that was when the accident happened it was also raining. they said that when it is dark and raining she comes out and tries to get a ride home. If you see her and do not give her a ride she will mess with your radio. and if you her a ride all the way to her house when you get out to help her to the door she will be gone. i was so scared of that story that i didn't want to go to Jamestown to visit my grandma for the longest time.but now i am more open to the idea of ghost. not comfortable but more open.



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:21:36 +0100
By: KaelMorodain

Perhaps all of us that feel this way are the runners in the darkness. The storms of change in the world. Those of you that truly feel this feeling of incompleteness and longing for something so much more know of what I speak. Sometimes we give a little and try to blend with the world and act the part expected of us, but this only lasts for so long. Each night, in the quiet of our loneliness, we silently cry out for what we are really meant to be. There are no words in our tongue to explain the feeling. This sense that permeates our entire being and fills our every fiber. We can't explain it,we just know it deep within. Beyond any shadow of a doubt. We are somehow chosen. We thrive in adversity where others hide from it. We are the ones who walk the lonely road. We are the ones who leave no one behind that we can save. We are the ones who can only linger for so long before the storm of change that surrounds us kicks up again and sweeps us away. We are the catalyst. We are the few. We are the silent and disguised lights infiltrating the darkness. We are the ones who aren't sure what it is, but we know it. Quite simply, we are the ones meant for something more.

If you know of what I speak, contact me at dreaming.but.grounded@gmail.com. We may as well stand together and search for the answer that always seems to elude us.



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:42:07 +0100
By: A Person

New Scientist
A new molecule that performs the essential function of life – self-replication – could shed light on the origin of all living things.

If that wasn't enough, the laboratory-born ribonucleic acid (RNA) strand evolves in a test tube to double itself ever more swiftly.

"Obviously what we're trying to do is make a biology," says Gerald Joyce, a biochemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. He hopes to imbue his team's molecule with all the fundamental properties of life: self-replication, evolution, and function.

Joyce and colleague Tracey Lincoln made their chemical out of RNA because most researchers think early life stored information in this sister molecule to DNA. And unlike the stuff of our genomes, RNA molecules can catalyse chemical reactions.


Obviously this is proof that life was designed :P



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:47:47 +0100
By: A Person

Paramol is paracetamol and codeine. Paracetamol is 'European' for acetaminophen - brand name Tylenol.

Paramol: Paracetamol 500mg, dihydrocodeine tartrate 7.46mg (co-dydramol).
Tylenol No. 4: Acetaminophen 300 mg Codeine Phosphate 60 mg

Dihydrocodeine is a far more potent than codeine phosphate, but it is more addictive, so the Tylenol brand isn't as effective.

BUT you can buy
Panlor SS: Acetaminophen 356.4 mg, Caffeine 30 mg, Dihydrocodeine bitartrate 16 mg
which should kick Paramol's ass. I don't think it needs a prescription in most places but you may need to ask for it.



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:04:44 +0100
By: Liv

Timely it is, as Sanjuro posted a few days ago on the opinions of Mary Jane being illegal. I've been thinking about OTC (Over the counter) medicine these last few days. I've had some horrible infection these last few weeks and my lovely doctor was kind enough to call in Tylenol #3 for a very painful throat which is America's codeine ibuprofen mix. Good stuff, much better then regular pain relievers. But why is it over the counter? I mean I understand the strong codeines like hydrocodone, etc... but many countries like the UK and Canada don't restrict it like we do.

I ask this as a very similar concoction "Paramol" which came quite in handy for tooth aches while we were over in London was easily obtainable over the counter. They were so, so much more effective then the American OTC products I had been using: I was surprised... I began to ask myself "why haven't I ever heard of this stuff?" Are the British just better at handling their drugs, are we just paranoid, has America just decided "pain" builds character in its citizens? Is it just an attitude... we're tougher then them red coats... drugs? We don't need no stinkin' drugs!!!



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:15:33 +0100
By: SouthernFriedInfidel

Boy, this Obama thing sure has brought out the crazy in some folks... :character-beavisbutthead:



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  Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:50:38 +0100
By: Anonymous

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mccain-showed-his-birth-certificate-an-actual-piece-of-paper/

Thought this may be of interest. Either way it is interesting of both parties.



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:15:15 +0100
By: A Person

McCain* has not released his birth certificate, neither has Palin, Bush, Clinton nor indeed any president or presidential candidate.

Obama however has taken the unprecedented step of publishing a scan on his website and has allowed his birth certificate to be examined and photographed by news reporters. His certificate was examined by the US Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs and deemed satisfactory. Just because he hasn't mailed it to you or any other right wing conspiracy theorist to examine it personally, does not mean that he hasn't produced it.

It only requires four Supreme Court Justices to agree that any of the cases have sufficient merit to proceed - but even that standard cannot be met. I doubt even you consider Thomas, Rehnquist, Scalia, Roberts or Alito to be 'liberal activist judges' - or do you?

* I mentioned McCain only to show that it's not 'liberal activist judges' that loosely interpret the constitution. McCain did not obtain his citizenship by reason of birth.
US Department of State wrote:http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86755.pdf
c. Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S.
diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the
14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth.




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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:12:11 +0100
By: Sanjuro

God wrote:
SouthernFriedInfidel wrote:Why should god bless Israel, when it doesn't officially recognize Jesus as its king? You'd think that would be considered Heresy, and punishable by Wrath.

Just wondering...


Well, lots of people ask me to bless things. It's sort of in my contract to do it if they follow the basic tenants of their religion. Oh be serious sir. The "wrath" thing is so blown out of proportion.

Praise be upon me, I'm sure.


What the... :?



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:08:40 +0100
By: God

SouthernFriedInfidel wrote:Why should god bless Israel, when it doesn't officially recognize Jesus as its king? You'd think that would be considered Heresy, and punishable by Wrath.

Just wondering...


Well, lots of people ask me to bless things. It's sort of in my contract to do it if they follow the basic tenants of their religion. Oh be serious sir. The "wrath" thing is so blown out of proportion.

Praise be upon me, I'm sure.



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:03:17 +0100
By: SouthernFriedInfidel

God wrote:
nmnative wrote:
GOD bless you all and GOD bless the United States of America and the Nation of Israel.


I also bless you nmnative.

Oh, and I'll throw in the other countries too I guess.

Why should god bless Israel, when it doesn't officially recognize Jesus as its king? You'd think that would be considered Heresy, and punishable by Wrath.

Just wondering...



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:47:37 +0100
By: God

nmnative wrote:
GOD bless you all and GOD bless the United States of America and the Nation of Israel.


I also bless you nmnative.

Oh, and I'll throw in the other countries too I guess.



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:28:01 +0100
By: Anonymous

Since I am not talking about John McCain once again liberals move the subject. McCain has provided his birth certificate anyway for all to see, he had no qualms about it. The subject matter though is on Obama and he has not and refuses to show it, so again he has something to, sadly, hide.

Also I do not approve of all that Bush has done either, I am a Reagan Republican and proudly served this country in the 80's. I am sad to see that people would rather let socialism run their lives, very sad.

Well enough of this, I am not quiting, just letting People Get The Government They Deserve.

GOD bless you all and GOD bless the United States of America and the Nation of Israel.



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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:04:52 +0100
By: Anonymous

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  Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:58:15 +0100
By: A Person

nmnative wrote:What would happen if a politician actually got away with such a thing?
Well - if he got away with it then:
Do you believe ANY of our God-given rights would remain secure? - Your rights are given by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, not God, and they can not be taken away by God either. But in any case the answer is yes.
Would any bill this Usurper signed into law be valid? Yes
Would this Usurper's Supreme Court appointments be valid?Yes
Would the military recognize this Usurper as Commander-in-Chief and what actions would those within our military take?Yes
What would our enemies around the world do?Whatever they normally do
What would happen to the economy... your job... your home... your assets or what you've put away for retirement?Those have already been sucked away into the Bush void
Would our society destabilize uncontrollably and would we actually start down the road to anarchy?No.

Remember - he got away with it :roll:

nmnative wrote:Would a flagrant, callous and outright disregard of the Constitution send a clear message to liberal activist judges and legislators that a nuanced approach was no longer necessary... that they could literally strip our rights, liberties and freedoms with tyrannical impunity... that the Constitution of the United States is effectively a WORTHLESS PIECE OF PAPER?


The definition of 'natural born American' has been loosely interpreted in the past, most notably on 30 April 2008, the Senate adopted a resolution recognizing that John McCain, is a natural born citizen

S.RES.511 RESOLUTION
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen' of the United States;

Whereas the term `natural born Citizen', as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;

Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President;

Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen' clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen';

Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;

Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and

Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.


No similar resolution was necessary for Obama since there is no credible evidence that he is not a natural born citizen.

The three branches legislative, executive, and judicial were established by the constitution to provide checks and balances to each other. Since all three agree and accept the prima facie evidence that Obama is a 'natural born American' then the fat lady has not only sung, she's picked up the flowers, eaten the chocolates, drunk the champagne and is snoring after bed-shattering sex with the lead tenor.



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By: Sanjuro

Wow, I'd like to know more about the methods used in getting data for that graph. Good post, Spaced_Colonist.

And: :text-welcomewave:



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