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Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:03 am
by Guyperson
Oh please, if Quebec is leaving Canada to go anywhere else, they're going to France. That's like, so much a Quebec stereotype even an American like me would know that.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:08 am
by Omnithea
America's not asking. But don't worry. Every new state gets overpaid teams of athletes to represent them in sports only Americans care about.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:38 am
by BurntToShreds
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Puerto Rico has universal healthcare? I'm sure that that won't last long if it becomes a state.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:58 am
by Guyperson
Doesn't Hawaii have healthcare despite being a state?

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:38 pm
by Ersatz
Guyperson wrote:Doesn't Hawaii have healthcare despite being a state?
Doesn't Massachusetts have universal healthcare because of Mitt Romney?

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:44 am
by Lambeth
Yeah the federal government isn't gonna barge in and take away their healthcare.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:11 am
by [Citation Needed]
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Indianapolis, gentlemen.

http://news.yahoo.com/deadly-blast-deva ... 44324.html

If I am reading this right, they still don't know what happened?

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:02 pm
by Dr. K Sanesk
Looks like the three biggest suspicions are gas leak, meth lab, or a straight-up bomb.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:05 pm
by Turbro
I thought that they had ruled out meth lab in the article though?
Deputy Fire Chief Kenny Bacon told reporters Sunday investigators haven't eliminated any possible causes for the blast. But U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, who represents the area, said he had been told a bomb or meth lab explosion had been ruled out.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:07 pm
by Mr. Mander
Considering the house apparently belonged to a teacher, yeah, I'd rule out meth lab, but honestly, I'd say it was a bomb from the look of the explosion. I don't know how just a home gas system could cause an explosion of that magnitude. I'm not well-educated on those things so I may be wrong.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:51 pm
by [Citation Needed]
So Venice is/was underwater. Some pretty interesting pics resulted.

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If the water is such a big problem... then how did she get to the bench in the first place?

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:17 pm
by Dr. K Sanesk
TurboPunz wrote:I thought that they had ruled out meth lab in the article though?
Deputy Fire Chief Kenny Bacon told reporters Sunday investigators haven't eliminated any possible causes for the blast. But U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, who represents the area, said he had been told a bomb or meth lab explosion had been ruled out.
Oh dang, I misread that as those being the two most likely options.
My bad.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:59 pm
by Lambeth
Venice is always underwater, that's why it's so famous.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:04 pm
by Exeres
From what I hear about the water in Venice, anyone who gets within five feet of it becomes the carrier of every bacterial infection imaginable, plus a few that haven't been discovered yet.

Re: The Current Events Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:16 pm
by Lambeth
to get concise understanding of the petraeus scandal, please watch burn after reading