World

New Topic

750 topics

Page 16 of 25
- Jump to page:
Previous
1
…
14
15
16
17
18
…
25
Next

Announcements

Replies

Views

Last post

Apologies to the people who got PM spam

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:38 pm
Posted in Board Business
Replies: 1
by John Q. Public » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:45 pm » in Board Business

I got a PM tonight about somebody identifying himself only as a former member - and who apparently has a giant chip on his shoulder about something -...

1 Replies

8289 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:38 pm
New word added to the word censor

Last post by Vilepagan « Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 pm
Posted in Board Business
Replies: 8
by John Q. Public » Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:44 pm » in Board Business

It seems that Google Adsense, which is sort of critical to the site's staying alive, has decided that a commonly used slang term for transmission and...

8 Replies

9237 Views

Last post by Vilepagan
Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 pm
New <embed> Plug-in

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:41 am
Posted in Welcome and Board Announcements
Replies: 10
by John Q. Public » Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:12 am » in Welcome and Board Announcements

I went looking for a plug-in that would embed a :steam: tweet and boy, did I find one. It does that and a whole lot more. And even better, you don't...

10 Replies

20819 Views

Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:41 am

Topics

Replies

Views

Last post

What will life be like after we run out of oil?

Last post by SLK230 « Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:01 am
Replies: 7
by Charles » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:25 pm

It's possible some of us may live to see the day when oil reserves run out or at least become extremely expensive (say, $1000+ a barrel in today's...

7 Replies

137 Views

Last post by SLK230
Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:01 am
Stop Bickering. The World Ends Tomorrow

Last post by GOODave « Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:32 am
Replies: 5
by Wabash » Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:04 pm

Link

If there's a Rapture and no billboard announces it, has the world really ended?

Yes, or probably, according to the Oakland, Calif.-based...

5 Replies

192 Views

Last post by GOODave
Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:32 am
Clinton in Libya to offer new aid package

Last post by Troglodyte « Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:30 am
Replies: 22
by atgreek » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:31 pm
1

2
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The Obama administration offered millions of dollars in new aid to Libya as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
22 Replies

181 Views

Last post by Troglodyte
Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:30 am
Mexican Drug Cartels and terrorism

Last post by GOODave « Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:38 am
Replies: 64
by ~44~ » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:06 am
1

2

3

4
When will our government step in and do something about these cartels? Looks like we will now go after Iran because of this latest plot. Seems to me...
64 Replies

472 Views

Last post by GOODave
Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:38 am
BRITAIN is set to suffer a mini ice age, could last decades

Last post by Biscuit « Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:51 pm
Replies: 2
by kramer » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:14 am

(Are ice-age concerns coming back in popularity?)

BRITAIN is set to suffer a mini ice age that could last for decades and bring with it a series...

2 Replies

104 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:51 pm
Would you support Drafting U.S. troops to defend Israel?

Last post by oceanvue « Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:13 pm
Replies: 25
by Charles » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:34 am
1

2
If it came down to it and the only way to save Israel as a country was to draft thousands of Americans to fight, would you support that?
25 Replies

246 Views

Last post by oceanvue
Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:13 pm
Forest Boy

Last post by Parrotpaul « Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:38 am
Replies: 36
by ~44~ » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:33 am
1

2
This story does not add up to me. Now saying the kid walked 150 miles from Czech? speaks english only? Looks to be in good shape. Bowls?
36 Replies

283 Views

Last post by Parrotpaul
Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:38 am
Would majority islam Europe bother you?

Last post by Biscuit « Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:38 am
Replies: 16
by Charles » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:39 pm

16 Replies

1271 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:38 am
Amanda Knox Is Free

Last post by slowyoroll « Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:01 am
Replies: 8
by Wiley » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:55 am

The Italian court has just freed Amanda Knox and her boyfriend citing corrupted evidence. She will have to pain a fine for defamation of character...

8 Replies

170 Views

Last post by slowyoroll
Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:01 am
Assad says he'll fire missiles at Tel Aviv..WTF?

Last post by Biscuit « Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:14 pm
Replies: 21
by Parrotpaul » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:20 am
1

2
Any thoughts?

'If NATO attacks Syria, we'll fire missiles at Tel Aviv'
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND REUTERS
10/04/2011 18:53

FARS news agency...
21 Replies

262 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:14 pm
Anwar al-Awlaki Killed In Yemen

Last post by Wabash « Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:16 am
Replies: 47
by Wiley » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:51 am
1

2

3
30 September 2011

Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki 'killed in Yemen' The US-born radical Islamist cleric and suspected al-Qaeda leader Anwar...
47 Replies

380 Views

Last post by Wabash
Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:16 am
US occupation today versus post WWII

Last post by tLIB « Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:51 pm
Replies: 15
by Charles » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:34 pm

Why was the US military occupation of Japan and Germany peaceful compared to Iraq and Afghanistan?

Notice the US jeep on the right side:

15 Replies

1282 Views

Last post by tLIB
Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:51 pm
Saudi Woman Receives 10 Lashes For Driving A Car

Last post by Biscuit « Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:36 pm
Replies: 17
by Parrotpaul » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:00 am

What in the world do we have in common with these people other than oil?

Woman gets ten lashes for defying ban on driving a car.

Since June,...

17 Replies

215 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:36 pm
California teachers have it way too easy.

Last post by Biscuit « Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:24 am
Replies: 1
by perspixx » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:09 am

Link to article.
The gruesome discovery comes after drugs gangs threatened to attack elementary school teachers if they did not pay half their...

1 Replies

89 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:24 am
1837: Maldives drowning -- 2011: Maldives drowning

Last post by Vilepagan « Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:54 am
Replies: 13
by kramer » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:06 am

Damn pesky history...

1837: (See 5th paragraph down on the first page) - Link

People forced to move as world’s lowest country sinks under...

13 Replies

152 Views

Last post by Vilepagan
Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:54 am
George Wright Nailed in Portugal

Last post by Zebra « Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:15 pm
Replies: 1
by Parrotpaul » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:14 pm

George Wright Nailed in Portugal

George Wright, Fugitive Behind 1972 Airplane Hijacking, Caught In Portugal

NEWARK, N.J. — A convicted killer...

1 Replies

107 Views

Last post by Zebra
Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:15 pm
A United Nations Miracle

Last post by Biscuit « Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:06 pm
Replies: 1
by Hanna » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:20 am

September 6, 2011

A United Nations Miracle
Israel is vindicated on the Gaza flotilla, but Turkey still pouts.
The Wall St. Journal

Here's a story...

1 Replies

141 Views

Last post by Biscuit
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:06 pm
Nobel laureate resigns in global warming protest

Last post by slowyoroll « Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:59 pm
Replies: 4
by Red » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:00 am

So much for the much-touted scientific consensus on global warming. A Nobel Prize physicist has resigned from the American Physical Society over the...

4 Replies

156 Views

Last post by slowyoroll
Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:59 pm
9/14/11 Never Forget

Last post by Notorious « Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:58 am
Replies: 26
by Notorious » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:02 am
1

2
Today is one of the greatest days in the history of mankind.

Today naked camera phone pictures were leaked of none other than Scarlett Johansson...
26 Replies

259 Views

Last post by Notorious
Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:58 am
Please Watch, a Great Speech.

Last post by Parrotpaul « Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:04 pm
Replies: 3
by grayghost » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:31 pm

3 Replies

132 Views

Last post by Parrotpaul
Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:04 pm
Biggest Historical Misconceptions

Last post by Troglodyte « Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:07 am
Replies: 8
by Charles » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:10 pm

Abner Doubleday Invented Baseball
Witches were burnt in Salem
Lizzie Borden took an axe…
Edison Invented the Lightbulb
Betsy Ross inventing the...

8 Replies

209 Views

Last post by Troglodyte
Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:07 am
Why is Africa still poor?

Last post by SLK230 « Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:50 am
Replies: 10
by Charles » Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:18 pm

Common explanations for African poverty are:

- Colonialism
- Corruption
- Western attempts to undermine the continent covertly

Not sure about the...

10 Replies

232 Views

Last post by SLK230
Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:50 am
Malaria, fatal heatwaves & polluted water in UK in 18 months

Last post by kramer « Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:44 am
Replies: 5
by kramer » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:51 am

From The Telegraph, 12 Feb 2008:

The UK is to be hit by regular malaria outbreaks, fatal heatwaves and contaminated drinking water within five...

5 Replies

473 Views

Last post by kramer
Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:44 am
Gadafy daughter who 'died' in 1986 alive.

Last post by Tar Pit « Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:32 am

by Tar Pit » Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:32 am

The adopted daughter of Muammar Gadafy, whom he claimed died as an infant in the 1986 US bombing of his Tripoli compound, appears to be alive and...

0 Replies

139 Views

Last post by Tar Pit
Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:32 am
Russia Green Lights $65 Billion Siberia-Alaska Tunnel

Last post by oceanvue « Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:02 am
Replies: 1
by kramer » Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:00 am

In what could certainly be one of the boldest infrastructure developments ever announced, the Russian Government has given the go-ahead to build a...

1 Replies

161 Views

Last post by oceanvue
Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:02 am
Who were worse? Nazis or Communists?

Last post by AsIfYouKnew « Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:03 am
Replies: 15
by Charles » Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:19 pm

Even though we had a 45 year long Cold War, most Western people would still say Nazis are worse because the Holocaust is considered officially the...

15 Replies

341 Views

Last post by AsIfYouKnew
Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:03 am
Would the Nazis have lost without US involvement?

Last post by tLIB « Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:18 pm
Replies: 8
by Charles » Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:16 pm

Would England and the Soviets have taken Germany without the US?

8 Replies

228 Views

Last post by tLIB
Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:18 pm
Holocaust Denial: Rhetoric or Actual Belief?

Last post by Troglodyte « Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:24 am
Replies: 6
by Charles » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:30 am

Do people who deny the Holocaust actually believe it never occurred,

or

Do you think they (deep down, privately realize it happened it but)...

6 Replies

264 Views

Last post by Troglodyte
Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:24 am
Stick a fork in Gadhafi

Last post by Wabash « Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:23 am
Replies: 3
by oceanvue » Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:09 pm

because he's toast

3 Replies

147 Views

Last post by Wabash
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:23 am
Were these guys really hiking?

Last post by Troglodyte « Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:53 am
Replies: 3
by pitcrew » Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:58 pm

Iran has sentenced two Americans to 8 years for illegal entry into Iranian territory and espionage. The two men, both UC Berkley grads, claim that...

3 Replies

164 Views

Last post by Troglodyte
Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:53 am

New Topic

750 topics

Page 16 of 25
- Jump to page:
Previous
1
…
14
15
16
17
18
…
25
Next

Return to Board Index

Forum permissions

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

World

Forum permissions

Who is online

Login • Register