the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

That, sir, was not Il-arious.

[Sgt PSN]

I hope you 2 get deathly Il.

[Eagaholic]

Fred Shero would be proud.You have arrived in Il humor.

I'm sure that rocket made Kim's jawn ill. Probably something they had for launch.

[ice grillin you]

The more Wal-Mart stores a county has, the more likely it is to have active hate groups in the area, according to Penn State economists.

"Wal-Mart has clearly done good things in these communities, especially in terms of lowering prices," Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural economics and regional economics, explained. "But there may be indirect costs that are not as obvious as other effects."

The study, published in Social Science Quarterly, found that the number of Wal-Mart stores was a better predictor of hate group participation than the unemployment rate, high crime rates and low education.

There were 1,018 active hate groups in the United States in 2011, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, up from 1,002 in 2010.

The researchers believe that the correlation between Wal-Mart and hate groups exists because of breakdown of the community. Small local businesses are more likely to be members of civic groups and involved in the community. They are also more likely to have closer relationships among their employees.

"While we like to think of American society as being largely classless, merchants and bankers are part of what we could call a leadership class in a community," Goetz said.

In contrast, people are more likely to feel alienated by big-box retailers like Wal-Mart, the researchers explained. They noted that areas that had Wal-Mart stores were also likely to have other big-box retailers, like Target.

"We're not trying to pick on Wal-Mart," said Goetz. "In this study, Wal-Mart is really serving as a proxy for any type of large retailer."

"We doubt strongly that Wal-Mart intends to create such effects or that it specifically seeks to locate in places where hate groups form," the researchers said.

Anil Rupasingha of New Mexico State University and Scott Loveridge of Michigan State University co-authored the study.

[SD]

So I was at my buddies birthday/bbq last night. There were around 60-80 people there depending on what time you showed up. Live band and all that other good stuff. Cops were called twice, once for the noise the second time because idiots were smoking weed on the front lawn. My buddy is a CPA and makes a great living and his wife does some sort of web design and also makes a nice living...so they're well off.

So there were kids at this party, it was about 10 PM and this girl who I've known for years put her daughter to bed in the couples upstairs bedroom. As loud as the party was their upstairs actually stays pretty quiet. So this one guy I know wanted to leave, only problem is he has one of those things you have to hum and blow into to get his car started. There wasn't a sober person at the party. So they woke the 10 year old girl who was sleeping upstairs and had her blow into it for him so that he could leave.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Those things also require random tests while you drive, and it will shut the car down if you fail.

[Eagaholic]

It's ok, they put the kid in the car with the dude just in case.

[Diomedes]

So they woke the 10 year old girl who was sleeping upstairs and had her blow into it for him so that he could leave.

The lawyers for the family he ran down last night thank you for this post.

[MDS]

thats either really smart or really white trashy (which makes sense for the ne philly wop scene)

both?

[phattymatty]

space shuttle just took a few laps above and around DC. pretty cool. pictures i took suck ass but

http://famousdc.com/2012/04/17/discovery-buzzes-dc/

[SunMo]

fake

[ice grillin you]

everyone in my office went up to the roof but i said farg a space shuttle....i dont see the big deal unless its gonna blow up again

[phattymatty]

keep it real yo, farg history.

[Rome]

I saw it this morning flying just north of the Cape.

Amazing.

[ice grillin you]

I saw it this morning flying just north of the Cape.

Amazing.

wait are you talking about an actual space shuttle launch or the space shuttle sitting on top of an airplane.....cause ive seen that a million times on tv and theres nothing amazing about it

space shuttle launch in person would be pretty cool...ill probably even go and walk thru the shuttle when it opens to the public in the museum...seeing the inside of a shuttle seems semi interesting

but watching a space shuttle sit on top of a 747 has not only been done a million times before but its kind of silly looking