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Random Politics & Religion #00
By fonewear 2014-08-04 08:55:42
6 hours ago:
Quote: The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, says new tests show that toxins are still in the city's water supply.
The readings come two days after 400,000 people in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan were told to avoid drinking tap water.
Mayor D. Michael Collins said early Monday that most of the results were acceptable but some concerns remain.
Toledo officials issued the water warning in Ohio's fourth-largest city early Saturday after tests revealed the presence of a toxin likely from algae on Lake Erie.
The Ohio National Guard and other state agencies have been delivering pallets of bottled water to city and operating water purification systems to make more drinkable water.
Source
18 minutes ago:
Quote: Toledo mayor: Water ban lifted in northwest Ohio; drinking water for 400K residents is safe. Source
The question is do you drink the water now because the government says it's safe?
I'm on an all algae diet though...
Normally the beer I drink doesn't have algae in it...therefore drink more beer.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-08-04 09:02:10
The question is do you drink the water now because the government says it's safe?
oh sure, this is ohio as long as the water isn't on fire it's safe to drink... and if it is on fire, please extinguish all flames before drinking....
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-04 09:13:05
Normally the beer I drink doesn't have algae in it...therefore drink more beer. Sounds logical to me.
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By fonewear 2014-08-04 09:13:37
Obama has an alien working for him ! Alert the authorities.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-04 09:17:44
Obama has an alien working for him ! Alert the authorities.
YouTube Video Placeholder I watched that whole thing expecting it to be a joke at the end. I didn't see what they were talking about.
There goes another 3min of my life I'll never get back now.
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By fonewear 2014-08-04 09:21:06
It has to be true it is on the internet !
By fonewear 2014-08-04 09:22:38
The joke is I spent 3 minutes watching it also...
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By Leviathan.Redherring 2014-08-04 09:23:02
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-04 09:25:22
The joke is I spent 3 minutes watching it also... Now that made me laugh out loud.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-08-04 09:28:02
Here's a great story out of Ukraine or Russia, not really sure as they both give conflicting reports.
Quote: A Russian border security official said more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russia, according to a report from the Interfax news agency. It wasn't immediately clear why the soldiers entered Russia, with both sides giving conflicting accounts.
The Russian official said the soldiers deserted the Kiev government and the Russian side opened a safe corridor, while a Ukrainian military official said the soldiers, without giving a number, were forced into Russian territory by rebel fire after running out of ammunition.
Vasily Malayev, head of the Federal Security Service's border patrol in the Rostov region, told Interfax that 438 Ukrainian soldiers had reached Russia on Monday. He said the Russian side had allowed the soldiers to safely enter the country.
Russia's Defense Ministry couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
The Ukrainian military confirmed that part of a brigade had most likely crossed into Russian territory, although it disputed Russia's version of events and wouldn't say how many soldiers went over.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian military operation in the east, Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky, said troops from the army's 72nd brigade were penned into their position and came under a sustained barrage of fire from separatist forces. Rebel fighters used tanks, mortars, artillery and Grad missile launchers over four hours, Dmitrashkovsky said, and eventually the brigade was forced to divide up into two sections.
"One was meant to break out and join forces with a support unit. The other unit had the task of providing fire cover," Dmitrashkovsky said. "In doing that they fired their weapons until no ammunition remained, after which they abandoned their position and reached a place near a border crossing on Russian territory."
Dmitrashkovsky said it was too early to confirm how many soldiers had crossed into Russia.
"We do not have such information. The Russians are capable of claiming anything they want," he said.
Earlier Monday, Interfax reported that Russia's air force began military drills in central and western regions of the country, a move that could spark further fears that Moscow is ready to flex its military muscle in Ukraine.
The drills will start Monday and last through Friday, air force chief Igor Klimov was reported as saying, and will involve more than 100 fighter jets and helicopters.
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have been battling the Kiev government since April, a conflict that has claimed at least 1,129 civilian casualties, according to a U.N. estimate. Ukraine and Western countries have accused Russia of providing the rebels with equipment and expertise, a claim that the Russian government has repeatedly denied. Source
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-08-04 09:33:24
Beer saved mankind during the 1600's I believe. Water at one point was so toxic and undrinkable, due to the Black Plague, and other diseases from throwing sewage into drinking sources.
The reason being, is that beer and other liquors went through a purification and distillation process.
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By Jetackuu 2014-08-04 11:59:20
Not Altima's fault that you don't know what deflecting means. I very well know what it means, but apparently neither of you do, and he was just trying to use a word in a sentence to make him sound smarter than we all know him to be. Same ole Jet, got nothing.. (lets argue about the meaning of words I don't understand) Well, at least you're capable of admitting you're unaware of the actual meaning. That's a start at least.
sigh Not only are you wrong on both counts, you still don't realize why...
Like everything on the internet it depends on how you want to read it. Congratulations!! You read it based on your biased.
Actually on a lot of things I am not biased, but there you go butchering the English language again.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-04 12:10:17
How exactly do you appeal to the type of people who would blame him for something like a pregnant woman having trouble getting to the hospital? More importantly, why would anyone want to?
So woman is pregnant and cannot cross the street because Commander in Chief's motorcade might be coming in the next hour.
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street?
I get it, ***happens, unintended consequences etc. Is far as severity is concerned this is about a 1 on the 1-10 scale of severity, it was presented for its angle of hyperbole.
BUT
Your proposition that he isn't responsible for closing the street / preventing the woman from getting to the hospital, is simply insane.
By Jetackuu 2014-08-04 12:13:26
I'm sure that was the only hospital in L.A. and the only way to that hospital
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By Siren.Mosin 2014-08-04 12:15:11
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street?
god, duh.
and you call yourself a conservative...
for shame.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-08-04 12:15:48
Actually on a lot of things I am not biased No, you are biased on pretty much everything.
By Jetackuu 2014-08-04 12:16:32
Actually on a lot of things I am not biased No, you are biased on pretty much everything. yeah, you go on and keep thinking that
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-08-04 12:16:47
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street?
it was bush and the house republicans!
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-08-04 12:20:05
Actually on a lot of things I am not biased No, you are biased on pretty much everything. yeah, you go on and keep thinking that Wow, you read 2 words today!
Congratulations! This deserves a gold star!
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-08-04 12:26:16
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street? The person who planned the motorcade route.
You're welcome.
By Enuyasha 2014-08-04 12:28:36
Actually on a lot of things I am not biased No, you are biased on pretty much everything. yeah, you go on and keep thinking that Wow, you read 2 words today!
Congratulations! This deserves a gold star!
By fonewear 2014-08-04 12:34:19
This exists and we need to stop it ! I'm writing an angry letter to Stephen Harper now.
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-08-04 12:36:15
By fonewear 2014-08-04 12:45:47
Another reason to not like Katy Perry.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-08-04 12:46:41
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street? The person who planned the motorcade route.
You're welcome.
There we go again, here comes the insistence that Obama has no control over where the motorcade goes...
Try again.
By fonewear 2014-08-04 12:47:08
Plus it is a fashion faux pa.
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By Shiva.Viciousss 2014-08-04 12:50:17
Lol, is nausi back on the motorcade thing? Desperate times I guess.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-08-04 12:50:33
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street? The person who planned the motorcade route.
You're welcome.
There we go again, here comes the insistence that Obama has no control over where the motorcade goes...
Try again. Of course he doesn't.
He is the President of the United States! He has no control over anything, unless it benefits him politically. Then it is all him and nobody else helped until it's unpopular again.
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By Odin.Jassik 2014-08-04 12:59:18
Who else is responsible for preventing that woman from crossing the street? The person who planned the motorcade route.
You're welcome.
There we go again, here comes the insistence that Obama has no control over where the motorcade goes...
Try again.
Do you think he's involved in the specifics of trivial things like a motorcade route? By that logic, Boehner is responsible for running out of toilet paper in the capital.
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-08-04 13:00:27
There we go again, here comes the insistence that Obama has no control over where the motorcade goes...
Try again. Of course he doesn't.
He is the President of the United States! He has no control over anything, unless it benefits him politically. Then it is all him and nobody else helped until it's unpopular again. This is why the "Thanks, Obama" meme exists.
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