War Room Lounge v67: Is Australia Real?

[Andy Capp]

@Crazy Diamond

That thread was closed for replies so here it is: In the silence of material senses lies the key to the unveiling of wisdom. He who talks does not know; he who knows does not talk. The highest knowledge is unutterable, for it exists as an entity in lanes which transcend all material words or symbols.


I bet I will score more points than you in the OT Football contest that I run....lol

Well, it turns out that what I know about American football can be writ large on a gnat's bum with a grease pencil. So I bet you will too.

 

[N13]

Does Detroit even exist anymore?

They legalized the Ganja, and that is where the Roos live. Dodo birds were spotted last week as they are making a comeback.

 

[all caps]

By the way, I hate to criticize the website I love, but anybody else think the Street Coliseum was created because of dwindling popularity of MMA and an attempt to keep forum traffic up? In my mind, it goes against the spirit of martial arts. One thing if it had self defense value but most of the videos, while somewhat entertaining, don't belong on this site IMHO.

It's the most disgraceful subforum of all time. Sherdog should be tarred and feathered for it.

 

[N13]

Well, it turns out that what I know about American football can be writ large on a gnat's bum with a grease pencil. So I bet you will too.

So you are IN?

Someone last season was like this and he won many weeks via telepathy with the Pleiadians.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

It's the most disgraceful subforum of all time. Sherdog should be tarred and feathered for it.

With you 100%. It's like the end goal is people recording fight videos and yelling out "Street Coliseum!!!" instead of "World Star!!!".

 

[AgonyandIrony]

So, a horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, “You’re here every day, are you an alcoholic?” The horse says, “I don’t think I am,” and vanishes from existence.

See, this a Descartes joke.

But if I told you that earlier, it would have been putting Descartes before the horse.

 

[Gutter Chris]

Hey. I'm posting this again because if I had to see this bitch hit this dude in the head with a baseball bat you do too.

I didnt find that funny It kinda made me mad

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Ha, that's awesome!

 

[Sketch]

He asked me to, also work in progress geez.

You should take over, you do a better job.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

I get the impression some people will chivalry themselves into an early grave.

I'm pretty pacifist (I don't think mature adults fight, and when they do, largely neither party is innocent) but damn somebody swinging a baseball bat like that and all bets are off. Even if somebody blindside kayoed her I'd be supportive.

Dude he almost got his ass beat by four people within an hour. He's constantly walking around shouting angry shit. Its been a long time coming.

It's like this dude who got stabbed outside my work a few weeks back, he's always been a prick.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Best lounge thread yet. Fuck that @Fawlty guy.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Dude he almost got his ass beat by four people within an hour. He's constantly walking around shouting angry shit. Its been a long time coming.

It's like this dude who got stabbed outside my work a few weeks back, he's always been a prick.

Like I said, people who get into fights are seldom completely innocent, but taking a baseball bat to someone's head isn't acceptable. I see angry bums yelling shit at intersections on the side of the street every now and then. Hitting them in the head with a bat doesn't cross my mind. The only type of person who does that is someone who themselves are a little imbalanced and have little responsibility in life.

 

[Sketch]

Like I said, people who get into fights are seldom completely innocent, but taking a baseball bat to someone's head isn't acceptable. I see angry bums yelling shit at intersections on the side of the street every now and then. Hitting them in the head with a bat doesn't cross my mind. The only type of person who does that is someone who themselves are a little imbalanced and have little responsibility in life.

A baseball bat to the head is attempted murder. Anyone doing that to someone is pure scum of the earth. I don’t think most people understand how fucking fragile the human brain is.

 

[Rational Poster]

You should take over, you do a better job.

I have good ideas pretty regularly but probably not regularly enough to keep up with the pace that these threads have to be remade.

 

[all caps]

This thread feels so much more welcoming and accepting for some reason

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Like I said, people who get into fights are seldom completely innocent, but taking a baseball bat to someone's head isn't acceptable. I see angry bums yelling shit at intersections on the side of the street every now and then. Hitting them in the head with a bat doesn't cross my mind. The only type of person who does that is someone who themselves are a little imbalanced and have little responsibility in life.

I mean... No one in that situation has a lot going on lol. What was crazy was the armed guard taking swings at him beforehand.

I was reading your post outloud to my buddy bartending and he shares my sentiment. We're pretty fucking jaded here though.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

I mean... No one in that situation has a lot going on lol. What was crazy was the armed guard taking swings at him beforehand.

I was reading your post outloud to my buddy bartending and he shares my sentiment. We're pretty fucking jaded here though.

Well, to be frank, this graphic and expression describes me well. Though I fear it arose from racist beginnings!

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

So, a horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, “You’re here every day, are you an alcoholic?” The horse says, “I don’t think I am,” and vanishes from existence.

See, this a Descartes joke.

But if I told you that earlier, it would have been putting Descartes before the horse.

Oh, bravo.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Well, to be frank, this graphic and expression describes me well. Though I fear it arose from racist beginnings!

Eh. I get it, but the danger is what I love, and as a writer/comic/public speaker I'm a mere observer in life.

 

[Lord Coke]

Opioid Crisis Spurs $1.8 Billion Grant Pledge From Trump


https://www.courthousenews.com/opioid-crisis-spurs-1-8-billion-grant-pledge-from-trump/

WASHINGTON (CN) – President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion pledge to help states fight the opioid crisis earned cautious celebration Wednesday from groups on the epidemic’s front lines.

“It’s not enough, but it’s a step in the right direction,” Casey Dillon, program director for Advocates for Opioid Recovery, said in an interview.

The money pledged by the White House today will be split between two programs, with more than $932 million going to funding prevention and treatment services and another $900 million to help states set up programs to track overdose deaths.

Requirements are flexible for providers seeking prevention and treatment grants, but Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar noted that the addiction-treatment options they provide must include a combination of behavior therapy and medication.

Dillon hailed this distinction, calling medication-assisted treatment the “gold standard” in opioid-abuse treatment. She added that the administration will need to have strong oversight to make sure the money goes to the right places and should commit to sending more money to combat the problem in the future.

Azar said grants for the overdose-tracking program will be doled out over three years.

Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in October 2017 and reaffirmed this policy stance today.

“My administration is determined to use every resource at our disposal to smash the grip of addiction,” Trump said in remarks from the White House on Wednesday.

In 2017, the most recent official data available, more than 47,000 people died from overdoses involving opioids, accounting for more than two-thirds of all drug overdoses in the United States that year.

But the Trump administration has hailed small victories in fighting drug-related deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted a 5% drop in overdose deaths from all types of drugs between 2017 and 2018 based on preliminary data, the first such decline in decades. The agency is predicting another drop in overdose deaths of 3.4% from January to 2018 to January 2019, based on preliminary information.