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If you have not acquainted yourself with this amazing news story, please do so. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-buy-a-foreclosed-texan-home-worth-300000-for-16-2011-7 Also, here's a 2 minute 30 second digest of this story on youtube: DpqKIzxiixc 1) What do you think of the...

I'm sure everyone has seen this by now, but just in case: http://literallyunbelievable.org/ My questions are: 1) What does this say about the average American (going to assume that the people on here are representative of the population of "average Americans")? 2) Why don't people...

... is it just me who finds the gun nut culture to be profoundly disturbing? Like, that one time on TV, this old dude led an entire convention of gun owners, then he produced his gun and began hugging it, saying things like "I love my gun. They won't take it away from me," clinging tight to it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8312447.stm Sounds like a suitable replacement for Jeopardy! Thoughts?

I'll start out with a lame contribution and others can up the ante. Q: What did Khusrau II say to his messenger after he read the letter sent to him by the Prophet Muhammad?

No article for this one. I have been on a political debate listening kick lately. They are pretty effective at getting my heart to pump faster and to piss me off, affording me a modicum of extra energy to do other things that need to be done at late hours. Besides that, I can't shake the fact...

I can't believe I couldn't find one yet. Anyway, this thread is for discussion of both the Broodwar and Starcraft 2 pro-game. I know some of you follows this stuff (I am thinking of Kraznaya and OwenGlyndwr, among others). Discuss builds, players, upcoming tournaments, and other miscellania...

Every year, a staggering amount of illegal immigrants crosses the border from Mexico to the US, and a meager motley crew makes the journey from Canada in comparison. One proposal that would probably be instantly rejected by almost everyone here is to eliminate the possibility that anyone might...

I'm not sure if this has made its rounds onto here, but several of my friends have already seen and commented on it. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html Personally, I feel that although there are takeaway points to be made from this article, the...

Just take a look at this site: http://www.classkc.org/f-word.php For people that don't want to click the above link for some reason, this site objects to a great deal of literature taught to English classrooms in a certain school district in Kansas. The nature of their objections is pretty...

I've begun to read the works of the British poet Philip Larkin lately. Here a couple of his poems, which contain a few obscenities that should be easy to figure out. What do you think of them?

Keep in mind that this is a hypothetical situation. Let's say that you did something to upset a furry (in your classes/at work/randomly on the streets/one of your friends). As the ultimate arbiter of retributive justice, the furry corners you and binds you in his or her parent's basement, with a...

I've been mulling over a certain thought ever since I saw the superb movie Chasing Amy. The flick's about a comic book nerd who falls in love with a girl, only to have his dreams dashed when he finds that she's with another woman. But, as they spend more time together, and as she grows closer to...

This thread is meant to be a light-hearted discussion about people's alcohol drinking habits. By the question in the title, I mean: - how often do you drink? - do you drink wine? beer? spirits? - are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix? - do you enjoy putting...

Say that whatever deity that predominates your religious faction, or a random stranger if you're an atheist, came up to you and granted you one of two powers. You could either have the ability to instantly remedy many of the problems in the world. Or, you could gain access to unlimited monies of...

A sister thread to "In which we discuss sigs". Feel free to post your avatar explanation and/or changes. Also good for Custom user title. First Thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=184375 Second Thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=201342...

For all the beauty that one can extract from compiling the greatest encyclopedia on everything, Wikipedia sure has a lot of quirks, oddities, and absurdities, some of which are absolutely hilarious. One I found just now: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinaman%27s_chance "The figure...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7799708.stm Regardless of what you make of this man's politics, he was a literary giant and a prominent modern British playwright. He will be missed.

hey, this thing has really taken off so what the hell.

What's the big deal about Twilight? Have you read any of the books in this series? Why do people like it? It just seems like all the other generic vampire novels/series. What makes it stand out as a transcending work of literature? Why can't you be this excited about Haruki Murakami instead...