Random Thoughts 3: A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That...

[Lexicus]

Green tea with ginseng and honey. Pretty much anything with rosewater in it.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

But if there are defences and mitigating factors for ending someone's life, then it's not murder right?

That's just quibbling. The point is that there never is a time where sexual violence can be excused. Engaging in in such firmly establishes mens rea.

 

[Lexicus]

Found this interesting list on a blog post:

Back in 1940, the federal budget was a “ticking time-bomb which can eventually destroy the American system,” said Robert M. Hanes, president of the American Bankers Association.

By 1960: the debt was “threatening the country’s fiscal future,” said Secretary of Commerce, Frederick H. Mueller.

By 1983: “The debt “probably will explode in the third quarter of 1984,” said Fred Napolitano, former president of the National Association of Home Builders.

In 1984: AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said. “It’s a time bomb ticking away.”

In 1985: “The federal deficit is ‘a ticking time bomb, and it’s about to blow up,’ U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Later in 1985: Los Angeles Times: “We labeled the deficit a ‘ticking time bomb’ that threatens to permanently undermine the strength and vitality of the American economy.”

In 1987: Richmond Times–Dispatch – Richmond, VA: “100TH CONGRESS FACING U.S. DEFICIT ‘TIME BOMB’”

Later in 1987: The Dallas Morning News: “A fiscal time bomb is slowly ticking that, if not defused, could explode into a financial crisis within the next few years for the federal government.”

In 1989: FORTUNE Magazine: “A TIME BOMB FOR U.S. TAXPAYERS”

In 1992: The Pantagraph – Bloomington, Illinois: “I have seen where politicians in Washington have expressed little or no concern about this ticking time bomb they have helped to create, that being the enormous federal budget deficit, approaching $4 trillion.”

Later in 1992: Ross Perot: “Our great nation is sitting right on top of a ticking time bomb. We have a national debt of $4 trillion.”

In 1995: Kansas City Star: “Concerned citizens. . . regard the national debt as a ticking time bomb poised to explode with devastating consequences at some future date.”

In 2003: Porter Stansberry, for the Daily Reckoning: “Generation debt is a ticking time bomb . . . with about ten years left on the clock.”

In 2004: Bradenton Herald: “A NATION AT RISK: TWIN DEFICIT A TICKING TIME BOMB”

In 2005: Providence Journal: “Some lawmakers see the Medicare drug benefit for what it is: a ticking time bomb.”

In 2006: NewsMax.com, “We have to worry about the deficit . . . when we combine it with the trade deficit we have a real ticking time bomb in our economy,” said Mrs. Clinton.

In 2007: USA Today: “Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen.”

In 2010: Reason Alert: “. . . the time bomb that’s ticking under the federal budget like a Guy Fawkes’ powder keg.”

In 2011: Washington Post, Lori Montgomery: ” . . . defuse the biggest budgetary time bombs that are set to explode.”

In 2014: CBN News: “The United States of Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb”

*On Jun 18, 2015: The ticking economic time bomb that presidential candidates are ignoring: Fortune Magazine, Shawn Tully,

*February 10, 2016, The Daily Bell: “Obama’s $4.1 Trillion Budget Is Latest Sign of America’s Looming Collapse”

*On January 23, 2017: Trump’s ‘Debt Bomb’: Deficit May Grow, Defense Budget May Not, By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr.

*On April 28, 2017: Debt in the U.S. Fuel for Growth or Ticking Time Bomb?, American Institute for Economic Research, by Max Gulker, PhD – Senior Research Fellow, Theodore Cangeros

Funny stuff

 

[Broken_Erika]

The ticking debt bomb is set to blow sometime in the fullness of time!

 

[Takhisis]

Still pondering on wether to go through with a nick change to put my negative past and reputation behind me and start semi new.

Ummm… you'll still be you. Although, yes, a name change can still be useful if you want to redefine your identity.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

That's just quibbling. The point is that there never is a time where sexual violence can be excused. Engaging in in such firmly establishes mens rea.

No it's not quibbling. You said rape is worse than murder directly because there can be defences and mitigating factors for ending someone's life. But that's not murder. There aren't defences for murder.

That's like saying murder is worse than rape, because sex can be consensual.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

St John's Wort

I usually use that in the evening when I'm about to go to sleep.

Rhodiola rosea, but it does not have an immediate effect. Makes you more willing to do things and takes the edge off of over-stimulation.

I'll have to try that.

Ice cream cones. It's impossible to be a jackass while licking an ice cream cone, especially a strawberry ice cream cone.

Raspberry hot chocolate. It's very... relaxing.

I was looking for actual chemical effects. Sugar rush doesn't count.

Green tea with ginseng and honey. Pretty much anything with rosewater in it.

What does that do ?

 

[Lexicus]

What does that do ?

The tea relaxes me. Rosewater tastes so damn good it never fails to put me in a good mood.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

That's like saying murder is worse than rape, because sex can be consensual.

About as relevant as bringing assisted suicide into the matter. We're talking about non-consensual acts. Also, rape cannot be considered a crime of passion legally while murder can.

Anyway, if you're really stuck up on the terms "murder" and "rape", then let me rephrase my assertion: "sexual violence is worse than physical violence when considering intent".

 

[The_J]

Not sure what you'd mean there with intent.
You could argue in the way though that you can have legitimate reasons for murder (e.g. self defense), or otherwise understandable reasons (e.g. jealousy), whereas this is not the case for rape. (I think you might have meant this maybe)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I was looking for actual chemical effects. Sugar rush doesn't count.

I said it relaxes me.

 

[shadowplay]

I used to like ephedra tea from the health food store, but I think some people abused it and ended up dying, so I don't know if it's sold anymore.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I used to like ephedra tea from the health food store, but I think some people abused it and ended up dying, so I don't know if it's sold anymore.

Looks like I can't get it in Germany without a prescription.

 

[Arakhor]

Ephedron is the active ingredient in asthma medication, as I recall.

 

[Takhisis]

SyFy channel has unexpectedly replaced its all-day idiotic shark film programming with Rocket League tournament broadcasts with FaceOff mixed in. The channel is now almost watchable.

 

[Broken_Erika]

What's wrong with the 6 Sharknado films?

 

[GenMarshall]

SyFy channel has unexpectedly replaced its all-day idiotic shark film programming with Rocket League tournament broadcasts with FaceOff mixed in. The channel is now almost watchable.

I would suspect Rocket League toruments would be hosted on twitch.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

SyFy channel has unexpectedly replaced its all-day idiotic shark film programming with Rocket League tournament broadcasts with FaceOff mixed in. The channel is now almost watchable.

I just saw face/off not too long ago and it's so horrible it's amazing

 

[Broken_Erika]

I just saw face/off not too long ago and it's so horrible it's amazing

The Travolta/Cage one?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yeah it's terrible and hilariously good at the same time