Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums - The Dump http://www.sherdog.net/forums Sherdog Chatroom and Non-MMA Wasteland Forum. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:44 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cdn.sherdog.net/forums/images/darkinferno/misc/rss.jpg Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums - The Dump http://www.sherdog.net/forums More Hope and Change From the NFL http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/more-hope-change-nfl-1099987/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:05 GMT YouTube - President Obama, United We Serve, and the NFL Team Up for Fitness and Service

This is some gnarly hopeychange

I especially love the part where it looks like Obama is using mind powers to make the ball hover in slow motion.

They make it look so wonderful. Obama looks like a God. Sappy music. Using kids as props. That Randy Moss catch makes me want to trust Obama a lot more though. ]]> The Dump Conan Memories http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/more-hope-change-nfl-1099987/ Shroud of Turin http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/shroud-turin-1099904/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:08 GMT Reportedly has text on it that claims "Jesus Nazarene" written in Greek on it.

Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real - Yahoo! News

I hope this is legit I'm a believer I don't need the proof but the constant arguments about the shroud annoy me. I know the carbon dating was done but there was also that researcher who debunked the carbon dating (supposedly? I don't know enough about carbon dating) by showing the shroud had been repaired in the 1600's (?) and that where the piece of the shroud was taken from for dating was the spot that was repaired. ]]> The Dump Tim Ager http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/shroud-turin-1099904/ I almost watched all of The Jeff Dunham Show http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/i-almost-watched-all-jeff-dunham-show-1099845/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:33 GMT Go fuck myself Go fuck myself ]]> The Dump LozanoJ1985 http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/i-almost-watched-all-jeff-dunham-show-1099845/ Should Zuffa sue Canada for sidelining their heavyweight champ? http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/should-zuffa-sue-canada-sidelining-their-heavyweight-champ-1099834/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:46 GMT The true cost of socialized medicine:

"His (Lesnar's) symptoms became severe while in Canada, which because of their health care system made it difficult to manage. And at this point it's a possibility that it could jeopardize his career," Novotny (Brock's chiropractor) told the outlet Tuesday.

(Lesnar Released from Hospital)

And how does this reflect on Obama? Is it really a coincidence he is trying to introduce public health care when it has been proven detrimental to professional sports? It could be argued undermining sports, which are a venue flag waving and anthem singing, is an attack on patriotism. ]]> The Dump JerkWeed http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/should-zuffa-sue-canada-sidelining-their-heavyweight-champ-1099834/ Father shot teen son over contact with 3-year-old girl ... http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/father-shot-teen-son-over-contact-3-year-old-girl-1098673/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:37:20 GMT Family: Father shot teen son over contact with 3-year-old girl | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Quote:
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News

Highland Park -- A 37-year-old man was arraigned today in 30th District Court after being accused of shooting his teenage son execution-style while the boy pleaded for his life.

Jamar Pinkney Sr. faces one count of first-degree murder, three counts of felonious assault and one count of felony firearm.

Judge Bridgette Officer today in court ordered Pinkney Sr. to be held without bond as he awaits a preliminary exam on Dec. 1.

The courtroom was packed with emotional family members, including one who broke down and was escorted out of the room.

Police allege Pinkney marched his naked son, Jamar Jr., 15, out of a home at gunpoint near Rosa Parks and North Tuesday, and forced him into an adjacent grassy field. Investigators say the father made his son kneel before shooting him in the back of the head. Relatives said Jamar Jr. was pleading for his life as he was shot.

Highland Park police officials said the shooting occurred after an argument between the suspect and his son.

Relatives said Jamar Jr. recently admitted that he'd had inappropriate physical contact with a 3-year-old several months ago.

Jamar's aunt, Yolanda Cherry, said a relative took the girl to a doctor to be examined on Sunday, and that there were no indications of sexual abuse.

"There is nothing normal about killing your child," Cherry said. "I don't know why he shot him. He was a good boy. This is so sad."

One of Pinkney's attorneys, Corbett Edge O'Meara, said his client's state of mind will have to be considered as the case proceeds.

"That is certainly something a prosecutor and judge and jury will have to take into account," he said. "It obviously is a tragedy for the whole family. The entire situation is a tragedy for all involved."

If convicted, Jamar Pinkney Sr. will spend the rest of his life in prison.

"No individual has the right to exact the death penalty on another, no matter how reprehensible the behavior," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said. "That is why we have laws."

The elder Pinkney stood silent in court as a not guilty plea was entered for him by the judge. He wore street clothes but was shackled.

Cherry said her nephew played football for several teams in leagues across the city and Detroit.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 24 at Second Ebeneezer Church, 14601 Dequidre in Detroit. A fund has been set up at the Charter One branch in Highland Park where people can donate money to help with funeral costs, Cherry said.
Just wow ... ]]> The Dump The Brainiac http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/father-shot-teen-son-over-contact-3-year-old-girl-1098673/ Dear Universal Health critics... http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/dear-universal-health-critics-1098348/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:32:29 GMT Most of you seem to agree the US system needs to be reformed too.

Seems like your #1 solution is to repeal the law that prevents buying health insurance across state lines. (Don't get me wrong, I favor that repeal too.)

My question is, WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN FOR 64 YEARS?!!!!


McCarran–Ferguson Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]]> The Dump feenom http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/dear-universal-health-critics-1098348/ You ever stalk someone? http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/you-ever-stalk-someone-1098129/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:03:43 GMT Not that I am currently stalking anyone or anything... but I was curious how many of yous e-stalk or actually stalked a current or ex. please share the small or large elaborate shameful story. preferably the latter and i forgot to mention if youd been stalked kthanks Not that I am currently stalking anyone or anything...

but I was curious how many of yous e-stalk or actually stalked a current or ex.

please share the small or large elaborate shameful story.

preferably the latter

and i forgot to mention if youd been stalked

kthanks ]]> The Dump my sammich http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/you-ever-stalk-someone-1098129/ <![CDATA[There are some fetishes I just don't get . . .]]> http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/there-some-fetishes-i-just-dont-get-1098083/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:31:11 GMT

I don't get it. ]]> The Dump Keej613 http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/there-some-fetishes-i-just-dont-get-1098083/ <![CDATA[U.S. has committed 251 9/11's in Iraq & Afghan since invasions]]> http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/u-s-has-committed-251-9-11s-iraq-afghan-since-invasions-1097963/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:15:14 GMT According to this website:

Quote:
At least 753,399 people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since the U.S. and coalition attacks, based on lowest credible estimates.

Most recent update: September 11, 2009. This page is updated about once monthly.

About 251 times as many people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq than in the ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001. More than 108 times as many people have been killed in these wars and occupations than in all terrorist attacks in the world from 1993-2004. The 2004 report showed terrorism at an all-time high, and after numerous experts suggested that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were fueling the increase, subsequent reports have remained classified.
Have we gotten enough 'revenge' yet? ]]> The Dump feenom http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/u-s-has-committed-251-9-11s-iraq-afghan-since-invasions-1097963/ Man is convicted after brandishing blade at 2 men following him at midnight http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/man-convicted-after-brandishing-blade-2-men-following-him-midnight-1097271/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:30:41 GMT Man who held knife at side guilty of threatening liquor cops | SeacoastOnline.com
By Elizabeth Dinan


A Kensington man was found guilty of criminal threatening for holding an open pocket knife at his side while asking two people who were walking behind him at midnight, "Why are you following me?"

The pair walking behind Dustin Almon, 28, of 27 Wild Rose Lane, were state Liquor Enforcement cops, both in plain clothes without any indicators that they were members of law enforcement, according to testimony during a Thursday Portsmouth District Court trial. Both were also carrying concealed handguns and Tasers, they testified.

One of them, Officer Anthony Cattabriga, said he was walking behind Almon on Chapel Street on Nov. 8, 2008, when Almon turned around three times to look at him and a new officer he was training. It was dark and Almon was twenty feet away when he displayed a knife with a two-inch blade the third time he turned around, said Cattabriga.

"He pointed it down by his side," the liquor officer testified, while demonstrating with Almon's seized pocket knife.

When he responded by yelling "police," Almon folded the knife, clipped it to his belt and complied with all subsequent police orders, Cattabriga testified.

Almon was initially arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, but the charge was later upgraded to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

"I feared for my safety," Cattabriga said from a District Court witness stand.

Cattabriga's trainee, whose name was not entered into the trial record, corroborated her partner's testimony and said the entire event lasted two to three minutes.

Almon's attorney, Patrick Devine, described his client's actions as self defense.

"A crime was not committed," he told the court. "He was protecting himself against unknown people following him."

Judge Sawako Gardner examined the knife before finding Almon guilty of the class A misdemeanor.

"It doesn't matter who was behind you," the judge said, while explaining that Almon was guilty of the charge for placing another person in fear of bodily injury.

Noting no previous criminal record, the judge sentenced Almon to 30 days in the Rockingham County House of Corrections, with all of it suspended pending a year of good behavior. He was also fined $500 with half suspended pending the same good behavior.

Devine notified the court that he intends to appeal the decision to a higher court. ]]> The Dump Wolfwood http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/man-convicted-after-brandishing-blade-2-men-following-him-midnight-1097271/ <![CDATA[I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but...]]> http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/im-not-conspiracy-theorist-but-1097238/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:45:11 GMT I'm sure most of you by now have heard the conspiracy theories that Flight 93 didn't crash in Shanksville from films like Loose Change because there was hardly any debris left.



I always thought the conspiracy theorists were just being ignorant and paranoid and didn't understand that the plane crashed at close to 600 mph and the sheer energy from the forces involved crashing at that speed and the explosion from the large amount of fuel on board caused most of the plane to literally obliterate and the rest of the plane that survived was reduced to small pieces.

This is where things get confusing. The FBI said they recovered 95% of Flight 93. That contradicts my explanation for the lack of debris. I figured the FBI was misquoted or something because there is no way, no mater how small the remaining pieces of the plane were reduced to, that there is 95% of a Boeing 757 scattered around on this field.


U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia

But here is where I really start to question the official story. It seems that the FBI wasn't misquoted, because they are not saying that 95% of Flight 93 was scattered around the field, the official explanation is that most of Flight 93 had burrowed underground and the ground filled back in on itself.

Quote:
- Worldandnation: Small town shoulders a nation's grief
"The site had been mined for coal, then refilled with dirt. It was still soft when Flight 93 crashed, and firefighters said the Boeing 757 tunneled right in. They had to dig 15 feet to find it."

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- Sacred Ground in Pennsylvania - September 2006 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
"The ground had swallowed up much of the wreckage."

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- Memories of Flight 93 crash still fresh at 5-year anniversary
"The plane had burrowed into the soft, reclaimed earth of the former strip mine and crumpled like an accordion"

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- Pennsylvania Firefighters Share Bond With Flight 93 Families | Firehouse.com
"Shanksville Chief Terry Shaffer said the earth literally opened, swallowed the aircraft and closed up. He said the ground at the site was soft because it had been a strip mine."

I'm sorry, but I just can't believe most of a 155 foot-long Boeing 757 is located under this crater and can't believe this crater was actually a hole that closed back in on itself. There would have been massive amounts of dirt scattered all over the field if Flight 93 burrowed into the ground if it was that soft to allow it to burrow under.


U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia

U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia ]]> The Dump feenom http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/im-not-conspiracy-theorist-but-1097238/ Dayman http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/dayman-1097219/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:18:30 GMT Fighter of the Nightman Fighter of the Nightman ]]> The Dump Coney Island http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/dayman-1097219/ Are Americans more ignorant than other people? http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/americans-more-ignorant-than-other-people-1097149/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:36:29 GMT I say yes..

In the War Room there is obviously some informed people, but outside? Spend some time browsing the heavyweights and you'd think the world began and ended with the US.

I have know many Americans. You're mostly good people. Easy to get along with and not obnoxious like the French. But you're damn ignorant. You don't know shit about geography and the culture of Europe. You think Beijing is a third world dump. You think the Japanese are only good at copying technology. That Russians are evil.

And you talk to loud for comfort. ]]> The Dump getsmart http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/americans-more-ignorant-than-other-people-1097149/ People of Walmart http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/people-walmart-1096564/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:19:18 GMT Sorry if this has been posted before...



"Thanks for the sneak peak of your beef"

www.peopleofwalmart.com
:icon_chee ]]> The Dump sinwithagrin http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/people-walmart-1096564/ Why do people want to believe in a God? (philosophical question) http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/why-do-people-want-believe-god-philosophical-question-1096176/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:46:55 GMT Whether or not you believe in a God, here is my philosophical question that is open to all:

Why do you think people want to believe in a God?

In my view, the reason why people want to believe in a higher being, a God, or Buddha, etc., is because they all hope that there is a better place for them after they die - a Heaven or Nirvana - that would give them an eternal life in ultimate bliss and happiness.

I believe that this desire for a Heaven or Nirvana came about because the current lives of the people in question are neither happy nor fulfilling, or in rare cases, the people are afraid that their current lives will be short-lived and they will lose everything and everyone that is dear to them. And they hope that by there being a Heaven or Nirvana, their lives will be continued there forever.


My second question is:

If a creator existed but he does NOTHING for you - he doesn't give you a better life - would you still want a creator or God? And if yes, explain why?


In my view, I see there is no point in wanting a creator or God to exist if he does nothing for you to give you a better, happier life. ]]> The Dump Alexandergreat3 http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f78/why-do-people-want-believe-god-philosophical-question-1096176/