Overnight Open Thread (3 Apr 2015)

It's going to get more difficult to enforce Iranian violations militarily once sanctions are lifted. Russia to take Iran deal to the bank and resume delivery of the S-300 surface to air missile system.

Blood Moon

Well if you're up early tomorrow morning, some of you morons can take in the blood moon.
Cool site with more details.

Walmart vs Apple

Good question. Why do progressives hate Walmart for low prices and 3% profit margin but love high-priced Apple and its 24% profit margin?

Ghosts

Maybe it really isn't ghosts that are watching you fap, just the mold.

Trivia Question

So can you morons guess which state Obama hasn't visited yet? That's one lucky state. He'll probably visit Iran before this state.

Never Volunteer For An Experiment

Ouch.

Taxes

And here we go. Taxes saves lives. Man, politicians can go hog wild with these kind of justifications.

Increasing alcohol taxes across the US could prevent thousands of deaths from motor vehicle accidents every year, say researchers who conducted a study that showed a rise in alcohol taxes in one particular state was followed by a significant reduction in alcohol-related fatal car crashes.

Can a 'soda tax' really curb consumption? How'd that work out for cigarettes? It caused a booming blackmarket and then you spend what taxes you do get on them on law enforcement.

100 Years Of Fitness Trends

Dog vs Kid

Heh. Chart: Raising a dog vs raising a kid.

Dog Video

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