Overnight Open Thread (2-1-2016)

Quote of the Day I

One in four Californians also were not born in the United States; more than one in four who enter the hospital for any cause are found upon admittance to suffer from Type II diabetes. The unspoken responsibility of California state government is to bring state-sponsored parity to new arrivals from Oaxaca, and to do so in ideological fashion that ensures open borders and more government. It is the work of a sort of secular church, and questioning its premises is career-ending blasphemy.

-- VDH in California of the Dark Ages

Quote of the Day II

"Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

-- World's oldest known joke, Sumeria 1900 BC

Quote of the Day III

"What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."

-- Oldest known English joke, 10th century

Quote of the Day IV

"What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches."

-- Redd Foxx, 20th century

By the heathen gods that made ye, ye're a better man than I am, Syed Husain

The Guardian Shuts Down Comments on All Articles Involving Race, Immigration, or Islam

"The resulting conversations below the line bring very little value but cause consternation and concern among both our readers and our journalists."

Consternation!

Heh: NAACP leader uses F-word to apologize for using T-word after N-word meeting

Fast Food Worker Explains Why She Deserves to Be Paid More Than Paramedics

Bringing back that old New York rap: Guardian Angels Patrolling NYC Subways For First Time in 22 Years After Spree of Slashing Attacks

University of Connecticut Brings Back Segregated Dorms

Le Shock: Firing Bad Teachers Improves Student Performance, Study Says

Lebanon Returns Israeli Vulture Cleared of Spying

Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Drones

 

Did the Vikings Use Crystal 'Sunstones' to Discover America?

Semi-related: Sweasel on Refractive Indices and Invisibility

How Engineers Plan to Stop the Flow of Niagara Falls in 2019

The Boy Scouts of America Vs. The Gun-Toting American Boy Scouts

Stewardesses Brawl at 37,000 Feet

Captain pulls over plane.

The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes and shit.

And my twitter thang.

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posted by Maetenloch at 11:12 PM

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