Overnight Open Thread (3-31-2016) - [] Edition

Quote of the Day

When all is said and done, Civilizations do not fall because of the barbarians at the gates. Nor does a great city fall from the death wish of bored and morally bankrupt stewards presumably sworn to its defense. Civilizations fall only because each citizen of the city comes to accept that nothing can be done to rally and rebuild broken walls; that ground lost may never be recovered; and that greatness lived in our grandparents but not our grandchildren. Yes, our betters tell us these things daily. But that doesn't mean we have to believe it.

-- Bill Whittle in The Undefended City

Can You Spot the Marine?

Professors Call for Nationalizing the Endowments of Private Universities

Smash the ''"wealth hoarders"!

Reason #873 to Hate Obama: Making Us Coin the Term Funeral-Selfie

Meet the Japanese Garand Copy

Only about 125 were made in the waning days of the war. It's not a clone but rather a design copy with some Japanese re-engineering applied.

FireClean Now Suing Blogger Who Showed That its Gun Lube Was Basically Cooking Oil

Study Says People Who Continully Point Out Typoes Are In Fact 'Jerks'

Got CIA Badge?

Watch an F-16 Pilot Dodge Six(!) Iraqi SAM Launches on Jan 19 1991

Stroke 3's rough day starts at the 3:00 mark. According to a commenter deep in the video comments the pilot in the video later retired from the military and became a pilot for Southwest.

Slaughter at the Bridge: The Colossal Bronze Age Battle That Is Unknown to History

Around 3200 years ago two large armies fought a pitched battle in Northern Germany near the Baltic Sea, possibly one of the largest ancient battles every fought. The armies were made up of full-time warriors who had traveled long distances to the battle site and used the best technology available at the time. Yet there is no record of it and it appears in no history book.

Meanwhile Eve Online is preparing for its largest battle ever. I know nothing about EO but I guess this is a thing. (thanks to CDR M)

Caitlyn Jenner Now Ruining Women's Golf

As predicted almost fifteen years ago in the prescient blockbuster, Juwanna Mann. The WNBA will soon be comprised entirely of transgendered males. The same for the LPGA. Women's professional bowling remains the same. It's bad news for every single female athlete currently drawing a paycheck. It's great news for the WNBA counting on every single guy who said he'd watch the sport when there was dunking.

Want to Sleep With the Sharks?

The True Story of Colonel Sanders: From Shooting Rivals to the Hiroshima Bomb

The Oldest Known Human-Made Statue is of Lion-O

Dating back to 40,000 years ago.

Yahoo group. That is all.

Come on be a smartie and join the yahoo group party! For the children. Why do you hate children?

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posted by Maetenloch at 11:24 PM

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