[A Valentine's poem for nerds: Roses are 255,0,0Violets are 0,255,0I don't have a ValentineI don't know why.]

A Valentine's poem for nerds:

Roses are 255,0,0
Violets are 0,255,0
I don't have a Valentine
I don't know why.



Sad thing is, I had to point out the error when I read this....

Technically, Violet is (238,130,238). (0,255,0) is lime green.  Still pretty funny to a nerd like me.

[TUNGUSKA EVENT]

Today a Meteor destroyed Russia and it got me thinking.  In 1908 another one landed in the Tunguska area and it was awesome.  That could have happened during the war and changed the course of human history.  So I made up a house rule to bring that into the game and make it more historical and cool.

TUNGUSKA EVENT
Once per game, the allies can roll a dice and if they get a 1, a comet made of anti-dark matter crashes into the "Timguska" territory and ALL units in that territory are destroyed! 

Not sure what anti-dark matter (normal matter?) is but a few tablespoons of anti-matter would be enough to wipe out the planet.  Similar to a large dogs tail wagging near the game board I guess.

[Jesse Ventura on Bill Maher 4/16/10 saying the Catholic Church should be prosecuted using the RICO laws set up to fight organized crime.]

Following the thread I see somebody posting then somebody launching a personal attack on this poster then a back and forth.   Pity nearly every thread becomes a platform for a repetition of this behaviour.

I agree with Jesse Ventura, the catholic church should be prosecuted as an organized crime syndicate.

Jesse Ventura on Bill Maher 4/16/10 saying the Catholic Church should be prosecuted using the RICO laws set up to fight organized crime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0MuzDLk5mk


Polygamy and homosexual marriages while not my cup of tea are completely different from pedophilia.  The former if done between consenting adults.....who cares, they are consenting and adults.  The latter involves a minor whom can never agree to anything sexual.  Harsh criminal penalties should be assumed to be applied to anyone who crosses this line with no debate nor defenses like "Yeah (s)he was 14 but (s)he did agree and I have it in writing".

Just got this link from a facebook friend.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-pope-resignation-immunity-idUSBRE91E0ZI20130215

You can find anything on the internet, but when its from a site like reuters.com.....

Well, the Spanish did settle British Columbia first.

Well technically Siberians were the first.....

As far as Canada being stuck with Montreal, Canada pretty much was Montreal, a few fur trappers and voyageurs and of course....... victorious British soldiers.

Catholic Church?

Canada got stuck with Montreal. No wonder they want something else

The plan should be to give Canada back to Mexico, US takes England.

When was Canada part of Mexico?

The size of that rock over Russia was probably about the size of a car.  Seeing a car coming at your from a million miles away when it's doing about 9 KM/second is asking a fair bit from those pesky scientists with all their facts and lack of budgets.

They are hoping in a few years to catalogue everything from 1 KM in size and up, I think they estimate they have about 93% of the objects that size found.  For every object that size there are probably about a million the size of a house to a car.  They will NEVER be able to see objects that size coming with any amount of time to do something.  Lucky to see an object 1 KM is size.

Less now that they are forcing all the out of country tourists to get an international license.  So much for US independence!  

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/14/canadians-need-international-driving-permit-in-florida


Canada really needs to get an 11th province in the tropics where our snow birds can keep their money patriated!

http://www.journalinteret.com/politique/turks-and-caicos-the-eleventh-province/

Nothing like a heavily indebted nation having to sell territory to pay the bills.  Say....how much for Florida?

Most Canadians call the E.R.T SWAT.  Way easier to say SWAT and frankly, most Canucks recognize SWAT over ERT.

http://www.ctta-global.com/courses/tactical-training/basic_swat/


Mind you for me as a kid it was a member of the special weapons task force.  No sense of humour.  As a 13 year old kid I was chased into a 24 hour grocery store by some drunken teenagers.  My BB gun was no match for four drunks and a pickup truck.  Long story short when the manager called the police to declare there were men with guns in the store it really excited the small sleepy yokel police department who were sadly disappointed with two scared 13 year old kids were the gunmen.  It was a CO2 bb pistol but still....no assault rifle.

And now the fix is in!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/12/nasa_explains_mars_flower/

If the US War of Independence had not occurred.  North America would have evolved as a 'Dominion' of Great Britain rather than what is now Canada.  Perhaps a parliamentary system as exists in Canada and Britain but not as separate nations but as one large parliament as exists now in Great Britain for Wales, Scotland, England and N. Ireland.  By the 1900s we would see what is now Britain as a 'Dominion' of North America where the real power was in NA based on having 6-7 times the population of Isles of Britain as it stands now.

The 1800s play out completely different and England dominates the world.  On the other hand the expansion into North America may have occurred more slowly.  Perhaps the Americas with no strong English expansionist tendencies are more heterogeneous and a place of constant warfare.

The guy mentioned asymmetric warfare.  So go into hiding, let the media talk and talk and once and while keep the fire burning when you see your 'ratings' dipping.  Ties up resources and when they are fatigued you strike again.

[Curiosity photographs mysterious metal object on Martian rock]

Curiosity photographs mysterious metal object on Martian rock


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/09/mysterious_metal_mars_object/

[Japan says it may release evidence to prove a Chinese naval frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ship near disputed islands.]

Again, just a bit of saber rattling but it is setting records for volume levels every few months.


Japan says it may release evidence to prove a Chinese naval frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ship near disputed islands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21392248