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... by the police. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/07/06/police-officer-involved-shooting-in-falcon-heights/

A point has been made, a number of times, that countries like Norway, Sweden, and Germany aren't actually socialist. I've been calling them socialist because they call themselves socialist, but ostensibly this is incorrect. Unfortunately, whenever anyone who makes this point gets called on it...

... in the extreme case where the NSA, FBI, and CIA all stopped working on anti-terrorist measures. Since this is in the American sub-forum, if you aren't American, imagine you were living in the U.S. and go ahead and vote. Discussion Question: How much debate time should be spent on...

Clinton Ominously Tells Iowan Supporters To Mark Front Doors With Campaign Logo Before Sundown ^-- Source Is this campaign shenanigans? What do people think about this?

I just watched the first episode of a show called Occupied on Netflix. This is probably one of the most compelling pilots I've seen in a long time. Has anybody else seen this? Is it consistent?

I've noticed that the former Trump supporters, here, have mostly turned to Cruz and have begun attacking Trump. Why the change? Was it the "Two Corinthians" thing?

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I heard this puzzle from a friend a few weeks ago, and found it very challenging: You and a friend are kidnapped by mercenaries. The boss offers you a test: if you pass, you'll be let go, but if you fail, you both die. You (without your friend) will be brought into a room with a chess board...

I'm working on a Java game and I was wondering if anyone knew of any good 3D renderers. I don't need a whole engine, but if there's an engine that I can use a piece of... Basically, I want to be able to specify a camera position/vector, a few objects (positions/vectors), and a couple of light...

1) Who would handle the ISIS situation better? 2) Who is less likely to have his birth certificate disputed? 3) Who will create jobs for racist turkeys everywhere? 4) Who likes short shorts? 5) Who remembers where I left my car keys? 6) Seriously, I think I've lost my car keys. 7) Are you...

"Science says X" is distinct from "A scientist says X." "Science says X" means that X has been published in a reputable peer-reviewed journal or conference and has withstood scrutiny from the community in that context. A blog or a book or a miniseries doesn't meet this criterion. If it were...

I've been trying to make my own videos for a while, and I've been trying to use Cinelerra-CV. However, it's very finicky about the video formats it likes to work with. Is there a simple, straight-forward video conversion utility for Linux that just works with a bunch of formats?

I've just switched back to Ubuntu from Elementary OS, and I'm _really_ missing their Applications Menu. Is there possibly a PPA that has it? Does that even make sense? Is the Applications Menu an application that can be installed like that? I've searched tha googol, and I think it's called...

Another thread got me thinking about the interpretation of the Gospels in connection with the interpretation of Genesis. I was wondering how many of the non-evolutionists, here, hold the view that the figurative interpretation of Genesis calls into question the literal interpretation of the...

The PRATT Thread This thread is an attempt at organizing responses to the most popular PRATT (PRATT = "Point Refuted A Thousand Times"). I'll do my best to keep this first post updated with links to posts (in this thread or others) that respond to a single PRATT issue. I hope that this will...

I want to make some YouTube videos, and I'd like to include images and presentation. There is a lot that I used to be able to do with iMovie, but it looks like it's been dumbed down a lot. What would be optimal is if I could use, e.g., OpenOffice.org to make a presentation and then export it...

Has anybody played the game, Escape Velocity, (or its latest successor)? I'm looking for a Free OSS engine for that style of game. To be more demanding, I'd like it to be cross platform (Linux, Mac, Windows). I'm not so concerned with language since a cell phone could play this game even if...

My wife and I were thinking of growing a bit of food on the balcony of our apartment. I suggested tomatoes, and my understanding is that they grow really well upside down. As I say, we live in an apartment, and if we grow them upside down, I need to build some kind of support structure to sit...

Theological question: When the Son is called the Son, He is said to be begotten of the Father. When He is called the Word, He is said to proceed from the Father. The Holy Spirit is only said to proceed from the Father [and the Son, in the Western Church]. What is the difference between...

Hey all, I'm creating an email form with PHP. Naturally, I'm a bit concerned about spambots abusing it. The W3Schools have (what they call) a safe PHP email example, but they only check the data in the "to:" input. It seems like one could hack the subject line just as easily with exactly...