Nice Planet IX: Oh that's just GREAT...

[SJHovey]

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Sheeple are too stupid to do that, and so the bars take advantage. Actually, if you look in some menus, they don't put the prices for cocktails, mostly because they know that if the customer knew what the price was, they wouldn't order it. And it's not limited to bars, either. Denny's will do the same thing with orange juice and coffee.

Don't frequent Denny's, so I can't speak to that. But as for beer or mixed drinks, I think very few people actually make pricing distinctions, especially with respect to their mixed drinks. They drink what they like. Beyond making a point of going to "happy hour" for some generic special, I don't think people care.

Personally, I haven't made an alcohol decision based upon price since Buck Pitchers at the Mr. Spud in East Grand Forks well over 30 years ago.

[SteveP]

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Loser!

Disgraced professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has been charged with crashing into two parked cars in the Colorado ski resort town of Aspen, with his girlfriend initially telling authorities that she was driving, police reports showed on Tuesday.

[FreshFish]

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Do NOT EVER pull your motor vehicle onto railroad tracks unless there is clear space on the other side!!

In this case, the natural consequence for stupidity was death. Unfortunately, it wasn't only the stupid person who died, almost half-a-dozen innocent people were taken down too.

Six people were killed and 15 injured when a Metro-North train slammed into an SUV dashing across the tracks in Westchester Tuesday night, causing a massive explosion and fire that trapped rush-hour commuters inside, sources said. The Harlem Line train was heading toward the Hawthorne station when a woman driving a black Jeep Cherokee tried to cross the tracks and was bulldozed.

The impact unhinged the electrified third rail, which pierced the lead car and caused a blast that ripped apart the passenger compartment, where five of the victims died, sources said. The driver of the Jeep also died.

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The deadly chain of events began as the crossing-barricade arm came down on the back of the Cherokee on Commerce Street, a witness said.

Instead of backing up, the driver — who was stopped in traffic caused by an earlier car accident — continued to cross the tracks, after first getting out to check the damage to her SUV.

“I’m signaling and yelling for her to back up and reverse, and I’m thinking the clock is ticking here,” said Richard Hope, who was driving behind her. “But she gets back in her car and starts driving forward over the tracks.”

The Jeep didn’t get far — and was pulverized by train.

“The train hit her the second she drove over,” Hope said.

Unbelievable stupidity!

[FlagDUDE08]

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Do NOT EVER pull your motor vehicle onto railroad tracks unless there is clear space on the other side!!

In this case, the natural consequence for stupidity was death. Unfortunately, it wasn't only the stupid person who died, almost half-a-dozen innocent people were taken down too.

Unbelievable stupidity!

*facepalm*

Darwin award nominee, mayhaps?

[Kepler]

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*facepalm*

Darwin award nominee, mayhaps?

I vote no, but I have a strict Darwin criterion: must be pre-breeding. Otherwise the damage has already been done.

[FreshFish]

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I have a strict Darwin criterion: must be pre-breeding. Otherwise the damage has already been done.

Not necessarily, in these cases, if the children are young enough, Lamarck's theory also works. You can be dammed sure her children will always make sure there is space on the other side of the tracks before they start to drive across.

[Kepler]

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Not necessarily, in these cases, if the children are young enough, Lamarck's theory also works. You can be dammed sure her children will always make sure there is space on the other side of the tracks before they start to drive across.

Hmm...

I'll grant you that, but that's just one case. The rogue risk/reward gene is still percolating inside their little cells, and the world has soda machines to rock, third rails to hop, tigers to taunt, ledges to tightrope walk on, and a million other attractive nuisances to snare them on.

[Kepler]

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Chipper didn't fall far from Rocker.

[FlagDUDE08]

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They miss the dog and hit the mother of a child, but decide to kidnap the dog anyway. And of course, they'll get away with it, as they've already used the term "accident". http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cal...a-death-panel/

[LynahFan]

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Ah, one from my home state: We'll have none of that subversive administrating from you out-of-state-educated people here! Can't believe I survived 18 years in that educational dumpster fire.

[joecct]

Ah, one from my home state: We'll have none of that subversive administrating from you out-of-state-educated people here! Can't believe I survived 18 years in that educational dumpster fire.

She went to Harvard for her advanced degree. What makes Harvard so special? Who anointed them god?

We get all excited when somebody has a degree from Harvard we forget to look at the person.

However, on the surface it seems to be a dumb law.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Where's old Sparky when you need it?

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index....incart_m-rpt-1

[unofan]

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She went to Harvard for her advanced degree. What makes Harvard so special? Who anointed them god?

We get all excited when somebody has a degree from Harvard we forget to look at the person.

However, on the surface it seems to be a dumb law.

Who ****ed in your Cheerios this morning?

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Who ****ed in your Cheerios this morning?

Obviously someone who went to Harvard...

[St. Clown]

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She went to Harvard for her advanced degree. What makes Harvard so special? Who anointed them god?

We get all excited when somebody has a degree from Harvard we forget to look at the person.

However, on the surface it seems to be a dumb law.

You mean like this bit from the article?

Six years of teaching experience, including being recognized as a Distinguished Educator of the Year in 2013 by the Tennessee Education Association.

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Or this little bit here:

Her situation has frustrated those who oversee her work at Isaac Litton Middle.

She has good reviews, and Metro Nashville Public Schools has spent time and money preparing her to be a leader.

"She is definitely ready," said Chara Rand, the school's assistant principal. "She just needs the opportunity."

Croft also has set herself apart, Principal Tracy Bruno said, by leading a teacher professional learning circle once a month to help find ways to better teach kids. And the teacher also sometimes fills in for Rand as a backup assistant principal.