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Was I the only one expecting a gay porn?

That would explain why you were so excited to view the thread.

A few of us should put our minds together and make one of these movies.

I bet if we just fed it a thread from the 'Ranting and Raving' section with each member as a different character, it'd make it's own awesomeness...

I'd suggest the 'today...' thread.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/12/this-is-what-paris-hilton%E2%80%99s-gp-bike-will-look-like/

I'd even ride a pink bike for the opportunity...

This is what Paris Hilton’s GP bike will look like

You’ve probably heard by now that Paris Hilton is sponsoring a 125GP team next year. Well, at least her Euro pop sensation/fragrance tie-in brand is. It’s best not to think to hard about it, so we’ll make it simple: Believe it or not, but there is a country in the world where motorcycles are nearly as popular among gawky teens as scented body sprays. That country is Spain. In that country, they also seem to think that quasi-attractive spoiled brat + auto-tune = pop music. So, somehow, a tie in between a popular Axe Body Spray-like product and motorcycle racing makes sense. Thus, we have an Aprilia 125GP bike covered in pink stars. Below, you’ll find the “music” video that made this all possible.

The youtube video I saw was removed, but here's an animated gif of the basic jist.

I don't think it's graphic, but some (*ahem* The news media) may feel the images are disturbing. So, scroll at your own risk.

But what about the deaf people?

If you're Catholic, I'd suggest Xbox.

Tons of 11-12 yr olds on XBL. But, I've never played on a PS3, so I dunno if PSN is pedofriendly as well.

...He was confused and asked how much my offer from HR was and told me that they told him I would be getting a 3-4k increase....

Yeeeea, that's the red flag. "Ohh, it's a simple misunderstanding, heh heh" .

Good luck man, but I'm with jporter -- it wasn't a mistake. It was an "oh sh*t, he's onto our game and we need a canned CYA excuse".

Trust no one.

IIRC my grandad was one of the original members of the "Central Florida Timing Association"

Basically stood at the start or finishline with stopwatches and called the race winners. Waaaaaaay back in the day. I was younger when he died, but I remember seeing his his 'official' shirt

If this is actually real... I imagine this is what they used to do to green engineers at Saab.

Sledding Behind a Fighter Jet Seriously Ups the Death Wish Ante

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85FxLsHU8us&feature=player_embedded

Yea, that was my thread....

This bird rocks.

http://www.break.com/cue-the-cuervo/parrot-sing-let-the-bodies-hit-the-floor-1969477

Parrot Singing "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor"

If you put a motorcycle in a movie, make sure the twins sound like twins, and the I4's sound like I4's.

The Ducati's in TRON sound like Ducati's... if you go see TRON.

Can you add Mobil1 and Rotella to that poll?

You guys need to remember it's a MOVIE. Movies are fictional and for entertainment purposes only. You remember that and life becomes much easier for you.

Wait... so Vin Diesel really doesn't live his life a quarter mile at a time? *sadface*

Ever see a Civic detonate while spraying? Oh my God, it's hilarious. It's probably the best thing to come out of those movies actually. Everyone things they can spray "the big shot" through their stock 1.6 and 1.8L 4-bangers. Freaking hilarious when they backfire through the intake and their intake lets loose. I have to say, maybe some good did come out of these movies. I love watching idiots blow up their cars.

I've seen many a Pro Mod and Top Sportman guys blow their load on Nitrous, but never a I4 street ride. Compared to the Pros, I'd imagine the street cars probably look/sound like a wet fart.

First stop - Summit Racing

Second Stop - Grocery Store

Then feed my ride BOTH while I blow by all yall in 8th gear, my JC Whitney ABS plastic front diffuser bouncing off each and every imperfection in the pavement.

NAAAAAAAWWWWWSSSZZZZ!!!

Or how we had 8 years of the one before him!

I already knew it, it just helps to have statistics and research to backup my opinion -- nothing new was pointed out here.

I liked cheech's CBR when I road it but I have a feeling that seat would kill my ass on any thing over an hour long.

How do you road a bike?

And if you're worried about your dainty little ass hurting on long trips then you should probably quit looking at sportbikes in general. Corbin seat or not.

Sack up.

Double post fail.

Mostly Fox News viewers...

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/671.php?nid=&id=&pnt=671&lb=

Voters Say Election Full of Misleading and False Information

December 9, 2010

Poll Also Finds Voters Were Misinformed on Key Issues

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Questionnaire with Findings, Methodology (PDF)

Following the first election since the Supreme Court has struck down limits on election-related advertising, a new poll finds that 9 in 10 voters said that in the 2010 election they encountered information they believed was misleading or false, with 56% saying this occurred frequently. Fifty-four percent said that it had been more frequent than usual, while just three percent said it was less frequent than usual, according to the poll conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org, based at the University of Maryland, and Knowledge Networks.

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Equally significant, the poll found strong evidence that voters were substantially misinformed on many of the key issues of the campaign. Such misinformation was correlated with how people voted and their exposure to various news sources.

Voters' misinformation included beliefs at odds with the conclusions of government agencies, generally regarded as non-partisan, consisting of professional economists and scientists.

• Though the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluded that the stimulus legislation has saved or created 2.0-5.2 million jobs, only 8% of voters thought most economists who had studied it concluded that the stimulus legislation had created or saved several million jobs. Most (68%) believed that economists estimate that it only created or saved a few jobs and 20% even believed that it resulted in job losses.

• Though the CBO concluded that the health reform law would reduce the budget deficit, 53% of voters thought most economists have concluded that health reform will increase the deficit.

• Though the Department of Commerce says that the US economy began to recover from recession in the third quarter of 2009 and has continued to grow since then, only 44% of voters thought the economy is starting to recover, while 55% thought the economy is still getting worse.

• Though the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that climate change is occurring, 45% of voters thought most scientists think climate change is not occurring (12%) or that scientists are evenly divided (33%).

Other key points of misinformation among voters were:

• 40% of voters believed incorrectly that the TARP legislation was initiated under Barack Obama, rather than George Bush

• 31% believed it was proven true that the US Chamber of Commerce spent large amounts of money it had raised from foreign sources to support Republican candidates

• 54% believed that there were no tax cuts in the stimulus legislation

• 86% assumed their taxes had gone up (38%) or stayed the same (48%), while only 10% were aware that their taxes had gone down since 2009

• 53% thought that the bailout of GM and Chrysler occurred only under Obama, though it was initiated under Bush

Clay Ramsay, of WorldPublicOpinion.org commented, "While we do not have data to make a clear comparison to the past, this high level of misinformation and the fact that voters perceived a higher than usual level of false and misleading information, suggests that the increased flow of money into political advertising may have contributed to a higher level of misinformation."

The poll also found significant differences depending how people voted. Those who voted Republican were more likely than those who voted Democratic to believe that: most economists have concluded that the health care law will increase the deficit (voted Republican 73%, voted Democratic 31%); the American economy is still getting worse (72% to 36%); the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (67% to 42%); most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (62% to 26%); and it is not clear that Obama was born within the United States (64% to 18%)

On the other hand those who voted Democratic were more likely to incorrectly believe that: it was proven to be true that the US Chamber of Commerce was spending large amounts of foreign money to support Republican candidates (voted Democratic 57%, voted Republican 9%); Obama has not increased the level of troops in Afghanistan (51% to 39%); and Democratic legislators did not mostly vote in favor of TARP (56% to 14%).

In most cases those who had greater levels of exposure to news sources had lower levels of misinformation. There were, however, a number of cases where greater exposure to a particular news source increased misinformation on some issues.

Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely), most economists have estimated the health care law will worsen the deficit (31 points), the economy is getting worse (26 points), most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (30 points), the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (14 points), their own income taxes have gone up (14 points), the auto bailout only occurred under Obama (13 points), when TARP came up for a vote most Republicans opposed it (12 points) and that it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (31 points). The effect was also not simply a function of partisan bias, as people who voted Democratic and watched Fox News were also more likely to have such misinformation than those who did not watch it--though by a lesser margin than those who voted Republican.

There were cases with some other news sources as well. Daily consumers of MSNBC and public broadcasting (NPR and PBS) were higher (34 points and 25 points respectively) in believing that it was proven that the US Chamber of Commerce was spending money raised from foreign sources to support Republican candidates. Daily watchers of network TV news broadcasts were 12 points higher in believing that TARP was signed into law by President Obama, and 11 points higher in believing that most Republicans oppose TARP.

The poll of 848 Americans was fielded from November 6 to 15, 2010. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.4 percent. It was conducted using the web-enabled KnowledgePanel®, a probability-based panel designed to be representative of the U.S. population. Initially, participants are chosen scientifically by a random selection of telephone numbers and residential addresses. Persons in selected households are then invited by telephone or by mail to participate in the web-enabled KnowledgePanel®. For those who agree to participate, but do not already have Internet access, Knowledge Networks provides a laptop and ISP connection. More technical information is available at http://www.knowledgenetworks.com/ganp/reviewer-info.html.

WorldPublicOpinion.org is a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland and funded by the Calvert Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

If she offered me money to ride in Moto2, I'd take it. I ain't too proud. Not gonna lie.

I saw this the other day, I thought it was funny.

MOAR background: Bus Driver Resigns After Killing Snow Man

A Champaign-Urbana bus driver quit today after this video of him carelessly plowing through a snow man in the road was posted to the web. It's unclear if the driver's bad at his job or just really hated Jack Frost.

I thought the 'AT THAT COMPANY' was implied....

This is why most people in "our generation" aren't lifers at any one company anymore - because you keep running into people that won't pay you what you're worth.

Not true. I totally make fun of people all the time -- which is neither doom, nor gloom.

Like how I said you should be banned for your post.