May 1, 201312 yr These May 1st protests where everyone's walking into the city are much more comical if you imagine them protesting bad White Sox baseball.
May 1, 201312 yr Author These May 1st protests where everyone's walking into the city are much more comical if you imagine them protesting bad White Sox baseball. Why are people protesting May 1st? Do they think it comes too early--that April should have 31 days?
May 1, 201312 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:51 PM) Why are people protesting May 1st? Do they think it comes too early--that April should have 31 days? It's May Day, the internationally celebrated Labor Day, pretty big in Europe. The US made ours in September to make sure we didn't associate it with those dirty commies.
May 1, 201312 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 1, 2013 -> 03:51 PM) Why are people protesting May 1st? Do they think it comes too early--that April should have 31 days? They do it every single year. Most years it barely registers.
May 1, 201312 yr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day Celebrated in dozens of countries going back the 1880's. It started as a commemoration of the Haymarket affair in Chicago, a pro-labor/anarchist protest for 8-hour working days and other labor rights that turned deadly. It's widely believed that the suspects were railroaded and not given anything close to a fair trial; this was a period in this country when it was common for police and "private detective agencies" to violently break strikes and worker organization efforts. Unfortunately, this still happens in many developing countries, and there's plenty of other forms of intimidation in the US against organizing. edit: in the US, because it's not an official holiday, it's mainly celebrated by leftists. In many European countries, it's the equivalent (and really original version) of our Labor Day. Edited May 1, 201312 yr by StrangeSox
May 1, 201312 yr ALL BETTER!!?!??! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJIGdAUCEAAk1go.jpg NSFW http://deadspin.com/snakebite-victims-post...ifyin-486401876
May 2, 201312 yr I've fallen in love with the Tesla S I'm hoping the price gets lower in the next 3-4 years when I'm looking at cars again. My office has 5 super-chargers in the parking lot for our employees so that would be super convenient as well.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 2, 2013 -> 10:11 AM) I've fallen in love with the Tesla S I'm hoping the price gets lower in the next 3-4 years when I'm looking at cars again. My office has 5 super-chargers in the parking lot for our employees so that would be super convenient as well. Yep, they're pretty awesome.
May 2, 201312 yr Some Pennsylvania woman who'd been missing for 11 years and declared dead showed up the other day: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/pennsylva....html?hpt=hp_t1 I imagine the husband, who was once a suspect in her disappearance, is grateful that Nancy Grace didn't have a show back then.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:03 PM) Some Pennsylvania woman who'd been missing for 11 years and declared dead showed up the other day: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/pennsylva....html?hpt=hp_t1 I imagine the husband, who was once a suspect in her disappearance, is grateful that Nancy Grace didn't have a show back then. Yikes. Alien-looking lady there.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:07 PM) Yikes. Alien-looking lady there. Gotta be meth or something like that involved.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:03 PM) Some Pennsylvania woman who'd been missing for 11 years and declared dead showed up the other day: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/pennsylva....html?hpt=hp_t1 I imagine the husband, who was once a suspect in her disappearance, is grateful that Nancy Grace didn't have a show back then. What a selfish b**** to put her kids through that.
May 2, 201312 yr How could they not bring charges for wasting tax payer money like that. There's gotta be something on the books to cover a situation like this.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:26 PM) How could they not bring charges for wasting tax payer money like that. There's gotta be something on the books to cover a situation like this. I doubt it. She didn't tell anyone she had been kidnapped or anything like that. She just disappeared, which is her right. I just can't believe someone with kids could live with themselves thinking of their kids wondering where their mommy is for 11 years.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2013 -> 02:35 PM) I doubt it. She didn't tell anyone she had been kidnapped or anything like that. She just disappeared, which is her right. I just can't believe someone with kids could live with themselves thinking of their kids wondering where their mommy is for 11 years. People suck.
May 2, 201312 yr Here's a video of a 747 freighter stalling shortly after takeoff, presumably due to cargo shift- although that hasn't been confirmed. It happened at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Monday. The video is very intense, so heads up. Really frightening. Crew of 7- RIP.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ May 2, 2013 -> 04:33 PM) Here's a video of a 747 freighter stalling shortly after takeoff, presumably due to cargo shift- although that hasn't been confirmed. It happened at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Monday. The video is very intense, so heads up. Really frightening. Crew of 7- RIP. Someone beat you by 2 pages.
May 2, 201312 yr Read elsewhere that it came from a British MP, that if you listen around the ~1:40 mark you can hear him saying "oh f***" or something like that, and that he's likely to get in trouble for posting it to youtube.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 2, 2013 -> 03:40 PM) Someone beat you by 2 pages. Ah. Glanced through and didn't see.
May 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 2, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) What is the proper amount to tip a PeaPod delivery man? tell him to keep an apple
May 3, 201312 yr First article of mine to be featured on Yahoo! main page: Top 10 Kentucky Derby Horses Names of All Time
May 3, 201312 yr Author First article of mine to be featured on Yahoo! main page: Top 10 Kentucky Derby Horses Names of All Time How do you leave out last year's winner: I'll Have Another
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