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Peaker

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  1. a giant purple penis hit him in the...
  2. Yeah, I counted badly, so no indy game either. Next time mob more people!
  3. And I do believe you got your 25 and more names, so i'll draw the promised indy game as well when you're done, good luck to everyone!
  4. Thanks for posting this, very interesting. I'm a fan of Chomsky's works overall, and I consider myself leaning towards the center-left of the political spectrum. However it's important to remember that bad journalism is not exclusive to the right wing. Left leaning periodicals, newspaper and programs demonize the right, often using dubious and sophistic argumentation techniques. They simply don't have the media coverage that CNN or Fox (Faux) News have. It's quite interesting to examine the massive influence the mediatic court has on modern affairs, quite often very pernicious. I personally try to stick to outlets as neutral as possible, and some left wing periodicals, though I do follow with great delight an excellent chronicler in a local journal that's very right wing. BBC and The Guardian are my primary sources when it comes to political issues.
  5. Yeah Jones, your wife is really cute, lucky bastard .
  6. This video really makes me wonder a ton of things, it must be really freaky being two in the same body. There's a ton of questions going through my head that are probably not meant to be asked in polite company.
  7. Peaker

    M16 vs AK-47

    I'm an AK man for the same reason i'm a revolver man: If it fails to work, you can always hit the other guy with it . I also prefer a stronger round, and though the recoil is superior, if you go single shot (And a single shot well aimed will most of the time be disabling, going through most flak jackets), the accuracy falloff is not much worse. It doesn't jam, hell, it's a bloody block of wood with machine stamped parts. If we're talking about the original M-16, the AK also had a larger magazine. There is however one variant of the M series I prefer over the AK series, and it's the carbine models, since they're lighter for a paradrop and more accurate, plus, less noise is better when making a drop.
  8. Happy B-Day buddy! Thanks for introducing me to this unit and keep on being awesome .
  9. Peaker would love LA Noire since 1: I love rockstar games and 2: Noir films are one of my favorite genre! The story is supposedly awesome too :x. And as a bonus, if Cast gets at least 25 names, I will be drawing an indy game amongst all those who participated but didn't win. The winner will be able to select from the following list: -Terraria -VVVVVVVVVVV -Cthulluh Saves the world + Breath of Death -Fractal -Cave Story+ -Gemini Rue -Sequence -The binding of Isaac -Limbo -Cogs
  10. Peaker

    MDMA

    Bahahaha, that was pretty awesome.
  11. I issue a challenge of my own. Peaker vs Bryant, a face off with two fresh and raw recruits from BCT 181! One month bitch tags Rifle-Assault-Support-MG (Rambo only, no pistol)-Sniper-Rocket
  12. Well, i'll take it then haha! Also, I just finished downloading Nuclear dawn, so let's get kicking!
  13. That's mighty nice of you, i'll download it asap, we should get some games going sometime soon. And Takel, when my budget recuperates a bit from the holidays, I can always paypal you some money for that Magicka copy/make a trade.
  14. Can you trade any of your steam games? I've never really used steam trading, but i've been looking into this game and it looks cool, and I happen to have a bunch of games I don't play anymore.
  15. Well, I won't quote your whole post because it's rather long, but i'll adress some points within it by paraphrase and quotes. So are you saying you agree with me there, or not? I admit I used «news» in a very broad sense to encompass the entirety of available sources on a candidate, but whether you're conservative or a liberal (Or any mix thereof), surely it shouldn't impact your intellectual curiosity? (AKA, both conservatives and liberals can use published sources and media they trust to inform themselves on the various candidates, rather than simply rely on the religion of said candidate) Well, I never said local elections didn't matter, democracy isn't about size. Being informed before you make a political choice, no matter how small, is the duty of a citizen (We get rights, but we shouldn't forget we also have obligations.) As for your last adress pertaining to the religious affiliations of presidents, my previous post wasn't adressing the question whether or not religion mattered or impacted an election, I feel that point has already been proven (Religion definitely affects the political debate in the US). My (admitedly rhetorical) question was whether or not it should. Does religion have a place in modern politics? I feel that it doesn't, no matter the history behind it, tradition for the sake of tradition is a logical fallacy (also known as a sophism). Do not mistake my meaning, traditions are important, as long as they perpetuate something positive and useful, but I do not feel that religion, either in the USA or Canada has that use in the political realm, given the increasing number of faiths, sects (Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy are all sectarian movements according to the original meaning of the term) and variations of beliefs available to the average north-american. All in all, keep religion inside churches and statecraft in parliaments.
  16. Hahah, I love it, excellent piece. One small detail however. Horatio Nelson had been dead for 9 years in 1814, since he died at Trafalgar.
  17. It's cool, if you call me, you get free phone sex the first time. After that it's 5.99$ per minute. Also Yazoo, I suppose I do, I don't know why, my current theory is that photography activates the dark matter inside my head which then leans to either side on the effect of density. (Respect for having Seth from Fire Emblem as your avatar btw)
  18. So basically, because it's a shortcut to instead bothering to read the news and what your candidates say, it's a good thing? Certainly, we live in a fast paced world, but is it an excuse to become lax in exercising a right that our ancestors struggled and sometimes died for? As far as I know, there are christians that are not against gay marriage, christians that believe abortion is a personal choice and christians that believe women should be allowed to be priests (Granted, this already exists in the Anglican church). And then you got the whole other end of the spectrum who believe the exact opposite. Is being a christian a good argument in favor of someone becoming president of the United States or premier of Canada for example? Is being Budhist, Shintoist or Muslim a spot on one's ability when running for this office as well? It was previously mentioned that Abraham Lincoln was an atheist, and yet he was one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States, I somehow don't think he ran using Atheism as a platform. Being Canadian, one might think my opinions on the USA's political system are moot, but I rather find it fascinating in fact, and have spent quite a while reading about it. Weren't the USA built on progressive ideas, and didn't the fathers of the constitution wish for a progressive country? One would think so, reading said document. All in all, I think the overall point i'm trying to make is that we ought to quit being lazy and slap either party or religious etiquettes on candidates, and instead bother to research who we're voting for. If this isn't worth it, I don't know what is.
  19. Well, i'm personally at the very least, an Agnostic (Grossly, I don't know if there's a god or not out there), leaning heavily towards atheism. However, I do respect people who have faith, and I don't think God and evolution are incompatible (If god is indeed omniscient, you'd think giving his creatures the ability to evolve and adapt would be a pretty clever thing to do right?). That said, let me bring you back 60 years in the past, in Quebec (where I come from). Maurice Duplessis and the church ruled the province with an iron fist, unions were basically outlawed, morals were those that the church dictated and the already strenuous separation of church and state that existed was all but inexistant. That is why in the 60s, with the quiet revolution, Quebec became an utterly laicized state. Fact is, what is best for the soul (In many religions' opinions) is very rarely efficient for running a country in this day and age, with the liberation of morals and expansion of freedoms, along with an era of scientific developement. It is, again in my opinion, the duty of a politician to separate what religious beliefs he has from his decisions and the stances he takes. It takes a strong man/woman to be able to make choices that might not be immediately popular with the public, or that go against established beliefs, but are ultimately for the good of the nation, and I think that is the style of leadership we should be tending toward, progressive and innovative, rather than conservative and retrograde. Does god have a place in that new way of thinking? He very well may, but we should be thinking about everyone's good, not just christians, or just muslims, or just atheists etc... And earthly politics should remain far away from divine theology.
  20. Here are a few of mine! At the university pub: On top of St-Paul's cathedral in London with too long hair and travel stubble: College!:
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