Weird News

[xoxoxoBruce]

That chart shows who not where.

[Lamplighter]

UT:

If cancer rates were 90% higher in some area of town, wouldn't that be where you try to address the problem first?

xoB:

That chart shows who not where.

Of course not, it is a simple, visual rebuttal to UT's contention
that "gun-murder in the "ghetto" is the only/biggest problem.

[xoxoxoBruce]

No it's not, because, again, who, not where. We don't need a chart to know it's happening in the ghettos at a much, much higher rate. It's on the news, in the papers, near every day.

[Undertoad]

Oh I get it now:

In the old days gun murders were the primary cause to argue for gun control

But that's harder to do now. The number of gun murders has been dropping; cut in half over the last thirty years (source: FBI Crime Report table 1)

So with the number of suicides increasing (source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention facts and figures)

The focus is hereby revised for 2015... and so the issue can remain a cause.

Half the suicides are by firearm sparky, like always; do you think the shooters will not find their way to ropes or pills or tall places?

I'm touched that my own demographic is suddenly the focus of attention! Who kills themselves? White, male (78% of suicides), middle-aged (45-64 the top age group)... it's not the usual progressive demographic, this is kind of a first for me, but wow, I'll take it! #whitemiddleagelivesmatter

[Lamplighter]

It's also weird how concealed abuse is a part of this for you.
We're into deeply fantasy territory here. Tell me: in this scenario, as you imagine it,
if you take away the gun, there's no concealed physical abuse?

Half the suicides are by firearm sparky, like always;
do you think the shooters will not find their way to ropes or pills or tall places?

I've moved my reply over to to the other thread, as this one has turned into silliness.

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[Lamplighter]

How well do you understand genetics ?
This one was new to me. But you need to read the article

This Man Failed A Paternity Test Due To His Vanished Twin’s DNA
BuzzFeed - Dan Vergano 10/24/15

DNA researchers report a father failed a paternity test because
the genes in his saliva differ from his sperm’s.
One in eight people might possess such “chimeric” genes caused by a twin lost in the womb.

[Sundae]

I read about a similar case here (England) where a woman was accused of stealing a child because a hospital for a very valid reason had to do a DNA test and her's did not match her child's.

I think it was settled before it went to Court, but it caused a goodly amount of upset to the family, worrying that the baby had been accidentally switched at birth.

[Gravdigr]

A new twist on the old "Uncle Dad" joke.

Dad Learns That Unborn Twin 'Fathered' His Son

DNA tests show the man is, literally, his son's uncle.


Reminds me of a rerun of "2.5 Men" that was on last night. The housekeeper, Berta (who should totally get a spin-off, btw), made reference to her brother-in-law, Cousin Dewey.

[glatt]

young Cheney thought young Rumsfeld drank way too much coffee.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

How well do you understand genetics ?
This one was new to me. But you need to read the article

This Man Failed A Paternity Test Due To His Vanished Twin’s DNA
BuzzFeed - Dan Vergano 10/24/15

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

A new twist on the old "Uncle Dad" joke.

Dad Learns That Unborn Twin 'Fathered' His Son

DNA tests show the man is, literally, his son's uncle.


Reminds me of a rerun of "2.5 Men" that was on last night. The housekeeper, Berta (who should totally get a spin-off, btw), made reference to her brother-in-law, Cousin Dewey.

Another case of me not reading the preceding posts before opening my yap.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Another case of me not reading the preceding posts before opening my yap.

[Gravdigr]

Hey, PA, look up, and keep your eyes open for that JLENS blimp that came untethered at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

I think this qualifies as weird.

[Lamplighter]

Yes, but when is Pillsbury going to activate it's D.E.R.T. ?

(Doughboy Emergency Response Team)

[Pamela]

it's not a blimp. It's an alien spacecraft.

Oh sure, they SAY it's a blimp, but *I* know the truth.

It's always a balloon or swamp gas or a helicopter, but I know it's aliens.

[Gravdigr]

Massive crack in earth mysteriously opens up in Bighorn Mountains



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