Give me your tired, your poor, your hu..O oly shit geet out the way!
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is that the line for kfc?
racist i know.
racist i know.
Damn you beat me to it...usmarine wrote:
is that the line for kfc?
racist i know.
At least now I understand the nickname 'Black Friday'.
INB4BAN.
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well i was going to say it was the line for obama hand outs, but i didnt want to get political.Uzique wrote:
Damn you beat me to it...usmarine wrote:
is that the line for kfc?
racist i know.
At least now I understand the nickname 'Black Friday'.
INB4BAN.
Lowing would have descended upon the joke, and he hath no mercy.
You kept it tasteful.
You kept it tasteful.
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lol, nice one usmarine.
They need one of these, I guess...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8973616/
I'm surprised no one died at this. It was all over the news at the time. Long before any economic crisis too.
I'm surprised no one died at this. It was all over the news at the time. Long before any economic crisis too.
Max Fightmaster wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8973616/
I'm surprised no one died at this. It was all over the news at the time. Long before any economic crisis too.
Aha.An estimated 5,500 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks.
AHAHAHAHA.
Not only were they fighting over an iBook, but they were 4 year old iBooks.
Well who wouldn't fight over owning a 4 year old?Poseidon wrote:
Not only were they fighting over an iBook, but they were 4 year old iBooks.
Ohh. A 4 year old iBook...
Well that's just silly.
Seriously, my solution is the best. Forcing these people into lines, whose borders are delineated by those big heavy concrete barricade things, and which are built in a zig-zag shape would help stop the stampeding. Furthermore, have some fucking cops around for these big crowds. Nothing says "cut the crap you fucking morons" like a boatload of tear gas, or high-pressure water hoses (preferably the ones that are mounted on big armored trucks), or those Active Denial systems.
That should channel them in safely... well safer for the employees.
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Actually, I see nothing in this story or those pictures that should warrant "mercy" for any of them.Uzique wrote:
Lowing would have descended upon the joke, and he hath no mercy.
You kept it tasteful.
In fact I gotta retract something I said earlier, in regards as to what happened to the victim and the fact that they all stood around and laughed. This was not a random sampling of American society.
agree.lowing wrote:
Actually, I see nothing in this story or those pictures that should warrant "mercy" for any of them.
Where ya at Cam, back on the mountain?lowing wrote:
Ahhhhhhh Cam, how are things on the mountain?CameronPoe wrote:
lol at the lameness of this thread. A particular event dismisses hard economic facts going on everyday, not just in America but around the world (including growthtastic China?). lolololoololololololo. Those job losses, company collapses and impending company collapses have been mitigated by the running over a man in a Christmas sale? lol. In lowingland eveerything is binary - if someone says 'things aren't looking so good' it gets read as 'people are starving and poor'. There is no in between with him, there are no percentages or trends - it's either one or the other. It is this and his disregard for commonly understood economics that makes responsing to him on pretty much anything absolutely pointless. He lives in a make believe idealised world in his mind, the rest of us interpret and deal with a non-binary reality.
First of all my post said nothing about global economic events. I am referring to one of the economic indicators that gauges the health of our economy. That indicator is started off by black friday. Now, since we Americans are supposed to be suffering, starving, freezing, and out of money for gas and homes, black friday should have been a dismal failure for our countries retailers. It was not, this stampeding bullshit happened all over the country. The fact that this guy got killed makes this event stand out. Nothing more. We Americans are supposed to broke remember?
I'm actually in Munich on a weekend break with my gf. Me being able to engage in such activities must surely mean that the Irish economy is entriely sound and insulated from any kind of economic malaise....lowing wrote:
Where ya at Cam, back on the mountain?lowing wrote:
Ahhhhhhh Cam, how are things on the mountain?CameronPoe wrote:
lol at the lameness of this thread. A particular event dismisses hard economic facts going on everyday, not just in America but around the world (including growthtastic China?). lolololoololololololo. Those job losses, company collapses and impending company collapses have been mitigated by the running over a man in a Christmas sale? lol. In lowingland eveerything is binary - if someone says 'things aren't looking so good' it gets read as 'people are starving and poor'. There is no in between with him, there are no percentages or trends - it's either one or the other. It is this and his disregard for commonly understood economics that makes responsing to him on pretty much anything absolutely pointless. He lives in a make believe idealised world in his mind, the rest of us interpret and deal with a non-binary reality.
First of all my post said nothing about global economic events. I am referring to one of the economic indicators that gauges the health of our economy. That indicator is started off by black friday. Now, since we Americans are supposed to be suffering, starving, freezing, and out of money for gas and homes, black friday should have been a dismal failure for our countries retailers. It was not, this stampeding bullshit happened all over the country. The fact that this guy got killed makes this event stand out. Nothing more. We Americans are supposed to broke remember?
a) Americans supposed to be starving, freezing, suffering and out of money? Who said that? Noone. Such ridiculous exaggerations are exactly why debating you is pointless.
b) Unemployment levels in the US are increasing. Fact. Home repossessions are going up. Fact. Companies are going out of business. Fact. Companies are having credit issues. Fact. Man gets stampeded to death? Fact. But not very relevant. QED
Actually to be honest the fact that it happened at Walmart is indicative. People are still irresponsible and spend money on material crap rather than investing their extra money. This year they wnted to save some money so more people went to Walmart. So many that a guy got trampled to death.
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Upon the Obama-handout joke, artard.lowing wrote:
Actually, I see nothing in this story or those pictures that should warrant "mercy" for any of them.Uzique wrote:
Lowing would have descended upon the joke, and he hath no mercy.
You kept it tasteful.
In fact I gotta retract something I said earlier, in regards as to what happened to the victim and the fact that they all stood around and laughed. This was not a random sampling of American society.
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
a. Actually, this crisis was compared to the Great Depression, so yeah that is what is implied since people were starving, freezing, suffering and out of money. So if there is an exaggeration it was not by me.CameronPoe wrote:
I'm actually in Munich on a weekend break with my gf. Me being able to engage in such activities must surely mean that the Irish economy is entriely sound and insulated from any kind of economic malaise....lowing wrote:
Where ya at Cam, back on the mountain?lowing wrote:
Ahhhhhhh Cam, how are things on the mountain?
First of all my post said nothing about global economic events. I am referring to one of the economic indicators that gauges the health of our economy. That indicator is started off by black friday. Now, since we Americans are supposed to be suffering, starving, freezing, and out of money for gas and homes, black friday should have been a dismal failure for our countries retailers. It was not, this stampeding bullshit happened all over the country. The fact that this guy got killed makes this event stand out. Nothing more. We Americans are supposed to broke remember?
a) Americans supposed to be starving, freezing, suffering and out of money? Who said that? Noone. Such ridiculous exaggerations are exactly why debating you is pointless.
b) Unemployment levels in the US are increasing. Fact. Home repossessions are going up. Fact. Companies are going out of business. Fact. Companies are having credit issues. Fact. Man gets stampeded to death? Fact. But not very relevant. QED
b. Unemployment levels are rising, fact, home repossessions are going up fact, Companies are going out of business fact. Companies have credit issues fact. Yer correct about all of this but now we see Americans are spending money like crazy. fact.......The point of the entire thread Cam, thank you for helping me prove it with your observations.
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I'll throw this in the mixer
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp- … d=11428371
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp- … d=11428371
/devils advocateMSN wrote:
Two men have shot each other to death in a crowded US toy store.
The violence erupted on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving start of the holiday shopping surge.
Riverside County sheriff's Sergeant Dennis Gutierrez said the fight in the Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, around 120 miles east of Los Angeles, was not over a toy and handguns had been found by the men's bodies.
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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Bringing guns to a kids store.FatherTed wrote:
I'll throw this in the mixer
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp- … d=11428371/devils advocateMSN wrote:
Two men have shot each other to death in a crowded US toy store.
The violence erupted on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving start of the holiday shopping surge.
Riverside County sheriff's Sergeant Dennis Gutierrez said the fight in the Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, around 120 miles east of Los Angeles, was not over a toy and handguns had been found by the men's bodies.
Truly ghetto.
Pretty sure that was gang-related violence. Terrible, but it could've just as easily happened at a Subway or Popeye's.
So yea, I'd say so."Our understanding is that this act seems to have been the result of a personal dispute between the individuals involved. Therefore, it would be inaccurate to associate the events of today with Black Friday."
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Racist.Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Popeye's.