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TIL Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off her debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widow's home.

Mon, 28 May 2012 04:02:58 +0000

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So... a guy took his prom date to Carl's Jr...

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:17:02 +0000

submitted by TheReginator to pics
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Why you shouldn't lie about selling a used phone...

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:10:05 +0000

submitted by zkay to funny
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My Wife Makes Dioramas...

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:57:53 +0000

submitted by CaptJax to WTF
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If this doesn't get me laid I don't know what will

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:34:07 +0000

submitted by robopanda9k to gaming
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Vatican faces widening scandal after the Pope's butler tries to publish book of conspiracies regarding top Cardinals

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:33:43 +0000

submitted by KoCrazy to worldnews
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The same shit is happening in Florida that happened 12 years ago. We need to do something about it this time.

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:05:59 +0000

Here's the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report on Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election.

Summary:

"During Florida’s 2000 presidential election, restrictive statutory provisions, wide-ranging errors, and inadequate resources in the Florida election process denied countless Floridians of their right to vote."
"This disenfranchisement of Florida voters fell most harshly on the shoulders of African Americans. Statewide, based on county-level statistical estimates, African American voters were nearly 10 times more likely than white voters to have their ballots rejected in the November 2000 election."
"While some of those denied the right to vote in the November 2000 election no doubt were legally denied that right, others who should have been legally entitled to vote were also denied that right. Indeed as this report demonstrates, Florida state law in some instances virtually guaranteed that some citizens who were legally entitled to vote would be denied that right."

Here's an article in the National Review denying everything that happened in 2000, denying that it is happening now, and drawing the wrong conclusions from the USCCR study. They are relying on the fact that their readers are not going to read the report, and they are trying to drum up blind resistance to any claims of voter disenfranchisement.

"Now we’re only a year and a half from another presidential election. The claims of impending disfranchisement are sure to multiply."

Fuck you, National Review.

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IAmA heyheymse from AskHistorians, I have a degree in Ancient History with a specialty in Roman Sexuality. AMA!

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:50:30 +0000

I'm heyheymse, I was recently answering a question on oral sex throughout history and my answer was put up in /r/bestof. People suggested I do an AMA, so here I am!

A little about me: I'm American, but my degree is from the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland. I currently live in Louisiana and I'm the program manager of a nonprofit that does after school music education in elementary schools. Prior to that I was a middle school English teacher. So I never get the chance to talk about my degree subject, and this has been really fun for me!

Here's me with my dissertation, an examination of Roman sexual morality/immorality through the epigrams of Martial, the hilarious and delightfully filthy Roman poet of the late 1st century, on the day I handed it in.

Here's me today so you know this is actually me.

If you need any other proof, let me know! And as I offered in the /r/AskHistorians post, if you'd like to read my dissertation, PM me. If I haven't answered your PM yet, please have patience - I have kind of been inundated with requests, which is hugely flattering but it also takes a while.

Me rogate quidvis, omnes!

EDIT: I just looked at the time and it's almost 12 here. I have to be up at 5:30, so I'm putting it away for the night. If you've asked something that hasn't already been answered and I haven't had the chance to answer, I'll do my best to get to you tomorrow, unless it's a stupid question. (Just kidding.) (No, I'm not.)

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i haven't seen one of these in a while

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:37:16 +0000

submitted by bouncyturtle to AdviceAnimals
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Loki, my kitten on her first vet trip. I thought she looked like she was on an airplane.

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:34:57 +0000

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watched a doc on Scientology, i checked the comments, i felt this comment was great

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:37:20 +0000

submitted by drempire to atheism
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Would you want to see a list of everyone who has ever masturbated while thinking of you?

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:13:36 +0000

I think we all know it would be flattering to see the cute ones on there, and scary to see the others.

edit: I suppose the next question is what would you do with that information if you had it?

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Brothers and sisters are natural enemies.

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:04:57 +0000

submitted by UnicornsPoopSkittles to videos
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Kyle Gass of Tenacious D with his brother

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:35:35 +0000

submitted by frinklemingle to Music
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Cool "Lord of the Rings" Poster

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:14:37 +0000

submitted by m_bird13 to movies
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The guy who would have gone to jail, if there hadn't been a seamstress on the jury.

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:15:53 +0000

submitted by Semiel to bestof
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Megaupload User Asks Court for Files Back. Again.

Sun, 27 May 2012 16:05:16 +0000

submitted by redditMEred to technology
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A team of US scientists have identified the compounds responsible for making a great tasting tomato, which could one day lead to the demise of the bland-tasting supermarket variety.

Sun, 27 May 2012 14:44:31 +0000

submitted by davidreiss666 to science
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Microsoft Needs to Bring This Back

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:00:34 +0000

submitted by centz01 to gaming
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As a black guy in a predominantly white suburb of Chicago, I could use one of these

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:13:10 +0000

submitted by Trizzoll to funny
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You know this is in his will.

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:17:47 +0000

submitted by mikedamike to movies
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So...Innocent?

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:49:34 +0000

submitted by BeyondRealityz to WTF
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Oh, BURN!

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:21:10 +0000

submitted by b00mg0es_thedynamite to funny
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One hour at the airport.

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:54:36 +0000

submitted by neptuneway to pics
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Jesus Christ!

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000

submitted by strallweat to WTF
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