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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 23-07-2013

Jul 23, 2013 12:00

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octopoid_horror July 23 2013, 12:34:01 UTC

As far as that drone strike report goes, I've seen quotes from supposed US documents that refer to children killed in drone strikes with phrases along the lines of "potential aggressor". Since the US appear to see anyone hit by a drone strike as being by definition a combatant, of course they're going to disagree about the number of civilians killed...

andrewducker July 23 2013, 13:17:06 UTC

I read this as being them admitting it internally, but then changing the numbers when they report externally.

Which isn't a massive surprise, of course. You'd think that eventually they'd learn that secrets don't last.

gonzo21 July 23 2013, 17:17:15 UTC

Did you see the documentary last night about the orphans in Afghanistan? They had entire orphanages of kids who had lost their parents/families to drone strikes. Estimated to be thousands of them. And Al Quada is there, teaching them to hate the USA and Britain.

Utter bloody disaster, this entire envolvement in Afghanistan.

apostle_of_eris July 24 2013, 00:16:38 UTC

“Thousands” of drone orphans? That's a fuck of a lot of drone strikes. My skepticism is inflamed.

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alextfish July 23 2013, 13:00:56 UTC

Some other Settlers of Catan variants may be found at http://toothycat.net/wiki/wiki.pl?SettlersOfCatan/HouseRules . I'm sure the internet is full of other options too, but those are the ones we have quite some experience with.

andrewducker July 23 2013, 13:25:44 UTC

I've posted that over on Shannon's blog, as you hadn't. I assume he liked it :->

woodpijn July 23 2013, 13:12:55 UTC

Thanks for the link to that Mechanics and Meeples blog. Not come across it before. Board games and psychology, two of my favourite things :)

andrewducker July 23 2013, 13:16:08 UTC

It's a good blog. The guy behind it (Shannone Applecline) is smart and good with games - I was lucky enough to meet him about 8 years ago when I went to LA.

snarlish July 23 2013, 16:21:13 UTC

'Choo Choo! I'm a train!' :D

andrewducker July 23 2013, 18:41:02 UTC

Okay - which one is that linked to?

awesomelies July 23 2013, 19:06:21 UTC

25 Reasons Why We Love Scotland, #25 - the rail replacement service.

andrewducker July 23 2013, 19:07:33 UTC

Thank you!

(Too much stuff gone through my brain in the last 24 hours.)

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kerrypolka July 23 2013, 18:57:58 UTC

I was hoping that would be about The Rock and his involvement in shower routines. :)

Just out of curiousity, are there any readers who don't know what the shower rock would (probably) be used for? It seems pretty clear to me but I wonder if that's the common assumption.

andrewducker July 23 2013, 19:03:26 UTC

I assumed it was satire.

If I had to guess, I'd go for rubbing off dead skin? Although why a flannel wouldn't work for that, I have no idea.

kerrypolka July 23 2013, 19:05:42 UTC

It's the Onion, I'm pretty sure it is satire.

andrewducker July 23 2013, 19:09:34 UTC

Yes, but I assumed that they picked a rock because "Why would anyone use a rock?"

I'm aware of Pumice Stones, so I thought that was maybe an option.

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