http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/fox-news-host-megyn-kelly-says-jesus-and-santa-are-white-193322244.html
1. We'll leave Jesus being a "historical figure" alone here, that's up in the air (not even saying I don't think he might've been, just saying.)
2. ...Does it REALLY matter if people want a Black Santa? Really?
3. You're gonna tell me a Jew in the Middle East 2,000 years ago had pearly-white skin? O.o Um...no.

This is now the official thread for daily quotes. I missed yesterday so I will start off with two. Fill free to post any quote you think deserves attention, but please try and make them meaningful.

There are currently just over 12m Bitcoins in circulation. The number of Bitcoins allowed to exist is capped at 21m Bitcoins - once the 21 millionth Bitcoin has been mined, no new Bitcoins will be created.

What will happen when the 21m Bitcoin mark is reached?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/13/250694372/obamas-you-can-keep-it-promise-is-lie-of-the-year

Discuss

It's called For the win, live. Join, divide and conquer

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/americans-still-care-about-their-public-libraries/282250/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25344219
Gay Aussies getting married ..... not in their own country.
I don't get the opposition to gay people getting married ..... maybe some smart arse on the forum can explain why gay marriage is bad for society !!

A time stamp seems like a bit of a weird thing to include standard in a diplomacy game. For the older members, has it always been here? Was there a reasoning behind its implementation?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/

...with Krellin on posting here all the time it seems plausible to say the least.

All of TIME Magazine's 132 subscribers will be invariably conflicted over this one I suppose... but hey, it wasn't Bashar Assad or Ted Cruz - or, Pope Francis forbid, Miley Cyrus!

as per below, Gentlemen

Some not-too-fast girl thought there's oxygen in your urine.
The teacher explained: "there are no bubbles coming out of your wheenie!!" or something like that, roughly translated. She's hilarious.
In all honesty that was a small walk down memory lane, but anyway :)

We all understand Bon Jovi was undermining most local African authorities, right? Should he have done it 'by the book' instead? Surely the money could have been spent more efficiently, right?
What's efficient charity? Discuss.

Are you a good player? Come to "professional league". Nothing for beginner

This editorial was in USA Today (!) and makes a pretty good case - the TSA has never actually caught a terrorist, its incentives do not line up with those of travelers, and the type of terrorism it was designed to deter doesn't actually happen anymore.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/12/02/tsa-department-homeland-security-patriot-act-column/3796127/

Spr 01 NMR ==> draw/cancel/end game.

FROM: Florida

I an inheritance tax (on sums larger than a certain amount, leaving a small sum to the heirs), keeps the capitalistic system going, levels the economic playing field somewhat, and requires the would-be dependents to go out and work. Furthermore, one who didn't want to pay in the form of taxes could give to the community through charitable donations. This system was supported by Andrew Carnegie in his "Gospel of Wealth", what arguments could be raised against it?

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/7481-rich-teen-avoids-prison-for-fatal-dui-with-affluenza-defense

The son of rich Dallas parents got two years probation at a ultra rich rehab camp after killing 4 people and injured others when he drove at 70 mph into the group helping a motorist change a tire. The kid claimed he couldn't tell right from wrong because his parents bought him everything including apparently the judge.

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/december/amir-williams-remembers-he-s-on-live-tv-just-in-time.html

Self-explanatory.

Comment with any feelings or stories about ducks you may have.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove13/story/_/id/10121849/mlb-intends-ban-home-plate-collisions-2015

What do people think about this? Are players getting soft, or is it about time?

Remember when the Scientific Consence, including NASA, NCAR and other well respected groups of scientists were freaking out about the dramatic weather caused by the new ice age. Ahhhh...good times, good times...
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/1970s-ice-age-scare/
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/1974-ncar-called-global-cooling-the-new-norm-and-blamed-climate-disasters-on-it/

Taking thoughts.

Feet in southarabia moves to egipt
Feet in egipt moves to northarabia
Fleet iraq supports move to northarabia
is it possible?

It's next to impossible to get a live game going around midnight, and even the forums tend to be pretty dead.

What are your favorite albums? Songs? Videos that aren't Blurred Lines?

What is the best way to improve at gunboat games? I've been told several times that I am a worthless waste of space. And I would like to become a waste of space with a minuscule bit of worth. How can I bridge the gap? I tend to do better when I can manipulate people into what I want them to do.