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    Should police set up "bait-cars" in the ghetto, but with officers inside?

    Police sometimes use "bait cars" to catch car prowlers, but the captured criminals are often only charged with attempted grand larceny or something, and many don't even get jail time - they get probation. However, what if police fielded some normal-looking but armored cars, sent them to the...
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    Why do people whine so much about their HOAs (homeowner's associations)?

    It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...
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    Why do people whine so much about their HOAs (homeowner's associations)?

    It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...
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    Why do people whine so much about their HOAs (homeowner's associations)?

    It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...
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    Why do people whine so much about their HOAs (homeowner's associations)?

    It seems like people are always whining about their HOAs, or are trying to get laws changed to limit the power of HOAs. I don't really get it. Didn't those people read the covenants and conditions BEFORE they chose to buy a house within an HOA? A house in an HOA isn't really "your" house...
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    How are the Chinese affording all their new cars and trucks?

    Every time I go back to China (I have been there six times since the year 1998, when I was just a kid), there seem to be more roads, more vehicles on the road, and also FANCIER, more expensive vehicles. In 1998, few private citizens had cars, and many of the cars were very cheap used Soviet...
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    Why does New Orleans have such a horrific murder rate? Is it a third-world ghetto?

    New Orleans has 40 murders so far this year, and had 165 murders last year, for only 343,000 people. That's a murder rate of 52 (per 100,000 people per year). Absolutely insane. The US national average is 5.0. Rome's murder rate is 0.34. Vancouver is 1.5. London is 1.57. Vienna is 1.1. New York...
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    Do you agree with this poll about the "hottest man" in the history of rock music?

    It's kind of gay, but a magazine did a poll a few years ago about the hottest men in the history of rock music, and this was their top 10: 1. Nuno Bettencourt (guitarist, Extreme) 2. Mike Patton (vocalist, Faith No More) 3. Paul Simonon (guitarist, The Clash) 4. Kip Winger (vocalist, Winger)...
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    Do you agree with this poll about the "hottest man" in the history of rock music?

    It's kind of gay, but a magazine did a poll a few years ago about the hottest men in the history of rock music, and this was their top 10: 1. Nuno Bettencourt (guitarist, Extreme) 2. Mike Patton (vocalist, Faith No More) 3. Paul Simonon (guitarist, The Clash) 4. Kip Winger (vocalist, Winger)...
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    Why do some people scream and whine so much when they are hit with taser prongs or...

    ...pepper spray? I've tried both, and while uncomfortable, the pain isn't THAT bad. I would much rather get sprayed in the face and eyes with mace OR pepper (capsaicin) spray rather than eating another couple jolokia peppers, which I have also done on a dare. THAT nearly caused me to choke due...
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    Is it unethical for an immigration attorney to have an intimate relationship

    with the daughter of a client? Obviously, it would be unethical to trade an intimate relationship with a client for payment. But let's say that the attorney is a good-looking younger dude, and the client is a lady in her late 40's. And he has no interest in her, but she happens to have a...
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    Can American car-makers ever break into the European truck market?

    They have been trying to do this for decades, but without much success. This is a problem, since the European pickup truck market is worth a lot of money, if they can get a piece of it. Right now, the five best-selling pickup trucks for the EU market (there are 27 EU countries right now) are...
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    Breaking News! There has been a BOMBING in Iraq! Who else is shocked?

    This is shocking news! How can something like this happen in a country like Iraq??? http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20101212-308549/6-police-among-8-killed-in-Iraq-suicide-attack "A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives in the center of the western Iraqi...
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    Why are people in the US STILL complaining about the price of gas?

    It seems like every time gas goes over $3 per gallon, people start whining again. They complain that prices are "too expensive." But why? First of all, $3 or $4 or $5 per gallon is not THAT expensive. Gas is $8 per gallon right now in Norway, and people there are doing just fine. If you...
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    Why is the Harvard-Yale game carried on national television every year?

    Okay, I admit that today's game was pretty entertaining, but these aren't even BCS-series teams. In fact, I don't even think that the Ivy League lets its football teams compete in the Div-IAA playoffs. Why is this game still carried on national television? Does it actually get decent ratings...
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    Why do women biologically have so much trouble with the "bench press" exercise?

    I recently met an absolutely gigantic woman who is apparently a professional shot-putter and female weight-lifter. She weighs over 300lbs and is 6'1" inches tall. Her upper arms were quite massive, and her legs looked like trunks. All the same, it turned out that the most weight she had ever...
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    What is this particular type of intimate massage called?

    This gets a little graphic, but the idea is that you massage a woman's "rectovaginal septum," the wall of nerve-rich tissue that separates the bottom of the vaginal canal from the top of the rectum. You can do this by inserting a lubricated index finger into the woman's anal canal, and then...
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    Why do many of the so-called 'women' in professional sports/Olympics actually...

    ...look like dudes? It can get pretty disturbing, like with the case of East Germany and their women's Olympics teams... Do you think there should be a requirement that chicks who compete as chicks look somewhat like chicks, or what?
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    Why do people hate on lawyers, but when they get in trouble, the first thing

    they say is 'I WANT A LAWYER!'? What's the deal? You hate on lawyers when you don't need them, but as soon as you do need one, you really want one bad? Makes no sense.
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    Why are Americans whining about the economy so much? It has been booming for me....

    ...What about you? I am in a few different businesses, including renewable energy turbine designs and energy industry consulting. I have never been busier. I have more money coming in so far for 2009 than during 2008 and 2007 put together; it's nuts. As far as I am concerned, the economy is...
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